SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 11658, 19 September 1901, Page 6

SHIPPING.

TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS. The following weather reports from New Zealand stations were received this morning : Auckland.—Wind, S.S.W., fresh breeze; bar., 30.06; ther., 58; clouds; tide good. t’i-bnrne.—Wind, S.S.W., fresh breeze; bar., 29.95; then, 52; gloomy; tide good, moderate. , "anganui.—Wind, S.W., light; ban, 1 2: then, 53; blue sky; tide moderate, ’■> • moderate. We’lington.—Wind, S., breeze; ban, .00; ther., 54; blue sky, clouds. ■'elson.—Wind, S.W.,fresh breeze;,bar., 29 98: then, 51; blue sky, clouds; tide moderate. Westport.—Wind, S.W., breeze; ban, 30.05; then, 53; clouds, passing showers; tide moderate, bar moderate. T yttelton.—Wind, S.W., breeze; ban, 29 98; ther., 54; b’ue sky; tide high. Timaru.—Wind, S.W., fresh breeze; ban, 30.02; then, 52; blue sky; tide good, sea light. Oatnaru.—Wind, S.W., fresh breeze; ban, 29.95; then, 44; blue sky,; tide moderate, sea moderate. Port Chalmers.—Wind, S.W., fresh breeze; bar., 29.93; then, 47; blue sky, clouds ; tide moderate, sea smooth. Clyde.—Calm; ban, 29.94; then, 66; blue sky, clouds ; river slight fall. Queenstown. —Wind, S.W., breeze; ban, 30.01; then, 45: blue sky. Invercargill.—Wind, W., moderate gale; ban, 50.02; ther.. 48; gloomy, squally. Bluff.—Wind, S W., fresh breeze; ban, 30.01; ther., 46; overcast, passing showers, squally; tide moderate, sea rough. HIGH WATER. to-morrow. Taiaroa Head : 6.37 a.m., 6.58 p.m. Port Chalmers: 7.17 a.m., 7.33 p.m. Dunedin: 8.2 a.m., 8.23 p.m. SAlLED.—September 19. Karamea, s.s., 5.563 tons, Burton, for London via Lyttelton and Wellington. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Janet Nicoll, from the West Coast, September 21. Waimate, from London via Cape Town, September 21. Tarawera, from Sydney via Cook Strait, September 21. Invercargill, from Invercargill, September 22. Elingamite, from Sydney via East Coast ports. September 22 Monowai, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, September 25. Moura, from Auckland via East Coast, September 26. Waihora, from Sydney via Cook Strait, ■vptember 28. Upolu, from Northern ports, September ' rk nui, from Lo don via Northern porta : 1 nff. September ?0. Vnko ; a, from Melbourne via Hobart and hj ' B.uff. October 2. Westralia, from Sydney via Cook Strait, October 5. Z a’.andia, from Sydney via East Coast ports. Octob n r 6. Waikare, from Sydney via East Coast, O'tobrr 13. Antioco Accame, barque, from Liverpool vi-i Wei ington, left May 8. Orasmere, from Liverpool via Wellington, c l June 9 A Ja''hrihani«h. barque, from Glasgow via We linrton, left June 28. To'-anak - , from London, left July 6. Jll ance, from Liverpool via Wellington, left July 10. Ujina, from Calcutta and Northern ports. Mt August 4. Akaroa, barque, from Liverpool via Wellington, left Liverpool. August 20. Heathdene, from New York, left Septem ber 3. TRO'E'TED DEPARTURES. for Wellington, September Te Anau, for Auckland via East Coast ports, September 20. Talune. for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart, September 22. Janet Nicoll, for the West Coast via Northern ports, September 25. Elingamite. for Sydney via East Coast ports, September 24. Invercargill, for Invercargill, September 24. Monowai, for Sydney via Cook Strait, September 26 Monra, for Auckland via East Coast, September 27. Waihora, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart, September 29. Upolu, for Northern ports, September 30. Wakaoni. for Northern ports, October 1. Rotnmahana, for the North. October 1. Moknia, for Sydney via Cook Strait, October 3. Westralia, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart, October 6 Zea’andia. for Sydney via East Coast por f s, October 8. Waikare, for Sydney via East Coast, October 15. The s.s. Agapanthus is to call at Oamarn "beat the end of the month for oats for t 'o ,,f 'h Africa. Oantain Peterson was in charge of the s'hooner Ronga when she capsized in a sq”-l! off Fairy Bay, Pelorus Sound, on Monday last. Probably the repairs to the Tyser steamer Tomoana, necessitated by the recent bumping which she received at Gisborne, will be completed about the middle of next week, and she will go on to Wanganui and Wellington. During the passage of .he baroue Lutterworth from London to Nelson she encountered stormy and unsettled weather across the Southern Ocean, with high seas and much lightning and rain. In a north-east gale tha crew were treated to a brilliant display of composants at the mastheads and yardarms, and a similar sight was again afforded when the vessel was off Tasmania. A syndicate in Marlborough have purchased from Mr Alabaster, of Wellington, the 15-ton steamer Paiaka for trawling purposes between Port Underwood and the Wairau bar. It is the intention of the syndicate to send to Vvellington by the Blenheim steamers a regular supply of fish for the local market. The new oil launch built by Mr H. Logan, sen., of Auckland, to the order of the German Government, is now ready for launching. The painters are at work on the cabin fittings, and the engines have yet to be fitted. Large shipments of rails for the New Zealand Railway Department have arrived during the past fortnight. It is estimated that fully 3,500 rails have arrived from London by the steamers ludradevi, Otarama, and Star of Australia. The lighthouse arch which was erected at Hobart by the Hobart Marine Board in honor of the ducal visit at a cost of about £2OO was sold by auction for £3 ss, The yacht lorangi, which was built by Logan Bros, in Auckland for Mr A. H. Turnbull, of Wellington, and launched on the 7th inst., is a fine specimen of the yacht-builders’ craft. Her cabin is roomy, and upholstered with velvet cushions and polished mottled kauri and rimn panels. The vessel is strongly built with three skins on the diagonal principle, of best henrt of kauri timbers running the full length of the boat. The spars are of Oregon pine, the blocks of aluminium bronze, and the sails of Egyptian cloth. The lorangi will sail from Auckland for Wellington in about a fortnight in charge of Captain Butt. Since the arrival of the American barque Alice in Wellington the whole of tbs crew with the exception of two mates deserted, and her departure for Auckland was consider bly delayed until other other hands were obtained. A I ondon cable states that the battle:h:" Formidable reinforces the Mediter-ra-'an fleet. I 'r F. C. Campbell advises that the barque Montrosa, now loading at the Victoria wharf, has been chartered to load grain at a Northern port for the United Kingdom on behalf of Messrs Friedlander Bros. As an instance of the slackness in seeming freight for the Home markets it may be mentioned that the Shire Company have not had a steamer in colonial waters since July 6.

LOW FREIGHTS. Never, perhaps, in the history of the colony has the carrying trade to London been at such a low ebb as it is at the present time. Cargo is scarce, and freights have been cut down at a big rate. From a Northern source we learn that the freight on grain, which formerly stood at 35s per ton, has been knocked about so much that one company is quoting 15s to 17s 6d per ton, with the probability of a further :e----duction to 12s per ton. This leaves little or no margin of profit for the carrier, which or no margin of profit for the carrier. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Shire liner Morayshire, which has been carrying troops from the Old Country to South Africa, is now in Australia. She loads meat at Townsville, meat and general cargo at Brisbane, horses at Brisbane and Newcastle, and after taking in bunker coal at Sydney, leaves the latter port on October 8 for South Africa. Altogether she will have 710 remounts aboard. The Shire liner Banffshire is now awaiting orders at Sydney, u4th the probability of being taken up to convey cattle to South Africa. The Shire steamer Nairnshire left Durban for Alb;ny yesterday for orders. The Shire liner Perthshire is now ready to leave Sydney with horses for South Africa and general cargo for London The Tyser steamer Mimiro left Lyttelton yesterday with meat and general cargo for the English markets. She calls at Las Palmas for coal, and should reach London in about forty-eight days from sailing date. The Shire steamer Buteshire is to leave London on October 15 with general cargo for Fremantle, Albany, and Sydney. She will pick up homeward cargo in Australia, afterwards coming on to New Zealand to complete loading operations. The Fifeshire, from Wellington, with meat and general cargo, is due in London on October 4. The Karamea left the Port yesterday evening for London via Lyttelton and Wellington, with tiie following cargo from this p0rt;—7,314 crates frozen rabbits, 183 do hares, 6,265 c masses mutton, 279 bales wool, 25 do rabbitskins, 31 do leather, 1 do glue pieces, 348 sacks peas, 27 casks tallow, 10 do pelts, 9 do casings, and 7 packages sundries. W 1 llington is her final port for London on October 5. The N.Z.S. Company’s s.s. Waimate, which left London on July 50, is expected to put in an appearance at the Port on Saturday or Sunday. Details of her cargo for this and other ports have already been published. The N.Z.S. Company's s.s. Wakanui, from London via Northern ports, is due at the Port on the 50th just, to load meat and general ior London. The S.S. and A. Company's s.s. Tokomaru, from London via Cape Town, should put in an appearance at the Port about November 1. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. September 18.—Rotofcino, for Fiji.—Ujina, for Wellington.—Ngapuhi, for New Plymouth. September 18.—Indradevi, for Wellington. WELLINGTON, September 18. puna, for Lyttelton. Passengers; Misses K' r k. Dumford, Whitaker, Woodhouse, Knight, Wilson. Smyfhe, Harecourt, Mesdames Cooper, Russell, Hickson, Raven, Pinkerton, Cameron, King, Messrs Raven, Livingstone, Gaffney, Whittaker, Parfitt, Best, Montefoire, King, Cashel, Jamieson, Taylor, Atkinson, Boric ; and eleven steerage.—Rimu, for Dunedin. LYTTT LTON, September 18.-—Gadsby, for Durban via Sydney.—Waikare, for Sydney via (he North. —Te Anau, lor Dunedin. Passengers; Misses Fleming, Dotting, Messrs Willcocks, Mouldev, Haig, O’Brien, Dotting, Quick. Master Boeing? SYDNEY, Sep f embrr 18.—Whangape, from Lyttelton.—Mararoa, for Auckland and Fast Coast ports, with an English mail via Vancouver. WELLINGTON, September 19.—Tarawera, from Sydney. Pass-ngcrs for Dunedin : Mr and Mrs Faning, Captain Spence. AUCKLAND, September 19.—Vision, brig, from Surprise Island. SYDNEY, September 19.—Orion, for Wellington. MELBOURNE, September 19.—Monowai (yesterday), for Hobart, the Bluff, and Dunedin. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)