SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10971, 27 January 1899, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at Anckland-7.Z1 a.m.; 7.42 p.m. Mannkati—9.2o a.in.; 9.41 p.m. Sun-Rises, 5.2 a.m.; sets, 7.5 p.m. Moon-Last quarter. February 4, 4.55 a.m.

WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday, as follows:-Wind: Between west and south west and south, in all parts of the country. Barometer: Further rise at all places. Sea: Moderating on both coasts. Tides: Generally good. Showers may bo expected in places south of Napier and New Plymouth.

ARRIVALS. Hinemoa, Government s.s„ 542, Bollans, from Wellington, via the East Coast.-Collec-tor of Customs, agent. Te Anau. 5.3., 1652, John Bernech, from Southern and East Coast ports. Passengers: Miss Thomas, MeHames Bono, Prosser and two children. Woodliead. Messrs. P. O. Morgan. Blaok Lewers, James, lilytli, McFarlane, C. Freedman, J. C. Wright. U. P. Thompson, McKcndrick, R. Baxendcll, Webb. Mawhmney, Gordon, A. Dunk. J. S. Johnston, Master James, and 18 steerage-Union S.S. Lo., aS Weii'nglon. s.s., 279. E. Stephenson, from Whangarei. Passengers: Mesdames, I toco*. Bain, Checseman. Taylor. Knot, Garlick. Lowperthwaite. Williams. Mclnnes M* TCr ,jJgJ' fe. Mair. Misses Gretfin, Hartnell. Mair. Teller, Martin. Colcbrooke. liroadgate. DuKjan, Pidgeon, Messrs. Parry, McMahon. HW Whltelaw, Bates. Ferguson Knox HUford, Stewart, Rotherhani, El inghain Cheese man. Williams, Bowden Irving. Tellfer. onil Brownliill, Eccles, Blackburn. Whinip, Master Horn, and six steerage-Northern B.S. Co., TriW. s.s.. 225. Joseph Dathie from the Great Barrier. Passenger-: Mesdames.AllAX Rhode,'. Grant. Misses Kino, AX Modes', O'Brien Jorthrngton. Messrs. Armstrong. Lawson, Flynn (2a. Allcock. Warren Paddison. Anderson, Lavandar, Jackson 12) Watkins, and five steerage-Northern B a&«4 t t, 70. J. Taw, from Whang.rei -Northern S.S. Co.. agents. Oban" auxiliary schooner, 70, Clark, from Waipu.-Mastcr, agent." CLEARED OUTWARDS. Chelmsford. s.s.. 70, J. Taw. for Whanga-poua.-Northern S.S. Co.. agents. DEPARTURES. Chelmsford, s.s., for Whangapoua. UNION COMPANY'S MOVEMENTS. To-day: Poherua arrives from South. Saturday: Rotoiti arrives at Oneuunga from South; Te Anau leaves for Southern ports; Poherua leaves for Bluff direct, and calls at Oomaru and Timaru coming North. NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS To-day Clansman arrives from Russell at 6 a.m., and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m.; Wellington leaves for Whangarei, Mjrsden Point, and Parna Ray, at 10.30 p.m.; Muritai leaves for Kuaolunu, Kennedys Bay, and Mercury Bay at 9 p.m.; Chelmsford arrives from Whangapoua; Waitangi arrives from Tairua and Whangamata; Gairloch. arrives from New Plymouth. m ,-™«. Thames Service: Steamers leave for Thames daily. See advertisements daily papers.

VESSELS IS HARBOUR Hinemoa, Government 8.6., at Queen-street Wharf. „_ , Euteshiie, 5.8., at Railway Wharf Tolosa, s.s., at Queen-slrcet W.hart. Te Anau, s.s.. at Queen-street Wharf Southern Cross. Mission yacht, in stream Silverstream. barque, at Queen-street n.irf. Star of the East, barque, at Quay-street Jetty. Peru, barque, at Quay-street Jetty. Handa Isle, barquentine, at Railway" harf. I Clansman, schooner, at Queen-street wharf. Envy, ketch, at Breastwork.

IMPORTS. Per To Anau, from the South: 1185 sacks wheat, 293 sacks oats. 125 sacks bran, 150 sacks and 270 bags flour. 337 boxes cornflour, 110 cases coffee. 23 bales paper, 16 bales twine, 7 crates jars, 11 bales woollens, 23 chests tea, 25 cases jams. 100 hoses candles, 13 casks oil, 13. casks fruit, 101 packages iron, and Bundries.

The Northern Company's steamer Wellington arrived from Whnngarei, last night, with passengers anil general cargo, anil leaves for the same place again to-night, at 8 o'clock. Last night the Northern Company's steamer Muritai arrived from the Great Harrier, and leaves at 9 o'clock to-night for Kennedy's Bay, Kuaotunu. and Mercury Bay. The Northern Company's steamer Chelms- 1 ford arrived from Wbangarei yesterday morn-; ing, and left at night for Wbangapoua. Yesterday the auxiliary schooner Oban arrived from Waipu. The Union Company's steamer Poherua is expected to arrive early this afternoon from | tho South and Gisborne, with produce. She ■ leaves for the Bluff direct to-morrow to load i produce for Auckland, calling at Oamaru and , Timaru on her way north. Early this morning the Northern Company s ] Bteamer Clansman arrives from the North. | and leaves for Tauranga at 7 p.m. I Mr. M. Niccol has fixed the schooner Clans- 1 man to load timber at the Kaipnra for Rockhampton, thence to Surprise Island, to load guano for Auckland. Yesterday the schooner Awanui was floated ont of the Auckland Dock after cleaning and painting, and was berthed at the Queenstreet Wharf to take in cargo for the Bast Coast. TT . On Wednesday the schooner May Howard I sailed fromllokianga for Auckland. The barque G. M. Tucker arrived at the ! Koinara from Wellington, yesterday, to load j timber for Sydney. Yesterday the Tyser liner Tolosa commenced discharging her cargo from New York. During the afternoon a large number of bales ; of wool were shipped by the steamer for Lon-1 don. , , j The Dovonport Ferry Company s steamer j Eagle was floated into the Auckland Dock , yesterday, for cleaning and painting. j ' The ketch Envy has been lived through Mr. | G. Y. Edgcumbe, to load timber at Tairtia j for Svdnev. The vessel will sail to-morrow. > To-day the Shire liner Buteshire will leave for London direct. , , The barqucntine Lord of the Isles has com-1 nleted her loading of timber at Hokianga i for Sydney, taking 146,000 ft of sawn kauri. j THE HINEMOA. ; The Government steamer Hinemoa arrived | last evening from Wellington and the East : Coast. On her way up the steamer called at j the various lighthouses, landing stores and [ supplies. The Hinemoa leaves to-morrow for! the Northern lighthouses, and after visiting i Cape Maria Van Diemen. proceeds on to the Kormadeo Group, on her usual visit of inspection. THE TE ANAU. The Union Company's steamer Te Anau, Captain John Henoch, arrived from Southern and East Coast ports at 9 ffl a-m. ye-'srday. Mr. H. E. Watts, the pursei reports that tho steamer loft Duuedit' at 4 p.m. nil (he 20th insl.. ami called at Lyttelton. Wellington, Napier, and Gisborne, leaving the latter port at 9 a.m. on the 25th: had East Capo abeam at 3.30 p.m. the rame date, and arrived as stated. Experienced moderate variable winds and sea with fine weather throughout the passage. The Te Anau leaves for East Const and Southern ports at noon to-morrow. THE TAUBANGA. H.M.S. Tauranga left Wellington for Sydney last evening. THE PAKEHA. The sleamer Otarama. which arrived at Port Chalmers from London yesterday, reports sighting tho s.s. l'akeha from London to Auckland on the 21st inst. The l'akeha is expected to arrive to-day. THE HUIA.-A MSCOBD YEAR. The auxiliary schooner Htlia, owned by Messrs. Mitehelson Bros., has just completed a record trin from Kaipara to Lyttelton and back. Crossing the Kaipara Bar at 10 a.m. on the 13th inst., she discharged a full cargo of timber at Lvttelton. loaded a, cargo of pro.duce, and recrossed the Kaipara bar at 8 a.m. on the 25th. thus accomplishing tho round trip in the splendid time of 11 days 22 hours. The schooner's trips for the past year have been accomplished in very good time. Sho sailed from Kaipara on February 6, 1898. and has just completed Iter eleventh round trip since that date, carrying full cargoes of timber to Lyttelton, and produce back to Kaipara, with the exception of the last three trips, when she was only half loaded with produce in consequence of there being no potatoes obtainable in Christchurch. This is a record on which the owners of the vessel and the master (Captain George McKenao) should be deservedly proud, and certainly will take a lot of beating.

THE FBIEDEICH DEE GROSSE. In a recent issue of the Sydney Mail there is given a description (with illustrations) of the docking of the North German Lloyd Company's large steamer Friedrich Dor Grosse, from which the following extracts are" made :- But few docks in the world are capable of accommodating the Friedrich and her three Bister ships now in our trade, and two of these docks are in the southern hemispherethe Sutherland Dock, and the Calliope Dock, of Auckland, which the Admiralty is about to subsidiso Ships have completely outgrown docks of late, so much so that to accommodate their latest mammoth, the hugo Kaiser William, the North German Lloyd Company has had to build docks of its own at Bremen wherein their ships are to dock in the future, so that, except in case of accident, we are not likely to see again such a sight as that presented the other day. This Kaiser cannot coma out to Australia for the simple reason that she could not get through the canal. A member of the Mail staff who visited the dock with a private party'during the time the great ship was in it describes the effect when standing beneath the hull as weirdly impressive. At first it was a feeling of utter insignificance beneath the great mass of steel and iron with its city of houses, workshops, streets, alley-ways, squares, and recreation spaces within the metal hull—a feeling of utter helplessness should the great mass move hut ever so little and crush out the human ants beneath. Then, on Eccond thoughts, this changed : to a feeling of pride ill human achievement that the brain of man Could • conceive, and the hand of man execute such a marvel as a modern ocean-going steamer of . one of the great lines, fashion her to his will and so direct her that she will obey by power within every command of. the master mind. As'this particular party climbed the side nf the dock and still further on to the Ship's '■ decks, and wandered through the great eh- ' gine rooms; tho street after street of dwellings • in the way of cabins of every degree of luxury ■ -eomo of them with drawingrpoins and so on en suite— into the barber's shop and ; : the thousand and one conveniences available, .tli? impression of man's power and ingenuity

deepened. Two things that impressed these visitors were comparatively small in themselves, but the first was at least Biiggcstiye of a practice which should he general, and the latter perhaps also. All the ship's boat 3 are lifebouts and unsinkabic, and the belt of cork is al--8) a protection against possible smashing when the boat has to be lowered and may be dashed against to ship's ride in time of peril. 'Hie second thing was that the life belts were belts' no longei but horseshoe-shaped, and open like a shoe at one end. This change is explained ; by the fact that in times of confusion people forget that In lifting a lifebelt out of the water to get it over their heads they .lose it) floating power and themselves sink, and ■ in this way, women especially, have lost their lives as a consequence of the fright which the , further immersion gives them. With the : new form they can slip into tho " belt" with-1 out having to get under it or it under them, I Our pictures will afford a very good view if! the peculiar formation of the hull of theso' new ships, and the manner in which it bulges ] out tc the flat bottom amidships, and so gives immense cargo space. When the big Gorman j livers were first mooted it was thought they would not be filled, and could not pay. According to Mr. Lull nann, the new Australian manager, ihe greatest of these shii« como out only In tho busy season, the vessels of lesser tonnage taking their place when cargo is slack, and they going on to tho American trade, as it would not pay the company to send them to Australia nil the year round. Generally they bring out only 3000 to 4000 tons of general < argo. while they could bring 11,0000 if it wore offering, but going home the? invariably take an immense quantity of our produce. Thus the balance of trade is all in our favour, so far as they are concerned, and the direct trado with Eurone is growing. One'more point Mr. Lohmann told our representative, us illustrating the cost of running. 'Die immediate expenditure whilst in Port Jackson for workmen's wages, provisions, repairs, coal, md wharf accommodation, etc., on account of these steamers amount-, approximately to £7000 each. Thai will give people some small idea of what the shipping trade means to Sydney, and what it cost" to run a great steamer.

WRECK OF THE FOUR SISTERS. j Tho cutter Leo arrived from Ponui Island yesterday, bringing the gear, etc., of the > cutter Four Sisters, which was recked on ] the south-east point of the island whilst engaged in loading shinglo and sand for Auckland. The Four Sisters was built at the Wade in 1863. and was owned by Mr. J. J. Craig, of this city. PORT OF ONEHUNGA. DEPARTURES. Takapuna, 6.5., John Grant, for New Plymouth and Wellington. Passengers: Mr. and Mrs. Sturterant and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Petrie and child. Mr. and Mrs. E. Heed and infant, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart and two children. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, JKdames Peake. Collins Watson. Mackay, B. 51. Smith and family, Hell, Moulin, Nicholson and child. Keale, Burrell, Dyer, Misses Hutchinson, Matthews, Biswick, Pickering. K. (I. Gibbs, S. (1. Gibbs. Howie, Sudd, Moss-man, F. Sealey, Lamb, Davis, Palmer. Fitihenry, McWilliaius. Bell, dill, Burr, Delves, Mofflin, Orr, Buchanan, McGee, Furlong, at. Furlong, Bendall, Captain Burrell. Messrs. W. Toy. W. H. Madill. O. Smith, J. Te Pan. A. Wilson, E. C. Palmer. 0. Wilkinson. H. Palmer. Kebbcll. Warden. F. Duff, Kidd, Mossman, G. W. Peni-house, Crompton, Dwyer, Colheck. llorrock, J. Oarson, Pyrke, J. S. Brown, W. Bell. M. G. Hell, lickering, i. R. Sinclair, lllundell. Came, Peake, Collins, W. Binnie, Knight, Turn bull, Buller, Ru-sell, Nicholson, 8. Paul, Master Mackay, and 10 steerage.— S.S. Co., agents. Kanieri, s.s., De Wofe, for Waitara.Northern S.S. Co., agents. The Union Company's steamer Takapuna left yesterday morning for New Plymouth and Wellington. Yesterday morning tho Northern Company's steamer Kanieri left for Waitara. BY TELEGRAPH. CAPE MARIA VAN DIEMEN. January 26— small steamer passed east at 3.15 p.m. A schooner passed west at 7 p.m., and a schooner passed east at 10 p.m. yesterday. KAIPAR.A HEADS. January 26.—Arrived: G. M. Tucker, barque, from Wellington. MARSDEN POINT. January 26.-Sailed: Talisman and Terarnwa, ketches, for Auckland. RUSSELL. January 26.—Sailed: Clansman, s.s., for Auckland. Passengers: Mesdames Warne I Smith. Davis, Thomas, Misses Thomas, Jack- ! .'on. Kemp, Clemlon. Williams. Tucker. I Messrs. Wyles. Harvey. Thomas, Wnrne, Mountain, Warne, Meehan, Reed. Williams, Stephenson, Williams, Dcery, Hon. 11. Williams, and about 30 steerage, including 2 1 ) AllStrifUlS. ! HOKIANGA. , January 26. - Sailed yesterday: May ■ Howard, schooner, for Auckland. The liar I quentine Lord of the Isles is loaded with , timber for Sydney. I GISBORNE. I January 26.Sailed: Poherua, s.s., for Auckland. NEW PLYMOUTH. I January 26— Arrived: Gairloch. 8.5., from I Onehunga. Sailed: Gairloch, s.s., for Onehuuga. ; NAPIER. I January Arrived: Westralia. s.s.. from I the North. Sailed: Westralia, s.s., for the 1 South. [ WELLINGTON I January 26.—Arrived: Rnkanoa. s.s., from i Calcutta, via Singapore and the South: I Mokoia, s.s.. from the South. Sailed- ' Oonah. s.s., for the South; Mokoin, 6.5.. for . Napier. Gisborne. Auckland, and Sydney. . Passengers: Misses Beaton. Ait-ken,' Cain. ■ Munii, Dolphin, Dompsey, Rohan, Hollis, ! Lagor. McCallum. Naylor. Keogh, Donald- ] son. Ritnciman, McManaway (2|. Best, Tar--1 butt. Beach. Mesdames Turnbull. O'Uea. j Gibbs and child. Forbes and infant, Mit chell. McCarthy, Washman, Captains Cameron and Todd, Messrs. White (21, Clarkson, licid. I O'Dea, Peacock. Gibbs, Ellis, Turnbull, , Lowry, Baker, Morse. Holme?, Bridson, I Mills, Cockson, McCarthy. Wltite, lken. I Washman, Brcen. Cope, Dyer. Rotoiti s.s., j for Onehunga, via New Plymouth. PassenI Mills, Cookson, McCarthy, 'White, Ait-ken I strong, Mesdames Smith and two children, 1 Ingram and two children, Jeffreys, On. ■ Shaw and three children. Dr. Smith, Messrs. I Orr, Erett, Perclr.il, Aitkcn, Gascoigne, : Mnsker, Ormes, Bacon, Gallagher, France. I LYTTELTON. I January 26—Arrived: Wnikato, s.s., from . Oamaru. Sailed: Adana, s.s.. for WellingI ton. THE OTARAMA. POET CHALMERS, January 26.-Arrived: Otarania, s.s.. Curtain Clifford, from London, which port she left on December 1. She has 3000 tons of cargo for Puncdln, and 1000 for Lyttelton. THE TIMARU. BLUFF, January 26.—Captain McDonald, of the tug Awarua. which has arrived from I Dunedin, states that when about eight miles to the south of Cape Saunders lie passed a large fnll-rieged ship, which was probably the Timaru. She siood about six miles off. The Timaru left Linden en September 7 for Timaru. THE RAKAIA. HOBABT, January Arrived last night: Hakaia, as., frjm London.