SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9410, 17 January 1894, Page 4

SHIPPING.

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■ WEATHER FORECAST. -.Jj-.V-V :■; Captain Edwin telegraphed from Wellington at La5 j p.m.*—Strong north-east to north and vest winds with increasing tides. Glass fall.; ;

ARRIVALS. J >' _ Duke of Sutherland. S.S., 2467, Whymper. from London.— Zealand Shipping Co.! agents. ■ •>" •. * _ Ovalau, as., 1200, N. Beaumont, from Fiji Passengers Mesdames Fenner, 3 children, infant, and 'servant.' Waring, infant and " ;?r rr £' Wa i la Mis » Chemis. Messrs. E. W. Fenner, C. W. Bannister, F. W. Hay, H. Si Vv a ring, C. Purchas, and 3 in the steerage. —Union S.S. Co., agents. Argyle, as., 129, F. Amodeo, from Mercury Bay and Kuaotunu, Passengers: Mrs. Watts and three children, Miss Flint and boy, Messrs. Trelease, McCarrow, Simons, and one in the steerage.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. ■ _ Wellington, s.s., 279, .E. Stephenson, from Whangarei. Passengers: Mesdames Clendon, Street, Lowe, Sissons, Misses Lowe and Armstrong, Messrs. Haseldcn, Clendon, Lowe, Weston, Sm'th, Worthington, Snelling, Jenkins, Fagan, Smeaton, Martin, Stewart, Morey, Campbell, McKenzie, Payne Family.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Dingadee, as., 640, J. S. Adams, for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington, Passengers :Messrs. Stewart and Gamble, and 3 in the steerage.—Union S.S. Co., agents. Waiotahi, s.s., 278, W. F. Norbury, for Tauranga and Opotiki.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. i Argyle, s.s., 129, F. Amodeo, for the Great Barrier.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. ! Douglas, as., 52, Haultain, for Whaogarei. —Northern S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Hinemoa, Government as., for the East 3oast and Wellington. Dingadee, s.a, for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington. v Waiotahi, s.s., for Tauranga and Opotiki. Argyle, s.s., for the Great Barrier. Douglas, s.s., for Whangarei. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London : Celtic King, s.a, early. Hawke's Bay, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed December 24. CAPETOWN : Mashona, as., to-morrow, SEW TORk : Elinor Vernon, barquentine, put Into Mauritius. Tahiti, barque, arrived at Wellington January 2. J. C. Hamlin, Jan., barque, sailed Sept. 5. E. L. May berry, barque, sailed. Lottie Moore, barque, loading. Sadie A. Thompson, loading. JAN FRANCISCO: Mariposa, R.M.S., February 2. HONOLULU: Mariposa, R.M.s., February 2. SAMOA: Mariposa, R.M.s., February 2. nn: Taviuni, s.s., to-morrow. BVDNKT: Talnne as., to-morrow. JEWCASTLS : Stanley, brigantine, sailed January 6. Othello, barque, sailed January 10, Vision, brig, early. Natal Queen, barque, early, Devonport, barque, early. Northern Chief, barque, early. Acacia, barque, early. BOCRUAMPTON : Sarah Pile, schooner, sailed Jan. 4. LONG ISLAND: Clansman, schooner, daily, Terarawa, ketch, early. N'OBFOLK ISLAND : Elsie, ketch, early. Sarah Pile, schooner, early. PROJECTED DEPAKTUUKS. CONDON : ■:-:"-'. Morven, barque, loaded. Forfarshire, ship, to load. Mashona, as., to arrive. SEW YORK: Obed Baxter, barque, loading. Tahiti, barque, to arrive. 3A5 FRANCISCO : Alameda, R.M.S., January 27. SAMOA: Alameda, R.M.S., January 27. Upolu, s.s., to-day. HONOLULU : Alameda, R.M.S., January 27. TONGA : Upolu, 8-&, to-day. SYDNEY: • ' Mar&roa, s.s., Saturday. BAROTONGA: Richmond, s.s., about January 24. - TAHITI: Richmond, s.a, about January 24. FRIENDLY ISLANDS : Yaabel, barquentine, early. Waiwera, schooner, early. UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. Today. — Mahinapua arrives at Onehunga; Upolu leaves lor Tonga and Samoa, at 5 p.m. Thursday.—Talnne arrives from Sydney ; Mahinapua leaves Onehunga at 1 p.m.; Ovalan leaves for Westport; Taviuni arrives from Fiji. Friday.—Mararoa arrives from South, Talune leaves for South. Saturday.— leaves for Sydney at noon.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.—Wellington leaves for Whangarei at 8 p-m. : ■. Thursday.—Argyle arrives from the Great Barrier early and leaves for ELuaotunu, Mercury Bay, and Tairua, at 7 p.m.; Gairlooh for New Plymouth, at 1 p.m.; Chelmsford leaves for Whangamata and Whakatane, at 5 p.m.; Wellington arrives from Whangarei. Friday.— leaves for Tauranga, at 7 p.m.; Wellington for Marsden Point, Parua. Bay, and Whangarei, at 10.30 p.m. SATURDAY. — Wellington arrives from Whangareis Gairloch, from New Plymouth ; Argyle, from Tairua, Kuaotunu, and Mercury Bay; Waiotohi arrives from Opotiki. Thames Rotomabana or Ohinemuri leaves for Thames daily, and Paeroa leaves for Paeroa twice weekly. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. Tlil* llxt doe* not include roastem. Duguav Trouin, French flagship, in stream. Bussar'd. H.1.G.M.5., in stream. Scorff, French warship, in stream. , Duke of Sutherland, s.s., at Powder Ground. Richmond, as., at Hohson-street Wharf. Upolu, S.S., at Queen-street Wharf. Ovalau, s.B, at Sugar Works. Arawata, as., in stream. Margaret Galbraith, ship, in stream. Forfarshire ship, at Quay-street Jetty. Morven, four-masted barque, in stream. . Obed Baxter, barque, at Queen street Wharf. Wenona, barque, at Railway Wharf. Cuthona, barquentine, at Quay-street Jetty. Ysabel, barquentine, in stream. Silver Cloud, barquentine. at Breastwork. Chittoor, barauentine, at Qneen-st. Wharf.. Southern Cross, Mission yacht, in stream. Christine, schooner, in stream. __• Kenilworth, schooner, at Railway Wharf. Marmion, schooner, in stream. IMPORTS. Per Duke of Sutherland, from London: 2000 tons general merchandise. Per Ovalau, from Fiji : 10,363 sacks sugar, 26 bales wool, and sundries.

The Union S.S. Company's steamer Owvlau, Captain N. Beaumont, arrived from Fiji yesterday with a cargo of raw sugar for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. Mr. a. C. Adams, the purser, reports that the steamer left Suva at noon on the 11th instant, passed Tiritiri at 7.55 a.m. yesterday, and berthed at the Queen-street Wharf at 9 a.m. Fine weather was experienced throughout the trip. On putting out some bales of wool and sundries the steamer went up to Chelsea to discharge the sugar portion of the cargo. She leaves for Westport on Thursday morning. The Ovalau has been running for some time in the trade between Melbourne, Sydney, and Fiji, and is to make two or three trips on the New Zealand coast at present. Last night the Northern S.S. Company's steamer Wellington arrived from Whangarei with a number of passenger* and a number of bales of wool, sacks of kauri gum, etc. , She [eaves for Whangarei again to-night at eight o'clock. , ■ '■ ".'■■>.-." : I i ha . n:''.i '■■•> The Northern S.S. Company's steamer Argyle arrived from Mercury Bay and Kuaofcunu last night. She left for the Great Barrier at midnight, and returns this evening. - Last night the Government steamer Hinemoa left for the East Coast lighthouses and Wellington. V The Union S.S. Company's steamer Dingadee left for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington last evening. Last evening the Northern S.S. Company's steamer Waiotahi left for Tauranga and Opotiki. <►~. «. • • The Northern S.S. < Company's steamer Douglas left for Whangarei last evening. Yesterday !'?" the Iwtfqueutine ; Cuthona hauled alongside the ship Forfarshire at the -street ; Jetty to tranship some copra into that vessel for London. • ■ # <^ The Chittoor is taking in genejal cargo at the Queen-street Wharf tor, Ara-

***«*• She will haul into the stream today, and will sail the first favourable cnatige of wind. •■* Yesterday the schooner Waiwera came off Messrs. Henderson and Spraggon's slip after overhauling, and berthed at the Queen-street Wharf. She loads up for the Friendly Islands shortly. , The Union S.S. Company's steamer Tavittni, from this port, arrived at Suva on the Oth fast. On discharge of cargo she was to proceed to Levuka and Lancala Bay, and after calling at Navua was to leave Surra for this port on the 13th inst. On the 9th inst. the Union S.S. Company s steamer Poherua left Suva for Melbourne, with a cargo of sugar and fruit. The steamer Birksgate arrived at Suva from Sydney on the Bth inst., and was to leave for Sydney oa the 11th inst. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Upolu leaves for Tonga and Samoa this evening. She calls in at Russell on the way. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Rosamond will load at the Bluff for this port this week.

■ The barquentine Grecian Bend, bound from Port Chalmers to Clarence River, N.S. W., anchored in Bluff harbour on Monday night, owing to the prevalence of head winds in the Straits.

A spar-decked steel screw steamer, the Woolwich, has been launched by Messrs. Ropner and Son. The vessel is 330 feet long, 43 feet beam, and 29 feet 6 inches deep. She will be classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, and carry over 5000 tons d.w. on Lloyd's freeboard. She has cellular bottom for water ballast, and will have all the latest appliances suitable for a first-class cargo steamer. She will be fitted with triple-expansion enrines by Messrs. Blair and Co.. Limited, Of i.h.p., with two large steel boilers working at 1601b. She has been built for London owners,

THE DUKE OF SUTHERLAND. Yesterday morning the steamer Duke of Sutherland arrived from London with a full cargo of general merchandise for this port and the South. Having a quantity of explosives on board, the steamer anchored at the Powder Ground where she will remain until this morning, afterwards berthing s.t the Queen-street Wharf and commence discharging cargo at once. She h&s about 3500 tons of general merchandise on board, 2000 tons of which are for this port and the balance for the South. The steamer, which is still commanded by Captain W hymper,comes into port in good order and condition, notwithstanding the long journey accomplished. Mr.G. Coltar, chief officer, reports that the steamer left London on November '24, and called in at Gravesend to take in powder and dynamite, leaving the next day. High northerly winds and seas prevailed until reaching Teneriffe, on December 1. Here the coal bunkers were replenished, and the voyage resumed the same afternoon. The south-east trades were picked up in 5' N., and proved unusually strong. All the way from the Cape of Good Hope to Tasmania there was an entire absence of bad weather, both the barometer and thermometer being remarkably steady. From Tasmania until making the New Zealand coast strong easterly winds were experienced. On Monday night the steamer anchored off Tiritiri. and yesterday morniug was brought into harbour by Pilot Sainty, and anchored at the Powder Ground. Since the last time the Duke visited our port she has undergone a complete alteration in the engine department, at the expenditure of a good many thousands of pounds The old compound engines have been removed and triple expansion engines of the latest pattern fitted in their place, at the works of Messra Denny Brothers, Dumbarton. The alterations have made a decided improvement in the speed of the vessel at a less expenditure of coal. During the voyage a speed of 11*15 knots per hour has been maintained on e consumption of 23 tons of coal per day. The following is r» list of the officers :—Captain Whymper; chief officer, Mr. G. Coltar; second, Mr. Munday; third, Mr. F. C. Broome; chief engineer, Mr. W. C. Shore; second. Mr. Ross; third, Mr. Smith; fourth, Mr. Newman; refrigerating engineer, Mr. Slater; second, Mr. Marshall; chief steward and purser, Mr. Lydimore. On discharge the steamer leaves for Southern ports. THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. The Union S.S. Company are in receipt of a cablegram stating that the mail steamer Mariposa did not San Francisco for this port until Saturday last, two days after contract date. She is expected to arrive on Friday, February 2.

THE MARAROA AND ROTOMAHANA. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Mararoa, which leaves this port for Sydney on Saturday next, will exchange running with the s.s. Rotomahana at that place. The former vessel will leave Sydney for Auckland on Wednesday, the 31st instant, the same day as the Tasmania while the Rotomahana will leave on Saturday, the 27th, and on arrival here will proceed through to Melbourne, via Southern ports. THE MASHONA. The New Zealand Shipping Company are in receipt of advices stating that the steamer Mashona left Algoa Bay for this port on December 21. She is expected to arrive about to-morrow, and will load for London at this port and the South.

A SYDNEY VESSEL IN TROUBLE.. In the Admiralty Division of the High Court at Liverpool the Sydney barque Altcar, in command of Captain Magrath, who for many years has traded out to Sydney port, was proceeded against. The plaintiffs, Messrs. Thomas Royden and Co., are shipwrights carrying on business in Liverpool. In August, September, and October last the barque Altcar was lying at Liverpool in need of supplies and repairs, which were necessary for her. By an order of the master, the plaintiffs supplied the necessaries and effected certain necessary repairs to the Altcar, and there was now due to them in respect of those supplies and repairs the sum of £1134 6s id. which had not been paid. Mr. Bateson, for plaintiffs, said this was an action by default. He had the affidavit of Mr. Royden in support of the claim. The papers had been filed, and he asked for judgment against the ship. One matter he ought to mention was that the master had intervened, claiming for wanes and disbursement. He took oat a summons on 10th November for sb order for leave to answer and defend. He then put in a defence alleging his own claim, and also alleging that a mortgagee had a claim, and traversing the plaintiffs' statement of claim.. The plaintiffs then took oat a summons to strike out the defence so far as the mortgagee and his traverses were concerned, leaving the, defence to stand as the master's claim tor wages and disbursements. He asked for the costs of that order. Mr. Nelson, for the captain, said he could not object to his friend's claim, but, inasmuch as the master had a very large claim, he had to ask that all the claims should be referred to the registrar. With regard to the question of the costs of the intervener, he thought they would be costs in the cause, as he was entitled to appear. Mr. Bateson said he asked for judgment with costs condemning the ship, with an order for the sale appraisement of the ship. His Lordship granted this application, and ordered the proceeds of the sale to be paid into Court.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

DEPARTURES. . Glenelg, s.s., Austen, for Wanganuu — Northern S.S. Co., agents. .

The Northern S.S. Company's steamer Glenelg left for Wanganui yesterday afternoon with a large general oargo.