SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 11296, 18 July 1900, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER,

Wind. G, calm; 1, light; br, breeze; f br, fresh breeze; mg. moderate gale; g, whole or heavy gale; w, gale of exe pHooal severity Weather. —B, blue sky: O, clouds, passing clouds: I), drizzling rain ; F, foggv; G, glnomy, dark weather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty ; O, overcast; P, pa sing showers; Q, squally; R, rain, continued rain ; S, snow; T, thunder; U, uglyi threatening appearance. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kini, from Westport, 19th hist. Flora, from Auckland, 19th inst. Corinna, from Westport, 24th inst. Mokoia, from Melbourne, 25th inst. Westralia, from Sydney, 26th inst. Te Anau, from Auckland, 26th inst. John Gambles left Liverpool 7th March, John O’Gaunt left London 23rd April Mimiro left New York 24th April. Glenburn left Glasgow 28th April. Indianic left New York sth May. Aotea left, London 17th May. Star of Victoria left New York 26th May. Coroda left London 4th .Tune. Antnres left HnnibT’rc Bth June. Loch Trool left Glasgow 21st June. Senorita left London 25th June. PPn.TPCTFD DEPARTURES. Janet Nicoll, for Greymouth, 20th inst. Kini, for Westport, 20th inst. Flora, for Auckland, 20th inst. Corinna, for Westport, 26th inst. Mokoia, for Sydney, 26th inst. Te Anau, for Auckland, 27th inst. Westralia, for Melbourne, 27th inst. Waikare, for Melbourne, 6th pros.

SAILED.—JuIy 17. Invercargill, s.s., 125 tons, Marks, for Invercargill. July 18. Thornhill, s.s., 2,086 tons, Annison, for Lyttelton. The Janet Nicoll was floated into the graving dock this forenoon for cleaning and painting. The steamer Thornhill left this morning for Lyttelton. The Invercargill took her departure last night for the South. Particulars of the disaster to the Union Company’s steamer Kakapo while on her way from Swansea to Sydney have justreached the colony. The Kakapo, a schoonerrigged Boat, went ashore on Friday night, 25th May, at about half-past six o’clock, on one of the sandbanks for which the coast lying between Hout Bay Point and Kominetje Point is notorious. The vessel went ashore on a part of the coast about midway between Noordhoek and Klein Slangkop. At high tide she was not more than fifty yards distant from the dry hard beach, and how she was allowed to run ashore at a part of the shore at least a mile inland from both Hout Bay Point and Kommetje Point is a mystery. The T. E. Fuller was despatched to the rescue on Saturday, and commenced towing operations at two o’clock in the morning, but her efforts met with no success. During the afternoon two Castle boats stood in, but they were unable to render any assistance. It is stated that the Kakapo was abreast of Table Mountain at 4.50 p.m. on Friday, and that after that trine until the time of the accident the captain and officers “ saw nothing.” There was a strong north-westerly wind, accompanied by heavy rain at the tune of the disaster.— [The cable has since informed us that the certificate of the captain has been suspended.] Information received from New York states that the Tyser Company’s ' steamer Indraghiri has been delayed at New York until the 22nd, owing to a workmen’s strike. The company’s chartered steamer Eiffel Tower is to leave Ne.w York on August 15, and the Tomoana on September 20. TRAGIC TRUTH OR A HOAX? A bottle covered with barnacles over an inch long has been picked up on the beach at Newcastle, and found to contain the following message :“ I, George A. Kelson (or Wilson), am the only survivor of the ship Duntrune, of Dundee, Scotland, which foundered in latitude 52deg S., longitude 177deg E. I have been drifting about for the last (here the writing is illegible) days in the hope of being saved. When the ship went down I managed to swim clear of the vortex, and so prolonged my misery for a short time longer. It was all over in ten minutes. After she took her last plunge I saw one of the boats, which had come to the surface, so I managed to get clear of the ship, and am too weak to write more,” Lower down in the bottle was another paper. This was written on half a slip of what was once white notepaper, and reads as follows: “ Good-bye, dear mother. I will meet vou in Heaven. lam your only and affectionate son George.” The first note was found in the neck of the bottle, and was written on a sheet of white notepaper. The position given is somewhere south-east of the southern portion of New Zealand, but no date is stated. The Duntrune, which was well known at Newcastle, was reported at Lloyd’s towards the end of last year as havinn- been dismantled near Cape Pillar, and part of the crew landed at Punta Arenas, a seaport . Costa Rica, Central America. The Chilian man-of-war went in search of the survivors. A hoax is suspected, though the bottle has evideutly been in the water fore a long time. It will occur to most readers that it is extremely improbable anyone drifting about could write a message on paper and bottle it up securely. FIRE ON THE INDRAGHIRI. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, July 17. (Received July 18, at 9.35 a.mj The steamer Indraghiri, loading for Australia and New Zealand, has been badly damaged by fire at the Woolwich docks, A NARROW ESCAPE. WELLINGTON, July 18. The schooner Aratapn, which arrived from Mercury Bay to-day with timber, had a narrow escape of sharing the fate of the Elizabeth Price. She took refuge from the gale under Long Point, but with two anchors down still dragged. She saw that the Elizabeth Price was doomed, and the cables were slipped, the schooner stood to sea, uid got clear of danger, at a cost of both aer anchors and 120 fathoms of chain. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, July 17.—The brigantine Linda Weber, which put into Russell the week before last while on a voyage from tydney to Samoa, arrived in Auckland this . Miming, having been again driven out of bar course by stress of weather. She met /talcs all the way, and after getting repairs at Russell she was no more fortunate, shipping heavy water and having several sails split. KAIPARA, July 17.—Rimu, for Wellington. NAPIER, July 16.—Indradevi, lor Lyttelton.

.WELLINGTON, July 17.—Te Anas, for the North.—Flora, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers: Misses Jackson, Smith, Mesdames Jackson, Ross, Ritchie, Messrs York, Ballantyne, Barton, Holt, Logan, Gallant, Ritchie, Master Meiklejolm; and twelve steerage.

LYTTELTON, July 17.—Zeakmdia, from Wellington.-Pareora, for Greymouth.--Kini,' for Timaru, Camara, and Dunedin.—Tutanekai, for Wellington—Pifeshire, for Wellington.—Waikare, for Sydney via Wellington.—Rotomahana, for Wellington. BLUFF, July 17.—Pukaki, from Auckland. ■'

TO-MORROW: Taiaroa Head : 7.25 a.m., 7.51 jun. Port Chalmers; 8.5 a.ra., 8.31 p.m. Dunedin; 8.50 a.m., 9.16 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORT. From Observations Taken at 9 a.m. Ther. Station. Wind. Bar. in Shade Weather. Capo Maria Van Diemen Wl 29.90 6 P M Auckland W f hr - 29,75 52 B C T KUDO SWI 29.50 50 B Gisborne N W1 29.54 60 B C Spit SW 1 29 5(1 50 B New Plymouth SW f hr 29.51 50' B C Crpa Egmont... W f hr 29 52 P M Wanganui WNW hr 29.44 4S O P Wellington ... S 1 29.44 50 O Blenheim WSW 1 29 22 43 BC Cape Campbell Nelson SWf hr 29.51 47 O SW f br 29.45 37 B C Farewell Spit... Not come Westport s 1 29 45 41 BC Grevmonth ES br 2 .48 ■45 C P Hokitika E 1 29.44 40 BC Bealey C 29.51 35 S Lyttelton sW m g 29 48 50 G S Christchurch .. SW br 29.56 40 H C Timarn... S g 29 51 38 B Camara SI 29.59 49 O Port Chalmers.. SWg 29,6:1 46 S Dunedin SVVg 29.41 43 S G Clyde SI £9.58 40 O Queenstown ... SE hr 29.67 31 0 Invercargill .. S hr 29.72 33 s Bluff SSE f br 29.73 45 0 G S