SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 12964, 8 November 1906, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. 10-VOSBOW. Taj area Head : 7.19 a-m-, 7.47 pjn. Port. Chalmers : 7.59 am.. 8.27 pjn. Dunedin : 8.44 a.m.. 9.12 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS. Tho folio wine weather reports were received from Xr\v Zealand stations this mominj; : Maria VanDiwiKSi. —Wind* light; bar., 50.00: ther., 62; clouds; lido sea moderate. Auckland,-—Wind, WJX.W.. broeac; bar., 50.00: thcr., 62: clouds; tide modeGisbome.—Wind, W.. ; bar.. 29.90 : thor. f 69; blue sky, clouds; tide sea smooth. , __ Napier.—Wind, W., light; bar., 29.88; the.r., 60: clouds; tide good, sea smooth. Wanganui.—Wind, NAY.. fresh; bar., 29.87 : 'ther., 62: blue sky, clouds : tide moderate. Wellington.—Wind. N.W.. fresh breeze: liar., 29.85: ther., 59: clouds. Nelson.—Wind, N.W.. light; bar., 29.75: ther., 57; rain; tide moderate. W<?stport.—Wind. K., U^ht; bar., 29.85; ther.. 49: overcast. gloomy. p;vssmg ithovrors; tide moderate. BcaJev.—Wind, N.W.. lightbrecze; liar., 29.83: ‘ther.. 52; blue sk- clouds; river low. Lvttelum.—Wind. N.W.. light; bar., 29.77: ther., 65: overcast: tide moderate. Christchurch. -Wind. N.W.. light; bar.. 29.32; the-.. 54: gloomy. Timaru.—Calm; bar.. 29.82: ther., 65; blue sky. clouds; tide moderate. sea sjnnolil. Oam.aru. W T ind. S.. liuht : Kir., 29.75; ther.. 55; bine sky. clouds; tide good, sea smooth. Port (“Thai mors.—Calm; bar., 29.81; , 55: overcast: tide £Ood. sea slight -.well, Thmodin. —Wind, S.. IhjhL: bar., 29.60; thor.. 57: bine sky. clouds ; tide moderate, f-Ivcte.—Wind, ' X.W.. fresh breozo ; liar.,* 20.81; llicr.. 66; blue sky, clouds; river steady. Quenstown. t9 ; blue sky, clouds. nalrlrrUia,’—Wind. N.W.. fresh breeze; bar., 29.67; ther.. 50; blue sky. clouds; river failing. Nuzpei-s.—Wind. W.. moderate pale; Kncu, 29.52 ; t.hor.. 57 ; clcmds: tide modenite, wa moderate. Invercargill.—Wind. W.. fresh breeze; bar.. 29.56; ther., 55; overcast, passing ~ho wore. Bluff.-—Wind. W.. light: bar.. 29.71; ther., 45; clouds, passing showers; tide moderate, sea moderate. ARRlVED.—November 7. Timaru dredge 350. 941 tons. J. 8. Kindler. fion Greenock via Melbourne and Mediterranean ports. November 8. Tarawcra. s.s.. 1.269 tons. Rolls, from Auckland via East Coast ports. Passengers : Misses Muir. Morgan. Boys, Dean. Mesdames Easton and child. Elliott and child. Messrs Fenwick. Glasgow. Bateson. Whitson. Greoosiade. Du Costa, Beaver. Scoles. M‘Forla.no. Captain M‘Donald : twenty-seven steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Jessie Nioeo!, from Kaipara, sailed November 2. Tnlune. from Auckland. November 15. —lntercolonial. Walk are, from Sydney via Cook Strait, November 10. Victoria, from Sydney via Auckland, N nrembcc- 12, Mcnowoi. from Melbourne, November 14. Eos. from Clarence River, early. —Oversea. Steam.— Wimbledon, from New York. arrived Auckland October 25: due N ovembex 14. Rinningham Grange, from Middleahoroagh and Glasgow, sailed August 11; arrived Anddand October 20. Como, from New York via Australian and New Zealand ports, sailed September 16. Kaipara. from London, sailed October 11 : duo November 24. Drayton Grange, from Southampton, bailed September 11. Delphic, from Liverpool, sailed September 15; arrived Auckland November 5. Dorset, from Liverpool, sailed September 15. Whakatane, from London, sailed October 4. Orari. from Liverpool, sailed October 16; duo at Auckland December 2. Bramlev, from New York, sailed October 19. Sussex, from Liverpool, sailed October lollawke’s Bay, from New York, sailed October 25. Waiwera. from London, sailed October 51: due December 17. Oswestry Grange, from Liverpool, to sail November 10. Wakauui, from London, to sail December 4. Devon, from Liverpool, to sail December 5. Essex, from Liverpool, to sail December 8. Highland Monarch, from Now Y'ork, projected. John Hardie. from New York, projected. Queen Amelie, frow .Yew York, protected. —-Oversea, Sail.—Apollo, from Liverpool, sailed September 20 Irene, from Surprise Island, early. Drammenscpon. from Maiden Island, early. Ingeborg, from Marseilles, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waikare, for Auckland, November 11. Mabono, for Melbourne. November 11. Victoria, for Sydney via. Auckland, November 13. Monowai, for Sydney via Cook Strait. November 15. In port noon to-doy At Dunedin : Taruwcm, Pohema. Rimu (steam). Australia (sad). At Port Chalmers ; Mamari, Tc An»u, Rakiuru. Dredgo 550 (steam). The Tara worn, from Auckland via East Coast ports, arrived alongside the cross wharf at 11 a-tn. to-day. After discharge she proceeds to Port Chalmers for overhaul. Tho work will occupy about a fortnight. The Union Company expect the Mahcno about 9 am. to-morrow. She will remain hero till Sunday, when she will take up the ordinary intercolonial running lo Melbourne. Tho Rimn oompk>tre loading ;it Dunedin on Saturday, and sails about noon on that dav for Invercargill. Tho Invercargill is loading timber for Timaru at Waikawa, and is duo here on Tuesday. The sailing of the Pobertta for the West C’-oost has boon net hack to 5 p.m. to-mor-row. The Coriima, from New Plymouth, is due hero about noon to-morrow. With referemoc to tlio trouble which has arisen over tho payment of salvage on the barque Lutterworth, experts are of opinion that, in her present rendition, the Karo no is not worth more than £7OO or £BOO. The British barque Hack]on Hall, which is to bring on tho transhipment of case oil ex the disabled barque Doride from Phitaddohia. arrived at Mauritius on October 18. The Haddon Hall is expected to sail from Mauritius for Wellington shortly. . Word received from Home indmatesthat Uie Shaw-Savill steamer Gothic has undergone vary extensive alterations. After tho fire she was in the hands of tlio builders. Messrs Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, for some time, and her passenger accommodation has been rearranged and redecorated. The first saloon has been altogether removed, and only second saloon and third ■lass passengers will 'bo carried. It is ronorted from Odessa that the Rns-

dan Volunteer Fleet, are resuming their service to the Persian Gulf, aided by a State subsidy. Says the “Look-out Man” in ‘Fairplay A Montreal correspondent sends me some cuttings from three of the local papers. The first one denis with the examination of tbe pilot in the inquiry which is being held into the cause of the collision of the Allan liner Pomeranian with the Father Point wharf- In his evidence the pilot is reported to have said : " The first indication to warn me. of my near approach to the Father Point wharf was a series of short whistles, three in number, from the Pilot vessel Eureka lying at the wharf. Tlio Eureka lay right, ahead. As soon as the whistle sounded, l.gavo orders to ‘ port the helm hard starboard with full speed astern.'” My correspondent marks this part of the cutting with red pencil, and calls it “ a gem.” The second cutting deals with the schooner Fleet wing, leaking badly, and states that the mate “ is a bar-tender hv trade, and shipped on the. Fleetwing for experience.” The third cutting states that H.M.S. Dominion is badly damaged, having ran aground in the St. Lawrence, and gives certain details. In regard to this casualty. my correspondent says ; “ Last year a junior lieutenant of Admiral Prinoo Louis's fleet was sent here to act as nautical assessor in an inquiry into a casualty to a mer- ■ chant steamer. Will the British Government have an officer from the merchant marine to act on the. Naval Court with regard to this casualty 7” The shipmasters connected with the Port, of Sydney have presented Captain Jolly, of the Port Stephens, with a 5 jirse of sovereigns as a mark of sympathy with him in his misfortune. NEW SOUTH WALES NAVIGATfON ACT. The New South Wales Department of Navigation notifies that, paragraph 1 of No. 2 of the regulations for swinging ships in the eighth schedule to the Navigation Act. 1901. has been amended as under . “ All iron and wooden ships trading cut of any port within the jurisdiction, whether such trading does or does not include the carrying of passengers, shall bo swung and provided with a deviation card one in every six months; :uid also before going to sea after material alterations 'r repairs, or more frequently if the superintendent so directs. A CHANGE IN BIG. The. barque Helga, 1,229 tons, vh.ich was towed into Port Jackson last November in a dismasted condition, while bound from Newcastle to Honolulu, and was afterwards sold with her cargo of coal to local buyers, is shortly to be reriggod as a barquentine, and for this purpose ,'says an exchange) Messrs Nelson and Robertson have lately imported from Puget Sound two lower masts, each measuring 115 ft long. 3ft 10m in circumference at the butt, and 3ft at the Itoad. and weighing 14 tons. These spars, whieh are said by the dock people and local shipwrights telie the largest spars ever placed in a sailing vessel in Port Jackson, worn brought, down from Pnget Sound to Newcastle by the steamer Kelvinhank, and afterwards towed to Sydney and token to Jubilee Dock tireparatorv to being placed in the Helga. After the spars are fixed, two topmasts, each measuring 60ft. will bo filled, and the Helga will then look somewhat like an American barqnentino with hor tall sticks, and will no doubt lie one of the fastest vessels trading out of Sydney Harbor. STRANDING OF THE CLAVERHILL. A PORT CHALMERS BOVS EXPERIENCE. Wo hj ave seen an extract from a letter sent to Mr A. Walker. Port Chalmers, from his son. Mr Hugh Walker. wliosc many friends will be sorrv to luxar lie had been shipwrecked. Mr Walker, after completing his apprenticeship with Messrs Stevenson and Cook, left Purl Chalmers in April last for London, and sliortly after ins arrival joined the s.s. (Tav.-rhill as fourth engineer. The Clavcrhill left Pekolangon, in Java, on September 22. and at 2 a.in. on the 25th the vessel struck a reef off Engono Island, about 100 miles off the west coast of Sumatra. As the boats were got out and preparing to leave, suddenly the vessel -slipped off the reef and began to sink. Her engines and pumps were started, and she. was headed for the shore, the water being almost level with the deck when she touched tire beach. When daylight came the crew found they wore, both sheltered from the wind and sea, and at 10 a.m. the chief officer and four seamen started in a lifeboat for the nearest port, for assistance; but up to the time Mr Walker wrote on October 1 they had not returned. A steamer was expected to roach the island on the 2nd, as the steamers call every three, months to bring stores to the natives and take the copra they have collected, and the chief officer and seamen were expected to return by her. Ibo other members of the crew were living on board the vessel, there being a fair stock of provisions. plenty of wild jugs mi the island, and fruit in abundance. Mr Walker did not think that there would be any chance of refloating the vesselTHE VANCOUVER MAIL. Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, November 7. The Aorangi has the following passengers : For Wellington—Messrs Larolan, CochiH, Morrison, Nairn, G ihnour Joairaax7 Lewcr and wife. Ur V,ashbujiq Misses Carolan |3). For Auckland Messrs Ware, Rose, Mack ay, Redly and wife. Steddon, wife, and two children. For Lyttelton —Mr Hamilton and wife. For Dunedin—One case chenille curtains, eight cases shoes, two cases bike parts, two cases corsets, thirty-six boxes drugs, tbirtv-eight bales cotton goods, six bundles rubbers, forty- cases salmon, one. box books. MARINE EXCURSION. Those in search of a suitable way of spending the holiday to-morrow should note that the Rimu runs a marine exeirrsion to the Kaik and outside the Heads Tho steamer leaves the Rattray street wharf about 10 a.m.. returning about 5 p.rn. FLOATED. Frees Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. November 7. (Received November 8, at 8.25 a.m.) The Schiller has been floated. WINDY WELLINGTON. During a gale yesterday afternoon the Union Company’ s Moura, laid up in the harbor, dragged her moorings. For a time she appeared to he in danger, until the Harbor Board dredge came to her assistance. Aftor dark the dredge had great difficulty in keeping the vessel m tow Two or three hawsers parted, and both drifted right across the harbor to Evans Bav. where the Moura went almost on the rocks. After a long struggle and a splendid bit of work the dredge succeeded in tawing tho Moura hark to the Glasgow wharL Mr Kennedy in tho meantime had gone out in the tug Duco, which rendered assistance. Saving the vessel was a fine piece of work. She now lies safely at Glasgow wharf, after on exceedingly narnow escape. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. . AUCKIiAND, November 7.='-4.20 p-m., Navua, from the Islands. KAIPARA, November 7.—Own, hareme, from Melbourne, WELLINGTON. November 7. Mararoa. for Lyttelton. LYTTELTON. November 7. - Rotomahana, for Wellington.—Manuka, for Sydney via the East Coast. INVERCARGILL. November 7.-4 p.m., Invercargill, from Dunedin. SYDNEY. November 7. —Mokoia. for Auckland. MELBOURNE. November 7. Monowai, for the Bluff.