SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12762, 15 March 1906, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER, To-Moaaow. Taaaroa Head: 6.25 a,ro,, 6.48 p.m. Port Chalmers : 7.5 a.m., 7.28 p.m. Danedin : 7.50 a.m., 8.13 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS. The following weather reports were received from New Zealand stations this morning : —. Cape Maria Van Diemen.—-Wind, SJS , " light; bar., 30.U; ther., 67; blue sky; tide high, eea heavy swell. Auckland.-—Wind, W., light; bar., 30.15; ther., 67; blue sky, clouds; tide good. Gisborne,—Calm; bar., 30.00; ther., 72; blue sky; tide good, sea moderate Napier.—Cairn; bar., 30.08; ther., 68; blue sky; sea smooth. WanganaL—Wind, W., light; bar., 0U.03; ther., 65; overcast; tide moderate, bar moderate. Wellington.—Wind. W., light; bar, oO.Oo; ther., 64; clouds. Nelson.—Calm; bar., 50.01; thor., 65; 1 ■■•* sky; tide moderate. .eotport.—Wind, S., light; bar., 30.00; ther., 65; clouds; tide good, bar considerable. _ Bealey.—Wind, N.W., light; bar_, 30.06: ther., 59; blue skv, clouds; river low. Lytteiton.—Calm; bar., 30.28; ther., 68; gloomy; tide very high. C-hristchurch. Calm;' bar., 30.09; ther., 61: overcast, gloomy. _ Timaru.—Wind, S.E., breeze; bar., o0.ll; ther., 61; overcast, drizzling rain; tade moderate, sea smooth. t Oainara.—Wind, S., light; bar.., 30.19; ther., 53: overcast; tide good, sea smooth. Pert Chalmers.— Wind., S.S.W., breeze; bar.. 50.13; ther., 58; gloomy: tide good, sea smooth. Panedin.--W.ind. S.W., fresh; bar.. 29.93; ther., 58; overcast, gloomy; tide good. aydo.~Co.lm: bar., 30.20; t.hcr., 65; overcast; river low. Qucenstown.— Wind, X., light; bar., 30.10: t.hcr., 58; overcast. Ealnhitha..—Calm ; bar., 30.05 ; ther., 63: overcast, gloomy; river stead v.' Nuggets.—Wind. S.W., light: bar.. 30.15; ther., 62; clouds; tide hi ah, sea moderate. Invoreirgill.—Wind, S.W.. brce7flbar., 30.21; ther., 53; overcast. ' Bluff.—Wind, S.W., light; bar., 30.18; ther., 57: overcast; tide moderate, sea smooth; glass rising steadily. ARRIVED.--March 15. Waikare, s.s., 1,901 tons. Roils, from Auckland via Bast Coast ports. Passengers : Misses O'Neill, Hillscott, Chandler, Tnrton, Mesdamos Woodburn, Goring, Hml. Brown, Munyard, Stewart. Finch, Chamberlain. O&kden, Carson, Mitchell Piatt*. Blackk, Messrs O'Neill, Thompson. Hird, Woodburn. M'ln tosh, Chandler, Chamberlain, M'Lean, Bull, Bright, Parvus, Fonwi/.-k, Colonel Goring: nine steei :i.g-e. SAILED.—March 15. Monowai, b.s,, 2,137 tons, M'Don a Id, for Sydney via Cook Strait, Passetngers : For Lytteiton—Messrs Shanks, Buchanan. For Wellington—Misses Hay, Wilson, Naden, Mesdames Maloney, Berti Messrs Alan, Berti. For Sydney—Misses Esther, Bolton, Refl, Peddie, Inglis. Mesdaanea Inglis, Tnrton and son, Messrs Hewitson, Esther, Turton, Wright. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Corinna, from Onehonga, March 16. Talone, from Auckland, March 22. —lntercolonial. Warrimoo, from Sydney via Cook Strait, March 17. Zealandia, froni Sydney via Auckland, March 18. Wimmera, from Melbourne, March 21. —Oversea, steam.— Perthshire, from New York, sailed December 31; arrived Auckland Maich 13; due April 7. Star of Scotland, from London, sailed December 31. Essex, from West of England ports, railed January 11; due at Auckland March 17. Ardgowan, from New York, sailed January 16. Mamari, from Liverpool, sailed January 24; arrived at Auckland March 10. Star of New Zealand, from New York, sailed January 26. Wadmate, from London, sailed February 4; due March 25. Everton Grange, from New York, sailed February 10; due at Auckland April 20. Dorset, from West of England ports, sailed February 11; duo at Auckland April 17. Indrabarah, from West of England ports, tailed February 11. Delphic, from Liverpool, sailed February 17; due at Anckland April 8. Maori, from London, sailed February 28; due April 18. Queen Helena, from New York, to sail March 31. Wakanui, from London, to sail April 4; due May 24. —Oversea, sail.— Pharos, from Liverpool, sailed November 1;_ arrived Wellington February 27. Cassius, fron.. Liverpool, sailed November 24. Caterina. from Marseilles, sailed January 22; due April. Dalcairnie, from Liverpool, sailed February 23. Abyssinia, from HulL to sail early. Brunei, from Liverpool, to sail ea-rly PROJECTED DEPAETTJR.ES. Waikare, for Auckland, March 16. Warrimoo, for Melbourne, March 18. Corinna, for Onehnnga, March 18. Wimmera, for Sydney via Cook Strait, March 22. In port noon to-day :—At Dunedin : Waikare, Eoonya (steam), Dilpussund (sail). At Port Chalmers : Monowai, Waipori, Ripple, Tarawera, Te Anau, Mouxa, Murihiku (sieam). The Monowai proceeded to the Port yesterday evening, and left th© George street pier this afternoon for Sydney via Cook Strait.. The Waikare, from Auckland via East Coast ports, arrived at Dunedin at seven o'clock this morning, and berthed alongside the cross wharf. She will leave on her northward trip at 5 p.m. to-morrow. The three-masted schooner Eunice completed loading yesterday, and left for Kaipara at eight o'clock this morning. The Koonya left her berth at Rattray street wharf this afternoon, sailing for Greymoufch via her usual route. % The Warrimoo, from Sydney via East Coast ports, is time-tabled to reach Dunedin on Saturday morning. The Coriraia, from Onehrnnga and New Plymouth via usual ports is also due on that day. The Waipori leaves Port Chalmers for Westport on Saturday. Flap at Port ChaLmers were hoisted half-mast to-day in respect to the memory of Mrs Crawford, a very old resident of the Port, and mother of Mr James Crawlord, of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. The steamer Wootton, which wentashore on a sandbank inside the bar of the Wairrvakariri on Tuesday last, was got off last night, and steamed up to the wharf on the rising tide. It is reported that she does not eeem to have suffered any damage. The steamer Squall, which was expected to arrive here to-morrow, wiH not now reach the port umtil the 2S£h. She comes; from Greymooth, and brings 200,000 ft of timber. She loads general cargo heme for Onehonga and Kaipara. Captain Carson, of Drmedrn, ono of the most popular of the younger skippers in the Union Company's service, was the recipient recently of several presentations on the occasion of his leaving the Kaituna to join the Kamona. On taking leave of | his men at Greymooth, Captain Careon was called aft and presented by the officers and engineers with a teavellmg bag, and by the sailors with a valuable gold locket, as small mementoes of the kindly feeling eoterfcained by the men for the TOoathy skipper, .whom they parted with with exfarane regret. The i Jsag*,4i>e. {^ejaacaat-'■Stor') '

go to show how happily.a master and his men can, get along on" board ship simply by the use of a little tact and judgment. Mr H. L. Ferguson, late of the Union Company, has been admitted as a partner in the firm of H. L. Tapley and Co., t-ho well-known firm of {shipping" agents. The steamer Roapehu, of the New Zealand Shipping Company's fleet, put up a good steaming performance on the run from London. She left the Home port on the 25th January, and arrived at Cape Town a day ahead of time-table date. On the run from Hobart to Wellington she recorded 4d lh 30min, which is the top performance for the ships of the company's A LAUNCH CAPSIZES. The oil launch Tarrriki, timber laden, was capsized by a high wind in Pelorus Sound on Tuesday. The engineer (Wilkinson) was trapped in the engine room, and released by Captain Johnstone at the last moment by bursting the port hole and planking. Two passengers (Misses Veniniore and Price) ajid the crew kept afloat on a plank for half an hour, until rescued bv a boat from the Paradise Bay Dairy Factory. The boat, which sank in fifteen fathoms, and will probably be refloated, was valued at £SOO. She was the property of Mr J. Wilkinson, Kaiapoi, and was uninsured. AN IMPORTANT INVENTION FOR MARINERS. Mr H. 0. Barnard, srrrterintendent of the Ceylon Trigonometrical Sna-veys, who returned to Colombo from England the ether day, has invented an instrument for calculating the exact position of ships at sea at any time (day or night), and has taken out a patent for it in England. The construction of the instrument has been taken no by Messrs Stanley and Co., the well-known instrument makers, of Holborn. London, so that its introduction to the world is in good hands. The instrument is of a very simple character, bnt its importance may be gauged from the fact that it. holrfe the same place in connection with nautical calculations that the slide-rule has in ordinary arithmetical calculations. Several naval authorities, both French and English, who have seen the ir-Mni-menf., describe it as the very thing which navigators, base Ixxm wanting for many years. Its probable benefits to shipping are. therefore not easy to esta-mn-te. THE ILL-LUCK OF THE WAVER TREE. Some years ago, while lying at Miller Point, Sydney, the British ship Wavertreo was very severely damaged by a disastrons fire. She has more recently been striking bad luck of a different character. On th© Bt,h inst. she arrived at Sydney in ballast from Mollendo, on. the coast of South America, and those who visited her at the anchorage in Neutral Bay observed that she had sustained a considerable amount of damage. Inquiries elicited the faet that the Wavertee braved a. hurricane of exceptional violence while she was in port at Mollendo, and that many other vessels in that unprotected roadstead at the time fared very badly. The tempest lasted several days, and the Wavertree dragged her anchors. She lost no less than three anchors, together with seventy-five fathoms of chain, and several coils of rope and wire. The windlass was smashed, so as to render it absolutely useless, and other injuries were sustained. The Speke, which was but a few days ago totally lost off the Victorian coast" was anchored alongside the Wavertree during the storm. On December 3, when the Wavertree eight days out from Moltendo to Sydney, some of the members of the crew refused duty. The captain urged the men to obey their lawful commands, but they persisted in their disobedience, and, as it was feared they might influence other members of the crew, two of the mnitineers were placed in irons. Almost throughout the entire passage from Mollendo to Sydney the Wavertree encountered a succession of strong gales and head winds, accompanied bv heavy seas. She is now docked in "Sydnev, where she will be supplied with a new windlass. SHAW. SAVILL AND ALBION COMPANY. - Moveinenls of Steamers.— The Pakeha arrived at Dunedin on the 7th March; loads in South Island, sailing for London from Wellington on 26th March. The Corirdhic arrived at Wellington on 26th February ; loads in North and at Lytteiton ; leaves Wellington for London 29th March. The Mamari arrived af Auckland on 10th March; discharges at Wellington, Lytteiton, and Dunedin, and sails again from Wellington about 14th April. The Kum/jira is due at Auckland on 216t March; thence at Wellington; sails again for the colony about 26th April The Delphic left Liverpool on 17th February for Auckland, Wellington, Lytteiton, and Dunedin; due Auckland Bth April; sails again from colony early in May. The Maori left London an 3rd March for Dunedin and Lytteiton: due Dunedin 20th April. The Gothic left London on Bth February for Wellington and Lvtteiton; due 27th March; will sail for London 26th April. The Rangatira arrived at London on 25th February. The lonic arrived at London on 19th February: left again for New Zealand Bth March; due Wellington 23rd April; wiH sail again for London 24th May. The Waiwera arrived at London on 4th March, in time for March sales ; will sail again on sth April for Wellington, Lytteiton, and Bluff; due 25th May. The Karamea left Monte Video on 3rd March; due at London on 24th March. The Matatua left Monte Video on 24th February for London; due London 17th March; will sail again at end of March ; due in colony on 18th May. The Athenic left Wellington for London on Ist March via Monte Video and Rio; due London 12th April. The Tokomaru left Auckland on Ist March for London via Monte Video; due London on 17th April. The Aotea left Lvtteiton for London Ada Monte Video on Bth March; due London 23rd April. CHANGES IN THE U.S.S. COMPANY'S SERVICE. Owing to the illness of Captain Phillips, Captain Morrisby will to-day relieve him at Wellington as master of the Manuka. Mr Platte, late ohief officer of the Koonya, joins the Arahnra at Wellington to-day as chief, relieving Mr Showman, who has been granted a month's leave of absence. Mr Rennett, late chief officer of the Wailcare, is to be appointed to the command of the Kini, Captain Brophy, af the latter vessel, having been appointed as master of the Kifctawa, Captain Millman to come to Dunedin for instructions. Mr Wallace has been appointed actingchief, and Mr Heley acting-second of the Waikare. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. A Wellington message reports that the following Dunedin passengers leave for London by the Paparoa to-day :—Dr Allan, Mrs Allan and family, Miss W. Thomson, Mr J. Harlow; fourteen steerage. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. EAST CAPE, March 14.—The Talune passed north at 3.10 p.m. WELLINGTON, March 14.—6JS p.m., Star of Scotland, for Lytteiton.—Mararoa, for Lytteiton. LYTTELTON. March 14.—Manuka, for Sydmey -via East Coast ports. SYDNEY, March 14.r-3.30 p.m., Mokoia, for Auckland. MELBOURNE, March 14.—Wimmera, for the Bluff. BLUFF, March 15.—Ayrshire, for Timaru. j (Eor ttmfcinsatkia see Late Shjjpnig}. I