SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12396, 9 January 1905, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. TO-MOaKOW. TSiasoa Head: 5J27a.ni., 5.45 pjn. Port Chalmers: 6.7 ajn., 6.25 pan. Dunedin: 6.52 a-m., ,7.10 pjn. TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS. The following weather reports from New Zealand stations were received this morning:— Cape Maria Van Diemen.—Wind, SL, fresh breeae; bar., 30.19; tber-, 61; blue sky; tide good, sea moderate. Auckland.—Wind, SJS.W., light; bar., 30.10; ther., 63; overcast, gloomy; tide moderate. Gisborne,—Calm; bar., 30-14; ther M 66.; blue sky, clouds; tide good, sea smooth. Napier.—Wind, W.&.W-, light; bar., 30.15; ther., 60; blue sky, clouds; sea smooth. Wanganui—Calm; bar., 30.16; ther-, 63; blue sky, clonds; tide moderate, bar smooth. Wellington—Calm; bar., 30.07; the* ther., 63; donds. Nelson.—Wind, S.W-, light; bar 30.04; ther., 65; blue sky; tide mod£ rate. Westport—Wind, W.S.W., lights bar 30.08; ther., 60; brae sky, clouds; bar smooth. Bealey—Wind, W„ breeae; bar., 30.124 ther., 66; bine aky, clouds; river low. LytteTton.—Wind, N., light; bar., 30_t7; ther., 61; clonds; tide very MehT <J lristchm "ch-—Wind, NJE., light; bar.. 30.25; ther., 63; overcast •7«'^ mai ?-~ Wil,d ' N - E - te<*ne; bar., 30.07; ther., 58; overcast; tide moderate, sea smooth. Oamaru.—Wind, N., light; bar 30.03; ther., 54; bine skv, clonds; tide good, sea moderate. Port Chalmers.—Calm; bar., 29.98; ther., 54; overcast, gloomy; sea smooth. Dunedin.—Wind, N., light; bar., 29 95; ther., 60; overcast, gloomy; tide good. Uyde—Calm; bar., 30.10; ther., 62; blue sky, clouds: tide good. ■ Queenstown.—Wind, N.W:, breezebar., 30.02; ther., 60; clouds. Baldntha.-Cab; bar., 29,96; ther., 52; overcast, gloomy; river faffing. Naggets—Wind, N.W., . light; bar., 30.03; ther., 52; overcast; tide good, sea smooth. InvercaxgilL—Calm; bar., 30.05; ther., 54; overcast. ther., 54; overcast, drizzling rain; tide moderate, sea smooth. ARRIVED.— -January 8, H.M.S. Phoebe, 2,575 tons, 16 guns, Commander Alsop, from Wellington. Suffolk, s.s_, 4,680 tons, Priske, from Liverpool via Australia and Northern ports of New Zealand. ■ Invercargill, sjj., 123 tons, Gillies, from invercargill. Victoria, Sydney ra East Coast ports. Passeng3?,: *^ e3 Boyd, Stevens, Kingston, Leid, Wrilrams, Hogg, ArmstrongTPine, Ollrver, Mesdames James and two children Stevens, Ivmesy, Kingston, Messrs H. Ramger, Grey, Pirie, Robertson, J. Rennie, Stevens, Ivmegr, A. Ewan, FairA. Hendry, Haffigan, Brodrick, c •« H^ dl 7' Tuck, Patterson, £cott, 0 Beirne, James, Smith, Watchom, intzherbert, Stevens, Higholls, Drs Martin, MTiean, Ewart; eleven steerage. SAlLED.—January 7. Rose Casey, sji., 81 tons, M'Gilvrav for Invercargill. Jannarv 8. Wimmera, s.a., 1,872 tan* Rainey, for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart. Passengers: For Melbourne—Misses Jacobsen, Cummings, Mobberiey, Taylor Dsnetey, Burke, Mesdames Cnmnungs' Forrester, Wilkinson, Messrs Forrester Cummmgs, Staunton, Stuart, Mackay, G Lee, Vims, Salmond. For the Braff— Messrs Stokes, Scott; ten steerage. January 9. Corinna, sjj., 812 tans, James, for New Plymouth via way ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. MoeraJd, from Melbourne, Jannarv 11. Poheraa, from the West Coast, "January LL Tarswera, from Auckland, January 12 Waikare, from Sydney via Cook Strait January 14. Mokoia, from Sydney via Auckland, January 15. _ Matatua, from London, sailed Angus! Perthshire, from Sydney, sailed January Itata, from Liverpool, sailed October 1. Andrea, from Liverpool, sailed October 7. Polly Woodside (Rons), from Glasgow, sailed October 28. Suffolk, from West of Enjr .no ports. sailed October 31; due January 8. Aparima, from Calcutta, due January 20. J Buteshire, from New York, sailed November 28. Kaipara, from London, sailed November 2a Invergany, from Liverpool, sailed December 2. Star of Ireland, from New York, sailed December 12. Morayshire, from New York, sailed December 12. Delphic, from London, sailed December Onyx, from Port Esperance, to sail early. Oakbnrn, from New York, to sail early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Victoria, for Sydney via Auckland. January 10. Moeraki, for Sydney via Cook Strait, January 12. Tarswera, for Auckland, January 13. Mokoia, far Melbourne, January 16. In port noon to-day :—At Donedrn : Victoria, CJorinna (steam), Eunice (sail). At Port Chalmers : H.M.S. Phoebe, Suffolk, Maori, Hawea, Kini, Invercargill, Mouxa (steam) The barque Kinclune remains in the same position on the beach near Kaipara where she went ashore recently. ~Rblaunching gear is being taken to the vessel, and an early effort is to be made to refloat her. The barque Itata, bound for Wellington and Dunedin, is bringing 1,257 tons of cargo for discharge at Wellington, and 672 tana for discharge at Dunedin. Captain G. M. Balfour is in charge of the vessel. The barque Bankburn, L 352 tons, has been chartered to bring a general cargo from Liverpool for Wellington and Port Chalmers. One of the North German Lloyd training ships—the Herzogin Sophie Charlotte, named after the daughter of the Grand Doka of Oldenburg—is expected to pay a yisiJ to Sydney early this month. She is coming from Honolulu in ballast, to loadwheat for the United Kingdom or Continent. The Herzogin Sophie Charlotte is a four-masted barque, of 2,273 tans, and is described as a meet suitable vessel for training purposes. The vessel has accommodation for 100 cadete, who, after a three years' coarse on the cadet training ship, and one year on the steamers of the Norddeutscher Lloyd, are snfnciently advanced to enter the Naval School, in preparation for the examination in navigation. Mr Birkett, late chief officer of the Huddart-Parker steamer Westralia, i 3 now in a simflasr position on the Victoria. Mr Ryall, who has been acting chief officer, has gone back to the position of seconJ officer. The Sbaw-Sarvill steamer Gothic left Wellington for London last week. She is covering in her holds the largest, or one of the largest, butter cargoes which has been shipped from New Zealand. It is estimated that the shipment anuants to approximately 55,000 boxes. Sydney fifes state that the Datch st»p Nederiand, 1,955 tons, has been ordered to load a general cargo at London for the colonies. The ship Cambrian Princess, 2,243 tons, has also been chartered to load for the colonies, her loading port being New York

The barque Superb, 1,394 tons, is under charter to load a general cargo at New York for the colonics. '

The barque Clan MacLeod is under charter to load coal at Newcastle for a .New Zealand port. ' On arrival of the barque Meinwen in Hobson Bay, Melbourne, recently, Captain Potter-reported a startling experience on the voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne. Three weeks ago, whilo in the vicinity of St. Paul Island, as the vessel was running before a fresh westerly wind, a sea of gigantic proportions suddenly rose and swept over the Btern, smashing wheel and cabin skylights, flooding the cabin, and destroying a quantity of provisions in the lazaret. The vessel was submerged almost to the mainmast, and broached to. When she shook herself free tackles were rigged to the tiller, and it became possible to ascertain how the crew had fared. The chief officer was found to have some teeth missing and a cut face. The two men who were in attendance at the wheel were discovered lying near tho main hatch cover. Four other members of the watch had also abrasions. All the hands had almost recovered from their injuries when the vessel reached port. The steamer Sophocles, which put into Fremantle on fire a week or two ago, is very well known in Dunedin. She was formerly the lonic. The Aberdeen Line purchased the lonic from the New Zealand Shipping Company after the loss of the Thermopylae refitted her, and called her the Sophocles. The barque Woosung is making a long passage from Dunedin to Kaipara. She left this port about the beginning of December, and is now nearly six weeks out. The schooner Eunice, which left Dunedin about the same time, has meantime made her round trip to Kaipara, and: back. The Corinna took in a general cargo at Dunedin_ to-day, and sailed for New Plymouth via intermediate ports in the afternoon.

The Victoria, from Sydney via Anckland, made fast at the tongue wharf about 5 a.m. yesterday. She left Sydney on the 29th inst., and made the run across to Auckland in 3d 17h. At Gisborne a heavy sea prevented her from embarking her outward passengers. She will leave the cross wharf on the return trip about 5 p.m. to-morrow. The Wnmnera left the cross wharf about 4 p.m. yesterday, and sailed for Melbourne via the Bluff and Hobart.

_ H.M.S. Phcsbo, from Wellington, arrived yesterday and anchored off Deborah Bay. During her stay in those waters she will enrol young men who are desirous of joining the service and being thoroughly trained in nautical life. It is expected that tho warship will remain at Port Chalmers for about two months.

The Invercargill, from Invercargill, arrived yesterday morning, and was berthed at the Bowen pier, and commenced this morning to take in transhipments ex Maori for InvercatgilL She will come up to Dunedin this evening to complete loading, and sails for Invercargdl tomorrow.

The Suffolk, from New York via Australian and Northern ports of New Zealand, arrived yesterday morning, and was berthed at the George street pier to discharge the balance of her cargo. Since she was last here the steamer has had her masts and funnel lowered to enable her to work tho Manchester Canal. She is the largest steamer and the first large twin-screw vessel to go up the canal. The cargo for DunecHn amounts to about 185 tons. Captain T. Priske is in command of the Suftolk, and he h33 the following officers with him :—Chief, Mr J. H. Gordon; second, Mr C. Durban; third, Mr R. Stringer;_ fourth, Mr C. Powel. Mr T. Gerrard is chief engineer, and Messrs M'Lellan, _ Henderson, and Page are seoond, third, and fourth engineers respectively. Mr G. Ferguson is chief refrigerating engineer, and Mr J. Kobinson second. She left Lytteltoa at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Cable advice received in Sydney states that the clipper ship lllawarra, which collided with another vessel soon after leaving London on Christmas Eve, and which was so badly damaged that she had to be beached to prevent her from sinking, has been successfully refloated. Eeferring to the steaming capabilities of the Union Company's new Island steamer Navua, the 'Western Pacific Herald' of a recent date says :— ** The s.s. Navua gave passengers an idea of what she is capable on her present voyage from Auckland to Suva. She did the trip in 3d 17h, her average run being 310 knots. She averaged thirteen knots per hour, although she is only supposed to be a twelve-and-a-half-knot boat. The engineers are confident that they can, if occasion requires, lower the Moura's record between tho two ports." Captain R. Nicholson, TJJ3JL, has recently returned from what may be doscribed as a marine wild-goose chase. He was sent by the Navy Department to locate a mysterious rock in the midst of the Pacific, which, though uncharted, was reported by several navigators, and was feared as a menace to ships. But Captain Nicholson sailed all over the region in question, searching it back and forth, and found no trace of the alleged islet. This does not mean, however, that there never was an islet there. Islands have a way of popping up and down in the ocean, especially in such waters as those to the south of Japan. Thus, a skipper may be pnzzled at failing to discover a long-familiar landmark, or, worse yet, hj« may run upon a brand-new piece of territory which has sprung up out of the waves since he last went that way. The islands that pop up thus unexpectedly are impelled to such doings by volcanic disturbances under the sea. A Suva message states that the storm is subsiding, and that the Navua had left for Auckland. LOSS OF THE BRIABHOLME. The fate of the barque Briarhoime has been settled by the discovery of wreckage, including the manifest of her cargo, on the beach at Port Davey (Tasmania). The coast for some distance is strewn with wreckage and cargo, but no spars have come ashore. The Briarholroe was 180 days out from London to Hobart, and had been reported as massing for some tbno. [The Briarhoime was of 894 tons regis, ter, was commanded by Captain Disney, and soiled from London on July 21 f«r Hobart and Lanncestoii.] OUR FISHING INDUSTEr. A NEW TDEA. As far as the small craft plying on Otago Harbor are ■concerned, the oil engme appears to have come to stay, and it is almost safe to predict that within a very few months all lie local fishing boats will have been fitted with these handy and useful little motors. This morning the evolutions of Messrs Anderson and PaoFs whaleboat Euphemia, which has just been fitted with a .three horse-power Standard oil engine, were watched with interest by a number of spectators on the wharf. "My word, we're going to get some barracoota now," said someone, and the remark just about sums up the position, for the advent of an appliance fending to make the fishing boats independent of ■wind and tide nmst eventually make a, great dffierenee to the local fishing trade. The difficulty of pragging with 18ft oars for miles outside the Heads in order to reach the fishing grounds, or to shift from a ground where the fish are not biting to a ground where they are, is perhaps best understood by the fishermen themselves, hut even a landsman can see that it must have been great. When to this is added the facta that an early start was always necessary and that often an adverse tide had to be negotiated both going and coming, it will be conceded that the fisherman's hie, like the operatio policeman's, could not have been altogether a happy one. The Euphemia, which re, we understand, the first of tho local fishing boats to be fitted with an oil engine, was buDt here about eighteen months ago by Mr J. MTherson, and is about 3(St m length by 7ft beam. The engine is boxed in by a wooden covering measuring about 4ft by 2ft 6in, thus preserving the gear from the action of salt water or rain, and keeping it dear from the fish. The motive power is petrol actuated by a landeD-Edison. batterv. The Euphemia has five cells in battery it present, hut a sixth conld easily be added if desired. The rapid and continued make-and-break of the electric circuit produces a spark, which ignites the petroL and tbejps

in the cylinders is thcrebv evolved, The boat's tiny propeller niakeb'.ibout 4CO revolutions to the minute, and a. speed of seven knots an hour can easily be made. At the invitation.of Mr F. J. Snltivan, one of oar representatives went for a.spin in theEuphenna tins morning, and she thrashed through the white caps in the mouth of tie channel in first-class style, holdinc; her own. with" the more powerful hut less fine-lined Mina. which also carries, .an oil engine. The cost of running is stated to be about 3d per hour. That Messrs Anderson and Paoli's venture will :be a success there can be no doubt whatever. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. - AUCKLAND, January 8.—4 a.m., Aparima, from Calcutta, Singapore, and Samarang. Mr 3nd Mrs C. Holdsworth, of Dunedin, are passengers. KAIPARA, January wa, barque, from Newcastle. WELLINGTON, January p.m., Warrinioo, for Sydney.—January 8 : 4.40 a,m., Kaikoura, from Gisborne.—3.4s a.m., Warwera, from Gisborne. LrTTELTON. January 8.—8.30 a-m., Rotomahana, from Wellington.—4.3o p.m., Pharsalia,' from Port Chalmers. SYDNEY, January 7—1.40 p-m., Waikare for Wellington. NEWCASTLE, January B.—South Australian, for Napier. SUVA, January B.—Navna, for Auckland.

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