SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 13014, 8 January 1907, Page 6

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. xo-uonaow. Taiaxoa Head : 9.17 a.m, 4 9.50 p.m. Port Chalmers : 9.57 am.,. 10.30 p.m. Dunedin : 10.42 a.m., 11.18 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC WEATHER REPORTS. The following weather reports were received from New Zealand stations this morning : Cap© Maria Van Diemen. —Wind, E., light: bar., 29.90; ther., 72; overcast; tide moderate, sea smooth. Auckland.—Wind, E:N.E., fresh breeze; iar., 29.98; ther., 74; clouds; tide moderate. Gisborne. —Wind, N., light; bar., 50.00; fiber., 71; clouds; tide good, sea smooth. Napier.—Calm; bar., 30.05; ther., 70; blue sky; sea smooth. Wanganui.—Wind, S., light; bar., 50.01; th«r., 75; blue sky; tide low, bar smooth. Wellington.—Wind, N.E., light; bar., 50.00; thm - ., 72; blue sky. Nelson.—Wind. W.. light: bar., 29.96; ther., 71; blue sky; tide moderate. Westport.—Wind, N.. light breeze; bar-, 30.01: ther.. 67; blue sky, clouds; tide moderate, bar smooth. Bealey.—Wind, N.W.. light breeze; bar.. 29.18: ther., 72; blue sky; river low. Lyttelton.—Wind, N.E.. moderate; bar., 50.05; then, 72: blue sky; tide high. Christchurch.—Wind, S.W.. light; bar., 30.00; then, 70; blue sky, clouds. Tiraaru. —OaJm; ban, 30.05; ther., 65; overcast; tide high, sea smooth. Oamarn. —Wind, S.W., light; bar., 29.97; then, 67: overcast; tide good, sea smooth. Port Chalmers.—Wind, N.E., light: ban. 29.95; then, 62; overcast: tide moderate. sea smooth. Dunedin.—Wind. F... light: bar., 29.88; then, 59; cloods; tide moderate. Clyde.-—Calm; ban, 29.82: then, 84; clouds; river steady. Queenstown, —Calm: bar., 29.97; ther., 70; blue, sky, clouds. Balclntha. —Wind, N.E., light ; ban, 29.90; then. 64; gloomy ; river low. Nuggets.—Wrnd, N-, light; bar., 50.04; ther.. 62: foggy; fide moderate, sea smooth. Invercargill'—Calm ; bar.. 29.92; ther., 70: blue skv, clouds. Bluff. —Wind. E.. breeze; bar.. 29.90; then, 65; blue sky, clouds: tide moderate, sea smooth. RAILED. —January 7. Storm, s.s.. 185 tons, Woods, for Wanganui via intermediate ports. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. —Coastal.— Taiunc, from Auckland. January 10. —lntercolonial. Warriraoo, from Melbourne, January 9. Riverina, from Sydney via Cook Strait, January 12. —Oversea, Steam. — Oswestry Grange, from Liverpool, sailed November 15. Surrey, from Liverpool, sailed December Apart ma, from Calcutta, sailed December 2. Wakanui, from London, sailed D©cornier 4; do© January 24. Irish Monarch, from New York; arrived Newcastle January 1. Devon, from Liverpool, sailed December &

St. Helena, from Embury, loading. Bramlqy, from Now York, sailed October 12; arrived Auckland January 7. Indralema, from New York via Australian porta, sailed November 12. John Hardie, from New York, sailed January 4. Queen Amelia, from New York, sailed November 20. Star of Scotland, from London via Australian porta, sailed December 20. Karamea, from London, sailed January S. Tumoaraa, from New York, to sail January 15. Waimate, from London, to sail February 4. Arawa, from Liverpool, to sail February 16Pakeha, from London, to sail March 1. —Oversea, Sail.— Apollo, from Liverpool, sailed September 20. Titania, from Liverpool, sailed December 18. Irene, from Surprise Island, early. Drammunsenen, from Malden Island; arrived Bluff Januarv 6. Ingeborg, from Marseilles, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Waramoo, for Sydney via Cook Strait. January 10. Rrveriria, for Melbourne. January 13. In port noon to-day At Dunedin : Oran. Whangapc, Invercargill, Rakiura (steam), Jessie Niccol (sail). At Port Chalmers ; Everton Grange, Hawes, Tarawera, Koonya, Matatua, Canopus, Kaiapoi (steam). The Whangape leaves at daylight tomorrow for Wellington and Sydney. The Victoria proceeded to Port Chalmers this morning, and sailed for Sydney via Auckland after the arrival of the 2.50 p.m. train from Dunedin. The Warrirnoo must have made up the day lost in Melbourne at New Year lime, for she arrived at the Bluff at 11 a.m. today. It is anticipated that she will reach Dunedin about 8 a,m. to-raorrow. The Rimn left Akaroa for Dunedin at eleven o’clock this morning, and she is to sail to-morrow morning for Invercargill and the West Coast Sonnds.

The Kaiapoi steamed down from Dunedin Hu’s morning, and after discharging some 600 tons of coal at the Bowen pier will try up for a few days. The trawler Express was floated off Tsbdsteris slip this forenoon, having been cleaned and painted. The best heavy weight-lifting gear ever on tie coast is that fitted to the New Zealand Shipping Company’s Orari. It is a 50-ton crane- It has been decided that the big steamer shall proceed to Port Chalmers on Fridav for Homo loading. According to the 1 Press,’ the familiar brig Edward, which arrived at Lyttelton from Port Esperance on Saturday, had a rough time coming over. On Monday, December 24, a moderate to fresh N.W. wind set in, which gradually increased to a W.S.W. gale. Violent squalls of hail and rain were experienced, the hailstones being of considerable size. On Friday, December 28, the vessel was running heavily' under reduced sail before a high aea, and large quantities of water were shipped. On Sunday. December 30, the vessel rounded the Traps off Stewart Ifdand. and stood to the northward, the weather then moderating. The Edward is now commanded by Captain A. Feast. She brought 150,000 ft of sawn hardwood, part for Lyttelton and part for Auckland. It is understood, says the * Post.’ that Messrs M ’Arthur and Hull, of Wellington, have purchased the well-known scow Magic from the Wellington and Pir-ton Cement Company. The new owners will probably use her in the coal and timber trade. The hotter shipments for London by the Shaw-Sarvili steamer Corinthic totalled 47,687 boxes, made nn as follow ;—Auckland, 12,932 boxes; Dunedin, 685 boxes; Lyttelton, 1,779 boxes; New Plymouth, 13,701 boxes; Paiea, 7,951 boxes; Wellington, 10,641 boxes. Same uneasiness is felt for the safety of the schooner Emma Sims, which left Wellington on December 22 for Onehrmga, since when no tidings of the vessel have been heard. The Emma Sims sailed from Wellington with twenty-three terns of cement pipes for drainage works in the Waikato district, and eight ions of ballast. She is under command of Captain James M ‘ Donald, formerly in the Anchor line, and of the steamers Stormbird and Tasman. The following crew joined, the schooner at Wellington a few weeks ago : —F. Martinsen. A.B. (aged thirty), E. Kotzenberg, A.B. (aged thirty-one), and J. Johansen, ordinary seaman (aged twenty). The steamboat course from Wellington to Onehunga is about 300 miles, and unless the Emma Sims ia becalmed on the coast, more than ample time has elaeaed for her to reach her destination: The Westport Harbor Board receipts for 1906 totalled £83,698. and tho expenditure £64,949. In. 1885,

Board’s inauguration of the -works, the total revenue for- the year amounted to £8,107. The past year’s (1906) actual receiota amounted to £70.897. being nearly mne times as much as in 1885. The coal output in 1885 was 78,094 tons. Last year (1906) it increased to 607,608 tons, or nearly eight times more than in 1885. The tannage of the shipping dealt with in 1885 amounted to about'l2o,ooo registered tons. During 1906 tonnage was dealt with aggregating 575,222 registered tens, the increase in this case being nearly fivefold. The Board recently reduced the port charges on coal shipped for bunkering purposes. , Devonport long ago sot a good example to the other naval dockyards bv taking care of the figureheads removed from oldwarships. Now Portsmouth has followed suit-—or, rather, gone one better by establishing a museum. Into this figureheads ami other relics are being gathered. The collection promises to become an extremely interesting one. The neglect of years has irretrievably ruined some figureheads, and so little attention has been paid to others that it is difficult to trace their history. However, several are in fairly good preservation, and the bullets embedded in them show that they' have been at close quarters with the enemy. It is a curious fact that for generations all the figureheads of British warships were carved by the members of one family, and clever craftsmen they were, too.

THE CALLIOPE DOCK ACCIDENT. The inquiry touching the Occident at the Calliope Dock during the docking of the steamer- Mam.ari, by which three men lost their lives, was resumed at Auckland yesterday, when the evidence of the captain and the officers of the vessel combated the theory offered by Mr Hamer, engineer to the Auckland Harbor Board, that the bow ropes of the vessel were unduly strained at the critical lime, and pulled forward the bull, thus causing the accident. They said the rope was never dangerously taut. ASSISTANT MARINE SUPERINTENDENTS. ONE APPOINTMENT MADE. [From Oua Own Rkpobtes.] WELLINGTON. January 8. Ga-pfoin Stringer, of the Rakanoa, has been appointed assistant marine superintendent at Wellington. No appointment has yet been made at Auckland. Captain Atwood, who has for some time been assistant superintendent there, will continue to do the work. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND. January 7.—7.30 p.m., Taviuni, from Fiji.—6 p.m., Mannka, for Sydney. KATPARA, January 7.—Ron a, barque, from Lyttelton.—Eliza Firth, schooner, for Lyttelton.—Ururoa, three-masted schooner, for Svdnev. WELLINGTON. January 7.—6.20 p.m,, Bucentaur, for Suva and Vancouver.—Gothic, for Lyttelton.—Mokoia, for Sydney via Auckland. LYTTELTON. January 7. —Rosamond, for Groyroouth. OAMARU, January 6.—Rakaia, from Wellington. BLUFF, January 7.-6 p.m., Maheno, for Melbourne. SYDNEY, January 7.—Sierra, for Auckland.

(For continuation see Late Shipping.)