SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9187, 17 October 1888, Page 4

SHIPPING.

iIiGH Water at Auckland"—s.o a.m.; 5.21 p.m. ■• ~ ~ ManuV j— 8.40 a..m.; 9.1 p.m. Sux.— Rises, 5.31 a.rru* 0et»,6.29 p.m. SMOON.—FuII, 20th, 'i.49 a.ra.

ARRIVALS. Mararea, s.s., 2465, Edie, from Sydney. Passengers :—For -Auckland — Saloon : Mr. H. A. Waahbourne, Mr. C. Ponder, Miss Henderson, Mr. Bruce Gardyne, Mrs. Bruce Gardyne, Miss Bruce Gardync. Little Sisters of the Poor (3), Mr. W. E. Gilen, Mr. G. Marshall, Rev. R. W. Hodson, Mrs. Hodeon, Mr. W. D. Latham, Mr. J. C. Arthur, Surgeon-General Ogilvy, Mr. J. S. Brown, Mr. D. Evans, Signof Agrati, Mr. C. A. Field, Mr. R. W. Moody, Mr. W. Marshall, Mr. Keesing, Mr. R. Arthur, Master Arthur, Mr. G. Glassford, Mrs. RishTvorth and infant, Mr. J. Buchanan. Mr. H. Law, and 13 steerage. For Gisborne —Saloon: Mr. Smythe, Mr. E. W. Mills, For Wellington—Saloon : Mr. C. H. Von Bevin, Miss Hanmer, Mr. Blundell, Mrs. Gilmer, Miss Gilnier, Mr. Huddlestone, Mrs. 1. Blundell, and two in steerage. For Lyttelton—Saloon : Mr. R, A. McLauriu, Mrs. Jones, Misses Turner (3), Mr. G. A. Green, Mr. R. Thompson, Mr. Hall, Mrs. Hall, Miss Hall, Mr. Todd, Mrs. Todd, Miss Todd, and one steerage. For Dunedin —Saloon : Mr. W. F. Edmund, Rev. C. Mackay, Mr. Dawson, Mrs. Dawson, Miss Speight, Mr. A. C. Be-™, Miss Begs. For Bluff-Saloon: Miss • Wuiter. . For Napier—Four in the steerage. — Union S.S. Co., agents.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. Wairarapa, s.s., lTSti, Chatfield, for Sydney. Passengers .-—Mr. and Mrs. T. Faulder, 3klf. and Mrs. T. Finlayson, Mr. and Mrs. T. Cotter, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Burgess, Mesdames Miller, Weston, Misses Faulder and Johnston, Dr. Moore, Messrs. Anderson, J. Winks. G. H. Powlev, J. Heron, Kenrick, S. H. Matthews, M. Gallagher. King, Murdoch, F. Burgess, J. Burton, F Hammond, A. Xevien, W. V. Wright, H. W. Saxtou, C Chambers, H. C. Chambers, 103 steerage and 27 from the South. —Union S.S. Co.. agents. Maitai, s.s., 275, Dawson, for East Coast ports and Wellington. — Union S.S. Co., agents. Wellington, s.s., '279, Stephensou, for TVhangarei.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. Statfa, s.s., 79, Hopkins, lor Opotiki.— Korthern S.S. Co., agents.

DEPARTURES. Wairarapa, s.s., for Sydney. Maitai, s.s., for East Coast. Wellington, s.s., for Whangarei. Staffa, s.s., for Onotiki.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. tONDON" : Selembria, s.s., earlv. Waitanjji, ship, loading. Zealandla, ship, sailed August 3. PEW YORK : Rebecca Crowell, barqueutiue, sailed June 30. Mary A. Greenwood, barque, sailed July -7. SAN francisco : Zealandia, R.M.s.s., about November 10. SYDNEY : Mariposa, R.M.s.s., about November 5. HONGKONG: Taiyuan, s.s., sailed October 9. kimberLey : Clansman, brigautine, sailed August 3. TORT CHALMERS : Star of the East, barque, early. Kll'E : Daisy, schooner, to sail September 27. HOBART: Jessie Niccol, schooner, sailed Oct. 1. MELBOURNE : Anuapu, brigaiitioe, sailed Oct. 10. ;'IDELAIDE : Abiel Abbott, barque, early fONOA : Maile, schooDer, torly. Sarf.h Pile, schc^ner,"early. 7IJI : Sharpshooter, barque, early. Kxeelsior, barque, early. Belle Isle, barque, early. GISBORXE : Gisborne, schooner, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON : WaLroa, ship, loading. ?OBTSMOrTH : Diamond. H.M. s., on October 17. SYDNEY : Zealandia, R.M.s.s., about November 10. SAN" FRANCISCO : Mariposa, R.M.s.s., about November M£LBOCKSB :

Rebec-ou, barque, to load. Dt*>~EDLS : > * Maud Graham, schooner, via TeKopuru, e.-j-ly.

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-D. w.—Oinapere leaves for West Coast. Thcbsday.— ilararoa leaves for South at toon.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.

Today.—Gairloeh arrives from Waitara.

Thcksday.—Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth and Waitara at 1 p.m. Wellington arrives from Whangarei. Staffa arrives from Opotiki. lona arrives from Tauranga early, and leaves for Great Barrier at S a.m. Friday.—Clansman arrives from Russell at I) 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. Wellington leavea for V\ hangaxei, Marsden Point, and Parua Bay at 8 p.m.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR.

[This list does not include coasters.] H.M. s. Diamond, in stream. Waivoa, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. Rebecca, barque, at No. 2 Jetty. Johann Brodersen, barque, in stream. Stavanger, barque, in Calliope Dock. Gleaner, brigantine, at Hobson-street Wharf. Torea, schooner, in stream. Waireka, schooner, in stream. Maud Graham, schooner, at Railway Wharf.

EXPORTS.

Per 5.3. W T airarapa, for Sydney : 75 cases beef. 51 bales flax, 5 casee meats, 1400 sacks chaff, SO cases kauri gum, 32 casks cocoanut oil, 15 cases germina, 610 sacks and 800 bags flour, 167 pieces timber, 5 sacks lime, 39 packages butter, 17 crates butter boxes, 3 cases cheese, 20 barrels pork, 1 case seeds, 20 head cattle, 40 bags manganese, 1 crate fowls, 400 sacks pollard, 300 sacks bran, and sun.tlries.

\ Inwards Coastwise. —Waterlily, cutter, from the Barrier, with firewood; Lake iRt. Clair, scow, from Hobsonville, with "bricks ; Progress, scow, from Whangapoua, with timber.

j 60TWAKDS Coastwise.—Agnes Martin, (ketch, for Whangarei, in ballast; Rata, scow, for Thames, in ballast; Pukapuka, scow, for tTutnkaka, in ballast; Paku, cutter, for tt'airua, in ballast. Yesterday the Union S.S. Co.'s Wairarajpa 'va.s busily engaged shipping a large quantity o£ chaff and general cargo for Sydney. She sailed punctually to her advertised time, taking a large number of passengers, the majority being in the second class. , The ship Wairoa has discharged the greater part of her inward cargo, and yesterday she took in some tallow as stiffening. It is expected that she will get clear other inward ireight by the end 01 the week, when she will promptly begin to fill up for London. At the Calliope Dock the repairs to the Swedish barque Stavanger are being nressed on by the contractor, Mr. G. KiccoL, and the vessel will probably be ready to reload in a week or so.

The American barque Star of the East had not "made the harbour up to an early hour this morning. She will probably come in today, and when her cargo of grain and produce is discharged, she will be p laced on the bevth for New York to load gum. The s.s. Mararoa, Captain James Edie, arrived in harbour at 3.30 this morning. She Ifjft Sydney at 2.20 p.m. on the l'2th instant, nnd cleared Port Jackson Heads at 3 p.m. 'Passed Three Kings at 6.30 a.m. on the 16th, and rounded North Cape at 10.45, arriving as above. Fine weather was experienced, and light north-easterly winds, with smooth sea , throughout. Messrs. Edward Withy and Co. launched on September 6, from their shipbuilding ■works at Hartlepool, a large screw steamer, built to the order of Messrs. Kinghorn Bros., of Liverpool and Glasgow, for Messrs. \V. Howard Smith and Sons, Limited, of Melliourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. This is the second vessel of a similar type the builders have constructed for this hrm within the last twelve months, the s.s. Age, which left in February, being the first, and has proved herself a very economical and satisfactory vessel in every way. This is a handsome type of a modern cargo boat, measuring over 300 feet in length, and builfc throughout of Siemens-Martin steel, with a large measure and deadweight capacity, and built to the highest class at Lloyd's. She has a long raised quarter-deck, snort poop, long bridge-house, and topgallant forecastle. The holds are fitted with iron grain divisions and cargo battens; all decks, deck erections, skylights, bulwarks, bulkheads, itc, are constructed of steel. In the main and afterholds the vessel is built on the web-frame system, which gives a very strong type of ship, and dispenses with all hold beams, thereby enabling the vessel to carry cargoes of the bulkiest description. Her cellular bottom is fitted all fore and aft for water ballast (Withy and Sivewright's patent). The after peak is also available for water ballast. The greater portion of the plates are in 24 feet lengths, making the structure of the ship very btrong. Four steam winches, two donkey boilers, steam

steering gear amidships, acrew gear aft, direct steam windlass on forecastle, patent stockless anchors hauling up into nawse Eipes, and all other modern appliances are tted for the handv working of the vessel. The saloon and cabin, providing accommodation for passengers, captain and officers, is handsomely finished in polished hardwood, with neatly painted panels, executed in a very effective style bv the decorative staff of ladies employed'by the firm. On leaving the ways the vessel was gracefully christened Era by Mrs. J. G. Kinghorn. The steamship Great Eastern, which has passed through so many vicissitudes since her launch 30 years ago, has been beached near New Ferry", on the Cheshire shore of the Mei-sey. At noon on August 22 she was got under way, and started from the Clyde on what is intended to be her last vovage. With her own steam she could make a speed of four to five knots, but she was also towed by the powerful steam tug Stormcock. The weather was bright when the vessel started, but next morning the wind freshened, while dark masses of clouds presaced the bad weather that followed. The gale was at its highest when the vessels were off the Isle of Man, about b' o'clock on the evening of August 23. The tug cast loose the hawser, which seemed an impediment to navigation, and while the engines of the big ship were stopped for awhile, she became practically unmanageable, the gale having lull play against her hull, which was very high out of the water. For four hours she" was rolled about at the mercy of the seas. Heavy sjoods on board were dashed about below, while the funnels swayed as if about to bo dislodged. Notwithstanding that she stood 40 feet out of the water, some of the seas swept over her, and a large gangway was torn from its chains and carried away. At length she was got to windward, and the course was directed to the Irish coast; but the gale moderated, and on the morning of August' 24 the Stormcock, which had kept near, resumed the towing of the ship, which reached the bar of the Mersey at rive o'clock the same evening. The ship will now be broken up, and the material sold.

A NEW AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER STEAMER. The latest addition to Messrs. Hudtlart, Parker, and Co.'s fleet of Australian passenger steamships is the new screw steel steamship Coogee. This steamship was built by Messrs. Joseph L. Thompson and Sons, North Sands, JMinderland, for the Manx season of ISS7. Under the name of the Lancashire Witch she was in all respects a complete success. The high reputation which the Messrs. Thompson have as bi?ing in the front rank of British steamship builders—being builders of the most recent crack tea clippers which have won the ocean race, viz., the Kaisow and Moyune —is completely sustained in this ship. During the tew months that she ran between Liverpool and the Isle of Man she had to undergo the inevitable trials of speed with her compeers on that line. Human nature is very uniform : and as in Australia so in the Sol way, this new steamship had to establish her reputation. Nothing is taken on trust. She was, therefore, tackled by the whole of the Manx steamers that could tind any excuse for going alongside of her, and tales are told of the usual fun that occurs on these occasions. The fastest boat of the old company's fleet having been beaten by the Coogee twenty minutes between Liverpool and Douglas, the ship was left alone to pursue the even tenor of her way as an unbeaten boat. The financial strain upon the new company having been too much for the owners of the Lancashire Witch, she was put i;i the market, and Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co., having the advantage of the presence of their Mr. James Huddart in England, are to be congratulated upon securing for Australian waters one ot the fastest single-screw passenger ships of her class ever built. She is '220 feet long, and her beam 13 .SO feet, but her decii arrangements are for the purposes for which the ship was built, aud exceedingly well thought out. She has a shade or awnin" deck the whole length, and her depth of hold is 13 feet tJ inches. She has been constructed under the special survey of the Board of Trade, and is considerably in excess ot the requirements of Lloyd's tor the IUUA class —an unusual strength of hull for this class of ship. Outside Port Phillip Heads she would be permitted to carry about KH} passengers, while inside the | number that the Australian Government will sanction would be about "2UUO, and for this number she has most comfortable promenade accommodation. She is amply supplied with boats, all fitted with patent detaching gear, aud with other life-saving gear. The engines of the Coogee were built last year by Mr. John Dickinson, of the Palmers Hill Engine Works, Sunderlan<i. and are of special design and construction to run at a high piston speed, and have developed "J"J"'. V horse-power. The cylinders are - . .';7, and 60 inches, with :i stroke ■•: ••o" inches. The vessel has no forced draugur.imt has immense boiler power, and in point of speed is an assured success. The wa3 taken on a trial trip prior to being despatched for the colonies, when she attained a mean average speed of 16 knots, while a speed of 19.3 miles was secured on the mile runs. Mr. Huddart was so satisfied with tiie speed attained by the ship under the circumstances that he had no hesitation in accepting the Coogee on behalf of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. The arrangements and accommodation for the comfort of passengers arc very superior. The dining saloon is elegantly fitted. The whole of the vessel is lighted with the electric light. There are incandescent lamps of beautiful design in every part, and the installation has been very successful. The generating machinery is close to the engine-room, under the control of the engineers. A model of the steamer is at present in the Melbourne Exhibition.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DEPARTURES.

Takapuna, s.s.. Grant, for the South. Passengers : Miss Daneby, Mesdames Knight and bov, Palmer, Messrs. R. Palmer, D. Tonks, 'H. Williams, W, Gregg, W. Ferguson, Carr, Thorne, Rotherham, J. H. Cronk, W. Price, F. Turner. —Union S.S. Co., agents.

EXPORTS.

Per s.s. Takapuna : 4 cases stationery, 351 bags new potatoes, 70 cases and 3 crates oranges, 3 rolls oilcloth, 1 case corrugated iron, 6 sacks oysters, 2 bales brooms, '2 cases books, 7 cases apples, 32 cases aud 14 trusses drapery, 2 casks vinegar, 20 coils wire, 20 bags sugar, 4 crates tea, and 74 packages.

The Union Co.'s s.s. Takapuna, Captain J. Grant, for the South, took her departure at 6 o'clock yesterday evening fairly patronised with cargo and passengers.

BY TELEGRAPH.

KAIPARA.

October 16.—Annie Wilson arrived at the Heads, loaded for Lyttelton.

RUSSELL.

October 16.—Arrived : S.s. Stormbird and Clansman. Sailed : Arawata, for Fiji. The Mararoa passed Russell at four p.m., bound south. WELLINGTON. October 16. — Sailed : S.s. Australia, for Auckland, via East Coast. LYTTELTON. October 16.—Sailed : S.s. Kahu, for Wellington and Napier; Mawhera, for Wellington ; s.s. Manapouri, for South and Melbourne. PORT CHALMERS. October 16.—Arrived: S.s. Tarawera, from Melbourne; s.s. Koranui, from the West Coast. Sailed : S.s. Penguin, for the North. Passengers : For Lyttelton — Mrs. Moss, Messrs. Ramsay, Matcroft, and Moss; for Wellington—Mrs. Godfrey and family (4), Mr. Izard; and one steerage.