SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4261, 16 November 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OP WELLINGTON High Water, 8.10 a.m.; 8.30 r.M. ARRIVED. November 14.—Hannah Barratt, schooner, 64 tons, Renner, from Pourcre, East Const. Manawatu, p.s.. 103 tons, Griffiths, fromAVanganm. R. S. Ledger, agent. , November 15.—Napier, s.s., 41 tons, Butt, from Poston. Passengers—cabin : Mrs. and Miss Reeves, Mrs, Howe, 3lr, and Mrs. Lily, Mr. Kemp. Turnbull and Co., agents. Stormbird, s.s., OS tons, Doile, from Wanganui. Passengers cabin : Messrs. Johnston, Wheeler, Pilcher, Finlater, Hogg, Manning, and 2 steerage. Turnbull and Co., agents, Otago, s.s., 40<J tons, McLean, from Melbourne, BlutF, Port Chalmers, and Lyttelton. Passengers—- • saloon : Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson. Miss Houlahan. Miss Pratt, Miss Yorlce, Mr. and Mrs. Higginson. Miss Moon, Hr. and Mrs. Heck, and 2 children, Mr. and Mrs. Bailey, Messrs, Haldridge, R. H. Johnston, Pitt, Robt, Stout, E. A. Chapman, Pagan, Hale, Craham, Duighan, Evans, James Maccassey, Hackworth, Margetts, James Smith, G»o. Cook, and 1G steerage. 78 passengers for forward ports. Win. Bishop, agent. Star of the South, s.s., 160 tons, Farquhar, from Auckland and Napier. Passengers—cabin : Mrs. Jor.es and child, Messrs. Engel, Scainons, Hayward and family, Ksight. Marmion, brigantine, 80 tons, Bowden, from Kaipara. SAILED. November 14.—Enterprise, brigantine, 84 tons, Campbell, for East Coast, November 15. —Unity, schooner, 44 tons, Unvin, for East Caast. EXPORTS. Aspasia, for East Coast Coast: C pkgs station stores, 3 bags sugar, 1 case geneva, 1 cask lime, 12 pkgs, 10 coils wire, 1 truss drapery, 1 bag potatoes. XXX, for Wairau: 1 weighing machine, 27 tons coal. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Hourah, Avalanche, Hindostan, and Soukar. New York.—Sunlight, barque Mauritius.— Zeli, barque. Melbourne, via the West Coast. —Tarama, s.s., 22ud last. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London. —Halcione, November 20 ; Adamant, in December. Melbourne, via the West Coast.— Otago, s.s., this day. Southern Port's.— Star of the South, s.s,, this day. Napier.—Kangatira, s.s., this day. Wanganui. —Stormbird, s.s., and Slanawatu, p.s., this day Foxton.—Napier, s.s., this day. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON. Sailed —11.30 a.m.: Wellington, for Wellington. The steamer Wellington, from the South, and Taranaki, from the North, will arrive to-day. They are appointed to sail again to-morrow. Messrs. McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co.'s steamer Otago, Captain John McLean, arrived yesterday, at 2 p.m., from Melbourne, Bluff, Port Chalmers, and Lyttelton. After waiting twenty-four Lours beyond her advertised time of sailing, in order that the result of the race for the Melbourne Cup might be ascertained and conveyed to New Zealand, the Otago left the Sandridge Railway Pier at 8 p.m. on the sth instant, cleared Port Phillip Heads at 11 p.m., and passed Swan Island at 3 p.m. next day. Fresh westerly winds and fine weather prevailed until the Otago drew up towards the New Zealand Coast, when the wind hauled into S.E., and held there until she made the land at the Solander at S p.m. on the 10th. As what was deemed to bo a signal tire was seen burning on the island, steam was eased, and a boat despatched to ascertain the cause of the unwonted appearance. An explanation soon followed. A party of four sealers had been living on the island for four months, and had succeeded in taking no fewer than 500 seals. They were, however, running short of supplies, and desired that intimation of their whereabouts might be given at the Bluif, together with a request for early assistance. The men were assured that their request should be complied with; and having whipped her boat up, the Otago stood away on her course through the Strait, and arrived at the Bluff at daybreak on the 11th. Discharged a largo cargo there, and left at 4 p.m.; had fresh westerly weather along the coast, and arrived at the Heads and stopped the engines at 3.30 a.m., and entered Port Chalmers at 0 a.m. on the 12th ; landed large cargo and 58 horses ; left at 4 p.m. on the 13th, arrived at Lyttelton at 11 a.m. on the 14th, and left same night at 8 o’clock ; had beautiful weather and arrived here as above. The Otago has a large number of passengers for Wellington. We have to thank Mr. Eaton, purser, for favors. The brigantine Marmion, Captain Bowden, arrived last evening from Kaipara, with a cargo of kauri timber. The steamer Napier, Captain Butt, arrived shortly after eight yesterday morning. She left Foxton at no«» on Saturday, but just after passing Mana Island gocenveloped in a thick fog. Nothing was visible till seven yesterday morning, when the vessel was found to be in Lyell Bay. The fog lifted sufficiently to allow of Captain Butt finding the entrance, and he succeeded in reaching the wharf as above. The steamer Stormbird, Captain Doile, arrived at 3 p.m. yesterday from Wanganui. She left Wanganui at midnight on Saturday, with a moderate southerly wind, which, when the vessel was off Kapiti, brought up a slight fog.. It however did not last any time. As the steamer Manawatu and ketch XXX were making for a berth at the first T on Saturday afternoon, a collision occurred. The XXX lost her jibboom, and the Manawatu scraped off a little paint. The steamer Rangatira was taken off the Slip on •Saturday. She has received a new propeller, besides coats of paint both inside and outside. The saloon has been renovated and regrained, and the fore cabin slightly altered. She will leave for Napier this afternoon. The schooner Unity sailed for the East Coast yesterday morning. The barque Camille and the brig Robin Hood have cleared at the Customs, and are lying in the fairway. 1 Both vessels will probably get away for Newcastle today. The schooner Hannah Barratt. Captain Renner, arrived on Saturday afternoon fromPourere, East Coast. She left for Wellington on Thursday morning, and has made a fair run clown. The brigantine Enterprise sailed on Saturday morning for East Coast stations, but Captain Butt reports her lying at anchor in Worser’s Bay yesterday morning. The steamer Star of the South, Captain Farquhar, arrived at noon yesterday from Napier and Auckland. She left- the latter port on Tuesday night last, and on the following day had to seek shelter from a strong N.W. wind. She arrived at Napier on Friday morning, leaving for Wellington the same night. Succeeded in reaching within a few miles of Wellington Heads at nine on Saturday night, but the heavy fog that prevailed prevented her making the entrance till eleven o’clock yesterday morning. She leaves for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers this afternoon. Snip Burned at Sea. —The Cape Argus of September 10 contains the following: —“Considerable exdtem'.nt was caused shortly before sundown yesterday, when a communication was made down from the signal-hill that a ship’s boat full of passengers was standing into the bay. About six o’clock the steamer Gnu put off with the view of rendering assistance, and it was learnt that the Oliver Cromwell, with coals, from Newcastle to Aden, had been destroyed by fire on Sunday, the SOth ult. The fire seems to have broken out in some unaccountable way, and baffled all attempts at extinction. The only hope was to escape in one of the ship’s boats, and, after a nine days' perilous voyage, Table Bay was made. It is satisfactory to learn that no lives were lost.” Trade in Hobhon's Bay.—There has been a busy time of it in port during the past week, with British and foreign arrivals, and the-question of pier accommodation could not have been mooted more opportunely. Not only are vessels doublebanked, to the detriment of rapid loading and discharging, but some have had to haul off into the stream, without completing their loading, to make room for fresh arrivals, the cargoes of which arc urgently wanted by impatient consignees, and even at present there are six ships waiting for berths, three of them with full cargoes, and three ready to take in cargo. A relief to this overcrowded state of the piers may be looked for when some of the wool ships which are at present loading have taken their departure, and of these the first to be ready will be the Collingwood, Miltiades, Loch Ard, Holmsdale, and Macduff. The completion of the new jetty at the Alfred Graving Dock has released the berth hitherto occupied by the mail steamers, and for the future the departure of the mail steamer will be from this pier, a lino of rails having been laid down hrough the dockyard for the conveyance of passengers and cargo. But what is one berth when there are so many claimants for it? the arrivals which have added so materially to the tonnage of the port during the past week were the Blackwall liner The Lord Warden, the Noma, the City of Madrid, and the Peter* borough (the latter a large new clipper), from London; and the Hippolyta and Eurynome from Liverpool. From New York there were the 8. D. Carleton and Jas. & Stone ; and from the Baltic there was the barque Uranos. Of sugar-laden vessels there were the Otago, from Mauritius; the Star of the Mersey from Ho Ho ; and the City cf Halifax and Solid, from Java; and of tea ships there arc the James Wilson, which was telegraphed yesterday, from Foochow; and the new Torres Strait mail steamer Somerset, which discharged over 7,000 packages. Two guano vessels, the Speedy and Delmira, arrived from Malden Island, and the latter is transhipping her cargo into the Rodney. —The Argus, Oct. 2G.