SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10418, 16 April 1897, Page 4

SHIPPING.

HIQH Water at Auckland-5.61a.rn.; 8.15 p.m. „ Manukau— a.m.; 8.14 p.m. SON—Rises, 0.20 a.m ; sets, 5.22 p.m. MOON— to-morrow, 5.60 p.m. WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin wired ironi Wellington yesterday at 1.35 o.m, :-Kortb to west and south-west gale with rain. Glass rise, but fall again after 20 hours. Captain Kdwin has sent warnings for westerly gales and rain to all places northward of Napier, Taupo, and Manukau, and for southerly gales and tain to all other places. ARRIVALS. Richmond, s.s., 700, Norman Beaumont, from Fiji. Passengers: Mrs. Randall and four children, Misses McLatchie, Morris, Messrs. Canborough, Cotterell, Keait, and tne steerage.—Union S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Mamari, s.s., 3583, D. Levack, for London, via the South.—T. andS. Morrin and Co,, Limited, agents. Poherua, s.s., 1175, G. G. Smith, for Westport and Fiji— 8.8. Co., agents. Upolu, s.s., 1141, F. W. Macbeth, for Rarotouga and Tahiti. Passengers :—M. and Madame De Taronui, Miss J. M. Paraton, Messrs. W. Dodge. A. B. Donald, J. A. Phillips, Matthews, Vernon, Creugner, and two steerage.—Union S.S. Co., agents. lona, 8.8., 220, J. Duthie, for Kennedy's Bay, Kuaotunu, and Mercury Bay.-Nor-them S.S. Co., agents. Ohinemuri, s.s., 70, H. Smith, from the Great Barrier. Passengers; Mrs. Springs,!!, Captain Smith, Messrs. Sutherland, Michael, Ashwin, Lawson, McCallum, Ryan, Edwards, McDonald, McGarrlng, Bennett, Chester, Diamond, Word, Greenwood. Simmons, Cashinore, Hamilton, Clark, Mann.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. Chelmsford, s.s., 70, C. Hopkins, for Tauranga am' Whakatane.—Northern S.S. Co., agents, Douglas, s.s., 62, J. Taw, for WhangareL —Northern S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Mamari, b,b., for Napier. Upolu, 5.8., for the Eastern Pacific. Poherua, s.s., for Westport and Fiji. lona, 5,8., for Mercury Bay and way ports. Chelemsford, s.s., for Tauranga and Whakatane. Douglas, s.s., for Whangarei. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. '.ONDON: Indramavo, s.s., due Monday." Star of England, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed March 10. Star of New Zealand, s.s,, via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed April 2. Otarama, s.s., sailed April 1, *BW VOKK : Mary Hasbrouck, barque, sailed Jan, 6. Grace Deeriug, barque, early, SIN FRANCISCO : Mariposa, R.M.s., April 23, HONOLULU : Mariposa, R.M.s., April 23. SIDNEY : Alameda, R.M.s., to-day, Tasmania, s.s., Monday. Indramayo, s.s., Monday. NEWCASTLE : Rotokino, s.s., to-day. Empreza, barque, early. Asia, barque, early. Waitemata, barqueutine, early. SAMOA : Mariposa, R.M.s., April 23. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. I.OMDON: Lintrathen, barque, loading. Asterion, barque, to load. SAN VKANOISCO si Alameda, R.M.s., Saturday. SAMOA : Alameda, R.M.s., Saturday. SYDNEY : Anglian, s.s., Monday. fin: Flora, i.s., early. NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day. — arrives from Russell at 6 a.m.; Argyle leaves for Waiheke at 9 a.m., and returns about 5 p.m. Saturday.— Waitangi arrives from Tairua, Whangamata, Mercury Bay, and Kuaotunu; Gairloch arrives from New Plymouth; lona from Whangarei; Douglas from Whangarei Town Wharf; Waiotahi from Tauranga and Opotiki. Sunday.—Wellington arrives from Whangarei; Kanieri from Waitara. Monday.—Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m.; Wellington for Whangarei, Marsden Point, Whangarei Heads, and Mangapai at 10.30 p.m.; lona leaves for Kuaotunu, Mercury Bay, and Kennedy's Bay at 9 p.m.; Glenelg arrives from Raglan and Kawhia, Tuesday.—Clansman leaves for Russell, Wbangaroa, and Mangonui at 7 p.m.; Douglas for Whangarei Town Wharf at 5 p.m.; Waistahi leaves for Tauranga and Opotiki at 5 p.m.; lona arrives from Kuaotunu, Mercury Bay, and Kennedy's Bay) Argyle leaves for Waiheke at 9 a.m., and returns about 5 p.m.; Wellington arrives from Whangarei; Glenelg leaves for Opunake and Wanganui at 1 p.m.; Kanieri for Hokianga at 1 p.m. Wednesday. - lona leaves for the Great Barrier at midnight; Waitangi leaves for Kuaotunu, Mercury Bay, Tairua, and Whangamata at 9 p.m.; Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point, Whangarei Heads, and Mangapai at 9.30 p.m. Thubsday.— leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m.; Douglas arrives from Whangarei Town Wharf, and leaves for Whangarei Town Wharf at 5 p.m; loua arrives from the Great Barrier; Chelmsford arrives from Tauranga and Whakatane. Friday.—Clansman arrives from Russell at 6 a.m., and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m.; Chelmsford leaves for Whakatane at 12 noon; Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Marsden Point, and Whangarei Heads at 9.30 p.m.; Argyle leaves for Waiheke at 9 a.m., and returns about 5 p.m.; lona leaves for Kuaotunu, Mercury Bay, and Kennedy's Bay at 9 p.m.; Kanieri arrives from Hokianga and leaves for Waitara at 8 a.m. Thames Service. - Steamers leave for {Thames, Paeroa, and Coromandel daily. See advertisements daily papers. VESSELS iN|HARBOUK. This list does not Include coasters. Royalist, H.M.s., in Calliope Deck. Southern Cross, Mission yacht, at Queenstreet Wharf. Richmond, s.s., at Queen-street Wharf. Sea King, barque, at Railway Wharf. Portland Lloyds, barque, in stream. Lintrathen, barque, at Quay-street Jotty. Charles G. Rice, barque, at Quay-st. Jetty. Asterion, barque, in stream, Northern Chief, barque, at Railway Wharf. Frank Guy, barquentine, in stream. IMPORTS. Per Richmond from Fiji: 6500 bunches bananas, and a quautity of cased fruit, and sundries Per Richmond, from Fiji: 30 sacks maize. 51 packages orange pekoe tea,— Reid and Co. Per Richmond, from Fiji: 1000 bunches bananas, 34 cases bananas.—Cotterell and Turner, Commerce-street. Per Upolu, from Tahiti: 2000 crates oranges.—Cotterell and Turner, CommerceStreet. To arrive: Takapuna, Saturday: 20 tons Canterbury potatoes—W. Gunson and Co. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's steamer Mamari took in a, quantity of explosives at the Powder Ground yesterday, and left for Napier in the evening. Last evening the Union Company's steamer Poherua left for Westport, to load coal for Fiji. The Union Company's steamer Upolu left for Rarotonga and Tahiti left evening, with a full miscellaneous cargo. Last night the Northern Company's steamer lona left for Kennedy's Bay, Kuaotunu, and Mercury Bay. \esterday afternoon the Northern Company's steamer Chelmsford left for Tauranga and Whakatane. The Northern Company's steamer Douglas left for Whaugarei last evening. Yesterday the barque Devonport sailed from the Kaipara for Melbourne, with a cargo of timber. The American barque Charles G. Rice is landing he; cargo from New York in excellent order. I Yesterday the American barque Obed Baxter arrived at Port Chalmers from New fork. She has part cargo for Lyttelton ; 1 The Union Company's steamer Pukaki left the Bluff for Wellington yesterday. Yesterday afternoon the Melanesian Mission yacht Southern Cross was berthed at the Queen-street Wharf to take in stores, , etc., for the Islands. The Northern Company's steamer Ohine- ,, muri arrived from the Great Barrier last night. ; . The receipts of the Manchester Ship Canal '£ for 1893 were £179,834, an increase over 1895 of £43,075. The traffic carried was 1,820,237 ? tons, an increase of 467,363 tons, of which '.[■ increase 422,215 tons were due to sea-going traffic. | The steamer Australia, formerly a favourite y. trader to this port, has been in some bad J''- :' c weather on the Tasmanian coast. The other li' '• day Mr. as " Mills, the manager of the Union Iv'S Company, was taking a number of friends i ;.; ]■ t for a cruise in the 'steamer when they fell in h'; with bad weather, and after steaming seven • ' „ hours in the face of a terrrfio gale the vessel k .;. ■ only made 4| miles, finally having to turn k Nundaud run 50 miles in a 'tremendous sea . i for shelter.) .&.);

THE RICHMOND. The Union Company'! steamer Richmond, Captain Norman Beaumont, arrived from Fiji at 2 p.m. yesterday with a cargo of fruit, etc. Mr. J. A. Tubby, the purser, to whom we ere indebted for late Suva papers, reports: —The Richmond left Auckland at 5.30 p.m. on the 30th ult., and coaled at Russell next day. Arrived at Suva at 2 a.m. on the sth instant. Discharged cargo and left for Levuka at 6 a.m. on the 6th, and left Levuka for Suva at 6.30 p.m. the same date, reaching Suva at 2 a.m. on the 7th. Left on the Bth at daybreak, and shipped fruit at Cuvu, Likuri, Rovandran, and Vavau, and got back to Suva at 3.30 p.m. on the 10th, finally leaving for Auckland the same date at 8.20 p.m., and arriving as above. Experienced thick dirty weather with heavy rains the whole time the steamer was in the Fiji Group. Moderate S.E. breezes prevailed for first two days after leaving, followed by variable weather until the morning of the loth, when thick rainy weather set in, lasting to arrival. The Richmond leaves for Wellington at nine o'clock this morning, THE ALAMEDA. The mail steamer Alameda is due from i Sydney this evening, and leaves for Apia, Honolulu, and San Francisco at 2 p.m. tomorrow. THE ROTOKINO. To-day the Union Company's steamer Rotokino is due from Newcastle with a cargo of coal, THE RIMUTAKA. During her detention in London the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rimutaka was fitted up with a powerful electric searchlight, similar to those on Her Majesty's ships, for use in the Magellan Straits at night. This addition will gteatly enhance the enjoyment of the passage through these wondertul straits. PORT OF ONEdCNGA. ARRIVALS. Mahinapua. s.s., J. Robertson, from Wellington and New Plymouth. Passengers :— Bishop and Mrs, \\ allis, Mesdame O'Toole, Burnett, Moore, Missss Kennedy, Goldwater. Berry, Blakeman, Kerr, Grey, Keeble, Geers, Messrs. Gardiner, Page, Hopkins, Kennedy, Chiswell, Uriminond; (yßafioran, Rigder, Lusk, Cobroug, Tomkin, Barnott, Nettlingham, Harrison, Berry, Scott, Sacke, Loudonberg, and 11 steerage.- Union S.S. Co., agents, Glenelg, s,s,, A. H. Austin, from Wanganui, via Opunake and New Plymouth. Pas sengers :—Misses Harvey, Hall, Smith, (3), Mrs. Smith, Mr. Jones, Masters Smith (3), and 4 steerage-Northern S.S. Co,, agents. DEPARTURES. Mahinapua, s.s,, J. Robertson, for New Plymouth and Wellington.-Union S.S. Co., agents. Gairloch, s.s., W. F. Norbnry, for New Plymouth. Passengers:—Mesdames Hewit, White, Brookfield, Hudson, Messrs. Brookfield, Potts, Johnston, Griffiths, Harper.— Northern S.S. Co., agents. Glenelg, s.s., A. H. Austin, for Kawhia and Raglan.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. Kanieri, s.s., DeWolfe, for Waitara.-Nor-thern S.S. Co.,ageuts.

The Union Company's steamer Mahinapua, Captain Robertson, arrived yesterday morning, from Southern ports. She left Wellington on the 13th, oalled at New Plymouth, and left the latter port at 8.30 p.m. on the 14th, arriving as above. The steamer left again for New Plymouth and Wellington, at 4 p.m. The Northern Company's steamer Glenelg arrived yesterday morning from Wanganui via Opunake and New Plymouth with passengers, 40 head cattle, 40 sacks hides, and large general cargo. She left again at six o'clock on a three days' excursion to Raglau and Kawhia, The Northern Company's steamer Gairloch and Kanieri took their departure yesterday afternoon, the former for New Plymouth and the latter for Waitara. By TtJLBQKAPB. KAIPARA HEADS. April Sailed; Devonport, barque, (or Melbourne. MARSDEN POINT. April 15,-Arrived; Rover, scow, Will Watch, ketch, from Auckland. WHANOAREI. April 15.—Sailed: Wellington, «,»,, for Auckland. RUSSELL. April 15.—Sailed; Clansman, s.i,, for Auckland. WELLINGTON. April 15. —Arrived; Rotomahana, s.s., from Sydney, via Auckland and the East Coast; Anglian, s.s., from the South; Takapuna, s.s., from Lyttelton; Mawhera, s.s., from Nelson and the West Coast. Sailed -. Rotomahana, s.s,, Penguin, s.s., for Lyttelton; Tongariro, s.s., for London; Anglian. 6.5., for Sydney, via the East Coast and Auckland. Passengers: Misses Ling, James (2), McDowall, Wood, Peacock, Fraser, Meedames Ling, Virtue and family, Weston, James, Kempin, Baker, Walmsley, Peacock, McKenzie, Taylor, Hull and children, Blanckett, Messrs. Westmacott, Virtue, Grimshaw, Maowgordato, Weston, Munro, Hull, Wilson, George, Hustwick, Coster, Peacock (3), Lawrence, Great-, Buscke, Benjamin, Permain, and 25 steerage. Takapuna, 5.8,, for Tarnnaki and Onehunga. Passengers: Miss Gilbert, Mesdames Mitchell, Robertson, Wrigley, Brigg, Hastie, Messrs. Odell, Brown, Gill, Bristow, Greenaway, Smith, Servioe, Button, Baeycrtz, Shepherd, Harris, Bolt, Brigg, Hedges, Steohouse, Cable, Aitken, Wilson, Geddis, Hirloway, and 19 steerage.

LYTTELTON. April 15.-Arrived: Talune, s.s,, from Port Chalmers; Mararoa, s.s., from Wellington; Ruahine, s,s., from the Bluff.

PORT CHALMERS. April 15.—Sailed: Canterbury, ship, for London, with a cargo of wool, grain, etc.

BLUFF. April Sailed: Pukaki, 8,8., for Wellington. SYDNEY. April 15.—Arrived: Wakatipu, 8.8., from Wellington.

THE HIMALAYA. Albany, April 15.-Arrived: Himalaya, R.M.s., from London. Passenger for New Zealand; Mr. Davidson. THE MOANA. London, April Sailed: The Union Company's new steamer Moana, for Sydney, THE OBED BAXTER. Port Chalmers, April 15.-The barque Obed Baxter, from New York, arrived last night. Her cargo consists of 1510 tons, of which 800 are for this port and the balance for Lyttelton and Napier.