SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1841, 8 December 1869, Page 3

SHIPPING.

Weathkk. —Dec. 7—Slum-err. Wind, K.K. AUK I VAT.Heather Ue'.l, cutter. 21 lons, Dui!!. from Alalmrangi, villi taml-ie.-. piissotigpi-s. 11KIWKTUKKS. euMer. "SA tons, Stephen.-, lor Mrivurv I>av, w;t !i ]W":irv Kile;}, seliooner, 30 toil.-, Wilsuti, for with suutlrie^, \V.io,'i>it'ek, cutter, TO tons. .linker, for Opolilci. w't' l sundries. .L'nssen^evs —t. IFeallier Hell, cutter, 2 1 tons, Dam, for Ma!utrau£;i, with sundries. VUO-TKCTKD PKI'.VRTUURS. Foii London—Countess of Kintore and "ride of the Thames, early. Sydnky. -llero, s.s,, to-day. SovTitt'.UN Vein's.— and Phu;be, '.nmrsday. S rRAX 1)1 XO OV TIIH S'L'Omr IURD. It. is now many month? since a pile up lias taken place at this port, and we much regret that the line schooner Storm Bird should have hee.'i the victim in this ins'anee. -Vs lar as we can as:-erlain no one is lo blame ill the matter, it beinj purely one ol those casuallies which arc occasionally unavoidable at bar harbours, ami which every vessel visiting such harbours »tv exposed !<> the risk 01. ilie Storm liird was duriivj tiie forenoon descried some distance to the westward, and as soon as Ihe l ide would permit the Lioness aud \\ aipara went .mlside to meet her. and tin' former bcintr ■ h-r-t she secured (he prize, with which she headed to tiie bar, everything going well until the entrance was being taken by the beacons, when it was found that, a very heavy sea had set ill- The Lioness in coming in along the iilside of the South Spit was almost overwhelmed hv a succession of heavy seas, and lincling herself ill dillieulties with every probability of going ashore Captain "Wilson to save one of the vessels from becoming a pile up, let go the low rope, not a moment too sojn, tor it was as much as the Lioness could do to crawl into deep w.ate;. Hail not Captain "Wilson cast the schooner adrift, both vessels would have, most undoubtedly become Pile ups. aud, under the circumstances, no hlauie can be attached to the Captain of the Lioness. As soon as the catastrophe "'as seen from the Ihigstatr the Harbormaster and a lumibe.t of nautical men hurried down to the edge of the water with the object of rendering every assistance in th?ir power, but by this lime the schooner had become unmanageable, and was drifting al-'iig the uorlh beach, where she linally stuck hard and fast, i'he 1 larbor-master and Lapt. "Robertson, of the Persevere, gallant ly went into the water to their middle, and having secured a rope from the schooner made it fast"asliore. the other end having previously been set fast round the head ot the foremast. On this the people willingly hauled, and the I vessel was placed in a more uupright position. I The Agent—Mr. 15om.r—who was most active j from the tirst, had by this time got down a hawsers and anchors : t:.ese latter having been placed lines were rail out to the ship from them and passed round the mainmast head. While this was being done Captain FeatViorsior.e set his fore ana alt sail which had the further effect of contributing towards her being kept steady on the beach. Two or three sioremen who had gone aboard as the the waves receded, assisted in this work, and we noticed that Mr. Bonar was most assiduous in his assistance, getting thoroughly soaked through whilst engaged helping to haul out the spencer. —liok-itik-.i Star, Xov. 21. The s.s. "Wellington may be expected here from Jfapier and the Southern ports about the 14th instant. The schooner Dunedin is still lying at the

Heads windbounil : the schooners Herald, for Hokiangn, and Fiery Cross, are also ready for sea, anil will leave with the first favorable breeze. A horse belonging to Mr. H. Howe felloVL-r the Wharf yesterday afternoon, but fortunately did not reccive any serious injury. The s.s. Hero entered out at the Customs ve-terdrtv, for Sydney, and will sail to-day. The frequent desertions of seamen lately, and the attractions of the Auckland golilfields to them, who have been discharged and paid off', have occasioned an unusually active demand for Jack, the result of which is shown fcv a rise in bis wages, and an increased en- : qiiiry for liis services on board ship. The ruling pay for able seamen out. of Wellington for many mouths past has been £-1 per month, in' intercolonial and foreign-going sailing vessels ; £5 for steamers, and from £5 to £6 for coasting traders. The tendency of this market is, in the meantime, upwards, through the agencies mentioned. The crew of the City of Newcastle, wliieh sailed on Thursday afternoon, was quitted (as the auctioneers a.iy) in one line at from £5 to £5 10s per month, excluding officers. Coasters now give £6, and some of tiie steamers are even being l-un short-handed rather than comply with the increased demand. 11l sailing ships the wages of mates may be quoted at, from £9 to £10 | ■per month ; second mates, from £6 to £7 ; carpenters, from £S to £10; cooks and stewards, from £5 to £7. The figures on board steamers are generally in advance of these.— Wellington Ihdepaidtnt, Nov. 30. The barque City of Newcastle sailed from port on Thursday afternoon. It may be remembered that this vessel was used of late years ;ls the Panama Company's coal hulk, and more recently as the receptacle for the condemned Maori prisoners, who are now expiating their light sentence of hard labor on the public works of Otago. Captain Lusher has had charge of the vessel during her contract with the General Government. for the retention of the colored convicts, and great credit is clue to that, gentleman for the very excellent manner in which lie has rigged and lifted her otd. Mr. Holmes, pilot, unmoored and took the ship outside, and he was much pleased to notice (he case with which under Captain Lusher's plans, the topsail yards were hauled home with three or four men. Mr. Ganaway, owner, is too well known in Wellington as ship's husband of the late Panama Company's licet of steamers, to require any encomium at our hands, hilt his enterprise in durchasing, fitting oul, and sending to sea one of the largest sailing vessels at present registered in Ne".v Zealand is worthy of notice. That gentleman, with a few friends accompanied the pilot outside of the lighthouse, and Captain Scott entertained them previous to their departure. "We shall be glad to hear that the "City" has made a speedy passage to Newcastle, and (hat lier captain will earn the many friendly bets against time in his favor for the first week in 1870. —I hid. The s.s. Wellington, Captain Holmes, from Auckland via Nrpier, arrived in this harbour yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock. She left AucKland on the 23rd instant, at 3.45 p.m , arrived at Napier at the 25th at 5 a.m.; left again at 2.15 p.m., same day, and arrived in this harbour as above. She experienced fine weather and smooth water from Auckland to the East Cape ; and from thence to Hawke's Bay strong southerly winds and heavy sea. —Ibid.