SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 9471, 16 August 1894, Page 3

SHIPPING.

High Water. To-morrow.—Taiaroa Heads: 3.20 a.m., 3.36 p.m. Port Chalmers: 4.0 a.m., 4.16 p.m. Dunedin: 4.45 a.m., 5.1 p.m. ♦ —: Port Chalmers. ARRTVID.-ACGUSTI6. .

Talune, s.s., 1,303 tons. Phillips, from Sydney via Wellington and Lyttelton. Passengers: Mesdames Paton, Aitchinson, Misses Tennant, Dyer, A. Davis, Mitchell, Ballantyne, Messrs Cniaroni, G&nnaway, Marks, Miller, Rhirtcliff, Meaicole, Elder; and eleven in the steerage.

SAILED.— August IG. Hcliatice, ketch, OS tons, Hanning, for Inver tfargilh

fhe s«tatoiier .Olio is loading at the Rattray street wharf for HoMtika via TimdrU. The ketch Reliance, Which put in yesterday from Lyttelton to repair her canvas, sailed again this forenoon for Invercargill. . The' Mime,, from Sydney via Wellington ana Lyttelton, arrived alongside the George street pier at 9 a.m. to-day. She left Sydney at 8 p.m. on the Bth inst, passed Farewell Spit at 5 p.m. on the 12th, Stephens Island at 10 p.m., and reached Wellington at 2 a.m. on the 13th; left again at 6 p.rii. same day, and arrived at Lyttelton at 9 a.m. on the 14th; pushed on again at 3.30 p.m. same day, arriving as above, having experienced light variable winds and fine weather throughout the passage; Sho.stcame'd up to Dunedin this afternoon and landed cargo; ..*,<, , A light painted barque passed the Heads bound north at 9.33 a.m. to-day. . The Omapore took in cargo aC the Rattray street wharf to-day. ■ . , > • , .. From a private letter vvc hear that the barqttentinc Volando, which left Port Chalmers on' July 9, had a very rough passage to the Clarence Rttcr,' where she arrived on July 27. The passage was marked bv a succession of heavy gales, with snow and hail squalls, from her departure to the time of her arrival, Shu is loading at the Clarence River for Napier. The barque Bells passed the Heads bound north this forenoon.

MOVEMENTS OF ITHIQN S.S. COMPANY'S FLEET.

Tni'HSDAY, August ltv Lyttelton.—Muraroa arrived 7 a.m. fr'oifi. D'lifiedit).— AVaihora arrived 7.30 a.m. from Duricdinv Takapuua arrived lOa.ni. from Wellington. Wellington.—Grafton arrived 5 a.m.' fi'om Nelson. - . ; . . • , Nelson.—Penguin sails 7 p.m. for Picton.

INTERESTING TO MARINERS. Wellington, August 15.—1n reply to a deputation from the New Zealand Shipmasters' Association, the Minister of Marine 'promised to have a survey made of. the channel at Jackson Head to ascertain if sonic rocks could be blasted away, and also that he would have prepared a-report on the, Spames Island light, Wellington Harbor, with a view to its improvement.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Tonic left Plymouth on the 11th inst. for Wellington. She is due there on September 24. Lyttelton, August 15.—News has been received here that the Coptic will not return to the New Zealand trade, her owners having decided to put her into the Pacific service to replace the steamer Oceanic.—The Kaikoura sailed to-day for London via Rio <lo Janeiro. Her cargo included 35,000 carcasses of mutton, 730 bales wool, 524 cases meat, and 472 cases cheese. Auckland, August 16".—The lluapehu arrived early this morning. Passengers for Auckland: Saloon—Mesdaiuos Long, Manly, Messrs Bcyau, Gosselin, Lung, Mauley ; second caloou—Mis;c? Kiunaid, Sentance, Mesdames Hawkins, Kinnaid, Messrs Arnold, Dubin, Goring, Hawkins, Kemball, Peacock, Rogers, Master Rogers; intermediate, (i. Fur Wellington: Saloon—Miss Opers, Mrs Opers, MrCowie: second saloon—Miss Baker, Mesdaines Lodlock, Kllis, Greenwood, Jcfferies, Mackiu, Messrs Doillock, Ellis. Girand, Hughes, Simpson, Ellis, Greenwood, Masters Jetfcrics, Mackie; intermediate, 10. For Lyttelton: Second saloon—Messrs Bennett, Foder, Wildeblood, Wolfe ; intermediate, 5. For Port Chalmers: Saloon - Miss Lutterworth ; second saloon —Mr Arthur WHonald, Air M"lavish ; intermediate, 10. Fur transhipment for New Plymouth : Saloon, 1 ; second saloon, 12 ; intermediate. 115. For Napier: Second saloon -Misses Webber (3), Dr, Webster, Mrs Webster, Mr Webster, Master Webster; inIcruicdiatc, i. The Ruapehu had an uneventful voyage. Her dates are: London, June 28 ; Tcncrilfe, July 5; Cape Town, July 21; llobart, August 10. Captain l-'iudlay is still iu command. Her eargo comprises 700 tons for Auckland, 1,(100 for Wellington, 500 for Lyttelton, and 150 for Dunedin. She leaves on Saturday for Wellington.

Shipping Telegrams. Kaipaua Heaps, August 15. Grace Dent, schooner, from Auckland.—Sir Henry, schooner, from Taranaki. Wellington, August 15. —I-lineiuoa, from the South.—Mawhcra, for Nelson and West Coast.— Penguin, for Nelson.—Takapuna, for Lyttelton. Lyttelton, August 15.—Dingadoe, for Westport. —Taupo, for Grcymouth.— August 10: Mararoa and Waihora, from Dunedin. Auckland, August 1b'.—10.30 a.m., Monowai, from Sau Francisco. Passengers for New Zealand: Mrs Cordeza and maid, Messrs Dryden, Ledger, Slater, Sauford, Von Proskowitz (2), Turloy, Ropez, Rev. G. G. Corolin; thirteen in the steerage—ll a.m., Ruapehu, from London.— 2 p.m., Tarawera. for the South. Passengers: Misses Toiube and Dis-hvood, Mesdaines Gordon and three children, Stewart, Drabbe, Innes, Messrs Drabble and two children, Byrne, Sturrock, Swinney, Ori.isby, Brigham, I)r Innes, Patrick, Major, Marritt, Matthews, Duthie, Beattie, Rax ton ; and fifteen in the steerage. Melbourne, August 15.—Hauroto, from the Bluff.

Manukau, August 16. lp.m., Mahinapua, with the Southern mail.