SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9144, 28 August 1888, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at Auckland—lo.49 am.; 11.14 p.m. „ Manukau— a.m ; 2.54 p.m. SDN.— 6.26 a.m.; sets, 5.34 p.m. Moon.— Quarter, 29th, 1.58 a.m. ARRIVALS. Mararoa, s.s., 2465, J. Edie, from Melbourne and the South. Passengers Mrs. and Miss Scott, Mrs. Atkins and family, Mrs. Holmes and maid, Mr. and Mrs. Ferry and child, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Lohr, Mr. and Sirs. Fanning, Mrs. Hollman, Mrs. Thompson and child, Misses Norton and Grey, Dr. McGregor, Messrs. J. A. Connell, Walker, J. T. Wright, W. Hennelly, G. Percival, H. Owen, Jones, Sprott, T. Sheehan, Knight, J. R. Howard, Teat, Glover, E. Gladstone, Charles Arnold, H. D. Levinsohn, Pitkethley, Bennett, P. Stuart, W. H. Leake, J. Bryant, Masters Williams and Russell, and 13 steerage.—Union S.S. Co., agents. Omapere, s.s., 352, R. E. Smith, from Lyttelton and Wellington. Passengers: Miss Wilkinson and one steerage. — Union S.S. Co., agents. Stella, Government steamer, 269. J. Fairchild, from Kermadec and Cuvier Islands. Wellington, s.s., 279, Stephenson, from "Whangarei. Passengers : Messrs. Caranall, Cant, Thomas, Harvie, Romney, Aubrey, Bissctt, Peters. Stewart, Foster, Alwood, Alderton, Colbeck, Rawnsley, Sullivan, Price, Mr. and Mrs. Graham, Mr. Harrop and family (4), Rev. Mahonev, Mesdames Heape, Aley and son, Reid, Johnson, Sarah, Misses McDonald, Giltillan, and S steerage. —Northern S.S. Co., agents. Ohau, s.s., 741, J. Bernech, from the South. —Union S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS Clansman, s.s., 336, Farquhar, for Russell and Northern ports. —Northern S.S. Co., agents. Stormbird, s.s., 217, Chambers, for Whangarei, Russell, and North.Jubilee S.S. Co., agents. lona, s.s., 159, Amodeo, for Tauranga and Mercury Bay.Northern S.S. Co., agents. Staffa, s.s., 79, Hopkins, for Opotiki.— Northern S.S. Co., agents. Omapere, s.s., 352, K. E. Smith, for Westport.—Union S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Stella, Gov. steamer, 293, J. Fairchild, for Cuvier Island. Clansman, s.s., for Russell. Stormbird, s.s., for Whangarei. lona, s.s., for Tauranga. Staffa, s.s., for Opotiki. Omapere, s.s., for Westport. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LONDON : 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. Waitangi, snip, 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. MELBOURNE : Killochan, ship, from London, sailed August 24. RIO JANEIRO : Monica, barque, sailed May 2. NEWCASTLE : Parnell, brigantine, sailed August 23. Frank Guy, schooner, to load. Lady Mabel, brigantine, early. Jessie, barquentine, to load. KIMBERLEY : Clansman, brigantine, sailed August 3. RAROTONGA : Agnes Donald, schooner, early. GISBORNE : Gisborne, schooner, sailed August 3. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON : Piako, ship, via South, early. Crusader, ship, to load. LISBON : Coulnakyle, barque, repairing. CALCUTTA : _ I Bucephalus, s.s., to sail to-day. TONGA, ETC.: " J Maile, schooner, early. j SAMOA : Olive, schooner, early. IIOBART : Helen, barque, via Whangaroa, early. NEWCASTLE : Loongana, barque, via Mercury Bay, early. UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day. — Ohau leaves for Greymouth at 6 p.m. ; Rotorua leaves Onehunga 1 p.m. Thursday.—Wanaka arrives at Onehunga 7 a.m.; Mararoa leaves for South noon. Friday.—Wanaka leaves Onehunga 3 p.m. NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point, and Parua Bay at S p.m. Rowena leaves for Hokianga at 1 p.m. Wednesday.Gairloch arrives from New Plymouth and Waitara. Thursday. leaves for New Plymouth and Waitara at 1 p.m. Douglas arrives from Opotiki and Whakatane. Wellington arrives from Whangarei. lona arrives from Tauranga early, and leaves again for Great Barrier at 8 a.m.

Friday.—Clansman arrives from Russell, Mangonui, and Whangaroa at 6 a.m., and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m. lona arrives from Great Barrier early, and leaves for Mercury Bay at 7 p.m. Douglas leaves for Opotiki, Whakatane, and V. liangamata at 5 p.m., and Wellington for Whangarei, Marsden Point, and Parua Bay at 8 p.m. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This list does not include coasters.] Bucephalus, s.s., at Railway Wharf. Crusader, ship, in stream. Piako, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. Coulnakyle, barque, at Hobson-street Wharf. Helen, barque, at Queen-street Wharf. Loongana, barque, at Railway Wharf. Torea, schooner, m stream. Olive, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. Msile, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. IMPORTS. Per s.s. Omapere, from South 3080 sacks potatoes, 150 sacks wheat, 110 sacks malt, 60 sacks barley, 60 sacks onions, 150 sacks oats, 50 sacks oatmeal, 60 sacks flour, 320 501b bags flour, 60 1001b bags flour, 630 sacks salt, and a quantity of transhipments ex Bayley from London ; 20 bales woolpacks, 52 packages sundries. Per s s. Ohau, from the South : 1720 sacks oats, 2105 sacks flour, 1569 bags flour, 1584 sacks wheat, 300 sacks potatoes, 16 sacks oatmeal, 26 packages sundries. * Per s.s. Mararoa, from Melbourne, etc. : 4 cases cotton, 152 boxes and 53 cases tea, 452 bags flour, 820 cases fruit, 1650 bags chopped bark, 2221 sacks oats, 7 sacks seeds, 175 cases jams, 315 sacks oatmear, 44 barrels ale, 6 bales paper bags, 2 bales paper, 1 chaff-cutter, 86 packages agricultural fittings, 3 bars and 24 sheets iron, 14 sacks barley, 7 cases whisky, 5 cases brandy, 5 cases chicory, 10 cases tobacco, 6 crates biscuits, 48 sacks potatoes, 4 kegs butter, 1497 sacks wheat, 1 bale leather, 13 cases cheese, 1 case cigarettes, 1052 sacks salt, 3 tanks, 19 sacks and 23 hides, 2 bales skins and sundries. Per Omapere:—2oo sacks oats, 103 sacks potatoes, Stone Brothers. Per Mararoa:463 sacks oats, 60 sacks oatmeal, Stone Brothers. Per Crusader : 45 tons Fison's fertilizers, W. J. Hurst and Co., agents. Per Omapere and Mararoa : 590 sacks and bags Duncan's flour, 30 sacks Duncan's oatmeal, 300 sacks potatoes, 215 sacks oats, 13 cases cheese, 6 cases bacon and hams, T. H. Hall and Co. Inwards Coastwise.Vixen, cutter, from Waiheke, with firewood and pigs; Fawn, cutter, from Whangarei, with coal; Tay, cutter, from Waiheke, with firewood. Yesterday morning at half-past nine the Union S.S. Co.'s fine steamship Mararoa arrived from Melbourne via Hobart and the South, with a good number of passengers and a cargo of general merchandise. The purser, te whom we are indebted for files, reports that the Mararoa left Williamstown at* 6 p.m. on the 14th instant, cleared Port Philip Heads at 8.40 p.m., passed Leeward Island at 2.45 p.m. on the loth, and arrived at Hobart at 8 a.m. on the 16th. She sailed at 5.30 p.m. the same day, and passed Puysegur Point at 11.40 p.m. on the 19th, and arrived at the Bluff at 7 a.m. on the '20th. She left the same day at 4 p.m., called at Dunedin on the 21st, Lyttelton on the 23rd, Wellington on the 24tn, Napier on the 25th, and Gisborne on the 25th, leaving the latter port at 11.40 a.m. The East Cape was rounded at 5 p.m., and the steamer arrived as above. She experienced fresh easterly winds and heavy aead sea to the 18th instant, thence fresh variable winds and tine weather to arrival. The barque Helen was engaged yesterday in getting out the last of her grain, and also took in a quantity of ballast. At the Railway wharf yesterday a considerable crowd of people assembled to witness the shipping of the horses on board the steamer Bucephalus. The first batch arrived on the wharf about 9 o'clock, and were without much trouble walked on board, and placed in the stalls on the 'tween decks. Several other lota were likewise shipped safely, and by 2 p.m. about two hundred were securely housed. The balance will be

brought down and put on board this forenoon, and the vessel is expected to sail this afternoon. Intelligence was brought to town yesterday by Captain Fairchild, of the Government steamer Stella, that Mr. Scott, the Government agent employed in constructing the new lighthouse at Olivier Island, had sighted a scow, drifting seaward, with _ a portion of her mast broken. Captain I 1 airchild kept a sharp look-out for the damaged barque, but did not see her. It is surmised that she is the Rata, which left on Friday for Kennedy s Bay, and the tug-boat Awhina went out last night to try and pick her up. The Union Steamship Co.'s Omaperc, Captain R. E. Smith, arrived alongside the wharf at 6.T0 a.m. yesterday from the South. She left Lvttelton at 7 p.m. on the 22nd, arriving at Wellington at 3 p.m. on the 23rd. She sailed again at 3 p.m. on the 24th, and passed Cape P&lliscr at 7 p.m. the same day. Portland island was abeam at 3.30 p.m. on the 25th, and the East Cape at 3 a.m. on the 26th, and the harbour made as above. Throughout the trip the steamer experienced S.W. winds and moderate sea. She brought a full cargo of produce, etc., and immediately on being berthed the work of discharging was commenced with vigour. Early yesterday morning the hulk Senator was towed from her moorings in the stream alongside the barque Coulnakyle, and operations for re-shipping the latter's cargo were begun. The bulk of her tallow was taken on board before nightfall. The Government steamer Stella arrived in port shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning, from her trip to the Kermadec Group and Cuvier Island. She sailed from Russell on the 15th instant and reached Sunday Island late on the 18th. Curtis Island, Macaulay Island and L'Esperance Island were visited in turn, and depots of stores and shelter erected for the benefit of shipwrecked persons. Owing to heavy seas prevailing, no little difficulty was experienced in landing the provisions, timber, Sc., necessary, but the work was successfully accomplished. In addition to the building of the nuts, a large number of shelter trees were also planted and seeds sown, while several goats were " marooned" on Curtis Island. Mr. Bell, who resides at Sunday Island, informed Captain Fairchild that on the 17th instant several fragments of a whaleboat and some boots of American make had been washed ashore. As these waifs from the sea apparently pointed to some damage to a whaler in the neighbourhood of the island, a look-out was kent for such a vessel, but none was sighted. The Stella left the kermadecs on the 24th instant and called at Cuvier Island en route to Auckland. The preparatory works for building the new lighthouse were progressing apace. The ship Crusader was entered inwards at the Customs yesterday, and will berth under the big crane this morning for the purpose of getting out some heavy lifts, but willsubseQiiently take up the berth now occupied by the Piako. Considerable anxiety is still manifested in Dunedin concerning the non-arrival of the ship Trevelyan from Glasgow, now 152 days out. She has been sighted only once since leaving port, when 7 days out, and admitting that she is a " slow old tub," and her lengthy passage is not a matter for much wonder, it is a most remarkable thing that for 14. r > days she has never been seen or heard of by one of the numerous steamers or sailing vessels trading to the colonies. Her cargo is a very inflammable one, including 45,000 gallons of spirits and 3 tons gunpowder, so that it can be well imagined what the result would be if an accident was caused through the carelessness of one of the crew in search of spirits. Not a vestige of the ship would be left nor a single soul on board left to tell the tale. The usual coastal steamers took their departure last evening, the Clansman and Stormbird for the North, the lona for Tauranga, and the tafia for Opotiki. About half-past ten o'clock last night the s.s. Ohau arrived in port from the South with a cargo of breadstuffs, grain, and produce, but do passengers. Mr. Seigil, purser, reports that the vessel left Dunedin on the 19th of August, arrived at Oamaru on the 20th, and left on the 21st; she reached Timaru on the 22nd, and left the same day: arrived at Napier on the 24th, and sailed the same day ; arrived at Gisborne on the 25th, and left for Tauranga, which was reached on the 26th ; she left on che 27th at 9 a.m., arriving at Auckland as above. During the trip she experienced fresh variable winds with moderate sea and light rain to Timaru, thence light to strong westerly winds with moderate sea to the East Cape, which was passed on the 25th, at 4 p.m. ; thence strong westerly gale with high sea to Tauranga, thence fresh westerly winds with smooth sea to arrival.

The s.s. Wellington arrived from Whangarei about 7 o'clock last night with a large number of passengers and a quantity of produce.

At 11 o'clock last night the Government steamer Stella took her departure for Cuvier Island, whence she will continue on her periodical tour to the lighthouses on the northern coast.

Having had excellent despatch with her large cargo, the s.s. Omapere sailed last night for Westport direct. The s.s. Mararoa is to proceed to Drunken Bay this forenoon to have her compasses adjusted. When off Cape Colville late last night the s.s. Ohau passed the tugboat Awhina, which had up to that time seen nothing of the dismasted scow referred to above, or of the American barque Albert Russell, daily expected from Wellington. A telegram from the Bluff says—"A terrific gale blew on Saturday night—the severest known for many years. The Roromahana, at three a.m., snapped all her moorings, carrying away one wharf pile. Fortunately steam was up, and the vessel was secured again without damage. She sailed for Melbourne with 225 passengers, equal to '218J adults. No damage was done to the other shipping in port."