SHIPPING

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11243, 12 December 1899, Page 4

SHIPPING

High Water at AacUand-2.1 un., Ml P ; * ; toon-Full^nday7l 8 3 p.m. WEATHER FORECAST. Captain at 9 a.m. yesUrMale" " 12 hours from bow; tides poor.

, DEPARTTJBE3. , _ m Knirnshire, s.s.. 6672, E. Wallace, for London, via Southern ports.-New Zealand ShipP 'Westraiia aS s" t !'' 2884, Walter M. Hipgrave, & C Ken" and" eK on Potts Kenderdine and child, Roberts, Slev.' W. Beckett, Caplains I Shavw and &nth M V. J EiltA. Abbott! ilcGrath, Vaugnan, Bickford, I 1 'b £h. Wansey, T. J. Currie, ? a YA,ion E. Pleydell, A. J. McLachlan, C. E Thorns Ferguson, Potts. Kenderdine, Roberts Gagagan. Morrison, F. Goodfellow, T H Decent, 30 steerage, and original from the SouS -L. D. Nathan and Co., agents Oinapero, s.s., 640, R. G. Hutton, for East Coast ports and Wellington. Passengers: Five steerage.— S.S. Co., agents. aansmanl 5.9., 300, W. Farquhar, for Bustell, Whangaroa, and Mangonui.-I<orthern Wellingtons., 275, E. Stephenson, for Whangarei.— S.S. Co., agents. lluritai, s.b., 225, Joseph Duthie, for Kennedy's Bay, Kuaotunu, and Mercury Bay.Northern S.S. Co., agents. . . * Waitangi. s.s., 197, P. A. Stein, for Tairaa. TVhangamata, and Taurauga.-Northem S.S. C Chelmsford, s.s., 70, J. Taw, for WhangaNorthern S.S. Co., agents.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. 'star of Australia, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, to-morrow. Star of Victoria, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed October 25. Otarama, s.s., direct, due about December 28. Rualiine, s.s., direct, due January 23. Star of New Zealand, s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed. HAMBURG: ~r , .„ Nordby, barque, sailed November 17. . NEW YORK : , ... Gairloch, s.s.. via Melbourne and Sydney, due about December 22. Indraiema, s.s.. via Melbourne and Sydney, sailed November 11. Knight Templar, s.s., direct, sailed. Star of the East, barque, via Wellington, sailed August 24. Clan Macleod, barque, via Wellington, sailed October 13. . _ „. . ... Craignair. barque, via Wellington, sailed November 15. 6A" FRANCISCO: .... Alameda, R.M.s., December 19. EA'"iA: „ , .. Alameda, R.M.s., December 19. FIJI: Taieri, s.b., early. SYDNEY: „ , Mararoa, s.s., Sunday. Star of Australia, s.s., to-morrow. NEWCASTLE: Kathleen Hilda, barque, early. FBEMANTLE: ~ „ , .. Ashmore, ship, sailed November 18.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. liONDON: , ~ Jessie Osborne, barque, loading. Ashmore, ship, to arrive. NEW YORK: Star of the East, barque, to arrive. SAN FRANCISCO: Moana, R.M.s., December 25, SYDNEY: Waihora, s.s., Monday. FT.II: Hauroto. S.S., to-morrow. SAMOA: Hauroto, s.s., to-morrow. Moana, R.M.s., December 25. TONGA: Hauroto, s.s.. to-morrow.

UNION S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. Wednesday: Takapuna arrives at Onehunga from the South: Hauroto leaves for Tonga and Samoa at 5 p.m. . , Thursday: Tarawera arrives from tlie South; Ovalan arrives from Tahiti and Rarotonga; Takapuna leaves Onehunga for tne South at 5 p.m. (4.15 p.m. passenger tram). .Friday: Ovalan leaves for Greymonth. Saturday: Rotoiti arrives at Onehunga from the South; Tarawera leaves for the South at noon.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'S MOVEMENTS. To-day: Waiotahi leaves for Tauranga and Opotiki at 5.50 p.m.; Ngnnguru leaves for Whangarei Town Wharf at 5 p.m.; Gairloch arrives from New Plymouth; Mnritai rives from Mercury Bay. Kuaotnnu. and Kennedy s Bav- Glenelg leaves for Raglan and Bawhia at 1 p.m.; Waimana leaves for Whakatane at "Wednesday. Chelmsford arrives from Wliangapoua early, and leaves for Waiheke at 9.30 a.m.; Muritai leaves for Great Barrier at midnight; Gairloch leaves for New Plymouth at 1 p.m.: Nguuguru arrives from Whangarei Town Wharf; Wellington leaves for Wlianga : rei, Marsden Point. Mangapai. Wliangarei Heads, and Parua Bay at 9.30 p.m.; Kanieri arrives from Waitara, and leaves for Opnnake and Wanganni at 1 p.m. Thursday: Muritai arrives from Great Barrier; Chelmsford leaves foi Whangapoua at 8 p.m.; Wellington arrives from Wliangarei; Waitangi arrives from Tauranga, Tairua, and Whangamata; Ngunguru leaves for Whangarei Town Wharf at 5 p.m.; Ohinemuri arrives from Awanui, Waiharara, and Hohonra direct; Glenelg arrives from Raglan and Kawliia. , , m , Thames Service: Steamers leave for Thames daily. Seo advertisements daily papers.

VESSELS IN HARBOUR. Elingamite, s.s., at Queen-street Wharf. Hauroto, s.s., at Sugar Works. Republic, ship, in stream. . Jessie Osborne, barque, at Railway Wharf. Alcestis. barque, at Quay-street Jetty. Neptune, barquentine, at hobson-street Wharf.

EXPORTS. ti , Per Wcstralia, for Sydney: 5 bars bullion, 1 yacht. 55 cases fish, 364 packages fungus, 205 packages box timber, 12 packages broom handles. 15 sacks hides, 3 sacks hair, 10 sacks seed, 120 bales flax, 12 packages old metal, 19 kegs beef, 85 packages wool, 1486 sacks maize, 133 bundles staves, 815 sacks sulphur ore. 3 cases cheese, 12 drums ammonia water, 4318 sacks copra, and sundries.

The Shire liner Nairnshire left yesterday afternoon for Napier and the South to complete her loading for London. Last evening the Huddarlier steamer Westralia left for Sydney with a good number of passengers and a large quantity of general cargo. I „ ... The Union Company's steamer Omapere left last evening for East Coast ports and Wellington. „ , , Last evening tho Northern Company s steamer Clansman left for Russell, Whangaroa, and Mangonui. The Northern Company 6 steamer Wellington left last night for Wliangarei. _ Last night the Northern Company s steamer Muritai left foi Kennedy's Bay, Kuaotnnu, and Mercury Bay. , Yesterday the Northern Company s steamer Waitangi was floated out of Calliope Dock after cleaning and painting, and left at night for Tairua, Whangamata, and lauranga. Last evening the Northern Company steamer Chelmsford left for Whangapoua. The Huddart-Parker steamer Elingamite leaves for East Coast and Southern ports this afternoon. YP3terdav the Northern Company s steamer Wakatere was floated out of Calliope Dock after cleaning and painting, and resumes her running in the Thames trade this morning. Tho Northern Company's steamer Waiotaln leaves for Tauranga and Opotiki at 5.30 p.m. Yesterday the brigantine Lady St. Aubyn arrived at Kaipaia from Wellington, and loads timber hack to the same port. The Northern Company's auxiliary schooner Waimana leaves to-day for Wliakatane. ( To-morrow evening the Union Company s Steamer Hauroto leaves for Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, and Sydney. The barque Craignair sailed from New YorK for Wellington and Auckland on November

15. The name of the Union Company's latest purchase, the North Lyell, has been altered to the Moura, which is the Tasmaman name for black bluff. , It is reported that Messrs. McLean and Son. contractors for the new Glasgow Wjarf, have purchased the barquentine Konysbyrd, and are to employ her in the timber trade for their own purposes. The vessel is now on her wav from the Clarence River, New Sontli Wales, to Dunedin, and on her discharge at the Southern port she will he handed over to her new owners. In the early part of the passage from Liverpool to Sydney the ship Eurasia, which arrived in Sydnej a fen days ago, had a narrow oscape from crashing into a barque. The Eurasia had been a few days at sea when the unknown vessel came down on her, and il was only by the merest chance that a serious collision was averted. As it was. the vessels " had a brush." but only slight damage resulted, and both soon after continued ih-nr respective courses.

When the steamer Crown of Arragon came down the Yarra a fortnight ago on her voyage to Capetown with a largo cargo of produce and consignment of 500 sheep, the Customs clearing officer found her decks covered "ith fodder entirely unprotected from sparks ■mil other causes of fire. It was decided that the combustible cargo must be safely covered with tarpaulins before clearance would be granted, and the work was proceeding under supervision at a late hour.

VESSELS SIGHTED. During the passage of the Elingamite from Sydney to Auckland, the following vessels were sighted: —On December 8. in lat. 34.8 S., long. 161.56 E.. a four-masted barquentine. supposed to be the Chehalis, hound from Newcastle to Honolulu. On the 9th, in lat. 34.20 S„ long. 166.30 E„ a four-masted barquentine, becalmed. On tho 10th. a barque, closehauled on the port tacit, about 12 miles north of Cape Maria Van Diemen. At 3 p.m. the same date, a lead-coloured painted barque, about 15 miles from Whangaroa, standing to the southward.

PORT OF ONEHUNGA. •••:- ; ARRIVALS. ' Glenelg, s.s., A. H. Austen, from Wansannl, Passenger: Miss Fitzgerald.-Nortliern S.S. C KanicrH 5.3., Do Wolfe, from Holiiauga.

Passengers: Misses Dunn, Helljwill, lfesddme3 McLeod, Campbell, Lamb, Oliver, Helliwill, Messrs. Wallam, Billing, Dunn, and six steerNorthern S.S. Co., agents.

DEPARTURES. Eotoiti, 8.5., John Robertson, for New Plymonth and Wellington. Passengers: Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Walker, liesdames Duckworth, Btiller and family, Kirker and family, Owens, Misses Collier. Bowell, Cummings, K. Grace, C. Nelson, V. and R, Laurent, M. Holds, M. Day, Beauchamp, Messrs. Smellie, E. Nordeji, W. A. Perry, 0. Trelease, Goldwater, D. Banks, F. Andrews, Brewer, McLeod, Bradley, A- Mil e3, Stewart, D. Abercrombie, Medley, F. Bloomfield, Jacobsen. White, Rendell, R. McKeown, Manning. Bevan, J. Bowden, and 10 stcerage.-Union S.S. Co agents De Wolfe, for Waitara.-North-Kanieri, s'.s., De Wolfe, for Waitara.-Nortll-ern S.S. Co., agents.

The Northern Company's steamer Kanieri arrived at 8.15 a.m. yesterday, from Hokianga, with passengers and general cargo, m left again in the afternoon for waitara. The Northern Company's s.s. Glenelg arrived yesterday morning from Wanganui, with passengers and general cargo. _ Yesterday afternoon the Union Company s steamer Rotoiti loft for New Plymouth and Wellington.