SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6829, 6 October 1883, Page 4

SHIPPING.

• Ulan Watzb, to-day.—Auckland 9.25—9.43 Hatrakau 1.5 —1 23 SttK.—Rises. 6.33; sots. 6.3 Moos.—First quarter, 9th, 9.59 p.m. ARRIVALS. Cleopatra, schooner, 88, Kebble, from Lyttelton.—Master, agent. Suva, b.b., 256, Hutchinson, from 'Whangarei. —Union S.S. Co., ajents. Columbia, schooner, 4S, Conway, from Napier.—Master, agent. Fleetwing, schooner, 55, Couch, from Suva via Russell and Tairua.—M. Niccol, agent. Natal Qnecn, barque, 230, W. J. Rogers, from Bluff.—J. Davidson, agent. lona, 8.8., 159, Amodoo, from Russell and Northern ports. Passengers: Messrs. Davis, Owen, Williams (3), Kirkpatrick, Rowe, and Love; Archdeacon Clarke, and Miss Johnson; —Northern 5.3. Co., agents. Annabel, brig, 348, Home, from Lyttelton.— Master, agent. Southern Cross, s.b., Grant, from Southern ports. Passengers; Mesdnmes Kripping, Poole, Messrs. Davis, Filmer, and 4 in the steerage. — Union S.S, Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Alice Muir, barque, 480, E. Henry, for Kaipara.—Stone Bros., agents, Macgregor, b.b,, Johnson, for Whangarei.— Northern S.S. Co., agents, Suva, s.b., 293, Hutchinson, for Dunedin. — Union S.S. Co., agentß. DEPARTURES. Suva, b.b,, for Dunedin. Macgregor, 5.8., for Whangarei. THE UNION S.S. COMPANY. The following are th& movements of tho nteamshlpß of the aboyo compuiy for the present week :— Mondat.—Te Anau arrives from Melbourne via Southern ports at 10 a.m. The Penguin is due from Fiji. Te Anau sails for Russell at 5 p.m. The Southern Cross leaves for Tolago Bay and East Coast ports at C p.m. Tuesday.— The Taiaroa in duo. at noon from Taranaki and Southern ports, and leaves again at 1 p.m. for South. Wednesday.—The To Anau is due from Russell. Thobsdat.—The Te Anau will leave for Melbourne via Southern ports at noon. IMPORTS. Per schooner Cleopatra, from Lyttelton : 100 sacks wheat, 150 3acks oats. Per schooner Natal Queen, from Bluff Harbour : 3500 sacks oats. Per Manapouri, from Sydney : 354 sacks bonedust, Adam Lay bourn and Co. Per Island City, from Timaru: 1200 sacks oats, Adam Laybourn and Co. Per Suva : 326 sacks potatoes, E. Mitchelson and Co. Per Anna Bell: 420 sacks potatoes, E. Mitchelson and Co. Per Prospero: 120 sacks potatoes, sio sacks oats, 222 eacks milling wheat, 100 sacks fowl wheat, E. Mitchelson and Co. * Per brig Annabel, from Lyttelton : 2151 sacks potatoes, 1460 sacks oats, 214 sacks wheat, and 300 sacks flour. Per s.s. Southern Cross, from Napier : 200 sheep; 1 horsr, 20 tons tramway railß, 10 telegraph poles, 10 tons sundries.

Inwards Coastwise.—Coralie, cutter, from Mercury Bay, with 22,500 feet timber; Lake Scperior, barge, from Palari, with 31 log"; Start, cutter, from Ngunguru, with 20,002 feet timber; Lizette, ketch, from Thames, with 22,000 feet timber; Ghost, barge, from Omaha, with 55 tons firewood; Hose,, cutter, from Mahurangi, with 1100 bushels lime. Ootwards Coastwise.—Ghost, barge, for Whangapoa; Rose, cutter, for Mahurangi; Start, cutter, for Ngunguru; Lizetfe, ketch, fer Thames, with 46 tons coal. 3 tons flour, and 1\ tons sharps.

The brig Naiad upon discharge of her inward cargo will proceed to Mercury Bay, there to load timber for Sidney. The barque Clifton is at present loading timber at Russell for Adelaide.

The barque Frederick Bassil will proceed henoe to Whangaroa, thero to load timber for Sydney.

The schooner Adelaide is ou the berth, loading at Newcastle for this port with coal. She was advised to sail on the 6th insfc. (to-day). The barque Surprise is on the berth and loading at Timaru for this port.

The destination of the schooner Darcy Pratt is Timarn, and not Auckland as previously announced. From Timaru the schooner may possibly load grain for this port. The barque Natal Queen, from the Bluff Harbour, arrived yesterday afternoon, with a cargo of oats. Of the passage Captain Rogers reports : Left Blufi Harbour on the 13th ult., •with light winds. Passed Otago Heads on the 17th: thence till within 100 miles of Eist Oape, on the_ 25th, carried light southerly winds; from that time had strong if. W. and 3. W. winds till within one day of arrival; then a light N.E. wind entering the Barrier channel, on the morning of the sth ; thence till bringing np in harbour had light southerly wind. The schooner Cleopatra left Lyttelton on the 27th September at 4 p.m., with light variable winds, which continued until 28th, when it hauled from south, and freshened to S.E., and increased to a heavy gale. Hove ship to on Sunday, 30th, for six hours. On Monday, October Ist, at 4 a.m. rounded the East Cape, making the passage in 3 days 12 hours. After rounding East Cape experionoed strong variable winds from S.'W. and N.W. On October 4, at midnight light breeze from S.E. At 6 a.m., let go the anchor in Aackland harbour, after making the passage in the good time of 7 days 12 i hours.

The schooner Colonist when being towed out of the WiiiLara River yesterday got on the north bank.

The following vessels reported at the Customs yesterday Island Lily, schooner, from Timaru ; Cleopatra, schooner, from' Lytfcelton ; Progress, brig, from Oamaru; Naiad, brig, from Newcastle; Agnea Bell, schooner, from Karotonga; Jane Anderson, schooner, from Dnnedin.

The schooner Columbia,. from Napier, with a cargo of 40 tons potatoes and 12 tons bones, arrived in harbour yesterday morning early. The schooner Fleetwing, from Suva via Russell and Tairua, arrived in harbour at daylight yesterday morning. She during the day again entered outwards at the Customs for Suva.

Tho brig AnnaboJ, from LyttaltoD, arrived in harbour this morning shortly after 1 o'clock, with a cargo of potatoes, &c. She left Lyttelton on the 20fch ult,, and had fine weather to the EasS Cape, thence gales and head winds to arrival.

The Union Oo.'a steamship Southern Cross, from Southern porta, arrived in harbour this morning at about 3 a'cloek. She left Wellington on the Ist inßt. and arrived at Gisborne on the 4th. Loft again at 11 a.m. and called at Open Bay that eveninj. Had fine weather and variable winds throughout. PORT OF ONEHU-NG-A. ARRIVAL. Bowena, s.g., Scott, from Waitara.—A. Barnes, agent. DEPARTURE. Bowena, s.s., Scott, for Wanganui.—A. Barnes, agent. The steamers Douglas and Lalla Rookh are expected to arrive from Waitara to-day. The latter returns thither on Monday. The s.s. Eowena arrived at a quarter to eight a.m. yesterday from Waitara, with 20 .head cattle and 10 horses, and left again shortly after one o'clock in the afternoon for Wanganui, via Opunake, with 40 tons sundry merchandise. BY TELEORAPB. RUSSELL. October 5. — Arrived Griffin. Loaded : Christina and Onward. "WELLINGTON. October s.*—Arrived : Hawera, s.a., from the North; Wakatipu, s.s., from the South ; Te Anan, s.s., from Blelbourne, via the South. Sailed: Anne Melhuisti, barque, for NewCMtlo; Hawera, s.s,, forLyttelton ; Wakatipu, s.s., for Sydney; Wallace, s.s., for Nelson ;Te Anau, s.s., for Auckland, via the East Coast, Passengers: Mesdames Von Devisa, Bennett, and Shipton, Blisses Gilroy, Little, Bakes, Goodlet, Allen, and Pynset, Messrs. Millett, "Williams, Bogers, Newman, Bach, Butherford, Bandell, Pynsent, and Somerville. LYTTELTON. . October s.—Lyttelton and Waikato, from London, 105 days out; fine weather all the voyage. Sailed: Wakatu, for Kaikaura and Wellington; Doric, s.s., for London, with 46 passengers. PORT CHALMERS. T"? October s.—Arrived : Rotorua, s.s., Hauroto, s.s., and Omapere, 0.5., from the North, Sailed : Waihora, s.s., for Melbourne. BLUFF. October s.—Arrived : Stella, s.s., from the North; Kekone, from a cruise round the islands. STRANDING OF THE ST, KILDA. "Wanqanoi, Friday.—An inquiry was held to-day by Mr. Lundon, Collector of Customs, into the stranding of the St. Kilda whilst entering the river early yesterday morning. The evidence showed that there was not sufficient water in the Channel for the St. Eilda, but that the. pilot allowed the steamer to enter, thinking she was the Oreti, a vessel of much lighter draught. The St. Kilda received no damage whatever, and was got off easily on the next flood tide. The depositions and Collector's report will be forwarded to Wellington.