SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 8399, 27 December 1890, Page 3

SHIPPING.

Hla-h W*t«r. To-mobsow. Talaroa Heads : 3.52 a.m., 4.12 p.m. Port Ohalmerß : 4.32 a.m., 452 p.m. l>unedin: 5.17 a.m., 5.37 p.m. Monday.—Talaroa Head* : 4.30 a.m., 4.48 p.m. Port Chalmers : 5.10 a.m„ 5.28 p.m. .Dunedin : 5.55 a.m., 6.13 p.m. fort CUaimars. ARRlVED.—Eeobmbbb 27. Enterprise, brigantine, 87 tons, Bell, from Napier. _ SAlLED.—Deosmbkb 27. Rotomahana, a.s., 865 tons, Kennedy, tor Northern ports. Passengers : For Wellington —Misßea Chappie, Malcolm, H»lley, Messrs Halley and Moore. For Sydney-Mrs and Miißes Irvine {2) ; three steerage. Janet Nicoll, s.s., 49C tons, M'Lean, for Westport. The Mahinapua took in cargo for the West Coast at the Rattray street wharf to-day. The Rosamond loaded at the Rattray street wharf to-day for Greymouth and WelllngThe ship Brahmin is expected to ba clear of cargo on Monday. The brigantine Enterprise, with a eargo of timber from Napier, arrived at Port Chalmers at 10.45 a.m. on the 251h Inst., and was berthed at the head of tbe graving dock to discharge part of her cargo for the platform for the sheer legs. She left Napier on the 20fch inst., had light winds and fine weather during the The Oreti was hauled into the graving dook for the purpose of receiving a thorough overhaul, oleaning, and rep»intiDg. The Janet Nlool. Captain M'Lean, sailed yesterday evening fur Westport direct. The brigantine Enterprise, having discharged part of her oargo of timber at the dock head, sailed up to Dunedin this afternoon. The Kotomahana, Captain Kennedy, left the Bowen pier tbis afternoon for Auckland via East Coast ports. THE TAIERI. The Tuioa Steam Ship Company have received advice that their steamer Taieri arrived at Adelaide from India to-day, all well. She *ails for New Zealand on Tuesday next. SHIPPING PROPERTY. The atrifce at Home does not appear to have depreciated the value of shipping property. Advices received by Mr W. Darling, shipbrofcer, dated London, 28th October, state: —"We aie glad to find our opinion has been justified by results, tonnage bolng firmly held in strong hands, and by men who are thorough masters of their business. This faot, coupled with the knowledge that the shipping industry represents a money value unsurpassed by any other branch of business, speaks volumes for the soundness of the investment. Another hopeful feature in the future is that established lines have given out orders freely, there being generally a hopeful feeling that freights have seen their worßt, and that an improvement all round may reasonably be expensed very shortly. The shipping interest has not escaped labor trouble*, and the strike in Australia hofl been intensified by the strikers calling out other trades; but we are pleased to nee the shipowners aro keeping a bold front, and now that they have detached the marine officers and the engineers we think capital most win the day and these troubles soon cease. In our own country, the unjustifiable oonduet of the men at Southampton and other places has eomoelled employers in self-defence to form a shipping federation, whioh bids hit to attain Mch sisantio dimensions that unfair demands can be promptly dealt with, and the men taught the very necessary lesson that, whilst conceding to them the right of free oontraot, the employers .claim the same right for themselves, and will not be dragoonfd into the employment of union labor to the exolxwion of non-unlonJsta. Steel aa a material is almost universally used. Urge vessels are the rale, and there is an absolute scarcity of small and medium sized tonnage steamers. The pessimistic predictions of some shipping iottrnala are so far falsified that all tonnage is absorbed for current requirements, the volume i of trade being sufficiently g<">d to find occupation for all. None are laid up, a very different state of affairs to what prevailed a few years since. Freights oannot be considered satisfactory, but shipowners are working at a profit, or their vessels would certainly be withdrawn. In adiitton to the vsssels ordered by English owners, a very considerable business has been done with foreigners, who freely bought vessels ready or nearly ready, especially boats having a fcetter rate of speed than the ordinary run of cargo vessels."—' Post.' THE DIRECT STEAMERS. Hobabt, December 25.—The R.M.B. Xalkoura, from Plymouth via the Oapejarrfved at ten o'clook last night, and sailed for WeUtogton at eleven o'olock this morning. She brings forty-six passengers for Australian porw 9*** aixty-njne for New Zealand.

Mbippinc Tslwrraai*Auckland, December 27.~Mararoa. for the South. PftPsenzflrd: Mr and Mrs Lindßay, Mr nn.l Mi-j Dr-jaris, Mrs Nelson, Mis Heath, Mrs W. J. i;.-.Jiiw and infant, Misi Barnes, iH*« Jerrow. Miss Camabau, Professor Carrollo, MennJoneii, Clarke, BloomfloW. Mummer, Uymock, Mail**, Bobb, Williams, M.ilr. Bvrno, Webbrr ; and twenty Btoerage. lattkltos, Dcotmb'.r 27.-2 p.m., lengU'.ri, for Duuedin.