SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7786, 4 November 1886, Page 4

SHIPPING.

♦ MtOH WiTXR at Auokland-0.0 a.m. ; O.Se p.m. Manakan—B 40 *.ni.; 4.16 p.m. Suit.—Rinee. 4.66 ; lets, 6.32. Moon—Firet quarter, to-day, i.ii a.m. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Atlantic, eohooner, 60. Compton, for Atin. Passenger: Mr. T. H. Mallett.—Donald and Eden borough, ageetu. Ooralie, cutter, 29, Strauburg, for Tauranga. •—Muter, agent. DEPARTURES. Ooralie, outter, for Tauranga. Atlantic, eohooner, for Atlu. EXFJEOTBD AKKIVAL3. MHDON ! Tongarfro. ■•■., sailed Sept. 26. due Nor. 9 Euterpe, ship, tailed August 21, vpjk Sakaia, ship, tailed September 16, W3LN Hermione, ship, loading. MELBOURNE : Nelson, H.M.8., about Norembor. »eW YORK : Mary A. Greenwood, barque, via Dunedin and Lyttelton, tailed July 2, JTFK. Gleneida, barque. Bailed August 11, via Dunedin, jsqg. William Phillips, barque. loading. Abiel Abbot, barque, loading. BOSTON : Hansa, brlgantlne, Billed May 17. via Wellington, NFLP. MJI: Manhegan, barque, early, kbgc. JAVA: Dr. Mezzger, barque, early, EQCN HAMBURG : Canopus, barque, early, bom islands : Janet Nicoll, i.e., early. Jessie Niocol. schooner, eaily, WUK, Maile, schooner, early. BTCNBT : Australia, R.M. 8.i,, November 8. VKWOASTLK : Eorealis, schooner, via Clarence River, sailed October 4. DUNKDIN : Frederick Bassil, barque, early, WPBH ITTTKLTON : Siooluden, barque, early. Willie McLaren, barque, tailed October 29. VXMARU: Fleetwing, sohooner, early. PROJKOTJLD DEPARTURES. BAN FBANCISOO : Australia, R.M.8.5., November 9, lONDON : Alastor, barque, loading. Waltangi, ship, loading. Metope, barque, to loadKKvr York : Nettie, brigantine, loading. Mary A. Greenwood, barque, early, 6YBNXT: William Turner, barque, loading. UNION COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. This day.—The Mararoa leaves for Southern ports and Melbourne at i p.m. The Arawata arrives from Fiji. NORTHERN S.S. COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. This day.— lona arrives from Mercury Bay at 6 a.m., and leaves for Great Barrier at 8 m. The Wellington arrives from Whangarei •bout 10 p.m. Friday.— Clansman arrives from Bussell at 6 a.m., and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m. The Wellington leaves for Whangarei, and lona for Mercury Bay at 7 p.m. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. This list does not include coasters. SHIPS. — Waitangi, Soukar, at Queen-street Wharf; Piako, in stream. Barques. — Helen Denny, Nicoya, Rebecca, Railway Wharf; Merope, William Turner, in stream ; Alastor, Queen-street Wharf* Brigs. —Syren, in stream. Bbiqantinks. — Nettie, Maria Virginia, at Railway Wharf. Schooners.—Olive, In stream; Silver Cloud, Neptune, at Queen-street Wharf. IMPORTS. Per Neptune : 1034 sacks bright short oat*.— Coupland and Co. Per Piako : 12 oases Curtis and Harvey's diamond grain gunpowder, 1 case Eley's cartridges. —D, Evitt, Queen-street. EXPORTS. Per schooner Atlantic, for Atiu : 2 qr.-casks rum, 4 oases brandy, 51 oases kerosene, 75 bags rice, 2 caaea tobacco, 6 caiea veataa, 9 cases preserved fish, 7 barrels salmon, 4 cases saxdines, 10 oases mullet, 3500 feet dressed timber, 27 pieces French casements, 20 boxes soap, 63 oases and orates biscuits, 25 orates flour, 11 packages drapery, SO kegs lead, 20 cases preserved meats, 5 kegs beef, 100 empty oases, 98 packages sundries. OimvABDS Coastwise. — Ida, barge, for Omaha, with 4000 feet timber; Progress, barge, for Mangawai. The barque William Turner Is to load timber at this port for Sydney direct. She is to take In her cargo at her present anchorage to the eastward of the Railway Wharf. By the s.s. Mararoa, which is to leave for Southern porta to-day, Mr. C. Bailey is shipping to the Oamaru Naval Volunteers a splendid cutter for the use of the corps named. The cutter, which is a moat admirably-built reasel, Is very similar in size and design to those in use by the Auckland and Ponsonby and Devonport Naval*, but in finish without doubt she is a far superior Teasel, and should give great satisfaction to her owners, and prove a most suitable vessel for the work for which she has been constructed. During yesterday the cutter as she lay moored at the Queen-street Wharf received a considerable amount of notice, and the opinions expressed were certainly all in favour of the vessel. To-day the Union Go.'i fine steamship Mararoa if to make her maiden trip down the Hew Zealand coast, and there is no doubt that at every port she is to call at she will simply be Invaded by " all and sundry," who will desire to invpeot the steamship. Captain Edie and his officers need, however, be in no fear of the verdict after those inspections, for the vessel it In such splendid order, both aloft and alow, as to leave no room for fault-finding, whilst her engine-room, under the careful superintentendance of Mr. McCaig, her chief engineer, is one mass of brightness and polish, and perfect good order prevails. To those who desire to visit the Canterbury races the Mararoa offers a .splendid opportunity. One of the seamen on board the barque William Turner, while doing some cleaning in the 'tween decks yesterday, accidentally fell down into the hold. He was quickly raised on deck and brought to the Railway Wharf, and a cab being procured he was conveyed to the Hospital. In another column will be found further details of the accident. The Norwegian barque Lidskjalf, Captain Nellion, arrived at the Thames on Monday last, and proceeded up to the Kirikiri sawmill, for the purpose of loading timber for Messrs. Blair and Gillespie, for Melbourne. She made a ■mart trip of thirteen days from Melbourne, experiencing favourable N. W. and S.W. winds , wmtil the 29th ult., when she was off the Barrier. From then light S.E. winds prevailed nntil arrival. The ship Soukar, it is expected, will go from this port to Dunedin in ballast, and there load for London. The cutter Coralie left for Tauranga last evening, with a cargo of 45 tons of water pipes, ' transhipped from the barque Helen Denny. The schooner Atlantic started on her island (Bruise last evening with a full general cargo and one passenger. Her first port of call is to be ; Atiu. ' The schooner Julia Pryce is to go hence to Baroeonga. She yesterday entered outwards at , the Customs. ! Th»a brigantine Ryno entered outwards at the J Customs yesterday for Suwarrow. She is ex- : peeked to get away by the end of the present i week. The ship Piako is to get rid of her explosives : to-day, and will then be brought up harbour to ■-a berth at the wharf, there to land her general ' cargo. The s.s. Rose Casey is to make an excur- ■ sion trip to the Waiwera on the Prince of Wales' Birthday (Tuesday next). She is to Start at 10 a.m., returning at 4 p.m. ' For the first twenty years of the existence of ■ armoured ships, commencing with the Warrior, • the vessels of the highest speed vary from 14 to ' 15 knots; whereas, at present there is a considerable number of ironolads float having measured mile speeds of 16 to 17£ knots, and ■till higher speeds are contemplated in the very large ships building by Italy. This new departure in the Royal Navy dates from 1878, when the design of the Colossus and Edinburgh was prepared. It was then deolded to adopt a form of ship varying greatly from all previous designs from, past vessels. The Warrior was 380 feet long, the new ships only 325 feet; and yet it was anticipated that the latter would be propelled as economically as the former. Vessels of the new design had 8000 tons greater displacement than the Warrior, but the same area of wetted surface, and up to the Warrior's maximum ■peed of 1435 knots they are as economically driven as she was, but they are capable of steaming 17 knots. The late Ironolads have, Of course, a muoh larger midship section, and hence it is seen that the " midship section co-efficient" is worthless as a test of the performance of dissimilar forms. As regards the ratio of weight of engines to indicated horsepower, it is found that each ton of weight in the Warrior gsve 6 horse-power ; in the Bellenw phon, 6|; in the Imperious* and ColUngwood, 72 to 8 and in a later ship of the Admiral class, the Howe, 10. Many causes have contributed to this reduction of weight in engines, the more important being the use forced of draught, the quicker running engines. There has also been mnch saving caused by the Institution of steel, wrought iron, or brass, for many parts of engine formerly made of oast iron. The saving has been in weight, but not in oost. It must be remembered that the requirements of war ships and merchant vessels in the way of speed are altogether dissimilar. The latter are built and engined for the purpose of steaming continuously at 'etrtftln maximum speeds the former ordi«

I narily cruise at low speeds, and yet must be (capable of attainine very high speeds when required.