SHIPPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11579, 18 February 1901, Page 4

SHIPPING.

High Water at A»£«£g St! £8 *£ a„« R,«i 526 a.m.: seta. 6-44 p.m. Sun—..Kises. 3.-s» «"»■ • ,„. n<: m S_oon—New, Tnesday, 19>h, <•» »-m-----t'"' '"' ARRIVALS. Britannic 8 s., H.M. transport SJtt tons, Bermfnf F Hayes E.N'E.. from Nap'er, *ilh the Imperial Contingent „ P E. J. Seddon, Mrs. Seunon. Miss Mddon, a °- s . 300, W Farquhar from TauMisses Bingham. KeU, iSlnari .Patrick. Feldinan, and two steerage. -wStatSK « zk'L**! Johnson, from Opo♦■s -£ i Tttif-inet Passengers: Mesdames and' S. Staines Mi« Thompson MessrsMcDonald. Davis. Frith .McLean GaulU Fanlkiaer.—Northern S.S. Co.. agent, #pili "- 267, A. McKenzie. tram y. hare-kawa--Messrs. Leyland. OTBrian and Co.. *Sa%a. ■,■.. Pierce, from Great Barrier.Parker, .Larrb. and Co.. agents. DEPARTURES. ■tfnni-n E.S., 227. N. Beaumont, for East Coast and "Southern ports. Passengers: MiSeV Hmniwx Watson, rffaciiy. Patriel. ». O'Brien, Reynolds »Bdames. Donald. Miliar Williams. EeyhoWs. Wdey, Messrs. Towns Brockshoff, Nelson. W. Thomson W atm Williams. J- H. Clark. Lockhead. Mo». F i. Ford. E. Morton. Chandler. W. D mack rA&ir. Skilcorn. A. Paul. LUis, Bnffanell, and 15 steerage.— t.s, Co., a? 5.5.. 2060. G. Crawshaw. for Tonga'. Samoa. Fiji, and Sydney. P**ensers: Mr. and Mrs. Preston. Mrs. forger, Pro--6 Korendg. Messrs, Davis Hay ,2. Be - champ, G. B. Pickett.—Union 5.5..C0.,; Cl Terrinora. Si! 353. Edwpd McLeod. for "VThanfarei.—Northern &■-»- Co., ageni*. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. "Snfntoka. m.. via WeUmgion. due- about s.. via Melbonrae and Sydney, sailed January 13. £4?,' rHi^CI ii CO: Mariposa. KAf.s.. March 4. N Star Y of Australia. m., via Melbourne and Srdner. arrived at Melbourne February 3. Indragtiiri. s.s., via Melbourne and Sydney, to sail about January 15. w-^.-, Hiram Emery, barque, direct, sailed NovemChar!« G. Bice, barque, via Wellington, sailed. Zealandia, "5.=., to-day. NEWCASTLE : . Neptune, barqnentme. sailed Clan MacLeod, barque, sailed. Aldebaran. barque, sailed. Visioii, bneantine, sa,le:i. Kathleen Hilda, barque, early. * Mariposa, R.M.s.. March 4. FIJI * ~. 1 , Taviuni. s.s., Wednesday. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. NEW TOBK: , . „ Hiram Emery, barque, to arrive. SAN PEANCISCO: Sonoma, R.M.s.. March 2. Sonoma, R.M.s., March 2. SIDNEY: • Elingamite s.s.. to-day. Waikare, s.s., February 2a.

UNION P.5..C0.-S MOVEMENTS. To-day: Omanere arrives from Gwbonie. Tfinipr and Ea«t Coast bars; Bctoitt *ai«lor New Plymouth and Wellington at 3 p.m. U Tuesday o :'Hawea arrives from Bluff Oamaru. and Timaru: Omapere sails for East Coast bays. Gisboroe. Napier, and Greymouth at -

Wednesday: Taviuni arrives from Fiji: Haves, leave.? for Napier. Lyttelton. Bluff. Oamaru and Timaru at 12 noon:, Takapuna arrive* from Wellington and >ew Plymouth: Taviuni leaves for Wellington; Pusaki leaves (to be announced). , Thursday: Te Anaa arrives from Southern ports- Ta"kapur.a leaves fo- New Plymouth. "Wellington, and Nelson at » p.m. (train 2.10). Friday: Taieri arrives from « estport. Saturday: Te Anau sails for Southern ports it, 12 noon.

NORTHERN S.S. CO.'s ?rfOVESIENTS. To-day: N?nriguru arrives from TVaiheke early; Clan-man leaves for Russell. Whangaroa. and Marigonni at 7 p.m.: Muritas leave? for Kuaotunn, Mercnrj Baj. and wna-n*-anarapara at- 7 p.m.: Waiitangi leaves for Tsiraa. ' Whansamnta. and Tanranpa' at 9 •pin - knni°ri 'eaves Onehnriga for Waitara at 11.30 a.m.: Wellington leaves for Marsden Point. Manzapai. and Whangarei at lOtf pm.; Gairlcch leaves Onehunga for New PI-oath at 1 p.m.: Terranora arrives from WhSSfei Town Wharf: Chelmsford leaves for Wnanzauona at 8 p.m. no,-,---Th->*a Service: Steamers; leave for Thames and Paeroa daily. see advertisements daily papers. VESSELS IN HARBOUR. VTHn-n H.M.s.. in stream. AbarVnil?.. U.S. transport in stream. D-fiii'-nMe. troopship, at Kail**} unari. Britannic, troopship. at Railway TV harf Etirof New Zealand, s.s.. at Queen-street gltoi Cross, mission yacht, in stream. Ma.ic. barque, at Queen-street, V»harl. Crikignair, barque, in stream. Northern Chief, barque, in dock. m c ,„,™rr- =*ella from Wharekawa, and the Barrier, both brougnt On Saturday afternoon the Union Company's s.s. Moura ot ft away for the"islands on The Manapouri got away for the inlands on Saturday evening. HE "TROOPSHIP BRITANNIC. The troopship Britannic, officially known as "No 62 " with the Imperial troops on board arrived in harbour on Saturday morning at 6 ! > pftei a smooth passage irom Napier •which'port was left at 10 o'clock on fhnrsda* ni'-'M. She is owned by the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, and was built at Bel fast by Harland and Wolff, in 1874- Sh- is constructed of iron, and is Ion?, 45.Zft in beam, and 26.2 ft in depth of hold. Her is 5004 gross, and 3152 net. ..be u fitted 'with compound f°ur-cy ! .inder en?ines, of 890 nominal horse-power. She was, when launched, one of the finest ves-els afloat, and i's still a verv good specimen of an ocean steamship. The excellence of her machinery is proved by her many rapid runs. mi Britannic is commanded by Captain -Bertram .1? Hi™! RN.R.. who has been in her lor Two years. In the early davs of direct steam communication between New Zealand and Great Britain, he made several voyages to this colony .is an oDicei of the Coptic ana the lonic The chief officer is Mr. Steel, who was also in the Coptic. Mr. Riddock is fira officer Mr Stiver second. Mr. Marshall third, ami Mr .Bo fourth. Mr. Thorpe is purser and Dr. Tribe surgeon. The chief engineer is Mr. Alexander, and the second Mr. Graham. THE TUTANEKAI. . - The Government steamer Tutanekai. with the Premier and party on board, arrived from Napier 011 Saturday about 7 a.m. THE LING AMITE , Messrs.' Huddart, Parker, and Co. s s.s. Elmgamite was timed to arrive from Gisborne at daylight to-day. She leaves for Sydney at half-past five this evening. THE ZEALANDIA Up to the time of going to press there was no sign of the Huddart-Parker boat Zealand a which left Svdney last Wednesday foi this port. She should arrive early this morning. A SNOWSTORM AT SEA. During the early part of the voyage of the P. and O. R.M.s. Arcadia. .lust arrived at Sydney an unpleasant variety of weather was met with. The early part o. the voyage was unpleasant, but it was not until she was passing through the Straits of Bonifacio that the worst was reached. It came m the ture of a thick fall of snow and hail, winch covered the vessel from stem to tern. ine rail lasted for six or seven hours.