SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9185, 27 April 1893, Page 4

SHIPPING.

IiOH Water at Auckland—4.4 ».m.; 4.36 p.m. „ „ Mtumkau-8.38 run.; 7.10 p.m. Sun—Rhea, 6.29 a.m.; sets, 5.9 p.m. Moon—Full, April 30,11.2 p.m. WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin telegraphed at 1.23 p.m. yesterday as follows :—North-east to north and weifc gale with rain within 12 hours from now. Glass fall. ARRIVALS. Argyle, s.s., 129, F. Amodeo, from the Great Barrier. Passengers :-— Mesdames Carlson, Cooper, Bush, Messrs. Carlson, Cooper, Cordon, J. Palmer, G. B. Howard, Allen, Vaile, and three in the steerage.— Northern S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Taviuni, s.a., 1465, R. E. Smith, lor Suva and Lovuka. Passengers : Mesdames McKinlay, Dixon, Ross and infant, Wright and child, Veater and child, Messrs. J. McKinlay, Dixon, Rosa, J. Vester, Allardyce, Jickell, R. T. Davis,S. Uodlin, J.L. Avley, J. Slater. —Union S.S. Co., agents. Adelaide, three-masted schooner, 217, John Dunn, for Sydney, via the Thames.—M. Niccol, agent. DEPARTURES. Taviuni, s.s., for Suva and Levuka. Northern Chief, barque, for Kaipara and Sydney. Qrasmore, barque, for Whangaroa and Sydney. Zeno, brigaiitine, for Kaipara and Melbourne. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. "LONDON : Ruapehu. s.s., early. Star of Victoria, s.s., early. Mamarl, as., early. Te Koa, s.s. early. Maori King, 8., early. Saw York : John McDermott, brigantine, sailed January 3. Clan Ferguson, barque, sailed Feb, 8. W. B. Flint, sailed March 13. Abiol Abbot, barquentine, sailed Mar. 13. Mary Haabrouok, barque, to load. Essex, barque, to load. KJBWOASTLK; , Queen, barque, sailed April 9. Waitemata, barqueutine, sailed April 18, Anthona, brigantine, sailed April 21. PORT kbmbla : Eillan Donan, brigantine, sailed April 8. BRISBANE : Welcome, schooner, early. ROCKHAMITOK ! Prosperity, brigantine, early. I>UNui-.n K!W : Victory, brigantine, early.

PROJECTED A WSV RKS. LONDON : Rangitiki, barque, loading. Ruapehu, s.s., early. Star of Victoria, 8.3., early. MEW YORK: Mannie Swan, barque, loading. Queen, barque, to arrive. 3AN FRANCISCO : Alameda, R.M.3., May 20. HONOLULU: Alameda, R.M.s., May 20. SAMOA : Upolu, 8.a., to-day. SYDNKY : VYailiora, s.s., Tuesday. KttWA: Upolu, 8.8., to-day. ONION S.S. COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. Today.—Tarawera leaves for the South at noon ; Mahinajma leaves Onehunga at 1 p.m. } Upolu leaves for Tonga and Samoa at 5 p.m.; Australia leaves for East Coast at 2 p.m. NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.— Gairloch leavea for VVaitara it 1 p.m.: Argyle for Kuaotunu, Tairua, and Mercury Bay at 7 p.m.; Wellington arrives from Vvhaußarei; Waiotahi arrives from Tauranga early. Friday.—Clansman arrives from Russell at 6 a.m., and leaves for Tauranga at 7 v m. : Gleuelg leavea for Raglan, Opunake, ana Wanganui at 1 p.m.; Waiotahi for Whangarei, Marsden Point, Mangapai, and Parua Bay at 10.30 p.m. Saturday.— Gairloch arrives from Waitara; Argyle from Mercury Bay, Kuaotunu and Tairua. Thames Skrvice.—Rotomahana or Ohinemini leaves lor Thames daily, and s.s. Paeroa leaves for Paeroa twice weekly, VESSELS IN HARBOUR. [This lint <lo«» not Include ro«»t«»,J fjpolu, s.s., at Queen-street Wharf. Arawata, a s., in stream. Rangitiki, barque, at Queen-street Wharf. Belle Isle, barque, at Railway Wharf. Rio, barquontine, at Breastwork. ' Frank Guy, barquentine, at Railway Wharf. Manilla Swan, barquentine, at Quay-street Jetty. Lady Mabel, brigantine, at Railway Wharf. Cuthona, 3-maated schooner, in stream. Adelaide, 3 masted schooner, at Railway Wharf. Christine, schooner, in stream. Marmion, schooner, in stream. EXPORTS. I

Per Taviuni, for Suva and Levuka: 734 bap sugar, 1200 sacks oats, 90 boxes soap, 20 cases kerosene, 15 cases fruit, 156 sacks and '8 bags potatoes, 16 sacks, 10 cases, and 13 boxes onions, 340 sacks bran, 10 bags lime, 3 bulls, 5 horses, 45 sheep, 1 cow, 2 cases jam, 106 cases meats, 124 kegs beef, 42 cases, 8 kegs, and 3 boxes butler, 5 cases and 2 boxes Latter* 1504 pieces timber, 6 packages casements, 4 bundles mouldings, 10 packages ■ashes, 3 packages doors, 20 tins and 7 sacks bread, 36 cases apples, 10 barrels, 4 cases and 2 hhda ale, 20 sacks Hour, 12 sacks wheat, a large quantity of sundries, and transhipments from Southern ports and Sydney. Per Adelaide, tor Sydney: 100,000 feet white pine timber (to be shipped at the Thames). The Union S.S. Company's steamer Taviuni left for Suva and Levuka last evening with a large miscellaneous cargo. The steamer calls at Russell this morning, and continues her voyage to Fiji In the afternoon. The barque Northern Chief sailed for Kaipara yesterday to load timber for Sydney. Yesterday morning the barque Grasmere sailed for Whanearoa, where she loads timber for Sydney. The brigantine Zeno sailed for Kaipara yesterday to load timber for Melbourne. On the way round to Kaipara the vessel calls at Ohora to take in the machinery and plant of Messrs. Masefield's canning establishment. Yesterday the three-masted schooner Adelaide cleared at the Customs for the Thames, where she loads white pine timber at Bagnail's mill for Sydney. She will sail to-day. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Tarnwera leaves for Southern ports and Melbourne at noon to-day. This evening the Union S.S. Company's steamer Upolu leaves for Tonga and Samoa. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Australia leaves for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington, at 2 p.m. to-day. Yjsterday the American barquentine Mannie Swan shipped a large number of bales of flax for New York. The brigantine leaner, for Noumea,which has been weather-bound at Marsden Point for the last few days, sailed for her destination yesterday. Tho barque Belle Isle has berthed at the Railway wharf to finish the discharge of her cargo of coal from Newcastle. Ine schooner Duuedin has sailed from Dunedin for Napier with a cargo of produce. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Waibora leaves this port for Sydney on Tuesday next.

Tho Northern S.S. Co.'s steamer Argyle arrived from the Great Barrier last night. She leaves for Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay tills evening. The mail steamer Alameda arrived at Sydney from this port yesterday. The new battleship Repulse made her contractors' eight hours' trial under natural draught on February 28. The ship was in command of Captain Hnrnell, of the Portsmouth Steam Reserve. The Repulse is one of the eight first-class battleships of 14,150 tons displacement which were authorised to be built under the Naval Defence Act, and she is the third of the class which has been sufficiently advanced to undergo her steam trials. The mean results of the eight hours' ■teaming were as follow :— Steam in boilers, 152"51b ; vacuum, '28iin. in both condensers ; revolutions, 99*4 and 99.3 per minute; indicated horse-power. 4907 starboard and 4565 port, thereby giving a collective indicated horse-power of 9533 horses, or 533 beyond the stipulated power, The mean air pressure in the stokeholds amounted to '45in., and the mean speed of the ship, as measured by the Cherub log, was 1778 knots. The trial was in every respect a success. The recent inquiry at home as to the loss of the s.a. Rouinania on the coast of Portugal shows that the Board considered that vessels of her class should carry one boat on each side swung out and ready for immediate lowering. With regard to lifebelts, it appeared at the inquiry that they had been removed after the vessel left Glasgow, Prior to that they were easily accessible in each of the cabins; but certainly in those of the two European survivors of the disasterthere were no lifebelts after the vessel left Liverpool. It was also stated that the lifebelts bad been removed at Glasgow to make room for passengers' luggage. The Court was also of opinion that it would be better to fix lifebelts in or over the berth of each passenger, rather than place them, as the

I practice appeared to be, in racks under ! the sofa berths. In strong contrast with this method is the rule adopted by the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, in whose perfectly-equipped boats a lifebelt is placed under the pillow of each passenger's berth. THE BARQUE QUEEN. 0 Last evening a message was received from Tiritiri stating that a barque was insight twelve miles outside, the wind being a moderate S.W. breeze. This will probably B be the Norwegian barque Queen, from New--5 castle with coal. This vessel is under , charter to the New Zealand Shipping , Company, and on discharge of inward cargo - will load with kauri gum and flax for New York. THE WRECK 03" THE ANNIE k WILSON. Our Plhama correspondent, under date of I the 24th instant, writes :—The Annie Wilson , is ashore about three chains south-east of , the Geo River. She is lying stern-on to the shore, having swung round with the tide a few hours after she struck, and about 200 i yards out at high water. She is a total wreck, and has settled down in the rocks, and her bottom is stove in. At high tide she rolls considerably, and breakers wash her deck. Maoris were busily engaged yesterday, unloading her, but about one o'clock had togive it up, as owing to the tide corning in there was too much water In the hold. The cargo is considerably damaged. The wind ia blowing slightly from the south-east; should it continue from this quarter she will probably last some time, but if it changes to the west she will break up rapidly. Had she gone ashore three chains east or west of where she now lies, she would have gone to pieces in a very short time, and the captain and his crew would have been in great danger. It is most fortunate that she was wrecked in so convenient aspot,«is the Oeo Hotel is within about a mile of the beach, and which place the captain has made his headquarters. This is the only spot for some miles on the coast which allows the approach of drays. Great sympathy is expressed at seeing such a tine little craft lying at the mercy of the waves. Every praise is due to Captain Murray for the promptness he has displayed in arranging for the unloading of the vessel. Had he himself been responsible for the insurance he could not have shown more energy. The insurance companies should congratulate themselves upon having their interests looked after by so capable a man. Every sympathy is shown for Captain Murray, as he appears very much cut up, upon the loss of his vessel. The wreck has drifted in a little with the tide, and it is expected It will probably come in some distance. A start was made with unloading this morning, but when a few boat loads had been brought ashore, the Marine Surveyor, Captain Beudall, arrived on the scene. He immediately made an inspection of the cargo, and finding it so thoroughly soaked, stopped the work of unloading, as he was of opinion that the Insurance Company would not profit by the expenses being incurred Very little cargo has been landed. Captain Good generously placed his wool shed for storing the cargo in. Everything will be sold on Wednesday. Immediately afterwards the captain and his crew leave for Wellington. A very nasty sea is running, and the weather is very dirty. Rain from south-east all the morning. The wind is freshening now, and every appearance of a rough night. [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.J Wellington* Wednesday.— Bendall, the Marine Superintendent for the Underwriters' Association, returned from the scene of the wreck of the schooner Annie Wilson, by the s.s. Mann to-day. On an inspection being made, it was found that the schooner was firmly embedded in a cluster of recks. Her bottom is seriously damaged, and the water flows in and out with the tide. All hopes of saving the vessel have been abandoned. The cargo is also seriously damaged. In all probability the wreck will be sold as it now lies. Haweea, Wednesday.— Murray, of the Annie Wilson, states that the vessel ] struck at 3.45 on Saturday morning. A heavy rain came on shortly before that, and obscured the land from view. The vessel had been going at the rate of about nine knots, and he fully expected to be pastOpunake. As the breeze freshened and the tide rose he j had to abandon the vessel. The crew saved their wearing apparel. She was one of the finest vessels of her class on the coast.