SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 7923, 15 April 1887, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at Auckland—o.o a.m.; 0.53 p.m.' „ „ Manukau—3.4o a.m.; 4.8 p.m. Sun.—Rises. 6.31; sets, 5.30. Moon—To-day, last quarter, 3.48 p.m. ARRIVALS. Wellington, b.s,, Captain Stephenson, from Whangarei. Passengers : — Saloon; Messrs. Smith. Thomas, Smith, Boardman, Will, Tait (2), CJasy, Tairan, Beaumont, Robertson, Carter, Dixon, Haswell, Hughes, Clendon, Misses Thompson (2), Whitelaw, Steadman, Tait, Kobertson (2), Mrs.iThorburn, and eight in the steerage.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. lona, e-8,, Amodeo. from Tauranga and way ports, Passengers :—Master G. Morris, Cap. tain Bluett, Mrs. Fraser, Mrs. Best, Miss White, Messrs. O'Neill, Brophy, Mrs. Walker, and five in the steerage.—Northern S.S. Co., agentsDouglas, b.b., Austin, from Opotiki. Passengers :— Mrs Hogg, Messrs. Long, Taw, Gilmore. —Northern S.S. Co,, agents, OLEARED OUTWARDS. Mariner, schooner. 63, H. McQuarrie, for Rarotonga. —W. W. Batt, agent. Manapouri, s.s,, Thomas Logan, for Southern ports and Melbourne. Passengers—For Gis» borne : Misses Longley (2), Messrs, T. Mahoney, Allen, For Napier: Sir. and Mrs. Brasaey, Messrs. Fountain, Banks, Oakden, Loneley, W. Sharpies. J. Mateer, W. Proffitt, P. Mirtine, Judge Wilson, Karata Tarawhiti. For Wellington : Mrs. Meyers, Miss Warren, Mrs. Brown, Messrs. S. M«cVcay, Robinson, Allen, Heenan, Mr. and Mrs. Duret, 1 and oricketing team. For Lyttelton : Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, Messrs. T. Peacock, Abbott, J. C. Seccombe, Misses Seccorah^ , , Aldred. For Dun* edin : Dr. Nelll, Mr, and Mis. J. P. Jones. For Melbourne : Mr. Grice, Mr. and Mrs. J. Owen, Miss Mcßoberts, Father Kearns. For Hobart: Lieut.-Colonel Smith, Mrs. Smith, and 2S iu the steerage. —Union S.S. Co., agents. Loongana, barque, 279, J. Home, for New* castle.—Stone Bros., agents. Queen, schooner, 42, Jones, for Hokianga. Passenger : Mrs, Jones.—M. Nioaol, agent. Douglas, s.s,, Austin, for Opotiki.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Lady Jooeiyn, ship, for London, via Napier. , Manapouri, s.s., for Southern ports. Douglas, s.s., for Opotiki. Queen, schoener, for Hokianga. Columbia, schooner, for Napier. j Loongana, barque, for Newcastle. NORTHERN S.S. COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. w To-day.—The Clansman arrives from Russell at 6 a.m. The lona leaves for Mercury Bay and Tairua, the Wellington for Whangarel, and the Glenelg for Tauranga at 7 p.m. Saturday.—The Gairloch arrives from Wal* tara; the lona arrives from Mercury BaySunday.— glenelg arrives from Tauranga early. EXPORTS. Per s.s. Manapouri, for Southern ports and Melbourne : 20 coils wire, 3 sacks oysters, 16 packages sundries. For Napier : 1 horse, S sacks oysters, 24 cases fruit, SI packages sundries. For Wellington : 50'case3 fruit, 20 sacks oysters, 20 cases beehives and implements, 62 packages sundries. For Lyttelton : 130 sicks lime, 40 bars, 2 sheets iron, 30 cases oranges, 5 sacks cocoanuts, 4 sacks oysters, 82 package* sundries. For Dunedin : 1120 bags sugar, 47 cases drugs, 23 packages sundries. For Bluff : SO bags sugar, 3 packages sundries. For Melbourne : 16 bales hops, 53 kegs beef, 16 packages. Per schooner Mariner, for Rarotonga : 4 casjs drapery, Inwaeds Coastwise.—Terawera, cutter, from Tairua, with 30,000 feet timber; Morning Light, cutter, from Cabbage Bay, with 13,000 feet timber; Ida barge, from. Mahurangi, with 60 tons firewood. Outwards Coastwise.—Nellie, cutter, for Whangapoua; Terawera, cutter, for Tairua; Morning Light, for CaJbb3ge Bay; Ida, barge, for Mahurangi. The schooner Gleaner left the Kaipara_yesterday for a southern part with a cargo of timber. The s.s. Ohau beuig detained ft Gisborne by weather will not reach herp until Sunday next, She is to leave tor Greymouth on Monday. The barque Nellie M. Slade Is now 95 days at sea, bound from Sew York to Wellington. From that port she goes to Nelson, and after landing cargo there, will come on to Auckland, and here load kauri gum for New York. The barque Arab at latest advices was on tho berth, loading at New York for Dunedin and Auckland. The Union Company's B.s. Maiiapouri proceeded on to Southern ports and Melbourne shortly after midday yesterday, with cargo and passengers. The steamer's departure was witnessed by an unusually large number of people, attracted to the wharf from tbe fact that the Wellington cricketers were passengers home again by her. As the Manapouri cast off from the wharf, hearty cheers were exchanged between the home and the visiting teams. The ship Lady Jocelyn got sway to si<* yesterday morning, bound for London vu Napier. The ship went away in tow of the tug Awhijia, which was to accompany the ship a* far aajthe Cuvier Island; The s.s. Douglas, for Opotiki and other Ek.st Coast ports, took her departure last evening, with several passengers and a general cargo. The barque Nanna is now putting out her cargo of raw sugars at the Sugar Company's works at Birkenhead, and it is being landed in excellent order. The barque is expected to complete her discharging early in the ensuing week, and her place will be taken by the barque Heinrich Bauer, which also has a cargo of raw sugars to land. The s.s. lona came into harbour from Tanianga and way ports yesterday morning early with cargo and passengers, and at 8 a.m. left again for tbe various ports of the Great Barrier Isiand, from which place she is due to return early this morning. On both trips the steamer was most liberally patronised by passengers. The s,s. Glenelg, one of the Northern Co.'s fleet, is at present alongside the Railway Wharf landing coal from Whangarei. Last week the steamer was placed in dock, and amongst other very useful and extensive alterations, «he was supplied with rolling chocks. Since these have been provided, the steamer has had several and some very severe tests, and the result has been that she has shown herself to be a moat excellent sea boat; in fact, those who are in a position to express an opinion state that she is now the steadiest boat at sea of the Northern Co.'s fleet, a fact that will be alike gratifying to the travelling public and to the company who have not hesitated to do all possible to make the Glenelg, for the benefit of their patrons, a comfortable and easygoing sea boat. Despite the cry of dull times amongst the shipping, there is at the present time a large demand for vessels of suitable tonnaee to go to Southern ports, there to load grain for London or Continental porta, and for such, charters at fair rates are offering. The brigantine Handa Isle left Oamaru for Auckland on Friday last, with a full cargo of grain. The schooner Three Cheers, hence, via Mercury Bay, left the litter port yesterday for Timaru, with a cargo of timber. The schooner Queen, with a full general cargo, took her departure for Hokianga yesterday morning. The s.s, Waitaki, which is due here on Sun* day next, is bringing up from Wellington the Auckland poitlon of the passengers that came from London by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.'s B.b. Arawa. The Waitaki is also bringing up a full general cargo, obtained at the several ports touched at en route. The barque Loongana and schooner Mariner both cleared at the Customs yesterday, the former in ballast for Newcastle, and the latter for Rarotonga, and she also .may be said to be going out in ballast, only taking hence some four packages of drapery. The p.s. Black * Diamond [towed to sea the barque Loongana, and the little steamer in taking the vessel down the harbour did good work, and proved that for such towage work she is a most suitable craft. ■ The barque Northern Chief, is to come alongside the Queen-street Wharf to-day, and there take in ballast preparatory to her going hence on her maiden voyage. The barque is expected to get away by the end of the present week. " Mariner" writes as follows in reply to J. T. B. D. " I am not in possession of any wonderful discovery of my own in reference to the deviation of compasses, but what I wished to say was that it was desirable that every vessel should have the means of ascertaining the deviation. I will now as desired explain more fully : By having a stile put on the top of the agate in the centre of the compass card, •with an oval top glass cover above, this is always available when the sun iB out at a proper height for the length of the shadow<pin, and a small perpendicular blaok lino drawn on the inner side of the rim of the cover ; thus for a few shillings you have a compass equal to anything required of it for taking accurate bearings of the aun, land, &c. A stile answering tho purpose might be made thus Find the centre of the flat glass cover of the compass, draw the diameters, take a penny piece and do the same, drill a hole in the centre of the latter, take a piece of brass wire from 6 to 9 inches long and insert it perpendicularly in the centre, and fix it on the centre of the glass cover, and thus oven for a few pence the desideratum is obtained. The advantages of the oval glass are, that the stile is protected,, always ready, is perpendicular to the plane of the card when the ship is rolling, and a mistake can hardly be made in reading the bearings. As to the second part of the paragraph of J.T. 8.D., I cannot hoist in his views nor those of his marine friend " who is a navigator." Might I suggest that a few works on subjects important to navigators might be placed in the Free Library with advantage. B Y E L-EQR A P H. RUSSELL. | April Sailed : Clansman, s.s., for Auck- 1 land, at 6 o'olock. ftwengers: Messrs, (

Wright. Greenvray, Clarke, Isindon, Colquhoun, Fuller, Davis, Kearns, Misses Webster, Marriner, Tepo. WELLINGTON. April 14.Sailed: Penguin, s.s., for the South; Hawoa, s.g., for the North. Pa*-* sengers: Misses Ames. James, Randerion (2), Mrs. Coyllius, , Rev. Mr. and Sirs. Oliver, family and two servants, Messrs. Woodroffe, Elliott, Shephard, Buoksridge and 8 steerage. LYTTELTON. April 14.—Arrived: S.s. Wairarapa, from the South ; s.s. Penguin, from the North. Sailed : S.s. Penguin, for Dunediu ; s.s. Wairarapa, for the North. Passengers : — For ollington : Misses Lake, Ingle- For Dunedin : Misses Harbury, Tanner, Wickham, Brown, Ingram, Fox, Lusty, Mesdamos Mill ward, Jeffries, Clark, Williams, Crawford, Stafford, Dillon, Bell, Messrs. Driver, Godwin. Clifford, Lewis. Andrews, Heals, Moss, Hirchberg, Crawford, Oliver. Edwards, Bransdon, Clare, Jeffries, Taylor, Vogol, Ross, Good, Ward, Baird, Dillon, Be!!, Fhilp, Lusty, Dr. Burton. For Napier : Mesdames Banner. Liddle, Godfrey, Dobson, Butler, Messrs. McVay, Banner, Winter. Izett. For Gisborne : Miss Cooper. For Auckland : Mr. and Mrs. Dickey, Messrs. Martlacd, Wilson, Shearer, Bullook, Capell, Campbell. For Sydney : Mr. and Mrs. Hamersloy, Mrs. Ed" wards, Messrs. Cust, Leader, Chessold. PORT CHALMERS. April 14. — Arrived : Wanaka, s.s., from Oaruaru ; Waihora, s.s., from Sydney, via the E%at Coast; Kakanui, from Catlin's River Clyde, from the North. Sailed : Herald, s.s., for Greymouth, via Oamaru; Kakanui, for Fort Rose. j Fort Rose.