SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6542, 5 April 1882, Page 2

SHIPPING.

High Water.—4.3o a.m.: SDN ‘ _R MEiEOttoLoaioA^T^ T aRD ay. Koon -'r S’ thermometer, *6L IHdnight -Barome.er, 3014; thermometer, 68. Wind -S., fresh ; weather, overcast. , 1 ARRIVED. Arati. 3. Onyx, barque. 403 tons, Salmon, from Newcastle Passengers—alias Xtusseli, Messrs Chapman.’Vincent, and Holcroft. Johnston and Co., “ S t?«nnedv B s.. 133 tons, -Williams, from Nelson and w"uT Passengers’- Mr and Miss Jackson. Deacon and Martin, agents. pirfon PasaenKneebone, Thorne, Dumbell, Lambert, ana y W. and O Turnbull and Counts. m MaurUiQ ,_ vJ(I |»son W Crn'eth'jo§be?ns. Henderson, Curtis-, and S steerage. Wheeler, agent. SAILED. Aran. 4. —Endeavor, schooner, 79 tons, Dick, lor 1 Campbell, for East Coast and Auckland.' Passengers—Messrs Boonstra and Farmer. tons. Pope, for Wanganui. Passengers— Messrs McNamara, Cleghorn, Taylor, Dust, Derrett, Kilsby, and Underwood. W. and G. Turnbull and C 60 tons. Fisk, for Picton. PassengerMr George. V. and O. Turnbull and Co., agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London —lronsides. 10th Jan.; Waimea, Feb. Ist ; Star of the East, Bth March. Glasgow—Glenariff, 20th Jan. America.—Edenfleld(vis.Auckland). Nov. 2. Melbourne, via the South.—Arawata, 7th. Auckland, via the East Coast.—Rotomahana, Bth. Manukau, via Nelson and flcton. -Penguin, this day. Southern Forts.—Wanaka, this day. Wanganui.—Hnia, this day. Ploton.—Napier, this day. Pataa.- Patea, this day. Nelson and Flcton.—Hawea, this day. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Picton and Nelson.—Wanaka, Bth. Melbourne, via South.—Rotomahana, 10th. Pijl—Xalaroa (from Auckland;, early. Wanganui.—Hula, 6th. Newcastle.—G. M. Tucker, 6th. Sydney, via East Coast and Auckland. —Blngarooma, Nelsona’nd West Coast.—Kennedy this evening. Castle Point and Napier.—Go-Ahead, this day. Foxton and Rangitlkeh—Jane Douglas. 6th. Lyttelton and Fort Chalmers.—Hawea, this day. Auckland, via East Coast.—Arawata, 7th. BY TELEGRAPH. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Auckland, April 4. The City of Now York, Captain Cobb, left San Francisco on the 12th March, at 2 p.m., and arrived at Honolulu on the 20th. On the 14th and 16th March encountered a moderate gale, and from Tonga Islands to Auckland encountered a strong south gale, accompanied with heavy swell and strong west current, and arrived to-day at 7.35 a.m. Cabin passengers G. H Garter, Bernard G. Hill, Dr. A. Voncamp, and Master Webb; steerage—A. MoMering, M. Lyons, Donald Boyd, and E, L. Strong, Sailed—Crownthorpe, for Napier. , The City of New York left for Sydney at 6 o clock this afternoon. Passengers—Mr and Mrs De Lias, and Freeman, the Australian pedestrian. The Penguin left Onehunga with ’Frisco mails for South at noon. Passengers—Messrs Fraser, Mills, Maccatta, Parsons. Horton, Meleman, 61. A. Lumsden, T. B. Lewis, C. Lewis, N. Stanton, F. Belminschnelder, Moore, Master Webbe, Mr and Mrs Louis and child, Eev. and Mrs Long, Mrs Gran and child, and Constable Douglas. The Vlndexis breaking up considerably at Kalpaia Heads. The crew have come to Auckland. Onehdnoa, April 4. Sailed—ll.4s a.m., Penguin, for New Plymouth, tilth San Francisco mall. .... Nelson, April 4. Arrived—6.4s a.m., Hawea, from Ploton : 11.30 a.m., Murray, from Wellington. Patea, April 4. Arrived, 10 a.m.—Patea, from Wellington. Blenheim, April 4. Arrived, 8 a.m.—Mohaka, from Wellington. Oreymouth, April 4. Arrived—Grafton, from Westport. Wanoanui, April 4. Arrived, 0.45 a.m.—Hula, from Wellington. Balled, 10.30 p.m.—Hula, for Wellington. Foxton, April 4. Bailed, noon.—Jane Douglas, for Wellington. Lyttelton, April 4. Arrived. 12.30 p.m —Albion, from Wellington ; H. Miranda, from Hobart; Magua(?) and Celerity, from Melbourne, Prosperity and Sarah and Mary, from Bluff: Omaha, from Chatham Islands. Sailed -Albion, for South; Wanaka, for Wellington. Dunedin, April 4. Arrived—Hero, from Melbourne, via Bluff; Lapwing. from Newcastle. Sailed—Frederick Bassett, for Newcastle 1 Aros Bay, ship, Captain Willis, for Lyttelton. The following vessels were in port last night:— Steamers—Go-Ahead, Kennedy, Wakatu, Stormbird, and Hawea. Ship—Opawa. Barques-Metope, O. M. Tucker, Tri Slua, Onyx, Alexa, Alaator, Edwin Bassett (on slip). Brigantine—Mary Bannatyno and Antbons. Schooners—Spec, Comet, Forest Queen. The owners of the steamer Grafton, in view of the Christchurch Exhibition, which opens on Monday next, advertise an. excursion trip to Lyttelton and back at reduced fares—saloon, £2; steerage, £llos. She leaves here on Saturday, at 6 p.m., and returns from Lyttelton on the following Thursday. 'Tho u.o. Napier arrived from Flcton yesterday morning, and left ag.in shortly before midnight on her return to the same port. The s.s. Go-Ahead, which returned from Wanganui yesterday, is appointed to leave at 1 p.m. to-day for Castle Point and Napier. . The steamer Oreti left late last night for East Coast ports and Auckland. The steamer Tui sailed last evening for Wanganui. The ship Loch Ryan, bound for London, was met at the Heads on Monday night by a stiff southerly wind, which compelled her to bring up in Worser Bay. She will make sail on the first change of wind. The Anchor Line s.s. Kennedy arrived from Wanganui at 9.30 am. yesterday. She leaves for Nelson and West Coast ports at 8 o’clock this evening. As anticipated by a paragraph in yesterday’s Times, the barque which arrived on Monday night proved to bo the Onyx, a neat looking craft of 402 tons, commanded by Captain Salmon. ‘ She is from Newcastle, and brings 070 tons of coal for her owner. Captain Williams, to whose well-known fleet of sailing and steam colliers she will no doubt prove a valuable acquisition. ■ Messrs W. arid S. Turnbull’s barque Alexa, Captain Kobb, arrited In harbor early yesterday morning from Mauritius, .via Lyttelton. She sailed from the last-named port on Thursday last, and experienced strong northerly weather up the coast. The Alexa brings from Mauritius 5918 pockets of sugar, and Irom Lyttelton 1280 bags floor, for her owners. She was towed to the Queen's Wharf yesterday afternoon by the steamer Tui. The Union s.s. Hawes left Nelson at 9.45 a m. yesterday, and reached Picton at 5.16 p.m.; left again an hour and a-half late, and arrived at the wharf shortly before midnight. The U.B, S. Co.’s steamers due to-day are the Wanaka, from the South; and tho Penguin, from the Manukau, the latter boat coming.cn direct from Taranaki with the San Francisco mail. She may be looked for during the afternoon. The Hawea, which Is appointed to leave for the South at 2.30 p.m., will probably be detained until tho arrival of the Penguin, in order to carry on tho southern portion of tho mails. The Wanaka leaves for Picton, Nelson, and the Manukau, at 1 p.m. The steamer Jane Douglas left Foxton for this port at noon yesterday, and an hour later put back through stress of weather. The hulk Omega still remains in tho same position as repotted In our last issue. During yesterday a considerable quantity of kerosene was removed from her hold to the wharf. The centrifugal pump which was erected on board on Monday was insufficient to clear the vessel of tho water. OFFICIAL INQUIRY AS TO SINKING OF S.S. KOPUTAI. (united press association.) Dunedin, April 4. The official inquiry Into the collision between the s.s. Waltakl and the p.s. Koputai was held at tho Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning, before Mr E. S. Carew, 8.M., with whom were associated, as nautical assessors. Captain Price and Mr A. Bird, Chief Engineer to the Harbor Board. Various Interested persons were represented by counsel. Tho evidence in the main, so far os taken, was the same ns that given at the previous inquiry. The following additional important evidence was given :—Alfred Birch deposed: “ X was in tho engine-room when the AValtakl struck. Tho captain rang the telegraph round to ’ full speed astern ‘ several tiroes, and at every ring of the telegraph the handle moved more. Sir Moffatt, the second engineer, was in charge and was driving the engines. Tho indicator was still ’astern’ when Mr Moffatt said to (me, I My God, I have been going ahead all the time.’ This was after she struck. Mr Brook, the Chief Engineer, was standing about half way np tho lower ladder at that time. 1 believe that from that position he could see how the engines were being worked. 1 ’ To Mr Dcnnlaton : “I am nineteen years of age. About five minutes after the accident the captain asked me where I was standing when tho vessel struck. I replied I ;was standing in the alley way. There were two alley ways In the vessel. I could not see either tho engineers or the indicator from either of the alley ways at that time. I told the captain what was not true. I was led to say an untruth In the excitement of the moment, but afterwards told the oiptaln the truth. Tho chief engineer afterwards told mo that he had told Mr Cook that I was In the engine room at tho time of the accident, and I said ho wished I had not said so, as I did not wish to be implicated in the affair at all. I do not think Mr Moffatt could have been heard by Mr Brock when ha said ho had been going ahead, for he spoke in a very low voice, almost In a whisper. I do not think any signal was sent down after the vessel struck. I was a little excited at the time. The inquiry was adjourned till Ihursday. AMERICAN SHIPPING, Sailed from New York, February 14—Annie Burr, for Auckland and Wellington. Cargo for Auckland —3ISO cases of kerosene : and for Wellington, 1200. Vessels loading at New York—Camille, for Dunedin: will probably clear about March 20; Coryphano, for Wellington and Lyttelton, March 31st; Rapido, for Auckland, April Ist. At Boston—Tons, for Dunedin. March 4th ; Avanti, for Lyttelton and Wellington March 4th. Freight to New Zealand ports—2sJ cents per cubic foot measurement for freight la quantity. INTERCOLONIAL WEATHER : EXCHANGE. . Sydney, April 4. S.W. wind and rain In New South Wales ; N.E. rain on west coast; strong S.E. nlnds on the south coast and Tasmania, In relation to an area of high pressure over South Australia. Barometer—Albany 30.1: Portland, 30.4 ; Hobart, 30 2 ; Sydney, 30 1.