SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6064, 25 April 1881, Page 4

SHIPPING.

Htoti TV'atrh, to-day.—Auckland 4.10 — 4.45 •■'.L. 01" „ «>• MannJuro 7.11 — 740 iu*.—Rises, 6.40; sots, il7 Moon.- Hew, 23LV, 10.3 p.m. ARRIVALS. April 23. Racne. Oohen, brigantino, Brown, from LytteJton.—Master, ngont. 'Wellington, s.e., Farquhar, from Tauranga. raaaengera: Mrs. Carina, Miss Weblcy, Mcssra. Bloom, Malavy, Gouk, Coiirtland, Scott, ,TarT«y, Jones, McCarthy, Warburton, Silva, Darrach, Rich, Smith, and four in tho steerage.— A. McGregor, agent. lona, a.B. # Stephenson, from Russell and Koctherii porta. Passengers : Mcsdamos "Williams, Andrews and family (5), Messrs. H. Williams, J. H. Salmon, R, H. Matthews, J, Southland, J. Walls, A. Gardener, H. Wells, and one in the steerage.—A. McGregor, agent. Iris, cutter, Hogan, from Mangawai.—Mastor, agent. Rodorick Dhu, hrigantine, Robertson, from Dunedin. —D. H. McKonzie, agent. I Apbll 24. I Atalanta, schooner, Douoran, from "Whantya- | rei.—Master, agent. j Nightingale, brigantine, McKenzie, from i Timaru.—M*ater, agent. j Saucy Kate, achoonar, Lewis, from Lyttelton.—Joseph Craig, agent. DBPARTURKS. Wellington, s. b., Farqnhar, for Ruesell. —A. McGregor, agont. Sovereign, schooner, Hay?raril, for Rarotonga. Passengers : Messrs. Bonar and Goodman. —A. B. Donald, agont. IMPORTS. Per schooner Saucy Kate, fro<n Lyttelton : 500 ba?a oats, IX cheese. Per brigintine Roderick Dhu, from Dunedin : 2198 sacks oats, 200 sacks bone?, and 50 sacks oatmeal. Inwards Coabtwisk.—Blanche, s.s., from the Wade; Rata, barge, from Port Charles, with 29,500 feet timber. OCTWARUS COABrwiaH.—Blancbe, s.s., for Puhoi; Nancy, cutter, for Thames ; Lagoon, barge, for Mercury Bay; Rata, barge, for Port Charles. The A.5.3. Co.'t s.s. Southern Cross is expocted to arrive from Fiji to-day. Tfco Union S.S. Co.'s a.s. Te Auauleft GUhome for Auckland at 9.45 a.m. yesterday, aod should arrive about 10 o'clock this morning. She leaves for Russell at 4 p.m. The brigantine Roderick Dhu arrived from Dunedin on Saturday night. Sholeft that port on the 9th inst. The schooner Saucy Kate arrived from Lyttelton at 1 o'olock yesterday morning. Captain liowis reports thftt he left that port on tho 17th, and carried a strong S.K. wind to the Mercuries. Thenoo to arrival it was S. W. A schooner resurabling the Mazeppa is reported to have boon seen off tho Kawau beating Hp towards port yesterday. The brigantine Nightingale arrived from Tinoaru, with a cargo of breadstuff#, last night. Captain McKenzie reports : — Sailed from Timaru on the Bth instant with a light N.E. wind, which continued for ton days. Mad to beat along the coast to Cape Palliser; then light S.E- winds to abreast of Portland Island ; from thevo tho East Cape strong easterly winds and showery, with a heavy easterly sea. Passed the East Capo on tho 19th at midnight; on tho 20th had light winds and calms off Cape Runaway ; carried light E. and S.E. wiuds up tc tho Barrier, and S. and S.W, winds up to arrival. Saw no vessels on tho passage. Captain McKenzie. of the Nightingale, reports that ho left four English ships loading at Timaru, and one had wailed —tho Margaret Galbraith—about ten days previous for London. The brigantine Rachel Cohen from Lyttelton on Saturday evening, with 215 tons of brcadstuff9, consisting of flour, wheat, barley, potatoes, grASS-Boed, &c. She left Lyttelton on the 17th, and experienced fresh S. and S.E. breezes until reaching Cape Colville, which was passed on tho 22nd, at 10 a.m. Since then, calms and light variable winds. The 0.8. Wellington arrived from Tauranga on Saturday morning, and left tho 9amc forenoon for Russell, to coal. She is announced to roturn to Taurangaat f> p.m. to-morrow.

THE S.S. TAUPO.

On Friday last the temporary repairs to__tlie Taupo wore completed, tho barques Clara nargreave and Martha wore cast off, and she then floated independently once again, being thetir.it time for two years. The s.s. Stuff a made fast, and towed her up to shallow water in ivatikati channel, much to the surprise of the good folk q£ that locality. Aa some nuy desire, to know the means adopted to effect repairs, a brief description may not bo oub of place. Mr. D. Goulc undertook to stop the boles, and for thiu purposo had a false bottom, of suflicieufc length to cover all tho holes made on shore, in three parts. This bottom has been compared to a Venetian blind. It consists of boarda intended to extend along at-.d lit a« closely as possible to the side of the vessel. These were covered on the outsido by canvas, and bound together on the outside by means of ropes. On the »n«»do wuu «vx>*.«Yl»iik *>e oakum. Tho ropes lan transversely across the timber, and thoy bore much the same relation to each other that tho warp doc* to the woof. The false bottom was put over the ship's side, sunk under her bottom by mt'ans of ballast, and when in position allowed to rise up to tho ship's keel. It was then pressed homo by means of cables, and when fitting as tight as possible the end 3 were packcd with sheepskins, sails, oakum, and anything that was found to serve the purpose. This done the vessel was considered almost watertight, and she was pumped out by the two pumps —one 8-inch and one C-inch—in four hours. She was left in this way for eighteen hoars, and the pump was again tried with the result that the G-inch pump cleared all the water that had accumulated in two hours, and it must be borne in mind that the packing had not had timo to swell, so that the possibility of leakage should diminish. In fact, Mr. Gouk has been heard to nnsert that she is fit to go round the Horn ; but this, no doubt, is a mild exaggeration. If the weather be> propitious, and Captain McGregor's veaao»s, the Glenelgand Wellington available, fhe will bo towed up on Friday next, arriving here on Saturday. Then she will probably be docked and repaired. The Taupo had a narrow escape from being on tho rocks again on Good Friday. In consequence of the spring tides, tho three anchors from the Taupo and esch of tho barques became locked, and, losing their hold, the vessels drifted about two miles toward Mount Mongonui. The tides then slackening, tho anchors were shipped, and a single one thrown out, which fortunately stuck, and held tbo vessels until the tide turned. Then tho anchor was weigher!, and the crafts floated up to within a few yards of their former position, A few days subsequently they took another trip on their own account, with a like result. Tho barques have sustained the Taupo aplendidly since sho has been off the rock*.

ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SHIPPING.

Messrs. Shaw, Sa7ill, and Co.'a ship Oxford arrived from London on April 2, after a passage of 120 days from port to pert, and 100 days from land to land. She sails thi3 week for Timaru. H.I.G.M. s.s. Moeve and r.b. Habicht arrived from Molbourno on April 5. Tho Habicht left on thi> 13th, and Moeve on tho 17th for Apia, Samoa. Tho N.Z, Shipping Company's harquo Sydenham sailed for Lyttelton on tho 14th inst.