SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9026, 12 April 1888, Page 4

SHIPPING.

• High Water at Auckland-7.26 a.m.; 7.42 p.m. 'iSI! w* „ -,' „ Manukaa—ll.6 a.m.; 11.22 p.m. illilif?Bo3*;— 6.28 a.m.; sots, 5.32 p.m. • Moon.—New Moon, 11th, 8.48 p.m. — DEPARTURES. "-V- , * " William Turner, barque, for Sydney. ' Chelmsford, s.s., for Bay of Plenty. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LONDON: , , . , . Worcester, s.s., due early in April. Oamaru, ship, sailed January 28. 7 Mercia, ship, loading, Langstone, ship, loading. ■ . NEW YORK : T -"f-t- Mathilda Hennings, barque, sailed Nov. 24, arrived at Wellington 21st ult. " Essex, barque (via Sydney), due in May. Elinor Vernon, barq lentine, sailed January 8. NEWCASTLE : Northern Chief, barque,' sailed 9th inst. > Clifton, barque, loading. CLARENCE river: Zephyr, brigantine, early. ISLANDS : Olive, schooner, early.

SYDNEY: Alameda, R.M.S.S., 23rd inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON : Worcester, S.S., early in April. Timaru, ship, loading, via Wellington. RAROTON'GA : Ada C. Owen, brigantine, early. SUWARROW ISLAND : Ryno, brigantine, early. MELBOURNE: Grecian Bend, barquentine, via Tairua, to-day. SAN FRANCISCO: Alameda, R.M.S.S., 23rd. inst. UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. This Day.—Wanaka arrives at Onehunga at 8 a.m.; Te Anau leaves for South at noon. Friday.Wanaka leaves Onehunga at 10 a.m. NORTHERN S.S. CO.S MOVEMENTS. This Day.— Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m. The Wellington arrives from Whangarei. Friday.—The Clansman arrives from Russell and leaves for Taurauga at 7 p.m. The lona leaves for Mercury bay at 7 p.m., and the Wellington for Whangarei at 8 p.m. Saturday. — The Gairloch arrives from Waitara, and the lona from Mercury Bay. Sunday.—The Clansman arrives from Tauranga early.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This list does not include coasters.] Timaru, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. Grecian Bend, barquentine, at Railway Wharf. Ryno, brigantine, at Queen-street Wharf. Darcy Pratt, brigantine. in stream. Oamaru, brigantine, at Railway Wharf. Ada C. Owen, brigantine, at Railway Wharf. Gleaner, brigantine, at Queen-street Wharf. Dune din, schooner, at Railway Wharf. Agnes Donald, schooner, at Railway Wharf. Fleetwing, schooner, in stream. Torea, schooner, in stream. Mimiha, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. Sybil, schooner, in stream. Orpheus, schooner, on slip. Waiwera, schooner, in stream. Glencairn, schooner, at Railway Wharf. IMPORTS. Per Suva: 100 sacks bonedust.—W. S. Whitley. Per Agnes Donald : 176 sacks oats.—W. S. Whitley. Per Waihora: 111 sacks oats.— S. Whitley. Inwards' Coastwise.— barge, from Manaia, with 18 logs; Tokerau, cutter, from Tauranga and Whangamata, with 112 sacks gum, 8 casks beef, and scrap iron ; Watchman, cutter, from Barrier, with 45 tons firewood ; Margaret Casely, with ballast from • Thames; Nancy, cutter," with 95 sacks wheat from Tamaki; Seagull, cutter, with 30 tons firewood from Mahurangi. Outwards Coastwise.Ruakaka, barge, for Coromandel, with 12,000 bricks and 5 tons coal. Shipping business was very slack yesterday, there being no arrivals save of coasting vessels of small tonnage and but one departure. At noon the barque William Turner, Captain M. Berry, sailed for Sydney with a full cargo of timber and two passengers. The brigantine Ada C. Owen was shifted yesterday from alongside the ship Timaru, into which she haa been discharging her copra, to her old berth at the Railway Wharf, where the barquentine Grecian Bend hauled alongside her and transhipped a quantity of coal into the Island vessel. We notice by Thames files that the schooner Three Cheers completed her loading of timber for Normantown at Blair's Mill, and sailed for that port on the Bth inst. The steam-tug Awhina was placed on the hard yesterday to be cleaned. The Thames trader Enterprise has had a thorough overhaul and refit, and will resume her usual running shortly. This morning the barquentine Grecian Bend will probably sail for Tairua, where she is to fill up with timber for Melbourne. The Wellington Press, of the 7tli instant, states.."The barque Mathilde Hennings hauled off from the Queen's Wharf yesterday and is waiting for a favourable wind to sail for Auckland." She may be therefore expected at this port in the course of a week. The well-known and at one time favourite passenger sailing ship Lady Jocelyn is doomed on her next arrival at Port Chalmers to be sonverted into a refrigerating hulk. A reform in a much-needed direction is evidently engrossing the_ attention of the United States Legislature in regard to steamboat traffic, for we learn that a bill was introduced before Congress on January 31st, to compel steamboat owners to provide a turnstile or register upon each boat at the entrance thereto, and plainly to indicate in figures, the number of persons on board. The masters of such boats are, within five days of the use of their boats for excursion purposes, to file a sworn statement with the county clerk as to the number of passengers carried. Failure to comply with th&Act is to be made a misdemeanor.

H.M.s. Royalist, which the cable tells us Is to replace the Diamond on the Australian station, is a screw cruiser of the third class. She carries 12 guns, is of 1420 tons, and 1510 horse-power. She was commissioned at Devonport on 14th April, 1886, for service at the Cape of Good Hope and on the West Coast of Africa. Her officers are : Captain, George Hand; lieutenants, W. F. Tunnard, ■ F. J. O. Flummer, and Algernon H. Lyons ; navigating lieutenant. John P. Rolleston; staff surgeon, J. A. Collott; staff paymaster, E. R. Brown; staff engineer, W. T. Coope; engineer. G. Welch ; assistant paymaster, S. M. Fennell; gunner, A. Collier; boatswain, E. A. Smith: supernumerary, W. 1 Roberts: carpenter, Joshua Creber. y * On Friday the s.B. Wellington wiSf , placed in dock for cleaning, and V 1" be quence her usual trip will be port.;* m c ?.®: Saturday evening at 8 o'clock -^-'P on ed till / jjO taken till noon on that c No cargo will ~ j, ' "

PORT OF tot >ONEHUNGA. Gairloch ARRIVALS. Passenr,^ 1 ' s - 8 *' McArthur, from Waitara. GeptiC^ rß: Messrs. Denize, Curtis, Betts, v XAe, Kidd Goff, Milne, katchet, Donk, » - Delamore (3), Humphries, Martin, Tole, Moore, two natives, and 6 steerage.—A. " Barnes, agent. IMPORTS. Per s.s. Gairloch : 87 cattle, 397 sheep, 70 Backs oats, 11 boxes and 10 kegs butter, 7 packages boxes, and 8 sundry packages. The Northern Co.'s s.s. Gairloch, from Waitara, arrived yesterday afternoon, with cargo ana passengers as above.

BY TELEGRAPH.

WELLINGTON.

April 11.Arrived: Maitai, from Greymouth B.s. Rotorua, from Nelson; s.s. - Penguin, from the South. Sailed : Maitai, forWestport; 8.3. Mahinapua, for Nelson; Kawatiri, for Greymouth; s.s. Rotorua, for the South. DUNEDIN. April 11.—Arrived: S.s. Tarawera, from Sydney, via East Coast ports; Mawhera, from the West Coast; Invercargill, from . Oamaru. Sailed: Invercargill, for Invercargill; s.s. Manapouri, for Sydney. Passengers For Wellington: Messrs. Bell, McGregor, Mesdames Glapperton, McGregor and servant, Robb, M. Holmes and family, Messrs. McLean, McDonald, Gersfield, Kirk§atrick. For Gisborne: Miss Alexander, or Auckland : Miss Preston, Messrs. Preston, D. Wright. For Sydney: Mrs. Odell and two children; and five in the steerage. ARRIVAL OF THE TAINUI. Port Chalmers, Wednesday. — The s.s. DTainui, from Plymouth via Capetown and Hobart, arrived this afternoon. Passengers • —For Dunedin, saloon : Mr., Mrs. and Miss tile, Rev. W. L. Doves, Messrs. Adamson, er. Second saloon: Miss Gannon. For luff, second saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Roberto- . *on and family (5), Mr. Robertson. For Canterbury, saloon : Mrs. W. P. Cowlishaw. For Wellington, saloon : Rev. T. G. Dawson. Second saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Gauntlett and family (3), Mrs. and Master Hoon. For • Auckland, - saloon: Messrs. Begg, Penny, v: '«eudergajst. Second saloon; Messes. Croak

Robinson, Ronald. For Napier, second saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Bacroft and 2 children, Dr. Isdell, and 52 steerage. [The abovo passenger list has been furnished by the rress Association, but it differs somewhat from that taken * from the latest London exchanges which we published yesterday.] .. . Donedin, Wednesday.—The Tainui anchored outside the Heads last night, crossed the bar this afternoon, and moored at George-street pier. On-the way up the harbour she was boarded by the Health Officer and the Surveyor of Customs, but on coming to the pier the yellow flag was run up and all communication strictly prohibited. The reason assigned is that a case of scarlet fever or scarlatina had broken out the same day. Consequently nothing but the mail was landed. A strict embargo is placed on the ship and passengers. Immediately on leaving the ship the Health Officer telegraphed to Wellington the full state of affairs, and till he receives a reply strict quarantine will be maintained. She is commanded by Captain Barlow, R.N., R. E. Evans chief officer, and has 21 packets mails for New Zealand ports. The Tainui brine; in all 90 passengers, of whom 17 are for Ota go, 13 for Lyttelton, 6 for Napier, 27 for Wellington, 29 for Auckland, 21 for Westport. 7 for Gisborne, 16 for Patea, and 5 for Hokitika. Her cargo is 2017 tons gross. She left Plymouth on February 25 ; had fine weather till March 1, when she encountered a strong gale ith heavy head seas; after leaving leneriffe had moderate and variable weather.

THE WEATHERSFIELD.

Wellington, Wednesday.Capt. Sherrias, of ihe stranded barque Weathersfiold, came to town to-day. The vessel is in pretty well the same position as previously reported, and she is now being dismantled. No information has been received from the owners at home as to whether the barque is insured. The Collector of Customs conducted a preliminary inquiry to-day. It is not known whether an official inquiry will be held.