SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 10900, 7 April 1899, Page 2

SHIPPING.

mctfi WCTeV Art. Fort CfcaVnsta: l» ajsu, US ml. •< " ' XAn.Kn-Arsn.7. ..„.,_ t Wat»«pii,s.aJJsW*«*H i l>«,l«A**. land via the Staff and Itortotts ports.. Mora, as., 873 tons, Fleming, for An*md thM, Rancie, Hlatop and »?"li. w , ffl *s' *l^! , ItatUesoa. forWaftswa. .Cbfjnns, sa, 880 ton*, BoUt, ftr Weatoort via war ports. «xnorc> ARBIVALB. Waikare. from Sydney. *hjjnst. Biianuw, from WwM, llflrtask fWawera, from MaOwiOTeJttth but. te Anau. from AnoMand.Btti tast Talnne, from Sydney, Ifitti Inst itararos, fromßf*«M?*Jp^. Herald, from GreynMoth. 17tb inst fcirloch left liverpool&b February. Rwfield left Glasgow 14th Rbruary. Ribston left New To* Slat February. Queen Eleanor left New YpA Ut Marek. Loch Bredan left Liverpool 13th Mareh. Silverhow left liyeniool 3» Deoßmber. Hawke's Bay left Kew York 31st January. : PROJKCTI© WPAETUKJB. Oban, for Napier, ftth test . Waikare. forMdbounie, jWiinst EHngamite, for Sydney. Uth mat Tarawera, for Sydney, 13th inst Taupo, for Wertport, »&?***• . Te Anan, for Auckland, 14th inst Wuiie,fMllelbowrne,l7ttuu% Mararya, tet»alnc»v|Mra>t IfariloVfor tost Honowsi, for SOHi inst Gorinna,for Westoort, Mat inst The Wakattou left the Geopee rireet pte this afternoon for Auckland via the Bluff and Nor* The Flora left the tongue wharf this afternoon for Auckland vU^OosrtiKjrts. Captain M'Donald took charge of the Wakattpu, which left to-day for the Bluff, taking with him Mr M'Dougall as chief officer, Mr Duncan aa second, and Mr Willis as third. The Napier left today for Wattawa. The Oorlnna was to leave this enmine; for Westport via way porta. An Auckland telegram states that some anxiety is felt foi the schooner Marmion, well known at this port, which left Napier for Tairua a month fp and has not yet arrived. She ia owned by the auri-Timber Companj, and is under charter to Captain Wocdi Captain William Powell, who was drowned during the great hurricane off the Queensland coast recently, was formerlymasterof the barques G. M. Tucker and Onyx. When he met hia death he was in charge of a schooner bound from Thursday Island to Cooktown. Anxiety is felt in Westport for the safety of the barque Sirrah, from Cape Town. The voyage ia one of about thirty-five days, but if the Sirrah left at the date fixed she is now tixty-iive days out The second officer of the ship Lake Superior, which arrived at Lyttelton from Cape Town a few days ago after a passage of thirty-eight days, is positive that the Sirrah was in port when his vessel left, but this statement is not borne out by other circumstances. On a recent trip of the s.s. Aorangi from Wellington to Sydney it was claimed (aays the' Post 1 tint a record passage was established, the time being 3d 9h Mrain. It was asserted here, however, that one or more of the T7.S.S. Company's boats had steamed the journey in less time, but no record of this could be produced. A paragraph on the sabject published in Sydney has led to na receiving from Mr A. E. Heilett a cirefully-com-Eiled table showing the fastest times accomplished y the U.S.S. Company's boats between various ports, and the names of the papers and dates on which particulars of the passages were published. This shows that the Aorangi's record was beaten, but only by one .of the U.S.S. Company's boats—namely, the Marbroa, which covered the journey in 3d 9h 15min in November, 1892. Other fast passages were done by the same steamer in December. 1896—namely. 3d 14h 15min ; and by the Oonah, 31 19fi 45min, early in February of the present year. The new steamer Moravian, of the Aberdeen White Star line, which arrived at Melbourne the other day, was built by Napier and Sons, of Govan. She is 380 ft long, 47ft broad, and 32ft deep, and is of 4,700 tons gross register. She has a full poop, a long bridge, and a top-gallant forecastle. The hull and machinery have been constructed, under special survey, to Lloyd's highest clasp, and in accordance with Board of Trade requirements. So as to keep pace with the AamtnAa of the frosen meat transport trade between Australia and London, the Moravian has been fitted with very large and complete installation of refrigerating machinery, which communicates with the various holds. The accommodation for passengers is of the amplest and most luxurious description. The dining saloon, a vary handsome apartment ia on the upper deck, forward of the machinery, and on the promenade deck there are a music saloon and a smoking room. The captain and officers have state rooms beside the chart-honse, whilst the engineers are berthed alongside the machinery space. The engines are of the triple expansion type, and i* 'Z worthy of note that Messrs George Thompson and Co. were the fiist to recognise the value of, and to inaugurate on their boats, the triple-expansion system. The engi nea are of 3,200 indicated horsepower, with 30in, 50io, and 80in cylinders, having a 54 in stroke, and a working pleasure of 8001b. THE MISHAP TO THE GERMANIC. The tcciJent to the Atlantic liner Germanic in New York Harbor recalls a similar mishap that befell the s.s. Austral in Sydney Harbor vome years ago. The Germanic arrived at New York on Saturday, February 11, but the heavy coating of ice on her sides and decks had not been removed. She began to discharge her cargo and to bike in fresh coal at the same time. The first trouble occurred at half-past three o'clock on the Monday afternoon, when the Germanic suddenly took a heavy list to port. Two barges were then alongside her, and coal was being taken aboard from both sides, and about 300 tons had been placed in her bunkers. There were also aboard 1,300 bags of sugar and a large quantity of dry good?. Workmen were sent into the hold, and they finally got the ship back to an even keeL Before long, however, she again listed, this time to starboard, and in order to right heV many tons of copper were hoisted from the dock, and were used as ballast Fifty tons ol bacon in the ship's bottom were also utilised to straighten her. The work of getting the copper from the dock was a necessarily slow one, as there was no steam at the time to work the winches. At last the ship was righted, but the began to settle slowly. There was a very heavy list to pert at half-past nice o'clock at night, when the vessel's coal ports on that side were under water. The flood poured into her hold from them, and she settled more rapidly. Wreckers were sent for immediately, but they could not close the coal ports, and down she went, being submerged to the main deck. The officials say that the came of the accident was the coating of ice, and no one was to blame. EXPECTED STEAMER ARRIVALS TO-MORROW. The Waikare, from Sydney via Cook Strait, is expected to reach Port Chalmers about 9 a.m., and come up to town about 1 p.m. THE STAR OF NEW ZEALAND. Auckland, April 6. -Messrs Heather, Robert* son, and Co. have received cable advice to the effect that the repairs to the steamer Star of New Zealand, damaged by collision in the English Channel, will delay her in London for four weeks, and she will again leave for Australasia at the beginning of May. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. Axu:v>i.s. April 7: Auckland, 3.30 a.m., Ovalau, from Karatonga. Sp't, 5 a.m.. Silver Cloud, barquentine, from Newcastle. — Lytteltcn, 7.40 a-m., Mokoia, from Port Chalmers.—Wellington, J-'.30 a.m., Hingamite, from Napier.— Lyttelton, 9.55 a.m., Waikare, from Wellington, —Auckland, noon, Te Anau, from Gisborne. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Kaipaba Heads, April 6.—H.M.S. Ringdove, from Auckland.—Elizabeth Graham, basque, for Sydney.—Empreza, harque, for Gladstone. Wellington, April 6.—Jetsie Nicul, schooner, for Kaipara.—Leitrim, for WanganuL— Rotoiti, for New Plymouth and Onehunga.—Waihora, for Sydney via Auckland.—Waikare, for Melbourne via the South and Hobart. Passengers: Misses Gilmer (2), Murray. Cunningham, Cameron, M'Kenzie, Wilson, Dives, Jamieaon, Gordon Gardner, Pollock, Gain, Banmber (% White Duncan, Graham, Smith, Dobson, Gregg, Scurr, Saxby, Meyer,' Edmondston, Jagnarz, Evans, Mesdames Phind, Scott Baumber, Parmeter, Barron, Gray, Graham, Blundell, Forsyth and child, Dixon. WardelL Anderson, Dnnlop (2) and three Children, Gain, Knubley, Griffiths, Sax by, White, Holdswortb, Drs Stockwell and Fyffe, Reva. Messrs Banmber and Peters. Messrs Daniel, Golds, Cameron, Wylds, Dnnlop (3), KnnMey, Griffiths, Wardell, Dobson, Anderson, Howes, Blundell, Dixon, Sime, Blair, Stephens, Thompson, Barron, Bias, Campbell, PosUethwait, Blair, Brown, Gray, Parkinson, Heron, Beime, Eichelbrum, Henry, Chuholm, Thomson, Job, Mister Dixon.—April 7: Poherua, from Auckland.— from Napier.—Rotomahana, from Lyttelton. Blvfb, April fi.—Hinemoa, from Dunedin.— Oban, from Lyttelton. AccKLAitn, April 6.-Takapuna. for the South. —April 7: Ovalau, from the Eastern Pacific Lyttelton, April 7.—Mokoia, from Dunedin. Sydney, April (s.—Hararoa, for New