SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8629, 27 July 1891, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at Auckland— a.m.; 11.42 p.m. „ - „ Manufcau—2.sß fi.m.; 3.22 p.m. > \ , 3uH.—Bises, 7.6 a.m.; seta,' 5.8 p.m. > "- ', Moon—Last quarter, to-morrow, 4.3 p.m. >. ARRIVALS. Helen, barque, 343, Boon, from Newcastle. '~7j' - »-C. i. James and Co., agents. _ . r > Spray, schooner, 50, Williams, from Napier. —J. T. Hendry, agent. ' , ' Clansman, s.s., 336, Farqnhar, from TauJ ranga. Passengers : —Mrs, Lundon, Misses Wilson, Ludwig, Brown, Lundon, Messrs. Norris, Tanner, Rev. Mr. Jordan.—Nor- . . thern S.S. Co., agents. : ,; lona, 8.5., 159, Amodeo, from Kuotunn and Mercury Bay. Passengers Messrs. Rhodes, Hadrill, Young, Kennedy, Lee, Home, Mr. Gray ; and party (4), Captain Joss, Colonel Carre,, and 8 steerage.— S.S. t Co., ■ agents, • CLEARED OUTWARDS. Rangatira. s.s., 2641, G. Burton, for Wel/ington and South.—A. Heather, agent. DEPARTURES. • • Rangatira, S.S., for Wellington. IMPORTS. Per barque Helen, from Newcastle 493 tons coal. ' •• . ! Per schooner Spray, from Napier:— ficks potatoes. „ Per Marmion: —250 sacks McGill a flour.— V. Gunson and Co. - ' • • *• . " . ' i -j . EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LONDON : Morayshire, S.S., early. Elderslie, s.s , sailed June 10. . Pakeha. s.s., in September. Waiotahi, S.S., sailed July 20. ; Piako, ship, sailed April 21. v Waitangi, ship, sailed July 7. Himalaya, ship, loading. • ■ v Soukar, ship, loading. &JSW YORK: Evie Reed, barque, sailed Mareh 10. Emma L. Shaw, barque, April 13.. Star of the East, barque, June 3. v Essex, barque, loading. « Flora, barque, loading. /JEWCASTLB: . , ' , _ , Ganymede, barque, sailed July 16. . Three Cheers, schooner, loading. WOLLONGONG : Defiance, brigantine, sailed July 16. '.' Stanley, brigantine, loading. islands: ■ r Pitcairn Island, schooner, early. WELLINGTON : Camana, barque, to load. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON: • • , Morayshire, s.s., to arrive. Blenheim, ship, loading. ® Camana, barque, to load. SYDNEY: . • 'y Anthons, brigantine, to load. : Eliza Firth, brigantine, via Tairua. , NOUMEA :. Darcv Pratt, brigantine, via Mercury flay, UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. ■ ' To-day.—Rotomahana arrives from South and leaves for Russell; Southern Cross ar- ' rives from East Coast; Takapuna leaves Onphungal p.m.; Janet Nicoll Arrives from - Westport. : ' f ; r —Wainui leaves for Tonga and |hX Samoa at 5 p.m. Wednesday.Rotomahana arrives from Russell; Mahinapua arrives at Onehunga 1 p.m.; Janet .Nicoll leaves for East Coast at 5 ' p.m. . Thubsday.—Mahinapua leaves Onehunga it 1 p.m; Rotomahana leaves for South at noon. ■ ,

; NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. < To-day.—Gairloch leaves for New Ply- '{■ mouth at 10 a.m.; Douglas leaves for Whal\ ngamata, Tauranga, and Whakatane at 5 p.m.;" Clansman for Russell, Whangaroa, ' and Mangonui at 7 p.m.; lona leaves for jfe Kuaotuna and Mercury Bay at 9 p.m.; Wellington arrives from Whangarei ; Glenelg arrives from Hokianga.. . "±<-" > Tuesday.—Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point, and Parua Bay at 10.30 p.m.; lona arrives from Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay. s, " Wednesday.—-Gairloch arrives from New; v ; Plymouth. v : y Thursday.—Gairloch leaves for New Plygo? mouth at 10 a.m.; lona leaves for Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay at 9 p.m. Wellington •arrives from Whangarei. -- • Friday.—Glenelg leaves for Opunake and ■ Wanganui at 1 p.m. ; Clansman arrives from < - Russell at 6 a.m., and leaves for Tauranga at - 7 p.m.; Wellington leaves for Whangarei, [\,< Marsden Point, and Parua Bay at 8 p.m. . Thames Service.Argyle or lona leaves • . fa Thames daily. •,- kj ■ - \ y 'r V VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This list does not include coasters. I ; Arawata, s.s.,.in stream. ' . -. . . • Blenheim, ship, at Queen-street Wharf, IWjfi Devoaport, barque, at Railway Wharf. | Killarney, barque, at Railway Wharf. s : Helen Denny, barque, at No. 2 Jetty. > r ,r *, ft Northern Chief, barque, in stream. "'Helen, barque, in stream. - . , ■ "X Eliza Firth, brigantine, at Railway Wharf. 'J l Anthons, brigantine, at No. 2 Jetty. *\p ! Christine, schooner, in stream. f" t: Maile, schooner, at Hobson-street Wharf, f. ' . Pendle Hill, 3-masted schooner, in stream. - • M Marmion. schooner, in stream. 'f>- Spray, schooner, in stream. W': The schooner Marmion, which brought in |t|| ;i a freighting of produce for Messrs. Stone r Brothers and Co., is discharging rapidly. After a lengthy sojourn of idleness in the placid waters of the upper harbour, the well- ? known schooner Christine is to be placed in || commission again shortly. Her owner and §cf&*?master. Captain ;McLiver, ! is fitting, her out for whUling purposes, and she will shortly leave port for a cruise in the waters between f Norfolk Island, the Kermadecs, and this colony. ■ . On Saturday evening the Island schooner Olive, Captain Ross, left for the Friendly Islands with a full freighting of timber anil . general merchandise. - I v * The New Zealand Shipping Company have f.r chartered the British barque Camana, now discharging a Liverpool cargo at Wellington, s*3 to load here for London as soon as the ship Blenheim is off the berth. The Camana will / leave Wellington for here in ballast shortly. From Messrs. Arnold, Cheney, and Co. we learn that the barqiie tvie Reed, from New York, left Wellington for here on Saturday afternoon last. - The Evie Reed has from ||#.;her original • port for Auckland a part cargo of 5100 cases kerosene, 560 cases turps, 100 * *■; bairels rosin, 112 packages printing paper, 96 cases chairs, 197 packages hardware, ana 1 " agricultural implements, woodware, etc. Yesterday the splendid cargo steamer Rangatira left this port for Wellington, M? where she will discharge the bulk of her London cargo. She will go on to Lyttelton, 'j,and afterwards visit Napier, Gisborne, and ' Whanganui, making Wellington her final . ' ; port of departure. • * v - ■Y-: At the Hobson-street Wharf the three-, > masted schooner Maile is looking like a new f.£ vessel « after the V thorough overhaul, recoppering, etc., that she has had given her Vby Mr. W. H. Brown in dock. She will be 6 ready in a day or so to leave for a coastal f: '' port where she is to fill up with timber for ; ; ; Sydney. '>• ; ; • Cable advices from Australia announce i - the safe arrival of the Auckland-owned vessels Handa Isle at Melbourne and Kenilworth at Sydney. Both had lumber : freights, the former from the Kaipara and the latter from Auckland direct. Mr. J. T. Hendry is advised of the safe y' arrival at Greytnouth of the schooner Norval from here, and the Saucy Kate from the : Thames. / . - Early yesterday the s.s. Clansman arrived from her regular weekly trip to Tauranga with passengers and cargo. On Saturday morning the island steamer Wainui came out of dock after a cleaning and •. overhaul. • She loads at Queen-street Wharf .'V to-day for Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji, and sails thither to-morrow evening. The Northern S.S. Co.'s Rotomahana was floated into Auckland Dock to receive some repairs to her machinery. " On Saturday afternoon the barque Helen, iff; s ; Captain H. ■ Boon, arrived from Newcastle j * with a cargo of coal. The master reports that / she left Newcastle at noon on July 14, and Bad fresh westerly winds for 24 hours. Mode- , tate south east and south-south-east winds M wen set in with squalls and heavy rain, after > : * "which south-west breezes with frequent Ir- 1 . showers were had till making the Three i?£| Sou the morning of the 22nd, after which strong south winds prevailed till ar- |||: rival. Ihe topsail schooner Spray, laden with ' produce, came into the harbour at nine oclock on Saturday night in tow. She left Napier on the _ 20th, and had light and baf- • «;!!? breezes till rounding the East Cape at P * . nr.!. the 22nd. Strong south-west winds • L!!? i ? croM the Bay » Plenty, and light M,: I K>^^ ree ?? 8 in the Gulf till arrival. R.M.s. Done , left Rio on her homeward condition" y ' Wlth her Inettt iu Kood

THE. TEA STEAMERS. pfe® A late Sydney exchange says" Several tfrfn 8 o ftye ela l |Bed since the China Navi«aP?? Company a extended its service • from - - ' China an ' Japan to Sydney, and dty by dav und..rHl ,C i°- ? increased -i" j; importance, ' - tt.ui ?. direction of Messrs. Lorimer, Rome, ! *' i e al '!f*«>g«ments _ made for the r • next lew weeks will cover shipments of the

■ ——— new season's tea direct to ■ Melbourne and Sydney,, in addition to the ' conveyance of general Eastern* cargo to all Australian ports. The Taiyuan, one of the new quartette built by Scott and Co. for the Australian trade, arrived in Sydney on July 18 from Melbourne, and leaves for Hongkong, via Queensland i ports, for which 5 there are a number of passengers booked, in addition to the usual Australian cargo ■ for the The Hanchow, a steamship of 2000 tons, built by Scott and Co. a few years ago for the company's China and Japan coastal service, is on her first visit to Sydney. She left Hongkong on July 2, and, calling at Queensland ports, should arrive about July 26. She brines a large general Eastern cargo. The fast new steamship Tsinan is bringing the first of the new season's tea from China co Melbourne direct. She sailed from Foochow with 3000 tons .of this season's choice samples, and is due at the Victorian capital on 27 th instant, LOW RATES OF FREIGHT. | The freight market has long been in a very depressed state, and business must surely have reached the turning point for the shipowner. Commenting on the stagnation, a report to hand by the last English mail goes on to say: " Outward sailing freights are becoming worse' and worse. One Clyde-owned ship has accepted 8s per ton Antwerp to Portland (Oregon), and another has taken 10s Tyne to 'Frisco, crossing from Antwerp for the freight. Taking loss of time, double port charges, cost ot loading and discharging into account, it is difficult to see where the profit comes in, and one is tempted to wonder why owners continue to accept such rates rather than send their vessels out direct in, ballast. If the anticipations of a bumper harvest on the Pacific slope are realised, and the weather in Europe does not speedily become more sum-mer-like than it has so far been, it seems to be a foregone conclusion that as a set-off to the miserable outward rates, grain rates from California and Oregon must spring at least 10s to attract the amount of tonnage which will be required to move the coming harvest from their porta." V YANKEE INGENUITY. A novel piece of work has just been undertaken in San Francisco. The ship Edward O'Brien, built in Maine in 1863, has been practically re-built without being taken from the water. A crew of riggers was employed, and the fore and main masts, each weighing over 100 tons, were lifted by means of shores six inches clear of the keelson. This was done without sending down the topgallantmasts or any of the light yards. The lower deck stanchions were knocked out, and the old keelson taken out the entire length of the ship, together with the sister keelsons. These were then replaced with new timbers 16 inches by 16 inches in size. Four form the keelson, and two on each side form the sister keelsons. These run the entire length of the ship, and are scarfed with oak keys. The entire body of the vessel has been replaced by 4by 16 planking. Thirteen of the lower deck beams nave been taken out, and new ones, 16 by 16. inches, put in. The new keelson is fastened down with bolts 1$ inches in diameter, and 7 feet long, which are driven 16 inches into the main keel. New 'tween decks have been put in, and the entire main deck will be taken out, together with the poop deck, forward house, topgallant forecastle, and the forward part of the cabin; the waterways will also be renewed. The estimated cost of repairing the vessel is over 40,000 dollars. R. S. Alexder and Company have the contract.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA. ARRIVALS. Gairloch, s.s., McArthur, from New Plymonth. Passengers :—Miss Edwardes, Mesdames Wilson, Dickson, Messrs. Goodacre, Bertie, Anderson, Paul, and Kennedy.—A. Barnes,, agent. < Takapuna, s.s., Grant, from the South. Passengers: Hon. Dr. Pollen, Miss Dumont, Mrs. Hall, Messrs. G. E. Reeves, Orpwood, H. Keary, Kittlewaite, R. A. Carr, Eraser, Duncan, Girdwood, W. Jarrett, Jamieson, Thompson, and 17 steerage.Union S.S. Co., agents. ■ - Glenelg, s.s., Norbury, from Hokianga.— A. Barnes, agent.

The Northern Co.'s s.s. Gairloch, from New Plymouth, arrived at 12.30 p.m. on Saturday, with a cargo of stock and sundries, and passengers as above. The Union Co.'s s.s. Takapuna. Captain J. Grant, from Southern ports, with cargo and passengers, arrived alongeide the wharf at 11.30 p.m. on Saturday. The Northern Co.'s s.s. Glenelg arrived from Hokianga yesterday afternoon, with a cargo of gum ana sundries. BY TELEGRAPH. ; / Kaipara. July 25. — Arrived: The barque W. C. Wentworth, from Danedin. HOKIANGA., July 28.Arrived : S.s. Glenelg, from Onehunga, with passengers and general cargo. | She left again last night. Sailed : Brigantine Sarah ana Mary, for Dunedin. > MANGONUI. July 25.—Arrived; The brig Vision, from Lyttelton, in ballast, to load timber for Sydney. . .■ s • port CHALMERS. July 26.Arrived: S.s. Fifeshire, from Bluff; s.s. Penguin, from Lyttelton; s.s. Te Kapo, from Timaru. Sailed: S.s. Taieri, for Oamarn. ADELAIDE. July 25.Arrived ; Barquentine Ocean Ranger, from New Zealand. SYDNEY. July Arrived: Schooner Kenilworth, from Auckland. v MELBOURNE. July 25.Sailed, yesterday: S.s. Tarawera, for Bluff. Arrived: Barquentine Handa Isle, from Kaipara. LONDON. July 24.—Arrived: S.s. Duke of Westminster, from Auckland (May 17); barque Parsee, from Port Chalmers (April 13). ' - f,-: DEPARTURE OF R.M.S. ARAWA. "Christchurch, July 25. — The R.M.S. Arawa leaves for London to-day. She takes the following passengers: Mr. and Mrs. Robert Vairgoe,' Rev. M. G. Pearse, Mr. William, Miss Mabel Pearse, Edward Liver- J more, Leonard Harper, James Findlay, Herman Gildermeister, L. Gould. Miss K. Greig, Miss Hemmott, J. Borwood, Elliott, Mrs. Brascay, Kate Langford, Frank Rcdcard, D. Morehouse, Markinham, Misses Dant, Wake, Fitzgerald, Moran, James Irving, Mrs. Rowe, Rev. H. B. Harvey, John Kearey, J. C. May, H. Maude, H. E. Richardson, Mrs. and Mrs. Slynes (2), J. Gamble, A. J. Boag, Mr., Mrs., and Master McDonald and infant, H. Skid more,* W. Caldwell, Miss Buchanan, W. and J. Rae, R. Thompson, D. Burgess,' G. Saunders, H. Wainnouse.