SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 6842, 4 March 1886, Page 3

SHIPPING.

High Water.

To-morrow.— Talama new*.- : 2 42 a.m.. 2C3 p.m Port Chalmers 1 322 a.m., 330 i’.ia DU'icinr 4 7 am., 4.24 p.m.

Port Chalmers

ARRIVED — March 3,

Tarawera, 8.8., 1,203 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne via Hobart anil the Hull. ParsenßCw: I run Melbourne and Hobart-Mr ami Mrs. ii iky, Rev. and Mrs Fitchott and family, Mr and Mrs Crovbi cl, Me di mes Wood house, O’Keefe, I'mc.in, Harold, HoiiKhtor., Ilroft-n, Dodcabun .Fjhb.rrn, Mn-s* Dench, Davis, Drown (2!, Mackenzie. Swi Inr (2>,H a'r, Dn Croz, Messrs Kin;f-iand, MaHi, I-air. b'dcii. Mall, Hazlitt, Huntley, Newsome Kmc, Hal), Mmiree, Niven, Jacobs, Cob|Uhr.nn. Millar, Vandnna, Dej.ton, Waller Du Croz, • n Wfillcafcf, 11 jnun- Horn tho.Blvff—Mr and Mrs Wellborn, M. U.’.nuliH.e, ivaUuui, a.s., 69 tone. Dent, from the liluff. SAlLSp.—March 3. Mahinapua, f1.9., 20u tons, lloliucs, (or tho \\ cst Coast vie, Oatnaru March 4 Manapouri, fI.S., 1.020 tons, Logan, (cr Melhnnrrn via the Bluff and Milford Sound. : Tarawera, s.h., 1,208 tons, Sinclair, for Auckland via Lyttelton and Eist C -ast ports. The ketch Blac'.wall, tradin'; hctwcou the Bus and Lyttelton, wont ashore at fifteen Biv (n Sundii;. last, and was suhsi rjuar.tly beached. An attempt is heir.;: made to float her into Lyttelton for repairs. Tho Ti awera, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, arrived at 0 a.m. to-day. Sho left Hobson Bay at 0 p nr. on tho 25th ult.; experienced strong head winds to arrive! at Hobart at 1 p m on tho 27th ; left Hobart at 10.30 p.m. same day; had fresh southerly wlnda with high seas and clear cold weather rlcht across, arriving at tho Bluff at 7 a.m, on the 2nd Inrt.; lift strrln at 580 pm.. and arrived as above. We than!; Purser Daiglelirti (or report aiid eichangcs. The Knkaniii, from tho Bluff, anived at 8 30 a in. to-itov, w d flteiruß’l alougFido the Loch Rrennn to discin'ye wool. Sho led the Bluff at i p.m. yestrrtho voyage cf the barque Sophia K T.uhrs from Wdlinaton to Sydney, Jam* a 0 Lheyno, one of the crow, fell ovei hoard through a enddon Sirch of the ship. Tho vessel w s put about and a boat lowered, hut the man sank, and was never seen again. It appears that Lloyd's surveyor at Mils port had an interview yesterday with tho master cf the Margaret Galbraith respecting tho position of the Hydra Rock, neal Capo SaundotS, hut the (act was carefullv concealed from our shipping rcvres-'nlative, Cip'aiu Carden l.s reported to have stated that on January 20, when the vessel was running up from Capo Saunders and hau ing in to tho land, Mr Taylor, one c f tho saloon passengers, drew Ms attention to lihoal water. Captain Cardan locked round, and, noticing the appearance of shoal, immediate y ordered the helm to bo put “hard a port,” the ground under the ship’s bottom being very clearly aeon, and appearing to he about half the ship’s lenifth from the vlivalfKf pa t, showing two or three patches, evidently rocks. These patches of lock were about 200 ft, lying in a N.W. to 8, 11. direction, and, It living low water at tho time, Captain C irdon is confident there could not have boon over 12ft of water on the rocks, while tho do] th In a line pith the position from which he saw tho bottom wan twontv-thrcc fathoms. As soon as tho holm had been ported Captain Caulon took the hearings of tho place, which ho found to he as follows :-The Hydra Uec f, from ilireo-cpnrtcrs of a mile to a mile direct north Of the point laid down in tho chart, the. Remarkable Cliff hearing N W. magnetic, and the South Dead of Wicknliffe Bay S.IV. I y S. magnetic. Tho weather was fine and clear, and the rocks were very plainly

seen. Om Arrival of thn Manapourl aft Lyttelton an inspection was made of tho case of acid wtilcli caused the calamity near rjioborne on vessel. It coriiprist a a vorv 8li:. f lit-uiad« ciwe, 2lin lonir hy 12in ami 12! 11. Within the ease ia about Iwo-thirdo of the lower portion of a hlodo j ir, tbo upper portion ht broken off. The capacity of tho jar would be about Ihrce (fallow, nul It Is abr.ur, halt nn-inch thick. There was over a vallon of tlis acid, snppo cd to bo hiftiic, Tomalninsf in tho jar, which was packed in Ihc C so with sawdust. On the top of the o.isu tlie words “Acid till i wide ” arc painted in black, the word “ up’’ hein" i alntod on the M !o of the case.— 1 Pro** ’ MrMoriec, late chief officer of ihc- Munapnuri, wis only manic;', in OCobcr ft, and his widow fa li.inu in Mod) ;ern i. Mr Mnrice came out to Now Z-aian ! in command of the as. O’em nm fin;e e.,'o. and on arrival was appfdot'.d chi; f' iiieer of 1 1rI’enucin, with thcSviewjcf .t-’ninv local k;iT.,ledjr■. Ldtoilv he ban been In tho rdanap w. i c t'i; y "Ot” !■ ft. .1 wil li the intercolonial trade. Mr Tinker, the third officer, was to have been manied in about ikrcc months to an Auckland ladv. The 1 World ’of a recent data says “ The Duke of r.dinbnri'h has already toktied the meet Important dc’ails In confident anticipation of his oMainlajt the rommand of tho Mediterranean fi'ct, tho post for which he has a’ways been so anxious. Captain John Kcllowcs is to lie Mftjr-oapksin, and Mr 11. Hlcard eecsetarv, while Lieutenants F.lwln and S’artin, of the Minotaur, have also been selected to accompany the Duke. Tho Surprise is to be commissioned as tender to his it iKship. and she will probably lie commanded by Commander Lo Strange. The liucher-s of Edinbliri'h is to accompany her husband to Malta, and she will reside abroad durincr hie term of command. Piince Allred is to be with his father on board the fla;sbip for several months in each year.” THE WAIHORA. Purser J. 55. Keith, lu tho ‘Telegraph,* says:— " There w as no confusion whatever amort; the crew or fho passemrers; everyone behaved admirably, the pspsontjers cvp 'ol '-Uy. Captain M’Ooc displayed the ttreotost coolness, and the officers did fiieir hast, and there was not the slightest panic wiien the Waibora Blruek, although she etrnck heavily and almost knocked us down. Tho'only exceptional occurrence was tho fainting of two ladies In tho saloon It, Beamed to me as if the veasel struck a pinnacle of the reek, breaking it, and then coin IT over tho rock. Tho Wahora Isliullt In four compartments, and only one compartment was affected hy the water. Nothin,' was damaged of tho oat go, except that in the forehold.” Tho • Telegraph ’ adds that this was Captain M‘dee's last trip, as he had definitely determined to retire from the service. IN DOCK. ; On looking at tho vessel’s bull it Is evident that tho position in which she was tv Id upon the Swan Island rock was fortunate. The vessel was he'd between two recks Jutting upwards, and J mured there. Too whole of the- after-part appears to have been free, and scarcely a scratch Is observable abaft the otoku-hoio lunkhead. Tho superiority of steel over iron as the material for tho building of steamships is at once clear, lied she le’cn an Iron steamer, those plates that now are only bent and strained at the rivol-holvs would have boon both bent and broken, thereby letting in water more copiously. Tho main injury, or that which will be tho meet difficult to repair. Is just ah&ft tho forefoot. The lower part of tho atom is completely knocked away, and projects to the port side about 12ft, almost at a right alible. About 2f>ft of tho stem is thus broken away, hx of the steel plates being crushed and twisted out of position and form. For a ditdano; of about 10ft further aft no damage appears. Then there is about, 30ft on either side of the hull very badly bent Inboard, and dented all over. The injury extends for about eight plates from the keel The frames a-c put out r,f shape, and the ballast tanka spuing, as also are ail the rivets. This is the damage which appears to have been done when on the beach Tho two pinnacle rockn where she rested stand up in the sha- eof tho two logs of aV. Yesterday morning, before all tho water was out of the hull, a curious spectacle wan presented by the water finding its way out through a thousand aper'ures and email rivet holes, so as to readable pretty faithfully a shower of nln on a limited node. It is estimated that the cost of the repai'B will bo between 1,0,000 and 1,7,000, and tbo work will take four or five weeks to complete.— • Telegraph.’ TIIF, DIRECT STEAMERS. The T-inui arrived at Pl.vmnith on Ihe mmning of Tuesday with her froiwn meat In good condition. KhUipliiff Telcffrnms. Wpi,msoton, March 3.--Rotorua, for the South.— nvripie H, R. I.uhrs, from Newcastle —Jannolte, ketch, from Lyttelton.—Penguin, for the South. ' Passengers: Misses Pandelands, Thornton, Cannon (2\ Vaughan, Montrose, Rcortaine, Howard, and Malabo, Mesdames England, VTCahe, and Hiller, Pir J Prendergast, lima. it. A. Hilbert and .1. Patterson, Mvs*r> Kebblo, Waite, Jbown, Tbnnna, Tu l.rr, First on, iresln rough, Norton (2), Orabam, England, Miller, Hohlnsuu. Clatcroh, liuike, Lyons, Hailey, Hadficld, M’Oobo, and Donnelly.-Omapere, for Westport. Lvtiw.ton, March S Knt.reriee, Srom Napier.— Wakafn, for Kaikoura and Wellington. Myumi BNlf, Mngch 3.—Morning, liingarocma, tor tho Itluff.