SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VII, Issue 1901, 18 February 1870, Page 4

SHIPPING.

■WsAikun.—Feb. 17—Showery. Wind, E.N.E. ARRIVALS. Tauranga, e.s, 67 tons, Cellem, from Bay of Islands. Thomas Daniels, barque, 291 tons, Shotton, from Liverpool. Anna, barque, 144 tons, Thompson, from Melbourne. , Jane, schooner, 37 tons, Moller, from Hauranga. Tiri Tin, ketch, Tlnvaitee, from ort Charles, -with timber.

DEPARTURE. Tauranga, s.s., 07 tons, Cellem, for TanTonga. Passengers—l 3. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. 3Toe London.— City of Auckland, March . 5; Helenslce, March 5.SrraiEr.—Hero, Saturday; Novelty, early. N-4PIEB and Wklxington.—PhccWe, early. Norfolk Island.—"Wild Duck, early.

; '■■ ; VESSELS EXPECTED. City of .Melbourne, s.s., from Sydney. Phrebe, s.s., from Southern Ports. Williams, s.s., fityra Sydney. Bangatira, s.s., from Napier. Novelty, from Sydney. "Frowning Beauty, bai-que, from Newcastle. Constance, barque, from Sydney. Sea Toller, barque, froin Liverpool. Alice, barque, from London. Mallard, barque, from London. Island City, barque,<drdm Newcastle. Wayerley,... brig, from Batavia. No. 2540 2nd dis. p. Flirt, schooner, from the FijU. JMoa, brig, from Melbourne. : VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This list does not include coastink cutters. 1 Hero, from Sycfney.— Cruickshank, Smart '; and Co., agents. - Star of the South, 8.8., from Napier.-J. S. . '' Macfiirlane, agent. ■Keera; b.b., from, the Thames.—J. S. Macfarlaiie. agents. : ** Samson, p.s., from the Thames.—A. Cleveland ■'?£■%, >'-■ agent. ; Alfred, p.s., from the Thames.—S. H. i^.'■ sf',!■.. Smith, agentg 3>ufce of .Edinburgh, p.s., from the Thames.— ':'■''£::££. S* Smith, agent. p.s., from the Thames.—H. B. SvVgs? ..■ Morton, agent. from the Thames.—J. '"' ; Casey,/agent.' Go-Ahead,;B.s., from the Thames.—S. H. Smith, agent. Luna, r p.B.,,from Tiiames.—J. S. Macfarlano, agent. ' Sturt, p. 5.,. from Tauranga. •CMy. of,_, Auckland, ehip, . from London — . V-Oruiclfshani,. Smart & Co., agents. Hdenslee, ship,. from lon Jon.—Owen and . ,'..! v! Graham,agents.; .-'.'.[ IJereld,.-barque, from San Francisco ■ ,->'£;;"j&repn v & Macfariane, .agents*-: Iflajy,Frances, barque, ' from, Newcastle.— ;'.•'•! ■/rHendersoii and. Macfarlane, agents! ..-.'.. XhpTtias j Daniels, .> bayque, ■-_ feoux Liverpool Graham,agents,. • . .... Arna, barque, from Melbourne. "■"" ■'~ Hebeiir.brjgj.-from;: Sydney.rr-Henderson and ,#fi=Macfarianej. agents, y .: , ■ Bstohee, Bchooner, frqm ; i>unedin.— Samson,' ->;r*?JEbcaser and .Co. agents. .- Midge, schooner, from Tahiti.—L.D. Nathan iiiisia^&Uo.^agents.v;,,.,., IV . ~ , ... . ... : EdiihslSoTernyaent schooner.from Tauranga.'.,' ;MaTEFr>ThQjnpE6n ) i schooner, from Napier. .','-. Enterprise,: schooner, from Poverty., Bay. . ...; Aurora, fibhooner, from. Wangaroa. ■ - ; : «« .'; ~ ... ".'.;.;- Thomas Daniels, from Liver- . 53 coils cordage, '200 tases beer, orde^j""9 anchors, 2 chains, Lilejrall & Battray; 100 cases stout, order s 100 aiWOtjJOi-casks -whiskey,"lo octaves ditto, T. \WiBMIfSSO sacks Bait, W. :; Tavlor; 1 bale "W. WJlsbn; 11 tanks . caustic soda, 2 puncheons palm . jp'il^20 r ease?Hcids,.B cases'merchandise, order; 7 cases aitiS, A. Clark & Son; 200? cases beer, order; 132 pieces iron, pig iron, '. _;3nraßer.& Tinne j 12 cases, 4 bundles, 14 cases ; bales merchandise, A. Clark and Son; 53 ,' kegs nails, 2'casesmetal, 2 bundles'rteel, lbale cordage, 1 'bundle forke, 7.coils wire, 4 crates earthenware, T. Boylan; 100 casks, 351 bundles .merchandise, 5 puncheons, 81 cases, 2, cans,, 27 stoves, 47 cases steel, 18 kegs, 130 grind■stories, 24 wheels, 48 gudgeons, 72 wheels, 312 camp ovens and covers, 48 ditto, 219 kegs nails, 198 plates, 2151." bars, 220 plates, 150 ,bunale.Sj;'4^]aaiiis J 1000 sash weights, 42 cases ' acTdsT"'2-funnels, 2 fly wheels, 7 wheels, 2 fire carriages, 2 poles, 60 wheels, 7 forges, 24 fire irons,. 400 bags salt, 200 kege, : 20 T. "& S. M6rrln:; v 8 casks merohandiae, E. Porter & Cp.~owen & * Graham, agents.. . * . ; i.r Per barque Anna, from MeltiiniTie: "10 hop;s,t 20 half-chests tea/'SO cales , ierosene oil, 60 half-chests tea, 1 cas&vnne}-, ,12q half-chests tea, 100 cases kerosene oil, _ <Hiarter ? casks brandy, 20 half-chests tea, 100 yvcasee-! brandy, 426 bags sugar, 59 casks : treacle, 50 cases ale, 21 cases.marmalade, 167 ; cases-, old torn, 133 cases oM torn, 2 easee -.kerosene oil, 10 cases blue, 50 .cases claret, .10 '_, half-chests and 50 . tea, 50 claret, 30 half chests tea, lo" quarter- - 2 hhds. treacle, 1 case cocoa, 14 cases oeasteads, 5 cases furniture,' 1 caae plate • tgkwft,:? 40 cases J3m, 25 cases f honey, 6 Raokages drapery, 3 tons hay, 1 ton .: chafi; eoap; 4 pockets hops, 1 case matches, 50 dozen buckets, 40 boxes clothes _ pegs, 25 dozen washboards, 2 buggies, 131 boiler pistes, 216 bars iron, 24 bundles sheet iron, . 1 bar steel, 77 packages hardware, order.— . Master, agent EXPORTS. . Per Alice Cameron for New Bedford ; Ex Oemanlie .- '190 barrels sperm, 680 barrels ■whale oil. Ex Coral: 289 barrels sperm, 913 barrels whale oil. Ex Hunter .- 110 barrels , sperm, 40 barrels whale oil, 10 bales ijax, 11 - cases , jam. — Henderson and. Macfarlane, agents. The, schooner Jane arrived in harbour last, evening ;,frpm-.. Tauranga, bringing several ','' passengers and a fevr packages of sundries. , •*.'• ; Tfae-cotter Betsy left the harbour last evening for with 64 pieces an 3 packages, machineiy,. 20 bottles quicksilver, git-.&nd iron, for tho New Zealand I ! 'ead cattle,' 95 sheep, "7. an3r"6o paijieges snndries. . ' has discharged her cargo bf oil, •and/will sail for the Bay of Islands, to-^lay,,to load .coals-. • V The 8.8. Taurangh," Captain Cellem, arrived in harbor yesterday morning from tho Bay of Islands, having left on the previous evening. Passengers: Messrs. T. Henderson junior, Wood, Hargreave, and 19 others. Cargo : 50 cases fruit, L. W. Eaton ; 1 horse, 4 tons gum, W. J. Hurst and Co. The Taurancja left again for Tauranea last evening. ARRIVAL OF THE ANNA. The barque Anna, Captain Thompson, arrived in harbour yesterday afternoon from Melbourne, after a tedious passage of eighteen daysV She brings a full cargo of general merchandise end eight passengers. Captain .Thompson reports Wving Melbourne on the '' 29th ultimo. Very- unsettled weather and head winds to 164 deg. E., and 37 deg, S. . Tho Three Kings v.pro passed at 10 p.m. on Sunday last; since then light variable winds £revailed. Passengers—Mr. Marshall, Mr ower, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Souter and child; ; 3fr. J. F.'McCarthy/ v Mr. F. Tripmaker, Mr. Jeo. Thompson. .

ARRIVAL OF THE, THOMAS DANIEL?. I The barque Thomas-'Duniels, arrived in ha rbor yesterday morning, from Liverpool, with a very heavy cargo of machinery and general merchandise. Sho has made an unusually long passege, the cause of which is no doubt attributable to the mishana which befel her beforo crossing the Equator. The barque left Liverpool on the sth September, and had a very unsatisfactory start, being fourteen days beforo she cleared the land, caused by a succession of strong westerly gales. On the 19th September, she was within ten miles of Scilly, and from that point to Madeira she experienced light winds nwl moderate weather, followed by strong B.V. winds and squalls. ITrom thence «he had light, variable winds The N.E. trades wore fickle up in 32 ° N. which proved light and carried the vessel to 10 ° N. On the 20th October, in latitude 14 ° 19' N., 25 ° 6' W., when about a mouth out from the Channel, she met with a serious accident, by which she lost the use of her mainmast. Wo make the following extract from the log book : —" The morning commenced with a moderate breeze from tho S.E., and continued about the same throughout the day. At 7 p.m. y the vessel being under all sail, the mainmast head carried away by the truss hand. All hands were immediately called, and sail shortened, the ship ! being brought under u close reefed fore topsail. Wo then commenced to send down sail?, yards, and as much gear as possible, securing tho mast from fulling till daybrenls. The weather continued fine and clear till tho following morning, when we set the foresail, foro topsail, antl top-gallant sail, and proceeded on ouv course At 5 a.m. on the following morning, the fore top-gallant backstay carried away. On the evening of the 21st preparations were made for securing the mast, and during the following week all hands were busily employed. The mast wns at length secured, and on the 24th the main yard was sant aloft, and the gear fixed. Moderate breezes continued till crossing the Equator, on the Bth November, in long. I 18 °31 west, the barque being then sixty-two days at sea. The S.E. trades were picked up to the southward of the Equator, and carried thp vessel to 27 ° S. After losing the trades, had tlio winds light and variable to the island of Tristan D'Aclmna; and from thence experienced thick weather, with strong breezes from Iff.W. to W. to the meridian of ! the Cape, which was passed on the Ist December. From tins p'oint she , experienced a succession of strong N.JT.E. wind with thick weather to Tasmania, which waa sighted on the 24th. January. She ran down the coasting on a parallel of 42 deg. south, on one occasion being as far as 44 deg. 40 min. From Tasmania strong westerly winds prevailed to Cook's Straits, and from thence -she has had wind veering from S.E. to N.E., blowing strong. On Thursday, the 3rd inst., during a gale from 'the eastward, 'she had a portion of her port bulwarks carried away. The Tessel rolled heavily, and shipped a quantity of water. The vessel was then off Cape Maria Tan Diema, and since' that time she has been knocking about, With strong head winds. She succeeded in rounding the North Cape on Sunday lost, and since then light and unfavorable winds have prevailed. No vessels connected with, the colonies were spoken during the voyage. .. ./.... D EPARTURE OE THE ■, ALICE CAME- ■; " RON AND EMMA. The clipper barque' Alice Cameron, Captain Carter, and brig Emma, have sailed from the Bay of Islands for New Bedford, with c full cargo of whale.oili &c. The former sailed on Tuesday last, and the latter on Saturday last-., Tho whaling ship Abraham, Barter also left' the Bay-on Saturday last, for New Bedford, full of oil. There is likely to be a good race between, these two vessels. ... The following wera the passengers by the Alice Cameron:— Mr. and Mrs. Brown* and tyro children, and Mre.Badlong and two children. THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE LUNA AND THE CUT TER TARTAR. Aw efiquiry into the collision between the p.s. Luna and tho cutter Tartar, was held yesterday afternoon, before H. S. McKellar, Esq.; Collector of Customs, .when the following evidence was adduced:— George Mundle", sworn, deposed: I am a master mariner. I hold a certificate from the Board of Trade (Nor- 11,236.) I am chief officer on board tho Luna. I was in charge of the vessel at the time of the collision with the cutter Tartar. The master Vas absent. In coming up the harbour * from. , the Thames, approaching the North Head, the man on the, look-out cried out, £#vessel right ahead,?J the Tartar at that time having no lights, or singallight whatsoever. It waa quite close when I saw her. It was a bright moonlight—easy to distinguish a vessel's sails. I immediately stopped the engines. I altered her course. I got hold of the helm just in time, or nothing could have saved her (the cutter). I put the helm to starboard, to save the cutter from being cut in two. I could not tell whether the cutter altered her course. We "struck her on the starboard quarter. I immediately lowered a boat and went to his assist-, aneo. I also went down with the steamer, and took her in tow, and towed her in towards the shore, until his warp parted; and when the warp parted, he did not want to be towed any more, as the vessel was going down by the stern. He said he preferred sailing his vessel in.-horo, if I could lend him assistance, which I did, and he got. safely to shore. I was not 11ailed from tho Tartar, to my^knowledge. Edward Collins, sworn: I am'an abls seaman, and serving at present on board tho Luna. I was on tho look-out last night, walking the forecastle. I remember tho collision with the cutter Tartar. It was about 9 o'clock. The first I saw of the Tartar, she was like a speck on the water. I sung out, "A vessel a little on the port bow;" then, afterwards, 1 went to the brake of the forecastle and sang out again. The officer of the watch heard me, and sang out to the man at the wheel. I could not hear what he said. This was hardly two minutes before the collision, and the vessel h'id hardly answered her helm before the collision took place. The cutter was standing right across our bows. If the cutter had, in the firat place, hauled her wind, we would have gone right past her. The cutter seemed to be steering towards Knugitoto. Since the time that J saw her a speck on the water, until the time of. the collision did not exceed three minutes ; it might have been less. I was the first to see her. There were two others on the forecastle at the same time, who saw her also.. The cutter was struck on the in a slanting direction. .There was a pretty good breeze at the time ; wind enough I for a vessel to work in. There was no light on board the cutter. The steamer's lights i were burning brightly. • *' «■;/,.>Jy Edward Helton, sworu, deposed :"I "iHfin an engineer, holding a- certificate from New South, Wales, but not New Zealand. I remember*, the collision on Wednesday night with the cutter Tartar , It was about twenty, minutes or a quarter to nine. I received , * orders to stop the engines. I did not sec tho aecident or tho vessel. I do not know how long before the collision tho order to stop the engine was given. I stopped them at once.

John Sparks, sworn, deposed: I am an A.B. seaman on board tho Luna. I ivas at the wheel on Wednesday night. When approaching the North Head, I was steering for tho wharf lights. They were on our port bow. I received orders to put the helm hard a starboard. I did so. The Tartar was then close under her bows, standing across us towards Rangitoto. I can't say what distance she was off. The steamer answered her helm readily. David Manning, worn, deposed : I am a seaman, master ot the Tartar. I hold no certificate. I etarted from Queen-street , wharf for Motutapu Island, in ballast, with two men on board. I was off the North Head about a quarter of a mile. I wo's steering about north, east at the time of the collision.

The wind was bafiling. I did not alter my course until the steamer was close upon wo, about a quarter of a mile ofT; I saw both light-s. I kept my vessel oil' then about a, point or so.' When the steamer came close to me, I sang out to them three or four times, as lourl ns I could. When I saw her coming too close I «hoveil tho helm down, nud ran forward. The steamer Luna did strike ine on the starboard quarter ; when the vessel was much damaged. I thought the course of the steamer was altered, but eou'.d not be sure. I had no lights on board iny vessel at tho time , . I carry them usually. I hare the lights on dec!; to use when necessary. I did not have them last night, because it was so clear —you could see a vessel four miles off. Assistance was rendered to mo by tho steamer. I got her on shore. J. Murdoch, sworn, deposed : I :tm a storekeeper at the Thames. I was a passenger by the Luna on Wednesday night.' I was right forward at the bow 3 at about 9 o'clock, leaning over. I remember distinctly the collision taking place with the Tartar. I saw the cutter for about 'two minuted before the collision. I was watching her. I turned round to two men and said there would be a collision, and then heard somebody on the cutter sing ont something about the helm. No notice was tnkon of this on tho Luna at that time. Then a voice called ont from tho cutter " stop, stop." The vessels at this time appeared ns if they were coming on end to one another. Then the cutter appeared to alter her course to the loft. It then seemed to me as if tho steamer's course was altered to the right. The steam. • struck tho cutter about a foot or two from tho helm. I saw the j man who was steering the cutter romain there j until the vessel was struck, and then jump forward. Tho course of thtf . cutter to the ton, which is payable. The stuiF did not appear to me to havo been altered from tho time I have stated. The steamer did not. 'appear to have stopped when sho struck the cutter. Tho mcu from the cutter sang out three times before any notice wns taken by the steamer. As far as I could hem-, I did not hear tlio man on the look out sing out a vessel .head. About half or three quarters of an hour previously he had sung out on seeing a vessel at a much greater distance than the cutter. He was then standing alongside of me. John Woods, sworn, deposed : I am a seamau on board the cutter Tartar: I have heard, the statement made by I). Manning, and it is correct in every particular. I believe the steamer's course was altered to port. I judge that because ouv vessel's courso was altered, and she seemed as if she were still steering towards us. The following decision was arrived at by the Collector :—" According to tho regulations for preventing collisions at sea, when two vessels, one a steamer and the other a sailing vessel, are meeting*in sue* a vraj as to involve risk of collision, the stea ..:er must keep out of the way of the sailing vessel. I-j this case it would appear, that owing to the master of the cutter Tartar neglecting Lo use the lights required by the regulations, the cutter wns not seen in , time_ to avoid a collision. The Merchant Shipping Act A nendment Act, 1862, provides, that in such cases the party infringing the regulations shall be deemed to be the cause, of the collision. Tho master is abo liable to'p. penalty for a breach of tho regulaticiiS; which, under the circumstances, will not be proceeded with. Mastiers and irienmust be careful to comply with the regulations, or they will suffer the conse'quenVes." ' ,'