SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7341, 4 December 1884, Page 2

SHIPPING.

High Water at Wharf.—4.s3 a.m., 6,17 p.m. Sun. —Rises, 4.18 a.m.; sets, 7.4 p.rn.

MKTEOUOLOOICA h TKHTKHDAt Noon.—Barometer, 20 50; thermometer, 64. 0 p.m.—Barometer, 20 50; thermometer, 60. Midnight.—Barometer, 29C0; thermometer, 59, Wind.—NW.

MOON’H AGE Xiast Quarter. —December 9, II p.m. New Moon.—December 18, 0.54 a.m. arrived. Wednesday, December 3. Koranui, ss, 301 tons, Oliver, from South. Passengers—Saloon : Mias Leslie, Mrs Jones, Mcsars Austen and boy, Burns, Cooper, Gee, Dodd, and Master Pearce. Williams, agent. Maori, ss, 118 tons, Connor, from Greymouth. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Kennedy, Johnston and Co., agents. Mawhera, ss, 310 tons, Johnson, from Greymouth and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Barrowman and Edwards, Mesdames Aitcheson, Clapcott and family (5), Captain Horne, Messrs liish, Cuff, Manson, and Kellas, Master McAnerin; 2 steerage. Williams, agent. Southern Cross, ss, 158 tons, Hutchison, from Oamara. U.S.S. Co., agents. Mohnka, ss, 20 tons, Eckford, from Blenheim. Levin and Co, agents.

SAILED. Wednesday, December 3. EJwin Bas»etfc, barque, 307 tons, Macdomibl, for Newcastle. PaHflengern —Mr Oakoy and family (8); 2 steerage. Williams, agent. Molmlca, ks, 20 tons, Eckford, for Blenheim. Levin and Co, agents. Southern Cross, ss. 158 tons, Hutchison, for East Coast ports and Auckland. Passengers— Miss .Tenner; 1 steerage. IT.S.S. Co, agents. Maori, ss, 118 tons, Connor, for Greymouth. Johnston and Co., agents. Koranul, sh, 301 tons, Oliver, for Nelson and West Coast ports. Williams, agent. Tui, SH, 55 tons, Pope, for roxton and Rangitikoi, Bishop, agent. Agnes, Ketch, 24 tons, Jensen, for Pelorus Sound, Master, agent, Croydon Lass, schooner, 51 tons, Moore, lor Waitapu and Lyttelton. Master, agent. Moa, ss, 50 tons, Abrams, for Terawhiti. Williams, agent. BXPKOTKO ARRIVALS.

London.—(Sailed) Helen Denny, September H J Opawa, October 8; Kaikoura, October 28 ; Aiawa, November 8 ; Mataura, November 19, New York.—(Sailed) Eyvor, August 23. Southern Ports.—Rotorua, this day ; Hauroto and Mahinapua, sth. Nelson and Picton.—Ringarooma, this day. Melbourne and Hobart, via South. —Te Anau, sth. Onehunga, Taranaki, Nelson, and Picton. — Penguin, sth. Castle Point.—Napier, this day. Nelson.—Kennedy, this day. Blenheim —Waihi, this day. Wanganui.—Huia, this day. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Southern Ports. Ringarooma, this day; Penguin, sth. Sydney.—Hauroto, sth. Picton and Nelson.—Rotorua, this day. Auckland, via East Coast.—Te Anau, sth. Westport and Greymouth.—Mahinapua, sth. Nelson and West Coast Ports.—Kennedy, this day- . , Wanganui. —Hnia, this day. b y mctiauAPa. (OHITBD PIIRSS ASSOCIATION ) Ddnpdin, December 8. Arrived—Wairarapa, from North ; Linda Weber, from West Australia; Omapere, from West Coast. Sailed—Mahinapua, for West Coast; s.s. Coptic, for Lyttelton ; ship Nelson, for London ; Te Anau, for North ; Hauroto, for Sydney, via Lyttelton and Wellington. Passengers for Wellington—Mrs Archibald and family (3); for Napier—Messrs and L, Stanley. Wanoanci. December 3. Arrived, 9.30 am—Huia, from Wellington. Napier, December 3. Arrived, 7.30 am—Stella, from Wellington. Nelson, December 3. Arrived—6.3o am—Wallace, from Wellington ; 8.15 am, Ringarooma, from Picton. Port Chalmers, December 3. Sailed —Nelson, for London, with cargo including 2585 bales of wool; 2.30 pm—Coptic, for Lyttelton. _ . „ Lyttelton, December 3. Sailed—Rotorua, for North. Passengers for Wellington—Misses Brouncker, Connell, Meadames Sproulo, Hackworth, Messrs Overton, JXebJen, Brouncker, Jacobs, and Bronch.

A signal for rating chronometers will bo (riven at noon to-day at the Museum, the Telegraph Office, and at Mr Littlejohn’s. A chronometer true on Greenwich time would show 12h. 30m. at the signal. Any difference is error, plus or minus, of the chronometer. The Union Steamship Company’s steamer Southern Cross left Oamaru at 8.35 pm on Monday, and arrived here at 11.30 am yesterday, having had light variable winds to Capo Campbell, thence to arrival strong N.W. She sailed for East Coast ports and Auckland last The Black Diamond Lino steamer Koraoui left Dunedin at 5.15 pm on Sunday, called atTimaru and Lyttelton, leaving the latter port at 2.30 pm on Tuesday, and arriving here at 3.30 am yesterday. She sailed for Nelson and West Coast ports last night. The Black Diamond Line steamer Mawhera arrived here from Greymouth and Nelson at 8 am yesterday, having left the latter port twelve hours previously. She goes on the slip to-day to be cleaned, and will be fitted with a large smoking-room on dock. , The Black Diamond Lina barque Edwin Bassett, for Newcastle, got away early yesterSteamship Company’s steamer Hauroto will not arrive here until Friday, a day later than time table date. She sails again the same day for Sydney direct. The barquontine May is expected to sail for Hongkong on Friday. Tile s.s. Moa sailed for Terawhiti last night with provisions. On her way back she will pick uji the Piako'a anchor if the weather is lavora Q t(J y wa!) successfully launched from Mr E. Seager'a yard, at Te Aro, at 3,45 pm yesterday. The launch went off beautifully without the slightest hitch, and the steamer was afterwards hauled alongside the Queen’s Wharf. She will have her mizzen mast put in to-day, with the assistance of the yard arm of one of the ships in port. A description of the work done to the Oreti was published a few days back, A trial trip will bo made in the harbor in the course of a few days. The piddla-wheel tug being built by Mr E. Seager for the Brunner Coal Company, Greymouth, is expected to bo launched next Wednesday. The engines which formerly belonged to the tug Lioness have been placed on board, and the boiler will be put on board after she has been launched. The Brunner Coal Company’s steamer Maori left Greymouth at 8 pm on Tuesday, and arrived here at 3.3 Q am yesterday, having had fine weather. She returned last evening. The topsail schooner Croydon Lass and the ketch Agnes made a start yesterday morning, but as it was blowing hard from the NW m the Straits they were anchored in Woreerßay last night. WEATHER EXCHANGE, New Zealand: High pressure to NW; winds, S and 3W and fine ; overcast at Bluff. Australia : High pressure to NW and to NE, and low passing to 3 ; winds, westerly. Barometers*—New Zealand: Russell, 20*9; Wellington, 29*5 ; Bluff, 29 6. Australia: Albany, 29*9; Hobart, 29 6; Portland, 29'6.