SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5678, 11 June 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

j-op.v ok .'/elungton' AiatrvED. Jijnw 10.—Wanganui, s.s., 170 tons, Baylon, from G/uvmouth. Westport, and Nelson. Passengers —Cabin Mh» Mack, Mr. and Airs. Bentieraan. W. and G. Turnbull, agents. P itoa, s.s., 50 tons. Gibbons. from Patea. PAB«cn—ijtinii : .Messrs Kennedy and E I wards. W. and G. Turnbull, agents. SAILED. Jun'e 10.—Ma lawatn. ps.. 103 ton*, Harvey, for Wanganui, Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Hassell and Jones. Marti?), agent. Paten, h.s f SO lons, Gibbons, for Patea. W. and G Turnbull. agents, Wanganui, a . 170 nns, lUyldon, for LylKdtou V. and G. Turnbull, agents. IMPORTS Par;;a. from Patea : 3(5 casks tallow. Krull and Co ; 5 do. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company: spkgs, Lysaght, 101 sacks wheat, J. and T. Meek; -1 calves, Gear; 171 sacks chaff, SommervllJt?; 15 bales wool, Edwards and Co; 1 case, Harm,all and Co ; I do, Samuels and Co. BY TKLEOHAPtI. AUCKLAND. Tuesday. Saimm): Cleopatra, from Manukau for Oreymouth. The Wellington sails South to-morrow. Ci.kaked : Tamaya, barque, for South America, CASTLEPOINT, Tuesday. Arrived; Kiwi, from Wellington, at 7 a.rn. NELSON, Tuesday. Arrived ; Taiaroa, from Picton, at 0.30 a.m. KAXKOUKA, Tuesday. Arrived: Hula, from Wellington, at 10 a.rn. NAPIEB, Tuesday. Arrived ; Wane.ka, from Wellington, at 11 a.m. BLUFF, Tuesday. Sut.kd: Albion, for Dunedin, at 4 p.m. Passen-'gcr.v-.Saloon; Messrs. Marks, Homo, ilill; 8 in Tim (Inion Company's Albion loft Melbourne at 4 50 p m. on the 3rd, and arrived at Hobarton at 1 p.m, on the sth ; left again at fl p.m., and arrived at the I Stuff at 11 a.m. She experienced strong easterly galm during the passage, L7TTELTON, Tuesday. Ait hived : Wahrmtc, 97 days from London. She brings 58 passengers, all well. Fine weather was experienced throughout; was 08 days to Leuwin, and nad light easterlies since. She cams right In to the wharf. WANGANUI, Tuesday. Arrived : Tul, from Wellington, at noon. The steamer Patea, from Patea, arrived here at 0 o’cioik yesterday morning. *ho left Patea at 1 p.m. on Monday. Captain Gibbons reports a nasty rough sea at Tcrawiti. The Patea returned to Patea again last evening. The schooner Alert, bound from Lyttelton to Napier, put into harbor through stress of weather. Since leaving Lyttelton she has experienced very heavy weather, which caused the wedges of her foremast to become loose. She has a cargo of produce, which, we understand, is slightly damaged. The Alort will receive any necessary repairs here before proceeding on her passage. The brigantino Endeavor for Oamaru. Herald for Picton. and Emerald for Lyttelton, which have been at anchor at the Heads for ton days, ran back to harbor yesterday morning, it being Impossible to get clear of the Heads. Thu steamer Grafton loaves Groyrnouth to-day for Westport. Thu steamer Wanganui, from Westpoit, Oreymouth, and Kelson, arrived In harbor at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. She left Oreymouth on the oth, Westport on the 7th, and Nelson on the 9th. arriving here as above, She experienced strong southerly winds in the Strait. She sailed South again last night. The sto uner Manawatu left last night for Wanganui. The barque Gloria cleared the Customs yesterday for Oamaru, at which port she loads grain fori the Home market. , „ . The steamer Taiaroa, from Picton and Nelson, is duo here early this morning. She does not return North until Friday, instead of Thursday, as previously advertised. The American barque Isaac Hall Is now ready for sea. and sails for Lyttelton with part of her original cargo per Unit fair wind. The schooner Laurel, from the Bay of Islands, with coal, may be looked for cat any hour. Captain Williams has received advices from Newca tie. stating that tlio Australind leaves to-day. and the Edwin Bassett to-morrow, for hero, with coals. The brig Neptune arrived at Newcastle last Sunday, after a good passage of eight days. She leaves again next Saturday, Messrs. W. and O. Turnbull and Co. have received a telegram announcing the departure from Singapore, on the Srd June, of their three-masted schooner May, for Wellington. Experiments with an electric light apparatus fitted on board the turret ship Dreadnought have place at Portsmouth. The system employed was Mr. Wilde's, and the machinery for generating the electricity was driven by a 40-horso power engine, which was fitted in the hold. The light was so contrived as to bn capable of concentration upon objects at a short distance, or of diffusion of a large area. The experiments, which were carried out under the superintendent- of Captain Wilson, were considered very satisfactory. We (the Amtralian Shipping tfeies) understand that the Uotomahana, s.s., the newest addition to the Union W.S. Company’s fine fleet of steamers, comes out to the colonies under the flag of the Colonial Lino, and is to leave London on August 5, taking cargo, a*i do the other steamers of that line, for Adelaide, Melbourne, a d Sydney, afterwards crossing over to Now Zealand. The largest shipbuilder in New York died recently. In a review of his life an American paper gives the following list of vessels constructed by him during the 53 years of his business “ From 1821, until his retirement, ho constructed 174 sea-going vessels, of a gross capacity of 139,639 tons, comprising 30 steam vessels. 47.921 tons; 91 ships, 80.477 tons ; 5 barques, 3701 tons ; 4 brigs. 700 tons. He alio constructed 10 schooners, 9 pilot boats, 2 yachts, 1 sloop, 2 U.H. lightships, 0 steamboats, 2 towboats, 1 barge. Ho also built the U. 3. sloop-of-war Brooklyn, the gunboats Ottawa and Otsego. Of the 91 ships the Hudson, ISO! tons, launched February 28, 1863, was the largest, while the next was the U.S. frigate Hope, lunched November 20, 1825. The smallest ship-rigged vessel built by him was the Jupiter, of 28C tons, launched March 7, 1822. Between 1850 and 1855 Mr. Westervelt built 55 vessels, of 58,093 tons. In 1850 ho withdrew from active participation in the business, but still used to daily supervise the work at the yards.” —Australian Shipping Neics,