SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8374, 30 September 1890, Page 4

SHIPPING.

Hioa Wazkk at Auckland— ul; 8-19 p.m. „ „ Manakaa—lLS4 a.m.; 11.53 p.m. Hum.— 6.39 a.m.; seta, 6.2 p.m. Moon.— Last quarter, October 6, 8.3 a.m.

CLEARED C (JTWARDS. Wellington, 8.8. t 279, Stephenson, for Whanjfarei, etc.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. lona, S.S., 159, Amodeo, for Mercury Bay. —Northern S.S. Co., agents.

DEPARTURES. Wellington, s.s., for Whangarei. lona, s.s., for Mercury Bay.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London* : Hermione, ship, sailed July 26. Mairi Bhau, ship, loading. Oamaru, ship, loading. "VISYf 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. BAN FRANCISCO : Alameda, R.M.S., sailed September 20. SYDNEY: Defiance, brigantine, sailed September 27. SEW CASTLE : Seabird, brigantine, early. Oamaru, brigantine, loading. Prosperity, schooner, early. NOUMEA : Christine, schooner, early. BOWLAND ISLA.ND: Notero, barque, early. TAHITI, ETC. : •Nautilus, brigantine, early. roociiow : Kwei-yang, s.s., on October 1. KAR<»T(jNGA : Torea, schooner, early. Akarana, schooner, early. TONGA: Olive, schooner, early. XiYTTKI.TON : Dcvonport, barque, early. DONEUIN : Clansman, schooner, sailed Sept. 23. I.WERCAKOILL : Waireka, 3 m. schooner, sailed Sept. 26. OAMAKU: Silver Cloud, barquentine, mailed Sept. 20. "NATIKK : Fleetwing, schooner, sailed Sept. 24. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON: Zealandia, ship, to load. Wa-itangi, ship, via South. HEW YORK : Carrie L. Tyler, barque, loading. Clan McLeod, barque, to arrive. HONGKONG: Kwei-yang, s.s., via South, early. HOBART: Loongaua, barque, early. LYTTELToN: Louie, schooner, via Thames. EAUPoi: Kestrel, ketch, via Thames.

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.—Wairarapa arrives from Sydney ; Penguin leaves Oneliunga at 10 a.in.; Southern Cross arrives from East Coast. Wednesday.—Southern Cross leaves for East Coast, 0 p.m.; Janet Nicoll leaves for Gisborne and papier. Turns day.—Te Anau arrives from South; Wairarapa leaves for South at noon. Satcrday.—Ohau arrives from Timaru. NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOV KM IS NTS. To-day.—Argyle leaves for Thames at ! p.m.; Clansman leaves for Whangarei, Maradeu Point and Parua Bay at 10.30 p.m. Wednesday.—Arjiylo arrives from the Thames. Thcrsday.—lona arrives from Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay early, and leaves again for sameports at 9 p.m. ; Argyle for the .Thames at 2.30 p.m.; Clansman arrives from WhangareL Friday.—Wellington arrives from Russell at 6 a.m., and leaves for Whangarei. Marsden Point and Parua Bay at 10.30 p.m.; Clansman leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m. ; Argyle arrives from tho Thames. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This list does not Include coasters.] <Vaitanfji, ship, in stream. Zealandia, ship, at No. 2 Jetty. Rangitikei, ship, in stream. Loongana, barque, in stream. Carrie L. Tyler, barquentine. No. 2 Jetty. Enterprise, schooner, at Queen-street Wharf. Louie, schooner, at No. 2 Jetty. IMPORTS. Per Monowai: 350 sacks oats, 100 sacks flour, 60 sacks oatmeal.—T. H. Hall and Co. Per Australia : 100 sacks flour. 500 sacks potatoes, 80 boxes soap, 1 ton soda crystals. -T. H. Hall and Co.

The Northern S.S. Co.'s steamer lona has been put into commission after a brief spell of idleness owing to the strike, and she sailed last evening for Mercury Bay. This forenoon the Union S.S. Co.'a it-earners Wairarapa and Southern Cross are expected from Sydney and the East Coast respectively. After a lengthy absence from this port, the well-known little three-masted schooner Waireka is again to pay us a visit, having sailed from lnvercargilf, produce laden, on Friday last. The ship Waitangi is completing her ballasting in the stream, and will sail very shortly for Giaborne to load for the United Kingdom. The ship Rangitikci, of the New Zealand Shipping Company's line, began to put out her cargo of explosives into lighters at the powder ground yesterday. She will be towed up and berthed to-day. The Now Zealand Shipping Company have received cable advices from Loudon to the effect that their line of cargo steamers will commence a regular monthly service from home to the colony in January next. The line steamers of the " Duke f line under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company have been carrying out this cargo service with success for the past year, and several of the steamers have made Auckland their first port of call. With the quicker service we may expect more frequent visits. At Lyttelton the barque Devonport has nearly completed a loading of produce for this port. Five sailing vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 900 tons are now on their way from Southern ports to Auckland with produce. At London the New Zealand Shipping Company announce a reduction of the rates of freight to the colony by their sailing ships. Merchants will be glad to hear this news. On Saturday last the locally-owned brigantine Defiance left Sydney for this port with coal, and the schooner Prosperity also sailed last week, from Newcastle, with similar freight. Mr. Alfred Shaw, the signal master at Coocle Island station, Torres Straits, in a letter to Messrs. C. F. James and Co., states that the brig Rio Loge, *241 tons, from New Zealand to Mauritius, 35 days out, spoke the station on September 4th, and wished to be reported all well. The Kaikoura arrived at Rio de Janiero on Friday, all well. The frozen meat was in good condition.

HEAVY WEATHER. The ship of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Line, which, with her master, Captain James, ia so well known here, which arrived at Melbourne from Soderham on Thursday, reports heavy weather crossing the Southern Ocean. On August 12, off the Cape of Good Hope, the ship was overtaken by a tremendous gale from west-south-west. For 30 hours the gale raged with hurricane force, and the ship ran dead before wind and sea under two lower topsails, reefed upper topsail and foresail. There was a fearful sea with the gale, and. as the ship was scudding along, a sea of surpassing force and volume broke high over all and swept one of the boats from the after skids clean away, The decks were also flooded from end to end, and there was considerable risk to life and limb while the gale was at its height. Again, on crossing long. 04deg. east, in lat. 44deg. nouth, on August 21, the wind gathered strength again and blew a whole gale from west-south-west. This also lasted "58 hours, and in 24 hours of that time the ship had covered 336 miles. She ran dead before wind and sea again under the same canvas, and in order to temper the fury of the sea oil-bags were hung out from the sprits&il yard. At noon on August 22 the foresail and lower foretopaail were blown away. They were new and had just been bent. This caused the vessel to ship three very heavy seaa in succession over the port lido and the work of destruction went on without let or hindrance. The forecastle was completely gutted, decks, and deck-houses were filled and the topgallant bulwarks, a* well as everything loose or moveable on deck were swept away. The sea also found its way Into the cabin, to the ruination of stores ana provisions.

TORT OF ONEHTJNGA. DEPARTURE. Glenelg, s.e., Norbury, for Wanganni.—A, Barnes, agent. The Northern Co.'s s.s- Glonelg, for Wac nganui, via Opanake, with a mixed general cargo, sailed at seven o'clock last night.