SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4243, 26 October 1874, Page 5

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WELLINGTON. ARRIVALS. September 26.—Tararua, s.s., 523 tons, Clark, from Melbourne via West Coast. Passengers —Cabin : Miss Gasgoiue, Messrs, Huddleston, Rutherford, Nicholson, and Young; steerage; 3; 20 passengers for the South. W Bishop, agent. Septembers?. —Ashburton, barque, froniGeographo Bay, Western Australia. September 30.—Malay, barque, 328 tons, Davis, from Hobart Town. Beck and Tonks, agents. Anne and Jane, barque, 262 tons, Holm, from Newcastle. Passengers; Mr. anti Mrs, Blake and 2 children, Mrs. Holm and 2 children. R. S. Ledger, agent. Blanche, His Excellency’s yacht, from a cruise. October I. —Albion, s.s., 501 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne via the South. Passengers from Melbourne—cabin ; Mr. and Mrs. ICirkcaldie and Miss Scott. From Coast—Messrs. Harris, Lawson, Lornargon, Brook, Hill, Levi, Blacklock, Grull, Taylor, Carr, Benson, autl Carter. W. Bishop, agent. October 2. —Waratah, barque, Fisher, from Hobart Town, October 3—Robin Hood, brig, from Newcastle. October 6, —Alhambra, s.s., 497 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne via the Coast. Passengers—Cabin: Trom the Coast—Mrs. Kyle, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Pitts; 6 in steerage. Australind, barque, 432 tons, Williams, from Newcastle. October 9.—Nightingale, brigantine, 220 tons, McPhaiden, from Melbourne via Nelson. Passenger : Mrs. McPhaiden. Turnbull and Co., agents. October 10. —Cartvale, ship, from London, with 418 immigrants. October 11.— Hevcrsham, barque, 405 tons. Yule, from Newcastle. October 13.—Gothenburg s.s., 500 tons, Pearce, from Melbourne, via the South. ♦ Frowning Beauty, barque, 365 tons, Campbell, from Newcastle. October 18. —Otago, s.s., 042 tons, MfcLean, from Melbourne. Passengers—Cabin: Miss McKay, Mr., Mrs., and Master Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, Messrs. Pringle, Evans, Cotterill, Praid, Hyland, Ward, McKay, and Stewart. Steerage: 11; for other ports, 51) passengers. W. Bishop, agent. October 10.—H.M.S. Blanche, Simpson, commander, from a cruise. The Douglas, ship, 1447 tons, Wilson, from London, with immigrants. Turnbull and Co., agents. SAILINGS. September 27.—Tararua, s.s. 623 tons, Clark, for Melbourne via the South. October 1. —Albion, s.s., 501 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne via West Coast. Passseugers for Coastcabin : Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, 2 children and servant. For Melbourne —Mr. and Mrs. Beauripierc, Sir. Macarthy and Mr. Wilmott. October!). —Record, barque, 437 tons, Jenkins, for Bluff. Mclntyre and Co., agents. October 4, —St. Leonards, ship, 1053 tons, Todd, for San Francisco. Alhambra, s.s., 497 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne via Southern ports. Passengers—Cabin: For Melbourne—Archdeacon Stock and Mr. Dunnetts; for tho Coast-Captain Webster, Mr. and Mrs. Lemon, Miss McKenzie, Messrs. Parker and Stuart. J. A. Thomson, ship, 1293 tons, Thomson, for the Bluff. October 7.—May, three-masted schooner, 237 tons, Plumley, for Newcastle. In ballast. Passengers— Mrs. Plumley and two children. Turnbull and Co., agents. October B.—William Ackers, barque. 299 tons. Brown, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. October 10.—Waratah, barque, .202 tons, Fisher, for Napier. Bothune and Hunter, agents. Euterpe, ship, 1197 tons, Phillips, for San Francisco. Turnbull and Co., agents. October 13. —Gothenburg, s.s., 500 tons, Pearce, for Melbourne, via the West Coast. October 14, —Malay, barque, 325 tons. Hill, for Hobartown. October 19.—Otago, a.s., 642 tons, McLean, for Melbourne, via tho West Coast. Passengers—Cabin : For Coast—Miss Diamond, Mrs. Ridley, Mrs. Hector and 2 children, Mrs. A, McKellar. For Melbourne— Mrs. Vogel and 3 children, Miss Vogel, Captain Williams, Dr. Moore and son, Mr. Rock, W. Bishop, agent. ' October 21.—H.M.S. Blanche, for Sydney. AUCKLAND. * September 28.—Arrived; Join Join, from Launceston, with 2117 bags potatoes Vivid, bai*que, from Circular Head, Tasmania. October o.—Arrived; Mikado, R.H.S., from Kandavau. October 15.—Arrived: Zealandia, ship, from London, with 300 immigrants. October 9.—Sailed: Mikado, R.M.S., for Sydney. October 17. —Sailed: Thames, barque, for London; Southern Cross, for Napier. NAPIER. October 22.—Helen Denny, ship, from Glasgow, with 258 immigrants, eighty-six days out. LYTTELTON. September 23. —Arrived, Meropo, 72 days from Plymouth, with 331 immigrants. October 20.—Arrived: Fnxrlie, 80 days, from Foo Chow, with loss of foremast, &c, Endymion, from tho Downs, 108 days. September 29. —Sailed : Hereford and Brunette, for San Francisco. October 1, —Sailed, Eastern Monarch for San Francisco. October 4.- Sailed. John Bull, for Newcastle, and the Auriga, for Loudon. The latter took 443 bales of wool, 333 bales of flax, 1558 cases of preserved meat, 21 skins, 2120 sacks (?), 309 casks of tallow and pelts, and 170 packages sundries. St. Lawrence, for San Francisco ; and Canterbury, for Calcutta. October 5. Sailed : Auriga, for London. PORT CHALMERS. September 28.—Arrived: Oacco, barque, from New York. September SO.—Christian McAusland, ship, ninetyfour days, from London. 350 immigrants ; all well. October 7.—Arrived ; Bobycito, from Newcastle ; Annie Lisle, from Melbourne. October 17. Arrived: Swordfish from Hobart Town. October 22.—Arrived: Jessie Roadman, from Glasgow, with 267 i statute adults. October 9.—Sailed; Hebe, barque, for Madden Island. October 14.—Sailed : 'Parsec, for San Francisco. October 16.—Sailed : Bunker’s Hill, for Manilla,

INCIDENTS OF THE MONTH. The s.s. Alhambra on her last voyage from Hokitika to Melbourne, made the very fast run of four days aud twenty hours. The ship J. A. Thomson sailed on Monday-, October 6th, for Bluff'Harbor with part of her original cargo of railway material. The barque Waratah, Captain Fisher, arrived on Friday, October 2, from iiouart Town with a general cargo and eighteen draught horses. The barque Russet, with of passengers, and a cargo of jarrah timber from Geographe Bay, W.A., to Wellington, New Zealand, ran short of provisions, and put into the River Don on Wednesday morning for a supply.— Hobart Town Mercury, September 15. The ship Cartvale from London, which arrived off the Heads on October XG, was prevented from entering, owing to a head wind, was towed in on Saturday night by the s.s. Go-Ahead, and dropped anchor in the harbor at midnight. At noon on Sunday she went down to the Quarantine station, under canvass, where she remained for some clays. Whatever delays occur in the shipping business of this port are almost solely attributable to the great lack of wharf accommodation, as when vessels manage to secure berths their agents ami the wharf lessees iue the utmost despatch in having the cargoes discharged and the crafts again loaded when they take outward cargo. As an instance of this, the slxip St. Leonards has been fourteen days berthed at the wharf, out of which, through bad weather, half-time on Saturdays, and Sundays intervening, only elght/-four working hours were obtained : yet in that time 1500 tons of cargo were discharged. This was particularly smart work, considering that several other ships were discharging at the same time ; and it gives proof that if only proper wharf accommodation existed ships and other vessels would get away in about half the time they now do. As it is, they frequently have to lie out in the stream waiting for a berth for as long a period as it would take them to discharge and be ready to sail again if they could get alongside on their arrival in harbor. Arrival of the Zka.la.ndia.- The line iron clipper ship Zealandia, 1115 tons, under command of Capiam G. Sellars, arrived in port yesterday afternoon from London after a moderately line-weather passage and quick run of ninety days. She brings a full general cargo and 220 immigrants, her saloon also being foil of first-class passengers. The Zealandia comes under charter to Messrs. .Shaw, Saville and Co. She still keeps up her old prestige as a fast sailer, and corner into port in a trim and clean condition. Her human freight appear in excellent spirits, and have enjoyed good health during her ocean trip, under the care* of Dr. Tighe, surgeon superintendent. The passage of the ship has boon an agreeable one, and calls for no special mention. She left London on the 3th July. Passed Dual on . the 11th, and landed the pilot off the Start on the 10th. During the first part of the voyage light winds were experienced, the northeast and south-east trades proving very indifferent. The Cape was rounded on the Kith September, and the eastings ran down in parallels of, 45 and 40 deg., the Three Kings being made on Wednesday last, twentyeight days from the meridian of the Cape. Nothing was sighted on the passage.— New Zealand Herald, October 10. This Schooner Emu.—The late heavy weather along the coast has proved disastrous to at least one vessel. A telegram was received yesterday by C. J. Stone, Esq., from Captain W. Farquhar, stating that the three-masted schooner Emu had put into Napier dismasted. Her mizzenmast only was left standing. The telegram stated that owing to aS.W. gale blowing the disabled vessel not get inside the Spit or communicate with the'shore. A later telegram, dated yesterday at three o’clock, stated that a pilot was then on board the Emu, and she would probably be inside the Spit in a couple of hours. Captain Farquhar further says : —“ It would be advisable to rig jurymasts, take fresh coal, and proceed on to Auckland, as the weather is moderating.” The Emu is loaded with 1450 bags of wheat for this port, from Oamaru, where she left on Friday last. The schooner is valued at £OOOO, and is insured in the New Zealand Insurance office for half that amount.— New Zealand Herald, Oct. 15. Pilot Station at ICaipara. —Yesterday the tenders for the erection of a pilot station at the North Head of the Kaipava harbor were opened. Seven tenders were received, and that of Mr. John Sheehan, jun., was acceiJted. The station will consist of a pilot’s house of six rooms, and two cottages for the boatmen of three rooms each. This change in the position of the pilot station has become necessary in consequence of the change in the trade of the port. When the pilot house was erected upon the south side of the entrance, the trade was chieily up the Kaipara river to Mr. McLeod’s mill. Then, as a matter of course, the southern channel was the principal entrance to, and exit from the harbor. Now all is changed. Mr. McLeod’s mill is a matter of history, and all the trade goes up the Wairoa river, thus causing the trade of the port to pass by the north channel. When the new pilot station is completed, it will be a great advantage to the shipping frequenting the port.— Southern Cross, Oct. 13. Steam Tuo for the Waitara. —The s.s. Waitara, Captain H. W. Dale, put in here yesterday morning at eleven. She is a remarkably smart little craft, of about twenty tons, capable of running about nine knots. Her dimensions are, 50 feet long, 11 feet beam, by 5 feet depth of hold, built at Auckland of polmtakawa frames and kauri planking, coppered, and copper fastened, by Messrs. Sims aud Brown, and engined by Messrs. Fraser and Tinno with engines of 20 horse power. She has been built to the order of Messrs. Webster Bros., New Plymouth, and is to bo craploved in towing at the Waitara, and opening up a trade with the Natives in the northern portion of the Province of Taranaki, Captain Dale reports having left Auckland at 7.30 p.m. on the 11th September. Left Onehunga at 2 p.m. on Friday, the 25th, and cleared the bar at 5 p.m. with light variable wind; 3 a.m. on the 20th was off Albatross Point where the engines were disabled, and proceeded under sail,, with freshening N.W. winds and thick weather; 10 p.m. same night came to anchor about four miles Off Waitara; 0 a.m. on the 27th stood in for the shore under sail, but owing to the heavy sea did not consider it advisable to take the bar under sail alone, stood to the' westward and hove to at 8 p.m.; 0 a.m. on the 28th wind having increased to a N.W. gale wore away, and anchored in Opunake at 10 a.m. Repaired engines and remained at Opunake till 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and a heavy sea setting iu the bay, and being short of coal, deemed it advisable to come on to this port. Experienced W.N.W. wind with heavy sea from thence. Whilst crossing the bar a sea broke over the stern which washed the captain, who was at the tiller, on his face to the forward part of the steamer, and before he could regain his position the vessel was nearly broadside on in a most perilous situation, until she was got bow on again and brought safely into the river.—irangamit Chronicle, October 1. An Unexpected and a Dangerous Voyage.— The p.s. Dispatch 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 the bar, and outside ij; was almost calm, and we all calculated upon being landed on the Groymouth wharf early in the afternoon. We had been at sea hardly an hour when symptoms of a south-west gale set iu, 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 some 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 liigli—in fact I may say for myself that, during not a limited experience of ocean travelling, I never saw anything approaching to the size and malignity—if I may use such a term—of tlie huge waves which threatened momentarily to overwhelm our small craft. But thanks to the skill of our captain and the buoyancy of our vessel we mounted and descended the hills of water without taking in a drop of water, except in one instance, when, whilst the captain and men were bending on the tow-line to the spare anchor, a sea came over the bow and literally tore Captain Kitchingham’s waterproof clothing clean off him. As the day closed in the weather became worse. . The night was pitch dark; one could only hear the rush of water and the howling of the wind. Keeping under easy steam head to sea for a few hours Captain Kitchingham resolved to run for Westport, for this was our predicament;— We had lost one anchor and sixty fathoms of chain, we had only coal enough for about twenty four hours, there wore no provisions on board, and there were four women, three children, and somo six or seven male adults cooped up in the cabin. Had anything happened to the machinery, the loss of the vessel and of 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. We were compelled to remain there for want of coal until Friday evening, when the Kennedy brought ns a supply, and wo started at S p.m., arriving off the Grey in due course, and came in at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday. The passengers owe a deep debt of gratitude to Captain Kitchingham and his crew for their extreme kindness and attention.— Grey River Argils, October 12. ARRIVAL OF THE DOUGLAS. The ship Douglas arrived off the Heads on the 22nd, but the wind being light and adverse she made but little progress. The Luna accordingly got up steam in the afternoon, and about half-past six o’clock left the harbor, with the Health and Immigration Officers on board, to tow her in. The Luna picked up The Douglas about six miles outside the Heads, and towed her iu to the anchorage at the Quarantine Station, whore she dropped anchor about ten o’clock, p.m. It was found that there had been a great deal of sickness on board, chieily measles and whooping-cough. There had been thirty-one deaths, chiefly of infants and children under four years of age ; and there were still twenty cases under treatment on the arrival of the ship. The agents—Messrs. W, & G. Turnbull & Co.—had kindly aud prudently sent out by the Luna a supply of fresh provisions, and as the ship had been out 111 days from Gravesend, these would be very welcome on board. The Luna returned to the wharf about midnight. The Douglas went out of the East India Docks at two o’clock a.m, on the Ist of July. Left Gravesend on the following day, and on the 7th discharged the Channel pilot. From the Channel to the Equator had light winds and calms, and consequently did not cross the Line until the 7th of August, in long. 2710 W. From that time nothing occurred until the 27th of the month, when observations could not bo obtained, a strong gale blowing, and the ship rolling and laboring heavily, and shipping largo quantities of water. Kept her before tluMviml for the safety of life and property. Next day, in lafc. 38.15 S., and 18.50 W., the gale was still strong, but afterwards abated. On the 18th September Mrs. Wilson (the captain’s wife) was safely delivered of a son. On the 22nd September, a strong gale was experienced, with a nasty beam sea, the ship rolling and - laboring heavily, and shipping largo quantities of water. The gale continued for four days, and at 10 P m. on the 20th a heavy sea struck the ship, and broke the boom over which the tent was rigged, and smashed the mam hatch. A largo quantity of water, in consequence, found ita way below. Xhc vessel was kept before the

wind for a time. On the following day the ship was in lat. 42 S, ami long. 80 E, thegale still continuing, with showers of hail and snow. This severe weather continued until the 2nd instant, when it moderated. On the 9th inst. another strong gale was experienced, with heavy squalls, a terrific sea running. The storm continued till the 15th, when it moderated to a fresh breeze with heavy thunder and vivid lightning —lat. 40.5, and long. 170.50. On the 10th instant sighted Cape Farewell light nt 10 p.m., bearing S.E. by S. 4S. At one a.m. on the 17th a sudden shift of wind took place to S.E., blowing a gale. This gale continued all day on the 17th, during which the truss of the lower foretopsail yard was carried away. On the 20th had a terrific gale iu the Strait firm N.W., in which The Douglas was blown past the port, which was not seen, so thick was the weather. Off Cape Palliser saw the Helen Denny. The ship was forced down to the Kaikouras, where the wind shifted on the 21st to the south, and The Douglas ran for Wellington. As has already been said, thirty-one deaths occurred on the voyage—the first, a child, prematurely born, on tke 6th of July, aud the last, of bronchitis, on the 20th instant. There were, in all, sixty-two cases of measles and three of convulsions, twentynine of whooping cough, and seven of erysipelas. The health of the ship generally has been bud. The Douglas brings in all about five hundred souls, there being not fewer than Ki 7 children under twelve years of age. The following ships were spoken on the voyage : July 18, Endymion, for Canterbury, in lat. 40.11 N., and lon. 14.7 W. (arrived yesterday); August 1, signalled the ship City of Delhi; in the Strait, on Tuesday, ship Helen Denny, for Napier (arrived yesterday). THE SOUTHERN CROSS MISSION SCHOONER. We have been favored with the following interesting extract from a letter written by Captain Jacobs : “ Left Bay of Islands for Norfolk Island June 2 ; arrived at Norfolk Island on Juno 7th; left Norfolk Island for the Islands June 9th, with Rev. Messrs. Codrington, Brooke, Sclwyn, and Still, and sixty-two boys and girls. Quick run to Mai, where arrived June. 14th, and anchored. A cutter called The Brothers at anchor there. June 15th, loft Mai for Ambrym and islands to the northward ; great deal of light winds and close, steamy weather. On June 22nd, left the Banks for the Solomon Islands. Communicated with Wango on the 27th ; Florida, 2Sth ; Lavo, SObh. July Ist, off Cape Prieto, Isabel, off which Captain Jacobs discovered a reef, on which he landed, with the Rev, J. R. Sehvyn, in order to get its position accurately. Description as follows: —Named the Pearl Reef ; bearings from it: Ortego Island, east end, S. by E.; Mount Guillard, S.W. by S.j Cape Astrolabe, E. by N. £ N.; extreme north part of Ysabel (as seen from reef), N.W. JN. Captain Jacobs considers this a dangerous reef. From the mast s head of the vessel shoal water was seen some two miles N. of the reef. The reef is circular, with a sand bank in the centre about 12 feet high. July 3, landed Mr. Brooke and party at Florida, among the Solomon Islands ; calms, with heavy rain-squalls and much thunder and lightning. On the 10th July left the Solomon Islands for the Banks Islands; reached Motu on the 29th. On the 30th, communicated with a schooner called the Southern Cross, at anchor at Bligh Island. From information given at Saddle Island, there were five of the natives on board this vessel who had been decoyed ; five others had escaped by swimming. Mr. Codrington went on board her ; but the master of the vessel said they came on board of their own free will, and refused to give them up. Mr. Codrington then obtained a document from the Government Agent to say that he had offered to take them home (this must be the same vessel whoso Government Agent and mate were reported to have been killed three days’ later at Torres’ Islands, which are some thirty-five miles to leeward of Bligh Island). The Mission vessel then visited the Banks Islands and New Hebrides, returning to Motu, and landing the Revs. Codrington and Selwyn at Motu and Ara, to remain while the vessel went to Norfolk Island. Left for Norfolk Island on August 20th, with the Rev. J. Still and about twelve Melanesians. Verj r variable weather to Norfolk Island, which was reached on September 7th. Left again about the 9th, with the Rev. C. Bice aud Mr. Kenny for the Islands. Captain Jacobs does not expect to be back to Auckland till about the end of the third week in November. One of the crew had been down with fever aud ague, aud Captain Jacobs had been unwell, chiefly from exposure and over fatigue. He reports seeing the Lelia, of Melbourne, a cutter of about 35 tons, in the New Hebrides; with apparently about 100 Natives on board. He also says that, as they used to personate the late Bishop, so now they do the present head of the Mission. He says, ‘A fellow is going about in a vessel, wears spectacles, says he is Codrington, and speaks Motu language. He went to Santa Maria, said he was Codrington, and wanted people to go -to Norfolk Island, also called at Star Island with the. same tale. He said his boat’s crew were Mota men ; but one of the Mota men was there, and told the people that it was not so, and he had to be off. So that it seems that the so-called labor trade is still pretty active, aud likely to give trouble and cost money.’ At Norfolk Island all was well. The Pearl had touched there on her way to Fiji, with the Governor of N*w South Wales, who will, they say, pay them an oAkis! visit in a few months’ time. At the Mission Station things were going on well. Mrs. Palmer, who had been ailing for a long while, died on the 11th September, of consumption. , Her father, the Rev. B. Y. Ashwell, who left in the Dauntless, arrived too late to. see her. They had a rough and long passage down. Mr. Ashwell returned to Auckland last night in the Golden Isle, from Russell, having come from Norfolk Island in the whaler Hunter." —Hew Zealand Herald, October 3.