SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9221, 8 June 1893, Page 4

SHIPPING.

Bios WatKß at AndtUaii-0.0 a.as.: a® p.m. a „ Muraksa—ta; 139 p.n. fiin-Ui-m, 7-1 asa; s*a. i.3» p.m. >;1 MOOJt—3fW, nth, 4.80 Mt WEATHER FORECAST. ' Ctptals Edwin wired yestrrday st 1190 pm>Indications for frost night, and fat decreasing tides. ARRIVALS. Argyle, aa, 129, F. Amedeo, from the Great Barrier. Passengers: Re*. J. Haselden, Mr. Young, and one in the steerage.— Northern S.S. Co., agents. Chelmsford, as.. 70, C. Hopkins, pat back. —Northern S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Australia, 459, John Gibb, for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellingtons Passengers : Captain Chri»p, Messrs. A. Davis, Totter, Barclay, P. L Austin, Large, and •even in the steerage. —Union $,0. Co., Beauts. Waiapu, schooner, 61, John Nicola*, for Tairua, the Bast Coast, andGisborne.—L. D. Nathan and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Australia, a, for the East Coast, Napier, led Wellington. Racgitiki, barque, for London. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. i&six>s : Mamari, s.s., to-morrow. Te Koa, as sailed. Maori King, as., arrived Melbourne May 27. Coptic, aa, jailed May 2D. Celtic King, aa, sailed May 17. txw YoKh : Clan Ferguson, barque, arrived at Wellington June 6. W. B. Flint, sailed March 19. Abie! Abbot, barquentme, sailed Mar. 19. Mary Hasbrouck, barque, sailed April 11. Essex, barque, to sail May 3. Kathleen Hilda, barque, to load. My FRANCISCO : Monowai, R.M.S., about June 15. SAMOA : , Monowai, M.a, about June 1&, Upolu, aa, early. BOXOA : Ui>olu, as., early. BAROTONGA : Jessie Niccol, schooner, daily. MWCASTL£: Vision brig, sailed May 23. Clansman, schooner, sailed May 23. Devonport, barque, sailed June 3. Yolande, barquentine, sailed May 31. ■TDNEY: Tarawera, s.s, early. Mariposa, R.M.b., June 10. DC.VEDI.V : Ocean Ranger, barquentine, early. PROJECTED DIiI'AUTURKS. LONDON: . T . o Coptic, s.s., about July 3. fKff y«'KK; ... . , John McDermott, brigantme, to load. Ephialtes, barque, to Ir-uL tun Feigu/on, barque, to arrive, lAS CISCO: Mariposa, B.M.a, June 17. BOSOLCX.O : T Mariposa, K.M.S., June 17. lAUOA : r Mariposa, R.M.S., J&Le 17. rui: Taviuni, s.s., June 15. •IPNtv : Rotomahana, 5.8., June 13. Monowai, R.Alj., about June 1«>. EABOTOSGA : Cuthona. barquentine, early.

ONION S.S. COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. This Day.M&napouri leaves for Melbourne and 6outh at noon; Mahinapua leaves Oasliuu#* at 1 p.m.; Pukaki leaves tor West port at 5 p.m. Friday.—Taupo arrives from South. Satckdax.—laupo leaves for Grey mouth. NORTHERN 8.8. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. This Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m. ; Glenelg for Raglan and Kawhia at 1 p.m.; Argyle for Kuaotuau, Tairua, and Mercury Bay at 7 p.m.; Wellington arrives from VVhangareL Friday.—Waiotahi arrives from Russell early, and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m.; Wellington for Whangarei, Marsden i oint, Mangapai, and Parua Bay at 8 p.m. Saturday.—Gairloch arrives from New Plymouth; Argyle from Mercury Bay, Kuaotunu, and Tairua. Thames Rotom»bana or Ohinemuri leaven for Thames daily, and s.s. Paeroa leave* for Paeroa twice weekly, VESSELS IN HAKBOUK. Tii'u U»t .IrjHß* not Deled* coaster*.] Katoomba, H.M.8., in stream. Arawata, a a., in stream. Wenoaa, barque, in stream. Examiner, barque, at Railway Wharf. itry WmJll+y, b*rqu«oiiii€, in 0 Cream* Handa Lie, barqueutine, at Sugar Works. Victory, briganUne, in stream. Stanley, brigauiioe. at. HoLaon-street Wharf. John McDermott. Infantine, at Quay-street Wharf. Cuthoua, 3-masted schooner, in stream. Christine, schooner, in stream. Mamnion, schooner, in stream. Welcome, schooner, in stream. Araupu, schooner, at Kauri Timber Co. Spray, schooner, at Breastwork.

Yesterday afternoon the Northern S.S. Company'* steamer Chelmsford, which left for 'i'auranga, Whakatane. and Opotiki, on Tuesday evening, returned to port owing to her not being able to make head way against the strong south-easterly gale blowing outside. he steamer returned to an anchorage tinder Kangitoto reef on Tuesday night, and made another attempt to proceed yesterday morning, but the wind ana sea were found to lw still too heavy, and she returned to the wharf. She is to leave for Whangarnata, Whakataue, and Opotiki, this evening. ; Last evening the Vv'.ja 8.8. Company s steamer Australia left for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington, with several passengers and a large general cargo. The schooner .VVaiapa cleared at the Customs, yesterday, for the East Coast and Gisborne," with the following cargo : 33 sacks coal. 405 pieces timber, 800 bricks, 12 bags •and, 15 bags lime, 22 sacks chaff, 134 hags sugar, 106 nests pipes, 10 cases ale, and a quantity of sundries. She will sail to-day, and calls in at Tairua to ship a quantity of timber. Yesterday afternoon the schooner Kenilworth, which sailed for Tairua on Tuesday, to load timber for Wellington, returned to in anchorage under Rangitoto Reef, owing to the wind being ahead. She will resume her voyage the first favourable change. The barque Examiner was berthed at the Railway Wharf yesterday afternoon, to discharge her cargo of coal from Newcastle. The barquentine Cuthona has been chartered through Messrs. Younghusband and Co. by Mr. H. Kohn for a cruise amongst the Islands. She will sail for Rarotouga in tbe course of a few days. Captain James Dicklion goes in charge of the vessel. To-day the schooner Waiwera will start shipping timber for Napier. She sails on Saturday for Whangarei to complete her loading. Yesterday the schooner Fleetwing arrived at Whangarei from this port, to load timber for Lyttelton. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company s Marnuri, from London, via Teneriffe and Hobart, may be expected to arrive to-mor-row morning, she having left Hobart on Friday evening last. At noon to-day the Union S.S. Co.'s steamer Manapouri leaves for Southern ports and Melbourne. , The departure of the Union S.S. Co. s' steamer Pukaki for Weatport has been postponed until live o'clock thu evening. Yesterday morning the New Zealand Shipping Company's barque Rangitiki left for London, being towed out by Kangitoto by the steam-tug Eagle. Last night the Northern S.S. Company s steamer Argyle arrived from the Great Barrier. She leaves for Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay this evening. Yesterday the barqUe Grasmere arrived at Sydney from Whangaroa with a cargo of timber. At the preliminary inquiry into the wreck of the ship Ulidia, held at Perth, the evidence of the captain and officers, which agreed in the main points, went to show that there was a strong current running at the time of the wreck, causing the ship to miss stays. The decision of the Court was unanimous that the captain should answer a charge of negligence for having sailed at night, with a falling barometer, and that he did not keep the lead going or a look-out man watching the reefs,, nor let the anchor go when he found the ship had missed stays. At the formal inquiry the certificate of the captain was suspended for six months. The tidal stream In the Port Adelaide River is a frequent subject of controversy amongst nautical men. It is therefore Interesting to know what the Admiralty surveyors say on the subject. At Snowden's Beach the spring tide runs 1 knot, and ebb at neaps halt a knot, At the North Arm the neaps run 1* knot, and flood 2 knots. At Light s Passage spring tides run 24 knots and neaps 1$ knot, and it may be remarked this is the swiftest tide run any part of the ' river, for as the tidal stream approaches the lighthouse it diminishes to springs 2 knots and neaps 14.>' As soon as the other harbour " la reached there is a still further reduction, seeing that off Largs pier the spring tides run bat 1 knot and the neaps half a knot. At the bell buoy the springs are 1} knot and the neaps 1 knot. *

WRECK OF THE WHAMPOA. A private cable message was received in town yesterday, statins that the steamship Wham pea. of the China Steam Navigation Company'* fleet, had been wrecked at Cheloo. No particulars are to hand u to how the disaster occurred or whether the wreck is a total one or not. The Wfoam made several visits to this port from China, her last visit being in August, 138®. Since the new steamers of the company have been in commission the Whampoa has been engaged in the China coastal trade, only making a trip about occe a year to the colonics. She was a steel screw steamer of the following dimensions l>ength, 271 feet 3 inches; breadth, 34 feet 4 inches: depth, 23 feet 6 inches; tonnage, 1734. She was built by Messrs. Scott and Co, of Greenock, in 1882, to the order of the China Steam Navigation Company, her port of registry being London. Mr. H B. Morton is the Auckland agent of the company. Che-foo is the European name of the Chinese town of Yen-tai. It is a treaty port on the north aide of Shan-tung, at the entrance to the Gulf of Pechili, in which it is the only port that remains open throughout the winter. THE SHIP WESTLAND. The following is a report of the voyage of the ship Westland, of the Shaw, Savill. and Albion Company lino, from Glasgow to Port Chalmers, where she arrived last week The Westlaad left th« Tail of the Bank on January 27th, towed as far as the Pladda, when a strong southerly gait* set in, and | anchored in Lamluh Bty until the 29th, when the weather moderated, and she again got under way with a moderate S. W. breeze, which held for a few hours, when it hauled to the southward, increasing to a heavy gale; the vessel not making headway she was kept away again for L&mlash Bay, where she again anchored ou the 3lat; strong southerly gales at times blowing with hurricane forcc, with barometer standing at 28-80, continued until February 12, when the weather again moderated, and another start was made; moderate weather held until the 14th, when she encountered a heavy S.W. gale, the reasel being under her three lower topsails and foresail, with a very high sea. shipping large quantities of water; at 3 am. the wind increasing and hauling to the westward, the ship was headed to the southward; at the time the weather was very dark and dirty, it being hardly possible to see across the deck; while all Lands were hauling the starboard foresheet aft the wind suddenly shifted again to W.S.W., which made the foresail shake suddenly, and the hauling part of the foresheet caught Thomson, one of the A.B.'s, round the neck, anil hove him overboard; a lifebuoy was promptly thrown, but owing to the heavy gale and high sea running a boat could not be lowered, and nothing was seen of the poor fellow ; landed her pilot on the 16th; W.S.W. windscontinued until February -1 in tat. 46 41 N. long. 10.04 \V., when she encountered a terrific gale from W.S.W., blowing with hurricane force for 10 hours, the vessel straining severely under her three lower topsails, and shipping large auautitiesof water; her mizzen lower topsail sheets were carried away, but managed to save the sail; during the gale her port bulwarks were continually under water ; at 8 a m. on that day a terrific squall struck the vessel, and she shipped a heavy »ea on the starboard side, which stove in the boats and did other damage, washing overboard some cases of phosphorus. Thence had strong N. W. gales, the vessel being under reefed topsails for several days, her decks being continually under water: this weather held until March 5 in Ist. 29 N , long. 19.31. W*., when the N.E. trades were met Crossed the equator oa March in loop 26.54 W., thence light airs until the 23rd, when she took the fc.E. trades iu lat. 3 S., long. 27.08 W. and lost them in lat. 23 14 S., long. 30.44 W. Crossed the meridian of Greenwich on April 11 with a N.W. breeze, the barometer being 29.67, and rounded the Cape of Good Hope cn April 14 in lat. 41.16 S. Neither ice nor wreckage was seen, and her easting was ran down on the mean parallel of lat. 46 S. The Westland is in charge of Captain R. Kelly, formerly of the barque Lutterworth. On discharge of cargo at Dunedin the ship goes on to Napier, for which port she has part cargo.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA. ARRIVALS. Mahinapua, s.s., W. J. Newton, from the South. Passengers : Mesdames Watson and Thompson, Misses Barr, Gleeaon. Dowlin, Ryan (2), Rev. "Fitzgerald, Messrs. Brown, Marr, Champion, Holmes, Patterson, Dickie, Oxley, Bonner (2), Parker, Roundtree, Barr, Thompson, McCal, Butler, Cooper, Jackson, and 13 in the steerage.— Union S.S.Co., agents. Gairloch, a s., A. McArthur, from New Plymouth. Passengers: Messrs. Protheroe, after, Drake, Milne, Waithouse, and four in the steerage.Northern S.S. Co., agents. At 11.45 a.m. yesterday the Union S.S. Company's steamer Mahinapua, Captain W. J. Newton, arrived from the South. Mr. G. A. Hodson, the purser, reports that the steamer le/t'Wellington at 9 p.m. on the 4th instant, and arrived at Nelson at 8 15 a.m. on the sth. Left again at 11.15 a.m. for Taranaki. arriving there at 3 a.m. on the 6th. Left Taranaki for the Mannkan at 10.35 p.m. the same day. Crossed the bar at 10.5 a.m. yesterday and reached the wharf as above. Experienced fresh N.W. wind and sea to Nelson, from there to Taranaki had moderate westerly winds and sea, then to arrival strong S.E wind with moderate sea. At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Northern S.S. Company's Gairloch arrived from New Plymouth with passengers and cargo.