SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4387, 12 April 1875, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. Hrou Watkr. 9.3 a.m.; 9.34 r.M. ARRIVED. April 10,—Star of the South, s.s.. 178 tons. Palmer, from Auckland and Napier, William Bishop, agent. Taranaki, s.s., 290 tons, Lloyd, from Manukau, New Plymouth, Nelson, and Picton. Passengers— Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Coutts, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Martin. Miss Levy, Mrs. White, Mr. and Mrs. Gasson, Miss Hewitt, Miss Bird, Messrs. Shannon, Brown, Taylor, Haynes. Liviston, Ord, Hooper, Nuttman, Fordham, Jay, Storey, and IS in the steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent. . _ „ Lyttelton, p.s., SO tons, Scott, from Wairau. R. S. Ledger, agent. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Evans, from Wanganui. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Brough and four children. Mrs. Rapley, Mrs. Perston, Mrs. Airec, Alisa Booth, Miss McDonough, Miss Rapley, Messrs. Borlase, McCaul, Finker, Proctor, Deleuse, McCormicky, Norman, Williams, and Crodes. R. S. Ledger, agent. Napier, s.s., 44 tons. Butt, from Wanganui, lumbull and Co., agents. „ . , , April 11,—Jessie, schooner, 37 tons, Schenkcl, from Havelock. Rangatira, s.s., ICS tons, Griffiths, from I overty Bay and Napier. Passengers—Silicon : Mr. audMre. Case and child, Airs, and Miss Campbell, Miss Nasmith, Messrs. Muir, Firley, Hebblethwaite, and 33 in the steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent. Shepherdess, schooner. 27 tons, Cochran, from Havelock. Mclntyre and Co., agents. Hunter, ketch, 21 tons, Russell, from Rangitikei. George Thomas, agent. SAILED. ■ April 10.—Kato McGregor, schooner, G 5 tons. Smith, for Lyttelton. Master, agent. Colleen Bawn, schooner, 27 tons, Games, forPelorus Sound. Master, agent. ... t, „ Lyttelton, p.s., SO tons, Scott, for Blenheim. K. b. Ledger, agent. _ . . , ~ t Star of the South, s.s., 178 tons, Palmer, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. William Bishop, agent. Taranaki, 1 s.s., 299 tons. Lloyd, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Passengers—Saloon; Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Messrs. Stevens and Rhodes. R. S. Ledger, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, for Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents. . t» • Isabella, brigantine, 82 tons, Toms, for Ponrua Harbor. Krull and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Star of the South, from Auckland and Napier: From Auckland—3 trunks, 2 boxes, Jackson ; 10 boxes soap, 1 case. Jacob Joseph and Co.: 1 case, Robinson ; 2 trunks, . Lindsay; 2 cases, Garton ; 1 trunk, Hannah : 1 trunk, McDowell and Co.; 0 cases, Garton ; 1 trunk, Millar, 1 pkg, Cook; 1 pkg, Johnston : 12 kegs, Dixon ; 3 kegs shot, Mills : 2 cases, O'Shea; 2 cases, Brittain. From Napier—2 parcels. Canning. , _ ~ , „ Taranaki, from the North: From Manukau—2 cases, Margetts ; 17 pkgs. as addressed ; 1 case Lyon and Blair ; 5 pkgs, as addressed: 1 case. McLean. From Nelson—l box, Luxford; 1 horse, 1 cow, White ; 3 cases, Munro ; 2 boxes, Liverton; 1 case, Holloway; 10 cases, Manoy; 25 pkgs, Martin, rrom Picton —2 bales wool, Levin and Co. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.— Himlostan, Hudson, Dalian, Edwin Fox, Kingdom of Italy, and Wennington, Mauritius, via Adelaide. —May, three-masted schooner, daily. Auckland and East Coast Ports.— Luna, p.s., daily. Northern Ports.—Wellington, s.s., 15th inst. Melbourne, via Southern Ports. —Tarama, 5.9.. 13th inst. Rangitikei. —Egmont, s.s., this day.

PUO.It:OTi:D DEPART UIIES. London—Carnatic, 15th April. Southern' Ports. —Wellington s.s., 15th inst. Napier and Poverty' Pay.—Kangatira, s.s., tomorrow. Melbouhne, via the West Coast.— Tararus, 3,3.. 13th inst. . , Foxton. —Napier, s.s. , this (lay. Wanganui.— Manawatu, p.s., this day. Patea.—Htton Belle, ketch, this day. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Aiuiived. —Fairlie, Syren, and Helen, from Lyttelton ; and Charybdis, from Oamaru. GEEYMOUTH, Sunday. Sailed.—The s.s. Otago, to-day, for Melbourne, with 57050Z5. 17dwts. of gold. POET CHALMEE3, Saturday. Sailed.— Ladvbird, s.s., for Northern Ports; Easby, for Sydney via Lyttelton and Wellington. The steamer Lyttelton, Scott, master, arrived from Blenheim on Saturday morning last, with a quantity of dumped wool for transhipment to the ship Avalanche, which is now loading for London at Lyttelton. The wool was taken on to Lyttelton by the steamer Taranaki. The whaling brigantine Isabella, Toms, master, sailed on her maiden cruise on Saturday afternoon last. She will call in at Porirua Harbor, where trypots will be shipped. The Isabella will then stand for the East Coast of the Middle Island. The ketch Falcon, Fisk, master, left for Blenheim on Saturday afternoon last. She was followed by the p s Lyttelton, also bound to the same port. The steamer Star of the South arrived in Wellington harbor on Saturday morning last at 7 o’clock, after a long passage of forty-three hours from Napier. The Star of the South arrived at Auckland irom Levuka on the 2nd inst,, and remained there till 3 p m. on the sth, when she left for Napier and the South. The passage from Auckland to Napier occupied 541 hours, the vessel arriving at Port Ahnriri at 9.30 p.m. on the 7th ; fine light N.E. weather was experienced. Left Napier for Wellington at noon on the Bth, with the wind strong from the southward. Alter rounding the Kidnappers, the whole force of a southerly gale was encountered, against which the steamer thrashed till Cape Palliser was rounded, when the wind became light from the N.W., arriving in harbor after a run of 43 hours. The Star of the South is now under command of Captain Palmer, Captain Farquhar, her former master, having resigned to take charge of the lona, a fine powerful boat recently launched in Auckland for the Northern trade. The Star left at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. The steamer Taranaki, Captain Lloyd, arrived on Saturday morning last from Manukau, Taranaki, Nelson, and Picton. She left Manukau on Wednes day last, and arrived at Taranaki the next morning, leaving for Nelson at noon. From Manukau to Taranaki fine weather and smooth water were experienced, but from the latter port to Nelson the steamer encountered a strong gale from the S.E. _ She left Nelson at noon on Friday ; arrived at Picton at 9 p.m., and left for Wellington at midnight, arriving at 5.30 a.m. Fine weather marked the passage from Nelson to this port. The Taranaki sailed South at three on Saturday afternoon. The steamers Manawatu and Napier left Wanganui at 10 p.m. on Friday night, and arrived on Saturday afternoon. The water was smooth, and the weather -fine on the West Coast. Messrs. Brogden and Son’s schooner, the Julius Vogel, which recently drifted on to the wreck of the steamer Paterson in the Waitara Eiver, was taken up on Meech’s slip, Te Aro, on Saturday last. Beyond a few slight rents in her copper, the schooner has sustained no damage. The steamer Eangatira, Captain Griffiths, returned to harbor yesterday from Poverty Bay and Napier, She left Poverty Bay at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday last, and arrived off the Iron Pot the following morning at 7.30, having steamed against a stiff blow from the southward. She left Napier for Wellington at 11.15 on Saturday morning, and came alongside the wharf at 1.30 p.m. yesterday. Fine weather and smooth sea prevailed. The Eangatira will receive an overhaul and cleaning to-day, and resume the East Coast trade to-morrow.

The schooner Shepherdess, from the Sound, and the ketch Hunter, from Eangitikei, beat to an anchorage last evening.

A Message from the Sea.— Our Whatawhata correspondent writes as follows: —I forwarded a document that drifted ashore in a bottle, near Mokau, on the West Coast, and was picked up by natives about a month since English brig Kio Loge, of London, from Liverpool to Otago. New Zealand, John Curbett, master, 91 (ninety-one) days out to-day, in a heavy gale from the N.B. since midnight last night. At 11 p.m. last night sighted Capo West, right ahead, and distant two miles only, ship at the time reaching under the lower topsails ; just succeeded in wearing ship to keep off the rocks. Got her head round to N.W. The wind at tile time hauled from W.N.W. to N.E., and blew very heavy. We are still reaching, and drifting about S.S.W. Had nothing bnt dead reckoning to go by since leaving England, our chronometer having broken down since leaving home. Wo sighted Martin Vaz’s Eocks in the S.E. trades; onr chronometer then put the ship 7J degrees to the westward of them. The following day we spoke an American barque and an English ship, the M. B. Cox, from Callao to Queenstown for orders. We were then 34 days out. Since then we have not seen any vessels whatever. We made the Inaccessible and Nightingale islands, as well as Tristan d’Acunha, all right, and passed between the two former about 3 o’clock on tho morning ot the 44th day out. In 44 degrees S. and about 118 E. we got clear ot a very violent storm, which passed close to us, by the weather we had as well as our glasses. Again in about 47 degrees S. we escaped another gale ; but in 51 degrees 30 seconds S., and 129 degrees E., we were caught, and had it heavy, but the little vessel behaved well. We are still all well and hearty, and hope to bo in Otago in a few days. Should this fall into the hands of any civilised person, we hope it will be sent on to the editor of the Weio Zealand Herald, or else to tho Merchant Shippiny Gazette, in London, England.— Thomas Atkin, chief mate, late second officer in the National Steam Shipping Company, England. Monday, June 8, 1874.” (The brig Kio Loge. says the New Zealand Herald of the 2nd instant, safely readied her destination last June, and has since traded on the coast. She sailed hence yesterday to Wangaroa. The document Is in pood preservation, but has had rather a tardy passage.]