SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 7874, 5 April 1889, Page 3

SHIPPING

High Water.

To-morbow. Taiaroa Heads: 6.0 a.m., 6.16 p.m. Port Chalmers; 6.40 a.m., 6.56 p.m. Dunedin: 7.30 a.m.. 7.46 p.m.

Port Chalmers.

ARRIVED.—April 5,

Tekapo, s.s., 1,544 tons, Anderson, from Northern ports. Passengers: Miss Goring, Messrs Sim, Slyger, Henrie, Ladrie, Rodgers, Barsorth, Hart, Le Cren, Cook; and thirteen in the steerage. Takapuna, s.s., 930 tons, Grant, from Nelson via Akaroa and intermediate ports,

SAILED.— April 5,

Alice Reed, barque, 829 tons, Stahl, for Newcastle, Grafton, s.s., 297 tons, Nordstrom, for the West Coast via Timaru.

The American barque Alice Reed was towed to sea this morning by the tug Plucky, and sailed In ballast for Newcastle. The Grafton took in cargo at the Rattray street wharf to-day, and sailed at 4 p.m. for the West Coast via Timaru. The Beautiful Star went alongside the barque Peri this morning, and took in transhipments for Oamatu. The Hauroto landed cargo at the Victoria wharf to-day. , . The Tekapo left Nelson on the Ist mst., called at Picton, and arrived at Wellington at midnight on the 2nd; loft again at 4.30 p.m. on the 3rd, and arrived at Lyttelton at 9 a.m. on the 4th; sailed again at 4.30 p.m., called at Akaroa, and left again at 10.45 p.m. same day; arrived at 1.35 p.m. this afternoon, and steamed up to Dunedin. She experienced fine weather throughout the passage.

The Takapuna steamed up from Port Chalmers this forenoon, and landed cargo at the Rattray street wharf. The largest four-masted schooner in the world was launched from the New England Shipbuilding Company’s yard a few weeks age. Her name is the Tccumseh. She was built for Captain J. M. Phillips and others, who own the famous King Phillips and Pocahontas. The Tecumseh’s dimensions are 220 ft keel, 47ft beam, 21ft 4in deep. She measures 1,500 tons net —two tons more than the T. M. Lambert and ninety-four tons less than the Governor Ames, a five-masted schooner.

BLOWN TO SEA,

The cutter Evening Star arrived nt Auckland on Saturday from Maketu, Bay of Islands, after an eventful trip. The vessel sailed from Maketu on Sunday, 24th March, with three passengers —Mrs Taylor (late school teacher at Maketu) and two children. When off Tairua the cutter met a strong gale, and the mainsail was blown away, whilst heavy seas washed away the dingey and a full water cask. A jury mainsail was rigged with carpets, tarpaulin, and blankets ; but notwithstanding this the cutter drifted rapidly to ses, the gale being off the coast. The water suppl', owing to the loss of the cask, gave out early on Monday morning, but Mrs Taylor had with hor a c.iuplo of bottles of elder flower water used as a medicine, and this was served out in tesspoonfuls to the five persons on board at regular morl intervals, this being their only drink. On Wednesday morning, when the Evening Starmust have been upwards of 100 miles eastward of the coast, the wind suddenly changed, and the cutter was thus enabled to bring up again to the land. A distress signal was hoisted on Thursday, the vessel having become becalmed, and when off Makikinui two men put off from the lighthouse with a letter, but they absolutely refused to bring water to the cutter, stating that they had to look after the light and had no time. The Evening Star eventually reached Auckland after a passage of a week, the party having been five days without water.

STRANDING OF THE CLANSMAN.

The brigantine Clansman, of Auckland, parted her anchor at Gisborne yesterday afternoon, owing to the heavy sea, and was beached. She has on board forty tons of coal. Shortly after she was beached her false keel came ashore, and later on a portion of the keel and fore foot. The vessel went ashore at low water, and when the fdo rises to-night she will have to stand the buffeting of a heavy sea now increasing. At four o’clock the captain and crew were safely landed. When the boat was com'ng ashore it capsized and one man was nearly drowned. A rock is under the bilge of the vessel. Nothing whatever has been saved from her.

IMPORTANT TO MARINERS,

The following circular has recently been issued by the Marine Department, and shipmasters would do well to note its contents “A summary containing all the notices received at the Board of Trade duiing the preceding eight months of any alterations in lights, buoys, and beacons, of any newly-discovered dangers, or of alterations in or additions to the Admiralty char!B, is published monthly by the Board of Trade, and issued on or about the 11th of each month. Copies of this summary may be seen at the Custom-houses and at the harbor offices at the ports of Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin. Bluff, and Invercargill. The Board of Trade notify that, If the information contained in these notices is not made use of by masters, owners, and agents of ships, the responsibility rests with the parties who neglect to make use of the information gratuitously offered and abundantly circulated.”

THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

The Arawa railed from Lyttelton yesterday afternoon for Rio dc Janioro and London. Passengers: Saloon—Misses Baker, Murray, Stuart, Bell, Bucknell, Slaughter, Wheeler, Gaby, Maoandrew. Le Cren, Scrivener, Powell, Anderson, Bottenham, Abraham, Duncan, and Bull, Mesdames Atho, Baker and infant, Richardson, Simmons, Murray, Field, Logan, I.e Cren, Milne, Miles, Dickinson, Waterhouse, and Udall, Rev. Mr Ashe, Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, Professor Dickinson, Messrs Atkins, Bowyer (2), Lines, Nash, Venables, Simmons, Murray (2), Harkne-s, Aylmer, Young, Logan, Williams, Craven, Le Cren, Hedley, Milne, Japps, Marshman, Light, Waltber, Dewhurst (2), King, Hadden, Abraham, and Garforth, Masters Venables (2), Murray (5), Logan (2), and Le Cren. Second saloon—Misses Wiginetou, Hooper (4), and Sutherland, Mesdames Bruce, Pattinson, Dana, West, King, Hooper, Inglis, Cheshire, and Rees, Dr Hooper, Messrs Drake, English, Jeffries, Bruce, Pattinson, Dana, West, King, Gostling, Wigington, Potterton, Macadam, Inglis, Anderson, Ings, Cheshire, Ulph, Robertson, Mason, Harrison, Phillips, Meadows, Brice, Rev Mr Inglis, Masters Dana, Hooper, Inglis (2), and Cheshire. For Rio do Janoiro—Mrs Smith, Messrs Forbes and Smith ; sixty-three steerage. LONDON, April 3. —The Kaikoura (Lyttelton, February 22) has arrived at Plymouth The lonic arrived at Hobart at 11 a.m. yesterd-y, and left there at four o’clock this morning for Wellington. She had forty-five passengers for Australian and sixty-five for New Zealand ports.