SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 7103, 6 January 1887, Page 3

SHIPPING.

High Water. To-morrow.—Talaroa Heads : 0.37 a.m., 1.1 p.m. tort Chalmers : 1.17 a.m., 1.11 p.m. Dunodta: 22 a.m., 2.26 p.m. ♦— P»rt. Ctaalmor*. fcRKIVm-jANUARY 6. Beautiful Star, 5.«., 146 tons, White, from Oamaru. Passengers: Fourteen aaloon and two steerage January 8. Pleiades, ship, 1,020 tons, Solten, from Glasgow (October 1). Passengers: Saloon-MrsSelten, Misses Morrison and Smith, Messrs Simpson, Miller, Macfarlanc, Turner, and Logan (2). Steerage—Mr and Mrs Frost and child, Mr and Mrs field, Mr and Mrs Ferguson, Mesdames, Ourrie, Murray, Lacey and two children, Allan and family (7), Misses Currie, Murray, Vallar.ce, Gray, M'lntosh, M'Duugall, Messrs Paterson, Cameron, Vallance, Dunn, Baker, and M'Auiay. SAILED.-January 6. Tekapo, s.s., 1.501 tons, Anderson, for Sydney via Oamaru, Lyttelton, and Wellington. The Beautiful Star left Oamaru at 3.15 p m. yesterday. She bad light N.E. winds and lino weather along the coast, and reached Dunedin wha f at 10.10 p.m. The Marg.vet Oalbraith is making good progress with her loading for London, and commenced to bend sails this morning. The P. and Os s. Teheran encountered a typhoon shortly after leaving Nagasaki, and it was afteiwards found that some camphor in tho lower hold was on fire. The compartment was thereupon flooded. The ship lost four hoats, and was otherwise damaged. Captain Allman, of the Penguin, has patented an arrangement of Bignalg for the prevention of collisions at soa. Great simplicity is claimed for the plan. ■ MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET. Thursday, January 6. Lyttklton.—Wairarapa arcived 8.80 a.m. from Port Chalmers; sailed 5 pm. for Wellington. Nslbon.—Koranui arrived Sam. from Wellington; sailed 6 a.m. for Grey mouth —Penguin arrived 4 a.m. from New Plymouth ; sailed 5 p.m. for Wellington. Napier.—Australia sailed 6 pm. for Gisborue. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The following passengers were booked at London by the Coptic on November 19:—Saloon: For Auckland —Mr and Mrs Drewett, Mr Adams. For Wellington Messrs J Bull and Goldle. For CanterburyMr G B Baldwin. For Otago - Mesdames Cotton and J B Low, R and G Bacon, Dr and Mrs Withers, and Dr Stenhouse. Second saloon: For Auckland—Mesdames Wood and Vivian, Mr II Oranfield, Mr C Chapman and family, Mr A Blundell and family. For Gisborne-Miss E Foster. For Wellington—Miss L Sweetland. For Canterbury —Messrs R. Bustall, P. Hu.rij, and J Stevenson. For Otago—Mesdames W G Allan and Turnbull, Mr and Mrs Wallace, Messrs J Menzies, G Shannon, W Watt, A and B Wayte For Inveroargill—Mr Alexander and family. Third class: For Auokland—Mr G Armitage and family, Messrs Switzer, White, and O Day. For Wellington-Miss Hertfort, Mr R Hall and family, Messrs A J Davis, J Hornby, U Meek, W Polkinghorne, Wrayht, Reeve, and A Wybourn. For Canterbury—Miss Mason, Mr and Mrs- Bone, Messrs J Harvey, J Lipscombe, and E Snolling. For Otago— Mr and Mrs Ferguson, Mr and Mrs Frenne, Mr W Lane. For. Inveroargill—Mesdames G and A Brown. ARRIVAL OF THE PLEIADES. The Shaw-Savill and Albion Company's ship Pleiades, from Glasgow, which was reported off the Nuggets on, Tuesday, reached the Heads yesterday evening, and was tendered by the Pluoky this morning, being brought across the bar at 7.45. She oame to anchor off Crey Bay at nine o'clock in readiness for towing to town to-morrow. Her draft is 18ft. Captain Selten informed the Health Officer that all on board were in good health with the exception of a passenger sufforing from consumption who was taking the voyage for the benefit of his health. She was then cleared in.' Captain Selten brings with him as chief officer Mr Findlav, Mr Ohissel being second, and Mr Morrison third. Her cargo consists of 1,600 tons, 1,000 of which are measurement goods. James Allon, a tteeHge passenger, died from consumption on Decamber 25, leaving a wife and seven children on board. The passage, which is rather, a long one for this fine vessel, has occupied ninety-five days, but 1b accounted for oy the faoc that she had extremely fine weather, so that for the greater part of her passage her royals were not furled. Only two gales were encountered, and it was four days since ehe sighted the Snares. We are Indebted to Captain Selten tor the following report: -Lrft Glasgow on Oetober 1, and Greenock on the evening of the 2nd ; discharged the pilot off the Tuekar on the 6th ; had light variablo wir.ds until the 10th, ivhen a strong southerly gale was encountered, the ship being under her lower topsails for two days; variable weather followed until pioking up the N E. trade in latitude 17deg N , It was moderate and gave out three days later in latitude Bdeg N.; had doldrum weather until reaching latitude 3dcg 8. ; took the first of the S.E trade and crossed the Equator on November 6, in longitude 28d. g W., on the thirtyfifth day out; the SE. trade was only moderate and gave out in latitude 20dcg S.; lijht variable winds prevailed until tho steady westerlies set in; passed south ot Qough Island on November 25; the meridian of Greenwich was crossed on November 29. in latitude 46deg S, and the Cape ot Good Hope was rounded on Decomber 4 In latitude 44drg S i steady winds and fine weather prevailed across the Southern Oeean, with the exception of one gale whioh set in when In latitude 48deg S., longitude ISSdeg E, commencing at B.E. ond veering to S.W.; crossed the meridian of Cape Leeuwin on December 23 in latitude 48deg S , and that of Tasmania on the 29tb, breasting the Snares at 8 p.m. on the 2nd in-t; was becalmed until yesterday morning, when a light breeze sprang up, whioh brought her up to Cape Saunders at six o'clock; stood off and on during the night Her easting was run down on tho mean parallel of latitude 47deg S. The following ships were spoken ".—October 30: Ship Strathblane, from London to Sydney, reported the death of tho captain on Ootobor 10. November 2, latitude s'leg 30min N., longitudo 25deg 30min W.: Ship Miako, from London to Swan River. nbippui* Televrama. Auckland, January s.—Penguin, for the South. Wellington, January 6.—Rotorua, for the South. Passengers; Mesdames Dobbie, Wbitehouw, Hawkins, Archibald, Carroll, Rutter, and M'Coll, Misses Thomson, Robertson, Whitehousc, Archibald, Wheeler, Brownlee, Pearce, and Hawkins, Messrs Colelough, Kincaid (2), Sayell, Flyger, Walker, Sloan, Whitehouse, Cohen, Wilcfcks, Hannadon, Donaldson, Smith. Reid, and Rhind. Sydney, January 6.—Wakatipii, for Wellington. Adklaidk, Januaiy 6. Afternoon, Orient liner Iberia, from London (December 3). MKLBouiKiE, January 6,-Eveniop, Mararou, /rom the Bluff