SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4895, 29 November 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON, .... High Water.—l.4o a.m.; 2.3 r.i «. ARRIVED. „„; November 27.—Isabella Pratt, schooner, 87,tons, Cross, from Oamam. Master, agent. -.ii November 28.—Wellington, s.s., 279 tons, Lloyd, from Northern ports. Passengers—Saloon: Malle. Fmnzini, Messrs. Griffiths, Hill (2), Mill,'McNeil, Mills. Dlro, Norman, and Cholmoudeley: fourteen steerage, and ten .for the South. t and Co., s.s., 286 tons, Andrew, from the South. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs; Hall and child, Mrs. Turton and two children, Mrs Millicharap, Mr. and Mrs. Coddy, Messrs. Dellins, Forrest, Jackson, -life, Allan; "Kennedy, Presley, Boetham,' Lloyd, and Xysaght; twelve steerage, and ten for the North. Levin and Co., agents. , , Lyttelton;- p.s., 86 tons, Scott, from Blenheim. Anderson, agent „ , ... Star of the Sea. schooner, 38 tons, Turner,. from Havelock. Master, agent. ■ „ , _ -Murray, s.s., 78 tons, Conway, from Nelson. Passingers—Cabin: Miss Martin. Messrs. Hounsell, Majoribanks, Manson, Leaty, Jeffries, Carter, Clifford, and Frauklyn. Anderson, agent. . SAILED. November 28.—Wellington, s.s., 279 tons, Lloyd, for the South. Passengers—Saloon: Messrs. White, Ren OX Foote, and Paxton. Levin and Co., agents., Stormbird, S.S., 69 tons, Doilo, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Mrs. Gore and son, Mr. and Mrs. Trenwick and family (3), and Mr. Cuttermoll. Turnbull and Co., agents. .. ToJed, schooner. '73 tons, .Grundy, for Kaipara; Mclntyre and Co., agents. , Reliance, ketch, 65 tons. Swede, for Kaipara. Greenfield and Stewart, agents. Lyttelton, (: p.s., 86 tons, Scott, for Blenheim. Anderson, agent. . IMPORTS, [A special iharge is mads for consignees’ names inserted in this column,].. Elizabeth Pratt, from Onmaru : 660 sacks flour, 430 qr do do, 550 hf, do do, 10 bags oats, 120 do bran. Lyttelton,'from Blenheim : 204 bales wool. Wellington, from the Manukau : 1 pel,’7 cases, 129 bags, .2 trusses,; .4 pkgs, 8 pipes. From Taranaki: 14 pieces timber. From Nelson : 26 cases, 10 sacks lime, 1 chest. From Picton: 12 bales wool, 2 boxes, 4 pkgs, 2 sacks bacon. - -Ladybird, from Dunedin: 95 hf-chests tea, 117 boxes do,2d planks, 3000 ft. timber, quantity of iron, 1 kilderkin, 50 boxes, 21 cases, 171 pkgs, 2 ovens, 13 hhds, 1 propeller, 6bdls; 24 bags, 20 hhds, 1 trunk. From Lyttelton: 42cases, 1 pkg, 1 pci. , ■ „ Murray, from NeLson; 6 pkgs, 100 bales wool, 149 cases fruit. 3 pkgs do. ' Star of the. Sea, from Havelock: 28,000 ft. sawn timber, 22 sacks fungus, 10 hides, 6 casks. Lyttelton, from Blenheim : 1 case, 1 pkg rivets, 20 bars iron: 1 iron safe. . . - EXPORTS. ' Stormbird, for Wanganui: 4 grindstones, s casks, 443 bars iron. 40 bdls do, 5 cases, 143 pkgs, 6 qr-casks whisky, 2 octaves do, 54 gunnies sugar, 200 cartridge cases, 5 sash frames. 3 kegs staples, 6000 palings, 1 case brandy, 14 pieces timber, 6 pkgs tea, ,23 do sugar, 72 pkgs groceries, -2 casks do, 29 cases do, 1 sack oatmeal, 1 cask currants, 45 pkgs tea, 50 boxes raisins, 25 casks ale, 3 boxes tobacco, 7 gunnies sugar, 1 octavo whisky, 41 pkgs sugar, 15 pkgs tea. , Wellington, for Lyttelton: 1 case. 1 pci, 1 box, 2 chests, 1 bag. For Port Chalmers': 2 bales, 3 trusses, 150 boxes, 2 cases, 1 pel, 1 kilderkin. > ' EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Ocean Mail, ship, early ; Avalanche, ship; early;- flnrunni, ship; early; Himalaya, ship, early; Leicester, ship, early. Southern Ports.—Taupo, 31st lust.; Wakatipu, s.a., this day. Northern Ports.—Hawea, s.s., 2nd December. Newcastle. —Anstralind, barque, early : Robin Hood, brig, early : Neptune, brig, early. Lyttelton.—Malay, barque, early. Sydney, via the West Coast.—Otago, s.s.. 30th Ids taut. • Melbourne and Hobarton via the, South.— AIMob, SB., 3rd Dec. Wanganui.—Manawatu, p.s., this day; Stormbird, s.s., 30th Inst. ’ Melbourne via the West Coast.—Alhambra, s.s., 7th December. _ Sydney via the West Coast—Otago, s.s,, this day. - . . , PROJECTED DEPARTURES. ! London.- Zealandia,ship. 13thDec.;Waikato,ship, 15th December: Jessie Headman, ship, in December. Southern Ports.—Hawea, s.s., 2nd December. ’ - Northern Ports.—Ladybird, s.s., this day; Taupo, s.s., Ist December. , Melbourne and Hpbarion via the South. — Otago, s.s.. Ist December. - Sydney, via the West Coast. —Albion; s.s., 4th December,

Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika. Murray, s.s., 30th instant. > Foiton.—Tui, s.s., this day. Wanganui.—Stdrmbird, s.s., 30th inst; Manawatu, p.s., Ist December. ' , Napier.—Eangatira, s.s., this day; Kiwi, s.s., 30th instant. Sydney, via Greymouth and Hokitika. Wakatipu, s-s., this day. . Eanoitikei. —Napier, s.s., 30th inst. ■ BY TELEGRAPH. ' POET, CHALMERS, Tuesday. Arrived : The Stella, from Lyttelton. Sailed; The s.s. Wakatip, fordhe North; Passensengers—Saloon : Mr; and hits.' Smith and family (6\ Mr. and Mrs. Peacock, Mesdames Turnbull and Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. McLeod and family, Messrs. Clark, Manson,: Daley, Turnbull, McNeil, McNeil, jun., A. McMaster, Eoss, Mr. and Mrs. Hyndmarsh ; twelve in the steerage for all ports. The s.s. Eingarooma. - LYTTELTON, Tuesday. Sailed: The Formosa, barqnentine, for Newcastle WEATHER AT,6 P.M. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland;—29*o6—N.N.W., light; fine. Napier.—3o*lo—N.E.. light; fine. Bar slight swell. Castlepoint. Slight swelL . Wellington.—3ol3—Calm ; fog. , Hokitika.—3o*l4—S.W., light: finest Bar good. Westport.—3o*o9—W., fresh; gloomy. Bar much swell. ' Timaru.—3ol2—N.E.; fresh ; cloudy. Sea smooth. Oamaru.—3ol4 —N.E., light; cloudy. Sea smooth. Bluff.—3o*o3—S., light; gloomy. \

The vessel which we reported as having arrived here on Monday night and anchoring off the Tea Gardens, turns out to be the schooner Isabella Pratt, Captain Cross. She comes from Oamaru, and left that port with a full cargo, principally flour, on Thursday last at 5 a.m;. and 'had “N.K. wind to Cape Campbell, thence S.E. with hazy weathers

The schooner Star of the Sea, from Pelorus Sound with a cargo of timber and fungus, arrived here yesterday. The p.s. Lyttelton left Blenheim at 4 p.m. on Monday, crossed the bar at midnight, and arrived here at 8 a.m. yesterday. She sailed again for Blenheim at 5.15 yesterday afternoon. The Union Company’s s.s. Wellington, Captain Lloyd, from the Northern ports, reached here at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. She left the Mannkaii at 2.30 p.m. on the ,25th, and arrived off New Plymouth at 6.30 a.m. on the 26th, delayed there an hour, and. arrived' at Nelson at 2 o’clock next morning; left at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and reached Picton that night at 1LS0; Bailed at2a.m. on the 28th, andarrived here as above. Experienced fine weather throughout. The Wellington sailed for the South at 3.30 yesterday afternoon. ' The s.s. Murray arrived here yesterday at noon from Nelson, with’a cargoof wool and fruit. She left there at 9.30 p.m. on Monday; but was delayed at the French Pass, owing to the thick weather, till daylight. She will sail for Nelson and West Coast tomorrow afternoon, at 5 o’clock. , There was no sign o|.,the steamers Tui from Kaikoura, and Napier from Fbxton, last night. They were both due here yesterday-evening about 6 o'clock; but no doubt owing to the heavy fogwhich prevailed, they have been unable to make the Heads. The Union .s.s. Ladybird,. Captain Andrew, from 1 the South', arrived in harbor yesterday at 9 a.m., She left Dunedin at 1 p.m. on the 25th inst., and arrived,-at at 9 a m. on the 20th; sailed at 11 a. m.,' and jvap.ln Lyttelton at 3 o’clock the same afternoon; sailed' at' 4 p.m bn the 2Tpb, and arrived here as,before:stated.' Experienced fresh headwind to Lyttelton, r .Utence fine weather. We thank Mr. Scott (the ptirser> for delivery and report. The " Ladybird' WilUsai] - for Picton .-'Nelisob, New Plymouth, and Manukau, this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The schooner Tbrea and ketch'Beliance, hound for Kaipararsailed-ycsterday, the "former at 11.30 a.m., and the latter at n00n.,/ , v The Josephine, rig dot mentioned, cleared from New York for and Canterbury on August XI. CargO'for Wellington as follows:2250 cases kerosene oil, 20 cases thrpeutine, 43 cases drugs, 154. cases axes and hatchets, 75 cases clocks, 53 cases handles, 2 cases brooms, 6 oases machinery, 5 cases carriages,. 9 ;cases carriage .materials, 2 cases shovels and spades, 22 cases hardware, 20 cases picks, 4 Oases forks 1 , 5 cases flails, 2 'cases pumps, 3 cases levels, 4 cases-trunks, J lbale rope, 1 btihdle shafts, 6 cases merchandise, 20 half-barrels dry apples, ISO boxes, clothes pins,. ,11 manufactured tobacco, 30 cases manufactured do, 20' pkgs tubs; 10 pkgs Water barrels, 6 cases books, 2 cases wringera,! case snaths, 50; coses lobster, 52 cases’ sewing machines, 6 r cases scales, 3 cases blacking, 2pkgadry goods, 3 cases chairs., , f THE S.a TAHANAKT. •' The alterations ,to * the abpve steamer are now almost remains i to be done being only of a trifling. nature. such; as varnishing, &c,, which it is expected will be finished by ’ Thursday morning, on which day she will, after adjusting compasses, take a .spin, round the to teat, the machinery, fhq, change.of H i which. jfroip the old style to, the modern being the mcTst important ‘alteration which has been effected to-her; When we speak of the modern style of machinery, wo mean compound engines on the direct acting 'stirfage "condensing principle, and these are the kind which the Taranakinow possesses. They are of 95 h.p. nominal, fitted with all the latest improved donbleacting circulating pumps. The diameter of the high pressure cylinder is 27in.;*and that of the low pressure : one 46in., with 2ft.* 3im stroke; rThe engines were constructed, with the exception of the foundationplate, bod-plate, and shifting,' .which belong to the old engine, by Messrs. Blackwood and Gordon, of Glasgow, and were sent out here In pieces where they have bad ; to be, fitted together. The boiler has also been fitted up here, which is the largest of the* kind that has been put together in the Australasian and'when -it is taken Into consideration that-it has been rivetted together, not by steam,'as is .the' only means which* would< bb thought of at Home, but, b.. band la’>or, it reflects the greatest cedit upon our colonial workmen for the really first-class manner in' which ‘.they have finished their work; - The -weight of the boiler Is 25 ton*, constructed of £in. ; iron plates of the best material, and when teßted ( ' r with cold ;w ter. withstood a pressure of 130 lb»„ off the Inch; although the full working pressure ‘With l steam is onlyoslbs. It measures I2ft. 6i«. in diameter, 10ffc. In length, bos a grate-heating surface of 60 square feet, and v 4hrw

furnaces, each measuring 3ft. 3in. In diameter;:- The whole of the machinery has been erected by Mr. L. - W. Mills, Lion Foundry, under the personal; supervision of his able manager,'Mr. EiScager, who;under- > took to complete the whole of' the work-to eight weeks, and although thb materials at hirserVico for the carrying out of such ti large, work to so short.a time were hot of the readiest description,’Still .onWednesday afternoon, the ! day on which the contract expired; the work was finished, and steam raised tb' a pressure of 601b5., and the engines stood a most satisfactory trial, everything working exceedingly smooth, the condenser maintaining, a steady vacuum of 27Jin. Besides the mere putting of the engines together the contractor has had to supply her with patent spring safety valves, the principal advantage of which is that when the vessel is in a sea way no steam is allowed to escape, owing to their,.being so constructed that the pressure on them is distributed equally on every part. Thecontractoralso, we might say, rebuilt the coal bunkers. Besides receiving new engines, the carpenters have not been Idle on the Taranaki.- A considerable portion of the main-deck had to be removed* to get the old boilers out, and the bridge, galley, don-key-engine, and cabins on the port side had also to be pulled down for the same purpose. The main-deck has been re-covered with kauri, the bridge being reconstructed altogether, and the engine-room skylight has been carried up through the bridge-deck from the main-dcok. The cabins have been re-built and made large, and the officers now will have as roemy and comfortable quarters as any boat on the coast The galley has been constructed with iron, and fitted with a handsome and serviceable range, made by E. W. Mills, and the donkey boiler has been removed from the deck down into the stoke-hole* where it will be under the immediate supervision o’ the engineer. The alter part of the ship has also been thoroughly renovated, the poop deck being entirely sheathed with 2-toch kauri planking, and on it 1s erected a handsome house, 24ft. x 9ft.,_wiuch. contains captain’s cabin, companion, and smoking-room. It is fitted up to a chaste and elegant style,: and will no doubt prove a considerable acquisition to the many conveniences which this favorite boat possesses. Down below, the saloon has received a most complete overhaul. Everything has been taken out of it except the bare shell of the cabins, and replaced with new material. The horse-hair fittings which once used to adorn it have been discarded,-and in,their stead elegant Utrecht velvet is used. The whole place has been painted, enamelled, and varnished, the latter being of such a character that it will bear favorable comparison with work of its class in any of our latest arrived boats from Home. Instead of being dependent upon the one steering apparatus as she was formerly, a new gear, has been erected, which Is worked from the bridge, right forward of. the smoke stack, which, by the way. is a new one. The fore-cabin have not been neglected, asit has received a thorough renovation, everything that was necessary to make It comfortable been done. The quarters of Jack and the firemen has not been forgotten, for a more comfortable, well-ventilated, and roomy forecastle it would be difficult to find. A new mainmast has been stopped into her, and she has also received a new topsail yard, both spars being supplied by Mr. Coffey, while all the old rigging has givjn place to new. A new windlass—a patent—has also been added to her, which is worked by a messenger chain from the steam winch, this latter piece of machi-' nery having been overhauled in a manner which makes it equalto new. In fact, the Taranaki has undergone such repairs that she is now as good. If not better, than the first day she arrived here, and we have no hesitation in saying that she will prove herself to be one of the most serviceable and best paying boats which this en-J terprising company, the Union S.S., now possess; for. looking at the facts that the, Taranaki is about the; right sized boat which is now suited for the coastal trade of New Zealand, that her consumption of coal will be unusually small, only nine tons per diem, and that, as regards passenger traffic, she has always been a favorite steamer with the travelling’public, which 1 will, without doubt, be greatly increased owing to: her greater * travelling powers and excellent accommodation, and as she has always’been noted as an excellent seaboat, which carried her cargosafe and dry, she cannot do otherwise than attract the custom of merchants whose business it is to impart and export; therefore we say that, taking those facts into consideration, the Taranaki cannot do otherwise than make herself one of the best paying boats of the Company. To Mr. E. W T . Mills, the contractor for the; machinery, ! the owners cannot feel otherwise than 1 pleased lor the manner in which he has carried out the ■work entrusted to his care, and for our part we must say that a better job could not be produced in any other part of the colony. . Mr. Pollock, acting on behalf of thee Company, superintended the whole of the alterations to the Taranaki, and he expresses himself thoroughly satisfied with the manner in which the work has been carried out. Mr. S. .Brown has done the whole of the woodwork ; Mr., Tustto the painting; and Mr. Nicholson upholstery. Mr. Anderson, the chief officer,’ who has been to charge of the vessel since she has been laid np, rerigged her, and'assisted in divers ways in getting her into the excellent trim in which she is at present,, His work has been of a most arduous character, and; we are glad to see that the company place such implicit confidence’in him that they, have appointed him to take the steamer down t 6 Dunedin, for which port it is expected she will be able to sail on Saturday,. to take up her place in the coastal trade.