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North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2226, 19 June 1879, Page 2

SKIPPING INTSLLinfNOE.

PORT OF OAMAIIU.

June 19— High water, 2 39 a.m. 3.0 p.m.

IN PORT; Barques — Gloria, Sophia. Schooners —Pelican, Endeavour, Isabella Pj»tt.

ENTERED INWARDS. June 18 — Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Bayldon, from Dunedin. G. Sumpter, agent. June 18— Sophia, barque, 200 tons, Bezer. from Newcastle. G. Sumpter, agent.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. June 18— Wanganui, Is., 179 tons, Bayldon, for Lyttelton. G. Snmptor, agent.

EXPORTS. Per Wanganni, for Nelson, 3 block? -tone ; Currie. For Westport : 10 > sks oats, (JO do bran, 90 do Hour, 31 bales chaff; G. Sumpter.

The s s. Wanganni, Captain Bivldon, arrived in port yesterday en route for the North. She cleired outwards again for the North last evening with produce. The barque Sophia, Captain Bezer, arrived yesterday from Now castle with a cmgoof 300 tons coal, coinigued to Mr G cargo Sumpter.

CYPRUS AS A NAVAL STATION.

The "Reports mrde to the Admiralty on the Anchorage, etc.. of the Island of Cyorns" have just been published. A'lmiral Hfirnby states : The opinion I have been led tr. form is that the harbor mi^ht be fonnsd at J-'ama-gosta, at a small expense, which would shelter more ironcdads than the grand harbor at Malta, and where they might coal -with great facility. Captain Harry H. Ran son, of the Minotaur, proposes to make a breakwater for about a mile along the shoals. If this were done, fourteen ironclads might moor under its shelter outside the livefathorr. line, with a good bottom, and at a distance of one cable apart. The grand harbor at Malta affords similar "moorings for only nine irencla'is, and they are only threequarters of cable apart. If the inner harbor at Famago^ti was dredged out, which it appears it may be, to a depth of about 24 feet, a basin of 80 acres would be obtained for mercantile purposes. Speaking of the position of Famagosta, Admiral Hornby remarks: " It must strike the eye of every seaman. Situated about 250 miles from the entrance of the Suez Canil, the maritime power which holds it must always comin-uul that important highway, while at less than half the distance from the open roadsteads of the Syrian and Karannni in coasts, A«ie, Beyrout, Tripoli, Lita'dtoh, Ale\andretta. etc., it would seem that the whole trade of those coasts must be drawn to the onlj port which can offer this perfect shelter, and the facilities for loading and discharge which merchant ships require."

A POLYSPHENIC SHIP.

For the last six years (says the English Mechanic) tho Rev." C. M. Ramus, Rector of Ea3t Giuldeford and Playden, England, has held his invention of the poly3phenic ship at the disposal of the Admiralty. This vessel, it 'is calculated, will skim the # se.vj at the rate of 40 miles .in hour. Tho word "skim " disclosc3 the s -oret of the Mea is nminly b-uod on the fact that if a vessel can be made by the force with which it moves to ride over the wave, instead of driving Ih'ough them, there is prima facts reason to believe that a much higher speed than anything yet readied will bo achieved. The VL-inupal of Mr Ramus' invention consists in making the bottom of the vessel a series of inclined planes In 1872, Mr R.imus mn.de a model, having its bottom composed of two parellol and consecutive inclined pUnes, or the vc3?cl may be described as male up of two \vcdgc3, tho thick ends of which are placed abift the thin ends. There is thus iv the centre of tho vessel a rilge where the thin cud of the .sternmost weil^o abuts against the think end of the foremost. Any floating body tins shaped must, viien driven forcibly through the water, ten I to rise, and if the speed is high enough, it will ri=e on tho sui face instea.l of driving through tho water. These facts were demonstrated by some rough cxper.ments made in the presence of credible witnesses. The propelling power in these experiments was a six-ounce rocket. In one trial tho model weighing 31h-> 3oz ran a distance of 105 yds in 3»ecs. Iv another it ran 480 feet in 4^ secoiida, the water being rippled by a strong breeze, but in spite of thi3 the deck was found to be dry. The principle underlying these module, says the Mechanic, may bo taken advantage of to construct wedgeshaped ships, for it has been demonstrated that the resistance to such ships, which at first 'increases about as the square of their velocity, decreases as the speed is augmented, until after a certain period there is no further increase of resistance. Given the required machinery, then, for propelling the polyphonic ship, an I there seems every probability that a speed of forty miles an hour or mnrc can be attained.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

(l-ER NOKI'H OPAGO TIMES SPECIAL WIRE. Lyttelton, Juno IS, Arrived— St. Kilda, s.s., from Oamarn ; Soukar, ship, from London, March 1, with 47 passengers. The galley of the schooner Volunteer to <k fire this morning, and was destroyed. The deck was burned, also the hatches, foresail, and fore and main boom. The hull was uninjured. The fire is supposed to have resulted from some embers having fallen through the bottom of the galley, and on to the schooner's deck. The schooner Torea, from Kaipara, bound to Oamaru, put into harbor this morning for shelter from the heavy S.E, weather outside. . Pout Ciialmbrs, Juno 18. Arrived — Waitaki, from Oamam ; Taraiua from Melbourne ; Albion, from Wellington ; Ada Oowort, brigantine, from the North. Sailed — Friendship, schooner, on a sailing cruise ; Elibank Castle, schooner, for Oimaru; Star of the South, fpr the Bluff; Glimpse, ketch, for Wellington ; Good Templar, ketch, for the Coast ; Tararua, for Sydney, via Lyttelton and Wellington. \ Timaru, June 18. Arrived — Beautiful Star, from Dunedin. Anxiety is felt regarding the barquentine Annie Bow, which left Newcastle " for Timaru. Wkf.linoton, June 18. Arrived — Lapwing, from Oamaru. The steamer Huia has been launched off the beach at Foxton, without having sustain 3d any damage.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

MELBOURNE MARKETS. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report under date Melbourne, June 9, as follows : Oats have receded since our last report, and aio now very difficult of sale, even at th" i educed limits. The arrivals both by nteaui and sailing vessels continne large, and Boiner than accept the current rates, somo lots recently to hand have been stored, in the hiipe that a change for the bett«* may take place. Milling have been sold at 3s Od, ami food at 3s 3d t» 3s 4d. Bjiloy, not in 'such good demand, and sale? Ii ive been made at prices ranging from Gs 3d to 6s 9d for good lots, and ss, 9d to 6s for inferior. Large parcels of Queensland have lately eime into market, and have'iiot tended to unpiove matters. V, an, lo 2',<l. f .Vl> at. r»9dto(H 101. Vl»m, Lll lostoLM. j f ii • Ar^.H nf the 17th instant reports : ' i 'liu p iH,rt market business has baeu j