SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 662, 31 October 1884, Page 14

SHIPPING NEWS.

PORT OP WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. Thursday, October 23. Tui, ss, 55 tons, Pope, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : \Veller and family, Messrs Butterworth and Storer ; 2 steerage. Bishop, agent. . , Go-Ahead, ss, 129 tons, Plumley, from Waipapa. Johnston and Co, agents. Napier, ss. 48 tons. Fisk, from Foxton. Levin and Co', agents. Friday, October 24. Wanaka, ss, 27S tons, Neville, from Nelson and Picton. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs Arnold, Dr Lemon, Messrs Dodson, -Neary, Sinclair, Davis, Russell, Bettany,. and Weidner; 3 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Charles Edward, ss, 140 tons, Bruce, from West Coast ports, Nelson, and Picton. Passengers —Miss CVNsil, IVlrs Jacobsen* iVXessrs Roberts, Casey, Lewis, andll Chinese. Turnbull and Co, agents. T . Mohaka, ss, 20 tons, Eckford, from Jackson’s Head. Levin and Co, agents. Rotomahana, ss, 864 tons, Carey, from Melbourne and Hobart, via South. Passengers— Saloon Mesdame3 Dodwell 3 children and nurse, IVXrs Pepper and 3 children, IVTr and .Mrs Coster, Hon. Messrs Peter and Peacock, Captain Scott and son, Messrs Gudgeon, Martin, Hyams, Lachman, Bishop, Nayler and son; 21 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Wakatipu, ss, 1158 tons, Wheeler, from South. Pasengers —Saloon : Miss Howard ; o steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, from Blenheim. Passengers—Misses Beddington, McCarthy, Wooster, and Francis, Messrs O’Brien, Ward, Phillips, Campbell, O’Flaherty, and Denison. U.S.S. Co, agents. „ \ . . Koranui, ss, 301 tons, Oliver, from Westport and Nelson. Passengers—Miss Robey, Mrs Capper, Captain Williams, Messrs North, Hughes, and Aldridge. Williams, agent. Saturday, October 25. Huia, ss, 90 tons, Chambers, from Wanganui. Turnbull and Co, agents. Stella, ss, 165 tons, Gray, from the Brothers and French Pass. Sunday, October 26. Jane Douglas, ss, 75 tons, Fraser, from Foxton. Passengers—3 steerage. Turnbull and Co., agents. _ , „ Tui, ss, 55 tons, Pope, from Foxton. Passengers—Miss Crease, Mrs King and child, Mr Smith. Bishop, agent. Wairarapa, ss, 1023 tons, Chatfield, from Sydney, via Auckland, Gisborne, and Napier. Passengers —Saloon : Misses McGregor, Hall, Williams, Bower-nan (2), Mesdames Warren, Anderson and 2 children, Howard, Mr_and Mrs Knight, Mr and Mrs Bright, Judge Wilson, Hon. Mr Williamson, Messrs Thompson, Teschemaker, Mackay, Collins, _ Waller, Burnard, Brisco, Cheek, Mull, Loekie, Greenfield, Grant, Lidbury, and Engel ; 15 steerage. U.S.S. Co., agents. . _ „ _ m- i Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Neville, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Jones (2), Mesdames Hogg and Mirams, Mr and Mrs Nicholls, Mr and Mrs Garvey, Hon. Mi Bonar, Messrs Turnbull and Harper, M.H.R.’s, Garrick, Russell, Gibbs, Hoadiey, O’Shea, Flower,. Seville, Harrison, Inghs, Lewis, and Nalder; 8 steerage. U.S.S. Co., agents. _ , . Mawhera, ss, 340 tons, Johnson, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Denniston, Davis, and O’Neil, Mrs Futter and child, Messrs Vensson, Turner, Reeves, Wilding, McLean, Nott, and Frances; 7 steerage. Williams, agent. Hauroto, ss, 1276 tons, Kennedy, from Sydney. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Ball and Sturr, Mesdames Russell and maid, White, Snow, Messrs Manson, Ross, Frankel, Elliott, Hughes, Good; 18 steerage. U.S.S. Co., a °Mohaka, ss, 20 tons, Eckford, from Blenheim and Jackson’s Head. Levin and Co., agents. Wakatu, ss, 75 tons, Wills, from Lyttelton and Kaikoura. Levin and Co., agents. Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, from Blenheim. Passengers Messrs Woods, Thompson, Erskine, Conolly, Box,. Forsyth, Skelly, and O'Brien. U.S.S. Co., agents. Monday, October 27. Star of the South, ss, 175 tons, Hodge, bound from Port Chalmers to Grey mouth, disabled. Passengers —Mrs Jones and 2 Chinese. Master, agent. Kiwi, ss, 133 tons, Campbell, from Napier nd Castle Point. Levin and Co, agents. Tuesday, October 28. Stormbird, ss, 137 tons, Doile, from Wanganui, Passengers : Misses Fluke, Lyster, and Beamish, Mrs Annata, Mr and Mrs Kingi and two children, Mr and Mrs Fisher, Rev Mr Fancourt, Messrs Blackett (2), Chapman, Lamberton, Stewart, King, Butcher, Pallett, Roberts, and Cohen. Turnbull and Co, agents. Waverley, ss, 77 tons, Gibbons, from Patea. Passengers—Misses Turner and Boyce, Messrs Richards, Gibbons, and Sutton. Turnbull and Co, agents. _ _ _ Maori, ss, 118 tons, Connor, from Greymouth. Johnston and Co, agents. I Wednesday, October 29. Kennedy, ss, 136 tons, Williams, from Wanganui and Nelson. Passengers Mrs Cunningham, Messrs Rowley, Adams, and Donald. Turnbull and Co, agents. Tui, ss, 55 tons, Pope, from Foxton. Passenger—Mr Lloyd. Turnbull and Co, agents. Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Neville, from Nelson and Picton. Passengers Saloon : Miss Glover, Mrs Major, Messrs McDonald, Rochfort, Goodall and boy, Haselden, Frickhoffer, Coote, Fitzherbert, Luke, Cooper, Sinclair, and Littlejon ; 9 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Huia, ss, 90 tons, Chambers, from Wanganui. Passengers —Misses Boyd and Griffin, Mesdames Jackson and Richmond, Messrs Bishop, Eccles, and 2 steerage. Turnbull and C Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, from Blenheim. Passengers—Messrs Hoskins. Purluss and Busby. U.S.S. Co, agents. Rotorua, ss, 57S tons, Anderson, from South. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs Meyern and child, Captain Worster, Mr and Mrs McDonald, Messrs Paritt, Harroway, Arnold, McGormick, Ward, Atkinson, Holmes; 11 steerage. U.b.b. C Go-Ahead, ss, 129 tons, Plumley, from Napier, Matakuna, and Urite. Passenger Mr Woolston. Johnston and Co, agents. Recamia, ketch, 69 tons, Johnson, from Napier. Master, agent. . Agnes, ketch, 24 tons, Jensen, fromKaipara. Master, agent. , r . St. Kilda, ss, 174 tons, Greager, from Grey mouth. Passenger—Mr Berry. Johnston and Co, agents. Thursday, October 30. Jane Douglas, ss, 75 tons, Fraser, from Foxton. Turnbull and Go, agents. Moa, ss, 50 tons, Abrams, from bhannon. Williams, agent.

SAILED. Thursday, Outober 23. Waverley, S 3, 77 tons, Gibbons, for Patea. Passenger—Miss Mahony. Turnbull and Co, = Wai'hi, ss, 63 tons. Manning, for Blenheim. U.S.S. Co., agents.

Friday, October 24. Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, for Blenheim. Passenger—Mrs Silk. U.S.S. 00., ag Wauaka, ss, 278 tons, Neville, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Mr, Mrs, and Miss Blundell, Mr Mackenzie; 6 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Wakatipu, ss, 1158 tons, Wheeler, for Sydney. Passengers—Saloon : Messrs French, Revell, and Evans; 9 steerage. U.S.b. 00, Active, cutter, 23 tons, Clifford, for Havelock. Master, agent. ' _ Girola, cutter, 13 tons, Cochrane, for Nelson. Master, agent. _ Napier, ss, 48 tons, Pislc, for Waitara and Manukau. Levin and Co, agents. Charles Edward, ss, 140 tons, Whitwell, for Nelson and West Coast ports. Passengers Cabin :Mr Longman ; 2 steerage. Turnbull and Co, agents. - ■ ■ „ Tui, ss, 55 tons, Pope, for Foxton. Passengers—Mr Dodweel and family (6), Messrs Gilbert and Mills. Bishop, agent. . Mohaka, ss, 20 tons, Eckford, for Blenheim and Jackson’s Head. Levin and Co, agents. Rotomahana, ss, 864 tons, Carey, for Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland. Passengers —Saloon : Misses Martin (3) and Wilkins, Mr and Mrs Hirst, Mr and Mrs Garvey, Mr and Mrs Mackay, Mr and Mrs Rhodes and nurse, Mr and Mrs Milner Stephen, Dr Bulleid, Captains Daldy and Tucker, Messrs Wheeler, Nairn, Kempthorne, Edmonds, Oliver, Lambert, Brandon, Boardman. Roberts, Smith, Alderton, Knorpp, Task, Penner, Sinclair, Lyall, Martin, Stephen, Cooper and Masters Adams (2); 15 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Saturday, October 25. Koranui, ss, 301 tons, Oliver, for South. Passengers Saloon : Mrs Robinson ; 3 steerage. Williams, agent. ’ - _ Huia, ss, 90 tons, Chambers, for Wanganui. Turnbull and Co., agents. Go-Ahead, ss, 129 tons, Plumley, for Castle Point and Napier. Johnston and Co., agents. „ Monday, October 27. Wairarapa, ss, 1023 tons, Chatfield, for Melbourne, via South. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Young, Anderson, and Lance, Mesdames Fraser, Bradshaw, Mr and Mrs Crawshaw, Father Binsfield, Rev. Mr Luxford, Messrs Fraser, Soler, Holmes, Higgins, Talbot, Turnbull, Chiarini, Houghton, Gillon, Donald, Russell, Schostak, Jackson, Holmes, Kruse; 25 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. ’ Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Neville, for Picton and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Parley, Mrs Biss, Mr and Mrs Brailsford and child, Col. Reader, Messrs Roberts, Meek (2), Bunny, Smith, Naylor (2), Muir, Brailsford, Andrew, Fendall, Bo vis, Knapp, Faurell, Dobson, McVicker, Trott, McHutchen, Whiteford, Underhill, Baillie, Elliott, Ward, Flower, Moore, White, Harris, Luke, Gully, Smith; 4 steerage. U.S.S. Co., agents. _ Mohaka, ss, 20 tons, Eckford, for Blenheim. Levin and Co, agents. Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, for Blenheim. Passengers—Miss Worster, Messrs Wilson, Grant, and Chairman. U.S.S. Co., agents. Tui, ss, 55 tons, Pope, for Foxton Bishop, a °Ma\vhera, ss, 340 tons, Johnson, for Nelson and West Coast ports. Passengers—Saloon : Messrs Steele,' Kernahan, Hayes, McCoy, Bowman; 2 Chinese in steerage. Williams, agent. ' Awaroa, schooner, 60 tons, Holmes, for Lyttelton. Master, agent. Tuesday, October 28. Hauroto, ss, 1276 tons, Kennedy, for South. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Wheeler, Mrs Hart, Messrs Martin, Homer, Blennerhaesett, and Richards ; 10 steerage. U.S.S., Co., agents. Mohaka, ss, 20 tons, Eckford, from Blenheim. Levin and Co, agents. Jane Douglas, ss, 75 tons, Fraser, for Foxton. Passengers—Mrs Warren, Mrs Knight and son. Turnbull and Co, agents. Kentish Lass, barque, 205 tons, Manley, for Whangaroa. Stewart and Co, agents. Maori, ss, 118 tons, Connor, for Greymouth. Johnston and Co. agents. Wednesday, October 29. Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Neville, for South. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Hill, Mrs Fulfon, and Mr Ziegel ; 7 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Stormbird, ss, 137 tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Miss Bell, Mrs Hogg, Messrs Miles and Coote; 6 steerage. Turnbull and Co, agents. Kennedy, ss, 136 tons, Williams, for Nelson and West Coast Ports. Turnbull and Co, agents. , . Waihi, ss, 63 tons, Manning, for Blenheim. U.S.S. Co, agents. , Kiwi, ss, 133 tons, CamDbell, for Castlepoint and Napier. Levin and Co, agents. IMPORTS. Per ss Rotomahana, from Melbourne—4 cases, New Zealand Drug Company ; 1 case, Jameson Bros ; 2 cases, Turnbull and Co ; 14 qr-easks, F. J. Preston ; 1 pci, Bannatyne and Co; 1 box, Kitchen and Sons (Limited); 350 boxes tea, 12 cases, 1 drum, 2 casks, 5 qr-casks, 1 pel, 57 plcgs, variously consigned and to order. From Hobart—l4o cases fruit, Laery and Campbell, 2 boxes, 60 sacks, 100 cases, 2000 palings, 66 shafts, 13 pieces timber, variously consigned and to order. Per ss Hauroto, from Sydney—l pkg, Hon. Colonial Secretary; 10 do,New Zealand Drug Company; 1 do, .Johnston and Co; 50 do Wellington Gas Company ; 1 do, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company ; 6 do, E. W. Mills ; 15 do, Levin and Co ; 1643 do, Turnbull and Co ; 38 do, W. R. Williams; 1 do, Brunner Coal Company ; 1 do, Nathan and Co ; 118 do, G. Thomas ; 80 do, Hasell and Co; 35 do, Laery and Campbell : 149 do, Union S.S. Co ; 79 do, variously consigned and to order. EXPORTS. Per ss Wakatipu, for Sydney—2s kegs of butter, New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company ; 3 boxes, J. H. Heaton ; 63 sacks fungus, 7 casks beef, Levin and Co ; 969 bdls timber, Hasell and Co ; 1 pel, Bock and Cousins ; 17 tierces beef, 10S cases meats, Gear Meat Freezing and Refrigerating Company; 64 bales phormium, U.S.S. Co; 66 do, Turnbull and Co; 4cases, 6 pkgs, New Zealand Drug Company. Per ss Wairarapa, for Melbourne—sooo pieces timber, Stewart and Co ; 1 case, Laery and Campbell; 65 bales phormium, U.S.S. Co. B Y TELEGRAPH. UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION). Westport, October 23. Arrived —12.10 pm, Orowaiti, from Wellington, with San Francisco mail; 9.45 am, Kennedy, from Greymouth. Sailed —11.55 am_, Koranui, for Nelson ; 12.25 pm, Kawatiri, for Onehunga; 10 pm, Kennedy, for Nelson. Greymouth, October 23. Arrived —Manawatu, from Wellington and intermediate ports. , , • , Sailed, at midnight—Kennedy, for Northern >or k : ’' Foxton, October 23. Arrived, 11.15 am—Jane Douglas, from Wellington. . Sailed, 11 am —Tui, for Wellington,

Taranaki, October 23. The Stormbird left last evening for Onehunga. Port Chalmers, October 23. Arrived, 7 am—Doric, from Wellington. Kaikoura, October 23. Arrived, 5.30 am —Wakatu, from Wellington.

Wanganui, October 23. Arrived, 11.20 am —Huia, from Wellington. She returns at noon to-morrow. Napier, October 23. Sailed, 5.15 pm—Kiwi, for Wellington. Picton, October 23. Arrived, 7.15 pm —Hawea, from Wellington.

Auckland, October 23. Sailed—Te Anau, for Sydney. Wairarapa, for South. Passengers—For Wellington : Misses McGregor, and Hall, Mesdames Barnard and Collins, Hon. J. Williams, Rev Kempthorne, Judge Wilson. The Ship Hermione, from London,. passed Whangaroa th's evening, bound for this port; 93 days out. The cutter Start is wrecked off Kawau. Assistance is to be sent to-morrow. Insurance, L2OO, in the South British. Lyttelton, October 23. Arrived—Pareora, ship, Donaldson, from London, 110 days out. Most of her cargo is for the Bluff. Adverse winds were the cause of her long voyage. Sailed—Wakatipu and Rotomahana, for Wellington ; Rotorua, for Port Chalmers. Dunedin, October 23. Arrived—Star of the South, from West Coast; Manapouri and Mahinapua, from North.

Sailed—Manapouri, for Melbourne. Gisborne, October 24. Arrived, 12.30 pm—Wairarapa, from Auckland, with an English mail. Nelson, October 24. Arrived, 9.25 am—Hawea, from Picton. ,- . Greymouth, October 24. Sailed Manawatu, for New Plymouth direct.

Auckland, October 24. Arrived—Hermione, Captain Roberts, from London, with 50 (passengers. Nelson, October 25. Arrived, 11.25 am—Charles Edward, from Wellington. Napier, October 25. Arrived, 2.30 pm—Rotomahana, from Wellington. Lyttelton, October 25. The barque Lochnagar arrived from London this morning, after a passage of 115 days, in command, of Captain Perrian. She brings a cargo of merchandise, consigned to Messrs Edwards, Bennett, and Co, October 26. Arrived—7.3o am—Koranui, from Wellington. Wanganui, October 26. Arrived, noon—Huia, from Wellington. Waitara, October 26. Arrived, 1 pm—Napier, from Wellington. Port Chalmers, .October 26. Arrived—Beautiful Star, from Oatnaru. Sailed—Elinor Vernon, for Auckland ;_ 7 am, Doric, for Lyttelton, taking the following cargo :—942 bales wool and skins, 149 casks tallow, 192 casks oil, 4 casks beef, 2 casks honey, 2casks, 29 pkgs sundries, 14 kegs butter, 1390 sacks flour, and 8766 frozen sheep ; total value, L 35,345. TiMaru, October 25. Arrived —Anthons, from Greymouth ; Ganymede, from Wellington. Sailed—Palace, for Clarence River. Auckland, October 25. Arrived—Mountain Laurel, from Dunedin. Sailed —Pelham, for Greymouth. Napier, October 27. Sailed, 5.30 pm—Go-Ahead, for Wellington. Dunedin, October 27.

Arrived—Koranui, from Westport ; Ada Melmore, barque, Captain Carey, from London (July 10) ; Louis Eugenie, barque, from Mauritius.

Sailed—Cape Clear, barque, for Sydney ; Rotorua, for North. Passengers for Wellington —Miss Fife, Messrs McCormack, Yon Mayern, and Jones. Westport, October 27. : Arrived, 3.10 am —Timaru, from Lyttelton ; 11.35 am, Charles Edward, from Nelson; 2.10 pm, Wareatea, from Lyttelton. Sailed, 3.20 pm—Murray, for Hokitika; 3.40 pm, Timaru, for Timaru.

Lyttelton, October 27. Arrived, early—Doric, from Port Chalmers. Sailed —Omapere, for Port Chalmers. Greymouth, October 27. Sailed, 5 am—Maori, for Wellington. Bluff, October 27. Arrived, 11 am —Tarawera, from Melbourne and Hobart, with an English mail. Acckland, October 27. Arrived—Ellen Doran, from Newcastle; Arcadia, grain-laden, from Lyttelton; Louis Montgomery, from Dunedin. Port Chalmers, October 28,

Arrived—Tarawera, from Bluff ; Clyde and De Cappo, barques, from Mauritius ; Omapere, from Coast.

Lyttelton, October 2S. Arrived, 7.20 am —Wairarapa, from Wellington. Sailed—Wairarapa, for Dunedin ; Rotorua, for Wellington. Bluff, October 28. Sailed, 5.40 pm—Tarawera, for Port Chalmers.

Picton* October 2S. Sailed, 2 am—Wanaka, for Nelson. Greymouth, October 2S, Sailed, 2 am—St. Kilda, for Wellington. Nelson, October 28. Arrived, 3 am —MaWhera, from Wellington Auckland, October 2S.

Arrived —Barque Matthew, Captain Magnuper, from Fiji, with a cargo of raw sugar; Defiance, from Napier. Sailed—Hawea, for South. Passengers— Judge Gillies, Messrs Cooper, Hong Chang, Hollenger, Kenny, Hare, Hackett, Shoorthy, Major Poilard, and Captain Matthews, Mesdames Harding, Dayhin, and Shoorthy, Misses Harding, Gillies, Bolger, Carmichael, and Daveny. The Thomas Russell got away last night for Gisborne and Napier, shipping a crew under the Union rules.

Westport, October 28. Sailed, 3.50 pm—Wareatea, for Lyttelton. Foxton, October 2S. Arrived, 3 pm—Tui, from Wellington. Timaru, October 28. Arrived —Isabella Anderson, from Dunedin. Sailed—Taiaroa, for South ; Mahinapua, for Lyttelton and Wellington. Lyttelton, October 29. Arrived, 8.15 am—Hauroto, from Wellington; Glancus, ss, from Newcastle. Sailed —Mahinapua,for Wellington; Hauroto, for Port Chalmers.

Dunedin, October 29. Arrived Wentworth, from Wellington; Wairarapa, from North. Sailed —Waihora, for Sydney, via East Coast. Passengers for Wellington Miss Smith and Mr Hay. The cutter -Jane, 25 tons, of Invercargill, _ has been wrecked at Ruapuke Island on 26th inst. She missed stays while beating out of the harbor. The crew got off in the boat. All the gear, etc., was saved. A ship, twelve miles to the southward of

Cape Saunders, was reported yesterday evening. She is supposed to be . the Canterbury, rom L ondon, bound to Lyttelton. Westport, October 29. Sailed, 4.50 am—Manawatu, for Wellington. Auckland, October 29. Arrived—Sovereign, from Marshall GrOup ; Waiwera, from Napier.

The harbormaster at Westport j notifies . through the Gazette that while dredging operations are proceeding between the coal staiths and Railway Wharf, or at the Railway Wharf, or other part of Westport Harbor, a red light will be shown all night on the dredge. When steamers are coming up the river a green light will also.be shown on one side of the red light. On whatever side of the red light the green is shown, is the aide on which such incoming steamers or other vessels are to* pass the dredge. The dredge is moored head and stern with four moorings, which will be sunk sufficiently to allow vessels to pass, and a watchman is kept on board. During the day a red flag will be waved to indicate on which side of the dredge to pass. The Union Steamship Company’s steamer Rotomahana left Melbourne on Tuesday, the 14th instant, called at Hobart on the 16th, and arrived at the Bluff at 6 am on Monday last week, moved on the same evening, reached Port Chalmers the next morning, sailed again at 4 pm on Wednesday, and called at Lyttelton on Thursday, leaving at 8 pm, and arriving here at 11.15 am last Friday. She had strong SW winds and heavy beam sea to the Bluff, thence to Lyttelton fine weather, followed by fresh NW winds to arrival. She sailed at 8 pm for Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland. The Union Steamship Company’s steamer Wakatipu left Port Chalmers at 4 pm on Tuesday, arrived at Lyttelton at 10 am on Wednesday, sailed again at 4 pm on Thursday, and arrived here at 7.55 am last Friday, having had head winds throughout. She sailed for Sydney direct at 3 pm the same day, having on board eighty-four horses shipped at the South for Sydney. The Union Steamship Company’s steamer Wairarapa, from Sydney, via Northern ports, arrived alongside the Queen’s Wharf on Sunday at 9.30 am. She left the company’s wharf, Sydney, at 2 pm on the 17th instant, cleared the Heads at 2 40 pm, experienced fresh NW and SW winds on the passage across, reaching Auckland at 1 am on the 22nd; sailed again at 1 pm on the following day, called at Gisborne on the 23rd and Napier on Friday, leaving the latter port at 3 pm, and arriving as above. Experienced fine weather down the Coast. She sailed for Southern Ports and Melbourne on Monday. The Union Steamship Company’s steamer Hauroto arrived from Sydney at 1.30 pm Sunday. She left that port at 5 pm on the 21st, and experienced a strong “ southerly buster,” accompanied with heavy squalls and lightning, which moderated at midnight. This was followed by NE and light winds, which continued until arrival. She passed the_ ss Wakatipu at 3.30 pm on" Saturday, She sailed for the South on Tuesday. The Government steamer Stella arrived here at 4.20 pm Sunday from a visit to Soames Island, Pencarrow, the Brothers, and Tory Channel, having laid down a new buoy at the Astrolabe, and called at Jackson’s Head. The steamer Star of the South, owned in Dunedin, and bound from Port Chalmers to Greymouth, put into port at 9.30 on Monday morning, having met with an accident to her machinery. At 3.50 pm on Sunday, when she was between Jackson’s Head and Stephen’s Island, the high-pressure cylinder burst and the cylinder cover was thrown up, falling down into the engine-room, fortunately without injuring anybody. Steam was immediately shut off from the broken cylinder and the steamer headed for Wellington, where she arrived under canvas as above, working the low-pressure cylinder. She has been moored alongside the Lion Foundry, where the necessary repairs will be carried out. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s chartered barque- Ganymede, which left here at noon on Wednesday last week, arrived at Timaru on Monday morning. She loads there for London as the first wool" ship. The China Navigation Company’s steamer Chang Chow, which has been wrecked on the coast of Queensland on her way to Hongkong, had IS6 bales of fungus, 40 sacks of old iron, 22 bundles of zinc, a quantity of tea lead, copper, from Wellington, 37 bales of fungus from Auckland, and a quantity of similar cargo from Dunedin and Lyttelton on board.

The Union Steamship Company’s steamer Rotorua arrived here at 2.15 pm Wednesday. She was to sail for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki and Manukau yesterday. The ss Go-Ahead left Napier at 5 pm on Monday, and called at Matakuna and Urite on Tuesday, but had to leave the latter place at 3 am Wednesday, as it began to blow from the south, and arrived here at 3.30 pm. She was to sail for Wanganui yesterday. As Captain Doile of the ss Stormbird is suffering from illness, that steamer went out Wednesday under command of Captain Chambers, of the ss Huia, Mr Fraser, mate of the Huia,-has taken Captain Chambers’ place for the present. The ss Wakatu was towed off the slip Wednesday morning, and was to sail for Lytteland Kaikoura yesterday. The Brunner Coal Company’s steamer St. Kilda left Greymouth at 5 am (not at 2 am, as telegraped) on Tuesday and arrived Jiere at 9.30 pm Wednesday, with a cargo of 235_tons of coal. She had thick weather and-SE winds in the Straits. She sailed for Wanganui and Greymouth yesterday. THE STAR OF THE SOUTH. A p>reliminary inquiry was held by the Collector of Customs on Tuesday afternoon into the circumstances attending the accident which happened to the ss Star of the South on Sunday last, and of which particulars have been published. Charles Hodge, master of the steamer ; Thomas Henry Davidson, engineer ; and James Fleming, second engineer, were examined. It appears from the evidence of the two latter that the high-pressure cylinder cover and circulating pump cover were broken, and that the cause of the' accident, according to their opinion, was the breakage of the crank pin bolts. The piston having, in consequence, no resistance to overcome, and being on the up stroke, was driven through the cylinder cover, which, being a strong one, carried with it the cylinder flange. The chief engineer stated that after examining the fracture of the bolts, he was of opinion that the iron was of inferior quality. The second engineer stated that the bedplate was in a somewhat shaky condition, and this might have caused a jerking strain upon the crank brass bolts beyond their power of resistance. This concluded the inquiry, and the evidence will be forwarded in the usual manner to the Marine Officer for the latter to decide whether a magisterial inquiry will be necessary. One of the owners of the Star of the South was expected here by the Rotorua oh Wednesday, to make the necessary arrangements for the repairs to be carried out.