SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 7481, 27 March 1888, Page 3

SHIPPING.

II Iff to Water. To-morrow.-Taiarca Heads: 2.50 a.m., 3.10 pre. Port Chalmers : 3.30 a.m., 8.80 p.m. Dunedin : 4.15 a.m., 4.35 p.m. m ■- • Port Chalmers. ABUIVEI>.-Makcii 26. Kakanui, s.e., £0 tons, Boat, from Moerakl. MARon 27. . Herald, t.r., 3..12 tons, Jfin.es, from Gjeymouth via 'foUmahana, a.s., S?6 tons, Carey, from Mel. bonrr.o nU Hobart and the Bluff. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Richardson, Mr and Mrs Dndger and child, Meedames Montague, F. Wpscombo, T. Whitson, Misses Logan (2), Wooldrldge, Innes, M'Nalfv, Messrs Hannay, O. Ualloy, Oerßfeld, H. Wright, Perry, F. Hedley.W. Murray, J. Spenee, Turner Douglas, V. Pyke, C. Blgmore, E. R. Weir, F. C. Fulton, Morrison; and fourteen in iao steerage. ■: - SAILED.—March 2/. Kakanui, 3.8., E3 tonq, Best, for iftiverton and, Walkav/a.

On Monday last (says the Newcastle « Morning Herald '©t Maroh ft) a bottle was picked up on the bench by Mr J. Bashford, of StocMon, inside ol vmtoh was a rieoo of paper with the following written upon it:—" Oft Vort Stephens ;a r aim. Brltich ship Soudan, of Liverpool, from Newoastle, N.S W.. for Smi Diego, Cilifornia; all well. February 8, 1883. The Soudan left this port on the morning of the date upon which the bottle was thrown overboard, with 2 646 tons of coal. The bottle must have been brought down by the southerly current whl«h prevails alon.-f the cowt.

The 8.9. Herald, coal-laden from Grey raoutb, arrived at the Jetty street wharf at 1 a.m. to-day. bne: left the Grey at 7 p.m. on tho 23rd inst.. hid light b vy. winds, and passed Cape Farewell at 10.30 a.m. on the 24th inst; passed Wellington Heads at 9.20 pm., had light northerly winds with clear weather, and p*H3ea Akaroa at 0 p.m. on ho 25th inst. ; thence she met light westerlv winds, and reached Oamaru at 8 ion. on the 20oh*; discharged satjro, and left again at , p.m. ; had light southerly winds down tho coast, passed Port Cbalimre at 11.45 same day, and arrived The Rotomahana, from Melbourne via Hobut and the Bluff, arrived at Port Chalmers at 5.45 ton today, and the tide beinu' favorable the continued her course to Dunedin. She ltft Melbourne at 545 pm. ontho2lßt inst., passed Swan Island at 1.15 p.m. on tho 22»d, and reached Hobart at 5.50 a.m. on the 23rd; ltft again at 1.20 pm. same day, and breasted Puysegur P< int light at 3 40 a.m. on the 26th, arriving at the Bluff at 9 25 a.m. same: day. having experienced light westerly and Eouthel'i.V winds with thick weather throughout the pissare, which was made from Hobart to the Bluff m the phenomenal time of 2 daj s 18 hours and 20 minuted, which time has only been surpassed by her own previous record ; being an average speed of 14.J- knots an hour. She left the Bluff at 545 p.m. on the 20th, had southerly winds along the coa"-t, and arrived as above. Wo thank Purser Necs Kei:h Ut prompt de'iverv of report and exchanges The kakauui, from Moerak', arrived at 0."0 p.m. yesterday and steamed direct to Dunedin without stopping at the port. A oablegram was published in the ' Daily Telegraph,' Melbourne, of Maich S, to the i fleet that the Admiralty propose to start at once with the formation ofthe A'iStra'ian auxiliary squadron, and, departing from the original design, they ar* about to construct live protectid cruisers and two )9 knot torpedo boats of the Sharpshooter design. ThU u.ean3, it is stated, an extra cott of at least f/00,000. Sir James Lonin< r explains, with rcferer ce to the cablegr in', that the British Government are exactly fulfilling their share of the agreement. A groat many people, the Mir,Uter cf Defence sajs, confound the term " Archer vessels with '• Aic'ier class." When the Imperial Conference was in progress Sir James Loiimer and Ciptain Thomas visited the Admiralty, am l , there it was agreed that the vessels should bo an imp ovement on the improvements cf the Archer. Tho vesse's for tho Australian squadron nil', consequently, he the fastest and most formidable warships alioat, and far iu advance of anything of the sarrc class that hcß yet been constructed, and th nah the coit will be greater, it will be home by (he imperial Government, as the contribu'ion of the" Australian Governments is limited to 5 per c?nt on the original nmount agreed upon, which was LG2C 000. Si' Jauies L irinicr thinks that G eat Britain has treated the colonies very handsomely in thia mv.tcr. Tho two Bmaller vessels are to be "tcpedo catchers." In other words, they a>e a combination of gun-boat and to-pedo-boat, carrying powerful armaments, yet possessing a speed of twon'y knots and over, which they will be able to maintain for a considerable The new fUet, it is anticipated, will be completed and in this; waters by the beeinningof 18S0. Tie Morning Star, s'camer, to be employed in landing passengers at A'goa B.y, arrived at Cipttown on January 30th from England via Lisbon. Las Falmas, Sierra Leone, Lagos, and St. Paul de Loanda. The Morning Star is the smallest sterner which has over made tho inn from England to the Cape. She was designed by her owner, Captain R D.mean, of London. She is twenty-sis tonß, yacht measurement, is of teak copper fastened, and is clasFci Al ut Lloyd'*, Her length is 50ft between perpendiculars, over all EOft, with lift 2io b am, a d slt (Jin depth of hold. A wondetful torpedo depot ship of "25,000 horsepower ' (says tho 'Admiralty and Horse Guards Gazette') is spoken cf as being ino'uded in the forthcoming progrummo o! dockyard work at Portsmouth. This «ill t.e a tremendous advance ujnnouronlv torptdo depot, the Hecla, which has only one horsepower to three tons. If the new ship were desh tied on the same principle she would have tho enormous displacement of 75.0t0 tons. But supposing that she had two horse-power per ton, wlvoh is » power in excess of anything wo have yet built, the wou'd be a heavier ship than the lat.is; arm'.reJ battleship T afalgftr. We are told that the new vesssl will be a novelty in respect of size, speed, ond ongine-po>c, and will be specially construcied to carry tho li'ges-, types of torpedo-boats, and to furnish them with all the ticccjeary stores at iv. As the designees have not been divulged, the rurnor3 respecting her are somewhat contradictory, and we must await further particulars with patience. Tho ship Thalatta, which arrived in Milbourne from Montrose, Scotland, en Monday, March 12, had a narrow escape from being burnt while making the v\V'ge. O.i the f. u-th day after leaving port it was I lowing a hard ga'c, raising a nasty sea, whiah caused the e-hip to roll and plunge hea\l!y. When about five miles from the Roost, Fair Isle, tho paraffin lamp in the cabin was smashed while the ship was beiriz "wearcd " Tho tablecloth was soon in fl mes, which quickly spread to the table and skylight, aid tho North' Sea oharts were destroyed. The fire was extinguished by tie master and second clti re, both cf whom got badly burned. During tho week commencing March 19 and encMar. on the 25th the following vctsJs have anivtd at, and sai'ed from tho Dunedin waar'cs :-Arrivals : Woodlaik SOS ton", Rakaia 1,022, TcAnau 1,028, Kakauui CO (twice), Invercargll 130, Wakatipu 1 158, Beautiful Star MB (twice). Acacia K'.i. Rotorua 570, Manapmiri 1 020, Wild Wavo 173, llauroto 1,270, U'cst ol the Wave 53, Mahiinima 2(5; toal, 8,157 tons. Departures: Penguin 442 tons, Kskanui fG (t»fc ), B:au!iful Star 140 (twice), Te Anau 1,028, I»\0'caraiil 12(1, Wakatipu 1 153, Mampouri 1,020, Mahinapm 205, Kakauui 50; to:ul, 4,419 tons. A SLIGHT ACCIDENT TO THK RUAPEHU. AN UMCNOWj! KIIOAIi. The Riupehu, which arrived at Wellington London via Hobart on the 25th, grounded cfl Capo Farewell that mornirg. Tho partculara, so far u-i ca-> be leaned, are txs follow:-At about 5.15 en Sunday mori'.ing, whet, nbout eight or ten miles northwest of Farewell 8] it, the steamer was felt to touch something and then stop. The engines wero immediately roversi'd, and after a few minutes tho veraol fl'.atcd cff. There waslittlu or no bumping ; the gretinding vas more cf a sliding motion, which was ao gentle that tho people down below did not feel anything cf it. While tha vessel was hanging ecundlngs were taken, which showtd four fathoms n-:dcr tho hows and throo and a quarter fathoms over tho taffnil oft. It is supposed that tho steamer grounded on a hummock of Bind, as the seemed to run tight up on to it and hang by her keel aft. At tho plica where she struck the chart shows twenty fathoms cl-.'ar water. Farewell Spit lighthouso was in plain view at the time. Tho vessel appear.! to have sustained no damage whatever, atid it is not likely that 6he will be docked. MOVEMENTS OF TUK UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET. TI.TSDAT, MATtCII 27. I vttki.ton-. Mararoii anived 8 a.m. from Wollington; ii-iled 4 p.m. for Port Chalmers.—Rotorua arrived 8 a ut. from Port ChalmcH ; sails 9 p m for Wellington. Kklson.—Hawea arrived 8 a.m. from Wellington ; returns 8 p.m Wkstimrt.—Warcatea sailed 9 a m. for Woilington. CiKKYMOrrn—Knranm sailed Stun, for Nelson. AtcKMSn.—Wairariipa arrived 2 a.m. from Sydney Sl.iijpiiif? Ttlcgrra'MS. AccKt.AND, March 26.—Zealandi ', for San Francisco. Passengers : Rev. Mr r.nd Ms J. P Mountain, raptain and Mrs Hutton. Mr and Mrs W. Hoith, Captain »nd Mrs Wfbst«i<-, Bishop anil Mrs Suter, Messrs F. W. and W. Quick, James, Davison, Potterj, M'Farlane, Frank Robinson, Oavin, AitUnd, William Grey, F. A. Ford, Mcsdamfs Astland, Sutton, Tavidson; and thirtv-nino st-crsge. Wei.msotos. March 23.—Bellinger, from Waitnra, f r rcpai s.-Miwhcr>, for Wettpott.—Huwoa, for Plcton and Ntl-on Waioui, f.T Fiji via Auckland. —M ravoi, for tho South, L 1 TTrLTON, March 2ft—lnvcrcarelH, for Inrcroarpill. —Gmftcn, for Timaru aid Dunedin.—Wanaks, for tho North. Sydnrv, M»rjh SO.—John K>i r x, from Kaipara. ArOKI.ANO, Maroh 27 Wai'aropa, from Sydney (March 22V Passen ,orn : Mesdamca Stanislaus, R'yce, Wiird, Jaives, Lar,nit;g, Kirkham, Kelly, LniigVilan, Bice, Wtston. Deighton, Kemp, Mifses Temp'e, Roycc, Laixc, Baudett, Brooks, Oardinor, Cunningham, Leamington, Ravmond, Grainp, Harrlsoa, Do Courcv, Aehby, Mil"o (2), Harrell, Henry Fr-inks, Sheridan (3), Pleic?, Messrs Rowe, Lewis, Brown, Row'ey. Ashman, Costollo, Austin, Traynor, Hamilton, Kuhr, M'Ooy. F.itz, Fox, Thorno, Jordan, Joe White, Camphell, Ramsiy, Waughliti, Rev. B : ct, Horald, Wos'.on, Cork, Dui->, Arthur. Pierce, Hun, Mxdge, Anderson, Ciptain Conpcr E. Corpe, Stevens, Brown, Statl-dms, R r -yoo. Ward, James, Manning, Kirkham, and Brocgh and Boucieauit's boulesquo company.