SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4193, 28 August 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OF WELLINGTON Hiou Water, 5.S a.m.; 5.21 p.m. ARRIVED. . Avgust 27.—Hannah Broomfield, brigantine, 1-4 tons, Dawson, from Koipara. _ .. . Anne Melhuish. barque, 344 tons, Davidson, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. : Tararua, s.s., 622 tons, Clarke, from Melbourne via the West Coast. Passengers: Messrs. Broadbent, Nelson, Barton, Mackay, and Strutton.. Steerage, 3. AY. Bishop, agent. . SAILED. August 27.—Stormbird, s.s., 07 tons. Done, for Wanganui. Passengers—Loyal Troupe (7), Messrs. Knowles and Postaus. Turnbull and Co., agents. Thames, ketch, 22 tons, Smith, for Picton. Master, agent. Camille, barque, 305 tons, Stafford, for Newcastle. Dransfleld, agent. , . Marmion, schooner, 02 tons, Bowton; for Kaipara. E. Pearce, agent. . Aurora, schooner, 62 tons, Bomenl, for Kaipara. E. Pearce, agent. ' Manawatu. p.a., 103 tons, Griffiths, for "Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Bryce and Goile, and 5 Natives. Steerage: 20 immigrants and 3 Natives. R. S. Ledger, agent. ENTERED IN. August 27. —Taranaki, s.s., 290 tons, Wheeler, from the South, R. S. Ledger, agent. CLEARED OUT. August 27. —Forest Queen, schooner, 51 tons, Linklater, for Foxton, in' ballast. Mclntyre and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Taranaki, from Dunedin: 2 sheets lead, 27 bells., 58 axle blocks, 54 axle boxes, 30 cases, 93 bars iron, 7 boxes, 41 casks, 4 trunks, 72 pipes, 1 pump, 3 sacks, 1 bale, 4 kegs, 1 hhd. .From Lyttelton: 50 sacks, 40 bags, 1 trunk, 13 cases. EXPORTS. Stormbird, to Wanganui: 43 mats sugar, 1 truss, 31 cases, 2 caskS, 1 qr.-cask rum, 1 do. wine, 1 pocket hops, 2 tanks, 20 bags, 3 pkgs., 0 hf.-chests tea, 0 pieces timber, 6 bars and bdls. iron, 2 jars, 1 pci., 20 coils wire, 1 straining screw, 1 box. Manawatu, to AVangaimi: 1 ash plant, 279 pkgs., 1 pci., 1 cose, 4 tanks, 1 furnace door, 1 boiler, 3 fire bars, 33 sheets curved Iron. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Strathnaver, St. Leonards, Fanthea, Euterpe, sailed 28th April; Douglas, to sail June 18; Langstone, Juno 20; Hindostan. July 15: AYangamii, July 25 ; Cartvale, Star of India, and Hourah. Nbw York. —Oneco ; sailed 2nd of Juno ; Marion, schooner. Liverpool.—J. A. Thompson, ship, Newcastle. —Result, ship. t Northern Ports.—AVellington, 29th mst. Lyttelton.—Florence, schooner. Melbourne, via the South. —Albion, s.s., 29th inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne, via the AVest Coast.—Albion, 31st August. " ... Melbourne via tub South.—Tararua, s.s., with , Suez mail, 29th inst. Northern Ports.—Taranaki, 29th inst. Southern Ports.—Phcebe, this day. East Coast Ports (North Island). —Rangatua, s.s., 29th inst. Newcastle.—Frowning Beauty, early. Gbeyhouth.—Florence and Fiery Cross,early. Bluff,—Conflict, ship, early. Foxton. —Napier, s.s., this day.

BY TELEGRAPH. SPIT. ' August 27.—Sailed, 4 a.m.: Eangatiia, for Wtllmgton. POET CHALMEES August 27.—Arrived, 7.30 a.m.: Albion, from the Bluff. LYTTELTOX August 27.—Arrived; Craig Ellacbie, from Kaipara; Tcwerhill ; from AVbangaroa. The s.s. Tararua left Hobson’s Bay at 3.15 p.m. 18th August: cleared the Heads at ti.3o p.m., and passed the Sisters at 11 a.m., 19th, arriving off Hokitika at 5 p.m., 23rd. Experienced westerly winds first three days, afterwards easterly. Left Hokitika at 8.30 p.m., and arrived off Greymouth at 10.30 p.m. Left Greymouth at 8 a.m. on the 24th, and arrived at Nelson at noon on the 25th. Left Nelson at 7.45 a.m. on the 2Tth, and arrived in Wellington at 5.50 p.m. A rather singular occurrence is narrated in connection with the last trip of the schooner Melanie, and the brigantine Hannah Broomfield, to Kaipara. They both left this port on Friday, the 7th August, the schooner in the morning, and the brigantine in the ■evening. They experienced light airs and calms until 5 p. m. on Saturday, at which time they were abreast of each other, midway between Wellington Heads and Terawiti. A south-east breeze coming up they kept on their course for Kaipara. On Sunday morning at daylight the vessels were still level, and maintained the same position at sundown. Monday morning disclosed no change, the crafts being only some five or six miles apart. They arrived at Kaipara, side by side, at 11.30 a.m. the same day, having made the run from Terawiti in hours, distance, 300 miles. As the wind was down at the time of arrival and the tide late, they stood to sea for the night, and crossed the bar side by side the following morning, arriving at Te Kopora saw mills at 10,30 a.m, on Thursday, after being towed by their, boats nearly all the way up. Each ot the masters did their best to arrive first, so the sailing capabilities of the two vessels must be remarkably equal. - The Hannah Broomfield arrived in harbor yesterday afternoon, and the Melanie was signalled at the Heads very shortly afterwards ; but we have not yet learned when they respectively sailed. The s.s. Wellington will not go on the slip on her arrival from the North this trip, but will continue the through passage as usual. ' The three-masted schooner Melanie arrived at the Heads yesterday afternoon, but at dark she had not entered the harbor.

The brigantine Hannah Broomfield arrived yesterday after a smart ran of hours from Kaipara. • . The s.s. Stormbird and the p. 3. Manawatu both sailed for Wanganui yesterday afternoon. The Napier sails for .Foxton to-day. The s.s. Phcebe came off the slip yesterday afternoon, having been cleaned and painted. She towed ffia Excellency’s yacht, which has also been on the slip, up to her anchorage, and then came up to the wharf. She sails South at noon to-day. . The Anne Melhiilsh arrived yesterday afternoon, and was brought up very neatly between the Frowning Beauty and the northern end of the wharf. The Queensland Marino Board has suspended the certificate of the first officer of the Flintshire for twelve months, and fully exonerated the captain. The certificate of the mate of the Lord Ashley has been suspended for three months, and the captain and second officer have been cautioned. Accident to the Ketch Collinowood.— An accident occurred last night to the ketch Collingwood, which arrived from the "VVairau too late for the tide, and consequently had to lie outside. Having lost her anchor at the wairati, she was dependent upon a small kedge, which was insufficient to resist the force of last night’s gale, and consequently she drifted on the Waimea Sands, where there was a rough sea, which swept her decks, compelling the crew, consisting of two men, to take to the rigging, where they were discovered at daylight this morning. The pilotboat at once put off and rescued the rnenirom their perilous position, but the ketch still lies on the Sands. We understand that she has not sustained much injury. —Nelson Mail, August 25. The Late Commander G owe land. —A late telegram from Sydney announces the death by drowning of Commander John Gowlland, B.N, In a notice of his death the Melbourne Argus says;—Commander Gowlland will be remembered by many Victorians as captain of the s.s. Governor Blackal l, in the eclipse expedition of 1871. He came put to Sydney about nine years ago as navigating lieutenant in a British ship of. war. He was soon afterwards appointed Admiralty Surveyor under the Colonial Government, and in that capacity surveyed a large part of the north-eastern coast of Australia. On the occasion of the attempted assassination of the Duke of Edinburgh at Clontarf he was near the Prince, and did good service in keeping back the crowd, and saving O'Farrell from the hands of the populace. On entering upon his duties as Admiralty Surveyor he married a daughter of the Hon. Mr. Lord, late Treasurer of New South Wales. In the latter part of 1871, when an expedition was being organised to observe the total eclipse of the sun at Cape York, which took place In December of that year, he volunteered to take the command of the vessel chartered for the occasion. His services were gladly accepted, as the navigation of the coral sea, and the inside Barrier Beef's passage, was known to be peculiarly intricate. Six months later he volunteered to take the command of the relief expedition which started from Sydneyat a few hours' notice to search for the survivors of the ill-fated brig Maria, a passenger vessel bound for New Guinea with a party of intending colonists, which was wrecked on a reef near Cardwell. Many of the passengers were drowned, and many more were killed by the blacks on gaining the shore. The relief expedition did not find any survivors, but many dead bodies were recovered, Identified, and buried. For his services in each of these expeditions a handsome piece of plate was presented to Lieutenant Gowlland. Ho was Admiralty Surveyor for the New South Wales Government during the post eight years. Within the last year he visited England, and came out only two months ago with the rank of commander. He leaves a wife and three children. His age was about thirtythree. A younger brother of his is manager of a bank in New South Wales.

Iron Ships Dismasted. —The dismasting of iron ships seems still to be the order of the day. Apart from one case happening off the coast of Queensland, we have two in the neighborhood of Newcastle—one a vessel coming up from Auckland, light, to load coal, and tho other the Chrysomene, going out coal-laden. The latter was bound for San Francisco with 20S0 tons of coal, the largest cargo that ever left Newcastle In one bottom. At the same time she was not fully laden, as it would have been difficult to get her over the bar if she had drawn more than 20ft. She has been towed Into Sydney, a wreck, so far as her top hamper is concerned. Referring to the circumstances, the Sydney correspondent of the Melbourne Argus gays; It is quite clear that the maru.o architecture of these iron vessels requires to bo re-studied.