SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4119, 3 June 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET 01’ WELLINGTON. High Water—o. 27 a.m. ; C. 47 r.M. ARRIVED. June 2.—Tararua. s.s,, 521 tons, Clark, from Melbourne. Via the West Coast. Passage-s-Mrs. Maher, Mrs. Broatlbent ami 3 children, Messrs, it. Parker, Welshman, J. Parker, W. Latham, Lougtord, ami 7 in the steerage. agent. June 2.- Nil. ENTERED INWARDS. June 2.—-Fiery Cross, schooner, 72 tons, John Grundv. from Lyttelton. Muster, agent. Result *hi|» 721 tons, Thomas Jarvis, from Newcastle. N.S.W. N.Z.S. Co..agents. ’ CLEARED OUT. June 2.—Fawn, Fetch. 32 tons, J. Davis, for Blenheim,' with. IS,OOO (cel timber. Master, agent. IMFORTS. Result, from Newcastle—lloo tons coal, 37 cases oranges. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Melbourne, via the Southern* Pouts.—Alhambra, s.s., 3rd instant. , , ~ . Southern Ports. —City of Adelaide, mail stcamor, 4lli instant. Svdney.-11.M.5. Challenger. Adelaide.— Kangaroo ; sailed 20th May. Newcastle. —Australind. barque ; sailed -Ist May. London. —Weymouth, ship ; Waikato, ship ; sailed ISth March. PROJ ECT ED DEPART URES. WANCANui.-Stormbird, s.s., this day. Lyttelton. —Paterson, p.s., 3rd instant, at noon. Melbouume, via W e.st Coast. —Alhambra, s.a.drd instant. ~ Melbourne, via Southern Ports.—lararua, s.s., sth instant. , , Kxsvkvkv, via Napikii and Auckland.— City of Adelaide, A. and A.M.S.S., 4th instant. Newcastle. —McCalliun More, ship; Edwin Bassett, barquj ; Kevershnm, barque—early, London. —Wennington, ship.

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Pout Chalmers.—June 2, sailed—S.3o a.m., Alhambra, 5.»., for Lyttelton ; 3.45 p.m., City of Adelaide, s.s. ; 4.30 p.m., Taranaki. Tho ship Dallam Tower has completed her loading. Yesterday was an unusually dull day on the wharf. Of steamers there were none, and arrivals and departures were alike absent. , . Tho ship La Hogue was hauled a.ongside thc wharf early yesterday morning, under the direction oi the inner pilot. The brigantine Lizzie Guy moved over from tho wharf to tho breastwork yesterday, to complete her loading of pipes. The schooner Aurora has been on a cruise to Evans Bay, but finding the barque Anne and Jane on the Slip, she returned yesterday morning, and will go over on Wednesday again. She will have her bottom scraped on the Slip and other retittings accomplished. The barque Edwin Bassett cleared yesterday for Newcastle, and, if the wind holds fair, will sail m -he course of tho day. , . . . - The Canterbury papers report tho foundering oi tno ketch Emu. She was caught in a squall, capsized, and Ailed, going down in deep water. The crew, fortunately, were saved. . . ~ . ~ Tho following consignment was mistaken in the Inverallan 3 manifest3d drums, 35 pkgs, 18 brb. 13 casks 5 bars, 50 arms and boxes, 3 hhds, 12 cases, J lifting jacks, 4 cases, 32 pkgs ship chandlery, E. W. Mills. , „ Tho s 3. Tararua left Hobsons Bay at «.»»0 p.m. on May 25 : passed the heads at 0 p.m., and the Sisters at 2 p.m. on the 20th ; experienced light headwinds and flue weather on the j.tassage across, arriving off Hokitika at 5 p.m. on die 31st: left again at 4.30 a m and arrived otf Nelson at 3.30 a.m. on June 1 ; left Nelson atJ.l a.m. same morning and arrived in Wellington at 10 p.m. last evening, The ship Result brings the following passengers Mr. Matthewson. Mr. R. Arnold. . , Tho ship Conflict, 1171 tons, was loading in London for Wellington on tho 27th of March ; and the J. Cr. Thompson, 1293, at Liverpool, on the 11th March. The s lip Waikato, for Wellington with immigrants, sailed for Plymouth on the 21th of March. The Weymouth, also for Wellington, passed out on the 20th of March. t . , , The Ashburton, 506 tons, W. 1 oung, master, cleared at Melbourne on the 12th of May for Wellington, via Geographe llay, W.A. Five hundred and forty-nine wrecks were reported in England from the beginning of the present year to the 6 til of April. On March 20 Messrs. M Patlyen and Co._, Port Glasgow launched an iron sailing ship of 350 tons, for Messrs. D. and J. Sproal, Kirkcudbright, named tho Loch Cree. This is the third iron ship for tile Australian and New Zealand trades which has been launched this month by Port Glasgow shipbuilders.— “European Mail," April?. A Dicey twin-ship is rapidly approaching completion, and will probably be ready for service in June. The vessel is 290 feet long. 00 feet wide, and draws only 0 feet of water. The Channel passage is in a fair way to be robbed of its terrors during the coming Se On March 20 Messrs. Barclay and Cctrie, of Whiteinch, launched an iron sailing ship, named the Mairi Phan, and of the following dimensionsl,36o tons ; in length, 230 feet; breadth, SiJ'f feet ; and depth 3,j feet. She has been built with all the newest appliances for the accommodation of passengers and cargo, having in both respects satisfied the utmost requirements of the emigration and Lloyd's surveyors. She proceeds through the agency of Thomas Aikman and Co., to New Zealand as one of the ships of the lino of Messrs. Patrick Henderson and Co., and will carry to that colonv passengers and goods.—lbid. .Rapid Steaming—The screw-steamcr Vasco do Gama, pioneer steamer of the China Trans-Pacific Steamship Company (Limited), has just completed her second trip across the Pacific, in both cases having made the quickest passages on record, although she has had to oppose the vessels of tho American Pacific Mall Company, the largest and best equipped mail line sailing under the American flag, and largely subsidised by the American Government to ensure speed. On her second voyage she accomplished the distance between San Francisco and Yokohama in seventeen days two hours, being more than two days in advance of any passage on record. The second vessel, the Vancouver, has left London to take up her station, These vessels have been specially built for the company by Messrs. Henderson, Couiborn A Co., of Renfrew, who are rapidly pushing on with others ; and a monthly line will shortly he established between Hong Kong, Yokohama, and San Francisco. A connection will also bo formed by smaller . steamers between Shanghai and Yokohama, and in a few months we may confidently expect correspondence by this route in thirty-six days from Shanghai, and thirty-three from Yokohama, —"London and China Telegraph.” Hunwc'A.VES in rare Atuaniic.—The steamer Spain, on a recent trip from Liverpool to New York, reports that she encountered a hurricane which carried her boats from the davits and smashed one of them, Tho lifeboats were secured before they could be carried off. Loth funnels were badly broken, and the steam-pines carried away. The forward funnel was forced in just as if it were made of brown paper, and it was feared the seas would force their way down to the furnaces and piA out the fires. For four days the most terrible weather prevailed. The windows of the cabins were forced in, and the pilot-house was in great ;isk of being carried away. At one time the forepart of the vessel was down in the sea, and her stern high np in the air for several minutes, and it was feared she was about to founder, but she righted again. All through the remainder of the voyage the weather was exceedingly rough,—"European Mail,” April 7. Gkk.vt Mo CTAI.ITY Among Seamkn, —At the meeting of the Seamen’s Orphan Institute, held at Liverpool ca March 27, Mr, James Beasley stated that lie had I eceived some figures from the Board of Trade showing that a very large_ increase had taken place in the number of sailors who had died at sea during last wear as compared with previous years. During the last four years 18,363 deaths of British seamen had occurred either abroad or at sea, and these represented 12,212 sailors' widows, and 30,720 orphans. At London, March 20, 'Vf. Orchard, the Captain of the Pekina, lying in the London Dock, was summoned by Arthur Maud, for £35 wages, during a voyage from London to Australia and back; and by Edward Emery, for £36 wages, from Australia to London. Mr. I’elham a. ipeared for the complainants, who had been summoned by tho captain for a refusal of duty, and sentenced to one day's imprisonment, and to forfeit two days' pay; and pending the magistrate's decision, ■ their accounts had not to be paid. There was no dispute in Emery's wages, which were ordered to be paid; and, as an account had not been rendered, 21s, costs were allowed. During the voyage, Maud incurred expenses amounting to £l4 2s, 5d,, leaving a balance of £2O 13s. 7d. That amount was ordered to be paid, and 213. costs. —“European Mail," April. Tun C'i.vde 3iiil'«uii,ding Tp.adh.— The shipbuilding trade of the Clyde, although showing well in the amount of tonnage launched during the month of March, cannot bo said to be in such a satisfactory state as at the commencement of the year. There lues been somewhat of a lull in tho closing of contracts, owing, in some degree, to tho uncertainty of the iron market. A number of the slilpbuildingyards are showing more vacant than occupied stocks, Tho aggregate tonnage launched during the month is the highest ever reached on the Clyde, exceeding by 1200 tons tho aggregate of March, 1873, which was considered an exceptionally high total. The quarter, however, shows a decrease of 2700 tons, as compared with the first quarter in 1873, but it. hi 18,650 tons above the same period In 1872, and 22,000 tons over the average of the live quarters preceding 1873, Tho list of vessels launched/luring the past month is remarkable for the large sis/ of firstclass steamers, and for the evidence of a revival in the building of merchant sailing vessels. OI the steamers, the four largest give a total tonnage of 13,700 tons, and the next four of 7300 tons. Of tho sailing vessels there were five having an aggregate tonnage of sailing ves ids launched in 1873, and to half the total launched in 1872, and about two-thirds of the total tonnage of sailing sifips launched in 1871,—“Homo News,” THE WRECK OF THE BARQUE EARL OF SOimiESK. A preliminary inquiry into the causes of tiio wreck of tlto barque Karl of Southcsk on the Barrett’s Reef, on Thursday last, lias been hold at the Custom House, before H, S, McKellar, Esq,, Collector of Customs, and Captain Johnson, of the Marino Board, The follow! ig evidence was taken;— „ AViin A, Frodsharn: I am a master mariner, holding a Board of Trade certificate as master, No. 11610, I was master of the barque Earl of Southcsk, having joined her at Melbourne on April 18th last. I have found her to world fairly and never to miss stays. I have been to this port before in tho barque Alliance, when she was wrecked in Fitzroy Bay, and know the harbor well, though I never brought a ship into it. The ship rounded Terawiti about 4 p.m, on the 27th, and Sinclair Head about 5 p.m., the wind at the time being strong from the north, Tho sails were reduced to ' o.ihicrocfcd topsails, but towards S the wind fell light, and about 10 it fell calm, when tho ship was anchored in 14 fathoms, Beriearrow light bearing E.N.E. Through the night tho weather was lino and

calm, witli a considerable roll from the southward. An officer and a seaman were on deck keeping watch, witli instructions to lot me know if there was any change. At 8 a.m. on the 23th a breeze sprang up from tho N.W., and tho ship got under weigh, the cables being ranged ready to let go. About 10.30 the wind failed, and tho starboard anchor was let go five or six|cablcs south of the end of Barretts Reef. About a quarter past 1 the breeze came up, and tho mamyards were canted forward a little on the starboard tack, tho end of the reef being then on tho starboard quarter. As the ship's head fell off to the eastward a puff of wind from Penearrow Head tho sails from filling on the starboard tack. Iho atteryards were then hauled away to catch the wind on the port tack ; but the wind again failed, and she struck on the outer big rock of Barrett’s Reef. Iho anchor was not let go, as it would have rendered striking inevitable. As it was, she was within two feet of getting clear. She struck right at the stern, first a* the rudder. The wind was then from the southward, and the sails were filled on the starboard tack to draw clear; but immediately after striking she commenced to break up. and went down in ten minutes, vv Uiio at anchor the tide was not setting in very strong, running about N.N.E., but a long roll from the southward caused a heavy sea on the reef. 1 did not signal for a pilot, feeling myself quite competent, with the aid of tho instructions in tho “New Zealand iilot, to make my way in. The captains certificate and ship’s register were lost in the vessel. George Harrison Ross stated he was first mate of the barque, and had been in her about six mouths ; she was rather unmanageable in light winds, being a dull sailer and heavy to work. She was well equipped on the late voyage. At 8 a.m. on the Lbth, she was anchored in fourteen fathoms, about equidistant from Penearrow Lighthouse ami Barrett s Reef, the former bearing E.N.E., the latter X. half \\\ The mate then gave the details, corroborating Captain Frodsham’s statement, and in reply to a question from Captain Johnson, said everything that seamen could do was done to save the ship utter she got under v/eigh the second time. Andrew George Swenson stated ho was second mate on board the Earl of Southesk. At S a.m. on the 28th, the ship was anchored about three quarters of a mile from the outer rock at reef, in eleven fathoms; soundings were taken during the night. The anchor was lot go the second time at eleven o’clock, the ship being about a cable length from the rock, which was about two points on the starboard quarter ; at a quarter past twelve tho anchor was heaved up, about fifteen or sixteen fathoms having been paid out, all sails being set, with courses hauled up and jibs down, yards canted, and starboard foie braces sharp up, tho main braces hardly so, in preparation for tho wind on the starboard side. There was enough wind to keep the sails steady against tho masts, but tho lieavv sea kept them flapping. The jib was then partly hoisted, but ordered down again because tho wind canto off the port side so far as to shako the forotopsail and topgallantsail; this lasted about two minutes, when the wind a second time came olf the starboard bow, and the jibs were hoisted again, the vessel being then a ship's length oft the rock; she payed off sufficiently to fill the after yards, when the forevards were hauled round and filled, and the courses 'set, four or live minutes after which tho vessel struck. Henry Brown, A. 8.. corroborated the foregoing statements. He felt satisfied everything possible had been done to save the ship. Pilot Holmes stated that at half-past 7 on the morning of the 2Sth he saw tho signal for a ship at the outer station, and immediately launched his boat. On getting outside, saw a barque getting under weigh, and beginning to beat to windward. She had no signal for a pilot flying. He went ashore at the west ledge, and stood watching the barque, which seemed Ho be well under command. Shortly after nine o’clock the wind was blowing from tho northward, but while the barque was standing to the westward tho wind fell calm, and she anchored in a lino with the reef, about a quarter of a mile to the southward, Penearrow light bearing about E. 4S. He went on to tne ship Inverallan, which was flying the signal for a pilot, and was about a mile away when he saw the barque strike. He immediately turned the boat round to render asssistance. seeing the men hanging to the jibboom and bowsprit. On getting within a quarter of a mile, saw a boat leaving the barque and pulling up tho harbor, the vessel at the same time going down head first. Havi ig made a search round the spot to see If anyone ■was left, he went on to the Inverallan. At the time tho vessel struck it was nearly a cairn, though there was a strong breeze brewing from the southward. Ho thought from there being no flag that the vessel was a timber barque from Kaipara. Had he not had tho Inverallan and mail steamer to pilot in the same day, he would have boarded her, although she had no pilot flag flying.