SHIPPING

Evening Star, Issue 11683, 15 February 1902, Page 6

SHIPPING

HIGH WATER. TO-MOUOW. Taiaroa Head: 7.53 a.m., &23 p.m. Port Chalmers: 8.33 a.m., 9.3 p.m. Dunedin: 9.18 a m., 9.48 p.m. HOKDAT. Taiaroa Head: 8.56 a.m. ,9.35 p.m. Port Chalmers: 9.36 a.m, 10.15 p.m. Dunedin: 10.21 a.m., 11 pjm. TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS. The following weather reports from New Zealand stations were received this morning:— • Cape Maria Van Diemen. —Wind, W., fresh breeze; there, 64 j overcast, gloomy; sc a heavy. Auckland. —Wind, S.W., gale; bar. t 29.60; ther., 67; clouds; tide moderate. Gisborne.—Wind, W., fight; bar., 29.40; ther., 60; clouds, passing showers; tide good, sea smooth. Wanganui. Wind, W.S. W., fresh breeze, bar., 29.41; ther., 62; overcast; tide moderate, bar heavy. Wellington.—Wind, S., fresh; bar., 29.34; the*., 60; overcast, rain in night. Nelson. —Wind, S.W., fresh brme ; bar., 26.33; ther., 58; blue sky, clouds; tide good. Farewell Spit.—'Wind, W., fresh breeze; bar., 29.90; ther., 62; clouds; tide good, sea moderate. Hokitika—Wind, S.W., fresh breeze; bar., 29,47; ther., 56; clouds; tide good, bar rough. Bealey.—Calm; bar., 29.66; ther., 55; blue skv, clouds; river low. Lyttelton. —Wind, S.W.. fresh; bar., 29.45; ther.. 65; clouds; tide high. Timaru. —Wind, W., breeze; bar.,29.44; ther., 62; gloomy; tide moderate, sna smooth. Oamaru. —Wind, S.K., lights car., 29.40; ther.. 53 ; bine sky ; title moderate, sea moderate. Port Chalmers. —Wind. S.W.. fresh; bar.. 29.38 ; ther., 69; blue sky ; tide good, sea smooth. Dunedin.—Wind, R.W., fresh breeze; bar., 29.32; ther., 57; blue sky; clouds, tide good. Clyde.—Calm: her.. 29.28; ther.. 68; blue sky. clouds; river steady. Oneerrstowu.—\\hid, S.W.. fight; bar., 29.41; ther.. 60; blue sky, clouds. Bilclurha. —Wind. S.W.. moderate gale; bar., 29.56; ther.. 56; blue sky, clouds; river hteh. Nuggets.—Wind. S.W.. light ; bar.. 29.42: ther, 58; blue sky, clouds; tide j id. t-en smooth. Invercargill. Wind. S.W.. fresh breeze; bar.. 29.3~; ther.. 60 : overcast, rain. TVnfL—Wind. W.S.W.. moderate gale; h.r.. 29.43: tier.. 57; blue sky, clouds; 1 h' high, sea rough. ARRlVED.—February 14. RakiA. s.s., 3.560 tons. .Smith, from Northern port?. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Mararoa. from Sydney via East Coast, February 16. 1 river •argill, from Invercargill, February 16. Janet Nicoll, from Greymouth and the Bintf. February 18. Rotokino, from Northern ports, February 17. Mokoia, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff. February 19. Waiwera, from Northern ports, February 19. Monro, from Auckland via East Coast, February 20. Upoln" from Northern ports, February 22. Westralia, from Sydney via Cook Strait, February 22. Zealandia, from Sydney via East Coast ports, February 25. Te Anan. from Auckland via East Coast, Fein-nary 27. T.dune, from Melbourne via Hobart and the Blnff, February 26. Monowai, from Sydney via Cook Strait, March 1. Elingamite, from Sydney via East Coast, March 9. Canterbury, ship, from Glasgow via Wellington, left Glasgow October 15. Wellington, ship, from Liverpool via Wellington, left Liverpool November 9. City of Pembroke, barque, from Glasgow, left December 4. Pakeha, s.s., from London, left January 4. Reigate, 5.8., from New York via Australian and Northern ports, left New York January 3. Germ amicus, s.s., from New York via Australian and Northern ports, left New York December 6. Rnthwell. barque, from Glasgow via Wellington, left Glasgow December 7. Santa Chiara Italian barqne, from Mar•eillea, left January 17 Pass of Bahama, ship, from Glasgow via Wellington, left Glasgow January 19. Gladys, barqne, from Xiverpool via Wellington, left Liverpool January 25. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Corinna, for Northern ports and West Coast, February 16. Waikare, for Melbourne via Bluff and Hobart, February 16. Mararoa, for Sydney via East Coast, February 18. Invercargill, for Invercargill, February 18. Janet Nicoll. for West Coast and Northern ports, February 19. Mokoia, for Sydney via Cook Strait, February 20. Rakaia. for the Bluff, February 20. Waiwera., for Northern ports, February 22. Talune, for Sydney via Cook Strait, February 27. Te Anan, for Auckland via East Coast, February 28. Sloura, for Auckland via East Coast, February 2L West .•alia, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart, February 23. Upohi, for Northern ports, February 24. Zealandia, for Sydney via East Coast ports, February 25. Monowai, for Melbourne via Bluff and Hobart, March 2, Elingamite, for Sydney via East Coast, March 1L A . all at Palmerston Island was made by the American ship Henry Yillard on her voyage from San Francisco to Melbourne, end Captain Shaube supplied the natives with some medical comforts. The stay of the ship there was of the briefest nature. During the last passage of the Waikare from Wellington to Sydney a concert was held on board, and £8 16s collected in aid of the Shipwreck and Humane Society. The funds have also been augmented by £2 7s 6d and £2 2s collected aboard the Mokoia and Monowai. At a recent meeting of the German Shipmasters* Association of Hamburg it was recommended that the fonrth mast of a five-masted full-rigged sailing ship should be called the “Laeisz mast,” Messrs Laeisz having been the first to order the building of a vessel of that type, and no technical designation having as yet been given to the fourth mast. The White Star Company have notified that for all steamers of the line sailing after the Ist May the fares will be somewhat increased. The demand for passages in these steamers has been so large that it has been decided to add to the number of two and four-berth cabins, and this necessitates the doing away with the existing open-berth accommodation. It is believed that the increases in existing fares will, in more than one way, make for the general comfort- of travellers by the line. At ibis week’s meeting of the Nelson Harbor Board the Chairman mentioned that be Ibid heard a visiting journalist, speaking in harsh terms of the management of the Harbor Board in allowing people to so crowd about the steamers that passengers coming off and going aboard had difficulty in making their way through the throng.

The gentleman referred to stated that he would have something to say on the matter in his journal. “Of course,” said Mr Graham, “ I had to tell him that the Harbor Board had nothing whatever to do with the wharf, which was entirely under the control of the Railway Department.” The barque Devonport is now on her wav from Port Stephens with hardwood timber for the Timaru Harbor Board, and is expected to put in an early appearance. Mr Wallis, second officer of the a.s. Maram, was married this week. The night the steamer left Sydney the officers of the Mararoa presented him with a travelling bag as a token of the esteem in which ho is held bv his shipmates. On her recent trip from Sydney to Auckland the red-funnel liner Mararoa brought 237 passengers. The vessel did not make such quick time as she usually does, this being accounted for by the fact that the steamer’s bottom is very dirty. It was intended that the Mararoa should be docked at Sydney for cleaning and painting, but, although she was delayed a day over her usual time of leaving, there was no dock available to carry ont the wort Several tenders have been received by the Marine Department for the extensive alterations which are to be made in the Hrncmoa. but it has not been decided at which port the work shall be carried out, and so far none of the tenders has been accepted. LOCAL AND PORT SHIPPING. This week’s local and Port arrivals and departures were as follow: —Arrivals: Upoln, s.s., 700 tons; Elingamite, s.s., 1.676 Ions; Invercargill, s.s., 125 tons; Monowai. s.s.. 2,157 tons; Te Anan, s.s., 1,028 tons; Corirma, s.s., 820 tons; Whangape, s.s., 1,901 tons; Rakaia-, s.s., 5,660 tons; Waikare, 1.901 tons; total, 15.946 tons. Departures: Talune, s.s., 1.370 tons: Taranaki, ship, 1.130 tons; Upolu, s.s., 700 tons ; Elingamite, s.s., 1,676 tons; Invercargill, s.s., 125 tons; Auckland, ship, 1,245 tons; Monowai. s.s., 2,137 tons; Te Anan, s.s., 1,028 tons; total, 9,409 tons.

THE DIRECT AND NEW YORK STEAMERS. •

The. S.S. and A. Company's s.s. Waiwera. which is due nr the Port on Wednesday next to load colonial products for the Home markets, is expected to get away on fir following Saturday for Lyttelton, Picton. and Wellington, the latter being her final port of departure on March 8.

A Hobart message intimates that the N.Z.S. Company’s s.s. Whakatane, from London (December 38). Plymouth, Teneriffe, and Cape Town, arrived at the Tasmanian port yesterday, and sailed at 3 p.m. for Auckland and Wellington. She should show up at Auckland on Wednesday next. Tho N.Z.S. Company's s.s. Rakaia, from Northern ports, returned to the Port yesterday evening to load about 6,000 carcasses of frozen meat, am] a quantity of wool and general. Site is likely to get awav for the Bluff on Thursday next, and sails finally from there on the 25th inst.

Advices from New York, dated yesterday, slate that the Tyser steamer Tndradevi has sail’d for Australian and New Zealand ports.

THE SHIP NELSON. Interesting details reached Dunedin by this morning's mail of the narrow escape tin- Shaw, and Albion Company’s ship Nelson had from disaster off Astoria. Tt was currently reported there, in fact, that the vessel had foundered with all hands during a heavy gale on the night of the 3rd December, about twenty miles off Gray Harbor. Luckily, however, this proved to be untrue, and the ship was finally towed to Seattle in a considerably damaged condition, hut without loss of life. The Nelson cleared the harbor at Astoria on the 25th November, with a cargo of grain for Europe. Two days later she encountered a heavy storm, with high seas, in which the cargo shift oil. Upon the weather moderating the crew managed to trim the ship again, but scarcely had this been accomplished when she fell in with a terrific gale, which threw Imr on her beam ends. The lower topsail sheets were cut awav in order to save the vessel. sbe was lying over at such an acute angle that her lee rail was completely submerged, the water being halfway over the hatches. Four of the boats hail meanwhile been smashed, and the cabin and forecastle gutted. The situation was so critical that Captain Perriarn du-ided on getting back to Astoria, and with great difficult’- the vessel was navigated 10 the mouth of the Columbia Riv. r. There was, however, a dangerous sea running on the bur, and the ship again stood out to sea. Tug-boats were busy taking vessels in ballast*:into the harbor, bm it was not until four more days had pas.-ec! Gill steamboat aid came to the Nelson. The tugs, however, could do nothing with li'T. owiii- to the weather, the seas still running mountains high, whilst the velocity of the wind was about 100 miles an hour. After repeated failures a tug sncceeeded in getting hold of the ship, with tho object of towipg her away from the land. “ Had she let go of us,” says one aboard. “ our ship would have gone ashore in less than two hours, and all hands would have beeen lost.” When the vessel had got a safe ofling she was again laid down on her side, and in the inky darkness the tow-rope broke. Throughout the night the Nelson lay in the seas, almost helpless, bnt next day the tug again took her in tow, and took her to Seattle without further misadventure. Upon her arrival at Seattle it was fonnd a number of beams and stanchions in the hold had betoi broken, and the discharge of cargo was commenced. Captain Perriam expected that the vessel would be detained there till the middle of January. The Nelson is well known in Dunedin and other colonial porta. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. ONEHTJNGA, February 14.—Vision, brigantine, from Newcastle. —Takapuna, for New Plymouth and Wellington. WELLINGTON. February 14.—Mararoa, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengaw for Dunedin : Misses Boyd. Macintosh, Bsb6®s, and Stuart, Mesdamos Christie, Pollock, wmJ Rogers. Messrs Pole, Black, Owen, Mill, Waugh. Christie. Pollock. —Ilotomahana, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses Bolton, Hobbs, Fullerton, Campbell, Walker, Louisson, Grant (2), Townsend, Neave, Eccles. Field, and Crease, Mesdames Thornton and child. Scott. Dean. Cree. Peak, Kernot and child, Hobbs, Barnard, Andrew, Fitchett, Prvddy, Hall, Wilford, Dr Fitchett, Me.isra Mine-bin, Kiuvig, Phillip, Owen. Michael, Halley, Scott, Watkins, Crease, Edgelno, Mills, Simpson (2), Carpanal. Dansey, Cornford. Joynt, Andrew, Coombe, Palmer, Rudkins. Livingstone, Milner. Cree, Rennie, Lee. Winstone, Bradlev, Kernot, Shepherd, Barnard ; and fourteen in the steerage. LYTTELTON, February 14.—Monowai, for Wellington and Sydney. SYDNEY. February 14.—Warrrmoo, from Auckland via Dunedin and East Coast ports. CLARENCE P.IVER, February 15. — Acacia, barque, for Nelson. MELBOURNE, February 15. -Alcestia, barque, from Kaipara. ADELAIDE, February 15. —King Oscar IT, barque, for Lyttelton.

(For continuation see Late Shipping.)