SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12094, 15 January 1904, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER.

TO-KOMOW.

Taiaroa Head: L 49 a.m., 2.13 p.m. Port Chalmers: 2.29 am., 2.53 p.m. Dunedifl.: 3.13

TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS.

The following weather report* from New Zealand stations were received this morning :

Auckland-—Wind, N.E., light; bar 29.94; ther., 73; bbe sky, clouds; tide moderate.

bat, 30.03; the*, 68.; bine sky; tide good, sea smooth. * bar., 30.04; Bier., A); blue sky, clouds; sea smooth. Wajjcamii^—Wind, S-, light; bar.,30.05; t»er., .69; bine sky; Jade moderate, bar smooth..

S.E., light; bar., 30.10; then, 68; blue sky, clouds. Nelson.—Cahn; bar., 30.07; ther., 65; «ne sky; tide moderate. Westport—Wind, W., light breese; bar., 20.00; thfr, 65; blue sky; tide poor, bar smooth.

Beaky.—Wind, breese; bar., 30J2; tber., 62; gloomy; river low. Lyttelton.—Wind, S.W., breeee; bar., 3018; ther., 67; clouds; tide moderate. Christchurch.—Wind, S.W-, light; bar., 30.20; ther., 63; overcast, gloomy. Traiaru.— Wind, NJL, breese; 30.02; thet, 76; blue sky; tide moderate, sea smooth.

Oamaru.—Wind, S., breese; ther., 62; bhte sky, clouds; tide good, sea moderate.

Port ; Chalmers.—Wind, S.W., light; bar., SOJtl; ther., 60; clouds; tide good, sea smooth.

Dunedin.—Wind, S.W., fresh; bar., 50.18; titer., 61; overcast, gloomy; tide moderate.

Clyde.—Calm; bar., 30.16; ther., 76; bhie sky, clouds; river steady. Queenstown. —Wind, E., lights bar., 20-16; ther., 61; blue sky. Balckttha.—Wind, S.W., light; bar., 50.13; ther-, 62; overcast, gloomy; river moderate.

Nuggets.—Wind, W.; bar., 3025; ther., 60> f°ggy> sea moderate. InvercargilL—Wind, S.W., fresh breeze; bar., 30.24; ther., 57; overcast, passing diowers.

BrnfL—Wind, W., light breeze; bar., 30.23; ther., 53; overcast; tide moderate, sea moderate.

ARRlVED.—January 14.

Rose Casey, sjs., 99 tons, MXHivray, from Southport via Waikawa. SAlLED.—January 14. Kini, sa, 802 tons, Brophy, fox the West Coast via Oamaru. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Moeraki, from Sydney via Cook Strait, January 16. Waipori, from Newcastle, January 16. Talune, from Sydney via Auckland, January 17. Monowai, from Melbourne, January 20. To Anau, from Auckland, January, 21. Victoria, from Sydney via Cook Strait, January 23. Zealand ia, from Sydney via Auckland, January 24. R&kaia, from London, January 27. Sierra Cadena, from Liverpool (now at Wellington). Carnegie, from Philadelphia (now at Lyttelton). Liu«na, from Liverpool via Wellington, left September 30. Oamaru, from London, left November L Nelson, from Glasgow, left October 31. Hvon, from Liverpool, sailed November

Dumfriesshire, from Liverpool via Wellington, sailed December 4. Taranaki, from Glasgow, left January L Nairnshire, from New York, left November 20, due February 4. Anglo-Norman, from Liverpool via Wellington, left January 1.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waikare, for the West Coast Sounds, January 16. Moeraki, for Melbourne, January 17. Waipori, for Oamaru and Auckland, January 17. Apanma, for Newcastle, January 19. Te Anau, for Auckland, January 22. Victoria, for Melbourne, January 24. Zoalandra, for Sydney via Auckland, January 26. Isabella Anderson, for Kaipara, early. Akaroa, for London, early. Doris, for Lyttelton, early. Inverurie, for Lyttelton, early.

In port noon to-day.—At Dunedm: ELM.S. Pylades and Lizard, 'Tarawera, LapercargilL Rose Casey, Napier, Express (steam); Akaroa, Doris, Inverurie, Isabella Anderson (sail). At Port Chalmers : Rangatira, Waikare, Rakanoa, Moura, Tavhrai (steam).

The schooner Isabella Anderson was hauled in to Lower Jetty street wharf this morning in readiness to load for Kaipara. The Rose Casey, from the sooth, arrived last evening. She took an excursion party to Quarantine Island this morning, and is loading for Invercargill and Rivertan. The Kini left the Bowen pier yesterday evening for the West Coast via Oamaru. The Invercargill was floated oat of the graving dock this forenoon, and came up to Dunedin this morning. The Rimu, from Invercargill, jg expected here early to-morrow. She is to load for Oamarn and Wangairai, and will probably sail to-morrow evening. Advice has been received that the Moana wffl be delayed at Vancouver longer than was at first expected, as the dock there was •ccupied for some time by H.M.S. Flora, which vessel recently met with a mishap. It fa now annonnced that the Moana wiU get away from Vancouver on the 29th inst. The Sydney sailing showing on the time-table as February 22 will'be taken up by the Moana on February 29, the difference being due to file liner's detention at Vancouver.

Captain Jordan, late of the Rakanoa, is to take over the command of the Tavhrai, which vessel is to leave Port Chalmers tomorrow for Weßtpart and Auckland, and thence take up her usual running in the Island trade.

The Moeraki, from Sydney via Cook Strait* is due at Port Chalmers early to-mor-row morning, and comes to Dunedin in the afternoon. She sails for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart about 4 p.m. on Sunday. The auxiliary three-masted schooner fbrgsnten, which has recently commenced to trade between Canterbury and the West Coast, is in a somewhat complicated position. It is alleged that the vessel is undermanned, that the wages is lower than required by the New Zealand regulations, and that her officers have only foreign certificates. Correspondence has passed between the CoEector of Customs at Christ«harch and the Norwegian Vice-Consul at Christchurch (Mr W. J. Moore) and the Minister of Marine. The Act passed last session to deal with foreign vessels trading on the New Zealand coast hau not come into force, as it has not y-.!: received the Royal assent. Captain Aas, master of the Tocsjanten, it is understood, is willing to L-J in with the regulations and comply with the provisions of the Act as far as possible. In these circumstances it was decided to allow the vessel to sail last week from Lyttelton for Hokitdka, but no definite decision has been come to in respect to the fact that the officers do not hold British certificates, and the matter is now under the consideration of the Minister. The captain of the Wallaroo did not give much satisfaction to those Sydney Pressmen who attempted to interview him over the recent boiler explosion. He processed himself anxious to give the Press all " avaOatda" information, but was just as careful sot to supply the information himself. Ho said he preferred not to theorise regarding the cause of the mishap to the combustion chamber. An inquiry would be held, and if people made a statement offhand they might find their words disproved. He said the top id , the combustion chamber had come down. The cause of that was, of course, the collapse of the stays, but what caused that collapse he was unable to say. The boiler did not burst in the ordinary sense. If that had occurred the decks would have been torn up and the other boilers unseated. And the steamer would not then hare been able to return to Sydney under her own steam. The steamer MuHough, which once traded

Shi was sold recently for £IOO, and wffl be * J? a tnewla - The little vessel earned for herownens large sums of money in the early days, when Christchurch was provisoned mainly by means of the Heathcote raver. She was built by Harland and WolfL of Belfast, and it k generally supposed that she was the first steamer the firm sent oat of their yard. The coastal sailing fleet is continually being augmented. The latest addition is the auxiliary ketch Wave, launched at Messrs Bailey and Lowe's yard, Auckland, on Saturday last, for Captain Kasper, of Matakana. The new craft is built of pohutukawa framing, with kauri planking. The principal dimensions are: Length 62ft, beam IBft oin, moulded depth 6ft. The engines are of 18 horse-power. The Nelson manager of the Union Company is communicating with- the Nelson Harbor Board, pointing out the inconvenience from the want of sufficient berthing accommodation at the railway wharf. The gross tonnage of the Union Company's vessels berthed at the wharf for December was 41,713 tons, three or four steamers being in port at one time, where there ie little more than sufficient room to conveniently work one.

The subsidised steamer Pifeshire, which salted on Monday from Wellington for South Africa, took the following lines of cargo from the c010ny:—42,765 sacks oats, boxes butter, 1,899 sacks wheat, 840 sacks bran, 716 sides pork, 62 sacks beans, 27 cases cheese, 224 sacks seed, 53 sacks bailey, 50 cases preserved meats, 50 cases fish, 50 sacks pollard, 80 bags hematite. The question of renewing or rebu3ding the Castlecliff wharf was before the Wangamri Harbor Board last week, and during a discussion tiie question of whether the Board should next year proceed with a big scheme for the improvement of the harbor was brought up. For some time past, says a Wanganui paper, it has been apparent that the Heads wharf has eerved its day, and must in the near future be replaced. A Government engineer visited Castlecliff, and reported an the wharf. He expressed the opinion that the structure was becoming dangerous, and he submitted plans of a » e Z r w J? arf ' whicil he estimated would cost £33,000. This was much beyond the Board's means, and the scheme was set aside. A committee of tie whole Beard visited the Heads, and after examining the vharf decided that it was imperative a new structure should be erected. It was decided that the Marine Department be informed of the intention of the Board to erect a new wharf at Castlecliff, but owing to the finances of the Board it would be impossible to carry out the scheme proposed by the Government engineer, and that preparation of plans be postponed in the meantime. THE SOUNDS EXCURSION. ' An inspection of the Waikare after her arrival at Dunedin this afternoon from Port Chalmers served to show that, as usual, the Union Steam Ship Company have overlooked nothing likely to contribute to the comfort and pleasure of the large complement of passengers who are this summer making the trip to the Otago fiords. Of course, it would be impracticable to alter, and difficult to improve on, her permanent fittings and appointments; but all those extra subsidiary arrangements which make for complete enjoyment have been added. Awnings have been rigged fore and aft, and two launches, as well as a number of additional boats, have been put aboard. A general renovation of the whole" of the steamer's appointments is noticeable, and as che is gome away a full ship some extra accommodation has been provided. An efficient string band, under the eonductorslnp of Mr A Vallis, also goes with her.' Two trips inland from the Sounds—one to Lake Te Anau and the other to the Sutherland Palls—axe projected. Passengers who intend to make the journey to Te Anau will go from Milford Sound under the guidance and charge of Inspector Moorehouse, of the New Zealand Tourist Department. Inspector Moorehouse left by the South express this morning, so as to be at Milford and have all preliminary arrangements made agamst- the time of the steamer's arrival there. Those who propose to "do" the Sutherland Falls will be. taken charge of by Mr Donald Sutherland; but as, owing to the limited tourist accommodation both at the falls and at Te Anau, only a certain number of the passengers can be taken on either trip, those who are anxious to be among the number will require to make earlv application to the purser. To further add to the pleasure of the passengers, and to enable them to view with intefligent interest the peculiar beauties of the spots to be visited, an attractively-£ot-up guide book has been compiled by Mr T. W. Whitson, the secretary to the company. Unlike the usual run of guide books, the book has been written in good literary style, and embodies most of the historical associations of the Sounds from the time of Captain Cook onwards. A quantity of information of a purely useful nature is also embodied. The steamer will not call at the Bluff en route, and passengers will do well, therefore, to remember that they can only join her at Dunedin.

The Waikare goes under the command of Captain Crawshaw, who takes with him the fcrfl&wing officers: —Chief, Mr C M. Renant; second, Mr J. B. Beighton; third, Mr G. G. Robertson; fourth, Mr A. R. Pryde; extra officers—Messrs A. E. Cam, TL T. Richardson, W. A. MTntyre, and EL Platts. The engine room is in charge of Mr C Taylor, with Mr D, M. Gillies, second engineer; Mr W. W. Luke, third; and MrE G. Johansen, fourth; purser, Mr J. H. C. Broad; chief steward, Mr C. Watts; chief stewardess, Mrs Thomas. A duly-qualified medical practitioner, Dr M*DougaH, is also included in the ship's complement. The following is the complete passenger-list:— Miss J. Aitkcn, South Australia; Mr P. L. Aitken, Victoria; Mr and Mrs J. Carfrae Alston, Scotland; Miss Appach, England. . Miss E. M. Box, Victoria; Mr S. Bridge, Waipawa; Miss J. E. Bridgewater, Auckland ; Mrs Broham, New Plymouth; Mr Louis Buchholz and Miss Buchholz, Victoria. Mr H. CampbelL Otekaike; Professor H. S. Carslaw, Sydney; Mr and Mrs Heywood Chapman and Miss Ida Chapman, Devonport; Misa Chidlow, Perth; Dr and Mrs W. Chishohn, Sydney; Mr •F. G. Clark, Dunedin; Miss and Miss K Colvin, Edinburgh; Mrs -A. Johns Copland, New Plymouth; Mr and Mrs E. T. Costello, Otaki; Mr .Frank H. Cowell, South Australia; Miss, Cowlishaw, Sydney; Mr/H. Warren Crowe, London; Miss M. Cmnming. Sydney; Mrs J. L. Currie, VictoriaMiss N. Daniell, England; Mr William C Davies, Victoria; Mr G. P. Denbigh and Miss ~E. Denbigh, Hakodate, Japan; Miss and Miss Dorothy Dibba, Sydney; Mrs-I>. Dobson, Christchurch; Mrs W. H. Dowling, Dunedin; Miss's. Dransfield, WeQjMgton.

Miss May Farquhar, Mrs T. Fergus, Miss and Miss Fanny Fergus, Dunedin.; Mr Edward A. Field, England; Miss and Miss Esther Fitzgerald, Glen Innes, N:S.W. Mr R. Garrett, Wanganui; Mr D. G. Garrick, Christchurch; Mr W. R Gates, Sydney; Mr A. Gebhardt, Adelaide; Miss R. George, Wellington; Mr F. G. D. Gibs*i, Scotland; Mr' Edwin Grainger and Mr-A. Grant, Sydney; Mr and Mrs Percy Grubb, Tasmania. Mr R. A. Hamilton, Nelson; Mr J. S. Handyside and Misses E. F. and J. P. Handyside, AKtio; Mr John Hardie, Victoria; Miss'M. Haslam, South Australia; Mr and Mrs Albert Herbert, London; Mr F. D. Herrick and Miss M. Herrick, Herbertville; Dr Max Hera; Mr and Mrs C. Lumley Hill, Queensland. Miss E. A. Jordan, St. Louis, U.S.A. MSss F. Kelly, Adelaide; Dr A..L. Kenny, Melbourne; Mr Rcfbert.Kerr, Sydney; Mr and Mrs John Kirkaldie, Miss Kirkaldie, and Misses K. 0. and G. Kirkaldie, Wellington; Mr Thos. 0. Kiriew, England; Mr and Mrs G. H. Kohler, Victoria. Mr F. W. Lally, Auckland; Mr W. F. Lansridge and Miss E. F. Langridge, England; Dr and Mrs B. E. Lawrence, Miss D. M. Lawrence, London; Mr C H. Leigh, Christchurch; Miss N. Lindsay, South Australia; Mr B. Ling, Ofcaki; Misses Ida and Muriel Locking, Napier: Miss L. Logan, Dunedia.

Mr and Mrs T. Marshall, Sydney; Miss A. Martin, South Australia; Mrs H. and Master S. Milford, Miss A. E. M3ford, Mr P. S. Mitchell, Sydney; Mr George Moodie, Dunedin; Miss Byron Moore, Melbourne; Mr J. P. Moore, England; Mr S. Morgan, Wales; Mr W. Murray, London; Messrs A. L. and P. MTkacken, Victoria; Mrs R. M'DougalL Miss H. MTariane, Glsborne; Hiss H. C. M'KeHar, Dunedin.

Miss Newman, Perth; Mrs G. Nicholas, Victoria.

Miss and Misses M. and L. Ogilvia, Victoria; Miss A. Olding, Mr and Mrs Elliot Oliver, London; Mr and Mrs James Ormond, Melbourne. Mr R. 0. Peck, Victoria; Mr and Mrs E. H. PercivaL Miss PerdvaL England; Miss and Miss Clara Peterson, Messrs J. 'S. and J. KI Peterson, Victoria; Mrs-EL G. Prince, Misses E. P. and D. N, Prince, South Australia.

Miss Mr A L. Raaken, St Louis, U.S.A.; Miss A. E. Richardson, London; Miss G. -Richardson, Wellington; Mr and Mrs John Roberts, Miss Roberts, Mr A P. Roberts, Dunedin; Miss J. 'Robertson, Melbourne; Major and Mra T.'M. Robinson, Enghusd; Miss Z«la Ross, Captain and Mrs F. Rushby, London; Miss C. RusseEL, Victoria.

Mr and Mrs A. Scott, Nelson; Dr and Mrs George Sly, Miss Esme Sly, Sydney; Mr E. J. Jefvis Smith, 'Dunedin; Miss M. Sullivan, London. Mr J. Thompson, Mr W. E. Thompson, Victoria; Mr 4 L Tbomsen, Baltimore, U.S.A. ; Mr T. Thomson, Suva, Fiji; Miss Thornton, London; Mr W.. J. Toohey, Misses M. C. and P. A Toohey, Victoria. Miss L. Uren, Adelaide.

Mr and Mrs Thos. E. Virga, Victoria. Miss Wallace, England; Mr 'and Mrs H. E. Wardell, Mr J&. W. Warren, Sydnev; Miss D. Williams, Dunedin; Mr G. W. Wilson, England. THE TYSER LINE. Tho Indralema, from London via Australian ports, arrived at Auckland yesterday. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, January 14.—Taieri, for Westport.

K A TPARA, January 14.—Acacia, barque, for WarrnambooL—Defiance, brigantine, for Sydnev. WELLINGTON, January 14.—Moe&ki, for the South, Hobart, and Melbourne. Passengers for Dunedin: Misses Kirkcaldy (3), Handyside (2), Langridge, Henrich, George, Richardson, Mansfield, Smith, Mesdames Kirkcaldy, Scott, Helps, Copjaad, Pollock, Messrs Scott, KoDrinbeck, Kirkcaldy, Garrett, Healey, Henrich, Handyside, Langridge, Craig, Gawne, Kenny.— Rotomahana, for Lyttelton.—-Westralia, for Napier. OAMARU, January 14.—KTni, from Port Chalmers.—Koonya, from Dunedin. NORFOLK ISLAND, January 14. Tambo, from the Islands. She has sailed for Sydney. Bishop Wlkon (of Melanesia) and his wife are passengers.

(For continuation see Lata Shipping.)