SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4196, 1 September 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

,1 PORT OF WELLINGTON High Water. 7.22 A.M.; 7.48 p.m. | ARRIVED. August 30.—Alert, schooner, U tons, Harp, from Lyttelton. Master, agent. Won, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk from Wairau. Passenger: Master Empson. Tnrnbull and Co., agents Auausr 31.—Cynthia, schooner, W tons, Swede, from Haveloclc. Master, agent. Strathnaver, ship, 1017 tons, Devey, from London.Johnston and Co., agents. . Stormbird, s.s., C 7 tons, Doile, put back, towing the ship Strathnaver. --;'•' ----- -■—. August 31.—Albion, s.s., 591 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via the West Coast. ;W. Bishop, agent. Wellington, s.s., 202 tons, Carey, for the South. Passenger —Cabin i Mr. Hodgson. E. S. Ledger, Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons,'Griffiths, for Wanganui.Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Watt, Kelly, and four Natives; steerage: eleven Natives. E. S. Ledger,*, agent. ' ' ' ' ■ _\..'" Stormbird, s.*, 07 tons*, Doilo, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Lorengen, Green, Townsend, Hill, and Millar, F.S.A.;. steerage : fifty immigrants ex Euterpe, and one Maori. Tunibull and Co., agents. Spec, schooner, 32 tons, Maddison, for Havelock. , .Rangatira. s.s., ISS tons, Lloyd, for Napier. Passengers—Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Bates, Mr. and Mrs.. Dempsey, : Messrs. Severn (2), Webb, find Nelson. R. S. Ledger, agent. ENTERED IN. - . AuauST 81.—Manawatu, pis., 103 tons, Griffiths,' from Wanganui. R. S. Ledger, agent. -■ Ladybird, 5.5.,-280 tons,, Anderson, from the South., E. S. Ledger, agent.' . ' Albion, s.s., 601 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via the South. W. Bishop, agent. "Marion, schooner, SCO tons, Howes, from'NewYork, via Port Chalmers. Levin and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Alert, from Ly'telton: 5 bales, 300 bags, S cases, 371 sacks, 151 cheeses. ✓ Falcon, from Wairau: 80 bags, 14 hides, 1 billiard table. Cynthia, from Havelock: 30,000 feet timber. Manawatu, from Wangaritii: 1 empty cage, 2 bags. Ladybird, from Lyttelton : 25 half-chests tea, 20 .sacks, 8 empty barrels, 100 cases, 44 bags, 5 drums. From Dunedin: SS cases, 5 hhds, C half do, 11 kilderkins, 11 bales, 5 trunks, 2 trusses, 3 casks, 200 bags, 11 ovens, 2 bdls. Albion, from Melbourne:-2 pkgs, 0 cases. From Otago : 2 cases, 1 pkg, 1 pel, 1 trunk. From Eluff: 3 casks, 2 hhds. Marion, from New York : 3494 cases, 113 nests tubs, 6 half-tierces tobacco, 93 doz washboards, 22 bdls shafts, 10 do poles and rims, 20 pieces timber,'7 racks chairs, 20 boxes, 14 bdls shoo pegs. From Dunedin : 1612 sacks, 200 half do, 200 qrdo, COO bags. ' "■-'■ EXPORTS. Wellington, to Lyttelton: 32 standards, 3 pkgs, 1 Tceg, 3 portmanteaus, 2 boxes, 2 pels, 1 case. To Dunedin: 43 cases, 3 pkgs, G boxes. Manawatu, to AVanganui : 3 pels, 1 case, 2 kegs.. .., •' Stormbird, 'to" Wanganui:- 50 half-chests tea, 00 boxes, 5 bags, 4 half-casks wine, 33 cases, 4 bales, 70 pkgs, 1 pel, 4 casks; 6 ovens, 6 axles, 11 bdls, 11 bars steel, 2 do: iron, 19 lengths pipe, S pieces timber, i trusses, 4 gunnies sugar, 2 hhds ale'. ' Kangatira, to Napier: 44 cases, 103 boxes, 43 gunnies sugar, 51 pkgs, S kegs, 7 casks, 40 bags, 50 sacks, 3 dor buckets, 2 chests, 1 pel, 1 truss, 3 rolls matting, 1 crate. To Poverty Bay: 0 pkgs, 1 case, 1 bdl. To lluriwa!: 100 telegraph poles. EXPECTED AREIVALS.London.—St. Leonards, Panthea, Douglas, to sail June 18; Langstone, June 20; Hindostan, July 15: Wanganui, July 25 ; Cartvale, Star of India, and Hourah. ' New York.—Oneco : sailed 2nd of June. A. Thompson, ship. Newcastle. —Result, ship. Lyttelton.—Florence, schooner. - Northern Ports.—Taranaki, Bth inst. Southern Ports.—Phcebe, 7th inst. .Melbourne, via the West Coast. —Alhambra, • s.s., 7th inst. ' PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne via the South.—Alhambra, s.s., 7th inst. . *> . Northern Ports, —Ladybird, this day; Southern Ports.—Taranaki, Bth inst.Foxton. —Napier, s.s., 3rd inst. Newcastle.—Frowning Beauty, early. '* . Grevmouth.—Florence and Fiery Cross,early. Blufj.*.—Conflict, ship, early. * Hokitika and Grestjiouth.—Waipora, s.s., September 2. . ■ Wanganui,—Stormbird, s.s., 3rd inst. BY TELEGRAPB. August El;—Sailed: Ship Ca'rrick Castle, for Newcastle. ; ■ LYTTELTON.' " August 31.—Arrived : Canterbury, from Glasgow. Cleared : Australian Sovereign, for Newcastle. PORT CHALMERS - August 31. —Arrived : Splendid, from St. Thomas; Columbusl from London. The Tararua sails South at 7 p.m. The "s.s. Stormbird, on her departure yesterday, took fifty of the newly-arrived immigrants by the Euterpe, to Wanganui. She had only proceeded as far as the Heads when she sighted the immigrant ship Strathnaver, and, taking her in .tow, returned.to port. The Stormbird sails again for Wanganui at six o'clock this morning. The sailing of the s.s. Ladybird, for Northern ports, wa3 yesterday afternoon postponed until noon to-day. • Thess. Wellington will be put on'the Slip on her arrival at Dunedin this trip, consequently it will be some little time before she returns 1 on her northward route. As there will be no steamer available for the landing of the Euterpe's immigrants until Wednesday, they will remain on-board till that date. '. The gale of last week at Port Chalmers was heavier and of longer duration, and raised, a worse sea, than any blow that has visited the port for years, and yet we have only to record' the dragging of three vessels, viz., the schooner Elderslie, and the barques Lillie and Comet, and even they did not lose a great deal of ground. The Comet was moored inside Boiler Point, stern on to the gale ; a3,her-stern. anchors came tumbling home, and it was evident enough would not hold, she was allowed to swing end on, and drop nearly alongside the barque Cezarewitch. Two anchors down and a hawser to the dolphin sufficed to keep her steady afterwards. If the shipping suffered nothing, the unfortunate watermen. did. . Swamped and Broashed boats were to be seen in all directions. —Olugo Daily Times. . The Wreck or the Collinowood.— On Monday evening the ketch Collingwood, from the Wairau,. arrived off the usual anchorage too late for the tide, and having previously lost her anchor, and lent one of her bowers to a sister craft in distress, was compelled to rely on one bower anchor, which unhappily proved of noavaii,, there being a heavy sea rolling in, and the weather squally. The ill-fated craft was at length driven,on the Sands, to the westward, of the Bell buoy, and the crew—the master (F. Gillard) and a seaman—took to the rigging; each wave, breaking, over the vessel. In this perilous situation the unfortunate mariners remained till daylight on Tuesday morning, when they were observed from the. Pilot Station. The pilot's crew immediately put off to their assistance, and.after seven hours' exposure the shipwrecked men were rescued. The ketch will probably be recovered.—Nelson Colonist The River Waitara.—According to instructions received from the Commissioner of Customs, Captain Johnson, of the Marine Department; recently examined the river, and a full report by him upon its capabilities is published-in the Gazette: —"After a long dry season as little as five (5) feet six (8) inches of water in neaps, and six (0) feet six (6) inches in spring tides at high water has been known ; while often after a"heavy fresh as.much as thirteen (13) feet has been found -with a straight channel seaward. Inside the bar the river .is navigable as far up as the bridge, a distance of about three-quarters of a mile, and near Messrs. Webster's wharf strong moorings are laid to secure vessels to, without which, during heavy freshes, they wouldbe liable to be driven out to'sea or.ori the bar. Occasionally, no doubt, ships drawing ten feet of water could enter the river with safety. I am, however,of opinion that vessels drawing over seven (7) feet are unsuitable for the trade, and for want of sufficient water would often be liable to detention inside the river, as well as outside of the bar. Compared with similar rivers, the Waitara is neither.dangerous nor difficult to enter, - except during heavy freshes; and then it should never be attempted." In order to give greater safety, and facility to vessels, Captain Johnson makes the following suggestions, which should be carried out, viz. ;—lst. That the signal man should reside at the Signal Station. 2nd. That strong posts, firmly fixed in the ground on each side of river, should be provided, in order, to make fast to. 3rd. That a five or six inch warp, of at least 100 fathoms long,should be provided in case of accident-. 4th. That additional signals be provided, to ask and to answer how much water a vessel draws. - When the above sugges--tions are carried out, and with a steam tug on the river, which is now, in. course, oft construction by Messrs. Webster Brothers, he sees no reason to doubt that considerable trade, with perfect safety, might be carried on in the Waitara Elver. •