SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4901, 1 August 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.^ High "Water, To-day: 10.39 mom.; 10.57 evut). High Water, Mannkau:l,34 morn.;l.s2evea fc The Son : Rises, 7.3; sets, 5.0. The Moon : Last Quarter, 2nd August, 10 p.m. ARRIV A L S. Rotorua, s.s., Macfarlnne, from Southern ports. Passengers : Saloon -Mr. and Mrs. Ford and 2 children, Mrs. McCrae and 2 children, Mrs. Gibbon and child, Mr. and Mrs. Coster, Miss Shirley Hill, Messrs. Bishop, Xaylor, Beaver, DeLias, Paul, Chisholrn, Carter, "\\ att, Captaiu Andrew, and 25 steerage. In transitu for Sydnev : Sjllooh—Mrs. Macfarlanc, Mr. atid Mrs. White, Mr. and Mr.s. Litchfield, Messrs. Ccull, Mallow, Wilson, F. Litchficld, Penny, and 12 steerage. For 3an Francisco : Saloon — Messrs. Marshall and Johnson (mail agent), and 3 steerage ; and 3 steerage for Napier.— Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. Bowena, s.s., Sellars, from Taurauga and Mercury Bay.—A. McGregor, agent. DEPART U R E S. Jane Douglas, b.s., Fraser, for Gisborno and Napier.—Cruickshank nnd Co., agents. Argyle, s.s., Stephenson, for Mangapai and Wangarei.—A. McGregor, agent;. Fiery Cross, schooner, Mason, for Waitara. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Southern Cross, s.s., 130 tons, Carey, for Na pier. Jano Douglas, s.s., 76 tons, Fraser, for Gis borne and Napier. IMPORTS. [A spccial charge is made for consignees' names ioserted in tuis column.} Per s.s. Rotorua, from Southern ports:—lS packages, 7 cases and boxes merchandise, 45 sacks onions, 36 sacks potatoes, 40 sacks oats, and 1 case bacon. 1 package plants, Owen and Graham. EXPORTS. Per s.s. Jane Douglas, for Gisborne and Napier : —SO cases genera, 20 boxes ten, 39 canes ■whisky, 25 ditto kerosene, 50 ditto candles, 0 cases pickles, 5 ditto oil, 2 ditto cocoa, 3 packages saltpetre, 134 gunnios sugar, 3 hhds. rum, 15 buudles wire, G packages hops, 40 sacks flour, 7 bales straw, 140 pieces timber, 3 sacks sharps, IS pieces ironmongery, 4 packages plants, 30 boxes soap. 32 packages groceries, 2 cases oil, 1 bale hops, 5 or.-casks rum, Owen and Graham. 13 packages ironmongery, 2 kegs nails, T. and S. MorriD. Per s.s. Southern Cross, for Napier : 20 ccils rope, 13 packages, 1 trunk, 16 sacks, 3 cauks plaster, 5 bundles plants, 4 sacks oysters, 1 tox seeds, 2 parcels, 6 sacks grass seed, 1 caso carvings, 7 cases, 1 trunk, 2 guns. 7 cases, 25 packages, 5 cases brandy, Owen and Graham. 4 cases corrugated iron, 3 ploughs, 2 bundles bhares, 2 bundles fittings for ploughs, 6 packages chaff cutters, S bundles iron, 35 bars iron. 1 package mould boards, 1 anvil, 1 nair bln ;k----smith*' bellow*, 1 forgo back, 2 casks seed, 1 package seed, 1 ton iron, 2 casks general ironmongery, 3 ploughs, 6 skeiths, 1 set harro'vs, 1 cask seed, 1 dozen shovels, 1 case handles, T. and S. Morrin. Inwards Coastwise.—Coralie, cutter, fram Tairaa, via Mahurangi, with 27 head of catt'e : Adah, ketch, from the Thames, with 16,000f?ct timber. The s.s. Argyle sailed yesterday for Mangapai and Wangarei with passengers and cargo. Ths schooner Torea. for the Kaipara, sailed from Lytteltou on the 23rd ult. The s.s. Jane Douglas sailed yesterday evening with a full cargo of merchandise for Gisborne and Napier. Messrs. Casey and Son's new p.s. City of Cork will make the official trial trip on Monday next. The schooner Fiery Cross sailed yesterday morning for Waitara, via the North Cape, with a large cargo of railway material. The cargo of the schooner Acadia, from Lytteltou to the Waikato, consists of 500 sacks wheat, 200 sacks oats. The schooner Emerald left Waitara on the 24th ult., for Kaipara, to load with timber for Lyttcdton. The barque Bella Mary, for Hobart Town, hauled into the stream yesterday afternoon, and will sail, probably, this morning, having cleared at the Customs. In another column will be found an advertisement. requiring a schooner of about 100 tons burden for a charter of six months, to cruise among: the South Sea Island*. The schooner Xfellio t on her way from Lyfctel-t-on to this port, has on board the following cargo 125 sacks sharps, 105 sacks barley, 1!00 sacks oats, 35 tons flour, and 2 tons oatmeal. The P.M. s.s. .Zealandia is due from Sydr.ey at an early hour this morning. She is advertised to tail to Honolulu and San Francnco at 1 p.m., carrying the English and American mails. The s.s. Rowona arrived at 7 p.m. yesterc.ay from Tauranga and Mercury Bay, with passengers and a cargD of 375 bags maize, 18 pigs, and 1 horse. She is advertised to return this evening. Messrs. CruickshaDk and Co. received a telegram last evening from Messrs. Bright Brothers, of Melbourne, statißg that the s.s. Hero would leave there on the 7th inst., and Sydney on ;be 11th, for this port. Captain Robertson, late of the brig Albion, has purchwed a share in the brigantine Roderick Dhu. On the arrival of the vessel from Oaraaru he will succeed Captaiu Matthews in the command. The departure ot the s.s. Southern Cross yesterday evening for Napier was postponed until 10 o'clock this morning, when she will leave the s A.S.P. Co.'a wharf. The postponement was in consequence of the s.s. Rotorua arriving later than was anticipated, and a quantity of luggage and cargo having to be transbhipped. Discharging the framework of the North Shore Ferry Company's new steamer was commenced on board the ship Yosemite j'estercay morning. It is being placed in the cuttcr Plicenix (late Whitby), and will, subsequently, be taken over to Messrs. Niccol's shipbuilding yard at the North Shore, who were the successful tenderers for putting the steamer together.

In the Lyttdton Times of the 28th ult., we fip/J, under the heading of "Timaru shipping,that the Mary King, Captain Ay<:rs, sailed on the 27th for this port, with n. cargo of 846 sacks flour, 270 sacks potatoes, 157 saoks barley. 127 sucks sharps, 208 sacks bran. This must refer to sonic other vessel, «oa the Mary King, Captain Ayera, sailed from this port for Wangaroa on the evening of the 25th, and was seen by thp s.s. lona at the northern port, where she had gone to load with timber for Timaru. The arrival of the s.s. Rotorua last night at the Railway Wharf, druiv many persons to ;he apot, and it would have been pleasing to "jhe members of the Harbour Board to have heard the maledictions pronouueed upon them for their neglect in lighting the Wharf and its ipproachea. From the corner of Custom-house-street to some distance beyond the Salt-water Baths, there is not a single light, while on ';he "Wharf the only lights visible were tho two signals at the east and west aide of the T, the whole of the lamps running down i;he centre of the structure being non-con-spicuous by their darkness. Until the vessel was alongside, no moon shed its brightness, to dissipate the darkness, and, to make matters worse, there were sundry ships' fenders, ballast shoots, and windlasses standing close to whsre the passengers landed, uud ever and anon the ejaculation of^ the strangers indicated they tad come to Surely the knowledge of t;he Rotorua having to land her passengers at the Railway Wharf after dark, was known to 'ihe authorities, and it therefore behoved them to have their house in order. What would -he business men of the Board think in passing down Queen-street, on a Saturday night to BEe a store opened, and, desirous of securing customers for its wares, badly lighted and in u state of confusion? Why, the conclusion arrived at would be that its proprietors were either insolvent or did not possess sufficient tact in making the best display of their goods to tempt customers to purchase. Just so with regard to the Railway Wharf last night. The action of Captain Theakston, of the brigantine Odalisk, low lying loadiug at Hokiauga with timber for Adelaide, in demanding "salvage ' to the extent of five pounds (as detailed in our Hokianga letter yesterday) for the use of his boat in the rescue of Mr Andrews and his crew on Friday last, was freely discussed yesterday among nautical man, and the conclusion arrived at is that it was not a creditable action, and such a one as a seaman is seldom guilty of. The circumstances of the case are simple enough, a misfortune to which all those " who go down to the deep in ships and occupy their business in groat waters," are liable to. A capsize in the harbour took phice. and the lives of three meu were iu great danger. The nearest boat available *.vas seized upon. Mr. Watts, late mate, and two seamen belonging to the wrecked schooner Mera, who happened to observe the perilous situation of the unfortunate men, a.l, once, like tine sailors, without asking " by your leave," took the boat belonging to the Odalisk and succeeded just in the nick of time in rescuing the half-drowned men. On the party reaching t( rra firma, Captain Theakston demanded from Mr. Andrews the sum of £5, which the latter gentlemen ps.id without demur, and the humme skipper thereupon handed 20s each to the neamen. A man having the command o<° a fine vessel like the Odalisk to "demand" money for the fillip's boat being used on the errand of mercy like the one in question is not at .sll creditable. Tho facts of the case, which were known i j several cf tho passengers by the last bteamer from the North, havo been much commented on in public, and if they are j susceptible of any explanation favourable to the

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. ROTORUA. The Union Co.'s s.s. Rotorua, Captain James Macfarlane, from Southern ports, en route for Sydney, rounded the North Heads yesterday, and was berthed alongside the Railway JVVharf, having made the trip from Napier in 35 hours. She brings numerous passengers to this city and Sydney, and also a number for the outgoing San Francisco mail-boat. On her run up from Wellington she encountered strong northeasterly weather, especially in Hawke's Bay, consequently the launch from Napier was unable to cross the bar and communicate with her, and the passengers were brought on to Auckland, and will bo forwarded this morning at 10 o'clock by the s.s. Southern Cross. We are indebted to Mr. Pringlc, the purser, for files and report of passage and other favours. She left Port Chalmers on the 27th ultimo, at 3.30 p.m., arrived at Lyttelton at 8.30 a.m. next day ; sailed again at 7 p.m., reached Wellington on Sunday at 9 a.m.; and resumed her voyage at 10.30 p.m., stood in to Hawke's Bay at 10 a.m. on the 30th, but finding the sea too heavy for the launch to cross the bar. proceeded at 11 a.m. for Auckland, and arrived here at 10 p.m. yesterday. Experienced fine weather and light winds from Otago to ellington ; thencc to East Cape strong north-oast wind and high sea. The sea in Hawke's Bay was breaking as far out as the Bluff. The steamer Tui wag steaming out to the eastward, waiting for fine weather to cross the bar when the iCotorua left Hawke's Bay Fine weather across the Bay of Plenty into port. She will leave the Railway Wharf at 11 o'clock this morning for Sydney.

by telegraph.

RUSSELL. July 31.— Arrived, 9.45 a.m. : S.s. lona,frcm Auckland. WELLINGTON. July 31.—The Taupo sailed for Picton nnd Nelson at 12.30. Passengers : Messrs. Knight, King, Manning, Battly, and Owen. NEW PLYMOUTH. July 31. —Arrived, sam.: S.s. Tarannki, from Onehunga.