THIRD EDITION. SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 11153, 31 January 1900, Page 4

THIRD EDITION. SHIPPING.

High. Waiter. To-HOitnow. Taiaroa Head: 3.22 a.m. f 3.14 p.m. Port Chaluiera: 4.2 a.m., 4.24 p.m. Duaedin : 4.47 a.m., 5.y p.m. ■ ——© TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORT.

From Observations Taken at 9 a.m.

Wind.—C, calm; 1, light; br, breeze; f br, fresh breeze; m g, moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale ; ; w, gale of exceptional severity. < Weather.—B, blue sky; C, clouds, passing clouds; D, drizzling rain ; F, foggy; G, gloomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty; 0, overcast; P, passing showors ; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder; U, ugly, threatening appearance. ARRlVED.—January 31. Mokoia, s.s., •j.soa tons. Sinclair, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff. Passengers: Misses Clark, Taylor. Hopcraft (2), Dempster, Smith,. Stevenson, Williams, Wright, Willison, Hamilton, Mills, Page, Clarke, Mesdames Clark, Kimherley and child. Halliburton, Short, Rae, Garrutt and child, Williams, M'George. Malcolm, Kent, Barlow and child, Dennistoun Morris, M'Farlane, Wills, Hamilton. M'Carrhy, Galloway. Nicholls, Vincent (2), Messrs Robert-san, Hntton, Halliburton. Wilson, Stevenson, Thomson, Gibson, M'Neill, Garrett, M'George, Wardrop, Kent, Barlow, Dennistoun, Morris, Smith. Row, Tustin. Lauglaud Oil, lUmpson, Lafeone, Newton, Avendale, Caswell, M'Farlane, Glover, Grubhs, M'Carthy, Hartley, Rev. Mr Gauley ; aud forty in the steerage. Knight Templar, s.s., 3,693 tons," Finnis, from New York via Northern ports. SAILED.-January 30. Nor'-wester, barque, 547 tons, Neilson, for Port Natal. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Flora, from Auckland, Ist prox Corinna, from Westport, 2nd prox. Monowai, from Sydney, 3rd prox. Waihora, from Sydney, 4th prox. Taupo, from Greymouth sth prox. Upolu, from Westport, 7th prox. Zealandia, from Melbourne, 7th prox. Waikare, from Sydney, 10th prox. BHnganiitc, from Sydney. 11th prox. Taluue, from Melbourno, 14th prox. Nelson left Liverpool 20th October. Auckland left Glasgow 2nd November. Indralema left New York 14th November. Crairrnair left New York 20th November. Knight Templar left New York 27thNovember. Orari left Liverpool 3rd December. Aberfoyle left Glasgow Ist January. Indraghiri left New York 4th January. Queen May left New York 18th January. Fernfield left New York 24th January. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Mokoia, for Svdney. Ist prox. Corinna, for Wostpoit. 4th prox. Flora, for Auckland. 2nd prox. Monowai. for Melbourne. sth prox. Upolu, for Westport, 9th prox. Waihora, for Sydney, tith prox. Taupo, for Greymouth, 7th prox. Zealandia, for Sydney, Bth prox. Elingamite, for Sydney, 13th prox. Talune, for Sydney, loth prox. Mararoa, for Sydney, 20th prox. Tho Taieri leaves Oamaru to-night for Dunedin. The Mokoia took on board 338 sacks oats at the Bowen pier this forenoon. Passengers and cargo for this port per Ruahine, from London, will arrive by the Flora to-morrow. Tho barque Nor'-wester, with 8,272 Sacks of oats, left yesterday for Port Natal. South Africa. The barque Silvei-3tream, from Cape Town, arrived off the Heads yesterday afternoon and anchored, waiting for orders. The ship Wellington was towed down to the Port this morning and berthed at the George str.'et pier, in readiness for docking. The Mokoia, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Blulf, arrived alongside the Bowen pier at 6 a.m. to-day. She left Melbourne at fi.ls p.m. on the 24th inst, reached Hobart at 4.45 a.m. on the 2fith ; left again at 3.30 p.m. the same day for Milford Sound, where she arrived at 9 a.m. on the 29th: landed the Earl of Boauchamp and hin secretary (Captain Smith) at 9.40 a.m. ; entered George Sound at 0.10 p.m., stpnmed round the Sound, and passed out again at 1.35 p.m.; breasted Puyscgur Point light at 9.30 p.m., and arrived at the Blulf at 4.30 a.m. on the 30th ; left again at 7 p.m. the came dav, and arrived at above. From Melbourne to Hobart she experienced light southerly winds, thence to tho Bluff moderate westerly winds and sea, and fine weather along the co;v-'t to arrival.

An illustration of how vessel propirty has increased to a large extent in the pa<t year is furnLshed by the recent sale of the British steamer She was purchased by F. Woods, of London, about two years ago, for .£14,000, and sold recently to Greek parties for .£IB,OOO an

advance of J&4.000, though she,had been in active eemco for the period between the sales. Of the fifty largest ship-owning companies in the world, the North German Lloyds, now becoming well known as the N.D.L. line, comes second on the list in order of gross tonnage, and according to ' Whittaker's Almanac* their vessels are the most up to date. Of their fleet of seventytwo steamers, one is a 22J-knot boat, two 20-knot, one 19, five 18, six 17, three 18, four 15, fourteen 14, ten 1.1, six 12, leaving only twenty bpats with a eutained sea speed of under 12 knots. This company's vessel Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse also holds the world's record for a day's run—viz., SSO knots.

By mail last week Captain Buchanan, of the barque Beechbank, from Hamburg to Santa Kosalia, sent to Sydney the following report, elated off the Falkland Islands, October £0:Rounded Staten Island on September 2 From that date westerly gal-s of hurricane force prevailed, and on October 17 had to run back, having lost most of her sails, and two boats badly injured, and a lot of other serious d?mage. One man was washed overboard, and several of the crew were laid up frotn exhaustion and injuries. On the morning of October 18 fell in with the barque Bianca, Griffith, of and from Liverpool, for Callao, in a sinking state, and with the loss of all boats, and second mate washed overboard. Manceuvred round her for some time, and eventually succeeded in launching the lifeboat and saving all hand?, landing them at the Falkland Islands,, When last seen the Bianca was sinking fast.

The well-known steamer Jane Douglas, which for many years has traded between Lyttelton, Akaroa, and other ports in: the Peninsula, has been sold to a company for trading on the West Coast. Her owners have purchased in her place, the steamer Cygnet, a boat which i* now at Sydney, and is in many ways an improvement upon the Jane Douslas. She is 17ft looser, her length being 120 ft: ovi-r a foot wider, being 17ft 3in in beam ; and Ift 3in deeper, her depth of hold being Sft 7in. Her engines are about twice as powerful, being of 43 horse-power nominal, while her speed is eleven knot*, against about eight knots of the Jane Donglas. She is of 124 tons gross and 65 tons net register, and is built of steel.

A most important point to shipping people, involving the question of a pilot's liability for damage to a vessel in his charge, was brought before the Victorian Board recently. Captain Campbell, of thesteamer Eiffel Tower, complained that whilst his vessel was being brought alongside the breakwater pier at Williamstown by a pilot she came into contact with a wharf pile and was damaged to some extent. The captain held the pilot responsible for the,damage, and also for any loss resulting from the detention of the Eiffel lower for repairs. The Marine Board had intitimated that they possessed no jurisdiction in such matters. Tho proper procedure is to bring a civil action against the pilot accused of neglect or want of sljill, damages being recoverable up to .£IOO. ARRIVAL OF THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR. Tho Knight Templar, from New York via Lyttelton and Northern ports, arrived off the Heads this forenoon and steamed into port. Shu brings 2.5C0 tons cargo for this port. The Knight Templar left New York on November l(i, and called at St. Vincent on the 28th, where 500 tons of coal were taken on board and the vojage resumed the same date. Exceptionally tine weather prevailed to the (Jape of Good Hope, and acrn,s the Southern Ocean the weather was not at any time bad, only an occasional moderate gale being fallen in with. Signalled off Wilson Promontory at 1 p.m. on the Kth inst., and met with tine weather until the 11th, when a strong gale from the nor hj and west was encountered. Passed Cape Maria Van Diemcn at 4.30 p.m. on the 13th, and was berthed at the Queen street wharf Auckland, at 130 p.m. on the Uth inst. The steamer next called at Wellington and Lyttelton. Captiin (J. N". Finnis is in command,'the other deck officers being: Chief, Mr J. K. llirk< ; .second, Mr C. Angus; third, Mr A. J. Jcwson. Mr J. I'cnton is in charge of the enzirie department, and has with him Messrs G. Palmer, 11. Angus, and Armstrong. The steamer carries a Lascar crew. She will not come up to Dunedin. THE VANCOUVER MAIL. The Aorangi, from Vancouver, reichcd Sydney yesterday. She has twenty-three passengers for New Zealand. Her Duued'iii cargo consists of S bales and 3 cases cotton, 2 bile-i sheetings, 2 do cotton shirtings, 13 cases boots, 130 do salmon. EXPECTED STEAMER ARRIVALS TO-MORROW. The Flora, from Auckland via East Coast ports, should reach town about 7 a.m. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Pakeha, from London direct, has reached Auckland after an uneventful passage. She has 5,000 tons cargo, 2,2f!0 tons of which are for Auckland, the balance being for the South. The Rakaiarrom Wellington, January 3) sailed from Monte Video for Plymouth on the 2Sth inst. TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. Arrivals.—January 31: Lyttelton, 6.30 a.m. Wtstralia, from Port Chalmers. —Spit, 7.20 a m Aotea, from Picton. Invercargill, from Dunedin. Lyttelton, 10.30 a.m., P.tpanui, from Port Chalmers. Departures.—January 31: Lyttelton, 5 a.m., Otarama, for London via Monte Video.—Akaroa' 915 a.m., H.M.S. Tauranpa, for Lyttelton.— Lyttelton, 2.15 p.m., Flon. '<,•■ \:.-.-< •'.'tialrucrs. Shipping Telegrams. Auckland, January 30. Gisborne, schooner, for Timaru. Kaipara Heads, January 29.—Empreza, barque, from Sydney.—Jessie Niccol, schooner, for Wellington. Hokia.nga Hkads, January 30. Tutanekai, for Ru-sell, with the vic.i-rcg.il party on board. Wellington, January 30. Upolu, from the ■South.—Takapuna, from Lyttelton. Flora, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers: Misses Wilkinson, Evans, Washer, Liston, Edmund-: Brace, M'Keussie, Fisher, Roberts, Miles (2)', M'Millan, Mesdames Edmunds, Smith and child,' M'Kenzie, Wilkinson, Reid and two children, Dr Orchard, Messrs Reid, Evans, Moore, Crawford, March, Meadows, Rountreo, Thorn, Durnet, Breeze, Blaster Anderson.—Janu.ary.3l: Rotoiti' from New Plymouth.—Linda Weber, brigantine' for Mercury Bay.-The Monowai, from Sydney' passed Farewell Spit at 7.30 a.m., and should arrive about 4 p.m. Tbe'berlhing will be delayed for two or three hours, owing to the medical inspection.—Rotomahana, from Lyttelton. Lyttelton, January 30. -Taieri, forOumaru.— Rotomahana, for Wellington. January 31 : Westralia and Papanui, from Dunedin. Otarsma, for Dunedin.

Timauu, January 39.—Claverdon, from Oamaru Sydney, January 31. Anna Aguete, from West' port

Wollo.vgong, January 31.—Northern Chief, for Auckland.

Newcastle, January 31.—Loongava, for Wellington.

Ther.l Station. Wind. Bar. in Shad. Weather e Gipc Mntia Vai i THernea .SKI 30.10 70 U Auckland .SI 30.1ft 71 C Taupo .0 29.07 OK B GisboRU! .. C! 30.00 fil! B .Spit .c 29.97 09 B Nov? Plymouth RE1 30.02 65 B Capo Ej»mont.. . Not cornel — 1 "Wan garni i . NW 1 29.95 Ci) B WelKiicrton .■wi 29.93 73 B Plcnliciivv Cane Campbell. .;K1 29.89 L'9.70 fiS 51 P. 0 Nelson '.SWfbr 29.90 73 B Farewell Spit.. . SW f 29.95 IIS fl VVestport . SW 1 3U.03 ei R Groy mouth . K 1 30.02 65 B Holiitiia .Ml 30.01 02 I'.tialey . N'W 1 29.99 70 C Lyttolton .. C 29.S3 05 B Christchurch .. .<; 29.80 69 B iTimaru .Sbr 29.8S 70 BH Oamaru... .C 29.80 07 B PortChalmars.. .NWlbr 129.771 05 OM Dunedin . NE 29.81 07 BC Queenstown .. .SW1 30.03 1)7 0 Invercarfrfll .. . c 29.70 05 BC Blntf .WI 29.70 06 RC