SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9307, 16 September 1893, Page 4

SHIPPING.

HWH Water at Auckland— a.m.; 10.2 p. in. m „ Manukau—o.2l A.m.; 0.38 p.m. Bow—Rises, 5.50 a.m.; sets, 5.43 p.m. Moon— quarter, 18th, 8.44 a. m. WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin wired from Wellington yesterday at 1.22 p.m.:—lndications strong north to west and south-west winds, and glass rising. ARRIVALS. Clansman, s.b., 300, W. Farquhar, from Mangonui, Whaugaroa, and Russell. Pas- , sengers : Mesdames Hand and family, and Shepherd, Misses Williams, Ballantyne, Murray, Rev. Clark, Messrs. Shepherd, ; Mitchell, Wyles and son, Maseheld, McKenzie, Elleman, Lister, Kemp, Pope, Walker, Watson, Thompson, Clarkson, ; Wallace, and ten in the steerage.Northern S 'che£s?orl?s., 70. C. Hopkins, from ' Ngunguru and the North. Passengers : Miss Brown, Messrs. Ferguson and Williams. ( Northern S.S. Co.. agents. , Douglas, 5.9., 52, Haul tain, from Whanga- , rei.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. • Sarah Pile, schooner, 115, G. H. Short, ' from Norfolk Island.M. Niccol, agent. ( Handa Isle, barquentine, *261» Robinson, ( from Woliongong. — agent. ( CLEARED OUTWARDS. , Clansman, s.s., 300, W. Farquhar, for Tan- , ranga.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. , Wellington, s.s., 279, E. Stephenson, for , Whangarei.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. 1 Medora, schooner, 33, Subritzky, for 4.wanui and Ohora. Master, agent. , DEPARTURES. Clansman, s.s., for Tauranga. Wellington, s.s., for Whargarei. Medora, schooner, for Awi nui and Ohora. ] EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LONDON : Indramayo, s.s,, sailed July 28. Star of England, s.s., sailed August 4, via Melbourne and Sydney. Waitangi, ship, loading. LIVERPOOL; Turakina, ship, sailed. GLASGOW: Margaret Galbraith, ship, sailed July 30. NEW YORK: Mary Hasbrouck, barque, sailed from ] Lyttelton September 9. Essex, barque, arrived at Wellington, I September 9. Kathleen Hilda, barque, sailed June 5. J Elinor Vernon,barquentine,sailed June 3. , Alice, barque, sailed July 7. , Obed Baxter, barque, sailed July '28. , Nora Wiggins, barque, sailed July 17. ; Tahiti, barque, loading. ' BAN FRANCISCO : j Alameda, R.M.s., about October 5. , HONOLULU: i Alameda, R.M.S., about October 5. SAMOA : , Alameda, R.M.S., about October 5. ( NEWCASTLE : _ i Waitemata, barquentine, early. , Devonport, barque, early, ] Wenona, barque, early. , SYDNEY Tarawera, s.s, Tuesday, , ADELAIDE: . Lady Mabel, brigantine, sailed Sept. 13. \ TAHITI : Richmond, s.s., about Saturday. I RAP.OTONGA : • Richmond, s.s., about Saturday. FIJI : i Poherua, s.s., early. ] Taviuni, s.s., Thursday. \ ROCKY ISLAND : . Gazelle, barque, early, - LONG ISLAND : , Gleaner, brigantine, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. > LONDON:. ; Westland, ship, loading. ' NKW YORK : _ | Mary Hasbrouck, barque, to arrive. ; Essex, barque, to arrive. SAN FRANCISCO : 1 Monowai, R.M.S., October 7, HONOLULU : Monowai, R.M.S., October 7, CALCUTTA: Maori, s.s., September. SAMOA : ; Monowai,, R.M.S., October 7. 1 TAHITI : Richmond, «.&, about September 21. 1 BAROTONGA : Richmond, s.s., about September 21, SYDNEY : 1 Wairarapa, s.s., Wednesday. UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. Takapuna arrives at Onehunga at 11 p.m. Sunday.—Southern Cross and Moa arrive from the East Coast. Monday.- Takapuna leaves Onehunga at 1 p.m.; Moa leaves for East Coast at 4 p.m. Tuesday.—Tarawera arrives from Sydney; Wairarapa arrives from South; Southern Cross leaves for East Coast at 5 p.m. Wednesday.— arrives at Onehunga at 1 p.m.; Wairarapa leaves for Sydney. Thursday.—Taviuni arrives from Fiji; Tarawera leaves for South at noon; Mahinapua leaves Onehunga at 1 p m. Friday.—Taviuni leaves for Wellington. NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.—Argyle arrives from Tairua, Mercury Bay, ana Kuaotunu; Gairloch, from New Plymouth; Waiotahi, from Tauranga and Opotiki. Sunday.— arrives from Tauranga at & a.m. Monday.—Chelmsford leaves for Whangamata and Whakatane at 9 a.m.; Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m; Clans; man for Russell, Whangaroa, and Mangonui at 7 p.m. Douglas for Whangarei Town Wharf at 5 p.m.; Argyle for Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay at 7 p.m.; Wellington arrives from Whangarei Tuesday.—Waiotahi leaves for Tauranga and Opotiki at 7 p.m.; Argyle arrives from Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay, and leaves for Great Barrier at midnight; Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point, Mangapai, and Parua Bay at 10.30 p.m. Wednesday.—Argyle arrives from the Great Barrier; Gairloch from New Plymouth; Glenelg leaves for Wanganui at 1 p.m. Thursday.—Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m.; Argyle for Kuaotunu, Tairua, and Mercury Bay at 7 p.m.; Wellington arrives from Whangarei; Douglas arrives from Whangarei Town Wharf. : To-day. — Gairloch arrives from New Plymouth: Argyle from Mercury Bay, Kuaotunu and Tairua; Waiotahi from Opotiki; Glenelg arrives from Wanganui. Thames Service.—Rotomahana or Ohinemuri leaves for Thames daily, and s.s. Paeroa leaves for Paeroa twice weekly, VESSELS IN HAP.IiOUR. This lint does not include master*.] Tauranga, H.M.S., in Calliope Dock. Rotokino, s.s., at Hobson-street Wharf. Aravrata, s.s., in stream. Westland, ship, at Queen-street Wharf. Handa Isle, barquentine, in stream. Vision, brig, in stream. Zeno, brigantine, in stream. Defiance, brigantine, at Railway Wharf. Clansman, schooner, in stream. Christine, schooner, in stream. Jessie Niccol, schooner, in stream. Sarah Pile, schooner, in stream. IMPORTS. Per Handa Isle, from Wollongoug: 380 tons coal. Last evening the barquentine Handa Isle ] arrived from Woliongong, N.S.W., with a J cargo of coal for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. Captain Robinson reports sailing on the 6th inst., and the North Cape rounded on the 14th. Strong westerly winds prevailed the whole way across. The vessel dropped anchor below the Railway Wharf, and will go up to the Sugar Works this morning to discharge. The Northern S.S. Company's steamer Clansman arrived from Mangonui, Whangaroa, and Russell yesterday morning with a number of passengers and a quantity of kauri gum and sundries. She left for Tauranga in the evening, and returns early to-morrow morning. Last night the Northern S.S. Company's steamer Wellington left for Whangarei. The schooner Medora sailed for Awanui and Ohora last evening with a cargo of sundries. Yesterday the brig Vision came down from the Kauri Timber Company's Mill and anchored below the Railway Wharf. _ She will sail for the Thames to-day to load timber for Sydney. To-day the brigantine Defiance will clear at the Customs and sail for Kaipara to load timber for Sydney. The schooner Clansman will sail for the Thames on Monday morning to load timber at Bagnall's Mill for Lyttelton. Our Russell correspondent telegraphed that a barque, schooner, and scow passed North at noon yesterday. Through an error the time-table of the Union S.S. Company published in the Herald of yesterday was incorrect. To-morrow the Union S.S. Company's steamer Moa is to arrive from the East Coast. She leaves again at four p.m. on Monday. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Southern Cross, from Wellington, Napier, and the East Coast is expected to arrive at this port on Sunday. She leaves for the same ports at five p.m. on Tuesday. On Tuesday the Union S.S. Company's steamer Wairarapa is due Irorn Melbourne,

Hobart, and Southern ports, and leaves for Sydney at five p.m. on Wednesday. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Tarawera left Sydney for this port on Thursday evening, and is due on Tuesday. She leaves for Southern ports on Thursday at noon. On Thursday next the Union S.S. Company's steamer Taviuni is due from Levuka and Suva, and leaves for Wellington on Fri'Jhe flags of the various vessels in harbour were placed at half-mast yesterday afternoon as soon as the news of the death of Mr. W. H. Levin, of Wellington, was received. Last night the Northern S.S. Company's steamer Chelmsford arrived from Ngunguru and the North with a cargo of totara timber, gum, and coal. She leaves for hangamata and Whakatane on Monday morning. The Northern S.S. Company's steamer Douglas arrived from Whangarei last night with a cargo of coal. Last night the schooner Sarah Pile, Captain George H. Short, arrived from Norfolk Island after a smart round trip. The schooner left this port on August 27, and had a fine run down to the island. After landing cargo and taking ou board consignments for this port she sailed on the 10th instant, and experienced strong westerly winds throughout. The Seventh Day Adventist Mission schooner Pitcairn arrived off Norfolk Island on the 9th inst., but being their Sunday she did not communicate with the shore. The Melaaesian Mission yacht Southern Cross, which left this port on August 22, arrived at Norfolk Island on the 2Sth, after a very dirty weather trip. During the passage, she lost one of her boats. The yacht sailed for the Islands on the Ist instant, and is expected to be away about 13 weeks, when she will come on to this port. The barquentine Waicemata experienced very heavy weather on the passage across from Mangonui to Sydney. On discharge, she goes to Newcastle, to load coal for this port. The barque Acacia has been chartered by Mr. J. J. Craig, to load coal for this port. Captain C. Spinks, who has been appointed to the command of the Union S.S. Company's steamer liotokino, left Wellington, yesterday, in the s.s. Takapuna, for the Manukau. TWIN AND SINGLE SCREW OCEAN STEAMERS. An ex-commander of one of the bestknown mail steamers between London and Australia his written a protest against the policy of building 7000 and 8000 ton single screw steamers" four-posters," as they are called—unable to set enough canvas to enable them to be navigated in case of the main shaft breaking. He truly says that in the Atlantic it is not of such vital importance, as a disabled steamer is sure to be picked up- and assisted to port sooner or later; but in the Southern Ocean, where a steamer may traverse 3000 miles without sighting a vessel of any kind, between Dendra Head and Cape Leeuwin, that the most urgent necessity for the twin screw exists. "Some few years ago," says the writer of the letter, " when in command of a mail steamer of 500 tons, on the homeward bound voyage from Sydney, the engines were disabled when about SOO miles to the northwestward of Cape Leeuwin. It was fortunately a damage which the engineering staff on board could grapple with ; but during the 48 hours' stoppage the question was ever present to my mind, 'Supposing the single propeller shaft was broken, what am I going to do for the 400 peoplo on board who will look to me for their safety ?' And at the end of the 48 hours, when the engines had been set on again, I had come to no better solution than to wish I had a second string to my bow in the shape of a twinscrew. The vessel was jury rigged, and nothing could be done with her under canvas ; she would neither wear, nor stay, nor steer. An objection to the twin-screw exists in cases of large vessels passing through the Suez Canal, from the liability of damaging the screws by touching the bank, as they necessarily project much further from the centre line of the vessel than the single ones. This no doubt is a serious difficulty, but not. in my opinion, an insurmountable one." I