SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 866, 5 October 1888, Page 10

SHIPPING NEWS.

. PORT OF WELLINGTON. ARRIVED., Thursday, September 27. Waihi, ss, 60 tons, North, from Spring Creek. U.S.S. Co, agents. Kanieri, ss, 115 tons.JManning, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin :Mr and Mrs Hannah and 2 children, Mrs Mcßae, Master McAlister. U.S.S. Co, agents. Shag, ss, 46 tons, Plumley, from Blenheim. Mokihinui Coal Company, agents. Kiwi, ss, 133 tons, Campbell, from East Coast. Levin and Co,- agents. Friday, September 28. Takapuna, ss, 309 tons, Grant, from North. Passengers—-Saloon : Misses Wilson, Doyle, Monk, Crawford, Cock, and White, Mesdames Schaff, - Watts, Somerville, Adams, and Gledhill, Colonel Fraser, Messrs Hartmann, Adams, Gledhill, Watts, Warren, Booth, Macdonald, Tripe, Horrox, Gully, McPherson, O’Sullivan, Pollard, Tronson, Jones, Scoullar, Deacon, Salisbury, and Master Lodder j 36 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Maitai, ss, 162 tons, Dawson, from Westport. U.S.S. Co, agents. Waitapu, ss, 40 tons, Westrup, from Nelson and Havelock. Passengers—Cabin : Miss Mills, Mesdames Dury and Mills, and Mr Toswill. Master, agent. Maori, ss, 118 tons, Blaok, from Grey, mouth. Passenger—Cabin :Mr Whittaker. U.S.S. Co, agents. Kiwi, ss, 133 tons, Campbell, from East Coast. Passengers—Cabin : Mr 3 Shedden and family. Levin and Co, agents. Kaikoura, R.M.S., 2885 tous, Crutchley, from Lyttelton. N.Z S. Co, agents. - Neptune, ss, 44 tons, Eckford, from Blenheim. Levin and Co, agents. Glenelg, ss, 156 tons, Norbury, from Wanganui. Levin and Co, agents. Saturday, September 29. Glenelg, ss, 156 tons, Norbury, from Onehunga and Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Curtis and Urwin, Messrs Andrews and Cruickshauk ; 1 steerage. Levin and Co, agents. Mararoa, ss, 1248 tons, Edie, from Melbourne, via Hobart and South. ( Passengers— Saloon : -Misses Morrison, Stains, Caldwell, Leary, Hawken, Beattie, Peters (4) and Kennedy, Mesdames Saxby, Monson, Cattail and child, Perham, Duret, Peters, Clifton, Corbet, Disher, Russell, Gorton and child, Captain Cameron, Detective Kirby and family, Messrs Mills, Newbould, Denton, Mae, Pope (2), Godber, Elkin, Saxby, Barber, Douglaa, White, Gordon, Stansell, Fox, Foster, Hanny, Duret, Dunkley, Peters, Clifton, Gilbert, Mowat, ThomsoL, Finlay and Master Blacklock ; 37 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. A Wakatipu, ss, 1158 tons,-Wheeler, from Southern ports. Passengers—lo steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Kanieri, ss, 115 tons, Manning, from Blenheim. U.S.S. Co, agents. Sunday, September 30. ~ Waverley, ss, 77 tons. Gibbons, from Nelson. Passengers Mrs Baker, Messrs Dempsey and Barraud. Turnbull and Co, agentß. Mawhera, ..ss, 340 tons, Hill,.from South. Passengers—Saloon: Messrs Morton and Bruce ; 7 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Te Anau, ss, 1028 tons, Mclntosh, from Auckland,? via East Coast. Passengers Saloon : Mrs Hannay and family (3), Misses Paul, De Castro, Hughes, Rev Wallace, Messrs Ludbrook, Montgomery, D. Patterson, Taylor, W. Patterson, Kreeft, Love, lock, Meek, Appleyard, Walters, (Slesinger, Chamberlain, Croft, Mills, McGrath, Pas. ley, Dobson, Paris ;14 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Takapuna, ss, 369 tons, Grant, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Captain Humphrey, Drß Brook and Smith, Messrs SmeadoD, Singer, Fancourt, Nelson, Lyons, Crawford, Grigg, Reid, Stoddart, Lilly, white, Williams, Eagles, Burnett, Mathers, Kent, Nolan, Bumby, Haslam, Stewart, Anderson, Penketh, Laing, Paul, Speakman, Mills, Tate, Rotberam, Gaccia, Moynhan, Hawthorne, Davis. Miriter, Bilbrough ; 8 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Huia, ss, 90 tons, Fraser, from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Mr ancLMrs McCallum and family (5), Mr and Mrs McDonald, Messrs Mooney, Harlow, Dewson, Richard, Crewlen, Smith, Rowley, and Sykes. Turnbull and Co, agents. Mahinapua, ss, 205 tons, Stott, from Westport. Passengers Co, agents. Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Meades, from Onehunga, and New Plymouth. Passengers —Saloon : Captain Highman ; 17 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Monday, October 1. Lizzie Guy, brigantine, 85 tons, Stephens, from Kaipara. Master, agent. Brunner, ss, 333 tons, Ewan, from Grey, mouth, via Nelson. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Martin, Roberts and Christian, Mesdames Campbell, Wiki Toria, Christian and Martin, Messrs Nancarrow, Taylor, Perotti, Andrews, Kerr, Collie, Lambert, Butcher and McConkey ;11 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Kanieri, ss, 115 tons, Manning, from Picton and The Grove. U.S.S. Co, agents. Leo, cutter, 40 tons, Wigg, from Gisborne. Master,.-agent. ; , Neptune, ss, 44 r tons, Eckford, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin :- Misses Girling and Smith. Levin and Co, agents. Waihi, ss, 60 tons, North, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs Brown, Bourke, Sherwin, Walker, Garrett, Thompson, McCaul, Mesdo, Gardner (2), Darby, shire (2), and Smith. U.S.S. Co, agents, Tuesday, Obtober 2. Kennedy, ss, 138 tons, Furneaux, from Nelson. Passengers—Cabin : Miss Cameron, Mr and Mrs Mayo ; 1 steerage. Turnbull and Co, agents. Grafton, ss, 297 tons, Nordstrnm, from South. Passengers—Saloon : Mr Watt j 5 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Meades, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Gallagher and Mr Heeles ; 3 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Napier, ss, 48 tons, Harvey, from Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Passengers Cabin : Miss Overend, and 1 steerage. Levin and Co, agents.

Oreti, as. 13S tons, Gilbertson, from Grey, month. U.B.S. Co, agents. Wednesday, October 3. Maori, ss, 118 tons, Black, from Greymouth. Passomrera —Cabin: Mrs Jacobs and child. U.S.S. Co, agents. Takapuna, ss, 369 tons, Grant, from Nelson and Pictou. Passengers—Saloon : Mesdames Simliin and Dorset, Miss Frederick, Professor Simmons, Inspector Atoheson, Rov Mr Robb, Messrs Green. Patterson, Connolly, Andrill, Hammond, Leckio, Ling, and Paul; 25 steerage. U.S.S. C °Rotorua," bs, 576 tons, Neville from South. Passengers Saloon : Miss Campbell, Mesdames McKay and Camphell, Sir John Ball, Rev Zazhariah, Messrs Browne, Hall, Neare, Hill, Crawford, Cheal, Wakefield, Barleyman, Robinson, Grubb, Greig, Tustin, Earle, Campbell, Thomas, Banks, Shrewsbury, Maston, Meare ; 15 steerage. U.S.S. Co. agents. _ Kanieri, ss, 115 tons, Manning, from Blenheim. • assepgera—Cabin : Mr and Mrs Barker and 5 children, Mr and MraUlous- ; ton, Mrs Wales and child, Miss Morgan, Messrs Burcell, Beaumont, Ritchie, Myers, Ball, Ray, Burke, and U.S.S. Co, agents. ° SAILED. . Friday, September 21. Huia. ss, 90 tons, Fraser, for Wanganui. Passenger-Cabin : Mr Speed. Turnbull and Co. agents. _ . , Takapuna, ss, 369 tens Grant for Lyttelton. Passengers Saloon : 'Messrs McKenzie, Aoland, and Gregg; 4 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. . Kanieri, ss, 115 tons, Manning, for Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Miss Cummings, Messrs Sharp, Chubbms, and Hurahan. U.S.S. Co, agents. _ .. Napier, ss, 48 tons, Harvey, for Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Leviu and Co, agents. Saturday, September 29. Waihi, ss, 60 tons. North, for Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs Foster and Burke. U.S.S. Co, agents. Maori, sa, 118 tons, Black, for Greymouth. U.S.S. Co, agents. Mararoa, ss, 124 S tons, Edie, for Sydney, via East Coast and Auckland. Passen- ’ gers—Saloon : Misses Crawford, Seed, Henton, and Hitchings, Mesdames McCrae, Garland, Hannah and family, Messrs Mitohelson, H.H.R., Garland, Bate, Do Lautour, Price, 'Ptapletoc, Greenfield, Hannah and Mowatb ; 12 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Glenelg, ss, 156 tons, Norbury, for Wanganui, New Plymouth, Waitara, and Onehunga. Levin and Go. agents. Waitapu, ss, 40 tons, Westrup, for Havelock. Passengers—2o excursionists. Kanieri, as, 115 tons, Manning, for Picton and the Grove. Passengers —S 3 excursionists. U.S.S. Co, agents. Wakatipu, ss, 1168 tons, Wheeler, for Sydney. Passengers Saloon :Mr Murray and 7 excursionists. U.S.S. Co, agents. - Sunday, September 30. : Australia, ss, 260 tons, Kemp, for Auck. land, via East Coast. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs Young and family (4) ; and 1 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Monday, October 1. Mawhera, ss, 340 tons, Hill, for Greymouth and Hokitika. Passengers—2 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. ’ T , Brunner, ss, 333 tons, Ewan, for Nelson and West Coast. Passenger—Saloon : Mr Reeves. U.S.S. Co, agents. Maital, ss. 162 tons, Dawson, for Westport. U.S.S. Co, agents. ■ Te Anau, ss, 1028 tons, Mclntosh, for Melbourne, via Hobart and South. Passengers— Saloon : Misses Cock, George, Turner, Gaynor, Mesdames Barr, Dickson, Chapman, Somerville, George, Cooper, Gaynor, Mr and Mrs Beel and child, Mr and Mrs Starkey and child, Messrs Robinson, Bishop, Perotti, LangbeiD, Thunan, Peppin, Chapman, Barber, Galway, Mahoney, .Martin, Bondry, Turner, Clarkson, Slessinger, and Master Dickson; 9 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Takapuna, ss, 369 tons, Grant, for Picton and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Misße3 Morrison and Hume, Mr and Mrs Young and .family, Messrs Adams, Hawthorne, Mevrick, Smythe, Patterson, Marsden ; 20 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Waverley, ss, 77 tons, Gibbons, for Nelson and Patea. Turnbull and Co, agerfci. Tuesday, October 2. Kanieri, ss, 115 tons, Manning, for Blenheim. Passengers Cabin : Mrs O’Sullivan, Messrs Pritt, Chaney, Waters, Cotter, White, Snelling, Clown and Scott. U.S.S. Co, agents. Australia, ss, 260 tons, Kemp, for Auckland, via East Coast. Passengers—2 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Grafton, ss, 297 tons, Nordstrum, for Nelson and Westport. Passenger—Saloon : Mr Monntford. U.S.S. Co, agents. Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Meades, for New Plymouth and Manukau. Passengers— Saloon: Mr Elkins. U.S.S. Co, agents. Neptuna, ss,:*' 44 tons, Eckford, for Blenheim. Passengers —Cabin: Messrs Smith and 3 Chinese. Levin and Co, agents. Kiwi, es, 133 tons, Campbell, for Kai. koura and Lyttelton. Passengers —Cabin : Messrs Scott and Joiner. Levin and Co, agents. Kennedy, ss, 124 tons, Furneaux, for Nelson and lYest Coast. Turnbull and Co, agents. Huia, • ss, 90tonB, Fraser, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Mr and Miss Keesing, Miss Gallagher. Tnrnbnll and Co, agents. Wednesday, October 3. Waihi, ss, 60 tons, North, for Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs Clancy, Disbar, Braye, Baylis, Smith. U.S.S. Co, agents. Takapuna, ss, 369 tons, Grant, for South. Passengers Saloon: Miss Speed, Mrs Kempthorne, Captain Cameron, Messrs Giding, Scoullar, McCorquodale; 4 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Maori, bs, 118 tons, Black, for Wanganui and Greymouth. U.S.S. Co, agentß. Oreti, ss, 128 tons, Gilbertson, for Wananui and Greymouth. Passengeis—4 steerage. U.S.S. Co, ageuts. Napier, ss, 48 tons, Harvey, for Foxton. Levin and Co, agents. BY TELEGRAPH. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Westport, September 27. Arrived—Early, Kawatiri, 7.50 pm, Orowaiti, from Wellington.

Lyttelton, September 27. Arrivod, 6.35 am —Rotorua, from Weiingtou. Sailed —Jane Douglas, for Kaikoura ; Kaikoura, for Wellington ; Rotorua, for Dunedin. Passeugers—Messrs Hammond, Oust, and Ritchie.

Nelson, September 27. Arrived—9.2o am, Mahiuapua, 10.10 am, Br.inner, from Wellington. Sailed, 1.10 am —Takapuna, for Picton. Wanganui, September 27. Airived—l pm, Oreti, 1.10 pm, Manawatu, from Wellington. Picton, September 27. Arrived, 5.45 pm—Penguin, from Wellington.

Sailed, 2 am—Maori, for Wellington. Dunedin, September 27. Sailed—Stella, for southern, lighthouses; Isabella Anderson, for Hokitika ; Mawhera, for West Coast ; Tarawera, for Melbourne ; Mararoa, for Sydney, via North. Passengers for Wellington—Miss Leary, Mesdames Disher and Russell, Messrs Finlay, Tinker, Mills, Captain Cameron. Auckland, September 27.

Sailed—Te Anau, for South. Passengers —Mr and Mrs Houston and 2 children, Mr and Mrs Dyke, Misses Dyke (2), Stevenson, Wadham (2), Rev Father Costello, Messrs Adair, Littler, Enko, Mitchell, Malavey, Batters, Kreeft, Patterson, Appleyatd, Meek, Hardy, Ludbrook, Philcox, and 13 steerage. Lyttelton, September 28.

Sailed—-Kooringa, barque, for Queenstown or Falmouth ; Mararoa, for Sydney, via Northern ports. Passengers for Wellington —Misses Phillia, Douglas, and Bell, Mesdames Jervol, Cox and child, Morrison, Inspector and Mrs Clifton and family, Detective Kirby and family, Messrs Black, Ross, Brown, Currey, Boyes, Crater, Staynes, Chiverson, Gordon, White, Stansell, and Earle. Wakatipu, for Sydney, via Wellington.

Picton, September 28. Sailed, 2 am—Penguin, for Nelson. Nelson, September 28. Arrived, 11.15 am—Penguin, from Picton. Dunedin, September 2S. Arrived—Wainui and Rotorua, from North.

Sailed—Grafton, for West Coast. Bluff, September 28. Arrived —Stella, from Dunedin ; Circe, from Melbourne.

Bluff, October 1

Arrived, 5 am—Manapouri, with an English mail. She left Melbourne at 6pm o*» the 25th ult, and reached Hobart at 9.30 am on the 27th; sailed same day nt 5 pm, passed Solanders at C pm on the 29tb, had strong NW winds with high seas, and came in as above. Passengers, for Wellington— Misses Danks and O’Shea, Mesdames McClunan and Smily, Messrs Callis, Park, Aitken, Miller, Danks and boy Lyttelton, October 1.

Arrived, 5.30 am —Mahinapua, from Wellington ; 4 am, Wanaka, from Wellington ; 2 pm, Marlborough, ship, from London, 89 days out. Sailed, 2.40 pm—Grafton, for Wellington ; 9 pm, Wanaka, Jor Wellington; 6.15 pm, Napier, for Wellington, via Kaikoura ; Mahinapua, for Timara and Dunedin ; Orowaiti, for Westport ; Taupo, for Greymouth. Greymouth, October 1. Arrived, 5 am—Maori, from Wellington. Sailed, 6.45 am—Oreti, for Wellington ; 5 pm, Maori, for Wellington. Nelson, October 1. Arrived, 4.50 pm—Kennedy, from Wellington. Picton, October 1. Arrived, 5.40 pm—Takapuna, from Wellington. Dunedin, October 1.

Sailed—Rotorua, for North. Passengers, for Wellington Captain Douglas, Mr Chral. Koranui, for West Coast. Auckland, October 1.

Arrived—Nemeßis, ss, from Melbourne ; Silver .Cloud, barquentine,. from Sydney; Richmond, from Tonga and Tahiti. Passengers—Mr S. W. Baker, Mr and Mrs J. L. Young, Madame and Mademoiselle Chauven, Madame Barron and 2 children, Miss Mary Butt, Messrs C. A. Eden borough, O. Latchmore, A. Cohen, Trevelyan, and one Native, Rev j. B. Watkins, Mr J. Parsley, Master Pursley, Mr Doughty. Sailed—Orpheus, schooner, for Brisbane. Nelson, October 2.

Arrived, 5.30 am—Takapuna, from Picton; 6.15 am, Brunner, from Wellington; 7.30 am—Waverley, from Wellington. Auckland, October 2.

Arrived, 10.50 am—Rotomahana, from Sydney; Mararoa, from South ; Magellan Cloud, from Normauton. Sailed—Deva, barque, for Gisborne, to load with wool; Belle Isle, barque, for Fiji. The Danish barque Johanu Broderson, bouud from Haabai for Falmouth, arrived to-day, having put in in consequenee of a difficulty with the crew. Captain Bagge reports that soon after leaving Haabai his crew objected to proceed to Europe for some reason or other, and the difficulty, grew into almost a mutiny. The vessel therefore put into Auckland harbour, and the captain will consult with the Danish Consul. Foxton, October 2. Arrived, 6.45 pm—Shag, from Wellington, Lyttelton, October 2. Arrived, 8.55 am—Te Auau, from Wellington ; 1 pm, Waimate, ship, from Adelaide. Sailed—Rotorua, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses Hunter and Brown, Mr and Mrs Skilton, Mrs Marsden, Messrs Tustin, Neave, Brown, Banks, Shrewsbury, Thomas, Marton, Hill, Earpe, Grubb, Robinson, Barleyman, Wakefield, Sir J. Hall; Fijian, for Sydney and Newoatle; Ohau,- for Westport ; Kahu, for the Chathams; Te Anau, for South and Melbourne. Dunedin, October 2. Arrived Manapouri, from Melbourne ; barquentine Guiding Star, from Hobart. Sailed— Waihora, for North. Passengers —Miss Middleton, Mesdames Taylor, Stark, Middleton and child; for Sydney, Miss Goldsmith, 1 steerage. Westport, October 3. Arrived, 7.30 am—Maitai, from Wellington. Auckland, October 3. Arrived, 4 am—Arawata, from Suva. Sailed, 5 pm—Mararoa, for Sydney. Nelson, October 3. Arrived, 5 am—Grafton, from Wellington ; 6 am, Kennedy, from Wellington,

Wanganui, October 3. Arrived, 6 am—lluia, from Wellington. Spit, October 3. Arrived, 3.15 pm— Australia, from Wellington. New Plymouth, October 3. Arrived, 3.40 pm—Wanaka, from Wellington. Gkeymcutii, October 3. Arrived, 6.30 pm—Mawhera; from Wellington. Dunedin, October 3. Arrived—Mahiuapua and Te Anau, from North,

Sailed—Manapouri, for Sydney, via North. Passengers for Wellington—Mias Farquhar, Messrs Dowling, Judge Broad, Captain Douglas, and Mr Sounness.

The New Zealand Shipping Co’s R.M.S. Kaikoura, from Lyttelton, arrived here at midday last Friday. The U.S.S. Go’s ss Wakatipu, from Southern ports, arrived here at 7.45 pm on Saturday, she having experienced fine weather along the coast. She sailed shortly after 10 pm for Sydney direct. The U.S.S. Go’s ss Mahinapua arrived here at 6.30 am on Sunday ; left Westport at 8 am on the 29th instant, had fine weather and smooth sea, and arrivod as above. She sailed same day for Southern ports. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Takapuna left Lyttelton at 9 pm on Saturday, and arrived here at 2.30 pm cn Sunday. She experienced fine weather from Lyttelton to the Kaikouras, thence to arrival strong northerly wind and heavy seas. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Te Anau arrived from Auckland and way ports on Sunday. She left Auckland at-12.20 pm on the 27th instant, called at Gisborne on the 28tb, Napier on the 29th, leaving the latter port at 3 pm the same day, arriving as above. She experienced fine weather on the coast. The Te Anau sailed for Melbourne, via Southern ports on Monday.

The U.S.S. Co’s ss Mawhera arrived here at 1.30 am oa Sunday from Southern ports. She left Dunediu on the 26th at 10 pm, Called at Oamaru and Timaru, and arrived at Lyttelton on the 29th ; sailed again same day at 2 pm for Wellington, arriving as above. She experienced fine weather along the coast as far as Lyttelton, thence northerly winds with heavy head sea until arrival.

The U.S.S. Co’s ss Australia left Auckland at 6 pm on the 26th ult., arrived at Gisbourne on the 28th at midnight; left again at 4 am on the 29th, and arrived at Napier at 2 pm ; left again at 9 pm on the same day, and arrived here at 8 on Sunday evening. She returned on Tuesday. The steamer Kiwi- came off the Slip on Monday morning, and the barquentine Kate Tatham again went on the Slip, the latter vessel having be6n towed round by the ss Mana. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Brunner, from Greymouth and Nelson, arrived here at 2.30 am on Monday. She left Gieymouth on the 29th, Nelson at 3.45 pm next.day, arriving as above. She returned same evening. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Grafton, from Southern ports, arrived here at 8.30 am on Tuesday. She left Dunedin on the 28th ult, and reached Lyttelton, via Timaru and Akaroa on the 30th ; sailed again at 2.45 pm on the let inst, arriving as above. She sailed same afternoon for Nelson and West Coast.

The U.S.S. Co’s ss Wanaka left Lyttel. ton at 9 pm on the Ist inst, had fine weather throughout, and arrived here at 1.45 pm on Tuesday. She sailed same evening for New Plymouth aud Manukau. The ss Kennedy arrived here from West Coast and Nelson at 5 am on Tuesday after a fine weather passage. She returned same evening.

The ss Napier left Lyttelton at 6 pm on the Ist, and Kaikoura at 9.45 am on Tuesday ; experienced fresh south-east winds to Cape Campbell, thence calm weather to arrival at 9 on Tuesday night. The ss Oreti left Greymouth at 6 am on the Ist instant; experienced northerly winds to Rock Point, thence strong south-west and south-east winds and heavy sea to arrival at 11 on Tuesday night. The ss Maori left Greymouth at 6 pm on the Ist instant, and reached here early on Wednesday morning, she having experienced variable winds and moderate weather throughout. She returned same evening via Wanganui. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Rotorua arrived here from Southern ports on Wednesday. She left Dunedin on the Ist instant, and reached Lyttelton next day ; sailed again at 9.5 pm on the 2nd, arriving here as above. The Rotorua left for Picton and Nelson yesterday. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Takapuna, trorn Nelson and Picton, arrived here at 9 am on Wednesday. She left Nelson at 5 pm on the 2nd inst, and experienced fine weather throughout the passage. She sailed for Southern ports same afternoon. The ss Kahu left Lyttelton for the Chatham Islands with mails, &c., on Tuesday night last. SHIPPING SUMMARY. Since last summary the customary quiet spell in the shipping trade which usually precedes the. wool season has been experienced. The foreign arrivals have not been numerous, though vessels from England and Australia are now en route for Wellington to take the first shipments of wool to, iEngland. The Shaw, Savill and. Albion Company’s ship Pleione (the repairs to which are now well under way) is expected to be the first wool ship, and she will get away toward the end of the present month or early noxt month. The barque Chili will be the first of the New Zealand Shipping Company’s wool vessels, sailing about the same time. She will be followed by the Orari. The barque Kate Tatham, which was reported in last Summary as having been stranded in Cloudy Bay, has since been floated off and towed to Wellington by the steamer Mana. She was considerably damaged, her bottom being riddled with holes, and a great number of plates will have to be taken out and rolledi besides which some fourteen or fifteen new plates will require to be put on. Captain Bendall,who personally superintended operations for getting the vessel off, brought her to Wellington. She has be6n taken up on the Slip, and is to undergo an extensive

overhaul. At midday on the 6th ultimo the R.M.S. Ruapehu sailed for London, via Rio de Janeiro, Madeira and Plymouth. Her frozen meat chambeis were fully stooked as usual, and she teok a heavy general cargo. Her passenger-list was fairly well filled. The China Steam Navigation Company’s ss Whampoa, from Shaughai, Kobe, Nagasaki, Foochow, and Hong Kong, via Auckland, arrived here with a cargo of tea and rice on the Bth ultimo. She left Hong Kong on the 13th August, and experienced moderate southerly and variable winds to the Equator, which she crossed on the 23rd August; thence to Auckland a succession of strong south-east Trades were experienced. She left Auckland on the 6th September, had fine Tveather on the coast, and arrived as above. After visiting Lyttelton and Dunedin, for which ports she had part cargo, the Whampoa returned to Wellington, and sailed for China on the 26th ultimo. The R.M.S. Kaikoura left Plymouth for New Zealand on the 2Sth July. To Teneriffe, where she arrived on the 2nd August, she had fresh westerly winds and rainy weather, and afterward northerly winds and fine weather. She had variable weather to the Cape, where she arrived on the 17th August, and to Hobart, whioh was reached on the 3rd September, strong westerly and south-easterly winds. From Hobart to arrival at Wellington at 1.30 pm on the Sth light northerly winds and fine weather were experienced. The Kaikoura’s time for the voyage was 41d llhr 44min, and her actual steaming time 39d 14hr 36min. The passage is described as having been a very enjoyable one. She leaves on the return trip to England to-day. On the 18th September, at 10.30 am, the Colonial Union Co.’s ss Balmoial Castle, from London, via Sydney aud Melbourne, arrived in port. Sho left London on the 13th July, and had light winds and fine weather down the Channel. The NE trades were picked up at 12.30 pm on the 17th, and lost on the 23rd, in latitude 15 N. She crossed the Equator on the 29th,and carried south winds to the Cape where she arrived at 8 am on the 9th August Thenos to Melbourne strong wind and heavy seas were experienced, arriving there on the 3rd September. She arrived at Sydney on the 9tb, and left again for Wellington on the 13th, reaching here as above. The round trip occupied 67 days. The system of despatch of cargo carried on by the harbour authorities hero at present will soon be completely revolutionised by the hydraulic system which is being introI duced. The engineer some months ago, in accordance with a resolution passed by the Harbour Board, sent to England an order for a complete hydraulic plant. The order is now being completed, and a first instal-j ment if the plant has arrived and is being! erected, and the putting together of the re-; mainder of it will be proceeded with on ,its arrival per Soukar and Orari. Theaccuirulator. tower at the foot of the Railway Wharf, in which is to be stored the motive power for driving the whole plant,is erected, and the hvdraulic engines and other driving mashinery have been put up therein. The first of three 35cwt movable cranes is being put np on the Queen’s Wharf. It is of simple-looking design, consisting of a broad, funnel-shaped stand, topped by a mast carrying a cage in which the man who works the crane will stand. The arm or jib will have a 32ft reach, and as the crane is on wheels and can be moved at will to suit the varying position of the hatchways, it should prove a great convenience to vessels. There will also be three 35owt fixed cranes, built on the same design, on the Queen’s Wharf. At the end of the“wharf a 10 ton fixed craoe, built on the same principle, will be placed, and a large 35-ton crane will be put np on the reclaimed land to the south of the Queen’s Chambers. To connect the various cranes a system of pipes will be laid from the Railway Wharf to the Queen’s Wharf, and there will, of course, be connections from the mains to whioh the movable cranes can attach. A new wool press, _ together with the wool presses at present in use on the Queen’s Wharf, will be , worked by hydraulic power, available from the accumulator tower, aud the same motive power will also be utilised to drive the jiggers and traversers in the Bheds. An advantage in connection with the use of hydraulic power is the fact that the water oan be uaed again and again, it being returned to a different set of pipes after being, used the first time. The whole of the plant is expected to be in working order in about six months. RAILWAY PASSENGERS. The following were through passengers last Friday by the Wellington-Manawatu railway:—North—Mesdames Nelson, Rascal, Dalton, Messrs Scott, Hignett, Kramp, Dalton, Pascal, Lowe; 23 second class. South—Miss Engles, Messrs McQueen, Reeves, Scott; 25 second class. The following were through passengers on Saturday on the Wellington-Manawatu Railway : North—Miss Ireland, Mesdames Scales, Mawley, Messrs Ridings, Barker, Incherman, Masey, Muir, Scales, Clifford ; and 100 second-class. South—Messrs Kebbell. Martin, Nathan, Hyland; and 25 second-class. The following were the thrpugh passengers on Monday on the Wellington-Manawatu Railway :—North—Messrs; .Smith, , Nolan, Smart, 'Hewitt, 16 English footballers, and 40 second-class. South.—Messrs Jarvis, Babot, Keegan, and 40 second-class. The following were through passengers Tuesday on the Wellington-Manawatu Railway : North—Miss von Finkelstein,, Mesdames Muir, Saxby, Messrs C. G. Smythe, Saxby, Smith, Hannah, Buchanan, Caccia, Bilbrough, and 22 second-class. The following were through passengers on Wednesday on the Wellington-Manawatu Railway: -North—MrsNixon, Messrs Smith, Nixon, Haselden, ' and 10 second-class. South: — Messrs Flyger, Dickson, Cobb, Ridings, Knight, Finlon, and 16 secondclass.

market steady ; pollard, 75s to 80s, demand limited ; flour £9 10s to £10; oatmeal, £9 10s to £9 15s; maize, 3s Gd ; pease, 3s 6d ; fowls’ wheat, 3s 3d ; milling wheat, 3s 6d to 3a 9!i ; M-.ed uariej", 3s Od ; feed barley, 2s Sd to 2s 9a ; chaff, 75s to SOs for oaten sheaf ; hams, 94d ; bacon, 6§d ; cheese, 4d to 4|d ; fresh butter, lOd to IOJd, downward teudeuoy ; e gg ß » Sil, firm; fowls, 2s 9d to 3s ; ducks, 3s 9d to 4s ; turkeys, 7s to Bs, all iu good deman-1 ; ap. les, 9s to 103 ; oranges, 5s to 10s ; lemons, 8s to 10s ; mandarins, 10s to 12s 6d; naval oranges, 10s ; Seville do, 7s to 8s ; cocoanuts, 7s to Ss ; no banauas -or pines till the arrival of the Arawata about 2nd October; figß, scarce, 9s to 14s, according to weight; dates, best 4Jd, inferior 4d ; walnuts, Sd to 9d ; Brazil nuts, 9d to lOd - Barcelona do, 6(3 to 6Jd ; almond nuts, 9d to 9£d ; preserved Fiji pines, incase of 2 doz, 21b.tine. 22s per caße ; preserved ginger crystallised, 7d per lb ; do in jar, 14s per case. These quotations will, in our opinion;' stand for the current week. The Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington for the week ending Saturday amounted to £3141 Bs. Beer duty, £69 2a 9d. Mr F. H. Woods reports a very large attendance of buyers at his Taratahi stock sale on Thursday, The stock yarded numbered about 12,000 sheep and 270 head of cattle, all of good class. The bidding was fairly spirited, but prices showed a slight decline on last'sale, and ruled as under :—Very fat wethers, 12s to 14s 6d ; do ewes, 9s to Us ; ewes and lambs, 11s to 12s 6d ; store ewes, 7s lOd ; shorn wethers, 8s 3d ; shorn ewes, 5s 3d to 6s 3d. These are the first shorn sheep sold this season. Bullocks, three and four-year-olds, 90s; dairy cows, 55s to 142 s 6d ; store cows, 30s to 50s ; yearling heifers, 24s to 26s ; <io steers, SOs to 39s ; two and three-year old htifers, 40s to 635. • George Thomas and Co. report produce prices' as-follows :—The demand for oats still continues firm,; and prices are on the same basis as last quotations. We do not anticipate lower values, as stocks are greatly reduced, and realiaations outside theGolony are extremely satiafact ry co shippers. ■The scarcity of freights re-lly accounts for the absence of increased prices ruling in - the Jocal markets. In consequence of the contradictory nature of late telegrams from -the Home market, prices for flour are inclined to slightly reduce, at any- rate it may be accepted as a fact that no purchases are being made for forward delivery at the present mill quotation. Prime whole fowls’wheat is hard to find; auy good samples offering are at almost milling races. We quote oats, 2s 5d to 2s 6d ; seed do, 2s 7d to 2s Sd ; oatmeal, £lO 15s to £ll 10s ; flour, £9 103 to £lO 10s; fowls’ wheat; whole 3s 2d to 3s 3d, broken do 2s 6d.;. wheatmeal, £10; potatoes,. Oaniaru £4 10s, other sorts £3 15s ; onions, £7 for best, and £4 for inferior samples; pollard, £4 ; bran, £3 y beans, 3s 3d to 3s Od ; maize, 3s 6d ; pearl barley, £l9 ; feed barley, 2b 9d ; Cape barley, 3s 8d ; split peas, £ls ; cheese, 4d to 5d ; honey, 4d to 5d ; eggs, 8d to B£d ; fresh butter, 9d ; bacon, farmers’ cure, 4d ; factory do, 7£d ; lard, 5d ; new potatoes, per lb ; rhubarb, 5s per doz ; Sydney oranges, 4s 6d to 9s ; Island do, 9s 6d to 10s 6d ; oocoauuts, 6s_; peanuts, 2d ; dates, 4Jd per lb. Poultry is scarce ; fowls are especially inquired for. Messrs Arthur Warburton aud Cc. report for the week : —Banks : New Zealand, buyers £lO 15s, no sellers ; National, 35s to 36s ; Colonial, 'sales 445, cunr div. Insurance—New Zealand, Sis ; South British, 46s to 47s ; National, 19s to 19s 6d ; Union, 25s to 26sStandard, 14a to 14s 6d; Colonial, 4a 6d to 4s 9d ; Accident, 7s. Miscellaneous—Loan and Mercantile, sales 84s ; Land Mortgage, sellers 18s 6d ; National Mortgage, buyers 113 ; New Zealand Shipping, sales 20s ; ■ Union Steam, £11; Mosgiel Woollen, 73s 6di; Kaiapoi, 555, buyers 53s ; Drug, 19s 6d ; Westport Coal, 56s ; Wanganui Gath sellers £l2 10s, buyers, £l2; Gisborne Gas, sailers 23s ; Wellington Trust and Loan, buyers, £6 7o 6d ; Equitable Building, £7 2s 6d ; Wellington Building and Investment, £6 ss; Wellington Gas (£1 paid), sales 40s (£lO paid), sellers £l9 10s; Gear Meat, sales 80s, buyers 80s ; Manawatu Railway, sales 10s; Welcome Goldmining (Reefton), Bales 7s. Messrs Arthur Warburton. and Co. report the following returns of amalgam from the Reefton mines for the week: —Keep-it-Dark, 81Soz from 190 tons; Globe, 496cz from 190 tons ; Fiery Cross, 208 oz from 102 tons ; Welcome, 901 oz from 80 tons; Venus, 188 oz.

Messrs Edwards and Mcßeath report : There is very little alteration since last week, country servants being most in demand.

During the past month there have been signs that business, matters are improving. Country orders are coming in more freely, and stocks are moved off in somewhat larger lots. The prospect of a good spring stimulates trade in many ways. The rush to the new goldfield near- Blenheim, and the reoent rise in wheat and live stock are so many helps to make trade brisker. There is a better inquiry for several lines of goods, and an improved feeling prevails, which tends to keep values firm. A fair amount of business has been done in hardware lines, and recent Home advices are favourable to holders of stocks. Plate iron aud sheets and steel sheets are firmer. The increase in freights will further raise the landed cost of future shipments. In galvanised iron stocks are not large, and importers look to present prices being fully maintained. Cement is in feW hands, and is very firm. In hopß, sales were effected at Is 6d per lb last week, but in consequence of Home advices the price has advanced untills 9dtols lOd is now quoted for prime samples. Stocks are not large, and as it is reported that speculative purchases are being made in Vic. toria'and lasmania of local growths, tho market is very sensitive, and holders are not vanxions to quit. The s.s. Taiyuan has sailed for New Zealand with the third direct shipment of new seasons’ tea, and may bejlooked for toward the end of this month. Stocks of old tea are running short. The advance in the prioe of gin at Home has stiffened the local market. Consequent upon the advance in the price of wheat flour has risen, and the retail price of bread is now 7d forthe4lb loaf. Mr D. T. Stuart reports for week to date Bank of New Zealand, buyers £6, no sellers; Colonial, buyers 42a 6d t sellers 43a es div.

olonial Insurance, 4s 9d to 5s 18s 9d to 19a 3d; New Zealand, 79a 6d to 80a 6d • Standard, 14a to 14a (id ; South British, 45s to 46a 6d ; Union, 25 s6d to 26a. New Zealand Shipping, 20s to 23a; National Mortgage, 11s to 11s 3d ; LiOan and Mer» cantile, 80s 6d to 83s 6d ; Drug Company, 19s 31 to 19s 9d ex div; New Zealand Land Mortgage, 18s to 1 19 a3d ; Equitable Building, buyers £7 2s 6d, (new issue), sales and buyers, £1 5a premium; Wellington Trust and Loan, £6 8s 6d; Wellington Building and Investment, £6 ss; Wellington‘Gas (issue, £5 paid) sellers £9 lOs, buyers (£1 paid) 40s ; Gear Meat (£IOO share warrants), sales at par; sales and buyers (SOs paid), at par; Keep-it-Darks, 46s to 47» cam div. . The right of stoppage in transitu has been upheld by the Supreme Court of New South Wales in an appeal case. The deoißion is one of importance to shippers generally. A trader ordered goods from a firm of merchants, and they were shipped. But four days afterward‘it was found that the purchaser was in difficulties, and the vendors therefore telegraphed to their agents at an intermediate port to stop the goods. This was done, but the purchaser becoming in. solvent, the Official Assignee brought an action against the vendors to recover the value of the goods, on the ground that at the time of the seizure they were not within their len-al control or custody, but were really a portion of the estate. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages £ooo, and against this decision the defendants appealed to the Full Court, on the ground that the verdict was- against evidence, and that the direction of the Judge in the poipt of law involved was erroneous.. The Court, by majority, considered, that on the evidence the verdict was wrong,and directed.anew trial. There appear to be some peculiar circumstances connected with the case, but the law is quite clear that the right to stop delivery is possessed by vendors if exercised before the delivery is completed.—-Argus. F. E. JACKSON’S STOCK SALE. Johnsonville; October 3. , The beef entered for this day’s sale was generally of good quality. Some of the bullocks were small and not so very well finished. Prices ruled about the same as last week. All the sheep pens were full, and some large sheep were yarded, the others being butchers’jjlight mutton. Pigs were in usual numbers, a large proportion being infeiior rough sorts. Prices were well maintained, good pigs selling at full value. Beef made 15s to 15s 6d the 1001 b, and mutton 3d per lb. Cattle—Best lines, £6 7s 6d to £7 12s 6d, avei aging £7 ; other lines averaged £6 14s 7d, £6 6s 9d and £5 17s 6d. Sheep—Best wethers, 17s 3d to 18s ; others, 15s 6d to 16s; light sheep, 14s to 14a Sd ; lambs, 61 Id to Ss. Pigs—Baooners, £2 Is to £3 17s ; porkers, 15s to 24s ; stores, 12s to 15s ; small sorts, 7s to 10a. MASTERTON STOCK SALE. (from our own correspondent.) September 27. Messrs Lowes and lorns had a very large attendance at their stock sale yesterday. Their entries comprised 380 head cattle, 1200 sheep, 27 pigs, and 20 horses, all .lines selling, but prices not in advance of last sales. Beef made 15s lOOlbs ; forward bullocks, 70s to 85s; store steers, 50s to 605.; cows, 40a to 50s ; young stook, 15s to 303 ; fat wethers, 13s to 143 ; store wethers, 11s to 123; fat ewes, 12s; ewes and lambs, 7s to 11s; hogget3, 8s to 10s ; small pigs, 8s to 12s. Horses—Basks, £4 so £S ; draughts, £l2 to £l6. ' ,- FEILDING STOCK REPORT. (per press association.) Feilding, September 27. At Stevens and Gorton’s , sale to-day eight bullocks brought £5; 3-year-olds, £3 ISs 6d; 2| to 3-year-old steers, £3 14s ; 2-year-old, £2 7s 6d to £2 13s 6d ; forward wethers, 12s to 12s 9d. WELLINGTON MARKETS. Wholesale Prices.

FARM AND DAIRY PRODUCE. £ S. d. £ 8. d Milk, quart - 0 0 4 to 0 0 0 Butter, fresh ib - - 0 0 9 to 0 0 10 Salt butter - - 0 0 8 to 0 0 9 Cheese, Col. .00 3 to 0 0 4 Eggs, dozen - 0 0 8 to 0 0 0 Lard, lb. - 0 0 4 to 0 0 5 Bacon, lb. ■> - 0 0 6 to 0 0 7 Ham, lb. - C 0 7, to 0 0 8 Fowls, parr - 0 2 3 to 0 2 6 Ducks, pair - 0 2 9 to 0 3 0 Ceese, each -026 to 0 3 0 Turkeys, pair 0 7 0 to 0 8 0 Hat and Corn Market. £ s. d. £ R. d Maize, Poverty Bay - 0 3 3 to 0 3 6 Oats, feed - - 0 2 4 to 0 2 6 Wheat do - - - 0 2 9 to 0 3 3 Carrots , - - . - 1 10 0 to 0 0 C Hay, ton - 3 0 0 to 0 0 0 Oaten, ton - 3 0 0 to 0 0 0 Straw, ton . 2 10 0 to 3 0 0 Chaff, — - - 3 5 0 to 4 0 0 Oaten hay - - 4 0 0 to 0 0 0 i Wheat straw - .3 0 0 to 0 0 0 Onions per ton - - 5 10 0 to 6 0 0 ‘ Potatoes, per ton--400 to 4 0 0 Floor Market. £ B. £ s. d Sharps, per ton • .4 0 0 to 0 0 0 Bran per tow, - 3 10 0 to 0 0 0 Adelaide Flour, per ton 12 0 0 to,.12 5 0 Colonial Flour - -900 to 10 0 0 Oatmeal •'10 .5 0 to 11 0 0 Pearl Barley . 15 0 0 to 16 0 0 Seeds. £ s. d . £ B. a Ryegrass, bushel - 0 2 0 to 0 3 Cocksfoot, lb. - 0 0 3 to 0 0 4 Wt. Clover, lb. - - 0 0 10 to 0 0 0 Red, do - 0 0 8 to 0 0 9 Alsyke, lb. - - 0 0 10 to 0 0 C Cow Grass, lb. • ■ - 0 0 7 to 0 0 9 Timothy, lb. • 006 t3 0 0 0 Rape b. -003 to 0 0 0 Linseed, per ewt. - 0 16 0 to 0 0 0