SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 7405, 28 December 1887, Page 3

SHIPPING.

High Water. To-morrow.—Tolaroa Headp: 1.45 a.m., 2.13 ,>.ni. Port Chalmers: 2.31 a.m., 253 p.m. Dunedin : 310 a.m., 3.38 p.m. Port Chalmers. ARRlVED.—Dbcrmbbr 27. S»lado, barque, 442 tons, M'Bryde, from the Mauritius (Novemter 16). Kakanul, s.s, 50 tons. Best, from tho Coast. Deckmbbr 28. Kaikourn, R.M.S., 4,474 tons, Crutohlcy, from Plymouth (Octobor 22) \ia Cape Town, Hobart, ard Northern ports. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Hastio and maid. SAlLED.—Dbcrmbbr 27. Beautiful Star, s.s., 148 tons, White, for Oamaru. Glencairn, schooner, 62 tons, Quin, for Auckland. „ , Waihora, 5.8., 1.260 tons, Popham, for Sydney and Auckland, via East Coast pork. Dkcrmbbr 28. Waiboro, for Auckland, via East Coast ports. Passengers: For Lyttelton-Mr, Mrs, and Miss Nicholson, Mrs and Master Campbell, Me'era J. W. Oargill, Marks. For Wellington—Misscb Ferguson, Matheson, Adams, Mrs O. W. Adams, Messrs Todd, J. M. Hickson, Dickson. For Napier—Mr Smith. For Auckland—Miss Thomson, Mr Macfarlane; six steerage. Tbo Bt»amer Kawatiri steamed down from Dunrdin yesterday evening, and was berthed at tho George street pier in readiness for docki.itr. Tbe steamer Beautiful Star sailed last night for Oiniaru. The s.B. Kakanul, whioh left Port Chalmers on Monday evening for Cotlln River, returned yesterday evening. After clearing the Heads she enoountored a Btrong S.W. gale, and ran into Wiokllffe Ray for shelter, where she remained until yesterday evening, and finding tho gale showed no pign of moderating sho steamed back to Dunedin, and is to sail this evening for Catlin River and Inveroargill. The barque Salado was moored at the cross wharf this forenoon, and made preparations for discharging cargo. The sohooner Glencairn left the Jetty street wharf this morning with cargo for Auckland. The barque Carl Burcbard commenced ballasting to-day. „ The R.M.S. Kaikoura, from Plymouth via Cape Town, Hobart, and Northern ports, reaohed the Heads early this morning and anchored until the tide was favorable, crossing tho bar at 11.15 a.m., under the charge of Pilot M'Donald, and was berthed at the George street pier at 12.30 p.m. She left Plymouth on October 22, Madeira on the 26th, Cape Town on November 11, and Hobart on November 20, arriving at Wellington on tbe afternoon of the 3rd inßt.; left again on the 9th, and reached Lyttelton on the 10th; remained there until noon yesterday; had strong S.W. winds down the coast, and came into port as above. The personnel ol her officers are unohanged, with the exception of Mr J. R. Berryman, late of the Company's stramer Rimutaka, who comes as fourth officer. Bhe brings no cargo for this port. Tbe as. Waihora left the Rattray street wharf this afternoon for Auckland via the East Coast ports. The s.s. Koranui was loading to-day at the Rattray street wharf for the West Coast, and sails to-night 10 p.m. MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM SIIP COMPANY'S FLEET. Wednesday, Dbcbmbbr 28. Lvitblton.—Wairarapa arrived 7.30 a.m. from Wellington ; sailed 3.30 p.m. for Port) Chalmers. Wellington.-Hawea arrived 6 a.m. from Nelson; sailed 2 p.m. for Lyttelton.—Takapuna arrived noon from Lyttelton. Nelson.—Grafton arrived i a.m. from Wellington; sailed 7 p.m. x'or Weetport.—Poneuin arrived 6 a.m. from New Plymouth; sails 6 p.m. for Wellington. PROPOSED LIGHTHOUSE ON THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS. j Captain Musgrave, lighthouse-keeper at Capo Otway, Victoria, has in reply to a request for a report on the question ot a lighthouse for the Auckland Islands, forwarded the following to the Melbourne authorities:— I havo tho honor to state that in my opinion the atop of first importance with tho object of lessening tbo chances of disaster to shipping navigating these parts would bo to have tbo generally unsußpeoted but strong and probably varying ourronts whioh sweep between and around all this line of islands lying south of New Zealand, as also round the Antipodes and Bounty Ulands, determined and charted* That done, the expediency 0 providing lights could be more satisfactorily determined, for, until tbe ourronts are understood, lights might perhaps lead ships Into danger rather than aid them to avoid it. ! I have given muoh thought to this subjeot, holding the conviction that ships have met their fate at the Auoklands which have never been heard of afterwards, and I have advocated a light, but always attaching prior importance to obtaining a knowledge of those dangerous currents; and nay here remark that In these water* I have found my vessel swept in ten hours (while lyiog-to) as muoh as sixty miles from tho position taken up. '' " „ , Should It, however, be determined that a light is at once desirable, I will offer a suggestion In regard thereto which may prove useful. .. I The north end of tbe Auokland group, with its advantages of climate, soil, good harbor, etc,, would possibly be ohosen for the site of a lighthouse, .the more likely so as It would there provide a beacon to the dangerous Brlstow Rook. But if only ohe light Is to be adppted, I would strongly urge avoldidg tt»e;norj>hi«i&!rtpd as strongly <reoaramend the B.vf. °^««sts or currents about ibe^e,ls)an4s T may prove to be, experience 'KoVshown me the "wisdom of at alt times guarding againit/a strongly preponderating south-easterly set, It follows, therefore, that unless every shipmaster 3 malclnri his passage through could make the %ht'.run font of we.Wand to the sonthward'Kn&'touVttf Sgttt «WMlgKt*«hßtance the flnnnral making |«mMm*<ihi nightfa,u r yßt oou|d , not olear JttrrwhereM if hqrjwpeetM-<fc)/make v the , 'oJnsWefen ourrent«,"ne Tnot.ieel^tl<«il»l4ud«l«H«i.'J> r t A .d.uneV *,•. >

In the winter dense fogs obtain for days together \ sometimes, but tho prudent navigator, whose business ] does not call on him to aotually visit or necessarily seo | any of these islands, will find perfect safety, nnd probably not feel the effect of any cu rent, by taking a midw y course between any two of the groups—e.g., Stewart Island and tho Snares, Snares and Auol> lands, Aucklanda and Campbells, etc < If that could be authoritatively impressed on the 1 minds ot all shipmasters taking this route it would, I think, do more to prevent disaster than anything else can until a knowledge of the currents is ascertained and charted. ARRIVAL OF THE SALADO. Thlsvossel was towed up to Dunedln early this morning. She brings 11,132 bags of sugar for Dunedin, and 9870 bags for Lyttelton; and comes into Eort bearing evidence of the heavy weather she his ad to encounter sinoe making tho Now Zealand coast, part of her starboard gallant bulwarks, about 60ft of her fore-gallant rail, and a number of stanchions being carried away. Her passage has occupied 42 days from anchor to anchor. Captain M'Bryde, with his usual courtesy, supplied us with the following report from his private journal:-Left Port Louis on November 15 with a moderate S.E trade wind, which oarrled her to latitude 26deg S. on November 18; tbey wore followed by light variable* winds and calms until sho reached latitude 35deg S. on Novomber 28, when a strong southerly breeze set in, which held until sho passed the meridian of Capo Leeuwin on November. 11 In latitude 46deg S., wbon it increased to a heavy southerly gale, which continued for ttueo days, and was succeeded by a moderate westerly breeze, passing the Island ot Tasmania on Docember 19, in latitude 47deg S. Thence sho had light winds until off the west coast of Stewart Island on the 24th, when a heavy N.W. gale sprang up which oompelled her to heave-to tho same night until 10 a.m. of tho 25th, when tho gale slightly moderated and she was again put on her course under the two lower topsails; thence sho had N.W. to N.N.W. winds until 4 a.m. of the 20th, when the wind Ino-cascd with hurricane foroe from the N.N.W., which continued until 5 p.m. same day, during which time several heavy seas broke on board, which carried away part of her starboard gallant bulwarks, about 50ft of bcr fore-gallant rail, andj started a number of her stanchion's; she passed the nuggets without sighting them at about 6 p.m., when tho gale moderated and was followed by strong W. toS.W. winds which brought ber along' the ooast, and sbo was off C'pe Saunders at midnight, and was hovc-to at i a.m. yosterday, being drivon to the northward, when the wind moderated and she worked back to tho Heads and was towed info port as above. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. Tho Tongariro arrived at Hobart yesterday all well, and sailed in the afternoon for Now Zealand.' Weather Telegram. Tho Harbor Board received the following tolegram from tho Mcteorologioal Department at Wellington : North-oaßt to north-west gale within next ten hours; glass further fall.—R. A. Edwin." (Received at 12.10 p.m.) Shipping Telegrams. Wellington, December 27. Waimate, Captain Cunese, ninety-two days from London.—Wairarapa, for Meloourne, via South and Hobart. Passengers: Mi«es Cbrystall, Htitchens (2), Taylor, Wybar, Searlc, Krceft, Dimant, Blak°, Evasf, Bcatson, Sharland, and Clapharu, Mcsdamcs Lee, Thornton, Kennedy, Blake, Ford, Martin, Warner, Shannon, Webb, Irvine, Collins and child, Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, Dr Collins, Messrs Tain, Robinson, Snow, Howell, Wybone, Waterhouao, Warner, Kennedy, Irvine, Master Evast; twenty stoerage. Lyttelton, December 27.—Takipuna, for Wellington.— Kaikoura, for Dunedin Orawaiti, for Westport.— H.M.B. Raven, for Auckland. San Francisco, December 24. Mariposa, with the New Zealand Mailf. - Mkliiournf, December 28.—The Mararoa passed Wilson's Promst-to-v this morning bound for this port.