SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9268, 2 August 1893, Page 4

SHIPPING.

fIIOH Water at Auckland— 9.20 i.m.; 9.37 p.m. ~ .Mitiukau—ll.s4 i.m. ; all p.m. v -Risen, 6.60 a.m.; sets, b.i p.m. MoO.l—Last quarter, August i, 3.53 a.m.

WKATHEH FORECAST. Captain Bdwln wired from Wellington yesterday at 1.2U p.m.:-indications for a my cold night.

ARRIVALS. Tarawera, s.a., 1280, W. C. Sinclair, from Southern porta. Passengers : Mes. tames Davidson, King, St. Clair, Moss, Watkinson, Hollingsworth, Knox, Willow, Smith and family, Misses Beswick, Griffiths, Horrell, Walton, Moss (*2). Kerr, Beetham, Sommerville, Tollitt, .Joshua, Marston, Oxenham, Master Lupton, the Albu Concert Company, Messrs, F, D. Smith, Davidson, Lowin, J. Felton, St. Clair, Nott, A. T. St. George, Watkinson, C. Tringham, R.J. Bunny, W. Crow ther, Koskrnge, and 15 in the steerage. — Union S.S. Co., agents.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. r Pukaki, H.s., 1)17, C. Fleming, for Newcastle. Passengers: Messrs. Harrison and McKay, and two in the steerage. Union S.S. Co., agents. Australia, s.s., 4-">9. John Gibb, for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington. Passengers; Misses Carr anil Maxwell, Messrs. Austin, Potts, Anderson, and four in, the steerage.—Union S.N. Co., agents. Wellington, s.s., '.'79. E. Stephenson, for Whangaiei. — Northern S.S. Co.,agents. Waiotahi, s.s., 275, Norbiuv, for Tauranga and Opotiki.— Northern S.S Co., agents. Argyle, s.s., p.*), F. Amodeo, for the Great Barrier.— Northern S.S. Co., agents. Scotchman, auxiliary ketch, 4'_', ,1. A. Bewick, for Whangarei.— Master, agent.

DEPARTURES. Pukaki, 9 s., for Newcastle. Australia, s.s., for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington. Wellington, s.s., for Whangarei. Waiotahi, s.s., for Tauranga and Opotiki. Argyll', s.s., for the Great Harrier. Northern Chief, barque, for Sydney, via Kaipara. Devouport, barque, for Sydney, via Kaipal .. W.iitemata, banpteutinc, for Sydney, via Mangonui. Scotchman, auxiliary ketch, for Whanga rei. EXPECTED ARKIVAI,s. LONDON : Ruahine, s.s.. due Aitg.tst 13. Matatua, s.s., sailed June '21. • NEW vmiu : Abiel Abbot, burquentine, sailed from Wellington July 'AS. M.uy llasbiouck, barque, sailed|April 11. Kssex, barque, sailed .May S. Kathleen Hilda, barque, sailed dune 5. Elinor Vernon,barquentine,sailed June 3. Alice, i.ai.|Ue, loading. Obed Baxter, barque, to load. AN UlAM'lSl'o : Mariposa, K.M.s., August li HOM>l.fl.l! : Mariposa, R.M.s., August 12. SAMOA : Mariposa, R.M.s., August 12. C'polu, s.s., early. Tom: \ : I'l'ohi, ?.si., early. NEWCASTLE : Defiance, brigantine, early. Clansman, fonooner, early. Silver Cloud, batquentine, early. IYDnk.y: 11 M.s. Lizard, sailed July 26. Sarah Pile, brigantine, sailed July 18. ROCKY ISLAND : CaZv'lle, barque, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURE*. London : Te Koa, a:; ., today. Westland, ship, to arrive. NKW VtMIK : Clan Ferguson, barque, loading. Abiel Abbot, barquentine, to arrive. Wallace 15. Flint, barque, to load. ?A.S rHANCISCi" : Alameda, P. M.S., August 12. HO.NuLfl.t: : AU:ncda, M.s., August 12. sA.\l<i\ : Alameda, P..M.5., August 12. SYDNEY : Talune, s.s., August S. Mariposa, R M.s., August 12. UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-D\Y.— M ihinapua arrives at Oneliunga. TIIUK-SpAY. —Tarawera leaves for South, at uooii; M liiinapua leaves O.iehunga, at 1 p.m.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To v.—Argyle arrives from the Great Barrier : Gairloch from Waitara. Thursday. — G'drlocli leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m. : Argyle for Kuaotunu, Tairua, and Mercury Bay at 7 p.m. ; Chelmsford leaves for Whangamata and Whakatane at ."> m. ; Wellington arrives from Whangarei. Friday.—Clansman arrives from Russell early, and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m.; Wellington leaves fur Whangarei, Marsdeu Point, M.uigapai, and Parua Bay at H>.3o p.m. SATt'RnAV.—G.iii loch arrives from New Plymouth; Argyle from Mercury Bay, Kuaotunu, and Tairua; Wjiotahi from Opotiki Thames Service.— Rotomahana or Ohineniuri leaves for Thames daily, and 3.8. I'aeroa leaves tor Paeroa twice weekly,

IMPORTS. Per Tarawera, from Southern ports: 780 Backs oats, 10S4 Hacks wheat, 235 sacks oatmeal, 'MS! sacks potatoes, 420 bags Hour, 'Ml sicks bran, 6 sacks linseed, 'JO sacks onions, 45 sacks poas, Id sacks barley, 239 sacks chaff, SO Backs bones, Si» sacks malt, 8 bales twine, 5 cases vestas, 5 bales corks, quantity pig hot , tj cases pickles, SI cases sieves, drums oil, I cases windmill?, 10 bundles zinc, 2 casks preserved meats, 1 case trout ova, 12 baler, -0 mats sugar, 63 empty casks, 10 packages agricultural machinery, 0 packages ranges, i~> packages ale, 05 cases cheese, 11 bales paper, 073 packages whisky, etc., Is? cases jams, 5-1 cases tea, 36 cases clucks, .7) boxes c. miles, 47- boxes cornflour, 1.7) tins paint, 'ii cases coffee, 94 boxes soup, 10 cases bacon, transhipments ex Oamaru, Kirnutaka, and sundries.

Yesterday afternoon the Union S.S. Company'! steamer Tarawera, Captain W. C Sinclair, arrived from Southern parts, and berthed at the Railway Wharf. Mr. .James A. Tu by, the purser, reports that the steamer left Dunedin on June 27. Lyttelton on the 28th, Wellington on the 29th, Napier ol the 30th, Gisborne on the .'list, leaving the latter port at 9.30 a.m., and arriving us above. Experienced fine weatbe. to Napier ; thence to Gisborne strong Lead winds and heavy sea ; thence fin* l weather to the East tape ; head winds „o Cuvier Island ; thence fine weather to arrival. The Tarawera leaves for Souther.i ports, Hobart, and Melbourne, on Thursday, at noon. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Pukaki left for Newcastle last evening, where she loads coal for the .South. Last evening the Union S.S. Company's steamer Australia left for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington, with a full general cargo. Ihe Northern S.S. Company's steamer Waiotahi left fur Tauranga and Opoliki last evening. Last night the Northern S.S. Company's steamer Wellington left for Whancarei. The Northern S.S. Company's steamer Argyle left for the Great Harrier at midnight. She returns this evening, and leaves for Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay to-morrow evening. Yesterday the barques Northern Chief and Devonpoit sailed for the Kaipara to load timber for Sydney. The barquentine Waitemata sailed for Mangonui yesterday afternoon to load timber for Sydney. During the stay of the vessel in port she has undergone an overhaul at the hands of Captain R. Mack ay. Last evening the auxiliary ketch Scotchman left for Whangarei with a quantity of general cargo. The American barque Wallace Is. Flint berthed at the Queen-street Wharf yesterday afternoon, and will start discharging her cargo of general merchandise from New York this morning. On completion she will start to load up with kauri gum and flax for New York, and as all her space is engaged will have prompt despatch. Yesterday the barque Excelsior started discharging her cargo from Sydney at the Railway Wharf, and everything is turning out in hue condition.

The barque Natal Queen cm completion of her discharge of coals for the Auckland Gas Company will proceed to the Thames to load white pine timber at Bagnall's Mill for Melbourne.

The cargo of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Te Koa, from London, is turning out in line order. The steamer will leave for Wellington to-morrow morning. Yesterday the barque Clan Ferguson shipped a large number of eases of kauri gum for New York. She will be ready for sea this week. The Tyser Company's steamer Celtic King left Wellington for Wanganui yesterday to load frozen meat for London. The ' schooner Sarah Pile, from Sydney, with general cargo, was outside the harbour yesterday, and should arrive this morning. She left Svtlney ou July 18. The local agents. Messrs. Ciuiekshank and Co., inform us that the Auckland portion of the cargo e* Oamaru, from Glasgow, arrived by the Union S.S. Company steamer Xara- ■ wera yesterday. '

A PERILOUS PASSAGE. THE LOCH RANNOCH SURROUNDED BY ICEBERGS. The ship Loch Rannoch, which left Melbourne on January 1, laden with wool and a geuentl cargo, had a trying time after rounding Cape Horn, when 47 days out, owing to encountering numerous floating icebergs of creak size. _ At sunset on the evening of February 15 there was nothing in sight from the masthead, but shortly after midniidit the chief officer, who was in charge, observed what appeared to be a squall ahead. The helm was ordered hard a-port, and the captain was summoned, and a few seconds after that officer came on deck an immense iceberg was observed looming through the clouds and hare, by which it had beei: obscured. All hands had been piped and the ship paid rapidly off under the poi t helm, and when in a line fore m.d alt with the iceberg, the head yards caught the ice, then the main yard, and lastly I he mi/en topgallant yard, showers of icv falling on deck as a result of the collision. The captain feared that the ship was hulled, and ordered the pumps to be got ready, and the boats to be cleared away and provisioned, but as the carpenter reported no extra water in the well, it was concluded that the hull hail suffered W no serious extent. From observations made after clearing the iceberg and getting it between him and the clear western sky, the captain gives it as his opinion that it was between 400 feet and 500 feet high anil about a mile in length. The damage sustained by the vessel was not as great as might have been expected, though much inconvenience was caused. The port foreyardarm was broken in two, and the truss carried away. The starboard futtock shrouds and the crane of the lower topsail-yard also carried away, and the port-yard-arm was split, whilst there was a good few minor injuries. The position of the iceberg which struck the ship was 51T0 S. and 49"J0 W. At sunset on February 16, the vessel was 1 completely surrounded with ice, many of the masses being of an enormous size, and a good deal of difficulty was experienced, owing to the disabled state of the ship in clearing them. At daybreak on the 17th, she was still rounded, some of the icebergs being between 3DO feet and 590 feet in height, tl.it - topped, and sheer Upright. The whole of that day and night, the greatest cue was necessary to avoid a collision, and when day broke ou the morning of ill" Ist h there seemed to be no change from the moving fields of ice. At 7a.m., however, an oie'iiiug was discover' '~ and the captain decided to steer for it. The vessel passed through miles of floating ice and icebergs, some of which were breaking up, and others getting top heavy and turning over. The larger bergs were soon left astern, and by sunset the last one hail disappeared from sight. The distance traversed through the ice was in all about 200 miles. The vessel then continued her course, and reached London in loy days, which, under the circumstances, was a fairly good passage.

1, Y TELE GR A P IT. WHANGAREI. August I.—Arrived : Douglas, 8.8., from Auckland. RUSSELL August I.— Arrived : Chnsnian, s.s., from Auckland. Sailed: Clansman, 8.8., for the North; May, mm*, for Whangaroa. "NEW PLYMOUTH. August I.— Arrived : Takapuna, 3.3., (uiiilindi, s.s., from Ouehunga. Sailed: Tdkai'iina, s.s., for the South; Maiiinaijua, s.s. for O.'iehnnga. WELLINGTON. August 1. — Arrived : Urunner, s.s., from the Smith ; Wakatu, s.s., from Kaikoura and Lyett.-P.ou. Sailed: Bruntier, s.s., for Westport; Celtic King, s.s., for Wanganui; K.ihu, n.3., for Napier and Castlepoiut; Aotere, s.s., for Ominake. LYTTELTON. August I.—Arrived : Hauroto, s.s..from the South ; Manap*niri, s.s., from the North. Sailed: Mahapou: i. s.s., for Southern ports. and Melbourne. Hamoto, s.s.. for Sidney, via Wellington. Passengers :— For Wellington : Mi'sCalver. Mesdatnea Moorman and three children, and Grimes, Missis. McKen/.ie (M.H.R.), Gritnes, ilee (•_'). Malcolm, Shannon, Watson, Alihvorth, Kerr, Archer, Fleming, Mttrvis. Rhode-,, pes, Whit iker. For Sydney : Misses Brelmer, Gelston, Worth, Mesdanies Davis and family, Itiucs and fmnilv (2). Rev. Harris, Messrs. Davis, P.rebuer, Lloyd, Hayton, Shutcliffe, Mason. Penguin, s.. tor Northern ports. Passengets :— For Wellington ; Misses Davis and Cooke, Mesdaines Galentry and Duncan, lions. E. C.J. Stevens and J. T. Peacock, Messrs. Rets, Earushaw. Swaun, Bleckwell, Banks. For Nelson : Misses Duncan ("2). Herald, s.s., for Wellington and Grevmouth. BLUPH. August I.— Arrived: Talune, .s.s., from Melbourne and Hobart. Passengers for Auckland :— Mesdames McGarvev and C»wper, Mr. McGarvey. Sailed: Talund, s.s., lor Port Chalmers. DUKE OF WESTMINSTER'S CARGO. London, duly 31.— A portion of the Duke of Westminster's cargo is slightly damaged. THE ROSE ANNE ASHORE. Raglan, August I.—The Northern S.S. Company's cutter Rose Anne went on a reef in the Waingaro Creek to-day. In kedging her off a portion of her keel was torn off, and she partly tilled. Steps are being taken by Mr. C. Sutton, who is in charge, to lighten her and get her upon the hard for repairs. A large amount of cargo is damaged.