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New Zealand Mail, Issue 558, 14 October 1882, Page 14

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UNITED PIIESS ASSOCIATION.! Napier, October 5. Arrived, 6 a.m.—Kiwi, from Castle Point and Wellington. Waitaba, October 5. The s.s. Kennedy left for Wellington at 2 p.m. to-day. «.._.- Lyttelton, October 5. Sailed —Rotomahana, for Wellington, 6 p.m. ; Wanaka, for Dunedin, 4 p.m. • ' Auckland, Octobor 6. Arrived—Wave Queen, Kelly, from London. Sailed—Rotorua. for Sydney. The Sydney football team were passengers. • Greymouth, October 5. . Sailed—St. Kilda, for Melbourne, but she has stuck on the north bank ; Mary Bannatyne, for Melbourne ; Envoy, for Auckland ; Clyde, for Lyttelton. Auckland, October 5. Sailed—Taiaroa, for Timaru ; Te Anau, for Melborne and Southern ports, having as cargo a large quantity of Island produce, ex Taiaroa, and numerous' packages of sundry merchandise. Passsengers: For Melbourne—Mr and Mrs Stovin, Mr and Miss Reynolds, Mr 8. S. Houghton; for South—Rev. Mr Anderson, Mesdames Wilcox, Miller and child, Misses Coupland and Colbeck, Messrs Cullen, Giviiln, Scott. H. T. Clark, Orchiston, H. Wilson, Mr and Mrs Ballantyne. . _. . Greymouth, October 6. The St. Kilda is still aground. The Murray.took 70 toms of coal out of her. She will come alongside the wharf again at five. : Sailed—Murray, for Picton direct; Wallace, for northern ports ; Frank Guy, for Napier ; Eliza Firth, for Dunedin. .... • . Auckland, October 6. : The Omaha, from Chatham Islands, has arrived at last. Captain Wreiklemann reports the weather to have been the worst he has experienced for years. Lyttelton, October .6. Sailed—Conference, tor Sydney; Mahlnapua, for West Coast.. -"*-"* Dunedin, October 6. Arrived—Martha Reid, from West Coast; Wanaka, from North. : ■ Sailed—Ringarooma, for Melbourne, via Blufr. Timaru, October 6. Sailed—Beautiful Star, for South; Alpha, for In▼ercargill. . Auckland, October 7. Arrived—Sarih Pile, from Oamaru; Annie Hill, frcm Dunedin. Sailed—Golden Isle, for Suva. Greymouth, October 8. Sailed—Frank Guy, for Napier; Eliza Firth, for Dunedin; St. Kilda, for Melbourne; St. Kilda, s.s., for Nelson ; Martha Reid. for Dunedin. The Wallabi U expeoted on this evening's tide. Weather fine ; bar smooth LYTrELTON, Ooctooer 7. Arrived—Merksworth, s.s., from Westport. Bluff, Octobers. The Manapouri arrived at the Bluff at 5 p.m. Bth October. She left Melbourne at .9.40 p.m. on the 4th. Experienced fresh westerly winds throughout, making a splendid run of three days seventeen . and a half hours. Passengers : For Bluff. - - Messrs Gurnard, Carter; for Dunedin—Mr and Mrs Jenkins and 2 children, Mrs Solomon and 2 children, Mrs Lamour, Misses Filding, Grieve, Mrs Kellar,- Collins, and Martin ;13 steerage ; for Lyttelton—Mr Plaisted and 6 steerage; for Wellington—Misses Meredith and Kay, Messrs Meredith (2), Gording ; 5 steerage. Dunedin, October 8. Sailed, on Saturday—Wakatipu, for Sydney, via Lyttelton and Wellington. Taranabti, October 9 Arrived, 9 a.m.—Waitaki, from Wellington. Westport, October 9. Arrived, 7 a.m.—V&nawatu and Mahinapua, from Wellington. Auckland, October 9. Arrived, 8.30 a.m.—Wairarapa, from Gisborne ; Transit, from Rarotonga. Sailed—Three Cheers, for Levuka. Dunedin. October 9. Arrived—Omapere, from Auckland; Hero, from Wellington. i_ v ' l -V Sailed—Mount Lebanon, for Lyttelton; Wanaka, for North. Passengers: For Wellington—Mr Maxwell ; for Greymouth—Mr Hanbly ; for Auckland— Messrs Speight and Joel (2). Timaru, October 9. Arrived—lsabella, from Citlin's river; Taiaroa, from Fiji and Auckland. Auckland, Ootober 10. Arrived-Zealandia, mail steamer, from Sydney. The Rev. Mr Joseph Cook and Mr Morris Greenwali are through passengers to San Francisco. Schooner Marmion, from Timaru ; Christina, from Oamaru. Kaikoura, October 10. Arrived, 7.30 a.m.—Tui, from Wellington. Lyttelton,. October 10. Arrived, 7 a.m.—Te Anau, from Wellington ; Plinter, from Hobart. .•.'., Sailed—Te Anau, for Port Chalmers; Wakatipu, for Wellington; Neptune and City Of. Nankin, for Newcastle. The Wanaka sails for Wellington at 9 p.m. Foxton, October 10. Arrived, 8 a.m.—Jane Douglas, from Wellington. Nelson, October 10. Arrived, 6.30 a.m.—Hawea, from Picton. Wanganui, October 10. Arrived, 7.30 a.m.—Huia and Go-Ahead, from Wellington. Greymouth, October 10. The Wallabi arrived here last night, having encountered bad weather ; she lay sixteen hours under Cape Farewell. The Mahinaput arrived from Westport this morning. Dunedin, October 10. vrrived—Manapouri, from Melbourne, via Bluff; ship Zealandia, Captain Sellars, from london, with 22 passengers. Xhe Zealandia, which arrived from Loidon to-day, after a passage of 84 days from land to land, experienced terrific weather while crossing the Southern Ocean. She comes into port with the front of the saloon stove in, and the loss of her poop ladders, part of her bulwarks on her forecastle, and head rails. The seamen were washed oat of the forecastle, and their chests carried overboard. Timaru, October 10. Arrived—Belutiful Star, from South. Sailed—Taiaroa and Beautiful Star, for Dunedin. Bluff, October 10. Arrived—Lapwing, from Newcastle ; Jubilee, from Lyttelton ; Kekeno, from West Coast. Foxton, October 11. Sailed, early—Jane Douglas, for Wellington. Waitara, October 11. The schooner Ellerton arrived this morning from Greymouth. Picton, October 11. Arrived, 9.30 a.m.—Murray, from Wellington. Greymouth, October 11. The Wallabi sailed last night for Wanganui. The Mahinapua sailed North this morning with 200 tons of coal, drawing ten feet of water. She will complete her cargo at Westport.

LYTrELTON. October 11. Sailed—Tui, s.s., for Kaikoura and Wellington. Auckland. October 11. Arrived—Southern Cross and D'Arcy Pratt, from Dunedin ; Tasroan, from Timaru. g a il e d Waitaki. Passengers for Nelson Mr. Monkhouse and Mr. Harper ; for. Wellington— : Miss Nelson ; for Picton —Mrs Matin ; for Lyttelton—Mr Samuel Wilson, Constable Dunnett andprisoner: for Greymouth—Mr Garth. Dunedin. October 11. Arrived—Taiaroa, from Fiji, via North ; Prince Rupert, from Lyttelton ; Te Anau, from North. Sailed—Omapere, for Bluff; Manapouri, for Auckland, via intermediate ports. Passengers—For Gisborne—Mr A. Bower; for Auckland^ —Mr and. Mrs Phipps, Messrs Croup, Simpson; and R. Coney ; for Sydney—Mesdames Pratts and White, Mr England. IMPORTS. Rotomahana, from Melbourne—ll brls coffee, 467 pkgs sugar, W. and G. Turnbull arid'Co.; 205 do do, J. Nathan and Co.; 3 cases, McDowell.;, 4 pkgs tobacco, Zohrab, Newman, and Co.; 2 do do, P. Moeller and Co.; 1 oase. Graves and Fleming ; 3 cases, 1 cask, 8 trunks, R. Hannah and Co.; 1 case, Thompson, Shannon, and 1 Co.; 8 do ( A. Bullock ; 1 box, Levin.andCo.; lease books, Lyon and Blair ;1 do, J. Watt, 2 cases, Kirkcaldie and Stains, 1 parcel. N.Z.Mail ; 2 cases, Palmer and Aldrich ; 2 do, N.Z. Drug Co.; 1 case, E. H. Hunt. From Hobart—3o eases fruit, Laeryand Campbell; 300 cases jam, W. and G. Turnbull and Co. From Dunedin—l case, E. W. Mills and Co:; 1 cask, J. E. Hayes. ' Hero—l trunk boots, A. Lindsay; 45 cases fruit, Laery and Campbell. . Te Anau, from Auckland—3o cases pines, |25 pkgs, 30 bags peanuts, Laery and- Campbell; 210| bunches bananas, G. Thomas; 18 blocks,.l coil. I pkg, E. W. Mills ; 10 cases, Singer Sewing Machine Co.; 1 do, Dutton; 1 do, Clark. Otaki, from London—s 6 cases, Waterhouse ; 8 do, Krull and Co.; 30 do, Levin and Co.; 7 pkgs, Casey and McDonald ; 3 do, Bethune and Co,; 38 pkgs, C. Smith; 40 cases, Johnston and Co.; 8 cases, 7 bdls. 2 casks, Moeller and Co.; 103 cases, 5 qr-casks, Turnbull and Co.; 5 cases, 6 machines, 1 bdh Denton; 4 bales. 3 cases, Wilson and Richardson; 3 do, J. Smith ; 3 bales, 2 cases, Kirkcaldie and Stains ; 214 cases, 78 casks, 24 bales, 7 drums, 25 crates,,New Zealand Drug Co.; 60" ovens, 174 bdls, 86 reels, 100 brls, 16 pkgs. i2 bales, 311 cases, 13 casks, 4 hhds, 21 crates, 1 box, 9 tierces, Nathan and Co.; 26 bales, 15 cases, Thompson, Shannon, and Co. A new Order in Council having recently been mide In England relating to the issue of colonial certificates to masters, mates, and engineers, and which revokes all previous orders in Buch respect, a copy of the new regulations and. the despatches relating thereto appear in yesterday's "Gozette." For the " domicile " clause in the previous order is substituted a provision requiring candidates for certificates of competency in the mercantile marine to prove that their previous service at sea has been such as is required by the regulations for the time being in force in the United Kingdom for certificates of the like grade. the following notice has been issued from the Marine Department:—ln pursuance of the powers vested in me by section 24 of the Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877, I do hereby revoke paragraphs 4 and sof the regulations for the examination'Of :masters and mates, made on the 27th May last, and published in the " New Zealand Gazette " of the Bth June last, and do order that this revocation shall take place from the date hereof. —H. A. Atkinson. _ The 'Union Company's steamer Hero sailed for Port Chalmers direct on Saturday morning. The Union Company's steamer Mahinapua arrived alongside the wharf at noon on Saturday, f-he left Port Chalmers at 9.15 p.m. on the 4th instant, and reached Oamaru at 5 a.m. on Thursday, sailed again at 5 p m., and arrived at Lyttelton at 9.15 am. on the following day; left again at 4.15 p.m., and arrived as above. Experienced fine weather to Lyttelton, iand thence strong head winds with rising sea. She left for Westport and Greymouth during the afternoon. The steamer Huia left Wanganui at 5.30 p.m. on Friday. Experienced light south-west winds,' and arrived at 6 a.m. on Saturday, having made the run down with only one:blade on her propeller, the other two having been broken off in the Wanganui river. She was put on the hard alongside Plimmer's Wharf, and upan examination it was found that even the remaining blade was damaged. New blades were fitted, and she resumed her Wanganui running in due. ourse. The " Nelson Mail" states that the yacht Contrabandiere, which arrived there from Wellington on Saturday afternoon last, had rather an eventful passage. She left Wellington on Saturday, September 30, 7 p.m., in charge of Mr T. R. H. Taylor, boatbuilder, the "crew" consisting of one man. The wind, which was northerly at the start, gradually increased during the night, and towards morning blew a. gale. An attempt was made to getback, but the little vessel was blown clean away, and was hove to under close-reefed mainsail and staysail. At 7.30 the gale increased in fury, with a heavy cross sea, and it was found necessary to rig a sea anchor, which was made of an old sail lashed to some spars, and with this ahead of her the yacht rode easily. The gale lasted all that day, and until 4 a.m. on Monday, when it moderated, the vessel being then off the Kaikouras; made s«il and headed for Cape Campbell, and at B.m. was 6£ miles off the Cape, A strong N.W. windthenset in, and the yacht was hove to off shore on the port tack, and lay to all night. The wind increased to a furious gale toward morning, and the crew were again compelled to rig a sea anchor. The gale blew with terrific foroe all the day, and at 8 p.m. chopped round to the S.E., causing a nasty cross sea, and as no sail could be made the yacht lay to till 4 a.m. on Wednesday, when the sea having gone down somewhat, she proceeded on her voyage, and at noon shaped a course for Wellington Heads, which was then distant 67 miles, passed there at 1 a.m. on Thursday, the Brothers at 4 a.m., and arrived off the Pelorus Sound at noon; got becalmed for two hours, and anchored in Elmslie's Bay at 5.30 p.m. The voyage wis resumed on Friday morning, and the little vessel reached Nelson at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday, none the worse for her rough passage.

THE UNION COMPANY'S STEAMERS. (united press association.) Dunedin, October 11. The following information with regard to the running of the Union Company's steamers will be of interest:—The PeDguin is at present being fitted with new boilers and engines and improved passenger accommodation; the Waitaki has temporarily taken her place in the time-table. On the return of the Rotorua, however, from Sydney, the latter will take up the Penguin's running until her re-fit is completed, after which she will be placed on the East Coast as an extra boat. The recent arrival of the Omapere has allowed of the Mahinapua being permanently placed in the running for which she was designed, and she will now make fortnightly trips between Dunedin, Lyttelton. Wellington, and the West Coast ports of tbe South Island. The Omapere will trade regularly on the East Coast as a cargo-boat. And to give special facilities to the North Island trade, the Southern Cross will run exclusively between Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier. It is anticipated that the services of these smaller boats will, to a large extent, relieve the through passenger steamers of coastal cargo traffic, and so ensure the summer time-table being punctually carried out. To meet the increased trade with Fiji during the Bummer months, the Directors have replaced the Taiaroa by the Hero, which, accordingly, leaves to-morrow for Levuka via Auckaland. The Taiaroa wiil almost immediately be placed on the Timaru trade, allowing the Waitaki to resume the service between Dunedin and Oamaru, for which she was originally built. In order to give every encouragement to passenger traffic, the usual reduced fares will be adopted over all the Company's lines during the months of December, January, and February next. KEW SYSTEM OF STEAM PROPULSION. A novel invention in propelling vessels by steam appears in a circular, issued from Duncin Brothers, of Victoria-street, London, describing Welton's patent elastic feathering paddles, and is to the following effect;—" These paddles may be applied at the stern or sides of a ship, and, as they completely close against each other, or against the sides of the ship, they present no obstacle to the vessel sailing as an ordinary ship when not under steam. The action of these paddles is very similar to the action of the feet of a duck when tini bird is in the act of swimming. The vessel is propelled, as it were, by a series of kicks in the water at its stern or sides, as the case may be. the paddle opening out to its full extent as it strikes against the water, and contracting to a thin wedge form upon the return stroke. The paddles are constructed of thin plates of steel, which are elastic, and this prevents concussion, and economises the power which is lost in ordinary paddles, through their being

rigid and striking against the water, which is practically inelastic. These paddles may be applied to all classes of vessels, whether of deep or shallow draught. In the case of vessels of deep draught, two tiers of paddles are used; in vessels of shallow draught, a single tier of paddles is sufficient. This class of naddles is specially applicable to vessels of light draught, intended.for navigating the rivers of tropical countries, where the streams are generally rapid, and of very s g vll depth during the dry season, and trade is pract lly suspended for a. number of months in the yeo or want of a means to propel vessels at considerable speed in shallow water. The screw propeller is found to be of no use for this purpose, and the ordinary paddle-wheel, when in shallow water, has not sufficient hold upon the water to propel, a.yessel against a strong current. The engines are direct acting, and actuate the paddle by means of a swinging beam,. without the intervention of cranks or r of a otary motion.' By means of a lever the paddles, emselves are made to reverse for going astern, and' the engine never requires 'to reverse its action. ,Tho weight.of these paddles is not a tenth part'of the weight of the ordinary stern-wheel, and the whole arrangement of paddles and : reversing, gear is so simple that it can be managed by any ordinary Workman." . . ' ~..-: . FIRES IN OOAL SHIPS 1 . : • , (Liverpool Mercury.) The inability to spontaneous ignition of- the cargoes ' of coal-laden vessels, and the precautions that tend to lessen this liability, form a question the full importance of which one would expect every owner of such vessels to recognise. The Board of Trade has, however, considered it necessary to once more place before agents, owners, and others, a. recommendation of the Royal Commissioners who considered this subject, and which advises the periodical and frequent testing -of the temperature of various -portions of the cargo. If properly performed, this would greatly decrease the chances of ignition occurring, though it could never completely avert 1 them. Almost all cases of spontaneous' ignition are direotly due to Borne chemical, action—generally . oxidaiion which, noting in a confined space, gradually generates sufficient heat to set fire to the coal. The oxidising of the impurities in the coal is almost invariably the cause of this spontaneous ignition, and of the impurities iron pyrites are found the most dangerous. When, therefore, a coal is notoriously. " brassy, as many of our English coals are, the vigilance of the shipmaster should be increased- and stricter attention paid to the variations of the temperature of the cargo than when the. coal is compantively pure. It is, of course, often an extremely difficult matter to ascertain the actual temperature of the almost inaccessible interior of a great bulk of coal, i and this difficulty is very frequently only imperfectly overcome, or not overcome at all. During the voyage . of the Challenger a simple electrical contrivance was used for ascertaining the temperature of the sea, at depths inaccessible to the thermometer, with perfect success. The question suggests itself whether a somewhat similar method could not be employed on shipboard. With a few of these electrical thermometers.' distributed throughout the mass of coal a shipmaster could at any time, and with unfailing certainty, ascertain whether the temperature of the interior of his cargo was becoming too high ■ for safety, and so would be early enabled to take the necessary, steps to prevent fire and explosion." ARRIVALi OFTH^<)l^BarEßOM^.^ LONDON. The New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Otaki, Captain Holbeohe, arrived off .the Heads early on Saturday, and- sailed into Tpfort: witb ; the " southerly breeze which-'sprang up Sunday morning. ; She'left London on the 27th June," but, owing l to contrary winds, did not clear the Channel for eleven days, being. signalled off Scilly oh the 7th "July. Experiencd a succession of south-west winds till she fell in with the North-East Trades on the 19th, in 33deg N. These proved light, and were lost on .the 27th in 12deg N. Thence till crossing the Equator, on the 9th August, had nothing but southerly winds. On the day named she signalled the Ellora,. bound to Melbourne, the two vessels having come down, the Channel together. Good South-East Trades brought her to 20deg S. Thence till the 10th September had fair and fresh west and south-west winds. On the 11th and 12th a furious gale, shifting in fierce squalls from west to west-south-west,'' accompanied by a mountainous 1 sea, was experienced. Hard gales continued till the 19th, when, the wind again increased, blowing from west-south-west wij;h terrific force for 48 hours,'being accompanied by the most vivid lightning. all round. The barometer was very low while making the easting, being down to 29*10 and 29'0. Rounded'. Tasmania on the 27th, and thence had north and north-west gales backing again' to the north.;. Made Cape Farewell at 10'15 a.m. on the 14th instant, and passed it with a rising westerly wind, which, however, : soon died away. She was - then becalmed off Nelson for 12 hours. A light south-east wind enabled her; to , make Stephens' Island, where she drifted about for two days, with light and variable airs, sighting the Brothers' light at 11 p.m. on the 6th. During the same night the wind settled at north-north-east, and enabled her to make the Heads. She was boarded by Pilot Holmes at 9 a.m. on the. 7th, and came in as above. She brings a number of saloon and steerage . passengers, all of whom are in excellent health. The ship comes into port scrupulously clean; but with; many signs of the rough weather which she- :experienced. We may add that the Otaki visited our port in 1878, since when she has made three voyages to Southern ports. She was berthed at the Queen's Wharf Monday, and commenced discharging same day.

THE S.S. MANATVATU. The steamer Manawatu, which has been on Coffey's slip for the last five months undergoing complete alterations, made a pleasure and trial trip round the harbor on Saturday afternoon. Since she was sold she has been transformed from a paddle to a screw, besides being raised three feet with iron spar and bridge decks. Sho still has a large and comfortable saloon, and the officers have been amply provided for in the way of cabins. The iron work, including engines and boiler, has been made by Messrs Mills and Cable, of the Lion Foundry. The engines, which are 40-horse power, have all latest improvements, and were designed by Mr Cable. The cylinders at high pressure are 15} inches, and low pressure 30 inches, with 20-inch stroke. The boiler is a marine high pressure, Oft by 9ft, with two larnaces. The whole of the work has been carried out under direct supervision of Captain Williams and Mr Carman, chief Engineer of the Black Diamond line. During the trial trip the engines worked splendidly, and with 761 b steam made 120 revolutions with a 26-inch vacuum, and the boat going about 9 knots. She is intended- for the Westport colliery trade, and left on her first trip on Saturday night, under command of Captain Hill, late of the barquo Australind. MISHAP TO THE P.S. CHARLES EDWARD. (UNITED PRES 3 ASSOCIATION.) Westport, October 6. The p.s. Charles Edward, when going down the river this evening met with a slight accident. The steamer's paddle-wheel came in collision with the stone protective works which run out into the rivdr. She immediately returned to the wharf, and it was then found that the only damage is the smashing of the paddle-wheel. The boat canted considerably, and the mishap greatly frightened the passengers, of whom there were many aboard, including several ladies, who screamed in great fright. The steamer will be detained until to-morrow.