SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4240, 22 October 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON Hwe Water. 1.42 a.m.; 2.18 r.M. ARRIVED. October 21. —Ladvbircl, s.s., 288 tons, Andrew, from Northern ports. Passengers—Cabin: Miss King, Miss Adair, Mrs. Toogood and four children, Messrs. Maddock, Jackson, Mathewson, and Harvey : steerage ; 7. R. S. Ledger, agent. Napier, i.5.,-U tons. Butt, from New Plymouth. Turnbull and Co., agents. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Griffiths (put back). SAILED. October, 21. —H.M.S. Blanche, for Sydney. Ruby, schooner, 24 tons, Dalton, for Pelorus Sound. Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons. Lloyd, for Napier. Passengers—Cabin : Mr. and Miss McKay, Messrs. Crowe, Hunter, Miss Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. Souter and three children, Mr. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Muncaster : steerage : 8. it. S. Ledger, agent. CLEARED OUT. October 21.—Mary Ellen, schooner, 20 tons. Moss, for Foxton. Webster, agent. Oreti, schooner, 68 tons, Karns, for Havelock, in ballast. Master, agent. imports. Ladybird, from Manukau : 3 casks. 3 cases, 1 pci. 120 kits. From Now Plymouth : 1 exso. From Nelson : 2 2 bales, 10 cases, 150 sacks. 1 cask. Napier, from New Plymouth ; 20 bales, 2 cases, G casks. EXPORTS. Mary Ellen, to Foxton : 1 coil rope, C 7 pkgs, 37 cases, 55 bars iron, 1 ingot lead, 5 bdls, 1 churn, 4 pels, 23 sacks. 33 bags, 3 casks, 1 keg, 21 mats, 1 halfchest tea, 12 wool-packs, 4 bales, G boxes, 1 doz brooms, 1 do buckets. 10 bars iron, 1 bdl do, 3 pieces fittings, 1 truss, 11 doors, 2 drums, 9 sheets zinc, 4 hhds, 10 qr-casks. 3 tanks, Kangatira, to Napier: 1 buggy, 95 pkgs, 335 cases, 3 drums, 12 bales, 5 chests, 10 hhds, 37 casks, 45 boxes, 20 kegs, 0 trusses, 2 doz shovels, 30 sashweights, 2 stoves, 1 pair axles, 7 boiler-plates, 2 tons pig iron, 2 do cast do, 47 bars iron, 2 bdls do, 1 bar steel, 1 set harrows, 71 sacks, 4 qr-casks, 50 poles. 2 pels, G 1 coils. To Poverty Bay: GO bags, 22 cases, 5 pkgs, 1 pci, 8 hhds. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. —Douglas, 1428 tons, Wilson, sailed from Gravesend July 3 : Ihmthea, Langstone, to sail June 20; Ilindostan, July 15; Wanganui, July 25 ; Star of India and llouvah, sailed August 25 ; Helen Denny, 727 tons, Ruth, sailed from Deal July 24 ; Carnatic, Jungfrau, E. P. Bouverie, and Soukar. New York.—Sunlight, barque, to sail 10th August. Newcastle. —Anne Melhuish, Camille. Melbourne, via the West Coast. —Tararua, s. s.. 23th inst. Northern Ports. —Taranaki, s.s., 2Sth inst. Southern Ports. —Wellington, s.s., 2Gth inst. Melbocne, via the South,— Mbion, s.s., 23rd inst., with Suez mail. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Northern Ports. —Phoebe, this day; Wellington, with San Francisco mail, 27th inst. Southern Ports. —Ladybird, s.s., this day. Foxton. —Napier, s.s., this day; Mary Ellen, this day. Newcastle. —Elderslie and Hevcrsham, this day. Melbourne, via the West Coast. —Albion, s.s., 24th inst. Melbourne, via the South, (with Suez mails), —Tararua, s.s.. 25th inst. London. —Haluione, early in November. Wanganui.— Stormbird, s.s., 23rd inst.; Manawatu, p.s,, this day.

BY TELEGRAPH.

HOKITIKA. October 20.—Arrived, at midnight • Tararua, a.s., from Melbourne, with Suez mall; 21st, sailed 9 a.m., Tararua, for Greymoufch. NEW PLYMOUTH. October 21.—The Go-Ahead sails to-day for the Manukau. POUT CHALMERS. October 21. —Arrived: Albion, s.s., with the Suez mail. POET OF NEWCASTLE. September SO. —Arrived: La Pair, from Kelson. October 2: Adamant, from Kelson. The s.s. Ladybird arrived at the wharf early yesterday morning from the Korthera ports. She sails South to-day. The barque Ashburton has now finished taking in ballast, and will sail very shortly. The ship Cartvale is discharging her cargo at the middle T. In consequence of the severity of the weather the p.s. Manawatu had to anchor at the Heads on Tuesday afternoon, but was recalled to the wharf yesterday, and will leave, weather permitting, at noon to-day. The s.s. Phcebe is appointed to sail Korth to-day. The Eangatira sailed for Kapier and Poverty Pay about six o'clock last night. A more fortunate voyage may be hoped for her on this occasion. Although the shipping-board at the Telegraph Office stated yesterday that the Stormbird bad sailed from Wanganui, such was not actually the case. Messrs, Turnbull and Co. received a telegram in the afternoon saying that the steamer was unable to cross the bar, as there was not sufficient water. As the barque Woodbine was beating out on Tuesday she missed stays when near the eastern j>oint of Evans Bay, and had to drop her anchor. Unless she is towed further from the shore she will have to remain at her present anchorage until a favorable wind occurs. Messrs W. and G. Turnbull and Co.’s s.s. Napier returned to this port yesterday, having at length accomplished her passage to New Plymouth, after being 23 days out from Wellington, during which time she has experienced some very peculiar weather. She,left Wellington for New Plymouth on the 23rd of last month, but meeting -with severe weather, had to run under Kapiti for shelter, where she found the s.s. Stormbird, the schooners Melanie and Onward, and several other vessels. She started again and put into Wanganui on the 25th, leaving on the 28th, but was obliged to bring up under Waitotara, where she lay until the 30th, when a westerly sea came in, and she had to run for Wanganui again. On arriving at the bar it was found she could not enter, so she was hoveto, and drifted to Kapiti. She lay there till the Ist inst., when she left with a fair wind, in company with the Melanie. She got as far as Cape Egmont, when the wind changed to the northwest, and blew a gale, which necessitated going back to Wanganui, where she arrived on the 3rd, and where she lay until the IGth. Captain Butt was determined to persevere, and sailed for the original port of destination again, which the little steamer succeeded in reaching on the following day. She sailed again on the ISth, anchored at Stoney Eiver for a day, owing to a south-east gale, and ultimately arrived at the wharf here at 7 a.m. yesterday. A Missing Brio. —The brig Tower Hill is now a long while overdue at Whangaroa. She left Lyttelton as far back as the 9th of last month, and was last seen by the Harriet Macgregor, schooner, off the East Cape on the 13th September. Probably she has been driven to take shelter on the coast. She had not arrived when the Belle Brandon left, but Captain Ohlson reports that on his way up he saw a vessel which in the haze appeared to be a brig between the Hen and Chickens and Mokohino. Perhaps this may turn out to be the missing vessel.—Auckland Evening Star, October 10. Ste.a.m Launch for Auckland. Tenders arc now invited by the Harbor Board for the new steam pilot launch, to which we referred some time ago as projected. They are to be received until the 3rd November, and plans and specifications in the interval may be viewed at the ofiice of the Chief Harbormaster. The proposed dimensions are as follow ; —Length of keel, COft.; beam, 74ft.; draught, 7ft. The engines are to be on the compound principle, and of nominally CO horse-power. Mr. W. Lodder is the designer, and will superintend their construction. The lines on which the hull is to he built are exceedingy graceful, and well calculated to conduce to both buoyancy and speed. The boat will be fitted with a telescope funnel. It is needless to point out the great advantage it will be to our pilot service to possess such a useful steam launch.—Auckland Evening Star, October 14. Ship uuildino in Auckland. The topsail schooner being built by Messrs. Niccol and Son for Captain J, Lewis and Mr, M. Niccol is finished as regards her hull. The schooner will be launched by the end of the month. The large steamer for the Northern trade being built for Captain Macgregor and others lias all her planking complete and her decks laid. In the ordinary course of things she will bo launched about the end of next month. Messrs. Niccol and Son have also on hand a schooner of about 70 tons for Captain H. F. Anderson and Mr. J. McEwen. This vessel is now nearly planked. A fine-lined yacht of about 30 tons, being built by the same builders for several gentlemen, has her framework completed, and is being rapidly pushed forward. When she is launched we shall look forward with some interest to her performances against the crack yachts already afloat.—lbid.

An Unexpected and a Dangerous Voyage. The p.jj. IDispatch had an involuntary and rather eventful trip after leaving Hokitika on Tuesday morning last. A passenger furnishes us with the following particulars; —“ With a number of fellow passengers by the Albion, and others from Hokitika, i left at about eleven o’clock on Tuesday morning. The day was bright, and the bar was so good that the Dispatch had made three trips that tide for towage purposes before we started. There was little sea on tTie bar, and outside it was almost calm, and wo all calculated upon being landed on the Grcyrnouth wharf early. in the afternoon. We had been at sea hardly an hour when symptoms of a south-west gale set in, the sea in anticipation rising rapidly, By the time we were approaching the Grey the break had extended very considerably to the westward, and the state of the sky and other indications presaged bad weather. We arrived off the Grey in about the usual time, but the bar was evidently impracticable, and the captain anchored, the sea rising every minute. After riding uneasily for somo hours, the chain cable carried away, and nothing was to be done but to put to sea, which Captain Kitchingham promptly did. As we proceeded the sea increased, until towards dusk it rolled very high—in fact I may say for myself that, during not a limited experience of ocean travelling, 1 never saw anything approaching to the size and malignity—if I may use such a term—of the huge waves which threatened momentarily to overwhelm our small craft. But thanks to the skill of our captain and the buoyancy of our vessel wo mounted and descended the hills of water without taking in a drop of water, except in one instance, when, whilst the captain and men wore bending on the tow-bne to the spare anchor, a sea came over the bow tore Captain Kitchlngham'a waterproof clothing dean off him. As the day closed In the ?^? t i iCr i, oca , m<!, . worße - Tho night was pitch dark; * <mly hear the rush of water and the howling KL « / W 1 1 Kee P* n K under easy steam head to sea v (J l0^ rB Kitchinglmrn resolved to V^ e J tport ' for . this was our predicament on , c anehor »nd «lxty fathoms of chain, wo had only coal enough for about twenty four hours, there were no provisions on board, and there were four women, throe chUdtcn and somo six or seven male adults cooped up in the cabin: ■ Had anything happened to the machinery, the loss of the vessel and ef all aboard of her was Inevitable, but luckily no

such accident occurred, and we arrived off Westport early in the morning, and entered as soon as the tide served. Wo were compelled to remain there for want of coal until Friday evening, when the Kennedy brought us a supply, and we started at 8 p.m., arriving olf the Grey in duo course, and came in at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday. The passengers owe a deep debt of gratitude to Captain Kitchingbam and bis crew for their extreme kindness and attention. —Grey River Argun, October 12 Gale at Lyttelton.— Such a gale as that of Monday and Tuesday last lias not been experienced in Lyttelton for some years, and it is mainly duo to the forethought of the harbor authorities that no damage was done the vessels lying in harbor. The falling of the barometer on Monday indicated heavy weather, and when the p.s. Luna arrived in harbor, the wind, which had been blowing strong from the N.W., veered round to the S.W, Signals were hoisted to let go second anchors for the ships in the fairway, and the vessels lying alongside the wharves were hauled off to the buoys. The s.s. Taranaki and barque Inverallan, lying at the Gladstone Pier, remained at their berths, the sea being broken by the ' breakwater. On Tuesday, the gale abated to some extent, but towards evening the wind increased, and from > p.m. to midnight, the gale was at its height. The swamping of one of the small yachts is the only damage reported.— Times. Brigantine Sir Isaac Newton. —The brigantine Sir Isaac Newton, Captain H. Boor, bound from Newcastle to Napier, arrived in harbor on Saturday morning last, having run here to procure a fresh supply of water, and repair damages caused by the late gale. Reports leaving Newcastle on October 3rd, with a light westerly wind. Fine weather prevailed until the 10th, when she encountered a most terrific gale from the S.W., the vessel being hove-to for four days. On the evening of the 13th, shipped a heavy sea, which carried away the bulwarks and stanchions amidships on both sides, breaking the water casks adrift, staving in the boats, and filling the cabin with water. The gale having moderated a little on the 14th, stood on her course again, sighting Stevens’ Island on Thursday morning, when she met a S.E. gale, compelling the vessel to heave-to for twenty-four hours. From thence to Nelson had fine weather, arriving as above. We are indebted to Captain Boor for late Newcastle papers.—Nelson Mail , October 19. Masters op Pleasure Yachts.— The Board of Trade have lately issued an order requiring masters of pleasure yachts to pass in future examinations and obtain certificates of competency. In navigation masters of yachts must in future understand the first five rules of arithmetic and the use of logarithms; must be able to workaday’s work complete, including the bearings and distance from one port to another by Mercator’s method; to correct the sun’s declination for longitude, and find the latitude by meridian altitude of the sun; and be able to observe and calculate the altitude of the sun, and deduce the vaiiation of the compass therefrom. He must know also how to lay off’ the place of the ship on the chart, both by bearings of known objects and by latitude and longitude; determine the error of the sextant, and adjust it, and find the time of high water from the known time of full and change. He must be able to observe azimuths, and compute the variation; to compare chronometers and keep their rates and find the longitude by them from an observation of the sun; to work the latitude by single altitude of the sun off the meridian; and to use and adjust the sextant by the sun; also to find the latitude by a star, &c. He will be examined in so much of the laws of tides as is necessary to enable him to shape a course, and to compare the soundings with the depths marked on the chart. In seamanship it will be necessary to understand the measurement of the log-line and the lead-line, know the “rule of the road,” “international code of signals,” and the method of mooring and unmooring; the use and management of the mortar and rocket lines. —Land and Water.