SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 10430, 27 September 1897, Page 3

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. t To-morrow. Taiaroa Head : 3.21 a.n. , 3.41 p.m. Port Chalmers : 4.1 0.m., 4.21 p.m. Dunedin : 4.40 a.m., 5.0 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRlVED.— September 25. Pukaki, s.s., 917 tons, Anderson, from Lyttelton. September £O. Anglian, s.s., 1,354 tons. Waller, from Sydney via the East Coast ports. Passengers: Misses Burnside, M’Cready, Wignell (2), Mesdames White, Barley, Merry and child. Day, Cramond, Messrs Bodou, Hunt, Hunter, Reston, Jacobs, Marshall, Graham, Barley, Wright, Hulrae Schwartz, Matthews, Harley, Silva, Craddock, Corbett, Basire, Captain Campbell; seventeen steerage. Maud Graham, schooner, 00 tons, Brown, from Mercury Bay. Invercargill, s.s., 130 tons, Sundstrum, from Invercargill via Timani. SAlLED.— September 20. Monowai, s.s., 2,137 tons, Sinclair, for Sydney via Cook Strait. Passengers: Misses Quid, Simmons (2), Stewart, Holdness, Wilkin, IC. Forsyth, Murray, Fitchett, Campbell, Lawrie, Mesdames Dale, Morris, Brown, Parrott, Eglin and two daughters, Stewart, Lawrie, Messrs Brown, H. Jackson, Lipnar, \V. Quin, Morris, Shield, Smith, Lawrie. W. A. Walton, Spencer, A. Stronach, Laird, Donaldson, Dale; twenty-one steerage. The Taupo steamed alongside the Hauroto to discharge part of her cargo of coal. The Pukaki was floated into the graving dock this morning for cleaning and painting. During the week ended September 26 the following vessels had been at the Dunedin wharves:— Arrivals: Paraora 352 tons. Herald 356, Talune I, Monowai 2137, Corinna 820, Napier 48, Rotorua 576, Casa Blanca 569, Taupo 40S, Anglian 1,354, Invercargill 123: total, 8,046 tons. De partures; Tarawera 1,269 tons. Napier 48 (twice) P.ireora 352. Invercargill 123, Herald 358, Talune 1,303, Isabella ■ nderson 79, Rotorua 576, Corinna 820. Monowai 2.137, Taupo 408: total, 7,520 tons. The barque Casa Blanca is discharging cargo at Jetty street wharf. The ship Oamaru has put out about 1,300 tons of cargo at the Dunedin wharf. The barque Grasmere is completing ballast at the Rattray street wharf. The flags at the harbor and shipping offices and of all the vessels in port were at half-mast to-day on account of the death of Mr J. L. Gillies. The Pukaki, from Lyttelton, arrived on Saturday. The Huddart-Parker Company’s Anglian, from Sydney, arrived yesterday afternoon. She left Sydney on the loth hist, and arrived at Auckland on the 20th. Experienced moderate to light variable winds and heavy beam sea to the North Cape; thence to Napier light, variable, and fine; from Napier to AVellington a N.W. gale; and from Wellington to Dunedin tine weather and smooth seas. "

The Invercargill, which arrived at the Rattray street wharf from Timaru yesterday, left Invercargill on Thursday, arrived at Colac at 2 p.m., and took in 25,000 ft timber for Timaru.

The schooner Maud Graham left Mercury Bay on the 13th inst. with a light westerly breeze, passed the East Cape at midnight on the 14th, was abreast of Portland Island at 10 p.m. on the 15th, and then met with a strong southerly gale which lasted until the 19th, when the wind came away from the N.W.

Among the parliamentary papers just issued is a return showing the number of lives lost by wreck, drowning, or other accidents in the British merchant ships registered in the United Kingdom during the year 1596. The total number of masters and seamen employed on both sailing and steam vessels was 219,2:13, of whom 1,273 were drowned—76o by wrecks and casualties, and 513 when vesssls were not damaged, whilst 216 men were lost by accident other than drowning. During the year 403 passengers b=t their lives by drowning, including 144 of the steamship Drummond Castle, which stranded near Ushant, and 250_ passengers of the steamship On Wo, which which was sunk by collision near Woosung.

MOVEMENTS OF UNION S.S. COMPANY’S FLEET.

Monday, September 27. Lyttelton.— Monowai arrived 7 a.m. from Port Chalmers; sails 7 p.ra. for Wellington,—Coriuna sailed 3 p.m. for Wellington. Wellington.—Flora arrived 11 a.m’ from Auckland,

Nelson.— Wainul sailed 9 a.m. for Picton.Mahuiapua sailed 6 p.m. for New Plymouth. Napier. —Dingadee sailed 3 p.m. for Gisborne, Auckland.— Waihora arrived 9.16 a.m. from Sydney.—Tatawera sailed 6 p.m. for Sydney.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS. Hobart, September 2(1. - Mamarl, from London, She sails for Wellington at nine o'clock on Monday morning. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. Arrivals. September 27 : Lyttelton, 7.30 a.m., Monowai, from Port Chalmers.—Auckland, 9.15 a.m., Waihora, from Sydney, with Brindisi mail. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, September 25.— Mawhera, from the West Coast.—Mahinapua, from New Plymouth.—Paveora, from Tiraaru.—Aratapu, from Kaipara.—September 26: Herald, Rotorua, and Te Anau, from the South.—Clansman, schooner, from Kaipara.—Dingadee, for Auckland via the East Coast. Lyttelton, September 26.—Eliza Firth, from Kaipara.—Hawke’s Bay, for London.—September 27: Monowai, from Dunedin. Auckland, September 27.—Waihora, from Sydney. Passengers; Misses Russell and Steel*. Messrs Hollidav, Bennett, Luke, Russell, and Jamieson ; and two in the steerage. Sydney. September 26.—Rotokino, for Lyttelton.—Wakatipu, for Wellington. A 1 rei.HOTjR.NK, September 26.—Waikare, for the Lluit. September 27: Indramayo, from London.