SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4142, 30 June 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF AVELLINGTON. Hum Water. —4.54 a.ii. ; 5.15 p.m. ARRIVED. June 28.—Lyttelton, p.s., SC tons, AA m. Scott, from AVairau, No passengers. 11. S. Ledger, agent. June 29.—Kaiunia, schooner, JO tons, I*. Maine, from Lyttelton. No passengers. Phmraer, Leaves and Co., agents. . ~ , , _ Cora, schooner, 45 tons, John Russel, from Oamaru. No passengers. Master, agent. SAILED. jyvE "S \spasia, schooner, 54 tons, G. Thompson. ‘for the East Coast. No passengers. Edward Pearce, agent. . . Enterprise, brigantine, S 5 tons, J. Campbell, for Castlepoint and Naj>ier. Amateur, ketch, 25 tons, Pike, for I°.xton. June 20.—Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, J. Griffiths, for Wanganui. Passengers Saloon : Mrs. Coleman, Messrs. C. S. Harrison, Palmer, Coleridge, Conway, and Cameron. , , Stormbird, s.s., 37 tons. P. Doile, for Wanganui and New Plymouth, or AVaitara. AV r . and G. Turnbull and Co., agents. , , . t, c Lyttelton, p.s., 85 tons, Scott, for Llcnheim, R. S. Ledger, agent. ENTERED INWARDS. June 29.—Stormbird. s.s., 07 tons, P. Doile, from "Wanganui. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. Martin, Capt. Butt, Messrs. Knowles and Dauby. CLEARED OUT. June 29.—Dido, cutter, SO tons, AA r . Groves, for the Wairau. IMPORTS. Lyttelton, from Wairau : 43 casks tallow, 114 bales vrrol, 1 pel, 0 hides, Kaiuma from Lvttelton ; 215 sacks bran, 10 tons flour, 30 sacks sharps, 40 bales chart', 50 cases cheese, (57 sacks oats. _ , , tJ _ Stormbird, from Wangamu: o 7 kegs butter, 1 case chairs, 2 bdls spades- . .. , Cora, from Oamaru: 150 sacks flour, 100 half do, 120 bags bran, 120 do oats, 00 do wheat, 10 do pollard, 70 do sharps. . „ ~ . , . The Manawatu, from AVanganui, on Friday brought the following cargo :—ls casks tallow, 22 bales wool, - boxes, 3 pels, 9 kegs butter, 33 hides, 1 bdl pjgskins, 6 bales fungus, 5 cases, 30 sacks maize, 50 kegs ammunition, 9 trunks, 1 tin box. EXPORTS. Stormbird, to Wanganui: 4 cases drapery, 3 trusses do, 1 pkg do, 6 pkgs hardware, 1 keg sundries, S casks ale. 50 sacks oats, 1 case chairs, 55 pkgs groceries, B tanks. To New Plymouth : 4 cases «i«*pcry, i truss do, SO bags salt, 4 case* •mj-ants, s casksi stout, Ike sotla 10 cases Wine, 3 do whisky, 3 do old tom, 1 sack oatmeal, 1 case pickles, 10 cases ginger wine, 10 cases lime juice. 115 sackaoats. S cases currants, 10 bags salt. A-waK^-ictflonaue; aiift- n, quantity of transhipped.goods ex La Hogue, AVoodlark, Wcnatngton, Tararua, Claud Hamilton, and Otago. Lyttelton, to AVairau; 1 pci, 3 kegs staples, 1 do rivets, 3 cases, 2 casks, 30 tons coal. Manawatu, to AVanganui ; 7 pkgs, 4 cases, 4 boxes raisins, 1 case coffee, 10 boxes candles, 11 sheets iron, 1 ton lead. 12 camp ovens, 1 case hardware, 3 bars iron, 1 pkg stationery, 1 bale, 1 cask. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Kandavau, via Auckland and Napier.—A. and A.R.M.S. City of Adelaide, with Californian mails of May, 30th inst. Melbourne, via Southern Ports. —Omeo, s.s., Ist proximo. Melbourne. —Ashburton,via Geographeßay,AV.A.; sailed 12th May. Auckland. —H.M.S. Blanche, brigantine Rbyno, p.s. Paterson. Napier.—Fairy, s.s. Adelaide. —Kangaroo ; sailed 20th May. Newcastle. —Omega, sailed June G; Frowning Beauty. London. —AVeymouth, ship, sailed 7th April (from Deal) : Waikato, ship ; sailed ISth March —and 24th March from Plymouth, with immigrants; Reichstag, Strathnavar, St. Leonards, Panthea, Euterpe, sailed 2Sth April ; Conflict, sailed sth May. Liverpool.— J. A. Thompson, ship. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne, via the AVest Coast.—Omeo, s.s., Ist proximo, Sydney.—La Hogue, ship, early. London, via Lyttelton.—AA'ennington, chip. Auckland.— H.M.S. Challenger, early. Newcastle.— Malay, barque, early.

BY TELEGRAPH. PICTON. June 28.—Arrived: Taranaki, s.s., from ’Wellington, Sailed : Taranaki, s.s., for Nelson. NELSON. June 20.—Arrived: Taranaki, 8.3., from Picton. Sailed : Wellington, for Picton. LYTTELTON. Juno 20.—Arrived: Stonehouse, from London, 80 clays out, with 4GG souls, all well; Moss Glen, from Hobart Town, with timber and horses. The Ladybird sails for the North to-morrow at 4 p.m. Cleared ; Eakaia. for London, with a general cargo valued at £05,000. NAPIER. June 20.—8.30 p.m.; The s.s. City of Adelaide, from Auckland, with the Californian mail, has arrived at the Spit. PORT CHALMERS. June 29.—Arrived: Duke of Edinburgh and Australian Sovereign, from Newcastle. Sailed: City of Tanjore, ship, for Newcastle. The screw steamer Fairy, from Napier, will shortly arrive in the harbor. She is to take the place of Messrs. Turnbull and Co.’s steamer Napier, which has now almost finished her repairs on the patent slip, and will there receive an overhaul. The schooner Aspasia, with a large cargo of stores, &c., as per manifest in Saturday’s issue, left the harbor for Castlepoint and Napier yesterday, having been wind-bound for some days. The brigantine Enterprise also left for the East Coast yesterday with a cargo of timber. The schooner Kaiuma, from Lyttelton, brings another large addition to the grain market in the shape of flour and other produce. The Cora, schooner, has arrived from Oamaru with a large cargo of oats, flour, and wheat, and other produce. She left Dunedin on the 19th instant, and called in at Oamaru, where she loaded for this port. The run up was made in good time fyeforo the S,E. winds. The paddle steamer Manawatu left the wharf yesterday evening for AVangauu!, with general cargo and passengers. The steamer Stormbird took in a large cargo of stores and provisions during yesterday, and sailed for Wanganui in the evening. After discharging at Wanganui, the Stormbird this time goes on to New Plymouth, for which port a large portion of her cargo is shipped. Should the roadstead not allow her to land cargo she will go on to the .Waitara, which she safely entered and left on her last trip to that port some weeks back. There is not very much difference between the depths of water drawn by the Stormbird and by the Paterson, and it is likely that the navigation of the Waitara will, after the Paterson’s late attempt, be divested of some of the terrors which have been supposed to beset it. The river and bar are not really so dangerous as they are generally set down to be. The paddle-steamer Lyttelton appeared again in the Day on Sunday night from the Wairau, where she has been collecting wool for conveyance to Wellington. She brings over . some IX4 bales, which will considerably swell the available cargo for the Wennington. In addition to the wool she has 48 casks of tallow, large quantities of which are now coming in from the other side. The Lyttelton cleared yesterday afternoon, and was to sail at night on the return trip to the Wairau. The cittter Dido, which arrived here from the Wairau a few days back, cleared in the afternoon for the return trip. The safe arrival of the immigrant ship Stonehouse, from London, is reported from Lyttelton. She brings out 4C6 souls, all well, after a good passage of 80 days, Lyttelton has been more fortunate this time than in the case of the Northampton, and there will luckily be no need of stringent quarantine regulations in the Australian colonies, on account of the Stonehouse. The steamer City of Adelaide, carrying the San Francisco mails, arrived at the Spit at Napier at 8.30 p.m. last night. The Ladybird is to sail from Lyttelton at 4 p.m. to-day, and will therefore probably arrive to-morrow forenoon. A Submarine Volcano, — Captain McKenzie, of the schooner Kennilworth, gives us an interesting account of an extraordinary phenomenon witnessed by all on board that schooner on the 30th April, while the vessel was midway between the islands of Tonga and Haabai, two of the Friendly Group. Early in the morning a fountain of water was seen rising from the sea, accompanied by clouds of steam, which effectually prevented It being taken for the spouting of a whale. As the schooner approached nearer to It its volume was found to be very large. The stream of water was projected into the air to a height of over a hundred feet, and fell over in graceful curves. From the quantity of steam which was evoked It seemed nearly certain that the projected water was boiling. The spot is marked on the chart as a shoal, although it is fully twelve miles from land. In consequence of this Captain McKenzie was deterred from approaching close to the singular phenomenon. It continued with very little variation, at the same height, all the time it was in sight. Mariners have noticed that the small islands in this neighborhood are continually altering in elevation. They are no doubt subjected to strong volcanic agenev, and the strange spectacle observed by Captain McKenzie was probably one of the few Instances on record of the visible working of a submarine volcano.—Auckland Star, June 19.

TOWING A DISMASTED SHIP IN A GALE. The following report of the passage of the steamer ■Western ami the shlpSouthem .Belle, from Kockhampton, appears in the hriftharis: Courier of the 29th ult.: —“The steamer Western having been engaged to tow the dismasted ship Southern Bello, 1290 tons, to Sydney, arrangements were made on board the steamer to perform the work In a very efficient manner. The chain cable was trussed from each side forward through a beam extending over each quarter, the bight being round the stern, thus forming a bridle. To this a new 11-Inch raanila hawser was shackled, the other end being shackled to the bower chain of the ship. A travelling messenger was fitted on the warp as a moans of communication between the vessels, and a simple code of signals arranged in event of the messenger breaking. On Thursday, the 21st instant, at la.m., the vessels started from Mud Island, Fitzroy Elver, and at 5 a.m. rounded Cape Capricorn. Throughout the day it blew hard from the 8.W., but the little steamer did her work well, going at the rate of 0 to 7

knots, according ns the wind came ahead, or the foro-aml-aft sails drew. Bustard Head light ivas sightwi in the evening, and Lady Elliots Island light At mid night. On Friday, the 22nd, at 4 a.m., the lighten Sandy Cape was visible, and at 9 a.m., when some instance off the land, it came on to blow hard from the south, with heavy S.E. sea. htoort to the westward for an hour when getting less sea, again stood south, blowing hard from the S.S W. Vt S a.m. on Saturday, the 23rd, Double Iron Point boro west, and at 8 p.m. of the same dav passed Cape Moreton. At noon on Sunday, the 24th, Point Danger was passed, the wind still continuing from the south and west, with fresh gales and heavy sea from S.E. At 10 p.m. sighted the lights at Richmond River, the steamer towing the ship very quickly southward, but during the night the wind veered more to the south and sea increased. At daylight of Monday, the 25th, it was blowing a very heavy gale from south, with very high S.E. sea, rendering it necessary to cast the ship oil, Clarence Peak bearing west, distant twenty miles. The AVern by keeping her screw slowly revolving and some canvas set, kept her position well, but the unfortunate Southern Belle drifted very rapidly out of sight, appearing to labor very heavily, and making bad weather of it. Her drift was carefully noted by those in charge of the AVestern. At noon the sea was heavy and dangerous, but the steamer was kept away on a N.N.E. course, running from ten to twelve knots, and at four o’clock sighted the ship, when both vessels were wore round on the port tack, and were again soon out of sight. During the night the gale continued and the sea was very heavy and dangerous. On Tuesday at daylight, the steamer was again kept away, the time on a N.AV. by N. course, and after running from forty to fifty miles again got the ship in sight, but in a very deplorable condition. Her sails had blown away, and the vessel sprung a leak keeping the men at the pumps throughout the night, ihough wind still blowing a gale, the sea had gone down a little, and while the steamer was engaged picking up the towline Captain Symons and ..Captain Banks wont on board the ship. A consultation was held, the conclusion arrived at being that for the safety of the vessel it would be advisable to bear up for the nearest port—viz., Moreton Bay. The towline was again shackled to the little steamer, and not slipped until the vessel was safely anchored last night in Moreton Bay. The gale still continues, and it is well for the Southern Belle, in her present crippled state, she is not outside. ’*

AX EXTRAORDINARY CASE. The Kewcastle Pilot of Bth June writes that “ rumors have been current respecting the death of Mrs. Gisson, wife of Captain Gisson, of the barque 1 Banda, now in this port, who died at sea about eight weeks since. It appears that during the passage of the Bamla-to Sydney the lady gave birth to a child, which died, and a few days after her confinement Mrs. Gisson also died. She had been attended by a nurse —a Mrs. Rodgers—but no medical man was on board the vessel. On the arrival of the barque in Sydney, Captayi._£»i* s< >n-does not appear to have officially ■registered the deaths, but he seems to have had the bodies of his wife and child preserved in spirits, in a watertight coffin, made on board by the ship’s carpenter, with the object, it is stated, of carrying them to his wife's native country for burial. On the arrival of the Banda in Sydney the bodies were placed in a leaden shell, which was enclosed in an • elegant coffin of polished cedar. Mrs. Rodgers is a qualified midwife, and was taken on board specially to attend the lady during her confinement In addition to his wife. Captain Giason’s three children were also on board the barque. In Sydney, Captain Gisson discharged Mrs. Rodgers, and the barque came on to Newcastle. The next stage of this very singular affair Is, that Mrs, Rodgers makes statements, not while the vessel is in Sydney, but after it had sailed, to the effect that Captain Gisson was to a certain extent guilty of negligence, inasmuch as he prevented the nurse (Rodgers) from attending his wife, and preferred nursing the latter himself. In this way the nurse appears to have sought to implicate the captain in some way in his wife’s death; and her statements having been brought officially before the police authorities in Sydney, led to instructions being sent to Mr. Sub-Inspector Thorpe, in Newcastle, to have a coroner’s inquiry' held. The district coroner commenced the inquest at the Criterion Hotel, on Saturday. Doctors S. T. Knaggs and H. F. McGrath proceeded on board the barque for the purpose of making a post-mortem examination of the deceased. On Arriving on board the barque, Mr. Sub-inspector Thorpe directed the coffin to be opened on deck, Tha body of the deceased lady had been successf” 11 *' embalmed and enclosed in a leaden winch was laid Jn a handsome polished cedar coffin, on which was placed a plate, with the name and age of the deceased inscribed thereon. The body, which was apparently well preserved, was here viewed by the jury', who afterward returned to the Criterion Hotel, where the inquest was resumed. The only witness examined on Saturday was Anno Rodgers, who deposed; I am the wife of Robert AVilson Rodgers, of Bangalore, India. lam at present residing in Sydney. I knew the deceased, Mary Anne Gisson. I came as servant to her in the barque Banda. I have this day* seen her dead body on board the barque Banda, now lying in the harbor of Newcastle.—At this stage of the case Mr. Sub-Inspector Thorpe asked for a postponement of the inquiry until Monday, which was granted.