SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4171, 3 August 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. High Water, 8.40 a.m. ; 8.8 p.m. ARRIVED. August 1. —Cynthia, schooner, 03 tons, T, Swede, from Peloms Sound. Master, agent. Enterprise, brigantine, 84 tons, Campbell, from East Coast, In ballast. Levin and Co., agents. Thames, ketch, 22 tons. Smith, from Pelorus Sound. Pilcher, agent. Aurora, schooner, 33 tons, Eomeril, from Kaipara. E. Pearce, agent. , , , , r , Albion, s.s., 591 tons, Thos. Underwood, from Melbourne, via the South. Passengers—Cabin ; Miss Wattle, Mrs. McLean and two children, Mrs. Harconrt, Miss Palmer, Messrs. McLean, Reeves, Wood, McMillan, and Simruonds ; 5 steerage. W, Bishop, agent. SAILED. August I.—Albion, s.s., 591, tons, Thos. Underwood, for Melbourne, via West Coast. Passengers— Cabin: For Coast—Messrs. Haworth, First, Plimmer, and Duncan. W. Bishop, agent. Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, for Wairau. Master, agent. . Sarah and Mary, schooner, 40 tons, Grubb, for Greymouth. Record, barque, 437 tons, Jenkins, for Newcastle. Napier, s.s., 44 tons. Butt, for Foxton. No passengers. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., agents. Rangatira, s.s,, ISS tons, Charles Lloyd, for Napier. Passengers—Miss Wattle, Messrs. Kemp, Casey, and Fulton. R. S. Ledger, agent ENTERED IN. August I.—Kate, schooner, 20 tons, Tilley, from Patca. Master, agent. CLEARED OUT. . August I.—Onward, schooner, 69 tons, D. Bissett, for Hokitika. Pilcher, agent. IMPORTS. Cynthia, from Pelorus Sound: 36,000 feet timber. Kate, from Patca: 57 hides, 14 bales, 7 casks, 4 cases, 1 iron wheel. Albion, from Melbourne; 2 pels, 18 cases, 1 pkg, from Dunedin: 1 bag, 4 pels, 2 boiler tubes, 1 bdl brass, 3 coses, 46 boxes. From Bluff; 5 boxes. From Lyttelton: 1 case. Thames, from Pelorus Sound: 5 hides, 10,045 feet timber. Aurora, from Kaipara: 34,830 feet timber. . EXPORTS. Onward, to Hokitika: 23 iron pipes, 7 hf.-chests tea, 3 casks, 12 boxes, 2 cases. Albion, to Nelson ; 1 case. To Greymouth : 2 pels, 1 case, 1 pkg. To Hokitika: 1 pci, 2 cases. 12 qr.-do beef, 10 carcases mutton. Napier, to Foxton : 405 pkgs, S casks, 24 cases. GO sacks, 12 kegs, 2 drums oil, 4 dozen lines, 1 trunk, 53 bags. 3 ovens, 4 hf.-chests tea, 8 sheets iron, 1 qr.cask brandy, 1 hlul ale, 4 casks, 41 sheep, 1 bale 1 stone. Rangatira, to Castle Point: 1 bag, 1 box. To Poverty Bay: 27 cases, 32 pkgs, 3 pels, 50 spokes, 100 felloes, 12 pair naves, 200 bricks, 1 trough, 1 baking table, quantity iron. To Napier: 237 pkgs, 1 horse, 7 pels, 61 bags, 21 bdls, 136 cases, 3 trunks, 19 dozen washboards, 9 casks, 24 boxes, CS kegs, 120 sacks, 1 chest, 20 mats rice, 6 pieces timber, 4-4 sheep. Apected arrivals. Northern Ports.—Phcebe, 4th inst. Auckland.—Schooner Merlin. London.—Reichstag, Strathnaver, St. Leonards, Panthea, Euterpe, sailed 2Sth April; Conflict, sailed sth May. Cartvale, Star of India, and Hourah. New YoßK.—Oneco : sailed 2nd of June. Liverpool.—J. A. Thompson, ship. Southern Ports.—Taranaki, 4th inst. Melbourne, via the West Coast—Alhambra, s.s., 9th last. Hobarton.—Free Trader, barque, to sail thence on July 15. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne, via the South.—Alhambra, s.s., 9th inst. Northern Ports. —Taranaki, sth inst. Southern Ports.—Phcebe, 4th inst. Wanganui.—Manawatu, this day; Stormbird, this day. Castle Point.—Aurora, schooner, early. Auckland. —Waikato, ship, early, Newcastle.—Frowning Beauty, early. Hokitika.—Onward, early. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON August 1. —Arrived: 7 a.m., Tararua, from Wellington ; 1.50 p.m., Ladybird, from Wellington. NELSON. August I.—Arrived: 9 a.m„ Wellington from Picton. ONEHUNGA. August I.—Sailed: Phcebe, for the South. NAPIER. August I.—The Cyphrenes arrived at 2 p.m., and sailed for Auckland shortly afterwards. The ship La Hogue, which sailed for London, via Sydney, on the 11th July, arrived at the latter port on the 21st ult. The schooner Alert sailed again on Saturday. She left the harbor on Thursday lost, but had to put back the some evening. The "fast and favorite” s.s. Albion, Captain T. ’ Underwood, arrived alongside the wharf at eleven o’clock on Saturday morning, after another of her ' now celebrated rapid passages. She reports of the trip as follows:—Cleared Port Phillip Heads at 8 p.m. on the 23rd ult., and arrived at Bluff Harbor at 10 a.m. on the 28th, after a quick run of four days twelve hours. Sailed again at 6 p.m., arriving at Port Chalmers at 7 a.m. on the 29th; left at 2 p.m. on the 30tb, and reached Lyttelton at 10 a.m. on the 31st; sailed again at 6.30 p.m., and arrived here as above. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Greymouth, James Watters, master of the schooner Alma, was charged on the information of D. Lundon, Esq., with having committed a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act, inasmuch as he did not, within forty-eight hours after the said ship's arrival at her final port of destination. (Greymouth), on tho fourteenth day of July instant, deliver to the shipping-master of the said port, his ship's articles or agreement with his crew, although demand was made therefor by the informant. It appears, from the report in the Star, that Captain Watters, owing to a disagreement with some of the employes in the Melbourne shipping office, could not obtain his articles before sailing. He offered to pay the clerk overtime to get them drawn out, but hxs offer was refused. He, therefore, trusted to the Melbourne shipping-master to send them after him by the Claud Hamilton. A statement of the foregoing facts was made to Mr. Lundon on the arrival of the Alma, and that gentleman agreed to postpone proceedings until the arrival of the Claud Hamilton. That steamer arriving without the necessary document, the shipping-master had no option but to take the ordinary course of procedure in such cases. The offence was admitted, and the defendant fined £5 and costs. The Christian McAusland, at London from Otago, on June 2, in 49 N., 10 W., passed a ship water-logged, bulwarks gone, mizentopmast and maintopmasb gone; foretopmast standing, with double topsailyard, painted black, crosajackyard over end, and some of the yards lying about the decks with remnants of sails on them. Could not see any name, as it had evidently been washed off the stern. She had painted ports, and was about 1000 tons. Her figure-head was gone, but bowsprit, was left. She had % square stem, and was North American built.— European Mail ; Death op Captain Hansen.—We have received from Mr. Warbrick a telegram from Auckland on Thursday last, announcing tho death of Frederick Hansen, by drowning, at Mercury Bay. Mr. Hansen has been connected for several years with vessels trading on tills coast. He Was well and favorably known throughout the Bay of Plenty district as a kind-hearted, obliging, steady man, a good and brave sailor. The untimely death of “poor Fred" will bo mourned over by a large circle of friends.— Bay of Plenty Times. A New Steamboat Propeller.—A new propeller for steamers has lately been introduced by Dr. Collla Brown, which differs materially from the screw propeller at present in use, resembling, when at rest, the letter X, and claimed to possess many advantages over its predecessors. These are stated to bo absence of vibration; reduction of wear and tear to machinery; ready adaptability to any screw steamship; and facility of checking a ship’s way, with the power of driving her full speed astern in a few seconds on reversal, as well as giving considerable increase of speed ; and effecting a great saving of coal. During a trial with the steam yacht Lapwing, under a pressure of 581 b. of steam, with a consumption of 811 b, of coal per hour, tho propeller made 220 revolutions per minute with the tide slack, and the furnace burning hard steam coal; the measured mile being run In five minutes.— European Mail. The Ship Eastern Monarch. The Eastern Monarch, of London, 1706 tons register, owned by tho Royal Exchango Shipping Company, commanded by Captain Alexander Donaldson, and chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company, for tho purpose of conveying emigrants to Canterbury, made the passage from land to land in seventy-ono days and nineteen hours, and' from port to port in seventy-three days twelve hours. The voyage was of a very pleasant character. Only one circumstance occurred to mar tho happiness of those on board, namely, the loss by drowning of a seaman named George Sweet, who fell from the rigging at about eight o'clock on the morning of tho 16th July, when the ship was rapidly approaching the termination of her voyage. At the time that Sweet fell overboard, the ship was making about thirteen knots; life-buoys were thrown to the unfortunate man, a boat was lowered immediately, the ship being hovc-to, and search made by Mr. Stubbs, the second officer, but without avail, as neither the man nor life-buoy could bo seen after the vessel was hove-to. It was thought that tho heavy sea boots and clothing worn by Sweet caused him to sink before the boat could reach the spot. The Eastern Monarch brought 552 souls, Including 74 single women; t t A Steamer for Wanganui.—The first steamer to bo built on the ibanks of tho canal on tho reclaimed ground, Dunedin, has been contracted for, Messrs. K. S. Sparrow and Co., of tho Dunedin Ironworks, have agreed to build a steamer for Messrs. Duthie and Co., shipowners, Wanganui, Tho steamer is to be of iron, 85 feet In length. 15 feet 6 Inches In beam, and 7 feet depth of hold. She Is to be fitted with a pair of engines on the compound principle, 20-h.p. nominal, and capable of working up to about four times their nominal power. These engines are to have tho latest improvements. Every part of the steamer will bo made in Messrs. Sparrow and Co/s workshops. Tho vessel will bo built under the 'supervision of Mr. Hunter, engineer to Messrs. Duthlo and Co. She will be constructed more with a view to carrying capacity on a light draft of water than to speed. She Is to bo completed In about three months from date.— Otago Ti'ms.s. The Grounding of the Miltiadiw, —Tho following is the account obtained from Captain Kasper of the accident which occurred to tho ship Miltiades whilst corning into AucklandOn that day whilst the Lady Bowen was on her passage hence to Mahurangi and the Hot Springs, on rounding tho North Head* he saw the ship under weigh beating up. Ho observed her when off Galle Point miss stays, and shoot on the reef, stern on. Two guns were fired from the vessel, and then k a rocket wm sent up. Tho

steamer had already altered her course, and proceeded at full speed to the assistance of the vessel. She was boarded by an officer of the Miltiades, who asked Captain Kasper to render assistance in getting her off. Captain Kasper replied that was what he had altered his course for, and he then placed tho steamer alongside the ship, when Captain Ferrett asked if he could give her a tow astern. Tho master of the steamer got the ship's hawser on board, and Attempted to tow her off, but could not move her. The Lady Bowen then returned and got the ship’s kedge anchor and ran it out, and afterwards got hold of her towline again. The steamer got in line with the stern and towed, the warp of the kedge anchor being hove in by the steam winch on board the ship. After a short Interval the Miltiades was successfully got off, and the steamer resumed her journey. Captain Kasper relates the above facts, and states that Captain Ferrett throughout the affair conducted himself with the utmost coolness, and it was through the perfect accord shown by the two masters that the vessel was so speedily got into deep water again. Captain Casey advances a claim for £IO,OOO against the owners of the vessel for salvage. —Southern Cross. The "Westport Trade.—Any doubt or expectation as to the Melbourne steamers calling off Westport has been set at rest for the present. A special telegram states that tho steamers will not call off tho port “until the lighthouse is built at Cape Foulwind. While that event is consummating, Westport may possibly obtain a suitable boat to act as tender. The negotiations for tho purchase of the Ino, although failing in a direct degree, have resulted in being of advantage in another respect. The necessity for the local proprietorship of a vessel to trade between Westport and Melbourne has been discussed, and tho discussion has ultimated in eight Westport and Charleston firms subscribing their 4 names as investors to a total amount of £3200, for the purchase of a suitable schooner for the Melbourne trade; Charleston men subscribing £BOO, and Westport £24oo.—Times. Sailors’ Home at Dunedin.—At a recent meeting of the Dunedin Sailors' Home Committee, Mr. Martin said £240 had passed through his hands for the object, and the secretary said he had a number of promises from various parties, whose contributions would no doubt be very good. Mr. Cargill had presented £25, Messrs. G. G. Russell £25, and the Harbor and New Zealand Shipping Companies were likewise going to subscribe. A letter was read from tho secretary of tho Press Dramatic Club, proffering an entertainment on behalf of the Horae, which was accepted with thanks.