SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7162, 30 October 1884, Page 4

SHIPPING.

HlOd W.iTik, at Auckland 243— 320 .-,., Mannkau 6.23 — 7.0 Ssm.—ltioex. 5 2 : sets. 6 27. .Moos.—Futl, November 3. 8.10 p.m. ' ; ARRIVALS. ' . "Waiwera, schooner, J. Anderson, fromHapier. —Master, agent. Sovereign, schooner, S5, J. Bushell, from Arrowsmith Island (Marshall Group). Pf.sBenger: Mr. T. N. Baker.—Henderson and Slacfarlano, agents. CLEAKED OTJTWARD3. Italy, barque, 286, G. M. Rapp, for Sydney, ■via Hokianga.—Master, egent. Adelaide, schooner, 217. J. Dnnn, for Sydney, via WhaDgaroa.—Stone Brothers, agents. Energy, scho-ner, 185, S. Francis, for Greymouth.—Stone Brothers, agents. DEPARTURES. Nettie, hrigantine, for New York. THE UNION S.S. COMPANY. To-DAY.— The s.s. Rotomahana arrives from Russell at 6 a.m., and leaves for Southern ports and Melbourne at noon. IMPORTS. Per schooner Waiwera, from Napior : 3j tons potatoes. Fer schooner Sovereign, from Arrowsmith Jsland ( UarshaU Group) : 85 tons copra. Per Hermione, from London : 2 cases fireworks, 8 ciaks shot.—D. Evitt, Qaeen-atreet. EXPORTS. Per schooner Eoergy, for Greymouth: 10 cases preserved fieh, 100 cases kerosene, 30 cases onions, 11 quarter-casks Vinegar. For Hokianga : 100 bags rice. ItrwABDS Coastwise. —Ruakaka, barge, from Port Charles, with 34.946 feet timber ; OUve, barge, from Kennedy's Bay, with 34,000 feet timber.; Violet, ketch, from Thames, with 17,000 feet timber. Odiwabds Coastwise. —Ruikaka, barge, for Manganai; Olive, barge, for Port Charles; j Lizzie, cutter, for Tairua and Poverty Bay, I with. 3 tons potatoes ; Kauri, barge, for Port ■Charles; Zillah, ketch, for Thames, with. 11l sacks chaff, 50 cases powder, 45 bars 19 cwt, iron, 41 packages sundries. The s.s.Thom!is Russell, hence, arrived at Gisfcorne at noon yesterday. The sohoaner Waiwera left Napier on last Friday week, and arrived in harbour here jyeeterday morning early. Captain Anderson had to contpnd against a succession of strong gales and high seas throughout the passage. She brings a cargo of S3 tons of potatoes. The schooner Sovereign, carrying the wellknown Circular Saw flag, came into harbour yesterday morning early, after a lengthy absence from ihia port, during which time Captain Bushell has been kept fully employed trading amongst the various islands of the South Pacific. Notwithstanding the long absence and tard work to which the schooner has been put Bhe has been brought into port in excellent order. The Sovereign has a cargo of 85 tons of copra, which is to be transhipped into the barque Mountain Laurel, for London. Captsin Bushell reports having experienced very unsettled weather, light aira and calms predominating. The schooner Louie, from Wangaimi, arrived at Rockhampton on Saturday last. From Kockhnrnpton the Lonie Roes to Newcastle, there to load coal back to Wanganui.

Captain Scott in to take the s.s. lona to Norfolk Island and Noumea, in the room of Captain Amodeo, who remains to take np coastal work. The schooner Handa Isle goes tence to Mercury Bay, there to load timber for Brisbane. The brigantine Maria Virginia is to leave for the Maukau in a day or two. There she will load timber for Sydney. The ship Waikato has completed the discharge of her inward cargo, and it has all been landed in first-class order. She U now busily engaged in taking in her home freight. The barque Notero, hence, arrived at Sydney on the 29ih inst., after a. very stormy passage of 16 days. A Dunedin telegram says :—"A ship, 12 miles to the southward of Cape Saunders, was reported on Tuesday evening. She is supposed to be the Canterbury, from London, bound to liyttelton."

LAUNCH OF THE TAINUI.

There was launched on September S, by Messrs. William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, the b.B. Tainui, built for the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company (Limited), London. Thus steamer, and another named the Arawa, now being completed by Messrs. Denny, are expressly designed for this company's London and New Zealand Line. The builders' dimensions of each are : -420 by 46 by 32, and gross tonnage about 5000. The hulls are built of steel, and are constructed under special survey for the highest class at Lloyd's. They -have double cellular bottoms, capable of containing, 810 tons water ballast, so as to preserve the proper trim and draught throughout the voyage as the coal is being burnt out; also adding greatly to the structural strength. On the upper deck is a citadel, which will be luxuriously fitted complete with every appliance for the conveyance of 95 first-cabin passengers ; a poop to accommodate 52 second•class passengers; and a topgallant forecastle. The first-class saloon is a spacious compartment the full width of the vessel, capable of dining 100 passengers, and having a series of tables, so that small parties can dine together, as in modern hotels. In this apartment, at the forward end, an organ will be placed. The staterooms for first-class passengers, though unusually large, being 9ft. by 6ft., will have only two berths in each, with the exception of a few family state-rooms, which have three berths. A distinctive feature in the state-rooms is that the berths are portable, so that each state-room during the day can be converted into a private sitting-room. One-half of the second cabin state-rooms have also only two berths. The first-class saloon and outer 10 ws of state-room a have square side-ports of large size, which, with the - side ports of the second cabin, can be kept open, if desired, in almost any weather, consequent upon their height out of the water. Above the citadel is a social hall, 30ft. by 16ft., and a large smoking-room. In the hall there will be a piano, by Messrs. Biinsmead, of London. The 'tween decks are clear the wh ole length of the vessel (with the exception of space for crew forward), and will accommodate 670 adult steerage passengers. Bath-rooms and lavatories are fitted for all classes of passengers. Improved ventilation will be secured from a special artificial system by means of exhaust pipes ; additional ventilation and light being obtained in 'tween decks from 96 side ports. The electric light will be fitted throughout the vessels, there being in all 300 separate lights. The two forward compartments below main deck will be fitted with refrigerating chambers, to contain 500 ions weight of meat, and the after compartment is arranged to be easily adapted for conveyance of an additional 200 tons if required, the machinery being capable of refrigerating in all compartments. This machinery will be the Bell-Coleman patent compound double-engined machines. The guaranteed speed U 12J knots at sea on the voyage, though, from the great power of the engines, a higher speed is confidently expected. The steamers will be full-rigged, with four masts, to. benefit by the prevailing winds on a portion of the passage. There will be the moat efficient appliances for the working of the steamers and their cargoes, in steam steering gear, winches, cranes, &c, and nothing will be •wanting to gratify the most fastidious passengers, and to give these steamers a character for elegance and comfort unsurpassed by any other ocean steamer afloat. The machinery will be tandem triple expansion four-cylinder engines, with a working pressure of 1601bs. on the square inch; two cylinders 71 inches diameter, one of 61 inches, and the fourth 37 inches—stroke, 5 feet. The ceremony of naming the ehip was performed by Sirs. Ritchie, wife of Mr. C. T. Ritchie M.P., Chairman of tho company.