SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9140, 23 August 1888, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at Auckland—7.soa.m.; 8.6 p.m. GH V>AlK * Manukau—ll.3o a.m ; 11.46 p.m. sok Bi«es, 6.34 am -; sets, 26 p.m. Moon.— Quarter, 29th, 1.58 a.m.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. Grecian Bend, barquentiae, 216, Borstel, for Sydney, via Mercury Bay.—C. F. James and Co., agents.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. »>"DON" : Selembria. s.s., to sail about July 27. Balmoral Castle, s.s., to sail in July. Oxford, s.s., to sail in July. Deva, barque, sailed April 30. Lutterworth, ship, via Port Chalmers, sailed May 19. Clairmont. barque, sailed June 10. Wairoa, ship, sailed July 3. Crusader, ship, sailed June 2. Waitangi, ship, loading. NEW YORK: Albert Russell, barque, sailed from Wellington August 16. . Rebecca Crowell, barquentine, sailed June 30. Marv A. Greenwood, barque, to clear .July 23. FOOCHOW : Whampoa, s.s., sailed August 13. WKLBOITKNE : Killochan, ship, from London, to sail August 23. RIO JANEIRO : Monica, barque, sailed May 2. NEWCASTLE : Parncll, bripantinc, early. Frank Guy, schooner, to load. Lady Mabel, britiantine, to load. Jessie, Iv.rquentine, to load. Linda Weber, brigantine, to load. KIMBKRLEY : Clansman, brigantine, sailed August 3. IUKOTONGA :

Agnes Donald, schooner, early. Gl≤ BOUSE : Gisborne, schooner, sailed August 3. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON" : ■ Piako, ship, via South, early. SYDNEY : Grecian Bend, brigantine, via Mercury Bay, to-day, LISBOX : Coulnakyle, barque, repairing. CALCUTTA : .Bucephalus, s.s., to sail August 25. TAI/ITI, £TC:

Richmond, s.s., about August "24. XQ N<;A. ETC.:

Maile, schooner, early. SAMOA:

Olive, schooner, about Au gust 23. HCBART:

Helen, barque, via Whangaroa, early, NEWCASTLE : Loongaiva, barque, via Mercury Bay. early.

UNION S.S. CO.S MOVEMENTS. This Day.—Wanaka arrives at Onehunga. Te Anau leaves for South, noon. Fkida.y.—Wana&a leaves Onehunga, 10 a.m.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.S MOVEMENTS.

Thi< Day.—The Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth and Waitara, at 1 r>.m. : the Welling ton arrives from Whangarei, the Douglas from Opotiki, Whakatane, and Whangani3 ta : the loua arrives from Tauranga early, and leaves tor Great Barrier, at S a.m. FitiJjAY.—The Clansman arrives from Russell, at 6 a.m., and leaves for Tauranga, at 7 p-m. : the lona arrives from Great Barrier, early, and leaves for Mercury Bay, ;vt 7 p.m.; the Wellington leaves for \Vhangarei, Marsden Point and Parua Bay, at S p.m.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This list does nut include coasters.] Richmond, s.s., at Railway Wharf. Bucephalus, s.s.. at Railway Wharf. Pia'.jo, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. Coulnakyk-, barque, at Hobson-street Wharf. H'ilen, barque, at Queen-street Wharf. I/oongana, barque, at Railway Wharf. iVorea, schooner, in stream. 'Olive, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. Maile, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf.

IMPORTS. Per Te Anau and Manapouri: 220 sacks Bell's bonedust. 200 sacks seed oats; 50 sacks seed wheat. —W. J. Hurst and Co. Yesterday was a quiet day as regards local shipping matters. The s.s. Te Anau was engaged in taking in car-jo for .Southern ports and Melbourne, for which places she is to sail to-day. At the Railway Wharf the s.s. Bucephalus was also busy in discharging her coal. Her agents expect her to be cleared by this evening, and on Friday fodder, bedding, etc., will be taken on board for her cargo of horses, which will be shipped on Monday next, on which date the vessel will sail for Calcutta direct.

On the completion of the discharge of her coal, which was begun yesterday, the barque will sail for Siercury Bav, whence she v,ill take a load of timber for Newcastle direct.

Yesterday the barquentine Grecian Bend ■was cleared out at the Customs for .Sydney, and will probably sail today to Mercury Bay, where she is to take in sawn kauri for the_X.S.W. metropolis. No stronger evidence could be jriven of the extraordinarily severe weather that has prevailed of late around the Australian coast than the experience of the Seiriol Wyn, barque, which arrived at Melbourne on 7th just, from Port Blakely. She passed Sydney on June 17. 83 days out. and from that time was vainly endeavouring to complete the short halajice of her voyage for 51 days before siie reached Fort Phillip Heads. The ships Otterspool, LLsmore, and the bs.rque Loch Trool, which reached Sydney last week, all report having experienced very heavy sales and high seas while run i<. ing their easting down. No damage was, however, (sustained by either of the three vessels. An extraordinary accident happened outside Portsmouth harbour on .Saturday night (says the European Mail), June :-iO. Apparently in consequence of a slight list, an uncharged torpedo on board the cruiser .Severn was suddenly released from the tube, and made straight for the Admiralty yacht Fire Queen, striking her so forcibly on the port quarter as to make a large circular hole, through which the water rushed in. For a time the Fire Queen \va.s in danger of sinking, but, niter great efforts, she was conveyed into dock.

By announcement elsewhere, the Union •S.S. Co. notify that a consignee is wanted for 11 casks lamp ware marked MB & Co., landed ex Manapouri, transhipped ex J. D. Peters, from New York. _ According to the Nautical Magazine, Messrs Russell and Co., the famous Clyde shipbuilders, have just laid down a keel for the largest vessel in the world. Her net register tonnage will be 3300 tons. The present largest sailor afloat is the Palgrave, built by the same firm, and she is 3000 tons Ofitt.

AN ANXIOUS VOYAGE. The ship Haddon Hall, which arrived at Sj'dney on the loth of August from Liverpool, is another of the Australian-bound vessels that have had very rough weather, as the following report will show :—At 2 a.m. on June 2b, when in 31*36 S. and 20 - 35 E., a very heavy sea came rolling over abreast the starboard coiner of the deck-house, which did considerable damage—stove in the win-dow-shelter ; the chief officer's room was completely gutted, everything in it spoilt, the movables on deck being carried overboard. The gale raged with terrible fury for some days, and continued on until July 3, when another gale, and yet a harder one, assailed the ship, which laboured and strained heavily; a main upper topsail was lost; the squalls were terrific ; the seas that broke on board started some planking around the house. On July 4 the Haddon Hall shipped a sea abreast the starboard fore rigging, stove in the lifeboat, washed away bucket-rack, and 12 buckets went over the side and all inoveables were cast adrift. On July 7 the gale had increased, and the vessel was destined to receive more damage, the sea was running mountains high, and the oilbags ■were got out and answered most effectively. At 2 a.m. a sea came over the taffrail, breaking several stanchions, knocking one man away from the wheel, and doing other serious injury, smashed in the doors of the monkeypoop, and washed everything out of it, including a standard compass, blocks and spare gear, beef and pork. Shortly after another sea broke on board and abreast the storeroom, and started the port 3ide of the cabin. A quantity of sundries were damaged and the engine-room was gutted; buckets, handspikes, small articles, both harness casks and deck planks were washed from off' the house, lhe carpenter's shop, sailmaker's room, and galley were continually full of water, the vessel strained and laboured very heavily. At the time the vessel was in 4034 S. and 1620 E. During all this time heavy seas were coming over uj tons, and filling the decks to the rail. For a few hours there was a lull in the wind, bub almost immediately it commenced to blow harder than before, and brought along a verv high, dangerous sea. On July 11, at 6"p.m. a tremendous sea was shipped over the stern washed away the after steering binnacle' broke all the stanchions, and split the teak wood rail and all stanchions araund the item; the safe on the poop, flag chest and all contents were washed with this one sea, overboard, the starboard side light also carried away, water got into the cabin, and fears are entertained that water may have got below.