SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11149, 23 August 1899, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at Auckland- 8.22 a.m.; 8.45 p.m. M „ Manukau—lo.2l a.m.; 10.44 p.m. Rises, 6.26 a.m.; sets, 5.21 p.m. Moon-Last quarter, Monday, 11.28 a.m. WEATHER FORECAST. Captain Edwin telegraphed yesterday :- "Strong south-east to south and south-east winds; glass fall; tides high; indications for easteriy gale, between East Cape and Great Barrier Islands." ARRIVALS. Fiona, s.s., 817, Gair, from Fiji. Passengers: Messrs. Lake, Linklater, Blake.—Colonial Sugar Company, agents. Muritai, s.s., 225, Joseph Duthie, from Mercury Bay, Kuaotunu, and Kennedy's Bay. Passengers: Messrs. Ogilvie, Thompson, Mcpherson, Webb, and one steerage.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. .. , „n Ngunguru, s.s., 84, C. Hopkins, from Whakatane and Tauranga.—Northern! S.S. Co., agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Elingamite, s.s., 2585, William Waller, for East Coast and Southern ports. Passengers: Mesdames Knight. Baker and child, Blackburne and child. Ward and 2 children, Swindlev and child. Wallace, Misses Greener, Smith, Dickson, Busby, Castellian, Rev. Bond, Captain Blackburne. Messrs. S. H. Gollan, Jarrett A S. Walltei. Pringle, Seaton. A. Smith, Oienham, Trent-bard. James Maidens, Seville, Paterson. W. H. Carter. Crawford, Gulliver, Baker. T. Mackenzie, Cowen, Ward, Nixon, Cooper. Law, Wiseman* King, Oakden, 30 steerage, and original from Sydney.—L. D. Nathan and Co., agents. Wellington, s.s., 279. E. Stephenson, for Wliangarei.—Northern S.S. Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Elingamite, s.s., for the South. Wellington, s.s., for Wliangarei. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. inNPCN: , „ , Indrnmayo. * <■.. via Melbourne and Sydney, due Septenil'i"' ".0. Waimate, s.s., .Cr. -t. sailed August 19. Waiwera, s.s., direct, sailed August 1. Hawke's Hay, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydliev, sailed August 11. NFV,' V >I!K : Tolo=a. s.s.. via the South, early. Tonioann. s.s.. via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed .Inly 15. Star of England, s.s.. via Melbourne and S'-dnev. sailed August 15 Grace Peering, barque, via Dunedin, sailed May 5 Alice, barque, sailed June Is. BAN IIIANCiSC'.): Mrana, It.-U.S., August 29. CALCUTTA: Vnila. =.s.. due about Friday. Ihkanoa, s.s.. Friday. SAMOA: Moana, K.M.s., August 29. FIJI: Rakanoa, s.s., Friday. SYiIKKV - Mararoa. s.s., Sunday. KKY.TA-TLE: Ftanlev. brieantine, sailed August 4, Aleestis. barque, early. Neptune. barquentine, early. Kathleen Hilda, barque, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURE.!. SAN THAXCISCO: Mariposa, R.M.s., September 4, IVIXKV : Fiona, s.s, to-day. Waihora, s.s., Monday. FIJI: Hauroto, s.s., to-day. SAMOA: Ilanioto, s.s.. to-day. Mariposa. R.M.s., September 4. tonka: Hauroto. s.s., to-day. BAROTOXGA: Ovalau, s.s., Tuesday. TAHITI: Ovalau, s.s.. Tuesday UNION S.S. cn.'S MOVEMENTS. To-dav. Takapuna arrives at Onehunga from the South; Mawliera arrives from the South and East Coast ports; Hauroto 'eaves for Tonga and Samoa at 5 p.m.; Dinsadee leaves for re} mouth at noon. Thursday: Tc Anan arrives from the South; Takapuna leaves Onehunga for the South at 10 a.m. (8.55 a.m. passenger train); Mawliera leaves for East Coast ports and South at 5 p.m. Friday: Pukaki arrives from Westport; Bakanoa arrives from Fiji. Satu.day: Rotoiti arrives at Onehunga from the South; Ovalau arrives from Tahiti and iinrotonga; Te Anan leaves for the South at noon.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day: Muritai leaves foi Great Barrier at midnight: Waiotahi leaves for Tailranga and Opotiki at 5.30 p.m.; Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m.; Kanieri arrives from Waitara; Chelmsford leaves for Whansarei Town Wharf at 5 p.m.; Ngnnguru leaves for Whakatane at 5 p.m.; Glenelg leaves for Opunake and Wanganiti at 1 p.m. Thursday: Muritai arrives from Great Barrier: Chelmsford leaves for Whangapoua at 8 p.m.; Waiotahi leaves for Tauranga and Opotiki at 0.30 p.m.: Wellington arrives from Wliangnrei; Kanieri leaves for Raglan and Kawhia at 1 p.m. Thames Service: Steamers leave for Thames daily. See advertisements daily papers, VESSELS IN HARBOUR. Papanui, s.s.. at Queen-street Wharf. Fiona, s.s., at Sugar Works. Hauroto, s.s., at Quay-street Jetty. Taieri, s.s., at Hobson-street Wharf. Linda Weber, brigantine, on slip. Vision, brig, in stream. Medora, schooner, in stream. IMPORTS. Per Fiona, from Fiji: 7450 sacks raw sugar, 78 hogsheads molasses, 6 pieces machinery. EXPORTS. Per Elingamite, for the South: 3748 bags 100 cases and 180 sacks sugar, 25 sacks oysters, 36 sacks coal, 10 packages hardware, 60 cases drapery, 50 cases tobacco, 10 cases cigarettes, 610 packages fruit, 5 cases saddlery, 5 cases drags, 5 cases boots, 120 bags cement. 170 bundles laths, 234 packages pipes, 15 packages rope. 75 cases jams, 50 hags sulphur, 160 cases kauri gum, 16,200 ft timber, 180 tons transhipments ex Papanui, and a large quantity of sundries. The Northern Company's steamer Muritai arrived from Mercury Bay, Kuaotunu, and Kennedy's Bay last night, and leaves for the Great Barrier at twelve o'clock to-night. About five o'clock yesterday afternoon the Hnddart-Parker steamer Elingamite left for East Coast and Southern ports. Yesterday the Northern Company's steamer Ngunguru arrived from Whakatane and Tauranga with a cargo of maize and sundries, and leaves for Whakatane at 5 p.m. to-day. The Northern Company's steamer Wellington left last night for Whangarei. The Union Company's steamer Hauroto leaves this evening for Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, and Sydney. Yesterday the barque Onyx arrived at Kaipara from Auckland to load timbei for Adelaide. The Union Company's steamer Mawliera is due to-day from Wellington and Coast ports, and leaves for the same ports again to-mor-row evening. The barque Northern Chief has been chartered to load coal at Woollongong for Auckland. Yesterday the schooner May Howard arrived at Hokianga Heads from Auckland, having made a smart run round from Marsden Point, where she put in for shelter during the easterly gn,!e The Union Company's steamei Waikarc arrived at Wellington from Sydney yesterday, and m-occeds to Port Chalmers for general overhaul. The Fern- Company's steamer Durham, with a parlv of fisliermen. was at Mercury Bay vwterdav, and will connect with the Murirni at the Great Barrier to-morrow. This afternoon the auxiliary schooner Orevlinvnr! -.-.ill leave for Northern ports, and the Me'Wn on Wednesday next. The London Missionary Society's steamer John Wi"i:ims arrived at Suva from Samoa on the 1 ?lh inst., and left for Sydney the same day. On the nth inst. the coolie shin Avon sailed from Suva for Calcutta, teing towed to sea by the s s. Mampouri.

THE AIM AN A. The Northern Company's new auxiliary schooner Wniir-nna, for tile Auckland-Wlui-katane trade, has had liei engines and boilers fitted. and will so down to Drunken Bav tn-dav to have her compasses adjusted, and will rnn a trial trip round the harbour in tile afternoon.

BARQUE IN THE GULF. A barque was signalled inside of Tiritiri nt sundevn last evoniin. but had not made port up to an eavlv hour this morning.

TIIE FIONA. The Colonial Sugar Refining Company's steamer Fiona, Captain Gair, arrived from Fiii vesterdav morning with a cargo of raw sugar and molasses, proceeding up to Chelsea to discharge. Tile master reports that after loading cargo through the group the steamer finallv left Suva at 11 P.m. on the 16th inst., and arrived at. 8 a.m. vesterdav. having experienced south to south-east winds and line iveather throughout the nassage. The Fiona leaves for Sydney to-night.

THE WARSHIPS. H.M p. Mildura left Lyttelton for Wellington yesterday , , ~ lr The flagship Royal Arthm and H.Ms. Karrakatta left Brisbane for Sydney on the 15th in c t. , The Wallaroo is at present engaged on patrol duty in the New Hebrides. The Mohawk i'j now at Coolttown, and proceeds shortly to the Solomon Islands. The Dart is surveying on the Queensland coast, and thr Penguin in West Australia. The Goldfinch, homeward hound from Sydney. called at Thursday Island on the 13th inst.

' A MESSAGE PROM THE SEA. A West Australian fisherman named F, Sanne recently found a sealed whisky bottle on the southern shore of Safety Bay, and enclosed in it was a small piece of paper, apparently torn from a log-book. The inscription on it was in Danish, and Constable Murphy, the tide-waiter at Rockingham, to whom the paper was handed, has forwarded it to the Collector of Customs, with the following translation" Ship Hercules R.. 41deg. ?6min. south latitude, 46deg. 41min. . , . Steady southerly . . / . .'can't come .. . . •. •, determined to set out longitude" southerly at 45, • but .wind has' not

allowed me. July 23, 1875." In his communication to the Collector of Customs, Constable Murphy explains that in endeavouring to decipher the inscription a corner or the paper got charred where the year 1875 was, but lie can vouch for the date it bore, though at present the charred cornei conceals the year from the naked eye. Constable Murphy suggests that the faded portion of the writing might be made out bj the use of chemicals, and the Collector of Customs has communicated with the Government Analyst Mr. E. A. Mann. There is a ship Hercules mentioned in Lloyds Register —a wooden Norwegian ship of 1199 tons, built in 1668 by W. Rogers, of Bath, and owned by J. A. Larsen, of Skien, Norway.

SHIPPING CASUALTIES. A report was received recently from Banbury (W.A.) to the effect that a wreck had been washed up some 40 miles from that place, opposite Lake Clifton. The police went out and made an examination. They discovered on the beach a boat's mast, stays, boom, decking, gunwales, and part of the keel. A quantity of hei timber was also washed ashore, and a five-gallon water-keg and several empty O.V.G. whisky cases, Wreckage was strewn along the beach for a distance of about half a mile. In connection with the barque Gio Batta Eepetto, which stranded off the West Australian coast, news has been received from Albany that the repairs had been completed, and that the vessel was proceeding to Fremantle to load jarralx for Hongkong. Her purchasers, Messrs. J. and W. Bateman. will probably employ her in the lumber trade. The cost of the ship and repairs will be inSide £1500, so that she should be a bargain to the purchasers. Mr. Webster will remeasure her for British tonnage. A cable dated the lltli inst. has been received at Sydney, stating that the steamer Lavinia went ashore at Las Palmas whilst on her voyage from Hamburg and Antwerp to Fremantle and Adelaide. It was found necessary to jettison part of her cargo before she could be got off. The Lavinia has been obliged to return tc Hamburg for repairs.