SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4200, 5 September 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF WELLINGTON Ilian W ATBit, 11.52 a.m.; 0.0. p.m. ARRIVED. September 4.—Kaituna, schooner, 47 tons, Scott, from Lyttelton. Master, agent. Herald, schooner, Hamilton, from Oamaru. . SAILED. September 4.—Luna, p.s., 19D tons, Fairchild, for Wanganui. Passengers—Hon. Mr. Fox and Mrs. Fox. CLEARED OUT, , . September 4. —Cynthia, schooner, GSjtons, Swede, for Poloms Sound, in ballast. Master, agent. Waipara, s.s., 70 tons. Bascand, for West Coast. Johnston and Co., agents. Hannah Broomfield, brigantine, 134 tons, Dawson, for Kaipara. Master, agent. IMPORTS Kaituna, from Lyttelton; 353 sacks, 100 bags, 0 casks. EXPORTS. Waipara. to Hokitika: 1 pkg. 1 cask. 5 bodies besf, 12 pipes. To Grey mouth ; 5 cases, 10 bags, 4 packages. . _ Hannah Broomfiplcl, to Kaipara: nO mats sugar, 5 chests tea, 30 boxes, 10 bags, IS cases. 3 fishing net:?, 2 qr-casks, 1 half-tierce, 2 jars, 2 drums oil, 1 hhd. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London; —Panthea, Douglas, to sail Juno IS; Langstono, June 20; Hindustan, July 15; Wanganui, July 25 ; Cartvalo, Star of India, and Hourah. New Yore. - Oneco : sailed 2nd of June. > Liverpool.—J. 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., Cth inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne via the South.—Alhambra, s.s., 7th Inst. Northern Ports. —Phcebe, 7th inst Southern Pouts.—Taranaki, btb inst. Foxton.—Napier, this day ; Hunter, early. East Coast Ports (North Island). —Raagatira, 8. s., 7th inst. Grey mouth. —Florence and Fiery Cross,early. Bluff.—Conflict, ship, early. Hokitika and Greymoutii.—Waipara, s.s., this day. Lyttelton.—Charles Edward, s.s., this day. Wanganui,—Stormbird, s.s., this day ; Ma.nawa.tu, p.s., 7th inst.

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FOXTON. September 4. —2.30 p.m.; Amred—Manawatu, from Wellington. ONEHUNGA. September 4.-Sailed ; Taranaki, s.s., for the South. LYTTELTON. September 4.—Sailed; Sea Waif, for Newcastle. There was scarcely anything done in shipping matters yesterday. The barque Edwin Bassett anchored at the Heads yesterday. The Government p.s. Luna sailed for Wanganui yesterday evening, taking back the Hon. Mr. Fox and Airs. Fox. , '

A remarkably quick passage has been made by the schooner Herald, Hamilton,’master. She left Oamaru at 7 a.m. on the 3rd Inst, and anchored in Wellington harbor at 5 p.m. on the 4th, thus making the passage in thirty-four hours. , ~ The s.s. Bothnia. —The official trial of this splendid screw-steamer, the latest addition to the Cunard fleet, Is described Tn a recent number of the Glasgow Herald . The measured mile between Skelmorlie and Largs was taken four times, the ascertained speed being equal to fourteen knots an hour. Her registered tonnage ,is 4535 tons, and her dimensions as follows: —Length over all, 432 ft.; breadth, 421 ft,; and depth. Stilt. She is fitted with compound engines of COO horse-power, the large cylinder being 103 inches, and the small cylinder 02 inches in diameter. Accommodation is provided for 300 first-class and 800 steerage passengers. In all respects the Bothnia is of first-class construction, while the fittings and internal arrangements generally are designed to afford the greatest comfort to passengers. The main saloon, which is about 41ft. square, will dine upwards of 300 persons at one sitting. We have had (says the Herald) so much discussion upon fleets of late, both in and out of Parliament, that it may be worthwhile noticing the fact that the fleet owned by the Cunard Company is considerably larger than the entire German navy. In his recent evidence before the Royal Commission on Shipbuilding, Mr. John Burns stated that his firm employed 0000 men, all told, that they shipped and discharged 42,000 sailors throughout the year, and that their fleet consisted of forty-nine steamers, of upwards of 90,000 tons, and of 15,000 horse-power. Reference to the “ Statesman’s Year Book” shows that the fleet of the Emperor William is considerably less. Last year, according to that authority, the German Imperial Navy consisted of forty-one steamers, -of 37,000 tons and SCOO horse-power, and was manned by 3500 men and boys. In view of such facts,-English maritime supremacy would seem to be no mere idle boast. The Ketch Collingwood.—' We (Nelson Colonist) are sorry to learn that this vessel, the stranding of which we recorded last week, has become a complete wreck. This vessel was built by her owner (Mr. W. Akersten) in ISGB, anti had not been laid 'up since, except for outfit. Although very strongly built, five days’, hammering in a heavy sea and being driven over two miles of hard sand, proved too much for the little craft, and she went to pieces when she was about five hundred feet from the Waimea river, in fact, had she held together for another tide she would have been saved. The total loss, including the vessel, cargo, and expenses in trying to save her, amounts to nearly £3OO, _on which there is no insurance. 31 r, Akersten desires to thank Mr. Lowe and his son, and Mr, Ralph Richardson for kindly assisting to recover the mast, etc. The two seamen, who w'ere rescued after clinging to the mast for seven or eight hours, and who have lost their clothes and effects, warmly thank their deliverers for their promptitude in coming (at the risk of their own lives) to the rescue ; and they think Mr. Lowe and his crew are each deserving of one of the medals of the Royal Humane Society and ' of our.Caledonian Socitty,.which societies recognise such deeds of bravery. Our harbor should be supplied wltfi a life-boat and other appliances to be used in cases of emergency.