SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5759, 3 May 1880, Page 4

SHIPPING.

taiaH VWtkb to-day.—Auckland 1.24— 2.2 ~ ~ ~ Manukau 4.10 — 4.57 SDN. —Bison. 6.46 ; sets, 5. 8 Moot?.—New, 9tb, 5.D5 p.m. ARRIVALS. May 1. Lalla Rookh, s.s. Campbell, from Raglan (in the Manukau). —Guthrie and L*rnach, agents. Taiaroa, s.s., Pietersen from New Plymoutn and Southern ports (in tho Manukau). Passengors Miss Gilbert, Miss Buttle, Messrs. rington, HarboUle, Norman. Callendar, GoUd»rd, Williams, Cykue, Staines, Fraser, Downey, Thomas Kelly, Sir R. Douglas, Mr. Robinson, and 7 in steerage.—bmoa S.S. OomPl lona^ B< s!s!,' Stepcnson, from Russell. —A. McGregor, agent. Queen, schooner, Jones, from Hokianga.—M. Niccol, agent. " Fleetwing, schooner, Kitchen, from Russell. —J", and IX Oxley, agents. Reward, schooner, Anderson, from Russell. J. and D. Oxley, agents. _ Peerless, brigantine, McKenzie, from Oamaru. —McKenz'e and Ross, agents. Saucy Kate, schooner, Doughty, from Tauranga.—Master, agent. Rowena, s.s., Amodeo, from Hokianga (in the Monukau).—A. McGregor, agent. Oweki, schooner, from the South (in the Manukau).—Guthrie, Larnach and Co., agents. Atlantic, schooner, Josephs, from Russell. — Master, agent. DEPARTURES. May 1. Sissy, schooner, Carmichael, for Kaipara. Btone Brothers, agents. . Argyle, s.s.. Crawford, for Whangarei. —A. McGregor, agent. May 2. Christina, schooner, Smith, for Russell.— Master, agent. . Sophia, barquontine, Paesch, for ivusseil. C. J. Hutchinson, agent. Augusta, brigantine, Smith (from the Manukau). —Master, agent.

ENTERED INWARDS. Hero, s.s., 851 tons, Logan, from Melbourne and Sydney. CLEAHED OUTWARDS. Sophia, barquentine, 200 tons, Paesch, for Russell. Christina, schooner, 59 tons, Smith, for IvusSissy, schooner, 79 tons, Carmichael, for Kaipara. PKO.TECTKD DEPARTURES. London-.—City of Quebec, early. Sydney. — R.M. s.s. Australia, shortly after arrival from San Francisco. Sydney axd Melbourne.—S.s. Hero, to-mor-row. LuvOKA.—S.s. Southern Cross and brigantine Meg Merrilies, about May 5. GI3BORSB, NAPrEK, AND SOOTH. —S.S. Riugarooma, May 6. _ . New Plymouth and Sooth. — S.s. Taiaroa, on arrival San Francisco mail. Waitara. — S.«. Lallah Rookh, to-<norrow; s.s. Rowena and s.s. HannahMokau, early. New Plymouth, Wangaxui and Sooth—S.s. Rangatira, early; s.s. W&nganui, early. Baqlan.—S.s. La'Ja Rookh, from Mannkau, early. B.OSSELU" — S.s. "Waitaki, Friday; s.s. lona and s.s. Ringarooma, to-day. Mangawai and Waipu.— S.s. Kina, early. Whangarei and Mangapai. — S.s. _ Argyle, to-morrow and Friday ; s.s. Waitaki, Thursday. Hoeianga.—S.s. Roweua, from the Mfvnukau, early. Tauranga. — S.s. Glenelg, Wednesday; s.s. Waitaki, to-morrow. TrMAßtl.—Barque Mercia, early. WANGANUI. —S.s. Wallabi, early.

VESSELS EXPECTED. Australia, R.M. s.s., from San Francisco, to-day. Sam Mendel, ship, from London, to sail about March 13. Chile, barque, from London, sailed Bth March. Loch Dee, barque, from London, sailed Feb 10. John Bull, barque, from London, sailed Feb. 10. Glimpse, barque, from Sydney, sailed 2_3rd. Loongana, barque, from Hobart Town, in May. Caberfeidh. barque, from Adelaide, early. Camille, brig, from New York, sailed Feb. 24. Oceola, brigantine, from Algoa Bay. Borealis, brigantine, from Fiji, on a oruise. Myrtle, brigantine, from Tonga, May. Active, brigantine, from Samoa, in May. Helena, brigantine, from Oamaru, early. Ethel, brigantine, from Lyttelton, sailed 24th. Lapwing, brigantine, from Timaru, early. Roderick Dhu, brigantine, from Dunedin,

sailed 24th. Coronet, schooner, from Marshall Group, early. Island Lily, schooner, from Chatham Islands,

early. blarion, schooner, from Norfolk Island, daily. Belle Brandon, schooner, from Line Islands,

early. Gael, schooner, from Samoa, early. Meg Merrilies, from Levuka, end of month. Midge, schooner, from Levuka, early. Edith, schooner, from Islands, daily. Transit, schooner, from thelslands. Sybil, schooner, from Tahiti. Dayspring Mission, schooner, from Islands, early. Eona, schooner, from South, daily.

IMPORTS, Per brigantine Peerless, from Oamaru: 400 tons grain and fleur. Per 3.9. Hero, from Sydney and Melbourne : 5 tons IW sugar, 5 tons 10 sugar, Brown, Barrs L t and 00., importers. Per s.s.lona, from Russell: 163 sacks gum, 8 bales hides, and skins, 40 sacks oysters, 3a sheep, and sundries. iNWiRDS Coastwise. —Nancy, cutter, from the Thames, ■with 16,000 feet timber; Perseverance, schooner, from Waiheke, with 300 bushels shingle. Outwards Coastwise. —Nancy, cutter, for the Thames, with 19 tons coke; Perseverance, schooner, for Waiheke; Lady of the Lake, birge, Mahurangi. There was no sign of the San Francisco mail steamer Australia at the time of our going to press. The s.s. Taiaroa arrived in the Manukau at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning from New Plymouth and Southern ports with a number of passengers. We are indebted to the purser, Mr. St-jdart, for files and the following report:— Left Port Chalmers at 11 a.m. on the 25th, and arrived at Akaroa at 2 a.m. on the 26th; left again at 7 a.m., arrived at Lyttelton at noon ; sailed again at 5 p.m. and reached Wellington at 10.45 on the 27th; left again at 2 p.m. on 28th, and arrived at Picton at 6.35; departed again at 11 p.na., and arrived at Nelson at 10 a.m. 29th; left again at 2 p.m., and reached New Plymouth at 8 a.m. 30th; left at 3.20, arrived at 1.18 on Saturday morning. Fine weather and smooth water throughout. The brigantine Peerless arrived in harbour from Oamaru yesterday. The master reports : —Left Oamaru on the evening of Saturday, 24th ult. On Sunday got a strong southerly wind which carried us to Tologa Bay, which place we were off on Wednesday. Thence till arrival light variable winds prevailed. Sighted no vessels on the passage. The brigantine Oamaru of this port left Oamaru on the morniag of Friday 23rd April, bound for Tauranga and Auckland, with a cargo of breadstuff". The Seabird left Hokianga for Lyttelton, with a cargo of timber, on Tuesday. The schooner Cutty Sark is the only vessel .npw lying at Hokianga. She is loading with piles for the Manukau. The schooner Falcon sailed from Hokianga, with a cargo of timber, for Hobart Town, on Saturday. The s.s. Lalla Rookh will leave the Manukau for Waitara to-day. The schooner Queen arrived at this port from Hokianga, with a cargo of gum and bark, yesterday. The schooner Fleetwing, while coming up the harbour yesterday forenoon before a favourable breeze, stood in too near the Railway Wharf, with which she came in contact, and thereby carried away her head-gear. The schoener Sissy sailed for the BLaipara on Saturday.

The barquantine Sophia, and the schooner Christina, sailed for Russell yesterday. The s.s. RiDgarooma left Ginborae for the North at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. She may be expected in Auckland this afternoon. The Ringarooma is advertised to sail from this port for Rußsell at 4 o'clock to-day. The s.s. Hero will sail for Sydney, and Melbourne at noon to-morrow. The s.s. Xona arrived from Russell on Saturday morning. She will leave again for that port at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The s.s. Argyle sailed for SVhangarei on Saturday afternoon, with passengers and cargo. She will probably arrive in Auckland again tonight. The schooner Saucy Kate arrived from the Bay of Plenty, laden with produce, yesterday afternoon. The brigantine James A. Stewart is taking in a, cargo of grain at Timaru for this port. The i Wellington Chronicle says :—" Quite a conster- | nation was occasioned on the wharf recently through an extraordinary occurrence. _ While one ot the Union Company's boats was discharging her cargo, suddenly flamM burst from a case. Buckets were procured, and water was dashed in great quantities on the wonderful phenomenon. While the pouring on process was being pursued, a bystander hastily moved on, and cried out, ' Take care, it contains chemicals and there will be an explosion.' Instantly the crowd ocattered, and it was some time before any one would venture to examine the case. Ultimately a hammer and chisel were procured, and a bold workman stepped forward and knocked the lid off the case. Sure enough, it did contain chemicals. It appears that a bottle got broken, and the contents had ignited th a sawdust. Had the bottle become broken in the vessel's hold and during the passage, the steamer would have been in great danger of being destroyed." There are, it is stated, as many as twentyeight steam foghornß or Birens now erected around the English coasts. The Trinity Board have set them on the Kentish Knock, on the south end of the Goodwin, on Bull Point, in Carnarvon Bay, in the Skerries Lighthouse, Angelsea, Morecambe Bay, and in the Channel Islands. They are all driven by hot-air engines, so kept that they may be started at any moment at half-power. Even if the fire goes out and the engines becomes cold, the horn may be sounded in twenty minutes. Some of the sirens oost nearly £3,000, one cost £3,700, but as a general rule they are erected for about £1,200.

LAUNCH OF A NEW SCHOONER AT WHANGAROA. Yesterday a new schooner was launched from Messrs. Lane and Brown's shipbuilding yards. As the schooner glided down the ways to her future element, her fine lines and general symmetry found favour in the eyes of the spectators. This last specimen of Messrs. Lane and Brown, as builders and marine draughtsmen, will bear favourable comparison with any of the numerous craft turned out of their yards lately—viz., the Active, Energy, Minnie Hare, Alert, and others. I may mention the Alert has taken first prize at Lyttelton regatta for two years running. The new schooner is built to the order of Captain Cooper, of Levuka, and is to trade to the Islands, for which she is well adapted, having good sailing and carrying qualities combined. Her dimensions are: Length of keel, 52ft.; width of beam, 15ft.; depth ot hold, 6ft. She is built of the best of timber, and planked with the heart of kauri, copper fastened and sheathed with copper, and. fitted up with a neat and well-ventilated cabin. Messrs. Lane and Brown's vessels are bHilt under a large roofed building, 100 ft. by 70ft., thus giving them a higher class at Lloyds'. This enterprising firm has made extensive additions to their shipbuilding plant by the erection of a steam saw-mill for cutting the timber required by them, and can now cut timber 50ft. leng. They have also machinery for dressing ship's timbers, &3.- There is also on the premises a fine draughting loft, and a hall, 27ft. by 15ft., for the use of their men and apprentices, with a good library and the latest English and American magazines relating to their trade or art. — [A Correspondent, April 29.]

BY TBLEGjRAPR. RUSSELL. May I.—Arrived : Ephemy, C.xptain Champion. Left Norfolk Island on the 24th April, had head winds and calms till arrival at Russell. Passengers, Messrs. Abernethy and McLever. Sailed : Golden Isle, for Auckland. TAURANGA. May 2.—Arrived, at 9.15 a.m.: from Auckland. GISBORNE. May 2.—Sailed, at 10 a.m.: Ringarooma, for Auckland. WELLINGTON. May I.—Arrived : S.s. Hinemoa, from the Manukau, via the West Coast. Outward : Forest Queen, ketch, for Waitara. Sailed : S.s. Wakatipu, for Sydney, at 12 o'clock. GREYMOUTH. May 1. —Sailed : St. Kilda, for Dunedin. May 2.—Sailed: Florinda, for Port Chalmers. i LYTTELTON. May 2.—Arrived: Comet, ketch, from Waitapu ; Elizabeth, coasting Bchooner, from Waitapu; Wanaka, s.s., from Port Chalmers. Cleared : Sarah Pile, brigantine, for Kaipara; Circe, brigantine, for Sydney; Magellan, barque, for New Plymouth, for orders; Sarah and Mary, ketch, for Hokicika. Sailed : Cornelius, for London. Mr. Gomplon, of Lyttelton, has received a tulegram from Captain Cameron, of the p.s. Titan, saying that he spoke the barque Edwin Fox, from London bound for Lyttelton, off Otago on Thursday last. The Edwin Fox is out 114 days, and has 10S passengers on board. PORT CHALMERS. May 1. —Arrived : S.s. Ino, from Invercargill; Martha Reid, schooner, from the Coast; s.s. Beautiful Star, from Oamaru. Sailed: ship London. May 2.—Arrived : S.s. Ladybird, from Timaru. Sailed : Pioneer, schooner, for Toi Toi ; Inoss, for Kakanui ; Alpha, ketch, for Invercargill.