SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 5995, 3 February 1881, Page 4

SHIPPING.

HiaH WilEB, to-day.-—Auckland 9.39 — 0.58 ' | •,)■ . ,~. ■■■.: •»■ - Manukau OM— 053 • , 3on'.—Eises,,s.22; sets, 7;5 . , . , . , KooN. —First quarter, 6th, 0-33 p.m. ■ ■■■ ■: ■ AKRIVAIiS; '• ■■■■■•^■■'v Southern "Gross, s.s., Helander, from Levuka," • Passengers :—Srs., Misses (2),' Master Dniry., and native servant, Mrs. Parker and child, Mrs. C. 'Campbell, Messrs. Witfeam; Davidson, iLaurie. Qtrinton, C. Mieeen, *nd XJrquhart.-— | &ncklandS.S. Co., aftenis. . . . Jessie, -schooner, Doughty,' from RusseUl.— Master, agent. •..'■' ' . Piku, Gutter, Diaz, froEL Tairua. —Kaster, tagent. ; ' ' . Waitiiki, s.s.; Edie, frcm Tawrangft. -TTuion *3. S. C 0. ,: agents. ■ ;..•'■■■: :.-:■■ ■ v DEPARTURES. Wditaki, s.s., Edie, for Whangawi and Rus'aell.—Union S.S. Co., agents. . .-..,. To Anau, s.s., Carey, 'for TJirosell.— Union S.S. Co., agents.- . ■....-■: , .-.-.• £Jueen, - schooner, Jones, 'for ETokianga.—M. agents. . ■Reward, schooner, Anderson, for Whangarei, ' —M. Nicool, agent ■' . '• . Torea, achoonec, -Gundry, for Kaipara. — •"Master, agent ■ , Linda. Weber, ferigantine. Bell, for Whangaixoa.— D. H. McEenzie, ageut '- ENIBBED INWARDS. Jessie, scfeooner, 58 tons, Doughty, from Russell, with'-So tons coal. Sou them Cross; 5.5.,4.39 tons, Helander, from Levuka.' •'■.'■•■ OKEAREI) OUTWARDS. Torea, udhoouer, "78 tons, Grnndy, for Kaipara. FingaL -8.8., tons, Norris, for Mercury Bay. Adah, <&etch, 29 tons, Jones, for Mercury Bay. - ' ■ Magk,<«ntter, 30' tons, Dowd, for Patua. <P ItOJKCTBD DEPARTURES. London. early. SxdnsJT.—S-. 8. -Arawata, February 8. Uelbodrwe.—S.B. Te Anau, to-morrow. GiSBOBNE, Napier, and SooiH.—S.s. Te Anau, to-nborrow. ; _ _ Taranakiand South.—S.s. Penguin, on arrival of'inail. New Pltmouih and Wanganui—£.s. Oreti, Russell. — S.s. loca, Mondays ; s.s. Waitaki, Wednesdays. Whangarei and Mangapai. — S.s. Argyle, Tuesdays and Fridays ; a.s. Waitaki, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tauranqa. — S.s. Waitaki, Mondays; s.s. Glenelg.'Friday. ■ Tb-Eopdec—Brigantine Anthons, to-day. VESSELS EXPECTED. snips. Oxford, from London, sailed December 4. Sydenham, from London, sailed November 27. 3AIIQDES. Loch Dee. -from London, sailed December 24. Stag, from -Newcastle. Superior, from: New York, sailed October 23. ■ Loongana, from Hobart. ;. ~■•:■ BBIG. ' TThomas"" and Henry, from Lyttelton, sailed January 31. , : BSIGANTINE3. Orwell, from Roualls., sailed outward Dec. 26 • Clansman, from Melbourne, sailed January 20. Defiance; from Melbourne, sailed January 25. -•■■■' : _ SCHOONERS. 'Gael, from Fiji. : ■ : Daysprin'g, from Islands, early. Atotehuu, from Karotonga. Coronet, from Cook's Island, sailed out Oct. 27. Transit, from Atiu, sailed outward Nov. 22. Agnes Donald, from Rarotonga, sailed outward ' Pirate, from Penryhn 1., sailed outward Dec. 30. Mary King, from Lyttelton, sailed January 31. KETCH. Pearl, from Rarotonga, sailed outward Sep. 21. IMPORTS." Per s.s,' Southern Cross, from Levuka: 4 bags bark, 24 bags peanuts, 2 casks molasses, 35 saoks cocoanuts, 17 cases, 20 crates pineapples, 320 mats sugar, 1200 bags maize; 1 case oranges, 2 cases fruit, 519 bunches bananas, 40 hides.

Ootwabd Coastwise. —Kangatira, cutter, for Omaha. ' . The barque Beatrice Haverner entered out at the Customs yesterday for New York. The "Union Steamship Co.'s s.s. Te Anau left for Russell at 7 p.m. yesterday! _ The Union Steamship Co.'s s.s. Waitaki arrived from Tauranga yesterday morning, and left again for Whangarei and Kussell at 5 p.m. The Harbour authorities have retraced their steps in one respect: the watermen's steps on the eastern side cf the wharf have been repaired, and are now serviceable. Better late than never. But what about the watermen's house andthe police station, which are practically of little use in their present position. The A.S.S. Co.'s s.s. Southern Cross arrived from Levuka yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. A sharp look-out was kept for the P.M. s.s. Australia, with a view to transfer the outgoing English mail, but without avail. We have to thank Mr. Murphy, chief officer, for latest files and the following report: Left Levuka on Tuesday, 55th. January, and for the first two days had very; equally weather from eastward and south-east. On Thursday, 27th, in latitude) 24deg. S., loiigitade 177deg. E., got a severe gale from east-south-east, lasting through the three following days. Sunday evening the ■weather began to moderate, but continued ■ blowing fresh from the south-east till making the land. Passed the Poor Knights on Tuesday at 6 p.m., arriving in port as above. Tbe schooner llidije arrived at Levuka from Auckland on the 18ta ult. The Samoan Times of the let ulfc. says : — " The schooner Tubou Malohi, f rom SVavau, flying the Tonga Government ifligj entered our harbour on Wednesday evening. She is under charter to Messrs. Wm. McArthur and Co., of Auckland, and came here on , business connected with the wreck of the brigantine Active. The Tubon Malohi sailed furTongatabou.-to connect with the Myrtle, on Thursday afternoon." The German warehip Nautilus left our harbour for Saluafata on Tuesday afternoon. She will remain at the eastern harbour for several •weeks, during which time the crew will be exercised in big-gun practice, and other drill.— Samoan Times, January 1. The Fiji Times of the 15th ult. says :—Quite a novelty in its particular line is at present on view at Mr. Palmer's boatshed, 'Vagadace. and is well worthy of inspection by those who can appreciaiie the result of practical ingenuity combined with steady perseverance. The article -is a centre-board boat, built by Mr. A. Tempest ■.at Selia Lailai, on the island of Xaviunj. The material of which it is constructed is the cane which grows there so plentifully in the 'bush, and usually attains to the size of a man's -thumb. - These have been split into laths and -worked diagonally in two sets, the outside set ■inclining in an opposite direction to those formiing the outside section. .The whole has then ■been caulked or stopped with a preparation ■made from indigenous caoutchouc, prepared rfor the-purpose with turpentine, the outside <being afterwards, varnished with a like •preparation in a. more liquid form. The •boat is but thirteen feet long, with the somewhat extraordinary beam of six, feet. She •is fashioned on the ram principle, and is spoken of by professional men as a model of •symnsetry considering her proportions. She sails like a little witch, and was one of the competitors in the-late regatta, when she came in third in the race for boats with or without fins or ■centre-boards. In this contest the Dobie, as -the miniature craft is nacueJ, looked like a ■minnow' , amongs tritons, and but few of the flhote-goera knew she was in the race.