SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4144, 2 July 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON’. High Water.—6.2o a.m.; 6-40 ARRIVED. July I.—Ladybird, s.s.. 2SC tong, H. J. Andrew, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Mw< A. Hulking, blisses Gray and Coaker, Hon. Major Richardson. Hon. Major Richmond, Hon. Colonel Brett, Messrs. J. (J. Brown, T. L. Shepherd, J. L. Gillies, L. McGil* livray. Gill, Smith, Boyes, D. Wetherby, G. N. > lucent, Stamper, and Klein. ~, _ . City of Adelaide, s.s., 824 tons. J. W. Brown, from Kandavau, via Auckland and Napier. Passengers Saloon: From Kandavau: Mr. Brown, mail agent. Rev. Mr. Elwyn. and Mrs. Elwyn. From Auckland : Cant. Fraser, Major Jackson, Messrs. Uloth, Henderson, and Sander. From Napier: Mr. and Mrs. Peacock, Mrs. Johnson, three children, and nurse, Rev. Mr. Forrest, Mr. Justice Johnston, Messrs. Gillies. Clapcott, Pearson, WUmer, and Hart; steerage. 3. . ~, Manawatn, p.a., 105 tons, J. Griffiths, from M anganui Passengers Saloon : Mrs. Thompson and family, Messrs. Taylor. Coles, Duckworth, Wales, and Yaile, and Master Ripley. R. -8. Ledger, agenC Lyttelton, s.s.. SO tons. J. Scott, from wairau No 'passengers. R. S. Ledger, agent. , Rangatira, s.s., ISS tons, Charles Lloyd, from Napier. Passengers —Saloon ; Mrs. Lindler, Mrs. Disct, Messrs. Campbell, Cooper, and Baxter. R, S. Ledger, agent. Melanie, three-masted schooner, 130 tons, Creagh, from Kaipara. Edward Pearce, agent. SAILED. July I.—City of Adelaide, s.s. 824 tons. J. "W. Brown, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers; W. and G. Turnbull and" Co., agents. ENTERED INWARDS. July l.—Blackwall, ketch, 2G tons, from Patea. CLEARED OUT. July I.— Malay, barque, 328 tons, Davies, for Newcastle, in ballast. IMPORTS. City of Adelaide, from Napier : 6 cases, 1 pci. Ladybird, from Dunedin ; 8 hhds, 3 halt do, oo cases, 56 boxes, 4 bars iron, 1 cask, 2 drums, 2 pcs timber, 23 rollers, 1 bdl iron, 1 pel, 1 pkg, 4 bdls. 1 pci chairs, 1 cask, 13 trunks, 60 mats sugar. From Lyttelton: 202 standards, 3 cases, 50 sacks oats, 1 pci, 1 trunk, 1 bale, 1 truss, 35 coils rope, 2 cases bacon. , Manawatn, from Wanganui: 30 boxes soap, 1 pci. Aurora, from Kai]):vra : 33,000 feet timber. Lyttelton, from Wairau: 40 bales wool, 20 tons flax, 1 bale sacks, 1 hide. Rangatira, from Napier; 1 case powder and caps, I set stocks and dies, 2 boxes, 2 cases geological specimens, 1 do luggage, 1 tin box and sword, G pkgs. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Melbourne, via Southern Ports. —Omeo, s.s., 3rd instant, , „ _ . Melbourne.—Ashburton,via Geographe Bay,W .A.; sailed 12th May. Auckland.—H.M.S. Blanche, brigantine Rhyno, p.s. Paterson, schooner Merlin. Napier.—Fairs’, s.s. Southern Ports. —Star of the South, early. Adelaide. —Kangaroo ; sailed *2oth May. Newcastle.—Frowning Beauty, Edwin Bassett, Record. , .... London. —Wevmouth, 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. Kandavau, via Napier and Auckland.—A. and A.R.M. s.s. City of Adelaide (with outward Californian mails of June), on Sunday next, Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Omeo, s.s., 3rd instant. Sydney.—La Hogue, ship, early. London, via Lyttelton.- Wennington, ship. Auckland.—H.M.S. Challenger, early. Newcastle.—Malay, barque, daily.

BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND. July 1. —The s.s. Taranaki has arrived from the South; the Elm Grove, from Sydney. The p.s. Paterson, from Hokianga, is now in the Manukau. LYTTELTON. July I.—Arrived, 1.45 p.m. : Wellington, from Wellington ; she sails for Dunedin atC.SO. port chal:mers. July i._Sailed, 4.20 p.m. : Omeo, for Lyttelton ; Scimitar, ship, for London : Wild Deer sails tomorrow. Arrived: Star of the South, from Lyttelton, at 4 p.m. The Time Rail may he used to-day for rating chronometers. To obtain Greenwich mean time, subtract llh 30m from the Time Ball time. The steamer Ladybird arrived alongside the wharf yesterday afternoon from the Southern ports, with a general cargo and a large number of passengers, including several members of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives. She reports of the round trip • —Left the Wellington wharf at 2.30 p.m. on the 22nd, had light southerly breeze and pleasant weather, and arrived at Lyttelton at 9.30 a.m. on the 23rd. Proceeded on her way at 1.30 p.m., and arrived at the Port Chalmers railway pier at 11.30 a.m. on the 24th. In coming alongside she made too close a shave, and the fluke of her starboard anchor caught the top of one of the mooring piles. Of course something had to go, and it was lucky that only the catting-davit was carried away, leaving the anchor hanging to the fish-tackle. Having discharged cargo and taken in fresh loading, the Ladybird left Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. on the 2Sth, and arrived at Lyttelton at noon on the 29th ; left at 4.30 p,m. on the 30th, and had a fair run for the first part of the passage, when she met with unpleasant northerly weather. The Ladybird continues her voyage to the North this morning. The paddle-steamer Manawatu arrived alongside the wharf yesterday morning from Wanganui. She left at 10 p.m. on Tuesday night, and crossed the bar an hour afterwards. The weather was fine and calm when she left, and continued so the greater part of the passage, after which thick weather from the North ca*me on.

The steamer Rangatira arrived at the wharf at halfpast one o’clock yesterday, after a rough trip to the East Coast and back. She left Poverty Bay at noon on the 20th June, and had strong head winds and heavy beam sea to Napier, which was reached at 1.15 a.ra. on the 30th. Left at 11.30 a.m., and stopped for an hour at Castlepoint at midnight, when she left for Wellington, and made the run in a little over twentyfour hours.

The Government steamer Luna arrived In harbor yesterday evening. Having a quantity of thick wire rope on board, Captain Fairchild brought her alongside the breastwork, where her mails and passengers were landed. The Luna was expected to leave for Wanganui last night. The barque Omega left Newcastle on the Gth of June, and has had a very heavy weather run across, The day after she left the wind came on to blow from the N.E., and was accompanied by thunder and lightning. The next day the sea had got up, and heavy cross seas caused the vessel to labor heavily and ship large quantities of water. The weather continued stormy and rough all the way across, and the ship had to be lightened of part of her cargo at one period of the voyage. For nearly a week she was under the lee of D'Urville Island, where she signalled 11.M.5. Challenger, which had also gone there for shelter from the fury of the south-east gale which has been raging in the Strait up till lately. Pilot Holmes boarded the barque at the Heads, and brought her up to an anchorage off the point in the evening, when the wind fell off. She came up to the inner anchorage yesterday rooming, and will discharge her cargo, which is consigned to W. R. Williams, as soon as possible. We understand the barque has been purchased on behalf of the Government by Capt. Williams. The captain and crew are for the run only, and she will remain in port after the discharge of her cargo. The figure named as the price of her is £2050. She will bemused as a stowage hulk. The mail steajner City of Adelaide arrived in port at half-past seven yesterday morning. Her mails and passengers were landed, and arrangements made for coaling her with great promptitude. The mails were delivered very soon after her arrival, considering the time of morning. She reports of the trip from Auckland :—Left Auckland for Southern ports at 0 p.m. on 27th, and did not arrive at Napier until 9 p.m. on 29tb, owing to strong head wind and very high sea. Left Napier at 0 a.m. on 30th, and arrived at Wellington at 7.30 a.m. yesterday. The City of Adelaide left the bay again at 2 p.m., the hour of sailing having been extended. She will leave from hero on Sunday again. The schooner Aurora, which arrived on Tuesday from Kaipara with a cargo of timber, was engaged at the wharf yesterday in discharging. The cargo of the ketch Falcon, which arrived from Blenheim late on Tuesday night, consisting of flax and potatoes, was discharged yesterday. The Falcon sails again for Blenheim this afternoon. The ship La Hoguo commenced bending sails yesterday, and will leave for Sydney in a few days, where she will load for the home market. The schooner Oriti, a well-known little vessel here, is now for sale in Dunedin, It will be remembered the Oriti some short time back took from Wellington a cargo of iron pipes to Hokitika, and was there chartered to convey timber to Lyttelton. Having fulfilled her mission, she went from Lyttelton to Oamani, and loaded up barley (1000 bags) for Port Chalmers, She left Oarnaru on the 23rd of Juno, had moderate easterly weather along the coast, and arrived in Dunedin bay on the following afternoon. The Oriti is likely to find a good purchaser, her qualities as a sailing vessel and as adapted for the coastal trade being well known. The three-masted schooner Melanie arrived yesterday in port, with a cargo of sawn timber and spars, She left Kaipara on Monday, the 22nd ult., experienced a S.E. gale for five days, and had to run under Cape Farewell for shelter. She came through the Strait on Tuesday with a light N.W. wind, arrived off the Heads at 5 a.m. yesterday, and worked up the harbor against the ebb tide. The weather was very irregular during the day, and as she approached the wharf, the wind became baffling and fell calm. The sail on her at the time was the topsail, mainsail, rnizen, and Jib. She was rounded to outside the outer T, when the wind suddenly shifted to the S.E. and filled the sails, running her up towards the inside T. She thus got extra and unexpected headway, and, although the anchor was promptly lowered, it was impossible to stop her until she had touched the wharf, carrying away her port hawso-pipo and cathead, but receiving no farther damage. Expecting the wind to hold from S.E„ she hauled off, and was moored clear of the wharf. The Melanie continues under the command of Captain Crcagh, who was for many years in the service of Messrs. N. Edwards and Co., in the Nelson and West Coast trade. Tub Banoaxoiik in a Foo. —On April 21, during a dense fog, a collision occured in the English Channel between the steamer Bangalore, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and the Princo Rupert, of New Brunswick, Tho latter vessel was,

it is said, under full sail, and the formor going at quarter speed. After remaining on the scene of the accident for a long time, the Bangalore, being unable to see anything of the Prince Ilnpert, proceeded on her course. She sustained some little damage. _ Tm: Fastest Steamer is the \\ ould.— buch is the title claimed bv her builders (Messrs Jhomycroft Church Wharf, Chiswick) for a boat they have just built to the order of the OovcrmifiSit of India for service in the Orissa canals. The dimensions of this extraordinary little vessel are—Length, 87 feet; beam, 12 feet: draught of water, 3 feet 9 inches. J.hc speed contracted for was 20 statute miles per hour ihe hull, the working parts of the engines, and the propeller (Thornyruft’s patent) are of Bessemer steel, and the woodwork of teak. The official trial of the boat was made on the Mth ult., under the inspection of Colonel Haig, R.E., Chief Engineer of the Bengal Irrigation Works, and the results were —with tide, 25'03 miles per hour ; against tide, 24_T5 miles per hour ; giving a mean speed of 24*01 miles per hour. In another ollicial trial it was shown that the boat could keep up a speed of 22 miles per hour without losiip' steam. These speeds are extraordinary enough in themselves, but when it is considered that they are attained bv a boat only 87 feet long they become absolutely wonderful, and far beyond anything ever before accomplished. The value of swift.steam launches as torpedo boats is acknowledged, and already various foreign Governments have ordered boats from Messrs. Thonvcroft’s yards. If torpedo launches can bo built to steam at the rate of 10 or IS miles per hour in a moderately calm sea, the whole face of naval warfare may find itself changed in a very unexpected way.— European Mail. . Tug ship Stonehouse at Lyttelton. inis vessel, commanded bv Captain O'Bley, and owned by Mr. Morrison, owner of the s.s. Atrato, has arrived. Although a number of deaths had occurred during the voyage, yet there was no sickness at that time on board the vessel. The ship is well suited for carrying immigrants, her ’tween decks being very lofty and well ventilated, but the lighting was very indifferent. An improvement in the married persona’ compartments was, however, visible : but, even there, it was not what it ought to be. The single men’s compartment proved to be very clean. The single girls’ compartments comprised the half of the saloon (starboard side) and a portion of the ’tween deck. These were most scrupulously clean. A portion of the ’tween deck was devoted to German and Danish families. In reply to inquiries, the immigrants state that they have fared well during the passage, and they one and all expressed their greatest satisfaction at the treatment they had received, the only complaint being that they had had more given them than they could eat. The ship is provided with a large galley and condenser, both of which have acted well during the voyage. As regards the immigrants they look an exceedingly good lot of people, especially the single girls, who will at once And situations. They come out under the superintendence of Miss Cole, who gives them an excellent character. The other immigrants come out under the cave of Dr. Odlcy. His duties have been rather heavy during the voyage. He states that after passing the Equator measles and opthalmia appeared ; the former amongst the children and the latter amongst the single and married families. The single girls were not affected by cither complaint. Between 70 and SO cases of measles appeared on the voyage, resulting in 24 deaths of children. — Times. Another Gale at Auckland. —Another fierce north-east gale set in late last night, and has continued up to the present time. Early this morning the new schooner Onward, which had been lying at anchor between the Breakwater and the wharf, began to drag. She drifted by little and little till she came broadside on to the wharf just above the waterman’s steps. Here she lay for some hours sustaining severe injuries to her bulwarks and topgallant rail by bumping against the piles. At nine o’clock this morning the captain carried an anchor out, and having passed a rope on board succeeded in getting tho^vessel out of her dangerous position. The barque Glimpse, which was moored alongside one of the hulks, apparently thought better of her choice of a companion, and droppedliigher up the harbor, where shorode safely. The barque Antipodes, which for some reason unexplained only had one anchor out during the blow, threatened several timesto come down upon the wharf, but more by luck than good judgment, she held her own about 200 yards north-east of the main T. The brig Oberlin, lying outside the western main T, had just finished discharging when the gale came on, and her lightness caused her to be particularly lively. She has not, however, received other than slight damage. The brig Heather Belle, which had just hauled oft the wharf and anchored in the stream, dragged very much during the night, and this morning was quite half-a-mile higher up the harbor than yesterday evening. The ships Huntly Castle and Rooparel having inside berths, were not incommoded.— Star, Juno 2G. How to Get Good Crews.—How to get first-class seamen, especially for long voyages, is a point worth studying. The influence of emulation is all powerful. It is being tried more and more in our educational system. We are glad to see that one at least of our first-class firms of shipowners is up and doing in the same direction. Here is a specimen of the plan, and we heartily recommend it: —“To our seamen. In order to encourage the seamen in our employ to good conduct, we grant the following rewards : —lst. The seaman who shall, at the end of a voyage, obtain a certificate, signed by the captain, of very good conduct, shall receive 2s. Od. per month, for the whole voyage, above the rate of wages agreed upon when they joined the ship. 2nd. Seamen continuing in our service shall be entitled to the good conduct reward above named, and shall receive an additional 2s. Gd. per month (together ss. per month) at the end of each voyage, with ‘very good conduct certificate.’ Ship’s articles will always be filled up according to the current rates of the port. 3rd. It is our intention to advance all officers and seamen according to merit, as opportunities offer in the employ. Note: —A library being provided for the benefit of the crew it is hoped advantage will be taken of the privilege. Seamen having no home at the port of discharge, are strongly advised to reside in the Sailors’ Horae. (Signed) Balfour, “Williamson, & Co., Liverpool.”

WOOL LUMPING AND BATES OF FREIGHT. Mr. W, Reeves, Chairman of the New Zealand Shipping Company, has addressed the following letter to the Lyttelton Times on a subject of recent correspondence : “ sir,—My attention has been drawn to a letter from Messrs. Kinross and Co., of Napier, on the question of wool-dumping, which appeared in your paper last week, in which the name of the New Zealand Shipping Company is introduced. It is there stated that the practice of carrying dumped wool in the Company’s vessels could be prevented by a combination amongst the runholding portion of tho shareholders. “As Messrs. Kinross say, tho remedy is in the hands of the runholders, and the Company will be only too glad to assist them in the matter. The question of carrying dumped or undumped wool is entirely one of rate of freight. If the woolgrowers are prepared to pay for the additional space which their wool (on account of its being undumped) must occupy, the Company will be very ready to cany it in that condition. One paragraph in Messrs. Kinross’ letter should bo borne in mind, viz.:— r Wc have repeatedly shipped home part of the same clip, dumped and undumped, with the view of ascertaining if it is worth paying an extra freight for undumped bales. We have not found that the undumped wool brings any higher price in the London market. Tho bales arc at present, as a rule, reduced about onehalf, so that the wool-grower would have to pay a considerably enhanced freight to place the ship in tho same position when carrying nndumped wool as it occupies when carrying dumped ; and it is, of course, for them to decide whether the advantages they expect to reap would exceed the additional cost on the carriage of the wool.”