SHIPPING

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9323, 28 March 1889, Page 4

SHIPPING

jffIGHT Water at Auckland — am.; 4.25 p.m. 1 „ „ Manukau— am.; 8.5 p.m. JSnv Rises, 6.12 a.m.; sets, 5.53 p.m. JMoon.—New, 31st, 11.19 p.m. ARRIVALS. Herald, S.S., 673, Jones, from Westport.— tin ion S.S. Co., agents. Wainui, S.S., 640, G. Crawshaw, from Wellington. Passengers—ex R.M.S. Aorangi: ■Miss Thompson, Rev. G. Spurgeon, Messrs. Shaw and T. Hoilidge. Steerage: Messrs. OKouhahan, McClune, and A. Hansen. —Union S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. • Douglas, s.s., 99, Austin.for Bay of Plenty. '-Northern S.S. Co., agents. ' Manapoixri, _ s.s., 1783, T. Logan, for Sydney. Passengers: Mr. and Mrs. Keinpthorne, Mesdaines Widdicombe, P. James, Gardiner and family (■'{), J. A. Ralph, Hutchinson, Mareroft and child, Tndehope and child, Misses Butter-field, Harbutt, Pophani, Hanger, Messrs. Hyland, L. Finch, Collins, G. (J. Scott .and friend, Kempthorne, Simpson, R-adcliffe, Cornea, Jones, A. Dowie, b. Browning, Loudin, Moylan, C. A. Harris, jun., Popham, Hall, and 18 steerage, anil -1 through passengers. —Union S.S. Co., agents. Mairai, s.s., "273, Dawson, for East Coast Vorts and Wellington. Passengers : 6 steerage.Union S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Douglas, s.s., for Bay of Plenty. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LONDON' : Ala? tor, barque, sailed December 29. Largs Bay, ship, put back for repairs. Crusader, ship, loading. B'aiir Drummond, ship, loading. •JEW YORK : Arnold Von Bippen, barque, sailed November 30. Elinor Vernon, barqnentinc, sailed January 12. SAN FRANCISCO : Mariposa, R.Ms.s., about March 30. NEWCASTLE : Rebecca, barque, sailed March '23. Peerless, brigantine, sailed March 25. ELTON : Abiel Abbott, barque, early. Waireka, schooner, early. Saxon, schooner, early. TAHITI : Ada C. Owen, in, March. SAMOA, ETC.: Richmond, s.s.,,about April 1, Txakotonga : Sandfly, scliooiKr, early. JAVA : Nicoy.i, barqire, early. Hollo, ship, soiled about February 23. TIJI : Fiona, s.s., early. VKO-l ECTED DEPARTURES. lON DON" : PJcisvlos, ship, to load. I'.idr., barqueiitlne, to reload. .STEW YORK : Costa v Adolf, bar»ji;e, to load. ISYDNKY : Mariposa." K2vl.s.s., about March bl. Opal. H.M.s_ about April 3. Lizard, H.M-s., r.l>ont April 3. Raven, H.M.s., about April 3. Royalist, H.M-s., about April 3. Orlando, lI.NLs., about April 9. 6A.H0.-V : Rapid. II M.S., about April 2. Mawhera. s.s., about April '2. Richmond, s-s., about April 5. tSUAi.'I-S : Southern Cross, Mission scuooner, to-day.

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS.

To-day.—Wsnaka arrives at Onehunga, Rnd Te Anau leaves for South at noon; Herald leaves for Westport and Greyinouth. Friday.—Wwnaka leaves Onehunga it mail arrived. Saturday.—-Marijiasa arrives from Honolulu and leaves for Sydney.

NORTHERN S.S. CO. MOVEMENTS. To-day.—Gairiocli leaves for New Plymouth and Waitara at 1 p.m. Wellington arrives from Whan-'arei. lona arrives from QTauranga early and leaves for Great Barrier at S a.m. Gle'nelg arrives from Opunake and W anganui. Friday.—Clansman arrives from Russell at a.m. and leaves for Tanranga at 7 p.m.; loua arrives from Great Barrier early and leaves for Mercury Bay at 7 p.m.: Wellingxon leaves for Whangarei, slarsden Point, Snd Parua Bay at 10.30 p.m.

5 - VESSELS IN HARBOUR. •This list does not include coasters.] Orlando, H.M.s., in stream. Royalist, H.M.s., in stream. OpM, 11.M.5., in stream. Rapid, FLM.s., in stream. «Uiven, H.M.s., in stream. Dart, H.M.s., in Calliope Dock. Lizard, ELM.s., In scream. Pleiades, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. uustav Adolf, barque, at Railway. Wharf. Virginia, barque, ax Sugar Works. Simeon, barque, at No. 2 Jetty. Presto, barque, at Breastwork. Belle Isle, barque, at Railway Wharf. Jessie, barqueatine, at Hobson-st. Wharf. Mai} barqueutine, at Breastwork. India, barqut.mrine, at No. 2 Jetty. \\ aiteiaata, barquentiue, in stream. Lady Mabel. Lrigautine, at Hobson-st. Wharf. Magellan Cloud, origan tine, in stream. Bar an Pile. schooner, in stream. Floetwing, schooner, in stream. Christine, schooner, in stream. Southern Cross, Mission schooner, in stream, v index, schooner, in stream. Orpheus, schooner, at No. 2 Jetty. Three Cheers, schooner, at Railway Wharf.

IMPORTS. , Per s.s..Herald : 500 tons Westport coal.

EXPORTS,

Per Southern Ctos3 : 10 packages tobacco, jO bays sugar, 15 packages tea, 24 boxes candles, 68 bags rice, 3 wises jams, 2 cases preserved fish, 5 cases fruits, 4 cases spirits, I package cigars, 16 packages drugs, 21 bags salt, '22 packages drapery, 4 packages cottons, C> packages apparel, 17 packages hardware, 16 packages ironmongery, 4 packages shipchandlery. '2 drums oil, 74 packages oilmen's stores, 45 ca?&3 meats, 1U sacks potatoes, 2 packages ammunition, 38 bags flour, 91 packages biscuits, 3 packages shoes, 17 boxes soap, and sundries.

_ Per schooner Fleefcwing : 48,090 feet kauri timber (to be laden at Tairaa).

The Union S.S. Co.'a Te Anau was yesterday morning hauled alongside the Railway Wharf for the convenience of discharging her Txmedust from Sydney. She will sail from her present berth, for the South, at noon to.duy.

At the Customs yesterday the well-known schooner Fleetv/irig cleared for Suva. She proceeds first to Tairua, where she will load PP . with 48,000 feet of sawn kauri for the ■3?i;ian port. The barque Presto was floated out of the Auckland Dock yesterday, after having had :a thorough cleaning and repainting. She will load up with baulk timber at Kauri Point for iin Australian port. After a lengthy sojourn in the waters of th'; Whitemata, the Mission schooner Southern Cross is again ready to proceed on her periodical cruise to Norfolk Islands and the numerous stations of the Meianesian Mission in the New Hebrides. She has the last of her fre/.ght on board, and her passengers, ■which include the Revs. A. Brittain and R. M. Trirnbuli, and several ladies connected with the Mission, will be taken on board at' half-past twelve to-day by one of the ferry Blear rners. Capt. Bongasrd expects to sail in the afternoon.

IV ho .serious accidents which have occur red to steamers lately in the canal were referred to the other day as having caused some alarm ax home. The .Suez Canal Company have been investigating the matter in consequence. They liud that all the accidents occurred to Steamers going south when passing mile 75 in the canal, and the result, while confirming the hypothesis that the damage was caused in each case by contact with a rock, throws some light on the way in which the injury came to he inflicted. Just about the part of the canal referred to, the waterway had been widened for a short distance on the eastern fc."jnk, forming, consequently, an indentation. Stcarauis ou leaving the narrows to enter the wider portion, have a tendency to yaw over to the side that has been widened, the reason being that on that side the pressure o!i pent up water is relieved, whilst on the other it remains till the ship is ouce more in equilibrium. In the case of "vess? is going south, the pressure was on the starboard side, canting them over to port; and, in straightening, some of them were unfortunate enough to come into contact wilM the southern end of the indentation, v>) deli is rocky. This explains why only outTV aid-bound steamers suiiered; for on going rujrth the operation is reversed, and any 'vessels which took the bank would touch the northern end of the bend, which is sandy. To remedy this the Canal Company are extending the widened portion, so as to give ships entering it from the rest of the canal more room to right themselves. It is only fair to the company to say that they have been delayed through the necessity of inventing and making some special machine for - breaking the rocks above the level at •which the stone-dredger, which works at the )jo'ctom, can get at. 'The ship Pleiades has almost completed th.e discharge of her inward freight, and will Shortly take in shipments for home. Burly _ yesterday afternoon a steamer outside Tiri was signalled, which proved to be the Union B.S. Co.'s well-known Fiji boat "Wainui, which arrived from Wellington

■shortly before three o'clock. She brought the Auckland passengers and mails ex the ■direct liner Aorangi. Ml J. W. Massey. 'the parser, reports that the Wainui left Wellington at 2.4.5 p.m. on the 25th inst., and had fresh southerly winds all the trip. She was abreast of the East Cape at 7 p.m. on the 26th, had Tiritiri abeam at 1.25 p.m. yesterday, and was berthed alongside the Queenstreet Wharf as above, having made the run from Wellington in the smart time of 48 hours. .... At the Hobson-street Wharf the bngantine Lady Mabel is discharging her coal, and the barqueufcine Jessie is taking in stiffening. Yesterday evening the Northern Co. s s.s. Douglas sailed for her regular ports in the Bav of Plenty with cargo and passengers. Yesterday evening at 6.30 o'clock the s.s. Herald arrived in port fpom Westport with a full cargo of coal, and took up a position alongside H.M.s. Rapid, into whose bunkers she will discharge about 100 tons of her cargo. The Herald will to-day supply the Orlando and the other vessels of the Fleet, and leave in the evening for the Sooth. She left Westport on the 24th at 3 p.m., and passed Cape Maria Van Diemen at 6 p.m. on the 26th, rounding the North Cape at 8.30 p.m. the same day, and reaching Auckland as above. Captain G. Crawsliaw, so well known in the t iji and coastal trade, has resumed command of the s.s. Wainui, after a mouth's leave. Mr. A. C. Walker, the genial purser, is however, not on the Fiji steamer this trip, but will, we understand, proceed to the Islands in the s.s. Mawhera on the first trip of the newly-established Tongan-Samoati service. We learn that it is the intention of the Devon port Steam Ferry Company to seek fresh fields for the employment of some of their steamers, and that the fine new p.s. Osprey will shortly be dispatched to the Kaipa'ra, there to run a tri-weeklv service between Helens?)lie and DargaviUe. The Osprey is well adapted for plying on the waters of the great inland harbour, being strong-built and engincd, with a mean speed of 10 Knots. Her passenger acoommodation is also spacious and comfortable, and we understand that the company purpose spending some £300 ro further adapt her for the carriage of passengers oil a lengthy journey. The matter will be discussed and details arranged at a meeting of the directors of the Ferry Company next Friday. Up to February 9th the following passengers had sailed anil booked for New Zealand ports at London Per R.M.s. Ballarat, sailed February 7 : Mr, Carver for Auckland, Mr. G. Turnbull for Dunedin ; per R-M.s. Cuzeo, to sail February 16: Rev. T. F., Mrs., and Miss Robertson for Wellington, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Pearse for Dunedin ; per R.M.S. Carthage, to sail April IS : Mr. \\ . C. Buchanan ; per R.M.s. Ormuz, sailed February 2, for Auckland : Mr. and Mrs. Ashton, Mr. J. Wilson, Mr. A. T. Bay ley, Mr. and Mrs. Ferrett; for Wellington : Mr. and Mrs. Drewett, Miss Drewett, Mr. W. H. Argall, Mr. W. Derbyshire, Messrs. A. and W. McCorquodale : for Port Lyttelton : Mr. Jovnt, Mr. A. P. Harper, Mr. S. Dufneld, jvn.. Mr. A. L. Mellish, Mrs. Mellish, the Misses Mellish, Mr. H. Duffield, Captain Perkins ; tor Port Chalmers : Mr. and Mrs. W. Brown and son. Miss Brown, Mr. Pearse, Mrs. Pearse, Mr. E. A. Heineky, Mr. H. N. Fowler, Mr. A. H. White.