Shipping Intelligence.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 245, 29 July 1876, Page 11

Shipping Intelligence.

ARRIVED. JULY 21.—Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Lloyd, from the North. Passengers—Saloon : Do Mnrska Company (7) Miss Grimsey, Messrs. Small and son, Boom, I lerce, Harvey, Johnston, Barlyman, Hebberly, Beamsly, Steer, Hill, Sealing, Millar, Anderson, and Crawford; sin the steerage. Levin and Co., agents. July 22 —Alhambra, s.s., 479 tons, Muir from Melbourne via the West Coast. Passengers—Saloon: Mrs and Miss Crawford, Mrs. Brown, Miss Bunny, Messrs. Stuart, Joad. Cook, and Marshall; 2 in the steerage. Bishop, agent. Cynthia, schooner, 00 tons, Swede, from Felorus Sound. Greenfield and Stewart, agents. Falcon ketch, 37 tons, Fisk,. from Blenheim. Pessengers—Cabin : Mrs. Harrison and two children, Messrs. Harrison, Long, and Nixon ; 14 immigrants. Turnbull and Co., agents. Matau, k.s., 104 tons, Urquhart, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin: Mesdames Crowther and Howe, Messrs. King and Salmon; 2 in the steerage. Bishop, d July 23.—Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Butt, from Rangitikei. Passengers —Cabin: Messrs. Reid and Sims. Turnbull and Co., agents. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, from Wanganui. Passengers —Cabin : Mrs. Williams and child. Messrs. Donald Vile, Bishop, Isaacs, Moss, Swan, Warrick, Montgomery, Wilson, Lysaght, Heeks, Matheson, and Williams. Ledger, agent. Kiwi, s.s., 133 tons, Campbell, from Napier. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs. Wallace, Messrs. AV eight, Anderson, Stuart, and Wireami Wano; 5 in the steerage. Levin and Co., agents. July 24.—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Evans, from the East Coast. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. Fergusson and child, Miss Large, Messrs. Woods, Campbell, Wilson, Sherley, Harrison, Wood, Roach, Harrison, Sutton, Mahoney, Ferrard, Kapata, Campbell, Hurumvi Te Karu, Hamana Tickawai, Henare Polae. Birch, Bloxam, Holhster, Harris, Atkinson, Biddell, Wyllie, and Mackay. Ledger, °July 25. Taupo, s.s., 461 tons, Worsp, from the South Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Palgrave, Hall Smart, Hislop two children and servant. Misses Cole' Brook, Hay, and McKay, Messrs. Muir, Taiaroa, Sheppard, Hibberty, Price, Steinbergh, Fraser, Gault, Chines, Gordman, Davis, Hay, Cameron, Hall, Smart McKellar, Johnston, Evatt, Gault, Gibson, and Chines ; 12 in the steerage, and 32 for the North. Levin and Co., agents. July 26. Arawata, s.s., 612 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne via the South. Passengers from Melbourne—Saloon : Messrs. R. Martin, J. Martin, and Day ; two in the steerage. From Coast: Miss Anderson, Messrs. Pelling and family, Glover, Dagleish, and McKellar, and 24 in the steerage.— Bishop, agent. _ Luna, p.s., 199 tons, Faircluld, from Nelson. Passengers—Cabin : His Excellency the Marquis of Norman by and party. Tui, s.s., 64 tons, Bonner, from the West Coast. Bishop, agent. Horsa, ship, 1093 tons, Wadley, from Glasgow via Dunedin. O'Shea. agent. July 27.—Wellington, s.s., 279 tons, Carey, from the North. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Disher and family, Hoskins, Scott and family, Colonel Gorton, Captain and Mrs. Willis, Messrs. Smith, Tonks, Naden, Smith, Christie, Hill, Seymour, and Scott. Eight in the steerage, and 13 for South. Levin and Co., agents. Stormteird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Misses Imlay, Parcell, and lues, Mesdames Ivess and Ave children, Bidgood, Middleton and four children, Messrs. McKay, Coe, Cooks, Millar Corrigan, Gentles, Wilson, Common, Frank, Stome Albert, and Goodman. Eleven in the steerage, and two for South. Turnbull and Co., agents. Clyde, s.s., Gibbon, from Wairau. Reliance, ketch, 33 tons, Hart, from Oamaru. Master, agent. Arawata, s.s , 642 tons, Underwood, from Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Mr. Ellis. Two in the steerage. Bishop, agent. July 21.—Hawea, s.s.. 462 tons, Wheeler, for the North Passengers—Saloon : Mesdames Stark, Malcolm and child, Christie, Captain Baillie, Messrs. Robinson, Almett, Stark, Bordack, Simpson, Gundy, Seymour, Tonstiem, Christy, Mclntyre, Jones, and Wakateni; 5 natives. Levin and Co , agents. Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Lloyd, for the South. Passengers—Saloon : Messrs. Haywood, Wi Katene, Faloon, and Aplin. Levin and Co., agents. Luna, p.s., 199 tons, Fairchild, for Nelson. Passengers—His Excellency the Governor and suite. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Bealing, Millar, Levi, Strachan, .Warren, Perry, Postens, Hill, Levy, and Brough; 3in the steerage. Ledger, agent. July 22. Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Passengers— Cabin: Mr. Common and 2 natives. Turnbull and Co., agents. Marmion, schooner, 92 tons, Bowton, for Kaipara. Pearce, agent. July 24.—Alhambra, s.s., 649 tons, Muir, for Melbourne, via the South. Passengers—Saloon: For Coast—Messrs. Swan, Anderson, Ward, Dowman, and Petrie. For Melbourne—Mrs. Wright and two children, Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz and child, Messrs. Sibber, Maudsley, Mclntyre, Jones, Kerr, and Cammell. Bishop, agent. July 26.—Taupo, s.s., 461 tons, Worsp, for the North. 'Passengers—Saloon : Mesdames Brown and Crocombe, Misses Pike and Wellifont, Hon. Mr. Edwards, Messrs. Stuart, Marcellini, Frederick, Jagger, Smith, Hodges (2), and Weddley. Levin and Co., agents. Kiwi, s.s., 133 tons, Campbell, for Napier. Passengers—Cabin : Miss Turner, Messrs. Cameron, Goodwin, and Brough. Levin and Co., agents. Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Butt, for Foxton. Turnbull and Co., agents. Arawata, s.s., 642 tons, Underwood, for Nelson. Bishop, agent. Canterbury, schooner, 34 tons, Siddall, for WanganuL Master, agent. Matau, s.s., 104 tons, Urquhart, for Lyttelton and Kaikoura. Passengers—Cabin : Miss Lawson, Messrs. Palmer and Atkinson. Bishop, agent. Rangatira, s.s., IS6 tons, Evans, for the East Coast. Passengers Saloon : Mrs. Dellan, Miss Kemp, Messrs. Watt, Bird, Fitzgerald, Bowler, and Maney, and six in the steerage. Ledger, agent. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Nqrbury and Biddle, and five in the steerage. Ledger, agent, July 27.—Wellington, s.s., 279 tons, Carey, for tho South. Passengers Saloon: Dr. Doyle, Messrs Stuart, Haywood, and Rutherford. Levin and Co., agents. ' Tui, s.s., 04 tons, Bonner, for Foxton. Passengers —Cabin : Messrs. Green and Bush. Bishop, agent. Amaranth, schooner, Mason, for Wanganui. Mclntyre and Co., agents. CLEARED OUT. July 27.—Neptune, brig, 299 toii3, Yulo, for Newcastle. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. McKenzie, Leicester, and Peppin. Williams, agent. Robin Hood, brig, 297 tons, Paton, for Newcastle. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Burnes, Taylor, Kendrick, Davis, Brown, and Stevens. Williams, agent. Aurora, schooner, 37 tons, Romeril, for the East Coast. Pearce, agent. KXPKCJTICD ARRIVALS. London.- Dunbritton, ship, early ; Midlothian, ship, early. Hamburg.—Fitz Eeuter, ship, daily. Southern Pouts.—City of New York, s.s., 30th inat. Lyttleton.—Star Queen, barque, early. Hobarton. —Britain's Pride, brig, daily; Young Dick, schooner, daily. Melbourne. —Wollomai, brigantine, daily. Northern Ports. —Hawea, s.s., Ist August. Newcastle.—Malay, barque, early. Castle Point and Napier.—Kiwi, s.s., 30th inst.; Rangatira, s.s., -30th inst. Melbourne via the South.—Ringarooma, s.s., 30th inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. San Francisco. —Camperdown, ship, 7th August. Northern Ports.—Taranaki, s.s., 30th inst.

Soutiiern Ports. —Hawea, s.s., Ist August. Melbourne, via the South.--Ringarooma, s.s., 2nd August. Napier, Auckland, Kandavau. Honolulu, and San Francisco. —City of New York, s.s., 30th inst. Foxton. —Napier, s.s., 29th inst. WF.STMKT, GREYMOUTII, AND JIOKITIKA. Till, s.s., 31st inst. Castlepoint and Napier.—Kiwi, s.s., 31st inst. Nelson.—Ringarooma, s.s., 31st inst. BY TELEGRAPH AUCKLAND, Friday The barque Lady Franklin, as she no lies ashore at Kaipara, was sold for £lO5. AUCKLAND, Monday. At the Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the Lady Franklin at Kaipara, the evidence showed that the chain parted when tho captain and mate were ashore. The certificates of both oflicers were suspended for one month. LYTTELTON, Sunday. Arrived : Star Queen, barque, from New York. PORT CHALMERS. Thursday. Sailed : Alhambra, for Bluff; Taranaki, for North. Passengers—For Lyttelton : Messrs. Gum, McCowan, McLeod. For Wellington : Messrs. Gourani, Sale, Calvert, Green, Campbell. The bar is still unfavorable. The City of iSew York is detained. The ship William Davie is at the Heads, 81 days from London. BLUFF, Thursday. The s.s. Ringarooma (with the Suez mail) left Melbourne on the 22nd inst. at 2 p.m., and arrived at the Bluff at 10 p.m. yesterday. She experienced light southerly winds and fine weather. Passengers for Wellington: Messrs. Broadbent, Burgess, Stevens, Elliott. 49 tons of cargo. KAIKOURA, Thursday. Arrived : 9.15 a.m., Matau, from Wellington. WANGANUI, Thursday. Arrived : Noon, Manawatu, from Wellington. The number of wrecks recorded for the present year up to May 20 is 642. A telegram from the captain of the Zealandia, received May 11, says that on the voyage from Sydney, via Auckland, Fiji, and Honolulu, the ship's earnings were £7200, and that she gained 64 hours in time on a daily consumption of 37 tons of Sydney coal.— N.Z. Herald. „,.,-•.. ■ i The British ship Min-Y-Dow, Captain Leslie, arrived in San Francisco 46 days out from Sydney, New South Wales a wonderfully quick run, which has only once before been equalled- in 1573, when the British ship Essex made exactly the same time. In 1862, however, the American ship Flying Dragon, made the run from Newcastle, New South Wales, practically the same passage, in 45 days. The Min-Y-Dow brought a cargo of 1473 tons of coal. Messrs. Patrick Henderson and Co.'s chartered ship Horsa, 1094 tons, Wadley, arrived here on Wednesday morning at 9.30. As we gave a summary of her voyage from Glasgow to Dunedin, it does not need recapitulation. It will be remembered that she left Glasgow on the 18th March, and arrived in Dunedin on the 16th June, thus making a moderate run of 90 days. At Dunedin she discharged a considerable portion of her cargo, the balance being for this port. Amongst her cargo are the engines and boiler for the s s Taranaki. The Horsa left Dunedin on Friday last, and had fair winds up the coast until rounding Cape Campbell, where she met a strong S.E. gale, and had to come to an anchorage in Clifford Bay, where she remained till 4 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr. James O'Sbea is the agent of the Horsa at this port. Captain Wadley, of the ship Horsa, which arrived on Wednesday, complained grievously to our representative of the manner in which the pilot service of the port is conducted. He states that when outside the Heads in the morning he hove-to his ship for the purpose of receiving the pilot, but an hour passed by, and although he made the usual signals for a pilot, no one came out to him to take his ship into port. All this time he was drifting inshore, and the only alternative left him was to run up the harbor himself—a harbor the entrance to which he was quite ignorant 0 f—the only guide he had being his chart. However, a pilot in a different shape to that which he expected to see, turned up, being no less than the little steamer Tui Captain Bonner seeing the vessel steamed up to her and told Captain Wadley that if he followed the Tui he would lead him up the harbor. Captain Wadley jumped at the generous offer, and safely piloted himself in out of all danger by following in the tracks of the Tui. After passing the pilot station he was boarded by the pilot. Captain Wadley wishes to express his sincere thanks to Captain Bonner for the valuable assistance he rendered to him in piloting his ship into harbor. We clip the following from the Olasgov) Herald of 23rd May:—'' Dumbarton.— Yesterday Messrs. AVm. Denny and Brothers launched from their building yard an iron screw steamship of the following dimensions, viz.—29oft. by 33ft by 25ft. ; gross tonnage, about 1750. She will be fitted with compound directacting engines of 250 horse-power nominal by Messrs. Denny and Co. The usual ceremony of naming the vessel the Wakatipu was performed by Miss Agnes Russell Currie, of Glasgow The Wakatipu will be placed on the intercolonial trade of New Zealand and Australia, and will be under the charge of Mr. Mills, the energetic manager of the Union Steamship Company (Limited), of Dunedin, Otago. The Wakatipu will be handsomely fitted up for a large number of first and second-class passengers, and will be the largest steamship in the trade." The Otago Times adds :—" The above steamer was to leave Glasgow on the Ist July under the command of Captain Cameron, who is well-known in Dunedin as master of the barque Otago, and latterly has been in charge of the Ben Ledi, one of the Glasgow and Melbourne liners." The Melbourne Argus of a recent date says : " Aiter due deliberation by the owners, the impsrtant position of master of the large iron clipper ship Ellora has been given to Captain W. Clayton, whose first prominent introduction to the colonies was during the days of the Panama and New Zealand Steamship Company, in the fleet of which he held command until the company was wound up. Captain Clayton was also in charge of the steamship Lady Darling for several years, in the colonies and at Home, and his latest achievement was bringing out the new screw steamer Ringarooma for Messrs. McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co., after a remarkably quick passage, one of the fastest made via the Cape. Since then Captain Clayton has been in the employ of the above firm until the present command was offered him. The professional abilities of Captain Clayton are admitted to be of no mean order, and during the years lie lias been known in these colonies, he has maintained a fair name and fame with the general public and amongst the shipmasters and oflicers with whom he has been associated. The appointment of a captain to the Ellora has not been made a day too soon, for the extensive alteration she lias undergone is now drawing towards completion, and it would scarcely be fair to either ship cr master for the latter to take charge of her at the eleventh hour, when a good deal of the work should be done under his direct supervision. Much uneasiness is being felt here owing to the non-arrival of Messrs. Beck and Tonks' brig Britain's Pride, which left Ifobarton for this port on the 17th June. She must have, as we stated before, encountered the very heavy weather which was experienced in this part of the Southern Ocean from the 21st June to the 23rd, and most likely has either been dismasted or foundered. Concerning the last supposition, several nautical men of considerable experience have expressed their opinion to be that such a fate has not befallen her. Their reason for _ st thinking appears to be that the Britain's Pride possessed considerable wcatherly qualities, which were well proved by her standing the terrible typhoon which raged off China last year without even loosing a piece of rope yarn, while a number of other vessels which were in her company either sunk or were dismasted. Besides, we understand she was not heavily laden, being only about in proper sailing trim. Mr. Tonks has informed us that Captain Armit, of the Young Dick, on his voyage from here to Hobarton fell in with a brig on the 20th June, which he had reason for supposing was the Britain's Pride. She is under the com

mand of Captain Linklater, her cargo consisting of timber, jam, and other iiroduce. Unfortunately, the two daughters of Mr. Beck are on board, and we need scarcely say that considerable uneasiness is being felt by their friends here. It is supposed that there are two other passengers on the Britain's Pride—a young man and a young lady ; but as to whether they actually left in her the owners here have not received anj' definite information. Messrs. McMechan, Blackwood, and Co.'s steamer Arawata arrived alongside the Queen's wharf at 10 p.m. on Thursday, thus doing the trip from here to Nelson and back in twenty-three hours. The Arawata left this port at 11 p.m. on the 26th, arrived at Nelson at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, left again in four hours, and arrived here as above, after a smart run of eight and a half hours from Nelson. Experienced fresh head winds across the Strait. The Arawata left here for Melbourne, via the South, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.

The steamer Clyde, which we reported as having been ashore in the AVairau river a few days ago, ran into harbor about 7 p.m. on Thursday. Captain Gibbons states that he got off, as we anticipated, on Friday afternoon, and went up the river, where he took on board the portion of cargo which he had had to discharge to lighten her before he could get her off the ground. He left the Wairau this morning, but as she had started a rivet or two in her bottom when ashore, he determined to run to Wellington for the purpose of getting the injury repaired. The Clyde will be taken up on one of our small slips, probably to-day. Mitchell's Maritine Register of the 16th May, lias the following :— ■" On the 13th inst. Messrs. Wingate and Co. launched a screw steamer named the Waitaki, for the New Zealand coast trade, built to the order of Mr. John Darling, 400 tons 8.M., compound surface condensing engines of 90 h.p. nominal, class A 100 at Lloyds. The ceremony of naming the vessel was performed by Miss Douglas, a native of New Zealand." This steamer was built to the order of the Oamaru and Dunedin Steam Company, under the inspection of Mr. John Darling, the resident engineer at Glasgow, for the Union Company. She will take up the trade at present performed by the Samson, and will be under the management of Mr. James Mills. — Otago Daily Times. Erection of a Flagstaff at the Rangitikei River. —On Friday night this much-needed guide to this river was erected. The flagstaff and fittings were sent from Wellington some time ago, but as Pilot Jenkins could jnot get it set up for want of assistance, Captain Halliday despatched Pilot Sims of the Harbor department in the s.s. Napier on Thursday, with instructions to assist Pilot Jenkins, and get it up without delay. So on Friday afternoon the pilots, with the crew of the Napier, started to work, and shortly after dark the mast was in its place ; before daybreak next morning (Saturday) work was renewed, and by nine o'clock the semaphore was in working order, and an hour later was used for the first time in piloting the Napier outwards. Pilot Sims returned here in the Napier yesterday morning. One of the most singular rescues ever reported oc«urred (the South Australian Advertiser says) during the voyage of the Na Marole from Fremantle. The schooner was running at the rate of 10 knots per hour, before a heavy westerly gale, when the alarm was given of a man overboard. One of the South Sea Islanders had been relieved from the wheel, and in a heavy pair of boots and an oilskin coat was going forward, when he was knocked overboard by a sea which came over the side. The waves were running mountainously as he dropped astern ; but the report was no sooner made than the schooner was rounded-to, in the bare hope of saving the unfortunate man. She came to the wind under a press of sail, made a short reach, and was soon about on the other tack. To judge of the time on such occasions is difficult, but the master considers that a quarter of an hour elapsed before the position where the man was lost overboard was regained. A sharp look-out was kept, and on heading over an immense sea the voice of the man was heard above the roar of the gale. The way of the craft was at once stopped, and the man swam up to the side, and was taken on board. He had thrown off the heavy boots, but brought the oilskin coat back.

The following is a new rule in the "Seaman's Book of Regulations," and will be found interesting to seamen:—Verification of Service which cannot be verified by proper entries of the ship in which candidates have served cannot be counted. For instance, a man will state his service to have been as second or only mate ; and, to prove his assertion, will produce a certificate of discharge or of employment given by the master, stating that he served as mate ; when, on reference to the articles, it appears that he has actually been rated as boatswain. The service, in such a case, will not be regarded as having been in the capacity of mate. Whenever a man has, from any cause, been regularly promoted on a vacancy in the course of a voyage, from the rank for which he first shipped, and such promotion, with the ground on which it has been made, is properly entered in the articles and in the official log-book, he will of course receive credit for his services in the higher grade for the period subsequent to his promotion. Certificates will only be granted to persons who have for a period of three years immediately preceding their application to be examined, or for several periods, amounting together to three years, the earliest of which shall have commenced within five years prior to such application, have been domiciled in, or have served in a ship or ships registered in one or more of the Australian colonies, viz , the colonies in the continent of Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. Service in the coasting trade may be allowed to count.