SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XI, Issue 4050, 5 November 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POTiT OF AUCKLAND. ««n. Wmatr., >"ov. 4: ShoweryWixe, Nor. 4: "VV., strong breeze. aejitais. t Jflvhir.l s « Andrews, from Southern porU in A.,, CO., „, Holmes, from Ci=!le, barqae, Austin, from London. Isabella, brii', tons, Murdoch, from >e\vcastle. DEPART U It E S. "Wellington, s.s., Carey, for Southern ports from the Manukau. . , Agnes, schooner, 12S tons, Frost, ioi LytteU.n. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Agnes, sch.oner, 12i tons, Frost, for Lyttelton. Memento, barque, tons, for >ewcastie. rAS?F.>"GKR LIST. IXIVAEDS. _ , Per Southern Cross, s.s., from ?.a]>ier: Jle?=rs. ->1.christand Coir-man, Mr. and Mrs. Lowman, and h\e In thesteeras-;.— A.S.I*. Co., agents. Per s.s. Ladvbirci, from Southern ports: Saloon-Mr. and Mrs Comiskcy and servant, Mr. and Mrs. WM». Mr. end Mr.;. l!ra:thw»ite, Mrs. Bucholz and 3 chii ilren Messrs I'assaiore. Mc\ icar, Davis, \\ ri 6 lit. Haddock, A. Wood. Steerage-Mrs. Stoma am. child, Jlr. ami Mrs. King, Mr. and Mrs. w ri 6 ht, H. Jorth and family {-I;, Messrs. Wood, Augunn , ■Wilson, and 5 natives. „ Per Stanlev Castle, from London: Mr. and Mr*. O. Pavett and family (2;, Mr. and .Mrs. Blakey and J. Blakey.

OCTWAKES. Per s.s. "Wellington, for Southern ports: saloon— Messrs. M*. H. Churton, Russell, H. Dormp. J. ahoolbraid, Hodcson, T. J. Alnes, Earned, A. Ration, A. Sheath. W.J. Elder, Mrs. M iajerbank. Mrs. Oraham and 3 children. Miss Poulton Steerage-Mr. and Mrs. Lyster, Mrs. McKay and 6 cli'ldren, Mr. "W. Rich. IMPORTS. Per Southern Cross, s.s., from cattle, 310 sheev, Fisher and Co. —A.S r. Co., aje» ts. Per c s Ladvbird, from the bouth: 10 lihiL-., it barrels ale Rvan, Bell and Co.; 2hhds., S"cases M. SomerviHe; 2 cruea, 11. Onyon; 1 parcel G T.' C'lmpman; 5 cas?.s, Kempthorne and Co., 1 ; parcel, "\v. M- Commons: :4 trunks. V order: 1 | CZSG D. L. Murdoch; 1 box. Telegraph Department: j 3 cases Traffic Manager of Railways: 1 bundle poles 1 bag. 1 single pole, 1 tent, T«ohey ; 1 parcel, Natr nal : Bank; 1 box. Thomson; G cases butter. T. vcaj, , -cases butter. Hoskins: 00 sheep, A. Bucklaod.— | Combe 3 and DaUlv, acrents. Per Stanlev Ca»il«, from London:—2 cases, btewarc and AzKlerson; 5 bales, Henderson and Maciarlane: J casks, Webster and Hulks: 1 butt, Brown, C..mpbell and Co : 1 case, B. Gittcs and Sods: 10 hhds., lt> qrcasks, H. 5. Meyers and Co.; 56 ca?ks. order; 1 Inspector Pank of New Zealand; 1 E. JJayte: 13 bales, Reed and Brett: IS cases, "W C. \\tson; J cases, Auckland Gas Co.; 2 cases Ireland Br:tliers: 250 cases, order: 14 casks, R. Lusk; lease, order; - bales 1 case, Henderson and Macfarlane; 3 cases, "Winks and Hall; 20 cases, E. and H. Isaacs; 1 box, T. Peacock; 200 cases, order; 3 cases, E. and ii. Isaacs; 12 packages, order; 20 packages, Barneit and Levy * 7j* cases. Brown, Campbell and Co. ; 1 parcel. E. F. Biuh; 2 casks, 3 cases, 1 cask, 12 packages, E. "Way te; 1 cask, 1 case, 20 packages, V p-on and Co.; S cases, 2 cisks, 1 case, 1 box, 5 cases acids, order; 0 caies, Henderson and Macfarlane: Iff/age, 1 parcel, T. Russell, Esq ; 1 box, C. AV . -IcDurdo; 13 Cises, 2 c\sks, 1 drum, 2 cases, J. tason: 23 <asks, S exses, Ireland Bros.; 3 casks, 1 c.ases - ca3ks, J. and J. Dickey; 0 cases, 3 crates 2 cases, order: 5 cases. E. and H. Isaacs: lease, Blajdes, Evens and Co.: 3cases, I bale, E. and H. Isaacs; 10 cases, order; 5 crates, order; 5 bales, order; J9 cases, Cruickshank and Co.; 2 bale 3. 89 cases, 1 cask, 1 trunk, 23 cases, 2 bales, Sargooa and Sous; 2 bales, 1 case, 3 bales, 1 case. Smart and Co.; 0 packages, 39 cases, 15 bales, order; 200 parcels, i casks, 1 case, B. Blackbick and Son; 105 cases, 2 cases samples, 13 bales, 10 barrels, McArthur, Shera and Co.; CO casks, IS cases. 125 cises, 76 bales, 10 kegs, order- 100 casks, E. and T. Bnc'ie; 20 tons pig iron, 10 tons pig iron, 1 case. Stone Bros ; 1 case. Colonel Hamilton; 100 casks, Cn)ic - -;sliank and Co. ; 40 kegs, 620 cases, "2C barrels 10 tanks, 1 cask, 1 bos, E. and li. Isaacs; 22 cases, 14 kegs, 11 barrels, 62 colls, S anchors, 3 chains, order; 1 case, order; 1 box Bank of Australasia; 2 cases, 1 bile, Ireland Brothers; 10 qr.-casks, 1 case, order: 1 case, G tanks, 3 pockets. 20 qr.-CHsks, 5 cases, 24 bundles, 12 cises, Sinclair and Hamlin, X«l>ier; 339 drums, ll'S casks. 10 c-tses, 11 parcels, 45 bundles, T. and S. Morrm; o order; 3 cases, 3 casks, 4 ingots, 2 boxes, Ci. McCaul; 13 casks, 20 barrels, 1 case, 4 crates, J. ao'i J. Dickey; 39 cases, 2 kegs, 23 bales, oO crates, 3 casks, Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.; 10 cases, 11. Montague; S cases, order; lOOboses, order; 27 casks, 104 iwscs, yj boxes, order: 7 cases. Brown: 100 boxes, 10 cases, orurr, 1 r-.;-' B C.ittos and Son; 50 casks, 205 cases, order; 1 tank, 200 boxes, 20 kegs, order; 5 cases, 24 share mouldiujs, 4 bundles. 1 bale, 11 pots, 2 cases, ord r; 1 tank, New Zealr.r.d >hii,ping Co.; 0 cases. 10 arms and bolts, 1 cask, order; 7 casks, 10 cases, 445 arms 'ooxoh. 39 pots, 1 bale, 20 ktgi, IS bars iron, 3 kegs iro.;. fc. Porter —New Zealand shipping Co., agents. Per Isabella, br;g, from Newcastle; 4'3 tons coat, Ilender.-Mi .u:d ilacfarlane (agents).

EXPORTS. Per /.gnes, schooner, for Lyttolton: 52,«3> feet timber. I-'-'- CO pairs sashes, 140 pieces skirting, 2 bundles mouldings, 145.000 shingle, Wa'lcr; bags oats, D. H. McKenzie. V ES-KUS IN T IAUUOUE. Steamers: Emu, Southern Cross. Ships: Citv of Auckland, Condoren. Zealanuia. Barques: Memento, Femdale, Elm Grove, jvoh'aoor, Albion',wh tler\ Stanley Castle. Barquetines: Southern Cross {Mission auxiliary s.s.). Falcou. , „ Brigs : Albion, Pakeha, Syren, Isabella. Schooners : Agnes, Fiery Cross, Pearl, Dauntlc-ss, Papua. PUOJ KCTED DEPARTURES. S.u? Fra>"Cisco. —Mikado, mail steamer, Nov. 1->. London —city of Auckland, ship, early; F^rndale, barque, early. Ruhsem..— liow.-na. s.s , Monday next. Xackwoa. —Southern Cross, s.s.. Saturdayneit. Sydney and Mklujfr.vk.—Wonga Wonga, r.s., about November 14; Hero, a s., early. N.vpiEr..--A.S.f'. Co.'ss.s. Southern Cross, this day. Soutiikhs Pouts. —Ladybir l, s.s., Saturday. Dunkdj.v—Falcn, b early. Lytteltox.—Agii"s, brigantine, to-day. New Yourc.—Parsiihea, barque, early. Wanganl*!-—M. Kilda, s.s., Saturday. Kaipaua.—Kohinuor, barque, early. * V KSS | ;[,S EX V KCTED. "Wonga "Wonga. s.s., from Sydney. Star of the South, s.s., from Levuka. "Waitangi, ship, from London; sailed August. 2. "Hydaspes, ship, from London: sailed Aug. 14. Asaaye, ship, from London; sailed Sept. 2. Cospatrick, ship, from London. Rohilla, ship, from London. I*ady Jocelyn, ship, from London. Glenlora, ship, from London. Dilliaree, ship, fr-m London. Edith Rose, barqur, from New York; loading. Chocola, barque. fromS<tn Francisco; sailed Sep. 3. Rapido, i.arqut;, from Sow York, via Adelaide. "William Liifford, barque, from Dunedin; loading. Bella Mury, barque, from Hobart Town. Helt-n Malcolm, barque, from Sydney. Euiopa, barque, from Sydney. Harriet Armitag#*, barque, from Sydney. Pursiihoi, barque, from Lytt-rlton. Prince Alfred, barquentine, from Lyttelton; sailed

Nov. 2. Helena, from Dunedin. Ivanhoe, schooner, from Levuka. Coronet, schao t*r. from Tahiti. Flirt, brigautine, from Oamaru; sailed Oct. 29. Arrivals Coastwise. —Avon, cutter, from the Thames, with timber; Morning Light, cutrcr, lro-.i Port Charles, with timber; Firefly, schooner, from the Wade, with produce; Swallow, schooner, :rom Tairiu, with lO'>,uoj firet timber. Coa-siwisk Outwakds. — Clyde, schooner, f r "Wangarei, with passengers and cargc; Albatross, schooner, for »\ angaroA, in ballast. The s.s. Wellington ltft the Manukau f.r Southern ports yesterday afternoon. The s.s. SouLlKirn Cross reports the cutter Ph.uitom lying at Hicks' Uay on Monday last. The s.s. St. Kiid i is expectcd in the Manakr.u to-'hy from War.ganui.

The s.s. Southern Cross left Tauranga for here cn Taesday night. TLc p.s Golden Crown i 3 to leave for Melbourne yia the Bay of Islands this morntug.

The shipZt-alandia, on discharge of cargo, will kav« for Sydney to await orders. Tlie new schooner Agnes left for Lyttelton last evening with a full cargo of timber, &c. The barque .Stanley Castle will report at the i.'uv toms thii morning, and consignees are request -d to pass entries ami pay freight without delay. Tne brigantine Swordfish left Hobart Town frr Napier on the 17th ult., with a cargo of fruit, shingl-.-. palings, potatoes, &c. 'J he s.s. Mot, now lying in Lyttelton harbour, is offered for sal*. The registered tonnage of the is GO tons, and her engines are 30-horse ipower n - minal.

ilie steamer building by Messrs W. Holmes wnd Co. for a Napier firm is nearly completed, and j;he v.-id be launched during next we?k. The vessel will binamed the liesult.

The A.S. I'. Company's s.s. Southern Cress arriv.-d at the wharf yesterday afternoon from Napi«:r mm,lef; NapKr on Saturday at 3 p.m., and anch'-Mvi in Hicks' Bay next night. Left ng*in on iluuili; at 10 a.m., and arrived oif Orakei at lu p.m. i;n Tun d.iy. Landed cattle at high-water, and arrived at the wi::irf asabeve. The Cross leaves again at-4 p.m. to-iuo.r w

Very extensive repaiis arc being carried uwi \.y Messrs. Holmes Bros, to ihe p.s. J£nterpri.-:u >"o. L\ at the North Shore, .she ha 3 been stripped, and will receive new paddle-boxes, new decks, beams, siaunehions, bulwarks, aDd stern. Her machinery H undergoing a thorough overhaul, and the buil«r* ax j being cleaned inside aud out. The brig X-ab 11a arrived from Newcastle yestcr-' -.y afternoi u, after a good passage of ten days. Mn- eu .Newcastle on tiie 25tli ult., and had strong north*/- s: winds for two dsvs. Then bad strong south-euit v.iii.jj until making the Three Kings, which wernsighted Monday eveniug; off Cape Bratt on luesdaj at op.in., and arrived as above. , The s.s. Ladybird, H. J• C. Andrews, comma.m:*-i, arrived at the Alanukau Wharf at G. 30 o clock yesterday morning. the left Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. on il»« 27th u!t., and arrived at Lyttelton at 1 p.m.oij 'iiu 28th; sailed at 4.15 p.m. on the 29th, ant. arrived m Wellington at noon on the 30th; sailed at 1 p.m. "N the3lst.and arrived at Pictonat 7 o'clocksame evemu;; sailed at midnight, and arrived at Nelson at 10" m. on the 10th inst.; sailed at 4 p.m. on the 2nd, ana arrived at Taranaki at 8 a.m. on the 3rd, sailed at 2 p.m. same day, and arrived as above. Experienced variable weather throughout the passage. V\ c m c indebted to Mr. Dougherty, purser, for files, &c.

The brigantlne Swordfiah left Hobart- Town for; Napier.on the 17th, with a cargo of fruit; shingle?, ; palings, potatoes,. . _ • f . The tops.v.l schooner building for Captain Lewis at Messrs. H. Niccol and Sons' yard. North ahore, is expected to be launched in course of a fortnight, ana the new steamer for Captnin McGregor In about a month. With the exception of tue golden Crown, *h 5 ? i 3 the largest steamer built in Auckland. Me»ars. Niccol are also engaged in building a 75-ton schooner for Messrs. H. F. Anderson and McEwen. They are also constvacting a 30-tcm yacht, to compete m tne next regatta, and a small stcimflr, about CO feet in The Auckland correspondent of tlie Coromawld Xan Write.., with what truth we know no., asi follows:—" Now that Coromandel people are iikel\ to be inconvenienced by the irregtilir departure of for Cnromamlel and Auckland, would it not be weU for the .iconic of your district once more to sono st-ps towards having a boat of their own, wluca I believe could be managed, if the matter were but set about in an earnest and business-like manner. lam led into these remarks from & conversation I Dave had this morning with Mr. T. Masefield, of Mesar3. Ma«efl*ld and Co. The firm is billing to supply an iron steamboat, fitted with the most approved engines, suitable for the Coromandel trade, the probable cstiimte of cost being CO). The firm is willing to take £1,000 worth of share, and its bankers tre quite prepared to advance another ;3 2,000, re-payab.e in shares in four in'tslments."

AREIVAL OF THE STANLEY CASTLE. The New Zealand Shipping Company's barque Stanlev Castle arrived in harbour, from London, yesterdav, after a long passage of 11S days. She left Gravesend on July Otli, and the Downs neit day Had light winds down the Channel. Left the Lizard on the 10th. Met with luht winds and calms to 10 dezs. N.. when a S.W. monsoon was encountered. Fell in with S.K. trades on August 17th, in latitude 1 dec 30 min N. and 20 dftz. "W. Crossed the equator on the lbtli. Carried the S.K. trades until August 20th in 20 deg. S. and 30 deg. W.; strong S.E. gales then met with and Listed several days. On the night of the 14t!a September a hurricane from the S.W. was , encountered, with snow, rain, and hail; ship under I lower -.opsail and foresail, and labouring heavily. The gale lasted till noon of the 15th. During the gale several cases of acid which were on deck had to be thrown overboard. Crossed the meridian of the Cape on the ISth September in 45 degs. S. The eastings were run down in the same parallel: continuous gales were then met with for several days. Sighted the S W. Cape of Tasmania on October 23rd, the wind blowing strong from the N.E. in this gale the starboard headrails and knees were carried away. Sighted the Three Kings on the 2nd inst., and encountered N. W. wind? alon; the csast until yesterday merning, when ii blew strongly from the westward, which lasted until her arrival as above. The Stanley Castle is commanded by Captain Austen, who is highly spoken of by his passengers. She comes consigned to the New Zealand Shipping Company.

UNSEA'WORTHY SniPS. j The remark of our shipping reporter, on viev. Ing I the United Brothers as she now l:e3 stranded cn the beach at Pukcuri. "Truly vrc stand in need of a colonial Plimsoll," wdl be echoed by everyone who has perused the amounts whirh have appeared in our shipping columns. As not the least blame appears attachable to anvone concerned with regard to the beaching of that Vessel, which was indeed an absolute necessity, arising altogether from causes beyond control, we can write the more freely on some of the facts because we shall not be suspected of imputing fap'.t where fault is not justly to be found. It is a very startling thin? to tir.d— first, that a vessel in such a position as the Brothers could be allowed to go to sea :it all; and second, that an insurance company could be found to risk £500 upon the chances of the safety of a rotten tub. That there ought to be a proper svstem of inspection of all sailing vessels, coastal or foreign-going, as well as of steamers, is beyond a doubt: and that that inspection should be thorough, complete, and frequent. The Government seriously fails in its dutv that it does not insist oc this, for the very raUoa d'etreoi Government is the protection of life and property. Where is that protection when valuable lives and costly merchandise are sufTered to be risked in such frail and utterly unneaworthy craft as the Brothers must have been? What says our reporter? " The stern-post is almost entirely rotten, and the deck looks as if so many rats had been eating holes in in it. Here you find a hole filled up with cement, and there another filled in with tallow; in fact, one of the men said, ' As fast as we .pumped the water out of the hold, it ran back again through the holes in the deck.'" And that this is not one whit au overdrawn picture, we have the. testimonv of the master. Captain Tall, who informs us that he offered the Customs authorities, at the preliminarv inquiry recently hel<J, if they were not satisfied with his testimony as to th« condition of his vessel (which is, we believe, of an unknown antiquitv), to bring them a buckctful of her plankimj as ocular demonstration. It is impossible to condemn ia language too strong th? carelessness of life and property which permits of such floating coffins being s-nt to sea. But whit shall we say of the further carelessness of insurance companies in risking the moncv of their shareholders to the tune of hundreds ofpo-'mds on such a frail and decayed craft?—surely the profits must either be so large that the shareholders of nch companies are too content to be troublesome!v inquisitive, or they repose too profound a faith in their agents and officials. That shareholders have a right to grumble there is no question, but there is another consideration with rezard to this facile granting of insurances which gives the public also a right to make its voice heard in condemnation, and that is tlie direct premium which such a state of things offers to the wilfal and intentional wrecking of ve'sels. Average human nature is such, that where largo temptation" is held out to crime, there will ahvaya be a cortiin proportion who will succumb to b; and there can be no doubt that wh- rc the insurance is largely in e?:ce-?s of the value of the vessel afloat, the temptation to permit her to be cast away at the fir=t favourable opportunity—especially where there is little or no risk of life—will, and does, exist. As we have already ?aid, the beaching of the Brothers was not a result of this, bin purely a misadventure : yet we do not hesitate to avow our belief that the bad name the roadstead of Oamaru has attached to it is in part, though not wholly, due to its having been selected as a suitable place'at which to court disaster, or rather what would in other circumstances be counted disaster, but in such circumstances as we have pointed out, is to soinn people a desirable event. We repeat, therefore, that a rigid inspection of our coastal craft, both as to their condition and as to the wav in which they are " found," ought to be insisted on: and that the Insurance Companies should look to it that policies arc onlv grauted on sfund, s'-aworthy vessel*, and in amounts lvss. rather thau exceeding their actual value.—Xorth Ot" f jo Times, Oct. 15.

BY TELEGRAPH. TAOIiANGA. "November •!.—The Luna left for the South at halfpast 11 last night. The Southern Cross sailed for Auckland at Q o'clock last night. Passengers: His Honor the Superintendent, Judge llogan, .Messrs. Car.lno, Cos&rave, Jovc<"\ Fcnnv, Ashcr, Wright, Wood, Smith, and Mrs. Kelly. LYTTELTON. November 4.—Sailed: Melaine, for Kaipara, with stores. 't he Especulator was offered for sale by auction today, and wa3 bought in by Mr. Turner for £1000.