SHIPPING.
High Water.
To-uoaaow.—Taiaroa Hoads: 7.41 a.m., 8 9 p.m. Port Chalmers; 8.21 a.m,, 8 4!) p.m. Dunedin; f) C .iu., 9.34 p.m. Port Chalmers. ARRIVED.—AuersT 24. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, White, from Osmaru. Passengers: Three saloon, one steerage, August 25. Grafton, ss., 297 tons. No dstrum, from Westport via Timaru and intermediate ports. SAILED.—Acorsr 25. Rotomahana, s.s., 986 tons, Carey, (or Melbourne via the B'ull and Hobart. Passengers : For Hobart— Mrs Ziman and child, Rev. Dr Glecson. For Melbourne—Mrs Turner, Misses Fitzgerald, Barren, Bishop Moran, Rev. Mr Radoiifle, Messrs O’Driscoll, Wi c, G. L. Dennison, D. Campbell, Uatbeson, and twenty-seven steerage. The Queen Mab put out the last of her cargo this morning. Alter ballasting she proceeds to Wellington The barque Glonlora, from London via Nelson, arrived at 0 imam yesterday. Captain Trouton, the marine superintendent of the A.S.N. Company at Sydney, has invented a new kind of masthead light, which is intended to minimise the risk of collisions at sea. The letup is fitted with a mechanical arrangement which will enable the steersman to indicate to approaching vesse's in which direction he is steering, the indication being a semaphore of light shooting out to the port or starboard as required. The patent has been presented to the Government without any stipulations (or a royalty, and the lamp will probably be brought under the notice of the Imperial Naval authorities, A brigantine, supposed to be the Enterprise, sailed inside the Heads last night, and anchored off Hobart Town Point.
The Grafton, from Westport via Timaru and intermediate ports, arrived at Port Chalmers at 7 a m. toil iv. and steamed direct to town. The Beautiful St»r left Oamaru at 3 p m. yesterday, bad light N.W. winds along the coast, and reached Rattray street wharf at 9.48 p.m. The Rotomahana steamed down from Dunedin this forenoon. After taking in cargo she embatked her passengers at the Georgs street Pier, and sailed this afternoon for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart. The p ?. Tongariro, of about fifty tons, quite recently Irought to run between Napier and Mohaka, went ashore at two o’clock yesterday morning, about a mile north of Mohaka River. She is a total wreck. She was partly owned by Mr Pack and the captain. The insurances' are unknown. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The s.s. Arawa, from Plymouth (or Port Chalmers, airlved at Hobart at 16.80 last evening. She will irobahly come into Port Chalmers on Sunday mornng’s tide, and be berthed between nine and tea o’clock. _____ MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM ’IIP COMPANY’S FLEET. Thursday, Aooust 85. Lyttelton.—Rotorua arrived Sam. Iroro Wellington ; ealled 8.80 p.m. for Port Ohalmere.—Tarawera arrived 8 a.m. from Fort Chalmers; ealled 6 p.m. lor Wellington.-Wereatea arrived 9 a.m. from Westport; returns 6 p.m, Wellisotos.— Kiwatlrl arrived 0 a ra. from West* Sort; returned B p.m.-Hawea arrived 10 a.m. from ew Plymouth; sailed noon for Nelson.-Penguln arrived noon from Lyttelton; sails 6 p.m. for Nelson. NaPier.-Suva tails ? p.m. for QUbOrne. ! WSSTfoßT.—Orawaitl arrived 10 a.m. from Wellington ; sailed 2.80 p.m. for Port Chalmers. NeiV Plymouth.— Wanaka arrived 9 a.m. from Wellington ; sailed 2 p.m. for Manukau. Auckland. —Manapout i sailed 0 80 p.m, (or 0 isborne. Shipping Telegrams. ' Wellington, August 24.-Tim»m, from Timam.- ■ Rotmua, for the Smith.—Mahinapua, for the West Coast-Wanaka, for the North: iKVRRCARaiLL, August 24.-Annie Hil', schooner, from Chesterfield Island, with guano. 1 Melbourne, August 24 —Morning, Uararoa, from the Bluff. ' Weather Telegram. The Harbor Board received the following telegram , from the Meteorological Department at Wellington : “ Every indication very low tides for twenty-four hours from noon to-day,'and sharp frost to-night —R. A. Edwin." (Received at 1.80 p.m.)
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Evening Star, Issue 7299, 25 August 1887, Page 3
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