SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9581, 4 August 1894, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at Auckland— a.m.; 5.44 p.m. rvL/K «*' • -<SlKDulswi--M.Ma.au; 11.13 p.M Sun— 0.49 a.m.; sets, 5.5 p.m. Mow—First) quarter, SIB, 9.36 p.m. WEATHER FORECAST. - , Captain Edwin. wired from Wellington yesteriay | i igffiHr 12.23 p.m. an follbws Indication:! are for glass . to rdse, also for mash colder weather; H&' ARRIVALS. ' " Clansman, a.a., 200, W. Farquhar, from Masgonui, VVhaiicwoa, and Russell. nfr t r 'V' seagers : Mesdames Steea and family and * ' Stewart, Misses Russell • and 'Lane, ■■Captain Steeu, Messrs. Wrigley, Robs, • Robertson, Bishop,. Howard, Howell, Lane, and tour la lie steerage.—Union SIS. Co., agents. CLEAREDOUrWARDS. _ j M 1 Doric, s.s., 4178, W. C. Kempaon, R.N. for London, via Southern ports.—Cruicfcshank and Co., a®ects. . Ovalau, a.a., life, Norman Beaumont, for Wellington.—Dai on S.S. Co., agents. Fiona, a.B. 813, R H. Smith, for Sydney. fISS® Passengers;:' • Mr. .Douglas and . on® - in toe steerage.—-Colonial Sugar Refining Co., s.s., 3tX), W. Farquhar, lor Tauranga.Northern 4i.S. Co., agents. Wellington, s-s., 27.9, E. Stephenson, for Whangarei.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Doric, s. sr., for London, via Southern porta. Ov&lau, s.s., for Wellington. Fiona, s.s., for Sydney. Clansman, tr.a., foe Taumnga. Wellington, &&., for Whangarei. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. LONDON : ' _ , Ru.apebu, s.a., via tfce Sowth, early. Euterpe, ship, loading. NBW YORBv _• , ' .. Sadie A. Thompson, barqmentme, Mon« day. Mannie SwaiJ, barquentjno, to arrive. , SAN FRANCISCO : Mariposa, R.M.8., August 11, HONOLULU : . Mariposa, R.M.5.,. August; SYDNEY: m , Wairarapa, s.s., Tuesday.. Samoa : Taviuni, s.s., Wednesday.. Mariposa, R.M.s, Augoat 11. WttfOAi ■m , , ' Taviuni, s.s., Wednesday. Ysabel, barquentine, August 10, ; RAROTOKGA: Linda Weber, brigan tine, $arly. FIJI: Upolu, 5.8., to-day. Taviuni, S.S., Wednesday. Ovalau, s.s., August 16. SOBFOLK ISLAND : , . Southern Cross, Mission yacht, Aug. 17. UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.—Upolu leaves for Fiji at noon; Rotomahana arrives from Sydney, late Takapuua arrives at Onehunza. _ Monday.—Moa arrives from East Coast; Australia arrives from East Coast; Mararoa arrives from Sydney ; Takapuna leaves Onehunga at 10 a.m.; Rotomahana leaves for South at 4 p.m. . ■" _ Tuesday.—Australia leaves for East Coast; Corinna arrives from South. _ Wednesday.Mahinapua arrives at Onehunga ; Mararoa leaves for South at noon; Taviuni leaves for Tonga. NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day.— arrives from New Ply--1 mouth ; Argyle from Tairua. Mercury Bay, ' and Kuaotunu; Waiotahi from Tauranga and Opotiki; Glenelg from Wangauui; Ohinemuri from Ngunguru, Whananaki, and Northern ports; Douglas from Wha- - Dgarei. . * . Sunday.—Clansman arrives from lauranga j at 6 a.m. _ ' T Monday.— leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m.; Glenelg leaves for Raglan and Kawhia at 1 p.m.; Douglas leaves for * Whangarei Town Wharf at 5 p.m.; Clansman leaves for Russell, Whangaroa. and Mangonui at 7 p.m.; Argyle leaves for Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay at 7 p. m. Wellington arrives from Whangarei. Tuesday.— Wellington leaves for Waangarei, Marsden Point, Parua Bay, and ' Mangapai at 10.30 p.m.; Argyle arrives from Kuaotunu and Mercury Bay, and leaves " for Barrier at midnight ; Waiotahi leaves for Tauranga and Opotiki at7p.m.; Chelmsford for W hangamata and Wnakatane at 5 p.m. . _ - r Wednesday.—Gairloch arrives from New Plymouth; Argyle from the Great Barrier; Douglas from Wliaagarei;. Glenelg from Raglan and Kawhia. * Thursday.— leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m. Wellington arrives from Whangarei; Argyle leaves for Kuaotunu, Mercury Bay, and Tairua at 7 p.m.; Douglas, for Whangarei Town Wharf, at 5 P*™* T> Friday.— arrives from Russell > at 6 a.m., and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m.; Glenelg leaves for flokianga at 1 p.m.; - Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden , - , Point, Mangapai, and Parua Bay at 10.30 p« Hl* • v : :viV # '->y. # Saturday. — Argyle arrives from Tairua, Mercury Bay, and Kuaotunu; Gairloch from New Plymouth; Douglas from WbangareL ■ V." ;• Thames Serytce.^Rotomahana or Ohinemuri leaves for Thames daily, and Paeroa leaves for Paeroa twice weekly. EXPORTS. Per Sadie A. Thompson, for New York: 1755 cases and 600 hags kauri gum.

The Northern S.S. Co.'s steamer Clansman arrived from Russell, Whangaroa, and 1- Mangonui early yesterday morning, with pas*en<ierß and a quantity of kauri gum and general cargo. She went down to Drunken Bay to have her cotnpasess adjusted, and left for Taurauga in the evening. She returns to-morrow morning early. - - Yesterday afternoon the Shaw, SavilL and Albion Co. a steamer Doric left for Welling- ■ ton." - The Union S.S. Co.'s steamer Ovalau went up to the Sugar Works, Chelsea, yesterday morning, and discharged her cargo of raw »ugar from Fiji. She left for Wellington last night, and goes on to Westport for a cargo of coal, and leaves this port for Fiji on the 16th instant. . Yesterday afternoon the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's steamer Fiona left for Sydney with original cargo from Fiji. The Northern S.S. Company's steamer Wellington left for Whangarei last night. Yesterday afternoon the American barquentine Sadie A. Thompson completed her load- ;, ■ ing of kauri gum for Mew York, having on i board a full cargo. The vessel will haul out A, Into the stream on Monday morning. The • brigantine Linda Weber commenced prfj j loading for her cruise to the Hervey Group yesterday. . - ~ To-day the schooner Qneen sails for Hoki- ■ anga. The Union S.S. Company's steamer Taviuni came down from the Sugar Works early yesterday morning, and berthed at the Queen-street Wharf. During the day she was taking in cargo for Tonga and Samoa, for which ports and Fiji she leaves on Wednesday next. At noon to-day the Union S.S. Company's steamer Upolu leaves for J<iji. The Union S.S. Company s steamer Roto- * mahana is expected to arrive from Sydney ; , late to-night. She leaves for the South on Monday afternoon. ft - - The Northern S.S. Company's steamer Chelmsford leaves for Whangamata and Whakatane on Tuesday evening. Yesterday the Government steamer Hine-I moa from Onehunga arrived at Wellington. ■ .try, The American barque Mary Hasbrouck * ; arrived at Lyttelton from - Dunedin, for which port she has part cargo from New York. -■ ■ - , On Tuesday next the Union.B.B. Company a steamer Corinna is due at this port from the South.' , The schooner Grace Dent will sail to-day for the Kaipara to load timber for Sydney. Yesterday the Union S.S. Company's steamer Wakatipu arrived at the Bluff from Melbourne and Hobartj,^ 'i' The Union S.S. Company inform us that the s.s. Mararoa left Sydney for this port at 5 p.m. on Thursday, with 155 saloon and 55 • steerage passengers. The steamer may be expected to arrive on Monday afternoon, and i- i 1 leaves for the South on Wednesday at noon. ' She does not call at Gisborne this trip. The schooner Waiwera is now fully due at this port from Rarotonga, and should put in an appearance at any moment. The old 64-gan battleship Benbow, which took part in the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, and has of late years been ema|; / ployed as a floating coal depot in Sheerness Harbour, has been sold to Mfv E. Retzfcfi, of wit -1 Stettih, and will be broken up. The Benbow, which will be removed from the charge ' ' of the naval authorities at Sheerness in a few 5 >l . days, »t present lying almost side-by-side lilf £*> With the modern 'battleship 2 which 1 bears her ; - name. No greater contrast of the change the Royal Navy has undergone within the • last 60 years could be afforded than the sight of the "first-class ironclad Benbow, with her huge 110-ton guns, and the wooden two-decker . which will shortly be 4 converted .into firewood. The frigate Forte has token the place of the Benbow as a floating coal depot at : V' ■ Sheerness.' t |t- u , ; t ;iii ■■ - V- ■ , NEW- STEAMERS FOR 'IHE P. AND O. ~ COMPANY. ; 1 The Jfc*. and |O. new steamer Caledonia, 1 which was recently launched on the Clyde, is expected to be completed in time to take her *v■ - -

place on the mail service some time in October. The directors of thecompany have recently entered into a. contract with Messrs. Caird to build two steamers capable of corrying "000 tons of cargo, and possessing: at the same time a considerable extent of pass«Bger accommodation of the highest class.. i.»ey appear; in the teat under the names 01 the Madras and Singapore. A contract has also been made with Messrs. Sir RayJton Dixon and Co., of Middlesbrough, for a s transvessel of upwards of 10000 too* capacity, which „ now rapidly approaching completion, ana lias been named the Ceylon.