SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 8980, 18 February 1888, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at Auckland—lo.39 a.m.; io.gs p.m. „ „ Manukan—2.l3 a.m.; 2.38 p.m. Bun.Rises, 6.24 a.m.; sets, 6.36 p.m. Moon.—First quarter, 20th, 1.39 p.m.

ARRIVALS. Richmond, s.s., 403, Hutton, from the Islands. Passengers: Rev. Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Cooper, Mr. Menel, Miss Dunn, Miss Edenborough, Mr .Edenborough, Mr. Latchmore, Mr. Nicholas, Miss Nicholas, Mr. R. Nicholas, J\lrs. R. Nicholas, Captain Harris, Messrs. Johnson, Bertelson, Wellby, Baker, Mrs. Baker, Miss and Master Baker, Mrs. Watkin and Master Watkin, Mr. David, Mrs. Cocker, and three natives. — Donald and Edenborough, agents. „ _ Clansman, s.s., 336, Farquhar, from KusSell and Northern ports.—Northern S.S. Co.,

agents. . _ lona, s.s., 159, Amodeo, from Barrier. 1 assengers : Messrs. Edminston, Polly, Rev. Mr. Haselden, Miss Edminston, and Mrs. Alpe.— Northern S.S. Co., agents.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. Clansman, s.s., 336, Farquhar, for Tailtanga. —Northern S.S>. Co., agents. Wellington, s.s., 279, Stevenson, for W haDgarei.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. "Stormbird, s.s., 217, Chambers, for Wlia—Jubilee S.S. Co., agents. " lona, s.s., 150, Amodeo, for Mercury Bay. •"-Northern S.S. Co., agents. ; Mimiha, schooner, 5-1, J. Murchison, for {Thames.—M. Niccol, agent.

DEPARTURES. Gisbornc, schooner, for Gisbornc, via Mercury Bay. Clansman, s.s., for Tauranga. Wellington, s.s., for Whangarci. Stormbirti, s.s.. for Whangarei. lona, 5.3., for Mercury Bay.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. " London : Bayley, s.s., due, February 22. Coptic, s.s., sailed January 23. Timuru, ship, loading. Wellington, ship, loading. Oamaru, ship, early. REW YORK: Deutchland, barque, due '22ud inst. Mathilda Hcnnings, barque, sailed Nov.

ISLANDS!: Olive, schooner, early. Queensland (HERBERT RIVER): \ Belleisle, barque, early. " • ; *IJI: , , William Turner, barque, early. Newcastle : _ __ Southern Belle, barque, sailed Jan. -o. FIJI : Sybil, schooner, daily.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. '•

CONDON : Bayley, s.s., early. W aitangi, ship, early.

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. . Sunday.Rotorua arrives at Onehuuga at fcoon. _ , Monday.—Wainui arrives from Fiji. Australia arrives from East Coast. Rotorua leaves Oneliunsa at 1 p.m. Tuesday.—Waihora arrives from South : Sl e Anau arrives from Sydney. Australia eaves for East Coast at 6 p.m. Wednesday.—Waihora leaves for Sydney Via Russell at 5 p.m. i Thursday. — Ohau arrives from South, ttakapuna arrives at Onehunga at 5 a.m., and leaves again at 5 p.m. Te Anau leaves for South at noon.

OK THE S.S. CO.S MOVEMENTS.

, This Day.Clansman arrives early from Northern ports, and departs for Tauranga at ,7 p.m.; "\\ ellington leaves for Whancarei at 8 p.m.: and I una arrives early from Barrier, anil leaves at 7 p.m. for Mercury Bay. Saturday.lona arrives from Mercury JBay and Douglas from Opotiki and Whakafeme. » Sunday.—Clansman arrives early from ITauranga.

• v' VESSELS IN HARBOUR. ' [This list does not inclnde coasters.] 3Nelson, H.M.s., in stream. Calliope, H.M.s., in Calliope Dock. .Diamond. H.M.s., in Calliope Dock. Opal, H.M.s.. in stream. Swinger, H.M.s., in stream. \Vaitangi, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. Dunedin, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. _ Jilarv A. Greenwood, barque, at Railway Wharf. Florence Treat, barque, at Sugar Works. Sharpshooter, barque, at Sugar Works. Oarcv Pratt, brigantine, in stream.^ Lookout, brigantine, at Railway Wharf. Magellan Cloud, brigantine, Railway Wharf. {Torea, schooner, in stream. Southern Cross, Mission schooner, in stream. Tleetwing, schooner, in stream. jMarion. schooner, at Breastwork. Daisy, schooner, in stream. \Vaiwera, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. Queen, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. Mariner, schooner, in stream. Christina, schooner, at Railway Wharf.

IMPORTS. ' Per s.s. Richmond : 12 cases mangoes, 1200 socoanuts, '253 crates oranges, 97 _ cases oranges, 72 tins desiccated cocoannt, 15 cases jiiueapples,, '2000 bunches bananas, 1 case curios, 1 case straw plat, 4 packages sundries, 20 cases empties. . Per Ocean: &0 sacks maize.—William Gunson.

" Ivwards Coastwise.—Ruakaka, barge, in ballast, from Coromandel; Pukapuka, barge, from Whangarei, with 12.000 feet of timber; Mary Ann. cutter, from Waiara, with 30 tons firewood; Tuinaki Packet and Fawn, cutters, Ivith firewood, from Barrier. Outwards Coastwise.—Ruakaka, barge, for Coromandel, with 10,000 bricks; Mana, cutter, for Tairua. 1 During yesterday the pumping out of the water at the Calliope Dock was completed, and the warships Calliope and Diamond were left dry. A party of seamen were engaged in cleaning the vessels, which will be floated out to-day. We understand that early next Reek it i 3 the intention of the Harbour Board to place the ironclad Nelson in the dock. Admiral Fairfax was seen on the subject by Stir. Waddel, and kindly consented to the arrangement. The barque Florence Treat, having finished discharging her cargo of sugar, yesterday entered out at the Customs in ballast for [Newcastle, at which port she will take in coal, but Captain Sprint is not yet aware ■whither his ship has been fixed for when loaded. ' At about 5 a.m. yesterday the Clansman arrived from the Ts orth, bringing a number of passengers, including those Aucklanders Hvho journeyed North on Monday to witness ,the Russell Regattr. The trip throughout /was a most enjoyable one. and a _ large (number of settlers, with their sisters, 'their cousins, and their aunts," came down from the Northern settlements to Russell to Sake part in the annual festivities. The Clansman's inward cargo consisted of about yOO sacks of gum. The American schooner Fremont, under charter to William McArthur, had discharged jher cargo in the Friendly Islands and had left for San Francisco at the date of sailing of the Richmond. About daybreak the Northern S.S. Co.'s lona came into port from the Barrier, with passengers and cargo, and left again in the evening for Mercury Bay. At the Railway Wharf the schooner Saucy Kate is unloading coal, and the steamer Gairloch is berthed alongside, being cleaned up sifter her repairs. She will start from this j>ort on Monday for the West Coast via jforth Cape, to resume her ordinary running ."between the Manukau and Taranaki. On the 28th January the barque L. Hagen, under charter to Messrs. McArthur and Co. left Tonga for Haabai, where she is to complete her loading and sail direct for Europe. When the Richmond left Tonga the well- - Jcnown trader Maile was loading, and was expected to sail for this port on the 13th instant. Among the entries outwards at the Customs ,yesterday was the cutter Mana, which takes 12 tons flour, 2 tons sugar, 4 tons potatoes, 80 bags chaff, and 10 bags oats, to Tairua. ' Yesterday evening the steamers Clansman, for Tauranga, Wellington and Stormbird for Whangarei, took their departure as per timetable. The Chilian corvette-o -war Chacatuco was among the shipping in port at Tahiti at Christmas, having arrived there from a cruise on the 23rd December. At Apia, Samoa, on the 17th January, there ■were the united States warship Adams and two German men-o'-war. The schooner Mimiha cleared out yesterday at the Customs for the Thames. She goes in ballast, and will proceed up the river to Bagnall's Mills at Turua, where she will load timber for Lyttelton.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE RICHMOND.

At 6 o'clock yesterday morning the Island steamer Richmond came into port, and terthed at the Railway Wharf. The following is a detailed report of her cruise—The s.s. Richmond left Auckland for her usual trip to the South Sea Islands on Saturday morning, 7th January, at 5 o'clock. After a pleasant passage Tonga was reached at 7 p.m. on the 12th, discharged cargo, and left on the 14th for Samoa, arriving there on the J7th at daylight, when she found the U.S.S. Adams and two German war ships at anchor in Apia harbour. Landed passengers and cargo, and left for Rarotonga with 60 passengers on the 18th; encountered strong S.E. \vinds, and reached Rarotonga on the 23rd; lelfc same day for Papeete; experienced a

furious NW. gale all the way. The steamer behaved admirably, being so steady .that we lost none of the cattle. • We arrived at Papeeto on the26th at daylight; landed her live stock and cargo, and left for recu and Viarao on the 29th, where we loaded a fine carjro of oranges, cocoanuts, &c; finished loading on Ist February, and left on our return voyage at 10 a.m. on that date, calling at Rarotonga on the sth. We found many traces of the gale of the previous week, 70 or 80 houses being blown down, and many of the orange, cocoanut, and banana trees being completely stripped. The Auckland schooner Atlantic, belonging to Messrs. Donald and Edenborough, was blown on to the reef and became a total wreck, no lives however being last. Reports from other islands forming the group are anxiously awaited, as it is feared that they also may have suffered from the gale. We left Rarotonga the same evening for Tonga, calling there to pick up His Excellency the Rev. S. W. Baker, Mrs. Baker, and family, and other passengers. Tonga was reached on the 10th inst., after a fine weather passage. Took on board '2000 bunches bananas, and left for Auckland on Saturday at noon, 11th inst. strong S.E. trades until the 14th: thence beautiful weather until arrival at Auckland yesterday morning at 6 a.m.

THE WRECK OF THE ATLANTIC.

By the Island steamer Richmond, which came into port yesterday, Captain Thomas Harris, of the Auckland schooner Atlantic, was a passenger, and cave full details of the loss of his vessel at Karotonga on the 24th January, during a terrific hurricane. The Atlantic had arrived at Rarotonga on January 20, from a trading cruise in the Hervcy Group, with a part cargo of cotton and 2000 dollars of trade stuffs, and was moored in the harbour. The master intended to go to sea on the 22nd inst., but was unable to get ready, and on the morning of that day the wind veered from the S.E. to the N.E. by E., which effectually prevented him from clearing the harbour. The wind began to increase in strength, although the barometers, both on shore and on the s.s. Richmond, which called on the 23rd, gave no indication of bad weather. On Tuesday, the 24th instant, the wind went round to the northward, and it blew a regular gale, and the glass went down rapidly, snowing 29deg 30m. Captain Harriss had taken all precautions for the safety of his vessel, having five strong mooring chains on her. The sea rose to such an extent that, at 11 a.m., the master did not think it safe to remain on board, and put off for the shore, which he reached with his crew with great difficulty. The residents on shore state that he would have been unable to land had he delayed his departure for half-an-hour longer. The schooner held safely till about 3o clock, hopes were entertained that she would ride out the storm, but at that hour her port quarter chain was seen to part, and almost immediately the stern hawser also gave way. About an hour later the starboard bow chain, which for greater security had been fastened to the mast, also snapped, leaving the vessel riding by the starboard quarter chain (on the lee side) and the port bow chain. These held the schooner till about dusk when the former mooring went, and the bow chain quickly followed. In the dark the vessel could just be discerned drifting about the harbour at the mercy of the sea and wind, which had veered to the N.W., and about 1) o'clock she was driven with great force on the eastern reef of the harbour where she held fast. When morning dawned a survey of the Atlantic was made by Mr. Thomas Short, bv the direction of Mr. Exham, the British Consul, and it was found that she was so badly damaged as to be past repair. By Captain Harriss' wish the broken hull was then sold by auction, and was knocked down to Mr. H. Nicholas for 50 dollars. A large quantity of goods which were on board, consisting of prints, biscuits, sugar, flour, rice. &e., was completely lost, although a small portion badly damaged by saltwater was recovered. This was also sold, realising 183 dollars.

The Atlantic was the property of Messrs. Donald and Edenborough, and was a wooden vessel of GO tons. During the great gale some three years ago, in which the Agnes Bell and Makea Ariki were lost, she was driven ashore and sustained severe damage, but was brought to Auckland and repaired. Her owners had her hull insured for £-100, and the cargo was covered for £200, the United office holding both risks. The loss sustained by Messrs. Donald and Edenbornugh by her destruction will, however, be far from covered by these amounts.

,/•- PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DEPARTURES.

Takapuna, s.s., Grant, for the South, Passengers: Mesdames Campbell, Leys, McConnell. Chapman, Miss Leys, Messrs. J. D. Wickham, Bold, Leys, Chapman, McConnell, Captain Little, Lieut. M. J. Moore, Sergeant-Major Haultain, and Volunteer Quinlan.—Union S.S. Co., agents. BY TELEGRAPH. HELENS VILLE. February 17. ; — Towed to sea : Johann Brodersen. Arrived : The Glencairn, with a cargo of coal from Whangarei. WHANGAROA. February 17.Arrived : The barque Wild Wave. WELLINGTON. February 17. — Arrived: The Koranui, from the West Coast; the Hauroto, from the North. Sailed : The Penguin, for Lyttclton. LYTTELTON. February 17.—Arrived: Alert, schooner, from Napier; Oamaru, brigantine, from Chatham Island. Sailed: Ohau, s.s., for Napier; Wakatu, s.s., for Wellington; Waihora, s.s., for the North. Passengers : blisses Barclay ("2), Mcßeth, Scott. Holland, Henderson, Hewitt, Francis, Mesdames Brooke, Barclav, Barlow, Hewitt, Hender- ! son, Rash, Regell, Lynch ; Dr. Irwin, Messrs. Reed, Hewitt, Brown, Lynch, Rash, Lee, McKay, Geischon, Francis, Lawler, Rowley, Clarkson, White, Walters, Hammersley, Kaye, Crawford, Hendry, Wcbberns, Watson, Osyn, Beaman. The schooner Alert, which left Napier on February 10, for Dunedin, put into Lyttelton to-day with the mainmast gone. On February 15, when 25 miles south of Cape Palliser, she met with a north-west gale, losing the main-mast, galley, and deck cargo. Captain Bailie received severe bruises, out is doin'' well. BLUFF. February 17. —Arrived : The s.s. Selembria. She had a strong gale. The Crest of the Wave arrived from Lyttelton with a cargo of wheat.