SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12881, 2 August 1906, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. ; ’ TO-MOUHOW. Taiaroa Head: 1.5 &.m., L 35 p.m. Port Chalmers: 1.45 a.m., 2.15 p.m, Dunedin : 2.30 a.m., 3.0 p.xn. ARRIVED.—August 2. Tarawera, s.s., 1,269 tons, Rolls, from Auckland via East Coast porta. Paseehgers : Misses Brown, Young, Mahony, Bray, Messrs Lees, Captain Carson, Captain Daniel M'Lean, Sanders, Stout, Sleator; four steerage. SAlLED.—August 2. Poherua, s.s., 749 tons, Lindsay, few the West Coast. Wabanni, s.s., 3,751 tons, Parsons, for tho Bluff. Monowai, s.s., 51,136 tons, Momsby, for Sydney via Cook Strait. Passengers: For Lyttelton—Mrs Garland and two children. For Wellington—Misses Smaill, Park, Mrs Burns, child, and nurse. For Sydney—Meadaraes Herbert, Johnston, Messrs Herbert, Johnston and son, Davis; eleven steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ■—Coastal.— Talnno, from Auckland, August 9. —lntercolonial. Wammoo, from Sydney via Cook Strait, August 4. Zcalandia, from Sydney via Auckland, August 5. Wimmera, from Melbourne, August 8. Satumus, from Banbury, sailed July 15. Rio Loge, from Clarence River, early. —Oversea, Steam,— Gibraltar, from Kobe, arrived Newcastle, July 1. Tomoana, from New York, sailed May 25; arrived Melbourne July 19. Bur germeister Hachmann, from New York, sailed May 30. Gowanbum, from New York, sailed SFune 15. Willesdcn, from New York, sailed July 7. Aotea, from, Liverpool, sailed June 19; due August 6. from London, sailed June g Cornwall, from New York, sailed July Waimate, from London, sailed August 4; due September 23. ° Courtfield, from New York, to sail early. Wimbledon, from New York, to sail early. Rippingham Grange, from Middlcsborough and Glasgow, to sail August 11. Suffolk, from Liverpool, to sail August 18. Maori, from London, to sail August 31. Delphic, from Liverpool, to sail September 30. Whakatane, from London, to sail October 4. from London, to sail October from London, to sail December —Oversea, Sail.— Brunei, from Liverpool, sailed May 4. from Liverpool, sailed June Drammenseren, from Malden Island, due August. Arthur, barque, from Surprise Island, early.. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Tarawera, for Auckland, August 3. Wanrimoo, for Melbourne, August 5. Zealandia, for Sydney via Auckland, August 7. Wimmera, for Sydney via Cook Strait, August 9. Wakanui, Cape Corso, Monowai, Poherua (steam). Olive (sail). At Port Chalmers : Moana, Te Anau, Progress. Timam (sail). Ihe Tarawera was three hours later in arriving to-day than was expected, having been detained at Lyttelton last evening. She sails for Auckland via East Coast ports at 3 p.m. to-morrow. The sailings from Dunedin to-day comprised the departure of the Poherua, Wakantri, and Monowai. ATI went out during the course of the afternoon. The Cape Corso will be ready to proceed to Port Chalmers to-morrow to nut out cement for_ the dock. The barque Olive is ballasting, but not yet fixed for anywhere. Captain Lindsay rejoined tho Poherua at Dunedin to-day, relieving Captain Emslie, who proceeds to Lyttelton to take command of his own vessel, the Ramona. Mr Angus, who has been acting as master of the latter steamer, resumes his former position of chief officer. A number of vessels known here are now finding employment carrying, Australian coal. The barque Pharos, which arrived here from Liverpool on 'March S3, left Newcastle for Vancouver on April 20. The barque Invergarry, here in March last year, cleared at Newcastle for Juneen on Julv 20. Another familiar vessel at present on the berth at Newcastle is the Norwegian-owned ship Montgomeryshire, which arrived here on December 14, 1903. The Pukaki is bringing 500 tons of coal from the West Coast. She is due about noon to-morrow. After discharging she will be docked at Port Chalmers. Among the obsolete vessels which were to be offered by auction to the ship-break-ers at Portsmouth dockyard on July 10 were two ex-members of the Australian squadron—the cruisers Tauranga and Katoomba. The oversea tonnage afloat or on the berth for the principal New Zealand ports at the end of July was as follows :—For Wellington, 174,239 tons; for Lyttelton, 147.847 tons ; for Auckland, 142,352 tons; for Dunedin and Port Chalmers, 117,605 tons. The week ended Julv 31 saw the record export of coal from Newcastle, the total being 109,328 tons, distributed as follows : —Foreign ports, 62,206 tons: inter-State and New Zealand ports, 47,122 tons. New Zealand gets a good share of the limber export which supplies Australia. On July 21 the timber vessels on the berth or sailing for Australia were as follow : —From the Pacific Coast, 54; from the Baltic, 12; from New Zealand, 22. A smart diving feat was accomplished on Saturday morning at the Glasgow wharf, Wellington. Diver F. Dixon, equipped with Siebe Gorman gear, examined the vicinity of berth No. 5 for the missing portion of the propeller of the steamer Pondo, stated to have been damaged by tbe Corinna a few weeks ago, a mishap that is at present the subject of litigation between _ the New Zealand and African Steamship Company and the Union Company. Dixon, after being below for about three minutes, recovered the missing propeller blade tip. When the American mail steamer Ventura was leaving Auckland on Friday evening for San Francisco an individual was discovered aboard without a ticket. The commander stopped the steamer near the warship Pioneer, and gave the man into the custody of a naval corporal of police. In due course the individual, a laborer named Frederick Piercv was handed to the police, and faced the magistrate on the charge of being a stowaway. Piercy stated that he took a man’s luggage aboard the Ventura the night before. While be was standing on deck watching the Star of Australia the vessel cast off its moorings. Immediately he saw this he ran to • the gangway to get ashore, but failed, and told one of the officers. They at once declared that he would be charged as a stowaway, and he was put ashore, having only been aboard twenty minutes. Questioned bv Sub-inspector Gordon, the accused stated that he recently served a month’s imprisonment for stowing away on a steamer bound from London to Auckland. He would not, he said, be so foolish as to stow awav to America, because he would never be landed. “ There is. a doubt as to whether you intended to stow away, and I give yon the benefit of it,” remarked the magistrate, who discharged Piercy. A meeting of shipowners and others interested, called to discuss the restrictions

on the coastal fleet, was held at Auckland last night, but was swamped by a large attendance of seamen, who captured the me6^ n ?‘ following motion was proposed by the secretary of the Seamen’s Union : * That, in view of the recent numerous shipping disasters, with great loss of life, on onr coasts, this meeting ®“ TOi y[v urge the Government to amend the Shipping Act on the lines of the Imperial Act, so that all vessels shall have a winter and summer load line, and shall carry no deck cargoes during the months of May, June, July, August, and September; and, further, resolve that (a) a qualified martno architect should ’be appointed by tbe Government to approve of all plans for vessels being built in this colony; (b) a stricter supervision should be exercised over the provisioning of vessels sailing from our ports; (c) that the reoommendaof the Nautical Court of Inquiry and the rider of the Supreme Court jury dealing with the Claymore-Kapanni disaster should be given immediate effect to.” An amendment to adjoorn the meeting been lost, the owners withdrew. The above motion was then carried. A Renter’s message of June 15 from Montreal says that twenty-six stowaways, ad young men, including university undergraduates, legal and medical students, and clerks, arrived on the steamer Athenian, from Glasgow. When they were discovered they were put to work in tho coal bunkers. The passengers proposed to get up a subscription to pay their fares, but the captain refused the offer, saying that bo did not want it to be said in Glasgow that the Athenian was a paradise for stowaways. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. Owing to the fire on the Gothic she has been renlaced by the Maraari for the next to New Zealand. 'Hie Mamari loft Plymouth on June 30, taking the following passengers ; For Auckland —Mr J. H. Barrett, Mrs Barrett and family, Mr mid Mrs Bathgate and son, "Mr J. Bartlett, wife, and daughters, Mr and Mrs Bee, Mr R. Berry, Mr Boon, Mr W. Burgess, Miss Cheadle, Messrs Closey (3), Mr Coombcr, wife, and family, Mrs E. Davis 'and family. Miss Dipper, Mr and Mrs Ewerson and family, Mr Gamble, Mrs Hallafiold, Mr Hawkins, wife, and daughter, Mr G. Hill, wife, and sot, Mr and Mrs A. Humphreys, Mrs Hutchinson and family, Hr H. Kingston, Mrs L. Langley, Mrs Lansdown and sons (2). Mr W. Lyons, Mr W. M'Cufloch, Mrs I. M‘Cullough and family, Mr Manton, Mr G. Philpott, Mr and Mrs Rayner, Mr J. Ryan, wife, and son, Mr Seymer, Mr Thwaites. For Wellington—Mrs Ashbridge and sons (5), Mr-M. Biggs, Mr G. Bodell, Mr W. Bodell, wife, and son, Mr Brassington, Mr H. Bordett, Mr E. Casey, Mr J. Coleman, Mrs and Miss Comyns, Mr Dowker, wife, and family, Miss English, Mr Ennion, Mr and Mrs Falconer, Mr J. Gill, Mr Hannafin, Mr Hannan, Miss Hannan, Mr Heinitz, Misses Joy (2), Mr Kearney. Mr R. Kemp, Mr Lord, Mr and Miss Miller, Mrs and Mr F. Nelson, Mr Nielson, Mr T. O’Connor, Mr C. Ogg, wife, and family, Mrs R. Parker and son, Mr Parratt, wife, and daughter, Mr Pegg, Mr Peskett, Mrs Pringle, Mr Riddell, wife, and daughter, Mr M. Rosenberg, Mr Ruegg, wife, and daughters, Mr Stirling, Mr and Mrs Tenten, Mr J. Todd, Mr W. Trott, son, and daughter. For Lyttelton—Mr J. Boyd, Mr H. Brett, Mr Christie. Mr A. E. Drummond, Mr and Mrs Fielding, Mr Gooderham, Mr Heena, Mr Hollander, Mr Illingworth, wife, and son, Mr M’Faul, Mr R. Patterson, Mrs Plunkett. For Port Chalmers—Miss E. Hutchinson, Mr J. Kirk, wife, and daughter, Mr Langton, Miss J. Meldruiu; Mrs Muir and family, Mrs Nicholson and family, Mrs E, Stewart and family. , For the Bluff—Mr F. "W. Bamacott, Miss M‘Murray, Mr W. M‘Murray, Mr M‘William. Mr C. Watt. Also Mr D. Bathgate, wife, and family (Oamaru), Mr J. Evans (Westport), Mr Hartley (Nelson), Mr W. Dakin (Napier), Mr M or ley (Westport), Mr Norcross (Nelson), Mr J. Ritchie, wife, and daughter (Tiraaru), Miss V. Steele (Gisborne), Rev. J. Sutherland and Mr W. Vickers (New Plymouth!. Messrs J. and G. Vernon (Wanganui). A SHIPPING CLAIM. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, August 1. In a case against the Commonwealth Government, wherein the owner of the ship Envy sought to make the Federal Government responsible for the seiznre of the vessel by the New Guinea officials, the High Court decided that, though certain resolutions had been passed by the Federal Parliament accepting New Guinea as part of the Commonwealth territory, the necessary proclamation in relation thereto had not been issued. Strictly sneaking, there was no relation of New Guinea to the Commonwealth, and therefore the Commonwealth was not responsible for the acts of the New Guinea officials. The case was therefore dismissed. STRANDING OF THE WAIHT. A Wellington message states that the result of the iucmirv into the recent stranding of the Union Company’s steamer Waihi at Wairan bar is that the casualty was caused hv the negligent navigation of Captain Buckstrom, who was centred. and ordered to pay costs of the investigation. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, August I.—Hanpiri, from the East Coast ports.—Fairbnrn, schooner, from Namier.—Kotare, for Gisbonie.—P. Wickstrom, jun., barque, for Kaimara. ONEHXJNGA, August I.—Rotoili, for New Plymouth and Wellington. KAIPARA, August I.—Eliza Firth, schooner, from Lyttelton. WELLINGTON. August 1.—6.45 p.m., Warrimoo, from Sydney. Passenger for Dunedin : Mr Neville.—Mararoa, for Lyttelton. PTCTON, August I.—Pondo, for Vancouver. SUVA. August I.—Atua, from Sydney. SYDNEY. August 1.—2,30 p.m.", Mokoia. for Wellington. NEWCASTLE, August I.—Maroro, for Wanganui. MELBOURNE. August I.—Wimmera for the Bluff. (For continuation see Late Shipping.)