SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9610, 7 September 1894, Page 3 (Supplement)

SHIPPING.

v arrivals. ; £ 4skg August 10~Maripoaa, R.M.S., 3000, Hay>i. / 'i yard, from Sydney, Passengers: Mr.andMra, - F. F. lanes, Messrs. R. H. Rheinschneider#. - VI. Pur cell i M.B. Gilmour, and 1 in the ?, -40$^ iteerage. For San Francisco: Mr. and Mr«. jo&d, Mr. and Mrs. P. Lyon, Mrs. B. Picker-* ng, Misses Pickering (3), Masters Pickering * mil Marshall, Messrs. M. B. Gilmour, "Mar* ' • / fs& shall, W. M. Morehouse, W. S. Hinder, W* NV'*•''}s Sberhard, W.D. Bear, M. H. Hodges. 16—Ruapehu, s.s., 4202, Findlay, R.N.R* :rom London, -Teneriffe, Capetown, and ■ ffobart. Passengers: — Saloon: Mr. and ■ Mrs. , E.. Long, Mr. and Mrs. R. Manley, Messrs. J. Be van and H. Gosselia. Second saloon : Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Kinnaird, Missed KLinnaird (3), and A.' Sentence, Master W, Si H. Rogers, Messrs. T. P. Arnold, S. Dobbin* f"* J. Going, C. J. Hawkins, D. C. Peacock, A. § Rogers. Intermediate and steerage : Miss A, - i ■-f til ton , Messrs. W. Hodgson, H. Rosfcgnard, n - L. Stock, C. Walker, J. Musther. For Na- • pier : Dr. J. and Mrs. Webster, Misses Web* iter (3), Master Webster, and four in inter* „• 'm mediate "and steerage. For Wellington:-* '$ iM Saloon: Mrs. L. E. Spyers, Miss D. Spyers, Mr. G. S. Cowie. Second saloon : Mr. ana - 1 Mrs. W. Boocock, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ellis, Mrs. A. M. Greenwood, Mrs. Mackie, Miasea, ; lss E. Barker and E. Messrs. J. Girand, - ,'r t ? P. J. Hughes, E. G. Hughes, P. Simpson, W. H. Ellis, C.- Greenwood, Masters Jeffries and Ellis, and 10 in intermediate xnd steerage. For Lvttelton : — Second saloon: Messrs. H. C. Bennett, J. Foden, R, Wolff, S. Wildeblood, and five in interne* > • diate and steerage. For Port Chalmers-—' 'v.& Saloon Miss M. Butterworth. _ Second: saloon; Messrs. A. McDonald and_ L. Mc- - -~~t* lavish, and seven in the intermediate and steerage. For New Plymouth—Saloon: Miss .' K; K. Humphreys, Mr. and Mrs. G. Rose, Mr* and Mrs. R. F. K. Dawson, Mrs. A. Pearson,. | Misses Storey (2), Messrs. M. A. and S. L. AUhusen, E. Clark, 11. Phillips, L. Randall,. S. E. Sinclair, W. Courtney, and 109 in intermediate and steerage. For Timaru— Saloon: Miss H. Gibson. Second saloon r : Mr. P. G. Trye. For —Saloon i * Messrs. W.- F. Robertson and A. Kirsten. * For Picton : One steerage. For Hokitika j v Two steerage. For Wanganui: Two steerage, ■ ; v;¥; 16—Monowai, R.M.S., 3500, M. Carey, from _ -, : San Francisco, Honolulu, and Apia. Pas< _ sengers : Mrs. J. W. M. Cordeza and maid,' Messrs. Dry den, J. .T. Slatpr, Ledger, E. A,- .-&s Sanford, M. and F. von Proskowitz. S.i Turley, R. E. de B. Lopez, R. J. P. Corolan, . and 13 in the steerage. For Sydney : Mrs. • - , Buswell, Miss Blanche Baker, Messrs. R. H. Cooke, W. T. Macpherson, R. Hewitt* J. G. Thompson, Thomas Warren, H. W. - / ' ■ Petere, J. 0. Benin, and 52 in the steerage. ' ' ~ 18—Grasmere, barque, 423, Morrison, from - • Newcastle. „ „ Vision, brig, 159, J. NilSson, from New* 1 castle. ■ • i 18—Lady Mabel, brigantine, 215, Richards 1 / 'J > from Melbourne. .TtS, Upolu, is., 1441, G. Crawshaw, from Fiji. Passengers: Miss Hilton, Messrs. Me* Kinlay, C. R. Swayne, Crouch, Stanton Vf. Master Fabricius. ■£-; 22Mary Hasbrouck, barque, 732, VVilliairf Ludwigs, from New York, via Dunedia and v. Lyttaltou. Passenger : Mrs. Ludwigs.^ 22—Waitemata, barquentine, 65, Campbell, from Newcastle. , 24 —Port Melbourne, s.s.. 4670,11. Richard* ' son, from London, Cardiff, Port Said, Suez s ' .J Colombo, Calcutta, Singapore, aud Towns* j. ville. Passengers: Mrs. Mills and child, Messrs. Kenderdine and Fairwood. For Dunedin : Mrs. Richardson and child, Misses F. and H. Cargill, Dr. Morrison. Richmond,s.s., 700, R. G. Hutton, frond Tahiti and • Rarotonga. Passengers: 'Misa Philips, Messrs. Lehideux, A. B. Donald, J« Gilmour. 24—Wairarapa, s,s., 1756, G. Smith, from Sydney. Passengers: Mesdames Renwick, Briggs, Bloomfield, Hamnor, Queree, Dunne, Wells, Berry, Mays. Clerk and infant, Missed - Scutt, Gibson, Hodson, Berry, Mays, Garlick, Stevenson, Blake, Rev. A. Britts.in and ser vant, Dr. Roberton, Captain Shakespere, . Messrs. Webb (2), Clarke, Foster, Briggs, Mayhew, Nathan, Dohn, Atkins, Mountjoy, Duval, Quealy, Bloomfield, Douglas, Patterson, Lawrence, Smith, Crereton, Queree, Knight, Gorrie, Bloomfield, Ogle, McLean, Clerk, Master Patterson, and S.S. W. football Team (28), and 25 in the steerage. September I—Rotomahana, s.s., 1727, Allman, from Sydney. Passengers —MesdameS Kenealy and infant, Everitt, T. Rowley, Pollard, Sullivan, Mitchell, Landeahut, F. G« Clayton and child, Pearson, Tribe, MisseS Martin, Atkinson, Von der Heyde, Kenealy ( Scott, E. Kebble, C. Sandford, T. Bircher, M. Mitchell, L. Maher, E. Metcalfe, E« Zeigler, N. Wilson. M. Beatty, L. Mowbray, Z. Karheek. E. Mitchell, W. iiarheek, N« Ride, M. Albert, W. Ford, L. Stephens, M« Sullivan, May Beatty, M. Neai, E. Woods* F. Darcy, A. Nelson. A. Pollard, A. Mc« > ; Shane, Watkins (2), Revs. Father O'Reillyj/ S. Henderson, G. H. Man, Captain Robin<. son, Messrs. Jabez Bunting, Ponsford, C. EL. Reid, J. Porter, Warwick Weston, W. Mus' grave, Stewart, Ferguson, Kenealy, A. K« ; : Webb, W. Putt, C. E. Wilkinson, J. Hall, Stonex, F. E. Phipps. T. Rowley, PollardSullivan, Mitchell, Harrison, Russell, Lovell*' Riggs, Harris, Stephens, P. Sullivan, J. F. Heighway,, Pearson, W. A. Linehan, Master^ A Stephens, H. Quealy, C. Albert, A. -. Richardson, W. Percy, E. Mitchell, fc>Mitchell, A. Stephens, Nable, and 80 in the steerage. For INapier: Mesdames Longton iS and Edwards, Miss Finn. For Wellington a Nine in the steerage. For Lyttelton: Mia a. '• f. Adair, Messrs. P. Peppier, G. B, Blake, H.- >■ B. Fillidge, W. Forbes, and 13 in the steer* age. For Dunedin: Messrs. Seager, G. Bj Henderson, Master Pt.terson, and one in thef •

steerage. „ "„' 3—Mararoa, s.s., 2598, H. W. H. Chafcfield, from Sydney. Passengers: Mesdames Rigg, Kilminster, T. Matthews, Jones and eon, Hodgkinson, Edwards, Johnson and soiii Hunting and infant, Mengay, Nelson, Jaqueq . J'y and child, Carlton, C. Leiber, Gibbs, A. H« Gee, Hodges and child, McGee, W. Norton, ( - Darby, Misses Fleming, McLeod, Hodges, White, M. McGee, Potts, Jaques, May, Stephenson, Hilda Stephenson, Bain, Hunt-" ing, Braithwaite, Wyatt, J. Hume, Boswell, F. Allan, Richardson, Jones, Kilminster, ■ Mills, Mowbray, Messrs. W. T. Parsons, J« W. Kerr, Norton, Maingay, P. Darby, D< Nielson, G. L. M. Gansson, J. Warren, Kirkup, H. V. Burton, J. Hume, W. Porte i: G. Murray, M. H. Walsh, H. Warren. Alex, Gumming, Carlton, Ellis, W. T. Dobbin, P« Robertson, J. Maxwell, F. Brookes, J. S„ . Laing, A. J. Wvatt, A. Eccies, F. Power, F. Hylaud, L. Hoare, D. Davies, H. Hearn, M. Percival, E. VV. Cleveland, Geo. Young, ; J. Smith, Edwards, White, J. W. Mowell, J. B. Thomson, W. Caley, E. Sage, F. Coomber* >. -. E. C. Grigg, W. T. Turner, E. Stanley, J." r ' : Quillyu, Masters Hodges and Patterson, and i 32 in the steerage. For Napier;, Mesdamea • i l T. Sidey, Haines, Chissell and son, Misaea Toohey and B. Allen, Messrs. G. Simpkin, P, A; Malone, J. Horwan, and six in the steerage. ; For Wellington Mesdames Jackson and Ellis, Messrs. LeSeur, C. Clausen, Jackson. v E. Murray, J. Lewis, W. Aspenback, Colons) Thompson, and 15 steerage. For Lytteltos 4 Mesdames Bruges, Andrews, Deakin, I). Muir, Claridge, Butcher, Simpson, MisseS ■,£ McCulloch, Winney, Threlkeld (2), Claridge, - Stewart, Bright, Albury, Messrs. McCbl* loch, J. Russell, Blaine, D. Turnbull, A, !T« Stewart, Butcher, George Phipps, C. Ashby. F. Kohn.H. Drakin, A. G. Day, J. Hind* % cliff, and 6 steerage. For Dunedin: Mrs< Sutcliffe, Misses Darragh, Wells, Gilles, Sat*cliffe, Messrs. Gillies, J. Cumine, Sutcliffe, and 14 steerage. 3Tasmania, s s., 2552, T. McGee, from Sydney. Passengers: Misses Frood, Robb, Nolan, Grant (2), A. Eastwood, F. E. Bell, • \ Cleary, Reynolds, Martin, Rudge, Marreli :-j. (2), Hen wood, Boyce (2), Scarlett, Cottier, Guest, Larkin, Wells, Wilson, Mesdamea j'4 Frood, Dodd, Harrowell and family, Napier, - Owen and family ,Dodd, Jarman, Courtney, ;# Turner, Raabe, . Bennett, .. Ringling, Levjrj ' ; Wilson, Larkin, Reid, Jackson, Messrs Frood, Harrowell, C. H. Matthews, Napier, , T. Page, Owen, J. Orr, McLean, G. Cornish, \ Dickey, Laurie, Caldwell, Friend, Gray, ■ Johnson, Jarman, R. J. Courtney, Wilson, Waldon, Cowlishaw, Scott, Haig, Boyce, Graham, Falkner, Mitchell, Dacombe, Stokes* ' Guest, Johnson, Kebblewhite, Larkin, Groanj Summers, Levett, Gale, Bennett, Gregson* : ; Peterson, Harding, Wilton, Casey, Levy 4 Rev. J. Hagarty, and 73 in the steerage. i< | Ovalau, s.s., 1229, N. Beaumont, fron< Fiji. Passengers: Mrs. Ormiston and family,; /JJ Miss Park, Mr. and Mrs. Elder, Messrs. E. C|||o Miene, J. Henderson, L. Brady, Ellers and v servant, Master Gray, and ten in the steec age. '• , Taviuni, 5.8., 1465, E. E. Smith, irons Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga. Passengers: Lady , i « Walker, Mesdames Goldie, Farquhar, Clap« perton, Misses Wates, Hume (2), General Sir Sir Mark Walker, Messrs. Garrick t> Joshua, Chick, Dunnett, , Callacher, Goldie, " quh&r, E. M. King, O'Ha.Tft-Smith, Clapper* ' ton, Blundell, Kidd, McLeod, Marsh, Cotter, Anderson, Jackson, Masters Goldie, wfcout,. and two in the steerage. ' , DEPARTURES-. . August 10—Sadie A. Thompson, Iwquea* - j tine, for New York, with gum, etc. I>r r'i; Mariposa, R.M.s., 3000, H. Hayward, for Apia, Honolulu. -and Francisco, Passengers : Mr. and Mrs. Go;ferell •* Forsyth, Messrs. Carter and • v.' u.irreiij ' and original from Sydney. . . 11-Handa Isle, barquentme, for Met/ . bourne, with general cargo. r> _^ 11—Natal Queen, baMue, 230, H. BrowlV for Melbourne, via Thames. •' r n 11—Linda Weber, • brigaatine, - for Bar® tonga, with general cariro. n ' . .-; ■' if—ysabel,' barquenfcme, 149, W. Ross, fori Tonga' and Niue. Passengers Rev. m anq Mrs. Lawes, Miss Lawes, Master Lawts, Mr. E. O. Nicolas. 13—Ovalau, 5.8., 1229, Norman. Beaumont, 1.» for Suva wild Levuka, Paeseogera^Meadamea

Prior, and. Wilson, Messrs. Perrett and Kerli. and three in the steerage. m „ ' Southern Belle, barque, 366, McCooe, for Sydney, viaEaipara. „ , 16Monowai, R M.S., 3500, M. Carey, for "Sydney.' Passengers: Mesdames Sapio and Urso, Miss Whitson, Signor Sapio, Herr Beano Scherek, Messrs. Edwin Geach, junr., G. King, T. W. Harwood, W. Eppa, H. Notfc, Lovrifige, and original from can rancifrCO. _ * -Ruapehu, s.s., 4178, Flindlay, R.IS.R., " for London, via Southern ports. Passengers: Miss Williams, Mr. Reimenschneider, and original from London. 18—Lark, cutter, 15, Alexander, for Haabai. Friendly Islands. _ 20Rotomahana, s.s., 1/27, G. Allman, for Sydney. Passengers: Mesdames Edwards, Funs ton and child, Noble and child, j Flewellyn, Simpson, Harris, Anderson. | Cutts, Davey and infant, luman and child. Greenwood, Ivill, Grundy, Macindoe and child, 'King, Northey, Misses Crawford. Bowen, Evans, Nicol. Mitchell, King, Harvey, Messrs. Suttie. J. Hodges, Peak, H. V. Burton, H. C. Williams, W. H. Chamberlin, W. Anderson, Barchan, Wakefield, Murray, P. Keenan, Cook, Hill, Hadfield, C. Sandy, Robinson, Kirkup, F. Costello, Greenwood, Grundy, Mackay, Armstrong, S. E. Brookes, E. Gillespie, Harris, G. L. H. Gussen, Chadwick, Sanford. King, Thompson, Barron, F. ft. Manton, 16 in the ; steerajre, and original from Southern Ports. 21—Mararoa, s.s., 2593, H. W. H. Chatfield, for Sydney. Passengers: Mesdames Lundon, Parsons, McGlashau, Newton, Ellison, Mc- . Manns, Jones, Blundell, Barlow, Wolridge and three children, Skeeu, Douglas, Cutts, Pearce, Misses Leatham,Calo, Cotton, Thorp, McGlashau, Ellison, Riley, Webber. Connel), Gilmer, Gillev, R. Hart, Pearce, Dr. Wolridge, Captain Hawkes, Messrs. Swayne, Ellis, Baukier, Bramwell, A H. Grigs, Shaw, J. Phillips. Bagnall, C. Ponsford, D. Lundon, Parsons, James, Levi, Goldberg, Max, F. Von Proskewitz, Reid, Dain, Hume, Porter, W. H. VVhite'.aw, Boatard, Moore, Warren, Stewart, Swain, J. Gabb, J. V. Carolan, J. Vint, W. Franham, Rountree, H. Smith. H. Williams, Percival, F. Briarley, Ward, Thompson, Blngh, Howard, G. G. Rutherford, 58 in the steerage, and original from Southern ports. * 21—Tasmania, s.s., 2552, T. McGee, for Sydney. Passengers: Mesdames Lewissou and ci'iiM, Dunne and infant, Harding, Bowley, De VYreand infant, Tnomsettand infant, H. E. Reiil, Little, Parr, Misses M. Campbell, Hammond. C. Bloomfield, Moody, Thomsett. Ross, K. A. Ryan, Parr, Milroy, Captain Dowell, Messrs. J. Fisher, A. Davis, Plaisted, Reus haw, Campbell, Lee. T. Bear, Houchin, H. Keogh, 0. Bear, D. Reid, Howard, Bowley," De Vere, Thomsett, Dowden, R. M. Callaway, Caldwell, J. Friend, J. Parr, 36 in the steerage, and original from Southern ports. . 21—Poherua, s.s., 1175, J. Shephard, for Newcastle. 24— Waitemata, banjaentine, for Sydney via Kaipara. _ 25—Vision, brig, 159, Nilsson, for Sydney via Kaipara. Southern Cross, Mission yacht, 204, J. Bongard, for Norfolk Island and Melanesia. Passengers : —Mesdames Com ins, Rossiter, C. Kobbs, Miss Palmer, Revs. A. Brit tain and R. B. Comins, Master C. Palmer, and three Melanesians. 27—Grasmere, barque, 423, S. Morrison, for Sydney, via Kaipara. 2S—Richmond, s.s.. 700, R. G. Hutton, for Rarotonga and Tahiti.' Passengers: Mrs. Hn'chius, Messrs. A. B. Donald, 0. A. Edeaboroush, Foley, C. A. Edenborough, jun. 29 Euterpe, ship, 1197, Streater, for London. Passengers:—Mrs. Streater and Mr. Joseph TurnbulL ' 30— Upolu, s.s., 1441. George Crawslviw, for Fiji. Passengers :—Rev. P. S. and Mrs. Smallfieid, Mr. Morley, and two in the steerage. 31—Tarawera, s.s., 2003, W. C. Sinclair, for Southern ports, Hobart. and Melbourne. Passengers : Mesdames Rosie, Toosey, Crapp and infant," Ceilings, Butt, Misses Cossar, A. Brown, J. Brown, Todd, Ryan, G. Hesketh, E. Young, Codings, Major Gudgeon, Messrs. Toosev, D Manson, E. A Price, G. Searie, W. F. Busch, R. M. Kern, Cowie, Todd, Arnold, J. M. Butt, Crapp, Holmes, Watson, aud 15 in the steerage. _ 31—Lady Mabel, brigantine, for Sydney, via the Manukau. September 4—Wairarapa, s.s., 1786, Smith, for Sydney. Passengers: Mesdames Hesketh, Barman, Cordeza, Gibson, Pearson, Gray, Hargreaves, Misses Swears, McMurtrie, Gibson (2), Gray (2), Lees, Britton, Pegler, Stockwell, Sinclair, Messrs. Lehndcux, Toomey, Barry, A. Mcßae, F. Clowes, Walker, Saunders, Davidson, ' Gray (2), AndersoD, Eggleton, T. Tetlev, J. Dixie, De Silva, Turner, Ehlers, Hesketh, J. Britton, Barman, Montponierie. Gray, Brady, Whitson, Morrison, H. S. Eaton, L. Orbill, Fleming, W. Collings, Ivill, McHugh, Martin, Cure tan, 25 in the steerage, and original from Southern Ports.

THE WEAR ASHORE. On Aug. 29, the cutter Wear was reported ashore at Rangitoto Reef, having evidently •tone on there on the previous night. Masters of coasting steamers which arrived next day report that the cutter appears to be considerably damaged. The Wca,r is owned by Mr. A Mewburn, of this city, and is of the following dimensions Length, 40 feet 3 inches; breadth, 14 feet; depth, 5 feet. Built at Auckland in 1885, she has been engaged continuously in the coasting trade. THE WHANGAROA ASHORE.

It was reported on Aug. 22 that the threemasted scow Whangar was ashore atHokitika, in a dangerous position. The vessel will be remembered as having been built by Messrs. Lane and Brown, of Whangaroa, a little over i year ago, and has been employed in trading between Southern and West Coast ports almost continually since then. B,ecen:ly she brought a. cargo of silver pine sleepers from the West Coast to Onehuiiga, sailing for Hokitika on the Bth August. Later reports from Hokitika regarding the scow Whangaroa state that the vessel is comparatively uninjured, and is ashore on a soft, sand beach.

THE KETCH NELLIE. The Kami Timber Company's ketch Nellie, which went ashore uear Mercury Bay last week, still remains in the same position, notwithstanding the efforts made to float her. She has been dismantled, and all her gear, - etc., taken to Mercury Bay. Captain Castles • and crew returned to town. The vessel has been abandoned, all efforts to float her having proved unsuccessful. An inquiry into the circumstances was held;on August 22, and the whole of the evidence taken has been forwarded to the Marine Department at Wellington.. . THE RUAPEHU. The New Zealand Shipping Company s fine steamship Ruapehu arrived on Tliurs.. Aug. 16, at 11 o'clock, from London, Teneriffe, Capetown, and Hobart, bringing a large number of passengers and a cargo of general merchandise for this port and the South. Notwithstanding the fact that very rough weather has been met with during the voyage, the steamer comes into port in excellent order, reflecting credit upon the deck officers, while the state of the engine departments bears evidence of the care exercised by Mr. Simpson, the chief engineer, and his subordinates. Captain E. A. Findlay, R.IN.R., still retains command of the steamer, but there have been several changes in the personnel of the officers since the steamer last visited our port, Mr. Buchanan ? being chief, Mr. -Harrington second, and Mr. Macey fourth, all of whom will be remembered as having been here last in the company's steamer Te Koa. The steamer went South on Aug. 16.

. On Monday, August 20, the Union S.S. Com pany's steamer Upolu, Captain George ' Crawshaw, arrived from Suva, with a cargo of raw sugar, fruit, etc. _ The Island steamer Richmond, Captain R. G. Hutton, arrived at 11 p.m. on August 24, from Tahiti and Rarotonga, with a cargo of .. copra, pearlshell, fruit, etc. The steamer left again for the islands on Aug. 27. On Wednesday the Union S.S. Company's steamer Taviuni, Captain R. E. Smith, arrived from her second excursion trip to Samoa, Fiji, and Tonga, bringing a cargo of raw sugar,' fruit, etc. • The whaling steamer Jenny Lind returned ; to Sydney last week to obtain a new whaleboat to replace the one recently lost. So far the cruise has been unsuccessful, but with fine weather it is hoped to make a few cap:tures. ,:?3; After a very pleasant passage the Union :i "' : S.S. Company's mail steamer Monowai, Cap::X tain M. Carey, arrived from San Francisco, Honolulu, and Apia on Thurs., Aug. 16, with ; . the English and American mails. Next day : M 3he resumed her journey to Sydney. •'< ..The barquentine Silver Cloud, which arrived at Adelaide last week from the Kaipara, with a cargo of timber, is loading salt at that port for Lyttelton and Wellington.

ACCIDENT TO CUTTER AT KAIPARA. Our correspondent writes: — have to report a casualty which, I am glad to say, is of very rare occurrence hefe. Mr. A. West's cutter, trading between Helensville and the Hoteo river, had the misfortune • during, her last trip to run on a bank while crossing the Kaipara. She was deeply laden : ' f at the time with goods for the Hoteo settlers, £ and there was a stiff south-west wind blow- ' ing, causing her to knock J harself about considerably on ' the ; hard stony bank. , Mr. ■ West, finding that bis boat was leaking and the water gaining upon him, felt : it neces- ; sary to . jettison' part of ' the cargo, ' and f? hailing a; passing boat which fortunately came J- ' „ ' > "

to his assistance, he was enabled to. get his cutter off and run across to the Tauhoa side of the harbour, where he ran her on the sandy beach before the rest of the cargo got seriously damaged. -Since: writing the above, I learn that Mr. West has been able to get his cutter home and discharge her cargo, the damaged portion of which was mostly bonedust and seed potatoes. , The injury to the cutter is not so bad as was at first supposed, several small holes and two or three of the seams sprung being the extent of the damage, which Mr. West hopes to have repaired, and be ready for work again in the course of a week.

• • SHIPPING SUMMARY. Business during the past month has been of a quiet nature, being almost wholly confined to steamers, only one or two sailing vessels arriving and sailing foreign since last summary. •_ The carrying trade both along the New Zealand coast and to Australia is now almost entirely confined to steamers, the sailing vessels being very few, and their trade restricted. Steamers to and from Sydney are still frequent, Messrs. Huddart, Parker, aud Co.'s steamer Tasmania still continuing on the line between Sydney and New Zealand ports. There has been a great deal of extremely rough weather\ prevailing along the coast during the last ten days, the wind being from north-west _to south-west, and vessels arriving at this port all report having experienced it more or less. So far there has . been only one serioul casualty reported, and that unfortunately accompanied by loss of life, the single instance being the wreck of the Auckland schooner Christine, bound from Hokiauga to Napier with a cargo of telegraph poles. The hull of the vessel has been found on the beach near Taranaki, and as there is no tidings of the crew it is supposed that all (numbering five) have been drowned. Several disasters are also reported by cable from Australia, the most serious being that of the wreck of the ship Cambns- Wallace, bound from Glasgow to Brisbane, six of the crew being drowned, and the captain and several of the crew seriously injured. The ship was on her maiden voyage, haviug ouly been recently built at Glasgow. _ The barque Examiner, which was towed into port last month in a disabled condition, having met with severe weuther while on the voyage from Kaipara to Sydney with a cargo of timber, has discharged cargo. A survey was held on the vessel, and it was found she was badly damaged, and that to put her into a seaworthveoudition would cost more than she was worth. She was therefore condemned, and the underwriters having accepted the abandonment, she will probably be sold. In order to keep pace with the requirements of the colony for the carriage ot frozeu meat, wool, produce, etc., to London during the coming season, the Nevy Zealand Shipping Company have chartered tour large cargo steamers—The Indralema, lndra, Aswanley, and As'oun—to run in conjunction with j their regular traders. The trade between Auckland and the Islands — Fiji, Tonga, j Samoa, Rarotonga, and Tahiti— gives employment to several steamers, especially at the present time, owing to its being the sugar season at Fiji, the Union S.S. Company having three steamers <suga«ed in the Fiji trade, whilst the Richmond goes to Rarotonga and Tahiti.! The movements of vessels during the month have been as follows :Oil Aimist 11 the burquentine Handa Isle, bound from the Thames to Melbourne with timber, which put in here for shelter, resumed her voyage. On the 12th the barque Natal Queen sailed for the Thames to load white pine timber for Melbourne, and has since loaded and sailed for her destination. The same day the brigantine Linda Weber sailed for Rarotonga, and will cruise amongst the Islands, and is expected to return in about four months' time. On the lath the Union Company's steamer Ovalau left for Fiji and returned on the 3rd inst. The same day the barque Southern Belle sailed for the Kaipara to load timber for Sydney. On the 16th the mail steamer Monowai arrived from Sun Francisco, Honolulu, and Apia with the English and American mails, proceeded on to Sydney the same day. She is due here to-day, aud leaves for Apia, Honolulu, and San Francisco to-morrow afternoon. The same day the Mew Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruapehu-' arrived from London aud wayports, after an uneventful voyage, and left for Southern ports on the IScli to load for London. Sne left Lyttelton yesterday for Rio de Janeiro aud London. On the ISth the barque Grasmere arrived from Newcastle with coal, and sailed on the 26th for Kaipara to load timber for Sydney. The same day the cutter Lark sailed for the Friendly Islands, and will in future be engaged in the trade, in' that group. The brigantine Lady Mabel arrived from Melbourne on August 18th and sailed on the 31st for the Manukau to load timber for Sydney. (In the 20th the Union Company's steamer Upolu arrived from Fiji with sugar, truit, etc., and left again for the: same place on the 30th. The American ' barque Mary Hasbrouck arrived from New York via ! Dunedin and Lyttelton on the-22nd with part cargo of merchandise, and has since dis- j charged, and is now waiting to load kauri gum and flax for New York. The same day the barquentine Waitemata arrived from Newcastle with coal, discharged, and sailed for the Kaipara on the 24th to load timber for Sydney, .she has made a very smart round trip, being only a little over fourteen and a-half days from Newcastle to Kaipara. On the '24th the steamer Port Melbourne, under charter to the Union S.S. Co., arrived from Calcutta and Singapore with a cargo of general eastern; produce for New Zealand ports. She leaves Lyttelton on the 15th inst. lor Sydney, Singapore, and Calcutta. The same day the steamer Richmond arrived from Tahiti and Rarotonga, and left for the same places again on the 28th. On the_2sth the brig Vision sailed for the Kaipara to load timber for Sydney. The Melanesian Mission yacht Southern Cross sailed the same day for Norfolk Island and Melanesia, and is expected back in December, On the 29th the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's ship Euterpe sailed for London with a full cargo of kauri gum. tallow, copra, etc. On Septembers the Union S.S. Company's steamer Taviuni arrived from Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji, and leaves for the same ports again on ' Monday next. The American barquentine Mannie Swan is now loading kauri gum and flax for New York, and is expected to sail ■ early next week. The cargo steamer Perthshire, under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company, is due from Sydney on Tuesday next, to load timber aud produce for London, proceeding South to complete her loading. The Tyser steamer Hawke's Bay, from lon-, don via Melbourne and Sydney, is due/ shortly, and will complete her loading in the South for London. On August 21 the barquentine Mary Wadley arrived at Hokiauga from Melbourne, to load timber back to the same port. On the 25th the barque Stavanger sailed from Kaipara for Glasgow with ■a cargo of timber shipped by the Kauri Timber Company. The American barque A. J. Libby, which recently brought general cargo from New York for Wellington and Lyttelton, has been chartered to load timber at the Kaipara for Melbourne. The steamer Duke of Sutherland, which brought general cargo from London to New Zealand ports in July, sailed from Wellington on August 23 for Brisbane to load frozen beef far London. The barque Dacca sailed from Wellington on August 30 for Newcastle to load coal for the west coast of South America. BY TEL EG It APR. THE KAIKOURA.

Lyttelton, August 14.The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kaikoura was cleared at the Customs to-day for Rio de Janeiro and London, and is expected to sail about 2 a.m. to-morrow. The following are her passengers : —Misses H. Begg, • E. Chantler, E. For wood, A. Mc Williams,. G. Wethey, D. Wethey, G. Campbell. Mesdames Chantler and maid, H. Forwood, E. Wethey, H. Bromley, P. Phelan, D. Wright, Professor McWilliaras, Messrs. H. H. Rickett, S. Forwood, H. Wethey, 0. Wagner, W. R. I Wagner, J. Barry, M. Dodson, A. Dysart W. Fletcher, J. B. Irvine. W. Martin, A. Oakley, S. Parker, P. Phelan, J. Sayer, J. E. Trippear, E. H. Vaughan, D. Wright, T. S. Wilson, J. Campbell, J. Ryan,, Masters Chantler (2), Wethey, Wright (4).Lyttelton, August 15.—The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Kaikoura sailed to-day for London, via Rio' de Janeiro. Hei' cargo includes 3500 carcases mutton, 730 bales wool, 525 cases meat, and 4721 cases cheese. .v A'y-

THE DORIC. '• Lyivelton, August 23. — Sailed: The Shaw,' Sa,vill, and Albion Company's steamer Doric, for Rio. de Janeiro and London. Passengers: Misses Moylan and Reid, Mesdames Walsh, Drabble, Atkinson, C. Buckley, Mahoney, Law, Messrs. .T. • Walshe, ■L. Deane, McDonoghue, Hodge, H. Nicholla, C. A. Cornish, Drabble, H. Cameron, G. Porter, F. Queested, J. Torrens, R. Rawcliffe, Stapley, J. Oxley, G. Taylor, T. Maloney, Bickerike, Anderson, Masters Drabble and Law. J ' - ' WRECK OF THE TAIRUA. Russell', August 16.—The cutter Tairua, formerly owned by Messrs. Wellby and Miller, of Auckland, and lately bought and thoroughly repaired by Mr. Jones, of Whangaruru, was wrecked on a small island opposite this port, a native being in charge at the time of the accident. The wreck was bought by Messrs. Cook Brothers, of Whangamumu, for 6, but up to the present they have been unable to get the cutter off. She was uninsured.'. ■- ' : ■ -■ THE STEPHEN'S LIGHT. Nelson, August 23. — Captain Spruit, of the barquentine River Hunter, writes to the press, acknowledging the great boon of the Stephen Island light to. mariners, and says that in his recent cruising in Cook's Straits he greatly appreciated its advantage.