SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 7472, 16 March 1888, Page 3

SHIPPING.

High Water.

To-MORROW.-Taiarca Heads: 5.20 a.m., 6.41 pin, Port Chalmers: 0 6 a.m., 021 p.m. Dunedin 6.51 a.m., 7.0 p.m

Port Chalmers. ARRIVED.--Varcii 10. Penguin, 8.8., 462 tons, Stott, from Nelson via Lyttelton and intermediate ports ***>«>«* '• Saloon-Mrs Bonet, Misses Ronet. Nolan, Gage, f'abert, Fosbery, Messrs Ronet, Cannon Evelyn. Rvan? Milno, Wardle. Hum-, Snow, Bother ; Mjd thrco in the steerage. '*»« SMLED-MAncil 10. Grafton, 8 3., 29T tons, Nordstmru. for the West Coast via TlmatU.

The s s Grafton took in cargo to-day at the Rattray etroet wh%rf. and sailed in the afternoon for the West C The V sfSf..l Star loaded cvgo at the Victo.ia wharl to-'l»v, and is to sail for Oamaru at 10p.m. The X'p B'Xd'. from London, should put In an ar. pelrance Vitb the first S.W. «ind. She is now 104 "Th.'orl'nT LlTe'rtwm.Wp Ormuz arrived in Plyiuarlou, p'S. besides reroioliv fl-'tcen day. at Sydney.

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Tlie harqiu; Friy Benton arrived at. Lyttelton on the 16 hj from the Buff, hound to Port Pirie (South Australia) with a cargo of timber. C-iptiin Oyntou reported:-Left the B'ufl on the 4th, ard had fine weither to the 6th ; on that date got a heavy N.W. g >!e, which brought up a high sea. A heavy sea came üboatd, which carried away the cabin skylight, doing other minor dumage. As the vissel had spruog a le.k on the he thought it advlsaMo not to prooc d further and made for Lyttelton.—' Press. During the grtater pirt of yesterday a strong S.W. wind was blowing, which moderated towards evening and was followed bv a S E wind attended by heavy rain and thick weather, whioh eon-lnued the wno.e of the forenoon, and which would retard any vessel, if nn the coast, from making the Heids. Owing to the heavy downpour of ran to-day, work amongst the shipping at the Port was entirely susThe Penguin, from Nolson via Lyttelton and intermediate ports, anived aloneside the Bowen pior ut 040 a m to-day. She left Nelson at 9.40 n.m. on tho 13)h : stopped at the French Pass and exchanged mails, and reached Pioton at 440 p.m.; eft again at C.30 p.m., and arrived at Wellington at 10.30 p.m. same day ; sailed again at 3.35 p m. on the 14th, and arrived at Lyttelton at 735 a.m on the 15th ; left again at 3.40 p.m. same day, ani arrived as above. From Nelson to Wellington she experienced fine weather; thence strong westerly winds to Lyttelton and from that port fresh S E. and N.E. winds, with hazy weather. The P. and O. Company own fifty-three steamer?, with an angreua'e registered tonnage of 234,183 tons and 19S 500 horse-power, built at a est of some L 0 000 000. Their largest vct-sel) are of 0,500 tons register, and the smallest 2,000 tons register. They could convey, according to the Admiralty lules of measurement, no less a number than 54,000 troops.

MOVEMENTS OF THK UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET. Friday, March 10 BU'FF.-Waihora arrived 8.30 a.m. from Port Chalmers ; sailed 4 p.m. for Melbourne. Wellington-. Taruwera arrived 8 a.m. from Lyttelton ; nailed 5 p.m. for Napier. Rotorna arrived neon from Nelson ; saile.l 3 p.m. for Lyttelton.—Wnkatipu arrived 1 p.m. from Sydney; sails 7 p.m. fur Lyttelton. , , L Nm.sov.-Hawea anived 0 a.m. from Wellington ; sailed 11 p.m. for New Plymouth.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Coptic brought the following passengers :- S.iloon-Mesdames Cowell, J. M. Ritchie, and Young, Miss Emilie Debrocy, Miss Barr, Rev. W. Hooper, Prof'ssur PoHoncte, Mews Bewley, J. E Coker, A. Nelson, W. J. Pierce, O. S. Ranson, J. M. Ritchie, 11. C Young, Uasttrs Ritchie, Master Young. Second Siloon-Mesdames W. Norris, Richards, Missos H. Bailey M Coomber, Calley, Charlotte M. Few, Hurrill.J MLachlan. and N. A. M'Guire, Dr A.M. Oledden, Captain J. Richards, Messrs W. Morris, Thomas N. L. Powell, A. E Smith; and fifty-one stei rage.

THE BELLINGER INQUIRY.

New Plyuotjth, March 16. The Bellinger Inquiry, which is being oarried on at Waitara, excites lit'Je interest here The evidence of each witness is much tho I me. Yisterday Johnson, a seaman, was examined, and the same account 01 how the vessel struck, and what was done, was elicited from him. Some of the witnesses say that the captain and engineer were drank; othirs say they were not. The inquiry is still going on.

THE NEW ZEaLAND SHIPPING COMPANY'S LINE. KXPKCTBD ARRIVALS. At Port Chalmers.—Rakaia, from London, 3rd December; Bafs Rock, from London. At Lyttclton.— Affiles Oswald, from London, 31st December. At Wellington.— Ruapebu, from Plymouth, 11th February ; Largo Bay, from London. At Auckland. Timaro, from London, 24th December.

PhO.IECTRD DKTARTUREB, From Port Chalmers.—Kingdom of Sweden, in March ; Rakaio. . From Lyttclton Hurunui, In March ; Prior Hill, in April; Rimutuka (v.a Wellington), on Maich 31. From Wellington.—Rimutaka, on April 5.

Shipping Telegrams. Wellington, Maroh 16.—Wakatipu, from Sydney. For Lyttelton: Miss Davies, Mr Lucky, Mi« Thoirm; two in the bteerogo. For Dunedin : Mrs Grant and chi'd, R ». Mr Stanley, Miss 0 ildsmlth; three in the steerage. Aickland, March 15.-Mai!apou i, for the South. Svdnky, March 15.—Hauroto, from Wellington. Mulejirnk, ilanh 15. Uutomahana, from the Bluff. ~ , Sydney, March IB.—Mararca, for Auckland.