SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4297, 29 December 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OF WELLINGTON lUioii Water. 8.12 A.M.; 0.2 r.M. ARRIVED. „ „. ~ , December 28.-Onward, 09 tons, D. Bissett, from Kaikouras. T. W. Pilcher, agent. •p.„ enMr «_ Napier. 44 tons. Butt, frmnFoxton. Passengers Cabin; airs. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Hll ami two children, Messrs. Addison. Waitc Miliar. Hoi and. Power, Corrigan, Newcll and leek. A\. anil u. Turnbull and Co., agents.^ December 25.-Rangatira, s.s C. Lloyd, for Tort V SSA Pieton. P.. J 'xS2SSSrt; 200 tons, B. Wheeler, for Pieton. E S?ormbi S rd r ''?s" t -C7 tons, Doll., for Wanganui. PassengcrsJsalodn ; Mrs. and Master Brient, Messrs. Wilson, Hansard, Lucas, and Hood. W. and l». Tl W. C. for Me,and Ord. W. Bishop, agent. CLEARED OUT. December 28. -Canterbury, 33 tons, J. Anderson, for Fclorus Sound, in ballast. Master, agent. Onward, from Kaikouras": 30 racks oats, 30 sacks bran, 3 cases cheese, 112 bales wool. , - "Elizabeth Curie, from Dunedin: 300 sacks, 020 bags flour, 25 bales chaff, 28 sack 3 sharps. ■ Crest of the Wave, from Napier -. 94 bales wool Napier, from Foxton: 10 bales wool, G hides, 1 box, 200 sleepers, 5 cases. „ Ilangatira, from Napior, &c—l case cigars, - parcels, 5 cases fruit. . ,„,„'. , 1T Alhambra, from Melbourne, via West Coast: 417 bags bark, 352 sash weights, 03 lengths galvanised tubes, 6 bdls buckets, ITS bars, 11 bdls iron, 4 pkgs saws, fi ovens and contents, 1 keg screws, 2 coils rope 30 lensthwrißes* 83 cases, 72 half-cases fruit, 11 bags smovelsTS cases whiskey, 6 qr-casks" branny; is'qr-tfERs whiskey, 25 cases bottled beer, 22 plates iron, 2 bars steel, 3 cast iron heads, 24 cart boxes and axle arms, 4 cart 'springs, 1 bdl scrolls, 1 chaffeutter, 1 feed box, 1 riddle, 1 case cigars, 8 bales wool, 101 cases merchan--8 casks, 14 bales, 125 bags rice, 4 pks, 2"S pkgs sugar, 100 boxes, 10 half-chests tea, 10 kegs nails, 2 trusses, 1 drum, 0 parcels, 3 boxes, 3 boxes gold (containing £40,000). Taranaki, from Northern port 3: CO cases, 20 bags, 3 sacks, 2 parcels, 1 screwjack, 13 pkgs, 34 hkds, 12 boxes, 3 bales. Wellington, from Southern ports: 1 case tobacco, 32 lengths pipe, 11 bdls, 20 cases, 305 bars, 1 plate iron, 7 bars steel, 1 bdle iron, 50 boiler tubes, 10 bales, 4 bids. 2 casks, 36 pkgs, 1 truss, 18 casks, 10 kilderkins, 10 barrels ale, 1 sack seed, 1 bag, 1 box silver. Langstone, from London : 1 caso, R. Holt; 1 box, Kinross and Co.: 15 boiler 3, 4 furnace doors, 4do grate 3, 17 camp ovens and covers, 9 girdles, 13 pots, T. Held ; 0 bales, Heneyfield : 4 cases, 1 pkg poles, 20 bdls, 5 pkgs machinery, 250 cases stout, 2 cases, 6 pkgs, 10 pigs, It. M. Honeywill; 1 case, W. Mowbray ; 1 case, S. H. Drew ; 1 case, Miss C. M. Jackson ; 1 do, Miss E. Marriott; IS cases, S. Soife : 1 case, M. S Rodgers: 1 case, J. Corney; 1 case, W. Morley; 2 cases, A. Bridges ; 2 cases, W. Nicholson ; 2 cases, F. H. Fraser; 3 hhds, A. Tod; 4 pkgs, C. Knight; 3 pkgs, N.Z.S.S. Company; 4 pkgs machinery, Captain Petherbridgo: 4 pkgs, W. H. Travers ; 4 qr-casks. J. Dransfleld; 11 cases, 1 cask, 1 crate, L. Levy; 10 casks, 5 cases gunpowder. Watt Brothers ; 20 qr-barrels do, J. Duthie ; 35 cases rifles, 6 cases percussion caps, 250 cartridges, 6S pkgs, Colonial Secretary ; SS3 rails. 39 pkgs, Minister for • Public Works ; 1 tierce, 3 crates, 200 casks cement, 15 cases vestas, 20 tins putty, 50 casks ale, T. and W. Young ;11 sheep, James Moore and Co,: 5 pkgs, Foster; 8 cases, W. B. Rhodes; S pkgs, G. H. Vennell; 42 trunks, 7 pkgs, E. H. Hunt; 10 pkgs, . Bethune and Hunter ; 8 pkgs, Kirkcaldie and Stains ; 8 cases, E. W. Mills; 17 pkgs, James Gear; 3CS cases, 575 casks, 100 lots wire, 20 firkins, 1 parcel, 1075 boxes, 20 mats, W. and G. Turnbull and Co. ; 2 cases, Eedwood; 34 bales, 40 kegs, 3 casks, 7 cases, Stevenson and Stuart; 100 cases candles, 1 box samples. Johnston and Co.; 150 kegs paint, 20 drums oil, 2 cases, 100 cases geneva, 8 qr-casks, 152 cases beer, 50 cases whiskey, E. Pearce : 6 pkgs, G. M. Waterhouse ; 71 c&ses, 47 bales, Edmondson, Sellars, and Co. ; 16 cases, 1 case samples, 35 drums, J. Nathan aud Co. ; 15 bales, 50 qr-casks, 329 cases, 27 bdls. Krull and Co.; 7 cases, 14 casks, 10 kegs, 1 bale, 2 pair axles. 200 lots wire, 4 stoves. 2 backs, 13 boxes, W. W. Taylor; 30 cases, 2 bales, Thompson, Shannon, and Co.; 37 cases, 2 bales, J. McDowell and Co.; 402 cases, 12 arms and boxes, 223 casks, 12 kegs, 73 camp ovens and covers, 23 pots, 40 3heep, 2 bdls, 584 pkgs merchandise. 15 bales. 88 tierces, 3002 boards, 200 bags. 73 drums, 10 rolls, 17 boxes, 16 cases glass, 100 drums oil, 10 qr-casks wine, 60 casks soda, 33 bdls, 893 pipes, 230 pigs lead, order. EXPORTS Storrnbird, for Wanganui: 21 cases, 28 casks, 2 bdls spades, 1 hhd, 1 puncheon, 1 bale, 2 parcels, 5 bags rice, 10 boxes soap, 211 pkgs sugar, 4 kegs, 4 russes, S pkgs reaper, 50 cases geneva, 4 rum,

1 casting, 2 casks currants, 1 buggy, 10 cases sauce, 57 drums oil, 4 kegs, 1 cask whitelead, 10 chests, 96 half-chests, 42 boxes tea, 12 tanks. Albambra, for Melbourne, via South: 200 casks cement, 2 parcels, 1 steam winch, 1 case, 12 bales fungus, 1 bo.T. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Avalanche, Hinddstan, Carnatic, Jungfrau, Berar, Humboldt, Avalanche, City of Vienna, Ardentinny, Inverene, and Hudson. New York.—Sunlight, barque ; Ossea. Geocibamie Bay.—Grace Darling. Souther* Ports. —Ladybird, s.s., this day. Ner.TH.EK.N- Ports.—Phcebe. s.s„ 3rd January. Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Tararua, s.s., 10th January. Melbourne, via Southern Ports.—Otago, s.s., 3rd January. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London*. —Adamant, about 9th .lan.: Jessie Readman, early; Howrah, in January; Soukar, about 7th February. Melbourne, via tite "West Coast.—Otago, s.s., 4th Januarj'. Melbourne, via the South. Tararua, s.s., 16th January. Northern Ports.—Wellington, s.s., this day. SOUTFIERN Pouts.—Taranaki, s.s., this day. Dunedin.—Easby, s.s., about sth January. Wanoanci.—Manawatu, p.s., this day. Lyttelton and Dunedin.—Southern Cross, s.s., 31st inat. Foxton.—Napier, s.s., this day. East Coast Ports (North Island).—Rangatira, s.s., this day. BV TELEGKAPII. AUCKLAND, Monday. . Sailed.—Southern Cross, for Napier and South ; Onward, for South. PORT CHALMERS, Monday. Arrived : Ship Araby, 112 days from London; Royal Diadem, barque, from Mauritius ; Sunlight, barque, 134 days from New York; United States barque Swatara, from Hobarton, via Auckland Islands. NAPIER, Monday. Arrived : Helen, from Newcastle, with coal. Queen Bee, from Poverty Bay, with 728 bales wool. She will complete her loading here, and leave for London early. LYTTELTON, Monday. ArrtvV.d ; Yesterday, Geraldine Paget, from London, 100 days out; Albatross, from Wangaroa; Syren, fromMogonui; Clematis, from Hobarton. The time ball may be used to-day for rating chronometers. A chronometer true on Greenwich time should show 12b. 30m. when the ball drops, as the ball Crops llh. 30m. in advance of Greenwich mean time. The following were passengers by the Rangatira which arrived on Sunday: Messrs. Buckeridge, Ticehurst, 11. Thomas, and Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, Mr. and Mrs. Elllngham and child. The following ia the report of the ship Langatone (740 tons, Captain Mitchell), from London, which arrived here on Christmas morning. On 17th September landed pilot off Start Point, a light westerly wind blowing at the time, which continued till the 19th. A strong gale from the south-we3t then set in, with a heavy sea. This weather continued to the 24th. Afterwards hail light and unsteady winds to Madeira, which was passed on the 30th September. Next day fell in with the north-east trades, which proved very light but steady, and were lost on the 10th of October in lat. 10° N., long. 28° W. Light variable winds and calms were experienced, with rain, till the 19th, in lat. 2°3o'N., and long. 26° 3<y W. ( when the south-east trades were mot with. Crossed the equator on the 20th October in 28° 30/ "W. (thirty-three (lays out), and had very fair south-east trades, but hanging far to the southward, and being seldom better than E.S.E. These were lost on the 23th of October in lat. 18° S., and long 25° W. From thence to the meridian of the Cape, which was crossed on the 15th of November in 41° S. (fifty-nine (lays out) had fresh northerly winds, with fine weather. The easting was run down on the parallel of 48°, with fresh breezes from N.W. to S.W., and fine weather. Sighted Mount Cook on the 18th December, when ninety-two days out. Light variable winds were then found, with calms, for two days. Rounded Cape Farewell at eight o'clock on the morning of the 22nd instant, and had a light south-east wind and calms all through the Strait. Made Wellington light at ten p.m. on the 24th instant. Tacked about between Lyell's Bay and Pencarrow Light, and showing blue lights and rocket until daylight, but received no answer from tho shore. The signal for a pilot was made, but seeing no appearance of life about the shore, and anxious to get into port, Captain Mitchell made for the harbor. After he had made three tacks, and was about three miles inside of Barret's Reef, at lalf-past live o'clock in the morning, when the signal £D was made from the station, and some time afterwards the pilot came on board All through the voyage after the start the ship had unusually fine weather; In fact, the voyage was like a pleasure trip. The only vessels met with connected with the colonies were the ship Samuel Pllmsoll, from London to Sydney, on the 18th of October, in lat. 3° N. and long. 27° W,, and again on the 6th November, in 39° S. and 10' W.;. and the barque Indus, from London to Brisbane, on the 6th December, in lat. 48' and 110* E., all well. The schooner Seabird, from Wellington, was spoken by the Langstone, on the 21at instant, standing south of Bolt Head. South Sea Traokdiem.—H.M. schooner Sandfly, at Sydney, reports arriving at Basilisk Harbor, Island of Tapoxa, on September 15, the natives all seeming very friendly, bringing off no arms of any kind. On the' morning of the 17th canoes to about thirty In number earoe off, and all well provided with bows and poisoned arrows. This looked rather suspicious, tint they still all appeared very friendly until dinner time, when the deck was nearly cleared. They then commenced firing with their arrows from some of their canoes, which had pulled ahead of the ship, which was soon stopped by a few rounds from rifles. Lieut. Nowell then left in the gig to give chase. As theboat ncared the shore more arrows were fired at the boat. A few rounds from the rifles were then fired to clear the bush. The gig then went in and towed out nine eanoes. Boats were then manned and armed, and tha two largest villages! burnt, and all the canoes de- '

strayed. On the 10th, one man who could speak English came off in a canoe, and he, it appears is the only survivor of the cutter Tortue-under French colors-which, it appears, left Havana Harbor some time back for Vanikoro. This native states that he went on shore for water at Vanikoro with the captain and some other natives, but they were attacked on shore, himself and the captain both Betting wounded and the others escaping into the bush. The two or then took to their boat, and the tide being too;«trong they drifted on the island of Tapoua, where the captain died and was buried. This man was inpossession of the captain's pistol. Took him oni boaid and landed him at his home, Havana Harbor. On September 19 left Basilisk Harbor, arriving and anchoring at Santa Cruz on September 20 rho natives here came off in great numbers and well armed with bows and poisoned arrows, •w"" wan made on the vessel, but was soon repelled , two villages and several canoes were destrojed. WRECK OF THE SHIP MAITLAND CFrom the Melbourne Argus, December 10.) , Tl 'llrison, c a t ri^«. I 4»"« SvdncT Uers S a™wr"eck place, and in consequence proceeded to the spot where he discovered the vessel stranded, with her saits set and anchors "cockbilled," lowing that she went ashore under sail. The deck cargo was complete, rnnsistin" of a large number of iron water-tanks. The lower deck was awash at low water He removed the hatch, and could see cases and casks; in fact the cargo was intact, but he feared that during the nrst a, W sales she would break up. He asked for authorfty 1o take possession, f,i»' e «*>' claims priority of salvage. A- .letter found enclosed in a bottle, suspended in "tent on the island written by the master of the ship Jo"," ieil and addressed to the manag.ng owner J. R Kelso, North Shields. This states that the Maitland left Moreton Bay for Foo-chow on May 18, and ran on a coral reef a mile S.E. of Huon Island on the 25th, at haK-past one The weather was Uiick and out to run out the anchor to heave the ship off, but she was lost with thirty fathoms of cable, and broke up into small pieces in attempting to run a kedge and tow-line out. The next best boat turned over and stranded. No more could be done to save the vessel, the sea being high, and the ship bilging fast. Next day, at 3 a.m., she was full of water, with the deck to seaward. All the provisions and water were got out that could be saved, but the master says they would not suffice for any length of time, and there was no water nor anything to preserve life on the island. On the 31st the best boat left the island to seek assistance, steering for the Australian coast, in chargo of Mr. Gibb, the chief officer, with Thomas Hey, boatswain; George Sterevenos, Andrew McDonald, and W. H. Ovens, seamen. On June 14 the next boat was decked, and left the island, steering the same course as the first boat. Mr. Williams, the second officer, was in charge, accompanied by Alfred Tyfleld, George Whittle, Charles Williams, and John Mackintosh, seamen. There were 14 souls on the island, and no means to carry them off, so all commenced to build a boat 30ft. in length. It was a long job, no nails being obtainable except from a piece of rigging which was saved. All the masts went by the board on May 27. The boat was launched on August 25, and left the island on the 26th with all hands on board. Letters were found on the island which had been left by the master of the barque Plato, lost there 12 months ago. The list of the crew of the Maitland is given as follows ;—John Reid, master, Orkney; George Gibb, chief mate, Aberdeen; Jas. F. Williams, second mate, London ; Fredk. Fox, steward, Weymouth; David Pearson, cook, London; T. Hey. boatswain, London ; T. J. Morris, carpenter, Pembroke. A.B.'s : J. Hatfield, Dundee; Alfred Tyfleld, Southampton ; George Whittle, Weymouth; George Sterevenos, Greece ; W. H. Evans.'Port Madoc ; Chas. Williams, Manchester ; John Mcintosh, Dundee ; Wm. Goudie, Shetland; Morris Abraham, Liverpool : Chas. De Vanuce, London ; Andrew Macdonald, Albany, U.S.; Alex. Almeda, St. Thomas. Apprentices: Thos. W. Young, South Shields ; George Wardale, Sunderland; John H. Maltby, South Shields ; John A. Walker, Harrogate; H. Edward Smith, South Shields. The Mackay .Mercury, North Queensland, contains an account of a boat that was found." stranded on the beach on November 17, between Mackay and St. Lawrence, which it'is thought, from the description, is likely to he the one which was built by the wrecked crew. The boat, according to this paper, was of about six tons burden, apparently constructed out of the materials of a large ship, and was painted Our Hope on both bows, and also on the stern ; her bottom was covered with strips of copper two inches wide, tacked all along the seams ; her deck beams were formed of a ship's planking ; a small portion of the deck remained, the rest was all washed away, and both bilges were stove in. The boat was flat in the bottom, like a punt, and was painted white all over. In her were a lot of ship' carpenters' tools, some preserved milk, fruit, meat, &c, a ship's log, one of Walker's patent harpoon logs, a hand-lead, a pillow slip, and what appeared to be part of a white shirt. There were no human remains in the boat or anywhere about the shore, and she evidently got safe to land, as is proved by the articles that were found lying in her loose. The probability is either that her crew were picked up by some passing vessel, or that they had landed, and were trying to make their way overland to port." A telegram has been sent to Brisbane to ascertain whether the wreck may have any connection with this boat, no intelligence' having reached the Customs department of any of the crew having been heard of.

A BOLD SWIMMER. Amongst the passengers by the Queen, a steamer belonging to the National Company, on her last voyage from New York, was a Captain Paul Boynton, of the New Jersey Coastguard, a professional tliver. When tho Queen had got two nr three hundred miles from New York, Captain Boynton, if we are to believe what we hear, declared his intention of jumping overboard and swimming back, in order to test a peculiar apparatus for floating to which he was quito. anxious to trust his life. The captain of the steamer, however, would not permit what he regarded a3aperfectly suicidal proceeding; and so the professional diver, sorely against his will, was not allowid to throw himself into tho sea. Instead of repining over the restraint to which he was subjected, Boynton sought to make converts in favor of the invention he desired to experiment with, and when the Queen was about seven miles off the Irish coast he obtained leave of absence in the fashion he required from the captain. Instead of selecting a calm day and warm sunshine for his first plunge, Boynton launched himself into the deep at half-past nine o'clock on a dark night, with a gale blowing. As he dropped into the waves the steamer forged ahead. " All right, captain," roared the adventurer .cheerily, and was then lost sight of in the tossing waste of waters amidst tho breathless astonishment of the passengers. A hero never drowns. Capt. Boynton turned up next evening in Cork not a bit the worse of his adventure. And yet, as may be easily surmised, he had no fair weather time of it. While the houses were shaking and slates were being blown off roofs in London, this bold swimmer was alone upon the stormy sea, encased in his magic dress, carried up and down the alternate hills and valleys of the ocean until he confesses to feeling for the first time in his life sea-sick. No steward was available during tho hour of trial; but then, on the other hand, there was no confined cabin to aggravate his sufferings. As he neared the coast the tempest increased in violence. He was close to tho cliffs of Baltimore, where •"some idea of the heavy sea on may be gathered from the fact that at one moment, having mounted on the top of a huge wave, he seemed to be on a level with the cliff tops, the next instant he was hurled down into an abyss of a hundred feet, shut in by high walls of wator. In this frightful manner ho was tossed for more than an hour." At length, having been seven hours in the water, and having swum over thirty miles, Captain Boynton steered himself into harbor, and got to Skibbereen; where he posted a number of letters entrusted to him for the purpose by the passengers of the steamer. The achievement of tho professional diver was intended to illustrate the advantages and capabilities of a costume by which a man becomes as it were his own ship, and is quite independent of steamers or packet-vessels. When an entrance is effected into these garments and they are inflated properly, it is almost impossible for the tenant of the suit of safety to come to grief. He must float whether he will or no. It is also arranged, we believe, in compartments, so that if there was a leak in any one quarter he would still have nothing to fear except whatever inconvenience ho might suffer from being slightly out of trim. He possesses the power of steering and sculling himself, being furnished with a paddle for tho purpose. As when one jumps from a steamer into the Atlantic it is impossible to tell how long one may remain in the Atlantic, the voyager of the future must be provided with food. He carries a bag of sustenance sufficient to last him ten days; but he must be prepared for other contingencies besides those of hunger.and thirst. Knocking about the sea, ho might be run down by a careless ship, and so he has a lantern to affix to his head-piece, which he can also, we are informed, use as a rcadlng-larnp, for a small library would seem to form a part of his equipment. Again, who knows but ho may stumble against a shark, and so wo have him armed with an axe and a long knife. He furthermore bears a flag, and can hoist the Stars and Stripes ; while, when tired of paddling, ho can erect a sail as readily as a nautilus.— Home Nev)S.