SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 7238, 14 June 1887, Page 3

SHIPPING.

High Water. Tovnnßnw. Taiarna Hoad» •9 30 a.m.. 10.4 pm. Port Ohalmer" : 1010 a.m., 10.44 p.m. tv.inrtbi : 10.55 .m., 11.29 P.m. » Port Chalmers. Mararoa, s.e., 1,158 tons, Edi*. from Melbourne via the Bluff, Pas'cnirers from Melbourne : Saloon— Professor and Mrs Chainoy. Mesdames De Maug and Dixon, Mi-ees ltioketfci and ONford, Master Porko-, Messrs Haltr, Fergusson, Young, Watson, Puanon. ard Tnrra'l. Steerage Mcs<lamefl M'Leod and Marshall! Mowrs I vine, Cunningham, M'Dinroond, Buttern, Marshall, and Stewart. From the BluffMisses Gunn and Capper, Messrs Matthowsou and Williamson. Chin, s 8., 411 tons, Bernioh, from the North. Orawaitl, s s., 258 tons, Gibb, from Westport. RAlfiKn-JuNR 13. Kakanui, s.s , 56 tons. Best, for Riverton. The Orawaiti, from We?tpnrt, pa°scd the Port to Duncdin at 7.30 a.m. to day. The Mararoa, from Melbourne via the Bluff, arrived at Pott Chalmors at 9 a.m to-day, and steamed direct to town She left the Bluff at 4 p.m. yesterday. We tbßDk Mr Dalgleish. purser, forreport and exchanges. The Ohau, from the North, a-rived at Port Chalmers this morninir, and steamed direct to town. Captain M'Kenzie, the well-known Auokland shipowner, writes to the local 'Star':-"You will most likely bo nurpri'ed to learn that almost everymn connected with shipping In the Australian colonies Is />f opinion that a similar law to the tax imposed by the French it New Caledonia on foreien fhipplng should Ve enßOted here, with a much heavier impost than Is 8d a ton; I should say 6s a ton on all fim'sfn vowels tradlne on or carrytner cargo coastwise. The Americans levy a ohargo of a dollar a ton on all foreign vessels carrying cargo on their coast, and they call their coast from New York to San Francisco, tn their case it cannot bo said that the tax is necessary to compensate for the lack of energy or go on the part of the American?, for it will be readily admitted that the Yankeo is quite aMe to hold bis own against all-Comers. No; the tax in America is imposed to prevent foreigners, whose wages are much lower and whose mode of living is muoh cheaper, from destroying their coasting trade land If we in Australasia are to own a coastal fleet, it Ib tmnerativo that a pimilar Jaw be brought ln<o force without delay, or all the ghipowflew In the Colony will become bankrupt in '. less than.five years, for we cannot possibly oompcto 1 with the-foreigners."

Shipping Telegrams. Lokdox, June 11.—Ships Rskala, from Auckland, and Ln line, from Naple l- . Auckland, June 18.—Rebeoca ib.rquel, Wl'd Wave (brig), and Look-out (brlgantlne), from Newoastle.— M«llee, for the Ftiendlv Islands -phenp, for Norfolk Mand. June 14 : Hotomahana, from Sydney (June 9. Patsergeis: For Napier— Mr Kemp. For Neleet-Mv J. Clew. For Dun di-i-Mw Fogo and child.—Arawata, from Fiji. Wellington', June IS.—Penguin, for Plcton and Nelson. -Wakatlpu, for Sydney. Walrarapa, for Melbourne via the South and Hohart. Passengers: Miesea D. nniston, Molr, Aclanil, Lee, and Speedy. Mesdamea Jefferson, Goring:, Wilson, Lee, Todd, Denr.iston, Hicks, Saherer, Blair, Ross, Evans and child, Hor.s. W. Reeves, L. Walker, J. B. Aoland, and J. Meuzies, Messrs Fergus, Joynt, Peacock, Lea, Hatch, Ricbaidson, Walker, Evans, Blair, Ross, Steward, Chen, Hyndman, Fulton, Joneß, Blake, Hushes, Pyke, Allwright, Grigg, Holmeß, Talaroa, liurton, Du'dgecn, Dargavllle, Gill and boy ; and nine in the steerage. Lyttklton, June 13.—Grafton, for Dunedin via Timaru. Wainui, for Dunedin. Mahinapua and Wanaka, for Wellington.