SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5563, 27 January 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

•POUT OF WELLINGTON ARRIVED.

Jakdarv 25. -Stormbirri. as., 69 tons, Doile. from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Misses Pitt, Smith (2), Brassey and -son, Twiss, Castro, Dler, Parker, Mosdnmes Grosman. Pitt. Anderson and son, Messrs. Burton and Smith. Marti", agent. Hero, cutler, 29 tons. Pointon, from PelorusSound. Muster, agent. Go-Ahead, 3.5., 83 tons, Dicker, from Wanganui and Otongoronvo. Passenger—Cabin : Mr. Cameron. Johnston and Co, agents. Cynthia, schooner. CO tons. Swede, from Pelorus Sound. Stewart and Co, agents. January 26. Lyttelton, s.*., S 8 tons, Scott, from Otakl. Deacon, agent. , Ocean Bird, 33 tons. Moor, from Greymouth. Williams, agent. , . Hawes, g.s., 461 tons, Kennedy, from the South. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Henney, Sullivan, Humphries. Edwards, Wybor, Roberts. Belt. Mesdames Hue Fray and child. Harrison, Edwards. Mr. and Mrs Smith, Mr, and Mrs. Iron, Mr. and Mrs. Nanrarrow. Masters Vallance (8). Christie. Harrington, Dr Alexander, Rev. Treadwell, Captains Fraser and Newman, Messrs. Mills. Batter, Dixon, Fallen. Rankin, Elliott, Cohen, Showman. Waters, Ledgwick, Tindell, Grant, Cruiokshnnk, Hannay, Gardiner, Blythe, Carter. Davis (2). Sullivan, Cutton, Williams, Milhurn, Armstrong, Johnston, Eagle, Vallance, Park, Christie. Holmes, Barclay. Belt, Blackburn, Sainsbury, Wallace. Cummorworth, Wright, Bowen, Horsetail, Collins, Samson ; 15 steerage. Levin and Co, agents. BA riißD. Janimkt 25.—Star of the Sea, schooner, <SB tons, Smith, for Havelock. Master, agent. Crest of the Wave, schooner. 68 tons, McLean, for Groymouth. Master, agent. Rose of Eden, schooner, 30 tons, Botham, for Pelorus Sound. Compton, agent. Htormbird, s.s,, Doile, for Wanganui. Passengers— Cabin : Mcsdames Waterhouse, McDowell, Miss Cooley. Messrs. Bush and Brssaey. Martin, agent. Napier, s.s.. 48 tons, Fisk, for Blenheim, Passengers—Cabin; Mrs. Johnston, Messrs. Dumbell and Ah Gee, W, and G. Turnbull, agents, Neptune, brig, *0!) tons, Chatfleid, for Newcastle. Williams, agent, ’ , , i Rangatira, s.s., 195 tons, Evans for Napier and Poverty Bay. Passengers—Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Hart and Company (4), Mesdaraos Best, Wilkinson. Stanley, Greenwood, Captain Nowman, Rev. Wilkinson, Messrs. Mclvor, Ford, Croasly, and Lawrence. Martin, 26.—Albion, s.s., 691 tons, Tozer, for Melbourne via tho South. Passengers- Baloon: Mrs. Hickson, Messrs. Stewart, Reeves, and Dennis. Levin and Co, agents. , . _ . Aurora, schooner, 62 tons, Stewart, for East Coast. Pearce, agent, IMPORTS. . , Stormbird, from Wanganui: 110 bales wool, 64 hides. 2 tons flour, Order. . , „ „ „ Wellington, from Manukau: 1 pel, Xo Ron : 6 colls. Mills; 0 sacks onions. Smith ; 1 pci, N Z L and M A Company; 1 case, Edwards and Green: 6 sacks onions. Laery and Campbell; 1 case. Turnbull and Smith; 1 do. Bank of New Zealand. From Taranaki: 17 ba es wool, 13 casks tallow, NZ L and M A Co; 20 bales wool, 7 casks tallow, Krnll and Co; 8 bales wool, Lev n and Co: 1 pkg. Mills, From Ntlson : 1 pkg. Eoavcr . 3 casks eggs, 39 cases fruit. Price ; 22 do, Alexander; 2 do, Goodman ; 45 do, Locke : 84 do, Thompson; 10 do. Curtis; 9 do, Collins; 5 do, Dailey; 17 do. Lnery and Campbell; 1 case, Budden ; 2 pkgs. Barlow; 1 case hats. Thompson. Shannon, and Co. BY TKhKORAPH. POUT CHALMERS, Saturday. Arrived : Waltaki, from Oamacu: Maori, from West Coast. Sunday. Arrived; IHnomoa and Oreti, from Bluff; Jane Hannah, from Timaru Sailed : Wanganui, for Bluff. The Hatton Bello, B-antlfui Star, and Maori leave at 3 30 for Timaru, and tho Hinomoa, at midnight, for Wellington. LYTTELLON, Saturday. Sailed : 8 p.m,. Wanaka, with 11 passengers for Akaroa and 13 for Port Chalmers. Sunday. Sailed : Southern Cross, for Goro Bay. She makes another trip to the same place before returning to Auckland —Borough Bello, for Guam. Seven seamen were yesterday transferred from the ship Beblngton, now hero, to the Euterpe, at Port Chalmers, to eomplcto the crew for ttie latter. Tho New Zealand Shipping Co’s Hucunul goes hence to tho Bluff to load. The Stormbird, from Wanganui, arrived In port at 1 o’clock on Saturday. She left the night previous, and experienced fine weather. She returned to the same port during the evening. Tho Manawatu, for Wanganui, leaves to-day. Tho cutter Hero, from Pelorus Sound, arrived hero with another cargo of timber,on Saturday. The schooner Cynthia, with a cargo of sawn timber from Pelorus Sound, arrived on Saturday. The schooner Star of tho Sea. for Havelock, sailed on Saturday evening. The Crest of tho Wave, with general cargo for Groymouth, got away yesterday morning. Tho Rose of Eden, for Pelorus Sound, sailed yesterday forenoon. .... Tho steamer Lyttelton, from Otakl, with a quantity of car"o, arrived yesterday morning at 3 o'clock. Sho left on Saturday night, and experienced fine weather along tho coast. , The steamer Rangatira, for Napier and Poverty Bay, sailed on Saturday forenoon. . The schooner Aurora, witli stores for tho East Coast, sailed yesterday evening. , , , The steamer Napier, for Blenheim, got away on Saturday forenoon. . , , The brig Neptune, for Newcastle, got under way on Saturday morning, but there being little or no wind sho brought up opposite tho pilot station. Yesterday morning, however, a breeze sprang no from tho northwest, and sho soon got clear of tho Heads, _ Tho ketch Ocean Bird, from Groymouth, with a cargo of coals for Captain Williams, arrived at the breastwork yesterday afternoon. She left on Wednesday. and experienced ilno weather up the coast. The Union Company’s steamer Albion, for Melbourne via tho South, sailed at 2 p.m. yesterday. Tho steamer Go-Ahead, from Wanganui and Orongcrongo, arrived In harbor at 6.30 on Saturday evening. She left Wanganui on Friday night; arrived at Orongorongo the next day; filled up with wool, and arrived hero as above. Tho steamer Hawea, from tho South, arrived In port lust evening at 5 o'clock. She left Dunedin at 6 p.m. on tho 24th, and arrived at Lyttelton at 0 a.m. on tho 25th ; left again at 9.30, and arrived heio as above. Sho experioncod strong head winds across tho Strait. The now steamer Patea made her trial trip on Saturday, and was In everyway a thorough success. Her engines worked very smoothly, and she steamed flj knots. She will probably leave here on Tuesday. A report of tho trip willbo found in another column. Tho Jane Douglas, which arrived last night, reports having passed close to tho Hyderabad yesterday morning. The Glonclg was busy working at her, taking advantage of every tide. Tho Hyderabad Is now about five hundred feet seaward of where she was first lying and it is considered another three hundred feet will place her in a perfectly safe position. The w-a-ther at present is exceptionally fine, tho water being as smooth as a mill pond along that coast. Should there be no unfavorable change in tho weather it is thought tho vessel would he hauled clear this day. In an article commenting upon the propriety of dredging tho bar at tho Otago Heads, tho Dunedin Herald says;—" It may bo mentioned that the Harbor Board lately had tho bar surveyed. Captain Thomson and Pilot Kelly. In accordance with instructions, tested it upon a calm day, and found the actualdepth of water and tho shape of tho bar with all tho exactness possible. They found that the bar does not measuie more than 80ft across, and that there is water 26ft deep at low tide almost immediately upon each side of it. , , , Tho following regulation, prepared under tho provisions of tho 116th section of the Passengers, Harbors, and Navigation Statute, has been published in tho Victorian Government Gasettc, and is now la force:— "Every steam vessel navigating any river or narrow channel within any port shall keep as tar as practlca- — ye to til it side of tho fairway or mid-channel thereof which lies on tho starboard side of such vessel, and ■ shall, at least for a distance of five hundred yards before approaching and whilst rounding any bend In the said rivers or narrow channo's, sound the steam whistle at least onco every half minute, so as to give sufficient warning to any approaching vessel, and thereby lesson the risk of collision.” Captain Heath. R.N., Port Master at Brlsbano, lias issued the following notice to mariners:—" Vessel to round Venus Bank Spit with leading lights open to northward, and give buoy a wide berth.” In tho London Times of a late date appears a letter to tho editor, questioning the validity of a mate’s receipt, which is replied to subsequently In the following letter, also addressed to tho editor:—” Sir,—Your correspondent seems to be quite right ic ills suspicion of tho invalidity of a mate’s receipt. It was decided In Chancery in 1873 (Mothering v. Laing, Rep. 17. Equity 02) that tho holder for value of bills of lading signed by tho master in favor of tho shipper, has a better right than the endorsee of a mate's receipt. In this same case, a custom alleged to exist at Bombay, by which tho mate's receipts are negotiable Instruments like bills of lading, was rejected as being, even if properly proved to exist, Inoperative against the master's or owner's. Su h seems to bo tho law upon the subject; Its expediency or inexpediency will bo boat estimated by commercial man.” IVRECK OF THE ROSE OF EDEN. The following telegram from tho captain of tho schooner Rose of Eden was received yesterday by tho owner. Mr. John Compton ;—" Picton, Sunday.—The schooner Rose of Eden struck on a rock in Tory Channel, and became a total wreck. All hands were saved.” Tho vessel, which was a schooner of about 30 tons register, has been trading for a considerable time in the timber trade between this port and Havelock. Sho was insured, hut we wore unable to ascertain for what amount or In what office. It will be romombcrul that thu Rose of Eden was tho schooner ‘ that was stranded in one of tho small bays outside of tho Wellington Heads about three years ago, whilst on a trip from Havelock to Wellington with a cargo of timber. TRIAL TRIP OF THE S.S. PATEA. On Saturday alternoon steam was got up on board th ■ s.s. Patea, for the purpose of tearing her engines and a?certain‘ng her speed. Tho woath-r was really beautiful. Mr. Mil s, with his usual liberality. Invited a large numb-r of gentlemen on board to enjoy an afternoon’s curing, and to witne s tho performances of the newi tcamer. Ab ut thro ; o’clock sho started for Lowry Bay. When about.half way acrosi tho harbor, Mr. Mils invited h's guests to drink "Success to tho Patea” in a bumper of champaciu. A'lon board were greatly pleased with the prrfornisn-.es of tho ll'tlo craft, and expressed themse'ves in complimentary terms of the cstablishmei t that could build a d fit out such a useful steamer. Tho Hon. Colonel Whitmore, who was one of the -nests on board, took tho opportunity of proposing "The health of Mr. F. W. Mills/ He said: Gentlemen.-1 ask you to fill your glasses and to drink a bumper toast to the gentleman to whoso enterprise and to whoso Ingenuity is due that this, tho first Iron steamer built in Wellington, is to-day taking ns to witness her trial trip. Jt is not many years since compound engines wore invented in England, and wo to-day see ft steamer, fitted with all the latest appliances, and all the last fruits of scientific invention, aill of thorn manufactured hero, launched at this distant point of her Majesty's dominions. Mr. Mills has solved a problem ef Immense importance to this community. He lias proved that a vessel can be built here and delivered on the West Coast at a price considerably less than a similar one built at Home and brought out hero could bo delivered. I have to-day made it my business to ask tho opinion of several persons far more competent to form one than myself, and’ I find that the Patea, on board which wo now are, is a faithfully built, strong, and ve»y suitable vessel for Us trade, while its consumption of coal, said to bo only Bcwt. for twenty-fours, is so small that it can bo most economically worked, i predict for it, therefore, a prosperous career, and that it will bo no less a benefit to tho West Coast than it is sure to be a credit to Mr. Mills and to Wellington. Bearing in mind how much this result is due to tho enterprise and pluck of Mr. Mills, our host of-to-day,. Task you to’ drink his health with throe times three. , Tho toast wan honored In the moat hearty manner.

Mr. Mills, in responding, thanked Colonel Whitmore and the gentlemen present for tho enthusiastic manner in which they had been pleased to respond to tho toast so kindly Introduced. The Patea was faithfully constructed, and he was sure that she was well adapted for the trade. He trusted that the Patea would prove a success to tho F. 3.5. Company, and be the means of inducing others to build larger boats in the colony for our coastal trade, as there was every facility here with regard to machineiy; but a suitable site should certainly be a t apart for shipbuilding purposes in our port. He was sure, with the appliances and the skilful w -rkmoa he had arouud him, that a vessel of 500 tons could be as readily constructed as the Patea. (Cheers) - The steamer soon reached T.owry Bay, where the passengers disembarked for half an hour. Mr. J, H. Marriott, by request, gave a local song complimentary to Mr. Mills and the occasion on which they were met. The song was loudly applauded. The steamer started on her return journey soon after The Hon. Colonel Whitmore availed himself of tho opportunity of proposing another toast. He said: Gentlemen,—Before we separate I ask you to pay a compliment to our host of this afternoon which ho will appreciate more even than that of drinking ha health, I ask you to give three cheers for Mrs. Mills his wife, and to give them from tho heart. Mrs. Mills is a lady who commands the love of those who are related to her. As a daughter, a wife, and a mother she has earned the regard and respect of all who have the privilege of her acquaintance. Herself a true colonist, though tho daughter of one of our oldest English families, she has shared all tho anxieties and has been a worthy coadjutor to our honored host of to-day. I feci that we should not leave tho steamer which is at once the creation and the triumph of his enterprise without giving three cheers (or Mrs. Mills. The toast was received with the.utmost enthusiasm. Mr. Mills appropriately responded to the toast.

A number of other toasts were given, amongst which wore " Mr. Cable and the employes of the Lion Foundry,” "Captain Gibbons and success to the Patea.” The Patea arrived alongside the b reastwork about 6.30 p.m. We gathered the following information regarding the boat from Mr. McGregor, Government Inspector of Machinery, and Mr. Cable, foreman of the Lion Foundry. The vessel has been built to the order of tho Patea Steam Shipping Company, to trade between Wellington and that port. Her dimensions are—Length, overall, 91ft 6in; beam, 10ft; depth of hold, 6ft 6in. She is a twln-scrow. and the first iron twin-screw built in tho colonies. She is driven by two pairs of compound surface condensing engines of 30 horse lower nominal. Her boiler is Oft. long by 7f6ln. diameter, with two furnaces, and was tested to 140 b. btf-re bd g pla ed on board. Her tonnage ta 65 tons register, and ahe will car y from 00 to 100 to s on a draught of 4ft. 6in. forward and 6ft. aft. * She is fitted with a very powerful double cylinder winch, which ts also adapted for hauling In h ■ anchor chains. Her cabin Is roo i y and tas efully finished, capable of accommodating nineteen passengers. She has also a very nice 1 die>* cabii to carry seven, making in all twenty-six firstclass passengers. The officer** quarters are located under tho ‘ rldgo ; tho have comfortable uniters forwa d. Th-i vessel is rigged as a foro- nd-aft sch o er* She has two steering wheels, one aft and th other on the ridge ; also a telegraph for each pair of engines. One of her boat is fitted as a Ilfehoar, to swing inboard, and resting in ch cks on the bridge. Th •- smoo hness with which her engi es wo k d throughou the trip was remarked by all on baard, the whole of the bearings keeping perfectly cool. Her aver go sp ed during tho trip, wi h 601 b. pressu e, was 8£ mile*; the valves wll b weighted to 761 b.. when she wPI run over 9 miles per hour.