SHIPPING.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1354, 10 February 1898, Page 31

SHIPPING.

ARRIVED Wednesday, February 2. Takapuna, s.s., 869 tons, Grant, from Onehunga via New Plymouth. Passengers—Saloon: Misses .Glover, Crump, Harvey, Moeller, Keating,Hodder, Harkness, Paton, Stoddart, Mesdames Stevenson, Young and child, Maginnity, Flanagan, Blacklock, Carr, Pudney and boy, Jones and child, Cheel and infant, Messrs McKenzie, Neave,Dudfield, Clews, Kirker, Curtis, Hooper, Heaney, Maginnity, Cheel, Tribe, Langguth, Westmacott, Sharp, Jackson, Belcher, Everard, Thompson, Barford, O’Neill, Turner, Jones, Master Cox ; 23 steerage. Opawa, s.s., 70 tons, Eckford, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Erskine, Waddy, Smith, Mesdames Black, Macintosh, Harris, Messrs Mitchell, Penney, Harris, Masters Haywood (2). Miowera, s.s., 1892 tons, Free, from Vancouver, Honolulu and Suva, Penguin, s.s., 517 tons. Manning, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Misse3 Hey wood, Bicknell, Croot, Warren, Hoare, Hooper, Podmore, Gifford, Mesdames Kerrigan and child, Francis and 2 children, Croot, Morgan and family, Goldfinch, Haultain and 2 children, Gilchrist, Rose and child, Sir J. Hector, Dean Martin, Revs Carew,Cummings, Captains Millman, Parsons, Dr Collins, Messrs Brinsmead, Maher, Hector, Hamilton (2), Bausher, Caldwell, Kimbell, Goldfinch, Morgan, Masters Ritchie (2), Gillingham, Meason, Gillies, Wilder, Parker, Haywood (2), Bums, Gould (2); 16 steerage. ' Pareora, s.s., 355 tons, Christian, from Westport. Thursday, February 3. Dingadee, s.s., 393 tons, Anthony, from South. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Minsen, Webb, Mrs Minsen, Mr Heron; 9 steerage. Huia, s.s. 90 tons, Crawford, from Wanganui. Passengers—Miss Allan, Mr Howard. Westralia, s.s., 1819 tons, Bull, from Dunedin and Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Campbell, Bell, Lane, Glasgow (2) and maid, Churton, Salmon, Judge, Mcßae, Collier, Olds, Davidson, Seager, Sutherland, Anderson (2), Kirk, Hudson, Bates, Darbv, Gabbie, Hosking, Mesdames Glasgow, Anderson, Richmond and 2 children, Crichton and 2 children, Stephens and infant, Fulton, Farr, Trounce, Rule and child, Coleman, Powell, Taylor, Bates, Fletoher, Boot and 2 children, Morley, Barnett, Johnston, Alley, Hall, Robinson, Messrs Bowie, Anderson, Byrne, Bailey, Fraser, O’Reiily, Hickson, Taylor, Izard, White, Barnett, Larson, Diamond, Hale, Sutton, Bayliss, Fleming, Gray, Watkins, Mowat, Greenaway, Webber, Masters Russell (2), Jallen, Anderson, Fulton (2), Newman, Stead, Kettle, Palmer, Hislop, Benjamin; 27 steerage. „ „ Te Anon, s.s., 1028 tons, Smith, from Sydney. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Wallace (2), Seales Myers, Sheppard, Ross (2>, Nathan, Marks, Mesdaraes N-tthan, Blake, Clossan and child, Schultz, Bronders, Messrs Boyer, Curtis, Jones, Smith, Roydhouse, Reynolds, Blackmore, Risby, Muir, Hitson, McLennan, Myers, Schultz, Turnbull, Bronders; 11 steerage. Corinna, 5.5.,. 820 tons, Spence, from Nelson via Picton. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Diamond, Gascoyne, Allport, Meek (3), Beatson, Bates, Green, Rogers, Allen, Thomas, Hendry (2), Speed, Stevenson, Uhomson, Brown, Money, Mesdames Green, Rogers, Litchfield, Thomson, Slater and family, Anderson and 2 children, Turnbull and 2 children, Palmer and infant, Sir G. Clifford, Rev Chatterton, Messrs Newman, Allen, Green, Heron, Earle, Davy, Taggart, Leedham, Maloney, Cousins, Smith, Money, Miller, Leslie, Mansford, Gibson, Orange, Inslater, Dowslie, Leslie, Adams, Litchfield, Hughes, Thompson, Stace, Hemitt, Seale, Masters Litchfield, Palmer, Anderson; 18 steerage. Haupiri, s.s., 494 tons, Nordstrum, from West Coast and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Gribbon, Eissenhardt, Mclntosh, Horsby, Campbell, Sommerville, Blake, Wilkins,'Curtis, Worsley, Mesdames Armstrong, Watson, Wills and child, Bevey, Duckworth, Tennant, McKay, Kyle and child, Probasco, Kelly and child, Short, St. Leon and family (3), Ewing and child, Currie and 2 children, Johnston, Moore and child, Revs Hall, McKenzie, Messrs Stratford, Taylor, Riley, Armstrong, Watson, Eissenhardt (2), Tennant, McKay, Brown, Caldwell, Witt, Burns, Johnston, Arthur, Chapman, Marshall, Masters Stratford, Jay, O’Kane, Boyd, Kettle, McDonnell ; 25 steerage. Pania, s.s., 40 tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. G. M. Tucker, barque, 400 tons, Holm, from Newcastle. ■ Friday, February 4. Mararoa, s.s., 1881 tons, Phillips, from Sydney via Auckland and East Coast. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Gordon, Samsburg, Faulkner (2), Carter, Wylie, Ebberson, Burke, Johnson, Mesdames Foster, Cosgrove, Chatteris and child, Davies, Parsons, Wylie, Webb, Orpwood, Moberg, Crammond, Salmon, Norton, 2 children and maid, Dr Elmslie and servant, Rev Watson, Messrs Salmon, Silbs, Franks, Watson, Dekker, Jeffrey, Prentice, Foster, Davies, Kalk, Parsons, Green, Kinsella, Duthie, McGain, Orpwood, Spiller; 8 steerage. Opawa, s.s. 60 tons, Eokford, from Blenheim. Passengers Cabin : Misses Pickering, Passau, O’Sullivan, Lee, Waugh, Mesdames Howard, Barnett, Messrs O’Sullivan, Hyde, Ward. Penguin, s.s., 617 tons, Manning, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Browett, Marbhant, Butehard, Gill, Glen, Cotter and child, Johnston, Disher, Mesdames Wright, Johnston, Willis, Tyrrell and child, MoNaught, Martin, Earle, Dimond, Hills, Rice,. Garland, Rev Wright, Drs Earle, Anderson, Messrs Jevons, Wright, Deery, Nelson, Mooney, Anderson, MoNaught, Martin, Thornhill, Donaldson, Glen, Garland, McCaughan, Dimond, Andrew, Masters Nurse, Hartshorne, Dimond; 16 steerage. Mawhe; a, s.s,, 340 tons, Lambert, from West Coast and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Smith, Ring, Mesdames Newport, Pateman, Rentone, Messrs Newport, Restell, Tanfield, England, Myers ; 15 steerage. Wairoa, s.s., 48 tons, Ricketts, from Nelson and Motueka. Monday, February 7. Aorere, s.s,, 45 tons, Tinney, from Patea. Maori, s.s., 4155 tons, Moffatt, from Picton (in stream). SAILED. Wednesday, February 2, Wainui, s.s., 391 tons, Worrall, for West Coast via Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Johansen, O’Neil, Gibbs, Nimmo, Crump, Stoddart, Whiteborn, Sheard, Mesdames Askew, Stringer, Cheel, Hay and child, Maitland, Revs Mahoney, Roland, Broussard, Messrs Hay, Cheel, Clayton, Dench, Walker, Washbourne, Maitland, Moss, Drummond, Stringer, Pascoe, Masters Rawson, Reynolds ; 17 steerage. Penguin, s.s., 517 tons, Manning, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Beer, Kernahan, Harvev, Matson, Knight, Robertsbaw, Heywood, Richardson, Brooker," McLean (2). Knubney, Beville, Dingle, Willis, Carter, Mesdames Elder, Willis, Carter, Smith, Turner, Lorimer, Rev St. Hill, Messrs Crunion, Bennett, Westmacott, Tribe, Neave, Dixfleld, Shirtoliffe, Lloyd, Salek, Eichelbaum, Smith, Cruickshank, Lorimer, Hooper, Curtis, Masters McKenzie, Cody ; 25 steerage. Miowera, s.s., 1892 tons, Free, for Sydney. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Lukin, Sinclair and children, Mr Adams. Thursday, February 3. Opawa, s.s., 60 tons, Eokford, .for Blenheim. Kennedy, s.s., 137 tons, Vickerman, for Nelson and West Coast. Canterbury, ship, 1245 tons, Culbert, for Dunedin, Kawatiri, s.s., 255 tons, Apstein, for Greymouth. Corinna, s.s., 820 tons, Spence, for Nelson via Picton. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Lorimer, Salmon, Robinson, Edwards, Bradford, Webb, Mesdames Hargreaves, Lorimer, Daly, Carmine, Bradford, Elvy, Messrs Braddock, Bennett, Newson, Hargreaves, Walker, Blaokmore, Hoult, Wallace, Masters Rawson (2); 8 steerage. Takapuna, s.s., 869 tons, Grant, for Onehunga via New Plymouth. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Short, Horsley, Bates, Campbell, Ingall, Beauohamp, Buttle, Olds, Hoßkins (2), Newell, Lane, Huxtable, Mitoaff, Mesdames May and infant, Bates, Wilson, Berry, Tennant, Halioway, Collier, Alley, Parker, Bathan, Hall, Farmer, Gray, Captain Hennah, Revs McKenzie, Walker, Hall, Gillies, Glasson, Fernie, Messrs Stace, Fell, Tonkin, Tennant, Stafford, Williams, Parker, Jones, Hill, Halloway, Auberton, Morrison, Reid, Bidern (2), Smith, Hughes, Duthie, Rountree, Bennett, Hall, Hamilton (2), Springthorpe, Gay, Masters Newman, Beauchamp, Bathan, Harvey ; 17 steerage. Westralia, s.s., 1819 tons, Bull, for Sydney I via East Coast and Auckland. Passengers— ( Saloon; Mieses Lennox, Scales, Brown (2), Page, j

Gage, Heberley, Quinn, Featon, Knight, Tapper, George (2), MoLean, Evans, Anderson, Beatson, Robertson, Phillips, McNeil, Mesdames Sanderson and child, Matthews, Hawkins, Holder and 3 children, Brown, Cuthbert, Turnbull and 2 children, McFarlane, Higgins and child, GrahamAnderson, Rev Gillies, Messrs Kohn, McDonald, Farr, Shepherd, Dakin, Dunk, Matthews, Evans, Grosbie, Bramwell, Prebble, Hawkins, Morrell, Hornisham, Evans, McLennan, Maun, McKay, Walsh, McGrath, Seymour, Cuthbert, McClure, Lambert, Masters Hunt, White, Fraser, Heberley 29 steerage. . , , „ „ Te Anau, s.s., 1028 tons, Smith, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengeers Saloon: Misses Handyside (2), Light, Hepburn, James, Piercey, Ruddy, Flowers, Dowie, McPhee, Davis (2),|Strahan, Martell, Daniels, Harvey, McEwen, Charlton, Moroney, Hill (2), Bourke, Edmonds, Mesdames Ross and child, Buxton and 2 children, Barford, Williams, Horsburgh and 2 children, Burridge, Duckworth, Shaw, Daniels, Dickerson, Ramsay, Brown, Clark and children, Dr James, Sir G. Clifford, Captain Jones, Revs Chatterton, Doull, Messrs Grummett, Bagnall, Tanner, Pike, Macfarlane, Fulton, Muggleton, O’Neill, Turner, McEwan, Sharp, Ross, Green, Laggenth, Brown, Williams, Jones, Searl, Homer, Douglas, Taylor, Dickerson, Purchase, Eichelbaum, Breen, Lamb, Cunningham, Money, Goodall, Phillip, Master Burridge; 27 steerage. Queen of the South, s.s., 121 tons, Harvey, for Foxton. Pania, s.s., 40 tons, Fisk, for Havelock. Manaroa, s.s. 78 tons, Mclntyre, for Wanganui. Dingadee, s.s,, 393 tons, Anthony, for Westport, Friday, February 4. Mararoa, s.s., 1381 tons, Phillips, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Badden, Duignan, Tingey (2), Gorrigan, Smith, Heywood, Richardson, Mack, Craddock, Ramsay, Burke, Riddiford, Capper (2), Izard and party, Hartlane, Simpkin,- Ayers, Allen, Luke, Cox, Henders (2), Kennard, Banks, Faithfull, Bell, Paisley, Stewart, Rawnsley, Mesdames Travers, Foote, Caselberg, Ewing and child, Jonas and child, Wade and child, Williams, Salkeld, Evans and child, Bradley and child, Kenny and child, Justice Williams, Rev Hosking, Messrs Travers, Craig (2), Foote, Henderson, Dodd, Levert, Kerr, Ronaldson, Walton; Houlton, Caselberg, Whitson, O’Donnell, Lamb, Waterston, Cyfer, Salkeld, Banks, Cable, Dobie, Slater, Saunder, Isaacs. Gray, Overton, Heywood, Thompson, Masters Arrowsmith, Capper, AndersOn; 23 steerage. Penguin, s.s., 517 tons, Manning, for Lyttelton. Passengers Saloon : Miss Harris, Mesdames Lorimer, Smith, Ward, Sir F. D. Bell, Rev Cummings and friend, Messrs Lorimer, Smith, Williams, Thompson, Fache, Teasdale, Martin, Ward, McKechnie, Hill; 18 steerage. ‘ Huia, s.s., 90 tons, Crawford, for Wanganui. Pareora, s.s., 393 tons, Christian, for Westport. Opawa, s.s., 70 tons, Eckford, for Blenheim. Charles Edward, s.s.; 123 tons, Graham, for Nelson and West Coast, , Huia, s.s„ 90 tons, Crawford, for Wanganui. Passengers Cabin: Misses Martin (2), Blake, Bunckenburg, Mesdames Grouper and 1 child, Graham, Captain Bendall, Messrs Seagar,jJones, Kifford. (Put back.) Mawhera, s.s., 340 tons, Lambert, for Picton, Nelson and West Coast. Passengers Saloon : Misses Bell, Bunberry, Tully (2), Hill, Mesdames Robertson, Foley, Smith, Porter, Tully, Captain Robertson, Messrs Hoggard, Webley, Law, Pickering, Porter, Rothenburg, Lauchlan, Parfltt, Avery, Hill, Pierard, Master Foley ; 6 steerage. Penguin, s.s., 617 tons, Manning, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Jones, Page, Stuart, Eason, Van Asoh, Skinner, Gray, Rust, Burr, Stewart, Thomas, Coombes, Mesdames Stewart, Rhind, Davies, Currie and family, Redwood, Coombes, Lowe, Judge Davy, Messrs McCaugham, Ross, Stuart, Rhind, Wood, Styohe, West, Marshall, McGregor, Welch, Pratt, Jolly, Wilson, Prentice, Redwood, Bowman, Coombes, Wither, Candy, Fowler, Gardner, Izard, McKay, Moore, Master Cook ; 18 steerage. Sydney, February 2. j Arrived —Talune, from Wellington. Sailed —Banffshire, for Wellington, and Elingamite, for Auckland. Melbourne, February 2. Arrived—Elizabeth Graham and Mary Moore, from Kaipara, Melbourne, February 3. Arrived—Wakatipu, from the Bluff. Melbourne, February 4. Sailed, last night—Wakatipu, for Hobart and Bluff. , " Melbourne, February 7. Arrived, yesterday—Monowai, from Bluff and Hobart. , Arrived—Victoria, steamer, from Kaipara. Plymouth, February 5. Rimutaka left to-day for Wellington and Lytelton, Newcastle, February 2. • Sailed—Whangaroa, scow, for Foxton. Newcastle, February 4. Sailed, last night—Pukaki, for Lyttelton. Albany, February 2. Arrived—China, from London. Passengers for New Zealand—Mesdames Shekleton, Elder and child, Messrs Stayton, Williams, Shekleton, Elder, ; London, February 2. Arrived—Rangatijra, from New Zealand. , t Sailed—lndramayo, for Wellington.

~ The* Takapuna brought a lino of dairy produce, consisting of 2224 oases cheese and 69 cases of butter, for transhipment Home by the Maori. Bhe also brought 281 packages of fruit; On Saturday Mr C. Ferrier, of the firm of Field end Ferrier, received from Paris his appointment as surveyor at Lyttelton for the Bureau Veritas, rendered vacant by the resignation of Captain F, D- Gibson. . . . The barque Evie Bead left New York for Auckland on December 22nd, with a large general cargo, fnoluded in which are 10,500 oases kerosene. The Corinna’a freight from Pioton and Nelso consisted of 65 tons of tow and hemp, 20 bales wool, 25 ton 3 (measurement) fruit, 45 tons sundries, besides a flock of 70 sheep, 2 horses and 394 tons of coal. She left again for Picton and Nelson at 1 p.m. ■ iV .:'- L - - ■ ■ The Elingamite left Sydney at 5 p.m. on Wednesday for Wellington, via Auokland, Gisborne and Napier, with 603 tons oargo and 97 passengers. She is due here this day week. f. A telegram from the signalmen at Farewell Spit, received on Thursday morning, notified that the schooner Sir Henry Hawke, bound from Nelson to Sydney, passed there at 6.20 p.m. on Wednesday. Her captain signalled, “ My sails are all blown away or split.” - There is no doubt that she met the full blast of the southerly storm which was felt so severely here on Wednesday last, and also that it must have come up very suddenly to catch the crew napping. The little vessel is owned in Sydney. The Hon A. Duncan, the Suva agent of Messrs James Nourse, of London, is in reoeipt of advices to the effeot that this firm is the successful tenderer for the conveyance of Indian immigrants to Fiji for the current year. Only one vessel will be required this year, as the applications for labour are not as large this year as formerly, owing, no doubt, to the urge number of free coolies in the group. The barque G. Mi Tucker, which left Newcastle on the 22na ult. for this port, was signalled all day on Thursday, and it was not until the evening that •he was enabled to drop anchor in tbe stream, being towed in a little after 6 p.m. by the tugDuoo; The Te Anau, from Sydney direct, arrived at 7 a.m. on Thursday. She left Sydney at 1.80 p.m. on Saturday, experiencing fine weather until the Ist Inst., when she fell in with a strong south-south-west gale with high seas, which lasted until the morning of the 2nd,-thence fine, clear weather, with smooth seas to arrival as above. Her cargo consisted of 810 tons, (including 470 tons sugar), of which 180 tons (including 883 cases of fruit) were for Wellington. She passed the Talune, hound from Wellington to Sydney, at 9 p.m. on Monday. The Te Anau left for the South Thursday afternoon. Thursday’s mail brings us news of the wreck of the coasting steamer Koonya, 119 tons, bound from Moruya to Sydney. The following is Captain Nicholson’s statement of the occurrence “ The Koonya left Moruya at 10 a.m. on Monday, the 24th ult; . Dirty, thick weather from the south-east and east was had after leaving, and continued until the time of striking at about 3 a.m. on Tuesday. Tbe vessel struck the Doboyßeef about three-quarters of a mile from the shore. The vessel was going at the rate of-about eight knots. After the vessel Biruck the passengers were got on the bridge, and when daylight showed a boat was launohed and the ladies taken ashore, after whom followed the rest of the passengers and crew. The passengers saved most of their luggage, bnt the crew were only able to save a small portion of their effects. The captain states that the ladies behaved in a splendid manner. When the crew left the vessel the waves were breaking over her, and she broke up in a few hours. The stern portion of the vessel, with the ladies’ cabin intact, was washed up on the rocks to high-water mark, where it remained fast. The wreck was sold on the 28th nit. for The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s clipper Bhin Westland, which arrived at Sydney recently from Capetown via Otago Heads, is to load copra at that port for Port Sunlight, Liverpool. In pursuance of the policy of keeping the New South Wales military and naval officers abreaßt of tbe latest developments as regards warfare, the Minister for Defence has decided that Lieutenant Colquboun, the second officer in command of the naval forces, shall proceed to England to undergo a six-months’ course of training m gunnery, Ac. He will proceed to England in H.M.S. Pylades. H.M.S. Toreh was placed in the Lyttelton graving flock on Monday last lor a cleaning and painting

below the water-line. The new flagship Royal Arthur will probably visit New Zealand this month. Mr Wilson, late assistant purser on the Monowai, is now purser of the Dingadee, Mr Robinson, formerly chief steward of the Wainui, is now located on the same steamer.

The Rakanoa, which arrived at the Bluff from Calcutta on Monday last with a cargo of Eastern products, left there for Dunedin on Wednesday. She leaves Dunedin on Sunday, Lyttelton on Monday and Wellington on Tuesday next, for Auckland, thence to Sydney.. The celebrated Captain Slocum, who is cruising round the world.in his yawl-the Spray, arrived at Capetown on December 29. . ?,-? -.v ..The Talune, arriving at. Sydney at 10 p.m, on Wednesday, made the trip across from Wellington in 8 days 20J hours—a most creditable performance. The barque Norman MoLeod, now at Launceston, has been chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company to load wool at Napier for Home. . The Mararoa, from Sydney via Auckland, Gisborne and Napier, arrived here at 7.20 am- on Friday with 140 tons general; oargo.for Wellington. She left for the South in the evening.- A noticeable fact about this fine steamer is the very large! numbers of passengers which she invariably carries, proving that she is a'great favourite with the travelling public, < Captain Smith, late of the VVanaka,/'whoha3 had temporary charge of the. Te Anan while i that steamer has been engaged in the intercolonial trade, was to join the Rotomahana at Lyttelton on Friday for the trip to Sydney and back. Most probably Captain Bernech, nbw of the Rotorua, will again assume command of the Te Anan. The Corinna in getting up .to the Nelson wharf on Wednesday morning week gave that struoture a severe bump, knocking the end of the outer tee considerably out of plumb. A heavy gale was blowing at the time. i At a meeting of shareholders of the new Wanganui Steamship Company, held Bit the borough Council Chambers on Monday night week, the articles of association were gone through and approved. The capital of the Company was fixed at £20,000, in 400 shares of £SO each, of which it was reported that the full amount required for the purchase of the Manaroa had been subscribed. Messrs Hatrick, Clapham and Parsons were elected directors of the Company. • -• It may not be generally known that the cargo of wool shipped at Wellington this season by the ship Katy is the reoord cargo for a sailing vessel from New Zealand, and until recently was the record for Australasia. It was exceeded by the French ship Emile Rounoff, loaded at Sydney, whoso cargo consisted of 10,800 bales wool. - The Katy’s oargo was 10,512 bales wool and 15,000 bags of eoncentratea. The sudden departure «I the Maori for Picton on Sunday morning was on account of the boiler furnaces of the freezing hulk Edwin Fox collapsing, and as the meat on board had to be removed as quickly as possible, the Maori was despatched to pick it up, some 9000 carouses of mutton. Captain Anderson, who represents the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company in the South Island, and Mr J. Stevenson, foreman boilermaker of Messrs Cable and Co.’s foundry, were passengers. The latter gentleman and six workmen are to repair the damaged furnaces. The Maori arrived baok in the stream on Monday night. The local office of the Union Steam Ship Company is advised that the Orient Company’s steamship Lusitania is to leave Sydney for Capetown on the 19th inst. The fares from Sydney are: Saloon, £35 ; second, £24 ; third, £ls 15s. The barque Killarney, which armed at Port Chalmers from New York on January 18th, after a passage of 82 days (which is believed to be a record), left the southern port on Saturday last for Wellington. She brings part of her original cargo for this port, which includes a big line of kerosene, The chief officer of the Mararoa, Mr Brown, will, on that vessel’s arrival at Dunedin, prooeed to Australia to undergo his annual examination as a Naval Reserve officer. . The Rotomahana’s late arrival on Saturday was caused through the steamer striking on a mud-bank in Lyttelton Harbour for some hours. As the tide rose she floated off. >

In addition to the Tutanekai, the local yacht Neva spoke the barque Socotra, bound east through the Straits, on Sunday morning. The yacht was off Terawbiti at the time, and the captain of the vessel wished to be reported “AU well,"

Owing to the dense banks of smoke along the Victorian coast the Wakatipu was unalle to leave on her advertised date. The detention will probably mean that her sailing date from here direct to Bydney will be postponed from the 12th inst. to the 14th. ■ _ . , , Captain Slocum turned up at Capetown last month in the yawl Spray, in continuation of his oruise round the world, and a Cape paper, referring to his arrival, says :— 11 Perhaps the smallest craft which ever set out on a voyage around the world arrived in Table Bay on December 29th, m the shape of the yawl Spray, a boat of but nine tons. The hardy adventurer who formed her sole occupant is Captain J. Slocum, of Boston. Captain Slocum left Boston in April, 1895, proceeding to Gibraltar, then on to Brazil, through the Magellan Straits; thence he sailed through bad weather by Cape Horn to Australia, and subsequently to Mauritius. The little ‘ cockle-shell ’ has on the voyage already covered 34,000 miles, the last run being from Port Natal to Capetown, which occupied froni December 14th until December 29th. Captain Slocum intends to return to America via St. Helena and the West Indies.” THE AOTEA AT HOBART. Hobart, February 7. The Aotea, from London, arrived at 6 a.m. She sails at 1 p.m. for Wellington. Her passengers comprise 25 for New Zealand and 20 for Australian ports. R.M.S RUAHINE, FOR NEW ZEALAND. The following list of passengers had booked up to December 24th by the New Zealand Shipping Company’s Ruahine which left Plymouth on January Bth and Capetown on January 29th for New Zealand. The vessel is due at Auckland about February 21st:— Saloon-Mesdames Logan, Fraser, Buckley and 2 hildren, Rev Mclntosh, Messrs Logan, McNab, Fullerton, Mathias, Slade, Fraser, Buokley, Hilson, McGregor. Second saloon—Misses Brice, Robin, Richardson, Turton, Billham, Cubitt, Mesdames Brice, Scott, Turton, Beswick, Blackley, Bignell, Revs Scott, Howaid, Masters, Messrs Isaacson, Carr, Turton, Morris. Steerage—Miss Stevenson, Mesdames Sheats, Cochrane and family (4), Jones nd fanily (4), Messrs Harrison, Martin, Ellis, ignell, Sedman, Watts, Black, Sleep, Vigor, Hall. R.M.S. MIOWERA, FROM VANCOUVER. The Canadian-Australian mail boat Miowera, from Vancouver via Victoria, Houolulu and Suva, arrived in port at 9.15 a.m. on the 2nd, and after being inspected by the Health Officer, was berthed at the Queen’s Wharf. Mr Humphries, the popular purser, supplies us with the following account of the voyage The liner left Vancouver at 12.18 a.m. on 10th ult., and Victoria at 2 p.m. on the same date, clearing the Straits of Juan de Fuca at 6.50 p.m. Strong south-west winds with heavy head sea were experienced to lat. 40 N., long, 189 YY„ thence fine weather to Honolulu, arriving there at 6 a.m. on the 18th. Left'that port at 5.30 p.m. the same day, and met with strong north-east trades to lat. 4 N., long. 168 W. The Equator was crossed at 4 a.m. on the 23rd, and Weilangilala passed at 11 a.m. on the 27th, Suva being reached at 11 o’clock the sam9 night. The steamer left Suva at 5 p.m. on the 28th, Mount Washington being passed five hours later. Strong winds and high seas were experienced on the run down to Cape Maria Van Dieman, which was passed at 10 p.m. on Monday last. A moderate westerly gale was met with until Cape Egmont was passed, then strong southerly gale to arrival as above. Some excellent steaming was done in the tropics on the way down, the records for some of the days being 368,857, 350 and 348 miles. The steamship arrived in Suva a day before her time-table date, and was right up to time here. The following passengers landed here:—Mrs House, Messrs House, McEwen, Braumewell, Clark, Yates and Walker. There were 30 through passengers for Sydney. _ Her New Zealand cargo consisted of 25 oylmdera of ammonia, three packages of bicycles, 255 do implements, 50 do graphophones, 71 do machinery, 744 cases salmon, 59 do drugs, 23 do shoes, 92 packages' paper, 12 do typewriters, 4663 bunches bananas, 469 cases do and sundries. She had about 1100 tons of cargo for Sydney and an additional 300 tons were shipped here. The Miowera left for Sydney direct at 7.15 last evening week, a large crowd witnessing her departure. THE WAIRARE’S TRIP TO THE WEST COAST SOUNDS. No greater attraction could possibly be held out to holiday-makers than a visit to the West Coast Sounds on the Union Steam Ship Company’s steamer Waikare. Every night there was a concert or dance on board, the days being filled in with fishing, sketching, visiting all places of interest in the vicinity, including the goldmines, etc. Fireworks were exploded each night, suppers given (which would vie with the best of hotels as regards menu) and the boats belonging to the steamer were always available for boating parties when lying at anchor. Everyone whose luck it was to be present declared that the time thus spent was absolutely the best ever experienced. The gaptain and officers are to be highly complimented op tbg manner in which the whole affair was conducted, RECOGNITION OF BRAVERY BY UNDERWRITERS. On the 18th November the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, on behalf of the underwriters on ship and cargo of the Beaver line steamer. Lake Winnipeg, made presentation to Captain Taylor and the oreWi in recognition of their bravery-in bringing the steamer safely from New Brunswick to Liverpool in February last under "circumstances of extreme difficulty. The vessel carried general cargo, also a large number of cattle and horses. Very severe weather was experienced and heavy seas shipped, causing the oargo to shift. The vessel fell, off into the trough of the sea, with a heavy list to port; - A considerable quantity, of water found its way into the engine-room,-extinguishing the fires in the port boilers. The main deck was flooded fore and aftfoattle were adrift, and the crew, frequently waist-deep in water, were employed bailing out water and shifting cattle. The heavy weather continuing, the fires were all extinguished and the engines stopped, and at that time the vessel was in danger of foundering. By continuous efforts of the drew the fires in the port boilers were on the following day re-lighted, and ultimately, by shifting cargo, the vessel was got upright. Then another tremendous gale was experienced, the water again going down the stokehole and extinguishing the fires, the cattle breaking adrift, and tne cargo shifting. For nine days the vessel lay with a iisfc varying from 12 to 27 degrees to port, and lurching to as much as 40 degrees. By persevering efforts the vessel was freed from water, and the fires lighted, the steamer arriving at Liverpool without further mishap. On several occasions the master was requested by the crew to abandon the vessel, but on each occasion he succeeded in persuading them to oontinue their efforts to save Bhip and cargo. Captain Taylor was presented with a gold watch and a cheque for 41100. The other presentations were Mr P, F. Thomas, chief officer, £lO ; Mr Joseph Dillon, donkeyman, £lO j Mr S. 8, Dunbar, second officer, £7; Mr T. Sherrjngr ton, extra second officer, £6 ; and Mr W. H. Rowr lands, chief steward, £5. Exclusive of what was handed to the master, the sum of £l7O 5s was distributed amongst the officers and crew, and the cattlemen who were on board received £SO amongst them. THE G. M. TUCKER IN A GALE. The appearance of the barque G. M. Tuoker t deck as she was brought alongside Jervois quay a little after midday on Friday was sufficient evidence to show that that vessel had been severely dealt with by the elements, and that quite recently. She left Newcastle on January 22nd, and nothing out of the ordinary occurred until Tuesday week. She was bowling along splendidly under a westerly breeze between Sinclair Head and Tom’s Rock, when the wind suddenly chopped round to south-south-east, and came down upon the vessel with a shriek, There was absolutely no warning given, and before the crew could shorten sail no less than eight of them were blown to ribbons. It is a very lucky thing for the ship that Captain Holm was in charge, as no one knows this part of the coast better than he, and to a stranger, under such circumstances, the storm and want of sail would, in all proba-

bility, have meant destruction. After some difficulty Captain Holm managed to wear the ship, when he ran for shelter behind Mana Island, where new sails were bent on, the vessel reaching, port on Thursday evening. The heap of torn canvas on the main hatch drew numbers of spectators to the Bhip’s side, and among seafaring men served to introduce many a long-spun yarn about the sea. The Tucker brings a full load of Newcastle coal Consigned to Mr W. C. Gasquoine.