SHIPPING

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8361, 15 September 1890, Page 4

SHIPPING

Btor Water At Auckland—7.B2 a.m.; 7.58 p.m. K ii „ Mamikau—ll.l2 a.m.; 11.88 p.m. Bun.Rlms, C.3 a.m.; sets, 5.48 p.m. MOON.—First quarter, 22nd, 9.45 a.m. ARRIVALS. Zealandia, R.M. 3000, K. van Oterendorp, from San Francisco. Passengers :— For Auckland : Mrs. P. Smith, C. Meadows, Captain J. Whitney, J. L. Thomas, Perry, Ryan and wife, Harry Wirth, J. H. Sutton, and Wild West Show troupe, Dr. F. Schweizer, Dr. L. Vogel, Miss L. F. Thompson, W. F. Akarman, wife, and two children, and 20 steerage, tor Sydney: E. O. Barry, W. Bray, E. F. Broad. J. B. Ohovnski, W. E. Craig and wife, A. Holmes, H. Kempton, Fred. 1). Mercer, W. G. Newcomb, A. F. Petersen, T. P. Purvis, Mrs. B. M. Reid, James A. Cross. A. G. Cummings, Joseph Curthovs, Joseph Daily, Mrs. E. O. Eccles, Miss E. M. Ever hard, W. M. Fee, A. M. Foster, Miss F. Foster, Miss J. Foster, John S. Groesbeck. Mrs. T. 11. Harding, J. J. Hawkins, W. W. Hirst, James M. RobiBon, Mrs. L. 11. Scharror and child, H. Shaw, George H. Wallace, Mrs. G. H. Wallace, John R. Watson, A. G. Whipple, M. M. Yarker, C. Vaughan, and 23 steerage. —Union S.S. Co., agents. Wellington, s.s., 279, Stephenson, from Whangarei and Russell.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. Kyno, brigantine, SS, Tribe, from Howland Island and Samoa.—G. Cozens, agent. Douglas, s.s., 59, Austin, from Tauranga and Mercury Bay. Seven passengers.— Northern S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Zealandia, R.M.S., 3000, Van Oterendorp, for Svduey. Passengers Mesdames Glasson, M. O'Connor, Reynolds and children, A. T. Vincent, Rogers and child, Dean, Misses Kane, Dean (2), Captain Brisbane, Messrs. H. ,1. Phillips, C. A. Baker, J. P. Campbell, W. Hunt, J. H. Phillips, A. T. Vincent, J. McCallunt, J. Johnston, M. Kelly, W. Angus, P. Flinders, S. P. Siddall, J. Olive, Dean, Rev. C. W. Abel, and 37 cabin and 23 steerage in transit.—Union S.S. Co., agents. Mauapouri, s.s., 1786, T. Logan, for South. Passengers : — Mesdames Buchanan, Cork, Martin, Marshall, Everard, Shepherd, Henly, Smith, Edwards, Messrs. R. Worthington, P. Klein, Rees, R. Barends, W. R. Bloomfield, R. Masefield, J. Morrison. Edwards, R. Stuart, H. .Jeffrev, W. Willis, J. Lefevre, J. Mvnott, H. Hart, C. H. Oldham, Masters Bird and Essop.— Union S.S. Co., agents. ' Southern Cross, s.s., 282, G. Black, for East Coast. Passengers: Messrs. Wallace, Burdett and three Maoris.—Union S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Zealandia, R.M.S.s., for Sydney. Manapouri, s.s., for South. Southern Cross, s.s., for East Coast. Devonport, barque, for Lyttelton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. UN DON : Zealandia, ship, sailed May 30. R&ngitikei, ship, sailed June 21. Hermione, ship, loading, Mairi Bhan, ship, loading. Sew york: Prospect, barque, via Dunedin, sailed July '25. Clan Mcleod, barque (via South), early. Mary S. Ames, barque, via Wellington, sailed July 23. Essex, barque, via Dunedin, loading. Kewcastlk : Seabird, brigantine, early. Oainaru, brigantine, loading. Eliza Firth, brigantine, to load. Peddle Hi11,3-masted schooner, loading. ROWLAND ISLAND: Notero, barque, early. TAHITI, ETC. : Nautilus, brigantine. early. fOOCHOW : Kwei-yang, s.s., sailed August 22. KAIAPOI : Kestrel, ketch, sailed September 2. JTAPIKK : Enterprise, schooner, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON : Waitangi, ship, via South. NEW YORK : Carrie L. Tyler, barque, to load. SAMOA : Fernando, barque, repairing SYDNEY : Conference, barque (via Kaipara), to load. KEWCASTIJE : Three Cheers, schooner, loading. William Turner, barque, to load. UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.Orowaiti leaves Onehunga at 9.30 a.m. Tuesday.—Rosamond arrives from Brisbane. Wednesday. — Omapere arrives - from Timaru. Thursday.—Australia arrives from East Coast; Wainni arrives from Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji. Friday.—Omapere leaves for Fiji; Rosamond leaves for Sydney ; Australia leaves for East Coast. Sunday.—Wanaka arrives at Onehunga. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. I This list iloet not include cr>axtar*.| Richmond, s.s., at Railway Whatf. Waitangi, ship, at No. 2 Jetty. William Turner, barque, at Sugar Works. Fernando, barque, at Breastwork.^ Conference, barque, at Railway Wharf. Carrie L. Tyler, barquentine, No. 2 Jetty. Sarah Pile, brigantine, at Queen-st. Wharf. Ryno, brigantine, in stream. Three Cheers, schooner, at Breastwork. iVaiapu, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf, [iisborne, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. IMPORTS. Per R. M. s.s. Zealandia, from San Francisco: •-For Auckland: 200 boxes codfish, 100 boxes apples, 18 bales broom corn, 2.5 kegs casings, 6 barrels oil, 10 cases oats, 7 cases paints, 24 cases Californian wine, 10 flasks quicksilver, IS packages merchandise. For Port Chalmers : 500 cases salmon, 60 crates onions, 25 cases canned fruit, 7 boxes harvesters, 5 packages merchandise. For Lyttelton : 200 cases salmon, 2 packages merchandise. For Wellington : 50 cases salmon, 17 boxes agricultural implements, 32 kegs casings. 7 packages merchandise. For Napier : 35 cases salmon, 1 package merchandise, 60 half-crates onions. For Timaru : 1 case books. For Oamaru : 1 case whisky. For Bluff: 25 cases canned fruit. For Apia : 60 sacks flour. EXPORTS. Per s.s. Manapouri : —439 sacks gum, 47 sacks hides, 45 sacks oysters, 6 bales brooms, 2 cases boots, 7 bundles rabbit skins, 5 bales leather, 120 sacks cement, 57 bundles timber, 74 bunches bananas, 23 coils rope, 5 hhds. ale, 5 cases tobacco, 408 bags rice, 6502 bags sugar, 182 cases syrup, 126 bundles sacks, 730 eases salmon, 9 cases books, 7 cases harvesters, 32 casks casings, 50 cases canned fruits, 60 cases onions, 17 cases agricultural implements. A letter received on Saturday by the mail steamer from San Francisco, from Captain Fisher, of the whaleshiu Alaska, reports that vessel off Kodiak, Alaska, on June 20, with 300 barrels of whale oil and 30001b whalebone. The vessel was bound thence to Bristol Bay, Alaska, where they done so well last year. Captain Fisher was in excellent health, and hopes to be at San Francisco in November next. 1 Tho steamship Obdam, from Rotterdam, ! at New York, July 31, reported that she ran down a French fishing schooner off the Newfoundland banks in a fog. Four of the schooner's crew were drowned. A despatch to the New York Maritime Exchange, August 4, announces that the passenger steamer City of Rio Janeiro, from an Francisco for Yokohama and China, was seriously damaged by coming into collision with another steamer (name unknown) at Hongkong on the day before. A collision occurred on August 8 at Tuscar between the British steamer Samari, from Liverpool for Boston, and the British barque Dacca, for San Francisco via Queenstown. The barque struck the steamer on her port bow, damaging the latter's bulwarks and carrying away her own headgear. The Samaria proceeded on her course The British steamer Halcyon collided with the British steamer Rubina, near Vigo, Spain, on August 11. The former sank. Thirteen persons were drowned. The steamer Aislicoe went ashore at; Cape Race, Newfoundland, on August 18, and proved a total loss. All the crew were saved. The Norwegian brig Eva, from Gloucester, England, struck Goose Island, near Newfoundland, on April 18, and is a total wreck. The crew were saved. The steamer Gregory wus burned in the Volga River at Nishni-Novgorod on August 20. Many passengers lost their lives, some : being burned to death, and others drowned. The Hamburg-American line steamer < Dania, Captain Schultz, from Hamburg for New York and Baltimore, on August 20, went ashore at Jones' Inlet about eleven ; o'clock same night, and will probably become a total wreck. There were some immigrants on board. , , , : The French steamer Amenque ran down »nd sank the English steamer Red Rock off < the port of St. Mazarine on August 22. < Three persons were drowned. I On Saturday night about 8 o clock the Union S.S. Co.'s Manapouri sailed for the i South with a good number of passengers and 1 about 450 tons of general cargo. >

Rather unexpectedly last evening the Auckland brigantine Kynft, Captain Tribe, arrived in port from Howland Island and Samoa. As has been previously reported, she has been engaged for some little time in the guano trade for Messrs. J. T. Arundel and Co. She left Howland with a full cargo of 110 tons, and after calling at Samoa left Apia on August 19t.1i. She had moderate S. E. trades till out of the tropics, after which moderate breezes and squally weather prevailed till making the East Cape on September 6th. A heavy S.E. gale with high seas was then encountered, and the vessel was hove-to. While lying head-on to the storm the tiller worked off the rudder-head, and the rudder sustained considerable damage. Captain Tribe ran to leeward of the Cape for | shelter, but aga:" experienced a succession [ of heavy easterly ana north-easterly winds with confused seas for four days, the rudder being knocked about till nearly useless. It was then deemed advisable to run to Auckland for repairs, and northerly winds and fine weather were had to arrival. Advices from the Islands seem to point to the fact that the well-known trader the Chilian brigantine Nautilus has been lost at sea. She left Mangarewa in the Gambler Group about July Ist, bound for Huaheine, in the Loyalty Group, where she was to load oranges for this jjort, but has not since been heard of. She is under the command of Captain R. Owens of this port, and Captain V. Micheli, her owner, is also on board. The s.s. Kahu was loading on Saturday for Napier and Wellington. Early yesterday morning the Northern S.S. Co.'s Wellington arrived from Whangarei, Russell, and Northern ports. she brought a large quantity of general cargo and a fair number of passengers. The barques Valparaiso and Essex had on August 10 just been berthed at New York, covering all New Zealand ports—the former being laid on by the A. A. Line for Dunedin, Lyttelton, and Wellington, and the latter by Messrs. Arnold, Cheney and Co. for Dunedin and Auckland. With the Concordia (to arrive) chartered for Dunedin and Lyttelton, New Zealand seems likely to have abundant tonnage on the berth. The Mary S. Ames, barque, sailed on July 23 for Wellington and Auckland with 12,900 cases kerosene and sundries. The Prospect sailed for Dunedin and Auckland two days later with 9700 cases divided between the two ports ; while on the 29th the Balder left for Lyttelton and Wellington with 3200 cases.

Last night the s.s. Douglas brought up a full cargo of maize and seven passengers from Tauranga and Opotiki. At daylight yesterday the Union s.s. Co.'s Southern Cross with a full cargo of provisions, hardware, and sundries, besides passengers, pot away for her regular places of call on the East Coast.

The schooner Jessie Nicol, of Wellington, was at Papeete discharging copra when the Richmond left on August 24, and the Auckland ketch Awaroa was just going into Rarotonga on September 2. Our telegraphic advices from Port Chalmers announce the arrivals of the barque Clan McLeod, from New York, and the barque Langstone. The latter spoke the fore-masted barque Mersey, from Canterbury to London, with her topmasts gone, and other severe damage done to rigging and rudder. The Langstone herself ned one of her boats injured, while the Clan McLeod lost her topgallant mast and jibboom. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co.'s wellknown clipper ship Hermione sailed for this port from London with cargo and passengers on July 25. Amongst the passengers who had taken passage at London for New Zealand up to August 9 are the following:—Per R.M.s. Ltisitania, sailed August 1 :—For Auckland : Mr. E. Gibbons. For Wellington: Mr. W. H. Machell-Graham, Mr. A. H. Armstrong, Rev. J. Cocker. Per R.M.s. Victoria, sailed August B:—For Lvttelton : Mr. T. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Connell. For Napier Mr. W. D. Stewart. For Port Chalmers : Miss Scott, Mr. T. Scott. For Bluff: Mr. J. C. Ellis. For Auckland : Mr. A. E. Bayles. For »Vellington : Mr. W. L. Newman. Per R.M.s. Oroya, sailed August 16 —For Auckland : Messrs. W. Parker, C. Barrtum, E. B. Welch. For Taranaki: Mr. T. L. Lockton.

THE R.M.S. ZEALANDIA. About 6.30 o'clock on Saturday morning the mail steamer Zealandia, Captain K. van Otereudorp, arrived from San Francisco and Honolulu after a good trip, not being expected till late at night or early on Sunday. .she brought down 18 passengers for this port and 84 tons of general cargo, besides the members of the Wild West Snow and their impedimenta. She had also on board over 60 passengers for Sydney and 957 tons of general freight for Australia. The trip down from California has been a very fair one, and Mr. G. McLane, the purser, to whom we are indebted for files, etc., reports concerning it: —The Zealandia sailed from San Francisco on August 23rd at '2 p.m., and for the first two days had strong north-west winds and heavy swell, after which moderate north-east trades prevailed to Honolulu, which was reached on August 30th, After a stay of eight hours the steamer pushed on. On September 7th she touched off Tutuila, and after leaving moderate easterly winds set in, but on the 9th and 10th these increased into a gale with heavy seas. Thence light westerly winds with heavy swell were had till arrival as above. Shortly after being berthed the work of discharging the New Zealand consignments of salmon, fruit, etc., was briskly started, operations being carried on by free labourers. During Saturday night and yesterday forenoon the steamer took in a supply of coal from the U.S.S. Co.'s hulks, and sailed at 2 p.m. yesterday for Sydney, taking a good number of passengers from this port in addition to those booked through from San Francisco.

THE S.S. RICHMOND. Concerning the round trip of the steamer Richmond, which arrived here early on Saturday, the purser (Mr. Latchmore) reports :—The Richmond left Auckland on Wednesday, August 6, at noon, and experienced very strong S.E. winds and heavy seas until her arrival at Tonga, which was reached on the lltli, at 5 p.m. She discharged cargo, and left the next afternoon at 3 for Apia, taking with her forty-two Rarotongan natives as passengers, who were returning to their homes, after a twelve months' engagement in Tonga. The steamer arrived at Apia on the loth, at 10 a.m., still encountering very rough weather. She discharged cargo, and resumed her voyage on the 17th, at 5 p.m. Calling at Rarotonga on the 21st, she landed the natives and cargo, and left again the same evening, strong head winds and seas having been encountered all the way from Samoa. She arrived at Papeete on the 24th, at 5 p.m., and found things very brisk, there being four large French men-of-war lying at anchor in the harbour. The Richmond discharged her live stock and cargo, and steamed round to Tautira on the 27th, where she commenced loading her return cargo, consisting of oranges, pear! shell, cocoanuts, etc. Finally leaving Tahiti on the 29th, at noon, she again called at Rarotonga on the 2nd September, and continued loading with coffee, cotton, etc., leaving for Tonga on the 4th, at noon. Tonga was reached, after a pleasant passage of four days, on the Bth, when she finished loading with bananas. Leaving for Auckland the same evening at 4 o'clock, she arrived as above, after a smart passage of four and ahalf days from Tonga.

DIRECT STEAMERS, NEW YORK TO AUSTRALIA.

Writing at New York on August 16, Messrs. R. W. Forbes and Son state :— The Prodano has been very successful in securing freight, and is now engaged full. She will be despatched very shortly. The North German Lloyds have for some time been considering the advisability of laying on a direct steamer for Australia. Negotiations have also been in progress between that company and both the American Australian Line and the old lines. To-day we learn that the old lines have succeeded in chartering the North German Lloyds' steamer Karlsruhe for Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney. She will be berthed between September 15 and 22', and despatched about October 8. Charter rate is not far from 25s per 40 feet, and it is stated that freight rate will be lower than per Prodano. If steamers continue to go these rates must be raised, but at the moment lack of employment, and the hope of a paying wool freight back, nave induced acceptance of charters which will scarcely pay the steamer's way out. The Karlsruhe is a fine new 14-knot vessel, and should make a fairly fast trip. It is likely that the Prodano and Karlsruhe will be followed by other steamers, and if the results are satisfactory, direct steam communication henco to Australia will probably be established on a permanent footing. We consider this prospect as a most important matter to all interested in the colonial trade. The credit of the initial experiment must be accorded to the American-Australian Line. THE ALAMEDA. On the late trip of the R.M. s.s. Alameda from here to Honolulu she met witu a terrific hurricane on August 12 and 13, lasting for 48 hours, during which time Captain Morse, the genial and popular commander of the vessel, never Iwt the bridge. Just before reaching Honolulu the saloon passengers held a meeting, Mr. A. Hoffnung (the Hawaiian Minister to London) presiding. In a very neat speech the chairman bore testimony to the conduct of Captain Morse and his officers during the trying time. In the course of his remarks he said that few of the passengers would forget the terrible storms of August 12 and 13, but fewer still could appreciate the great danger which involved all on board, because a sea which could carry away a lifeboat, the engine-room skylight, and a

Quantity of bulwark railing, etc., must be a dangerous one, and unless the . vessel had been commanded by a man of great ability and enduring courage, might have proved extremely disastrous. It was then resolved that an address to Captain Morse be prepared, and the sum of £50 was subscribed and presented to that gentleman, for the purpose of purchasing some souvenir as a memento of the voyage. The following is the ad areas, which was signed by all the saloon passengers, amongst them be: ig Mr. C. J. Hutchinson, the esteemed gum merchant of this city —

Captain H. G. Morse, master s.s. Alameda. Dear > Sir,—We, the undersigned passengers by the good steamship under your able command, being desirous , of marking our appreciation of the conspicuous ability you displayed during a trying and perilous Seriod of the present voyage, which, under Provience, has brought us safely out of danger, have • subscribed a sum of money which we beg you will ; accept and invest in come souvenir moat congenial to your taste, and preserve it as a memento of our goodwill, and of <>ur admiration for your many high qualities, and in thanking you for your untiring vigilance ami care for the ship and passengers. We beg that you will also convey our gratitude to the able ar>.'; zealous officers under your command, one and rf.il of whom have discharged their arduous duties with unflagging courage and ability, and with patience and courtesy to the passengers. We j earnestly hope that God will grant you a long and prosperous career, and have pleasure in subscribing ourselves—Your faithful friends. MARINE CASUALTIES. The Norwegian barque Lloyd, sailed from Guantanamo, on the south side of the Isle of Cuba, June 14th, for Philadelphia, and had not been heard of up to July 27th. General belief is that she has foundered. The steamer Virginia collided with the ex* cursion steamer Louise, on July 28th, off Fort Cassal, about live miles from Baltimore, fourteen of the excursionists were killed and a number injured. The British steamer D. H. Miller, at Boston from Baltimore, July 28th, picked up when oil Five Fathom Bank Light, on July 26th. two boats containing 20 men, crew of the British steamer Charles Moran, which sailed from New York for Vera Cruz the preceding week. The Moran was sunk by an unknown schooner on the 26th. The Norwegian barque Speranza, Captain Anderson, was sunk off the Grand Banks, Newfoundland, in collision with an iceberg, July 27. A boat load of the crew was subsequently crushed among the bergs. The captain, mate, and four of the crew were brought to Quebec. July 31, by the barque Askew, from Hamburg. TORT OF ONEHUNGA. ARRIVALS. Penguin, s.s., Bernoch, from the South. Passengers: — Misses Watkin, Johnston, Tyne, Keelau, Gilland. Mrs. ♦Messrs. Page, Illott, Lodder (2), Byrne, Danhers, Pync, Maxwell, Livingstone, Long, Batger, Cooper, Kirker, Smart, Caverhill, Mace way, Carravaut, and 15 steerage.—Union S.'S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Penguin, s.s., Bernech, for the South.— Union S.S. Co., agents. The Union Co.'s s.s. Penguin, Captain J. Bernech, from the South, arrived on Saturday morning with a general cargo and passengers as above. At 6 o'clock she sailed again for southern ports, having on board a mixed general cargo, including .'SO tons iron shipped by the Onehunga Ironworks Co., limited.