THIRD EDITION. SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 11167, 16 February 1900, Page 2

THIRD EDITION. SHIPPING.

• -> Bssj*:hi Water. To-morrow. Taiaroa Head: 123 a.m., 4.37 p.m. Port Chalmers: ~>.3 a.m., 5.17 p.m. Dunedin : 5. IS a.m., ri.2 p.m. <» SATLED.-FEnRUARY 15. Annie Hill, schooner, 121 tons, Hansen, for Stewart Island. B.inltshire. s.s, 6,000 tons, Stewart, for London via the Bluff. _(<liini, s.s.. 838 tons, Beaumont, for Auckland via East Coast. Passengers: Mesdarnes Von Dad'szen, Mnrdock, Adams Digbv. Misses Spiers, Edward.», Adams. Campbell, Messrs Fulton, Wither.?, Petri.; (»>). D rling, Thornc, Lnrige, Yonnßinaii, Hatch, Haesen, Firth, Christie, Pyrke, Furrant, Kirby, Captain Mnrdock; and seventeen steerage. The schooner Annie Hill left for Stewart Ts'and yesterday to toad a cars;o of timber for Lyttelton. The shareholders of both ennpnnies have endorse! the amalcrimation of the Castle line and lirlti.-di Union Steam Ship Companies trading to South Africa. The Shi™ line steamer Banffshire loft the Oourt'o street pier this afternoon for London via the Pdn'tr. The Tyser line steamer Indrnlema will leave Port, Chalmers this evening for London via Wellington. The Hawea pissed the Heads bound north this fore n lion.

Interesting experiments were recently condueled on hoard the French battleship Jaureguiberry tn determine the limit of distinct vision at sen. From the .buirefjuiberrv a balloon was held captive at an elevation of I,3o:ift. while the Carnot endeavored tn locate the balloon with her searchliKht.s at, distances varying from five to twenty-rive miles. The experiment; proved that the limit of viion under the circumstances was about twenty mile,-.

Advices received in Australia state that the Ncrddcutcbcr Lloyd Company liave purchased the fourteen steuim.-r.-t lately belonging to the Scottish Orient*] Company. The tonnage of the steamers ranges from l.RiiO to 1,100. Another st-amer has been launched for the company—namely, the Frankfurt, a twin-screw boat of 7,500 tons register. She is fitted for a few cabin and 1,400 steerage passengers. Work amongst the shipping at Port Chalmers has been pretty brisk for foitie time past, and at the present time there are three cargo steamers loading. At the George street pier the Banffshire is t iking in wool and frozen mutton for London; the Indralema, wool and grain, for London; and nt the Bowan pier the Undaunted i 3 taking on board a quantity of sacks of oats for South Africa.

A notable instance of the decline nf the sailing vessel (says an exchange) is furnished by the arrival at Hull of the Dharwar, n magnificent fullrigged ship of 1,300 tons, and formerly a well-k-'ow-n Australian trader. So low has sail power fallen in the shipping world that she is now carrying props for eoalpit3 from the Baltic.

9d „. p £r 4961b: New Zealand long-berried is worth 30s per 1981b. Tallow: Marklt brisk. a) "fid 1 " ' S W ° rtU 30stitl perowt "' B°od beef,

EXPECTED STEAMER ARRIVALS TO-MORROW.

Mokoh. from Northern ports, at Dunedin wharf at 6 a.m.

TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD.

Autuvai.9.-February 16: Spit 6.2oa.m.,Pakeha fiom (itsborne.—Wellington, 6.50 a.m.. Mararoa from Napier.—Lyttelton, 9.10 a.m., Talune, froni Port Chalmers ; 6.51) a.m.. Mokoia, from Wellington.—Rotoiti, from Wellington, with the Sa"n Francisco mail.

Departures. February 16: Lyttelton, 1.30 p.m., .Mokoia. for Port Chalmers.—Akaroa, 11.30 a.m., H.M.S. Tauranga, for Lyttelton.

Shipping Telegrams,

Auckland, February 15.—Mapourika, for New Plymouth anil Wellington.—The barque Asterion, which is now under the Norwegian Hag, has arrived from Baker Island via Apia. She proreeded from Nelson to Baker Island to load guano, but finding several vessels there waiting to load! came on tn Auckland for orders.

Nuukr, I'ehrnarv 10.-Papanui, from Timaru Wellington, February 15. Elingamite, for Sydney via Auckland uud the East Coast.— Mokoia, for the South, with 163 excursionists February 16: Mararca, from Napier.—Hinemoa from Lyttelton.—Rotomahana, from Lyttelton ' Lyttelton, February 15. Jerfalcon, barqueutine, from Maiden Island.—Rosamon, from Greymonth.—Hinemoa, for Wellington.—Hemitangi for Wellington and Wanganui.— Tutanekai, for Akaroa. with the Governor and party.—Rotomahana, for Wellington. February 16 : Arrived Talune and Itotoiti. '

Bluff, February 15.—Pukaki. for Oamaru.