SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4292, 22 December 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON Hiau Water, 5.40 A.ar.; 4.9 r.M. ARRIVED. December 21.—Cynthia, 56 tons, Thos. Swede, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Robin Hood, 297 tons, Jno. Paton, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Dunedin, schooner, CG tons, from Oamaru via Moorakl. T. W. Pilcher, agent. _ , . Star of the Sea, 3S tons, R. Bowden, from Havelock. Thompson and Stavert, agents. Elizabeth, schooner, from Pelonis Sound. Camille, barque, 317 tons, Stafford, from Newcastle. ’ SAILED. December 21. —Canterbury, schooner, 38 tons, Anderson, for Kaikoura. Master, agent. Stormbird, s.s., 67 tons, P. Doilo, for V« anganui. Passengers—Saloon: Miss Bash, Mr. and Mrs, Ingram, Messrs. Faulkner, Harrison, Jackson, Martin, Hall, Nelson, and Rumensnider. W. and G. Turnbull and Enterprise, brigantine, 84 tons, Campbell, for East Coast. Levin and Co., agents. Star of India, ship. 1097 tons, C. Hollowaj, for Sydney, Johnston and Co., agents. CLEARED OUT. December 21.—Cordelia, 598 tons, J._W. Symons, for Newcastle, in ballast. W. and G. Turnbull and C °Maimwatu, p.s., 103 tons. Griffiths, for Wanganui. Passengers—Saloon; Miss Tyorman, Mr. and Mrs. Green; 1 in steerage. R, S. Ledger, agent, IMPORTS. Stormbird, from Wanganui: 112 bales, 2 bags wool, 1 bale paper. - „ , Cynthia, from Pelorus Sound; 42,000 feet sawn Robin Hood, from Newcastle; 510 tons coal, 1000 from Oamaru via Moeraki: 350 sacks, 100 hf-sacks, 240 qr-sacks flour, 40 sacks wheat, 100 sacks bran, 421 sacks oats. Rangatira, from Napier, &c.: 9 cases, 1 pkg bacon, 1 pci, 6 empty casks, 2 bdls sheepskins, 3 bags fat, 108 bales wool. . . , Star of the Sea, from Havelock: 20,000 feet timber, 9 bales tow, 1 bdl bedding, 1 circular saw. Camille, from Newcastle: 525 tons coal, 1 monumental stone. EXPORTS Manawatu, for Wanganui; 14 mats sugar, 10 bags flour, 21 cases, 3 casks, 1 box, 1 casting, 4 pels, sundry' waterpipes. Stormbird, for Wanganui: SI cases, 89 pkgs sugar, 3 bales hops, 2 pkgs corks, 5 bales, 1 roll zluo, 2 colonial ovens, 3 bdls riddles, 11 ovens, 4 boxes tobacco, 2 trusses, 4 bars iron, 10 pkgs machinery, G churns, C casks, 1 hhd, 1 puncheon. 1 Jbdl spades, 100 boxes candles, 3 casks cement, 1 coach, 1 crate, 1 cask sodawater, 8 boxes glass, 3 cases groceries, 1 qr-cask vinegar. w _ EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London'. —Avalanche, Ilindostan, Langstane, Carnatic, Jungfrau, Berar, Humboldt, Avalanche, and City of Vienna. New York.—Sunlight, barque Geooeaphe Bay.—Grace Darling. , Melbourne, via the South.—Albion, s.s., tomorrow. Southern Ports. -Phcebe, s.s., this day. Northern Ports. —Ladybird, s.s., this day; Wellington, s.s., 2Sth inst. , Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Alhambra, s.s., 27th inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London. —Adamant, about 9th Jan., Jessie Readman, early; Howrah, in January; Soukar, about 7th lebMelbourne, via the West Coast. Albion, s.s., to-morrow. . Melbourne, via the South.—Alhambra, s.s., 2Sth inst. „ Southern Poets. —Ladybird, tins day; I\elliii Dton, s.s., 29th inst. Northern Poets. —Phcebe, s.s., to-raorvow. East Coast Ports (North Island).— Rangatna, s.s., this day Hobakton.—Malay, this day. Newcastle, —Cordelia, this day. Castle Foist.—Aspasia, this day. Fdxtox. —Napier, s.s,, this day. BY TELEGRAPH. WESTPORT, Monday. The schooner Lrelitia, from Wellington, is now discharging at the wharf. The Esther, also, is discharging. NELSON, Monday. Arrived: Barque Ayr, from Mauritius, with sugar. NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. Arrived; On Saturday, Hannah Broomfield, from Wellington. , Sailed: Yesterday, Ladybird, for Southern ports. LYTTELTON, Monday. The E.M.S. Tararua sailed South at 4.30 p.m., and the Phcebe for the North at 5 p.m. Arrived: On Saturday, the Sir Isaac Newton from Tairoa. POET OF NEWCASTLE. Arrived: December s—Elm5 —Elm Grove, from Auckland; Helen, from Napier; Mary Ann Annison, from Lyttelton: Amateur, from Tiraam. Sailed: December 6—lsabella, for Lyttelton. December 7—Elderslie. for Westport. December S Robin Hood, 297 tons, for Wellington, with 510 tons coal, 1000 trenails; Transport, 307 tons, for Lyttelton.

The fine ship Star of India took advantage of the shift of wind into the north-west, and proceeded to sea early yesterday morning. The p.s. Manawatu would leave the harbor at an early hotur this morning. t .. . The s.s. Kangatira, which was to have sailed yesterday afternoon, has been detained until this evening to admit of her taking on the mails for the Poverty Bay district, which will arrive here to-day by the Phoebe. „ „ , . , . The barque Camille, Captain Stafford, arrived m harbor yesterday evening. She reports having been detained by calms for five days off Cape Farewell, but for which she would have been here by last Wednesday. , , Captain Williams’ brig Bobm Hood arrived yesterday from Newcastle, "with a full cargo of coal. Left Newcastle on the Bth, experiencing northerly winds until reaching Bock’s Point on the 14th. Thence had moderate southerly weather, and was obliged to beat through the Strait. . ' We are glad to learn that a timber trade is springing up between Nelson and Wanganui. The fine schooner Arthur Wakefield sailed for the latter port this morning with over 30,000 feet, the produce of Waitapu anti the Moutere, and we understand from her owner that she is likely to find regular employment in the trade. —Nelson Mail, December 17. Masters of vessels having powder on board should bear In mind the Port Regulations, which require a Hag to be hoisted before landing such combustible cargo. For neglecting to comply with this very proper safeguard, the master of a coasting vessel was yesterday fined £5 at the Resident Magistrate’s Court.— Hawkes Bay Herald, December 15. The Harbor of Gisborne.— By private letter from Poverty Bay we learn that, with the growing trade of Gisborne, the danger to vessels entering the river is more severely felt than hitherto. The last time the steamer Pretty Jane was at Gisborne, she struck a sunken rook, and broke two of the fans of her ecrew, and on the trip before she grounded and had to be beached. The captain of the vessel now declares that until something is done to improve the channel he will not go to the wharf again. This is really a serious matter, but that which is so exasperating the good people of Gisborne is, that the Auckland authorities will not, apparently, sanction the expenditure of the feiv pounds required to improve the channel. The local journals loudly complain that for the want of £lO the river is almost unnavigable ; but it appears to us that such a small sum might be subscribed by those most Interested in securing a safe passage for vessels entering the river.— Hawks’s Bay Telegraph, December 15. A Slave Schooner Seized.— The I!rui6tme Conner, of November 18, reports the arrival of the schooner Margaret and Jane from Somerset, in charge of an officer of the Customs. It appears that the schooner and her movements, in consequence of suspected breaches of the Kidnapping Act, have been the subject of considerable attention on the part of the officials at Cape York for some time past, and that Mr. Dalrymple, when leaving the settlement, gave strict injunctions to Mr. Browne, the local officer who remained in charge, to seize the vessel if occasion presented itself. Occasion did present itself, and the vessel was seized. Upon receipt of this intelligence the Government despatched Mr. Sandrock, of the Customs, Townsville, to report upon the seizure, the result being that the vessel was ordered to Brisbane to be dealt with by the authorities. The crew consists of a mixed number of Australian aborigines and Polynesians. A violation of the 9th section of the Kidnapping Act Is the presumed cause of seizure. A Shipmaster i’lNr.o.—At the Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, Captain John Heifer pleaded gnilty to a charge of unlawfully neglecting to give timely notice to the postal authorities of Greymonth of an alteration made in the time fixed for the sailing of his vessel, the Wallace, from this port on November 17, and was fined 20s. and costs. For tho enlightenment of those who are not versed in nautical matters. It may be necessary to state that every shipmaster is required by law to acquaint the post-office authorities with the time at which the vessel in his charge leaves the port, that tho mails may bo kept open for transmission of letters until tho last minute, allowing time to get the bags on board without delaying the vessel’s departure. In the ease tried to-day, through the neglect of the defendant the mails were not sent, and the local postmaster was compelled to prosecute the captain of the Wallace for his neglect, with the result as stated.— Clreymouth Star, Deo. 10. DisOßßyi.se> Orders. —On Saturday, at the City Court, Captain Wolf, of the collier barque King Oscar, charged tour of his crew with unlawfully disobeying him at sea. The vessel was lying at Newcastle, with the tug alongside ready to proceed to sea, when the men came alt and said that as one of tneir hands was laid up they refused to turn to unless another was shipped. The captain read the articles, by which It was shown, that without the sick man he had his compliment, and then after towing outside the Heads, cast off from the tug, and worked the vessel down lo Twofold Bay with his mates, boys, and the cook. At Twofold Bay tho men again turned to, but on their arrival in port Captain Wolf gave them in charge. The men stated that the vessel was leaking badly, and not fit to go to sea without another hand, as the pumps would have to he worked ail day to keep her clear. This evidence was substantiated by the mate. The Bench, in dealing with the case, thought tho captain might have done more than he did to Induce the men to turn to, it having been shown that he treated them in a somewhat off-hand manner. There was no excuse, however, for their refusing duty, and therefore each of them was fined eight days' pay, with 10s. Cd. costs, —Melbourne Daily Telegraph. „ The latest report to hand of the Newcastle freight market la the following, from tho I'ilot of tho oth inst.:—Thero is no alteration to report in the freight market. Tho arrivals during tho week have been limited to intercolonial trading vessels, with the exception of the French barque Stella Marls, whose

port of destination has'not yet transpired, and of the barque Formosa, loading hero for Shanghai, under a round charter, to return to the colonies. For ban Francisco the demand is still brisk, but shipowners appear to And it more to their advantage to accept the rates offered, as the few vessels expected to arrive, and to load for this port, are under homo engagements. An advance on our last quotations, 275. is, however, not unlikely. Melbourne freights homS entirely nominal, tonnage for New Zealand could be obtained at a comparatively low figure. Tim stock of coal at the various New Zealand ports is rather considerable, and this precludes the probability of any great Improvements in intercolonial rates for some time. The harbor is now rather bare of shipping, and with the increased facilities for loading and discharging, good despatch can be relied upon. Since last report, the following have left for foreign ports: For San Francisco, Wasdalc, with 1707 tons coal, on ship’s account: Uranos, for Shanghai, with 700 tons, at 305.; and Unkel Brassig, with 400 tons coal, at 355,, for Honolulu.

THE STEAMSHIP COORONG. During the greater part of the present year there has been a busy time of it on the south bank of the Yarra with repairs and alterations to steamers and sailing vessels, chiefly with the former. Without enumerating those which have been completed, it may bo mentioned that there are at present in hand the steamers Coorong, Omeo, and Southern Cross, and the refit to the former is so nearly finished that she will be able to return to service in a few hours, and resume her trips in the trade to Adelaide and intermediate Soutli Australian ports. As a rule the overhaul and alterations to the steam vessels of Messrs. McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co.’s fleet arc of an extensive and a thorough character, and are seldom effected at less than a cost of several thousands of and the Coorong forms no exception. Since being laid up she has had the whole of her machinery, boilers and all, removed, and the interior of the hull from end to end has been scraped and painted, and the floor cemented. She was also docked, and the soundness of the null plato by plat© well tested. The old boilers have been replaced by new ones made at the Fulton Foundry, of the best Lowmoor iron. The workmanship, as well as the material, is unexceptionable, and the boilers stood satisfactorily the severe hydraulic test applied to them. The engines were also taken to pieces, and new parts supplied where necessary by the Langlamls Foundry Company. A general superintendence over the whole of the work in the engineroom was exercised by Mr. Kirkwood, chief engineer to the firm. The steamer has had her old propeller replaced by a new four-bladed one, which possesses certain peculiarities calculated to increase speed, 'the alteration to the blades being in accordance with a suggestion of Mr. Kirkwood. The donkeyengine on deck has also had gear fitted, which will enable the anchor in future to bo heaved by steam. New decks have been laid down, and several alterations made in the passenger accommodation, tending to greater comfort. The pantry has been moved near amidships, thus affording more space to saloon passengers, and increased conveniences. The saloon has been cleaned and painted throughout, and redecorated, and the whole of the upholstery has been renewed, so that with the white and gold of the decorations and the green Utrecht velvet of the cushions, the saloon has quite an elegant, if not a gay, appearance. The fore-cabin accommodation has had a searching overhaul, and in light and ventilation the inprovements will be found to be most advantageous. A fixed wooden canopy has been erected forward, and this covering will prove very serviceable to steerage passengers. The steamer has also been spanned amidships by a new bridge. The refit aloft to spars and sails and rigging has been on an equally liberal scale, and it may also be affirmed without exaggeration that the Coorong is now almost in as good order as when she came out here a new vessel. The entire shipwright and joiner work was done under the supervision of Mr. Cowan, head carpenter to Messrs. McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co. It is almost superfluous to mention that the moving spirit throughout the whole of the work has been Captain McMeckan himself, who is never happier than when up to his eyes in projecting and carrying out to a successful issue these and other alterations of a like important character. The Coorong when in dock was coated underneath with patent antifouling composition. After taking a short preliminary spin down the bay, and swinging at the buoys for correction of compasses, she will berth at the Sandridge railway pier, for Adelaide direct. The carrying capacity of tho steamer is equal to 350 tons, and she can also accommodate thirty horses.—Melbourne Argus.