SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9489, 19 April 1894, Page 4

SHIPPING.

ftrea Water at Auckland— am.} 6.16 p.w. „ „ Manukau—B.Bo a.m.; &60 p.n;. Sun—Rises, 6.24 «,m.; sets, 5.19 p.m. Moon—Full, tomorrow, 2.2S p.m.

WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin wired from Wellington yesterday it l p.m. .-—Same indications easterly winds, and rlass.iall.

ARRIVALS. i'lrgyle, b.s., 129, Smith, from the Great Barrier. Passengers : Mrs. Silva and child, Miss Springall, Mr. Northern S.S. Co., agents.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. Australia, s.s,, 459, John Qibb, for the East £oast. Napier, and Wellington. Passengers : ftlr. and Mrs. Brown and three children, Mr, Wheeler, and nine in the steerage.— Onion S.S. Co., agents. West Australian, 600, J. C. Kolderup, for Haabai, Friendly Islands.— Utting, and Ferston, agents. J. C. Hamleu, jun., brigantine, 630, S. T. Wolfe, for New York.—Arnold, Cheney, and Co., agents.

DEPARTURES, vT . Australia, s.s., for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington. . Indiana, brigantine, for Long Island.

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.—Mahinapua leaves Onehunga at 1 p.m.: Taieri leaves for Sydney. Fkidi v .— arrives from Sydney ; Takapuna arrives at Onehunga at 9 p.m.; Talune leaves for South at 2 p.m. Saturday.—Alameda leaves for Honolulu, 2 p.m.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.—Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m.: Wellington arrives from Wimugarei; Argyle leaves for Mercury Bay, Kuaotuiir., and Tairua, at 7 in.; Chelmsford it:».T«:s lor Whaitgamata and Whakatane at 5 p.m.; Douglas arrives from Whangarei; Glenelg arrives from Hokianga, and leaves for Whanganui at 1 p.m. Friday.—Clansman arrives from Russell at 6 a.m.; and loaves for Taurangaat 7 p.m.; Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Poiut, Mangapai, and Parua Bay, at 10.30 p.m.; Kiinieri leaves for Waitara and Opuuake at 1 p.m. Saturday— arrives from Tairua, Mercury Bay, and Kuaotuuu; Gairlooh arrives from New Plymouth; Waiotahi arrives from Opntiki. Thames Service.— Rotomahana or Ohinemuri loaves for Thames daily, and Paeroa eaves for Paeroa twice weekly.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. LONDON : Tongariro, s.s, to-morrow. Star of England, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed March 7. Rangatira,' s.s., sailed March 13. sharpness : • An tares, barque, 'railed February 20. «KW YORK : K. L. May-berry, barque, arrived at Nelson April 3. .Sadie A. Thompson, barque, sailed Jan. 25. Mary Hasbrouck, barque, loading. Manuie Swan, barqtifintine, loading. SAN FRANCISCO : Mariposa, R.M.s., April 26. HONOLULU : Mariposa, R.M.s., Aprii.2B. QUEENSLAND : Buteshire, s.s., April 23, &YDNEY: Alameda, R.M.s., to-morrow. Waihora, s.s., early. NEWCASTLE :

Handa Isle, barquentine, sailed April 7. Clansman, schooner, sailed April 18. Anthons. brigautine, early. Natal Queer, barque, early. Freetrader, barque, early. BRISBANE : Fiona, s.s., Saturday. SAMOA : Mariposa, R.M.8., April 25, TAHITI : Richmond, s.s., Saturday. &AKOTONGA : Richmond, s.s., Saturday. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON : Buteshire, s.s., April 25. Raugitikei, barque, loading. SEW YORK: J. C. Hamlen,jun.,brigantine,to-morrow. Lottie Moore, barque, to load. E. L. Mayberry, barque, to arrive. SAN CISCO : Alameda, R.M.s., Saturday, HONOLULU : Alameda, R.M.s., Saturday. SAMOA : Alameda, R.M.s., Saturday. SIDNEY: Taieri, s.s., to-day. Te Anau, s.s., Tuesday. • a : West Australian, barque, to-day. Fieetwing, schooner, early. JtAF'iTuNGA: Richmond, s.s., April 25. Welcome, schooner, early. TAHITI : Richmond, s.a., April 25.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR. This list does not include coasters. Tauranga, H.M.8., in Calliope Dock. Talune, s.s., at Queen-street Wharf. laieri, 5.8., at Hobson-street Wharf, Arawata, s.s., in stream. Devonport, barque, in stream. Rangitikei, barque, at -street Jetty. Northern Chief, barque, in stream. West Australian, barque, in stream. Lottie Moore, barque, at Queen-street Wharf. Cuthona, barquentine, in stream. J. C. Hamlen, brigantine, at Railway Wharf. Christine, schooner, in stream. Sarah Pile, schooner, in stream. Welcome, schooner, at Breastwork.

IMPORTS. Per Mararoa: 170 sacks bark.—T. H. Hall end Co.

EXPORTS. Per J. C. Hamlen, jun., for New York : 1416 cases, 1410 packages, and 178 sacks kauri gum, 171 bales flax. 1 case merchandise. Per West Australian, for Haabai, Friendly Islands: 1678 pieces timber, 140' bundles pickets, 16 bundles mouldings, 10 sacks lime, 1000 bricks, 40 coils rope, 30 boxes soap, 5 sacks potatoes, 12 kegs beef, 35 cases meats, 20 cases and ten sacks flour, 100 cases and 20 crates biscuits, 400 cases kerosene, 25 iron tanks, and * quantity ot sundries.

The Northern S.S. Company's steamer Argyle arrived from the Great Barrier last evening. She leaves for Kuaotunu, Mercury Bay, and Tairua at seven o'clock this evening. Yesterday afternoon the Union S.S. Company's steamer Australia left for the East Coast, Napier, and Wellington, with several passengers and a large general cargo. The brigantine Indiana sailed for Long Island yesterday morning, where «he loads guano for Launceston. Yesterday the Norwegian barque West Australian was towed to an anchorage in the stream. She has cleared at the Customs for Haabai, Eriendiy Islanda, with a caryo of timber, meats, etc., and will sail this morning. She loads copra at the Island for Europe. The brigantine J. C. Hamlen, junr., was cleared at the Customs yesterday for New York with a full cargo of kauri gum and flax. She will haul out into the stream this morning, and will sail for New York tomorrow. This morning the Union S.S. Company s steamer Taiune is to proceed down to Drunken Bay for the purpose of having her compasses adjusted. She will return in the afternoon and leave for Southern ports, Hobart, and Melbourne to-morrow afternoon.

The Northern S.S. Company's steamer Chelmsford leaves for Whangamata and Whakatane this evening. To-night the Union. S.S. Company's steamer Taieri leaves for Sydney. Last evening the schooner Welcome came out of the Auckland Graving Dock after cleaning and painting. She is to load up at once for her Island cruise.

The steamer Richmond is expected to arrive from Tahiti and Rarotonga on Saturday. She leaves again for the same ports on Wednesday next. Yesterday the American barque Lottie Moore commenced discharging her cargo from New York. The schooner Waiapu, with a cargo of timber from Whangarei for Gisborne, is windbound at Marsden Point. The Nova Scotia barquent'me Nora Wiggins from this port, baa arrived at New York, alter a passage of 102 days. The barque, Natal Queen, has sailed from Melbourne for Newcastle, to load coal for this port. _ . ~' On the 4th inst. the steamer Darius sailed from Calcutta for Sydney. • The barque Theodore Engels m loading wheat at Geelong for Noumea. From the latter port she proceeds to the South Sea Islands to load copra for Europe. The Swedish barque Curry Treffenberg is now on her way from the Mauritius to Sydney in ballast, to load general cargo for New Britain , The brigantine Stanley has left Sydney for Newcastle to load coal for this port.'.. ; ; The- Colonial Sugar Refining Company's Steamer Fiona is expected to arrive at this port from Brisbane on Saturday with a cargo of raw sugar,

The Port Stephens is the name of the latest Addition to the Anglo-Australasian line. She is intended for the Australian trade. The Port Stephens is a steel vessel, schoonerrigged, of 3565 tone gross. • The latest addition to the Norddeutscher Lloyd line of steamers is the Whittekind, just built of steel at Hamburg by Blohra and Voss. The Whittakindisa twin-screw steamer of 4800 tons, 384 ft.'in length, 46ft. in breadth, and 27.8 ft. in depth. Her engines are of the triple expansion type, with three cylinders 22 716 th, 35, and 60 inches diameter by a stroke of 42iin., and of 500 horse power, supplied by the builders. She is of the highest class in Lloyds, and belongs to the port of Bremen. An interesting case was decided recently at Edinburgh over some rubber material torwarded for shipment by an Australian linetrading steamer. Objection was raised by the shipping company that naphtha might be in the material, and in that event they would not permit it in the hold of their ship. After a good deal of delay the attention of the Board of Trade was called to the matter. Professor Redwood was employed to make the examination, and it was found that the solution, 80 far from being securely packed, was packed in weak ti>s, which wore leaking badly, and that they were giving off sufficient vapour to cause a conflagration at any moment. The innocent rubber solution was found to contain no less than 83 per cent, of naphtha; the flashing point was 31 degrees ; and at 80 degrees it gave off inflammable vapour. On this the Board of Trade Instituted a prosecution. The shippers pleaded guiity, and asserted their ignorance of the inflammable nature of the solution. They were fined £10. Not long ago an explosion on board the steamer Hazel Branch occurred, by which the boatswain of the vessel lost his Hie, and the cause was traced to some drums of patent paint.