SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 7342, 5 December 1884, Page 2

SHIPPING.

High Water at Wharf.-5.41 n.in., 0.07 p*™* Sun.—Risen, 4.18 a.m.; aetw, 7.0 p.m Af KTKO HO LOO IO AI» V JiST BH JMY Noun. —.Barometer, 20'4’>; tiwnnouuder, Tm. 0 p.m.—Barometer, 2!)'20 ; thermometer, Midnight.—Barometer, 20*27; thermmnnUr, 00. Wind.— Calm; rain. MOON’fl AOK Lost Quarter. —December 0, 11 p.m. New Moon.—December 18, 0.54 a.in. akihvku TuoiianAT, Deoembkk 4. AVailii. »», G 3 tuna. Manning, from Blenheim. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Hawk ami family, Messrs” Dickson, Watson, Steer, Qaackson, and Deaforges. U.S.S. Co, agents llingarooina, ss, 023 tons, Popham, from Nelson ami Picton. Passengers-Saloon : Mesdames Osborne, Boyil, ami Clark, Mr ami Mrs Kitching, Mr ami Mrs Biddell, Or Oleghomo, Messrs Park, Campbell, floss, Thomson, Harris, Whiting, and Watson; 4 steerage. U.S.S. Co,, agents, Kotornu, ss, 576 tuns, Tomson, from south. Passenger# Saloon ; Mesdames Sproull. Hackwood and child, Mr and Mr# Gale and child, Messrs Dc« Fontein, Izard, Lewis, Ifeath, French, Brewster, itoberta, Ornton, Pirie, Hebden, Bromeckor, and Jacobs; 2J steerage; U.S.S. Co, agents. lluia, ss, 30 tons, I'raser, from Wanganui. Passengers —Miss Thompson, Mesdames Postans, Brandon, and Bucket, Dr CrMp, Messrs Parsons, Malone/, Bishoi>, Smith, Morris, Flnvell, Davis, ilyams, Steenott, and Jfimter. 'l'tirnlaiill and Co., agents. Napier, ss, 48 tons, 'Bisk, from Castle Point. Levin and Co, agents. Kennedy, ss, 13(1 tons. Eurncaux, from Nelson. Passenger—Mr Mowbray. Turnbull and Co., agents. , „ . , Stella, ss, 157 tons, Gray, from Napier and Portland Island. Passenger—l steerage. Penguin, ss, 412 tons, Neville, from Onehnnga, Taranaki, Nelson, and Picton. Passengers—Saloon : Mesdames Carson, Hutchison ' and child, Harr and child, Cerran, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Dutliie, Mrs and Miss McLean, Captain Whitchurch, Messrs Hood, Candy. Quinton and sons. Wilson, Salmon, Craig, and Mowbray. U.S.S. Co, agents. SAILED. TnuHHUAV, Deoembkii 4. Hauraki, as, 68 tons, Harvey, for Opunake ami Waitara, Levin and Co, agents. Rimtarooma, ss, G 23 tons, Popham, for Smith. Passengers Saloon : Mesdames Steonvclt and Cohen, Mr and Mrs Graham and family, Mr and Mrs Palmer, Captain Ballot, Messrs Browne, Puller, Cole, Baker, and Gibbs; 5 steerage. U.S.S. Co. agents._ Waihi, ss, G 3 tons, Maiming, for Blenheim. U.S.S. Co, agents. entered outward. Kotorna, ss, 57G tons, Tomson, for Picton and Nelson. Passengers-Saloon : Mesdames Tonot and Seed, Mr and Mrs McLean, Messrs Legg and Jacobs. U.S.S. Co., agents.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—(Sailed) Helen Denny, September • II- Opawa, OctoborS; Kaikoura. October 28 ; Arawa, November 8 ; Mataura, November 19. New York.-(Sailed) Eyvor, August 2.1. Southern Ports.—Hauroto and Halnnapua, this day ; Penguin, 7th. Melbourne and Hobart, via South.—To Anau,

this day. , , , . Onchunga, Taranaki, Nelson, and Picton. Penguin, this day. Blenheim.—Waihi. this day. Wanganui.—Wallace, this day. Onchunga, Taranaki, and Wanganui.— Stormbird, this day. I>llOJ EOTED DEPAI’TURES. Southern Ports.—Penguin, this day. Sydney.—Hauroto, this day. Picton and Nelson.—Rotorua, tins day. _ Auckland, via East Coast, —Te Anau, tins da/. Westport and Greymouth.—Mahinapua, this

West Coast Porta.— Kennedy, this

liny. Wanganui.—Hu!a, this day. Foxton.-Jano Douglas, this day. Kelson ami West Coast Ports. —Kennedy, this day. II V rniiBORAPM. fIIHITKD rIIKHS ASSOCIATION 1 IiYiTEFTON, December 4» Arrived, 7 am—Coptic, from Port Chalmers. Sailed- Presto, for Sydney : Mahmapna, Haurnto, ami To Anan, for North. Passengers for Wellington—Hon. E. Kichardson, Major Gantley, Major George, Musses Gavin, Watty, Mesdames Garrard, Hiorns, Messrs Cattle, Topton, Kalla, Nioholson, James, Bussell, Collins. __ . A Nelson, December 4. Arrived, 7.30 am—Koranni, from Wellington' Blenheim, December 4. Arrived, 8 am—Mohaka, from Wellington. The Waihi arrived at 7 pm, and returns at 4 am " Poston, December 4. Arrived, 10 am—Tui, from Wellington. Auckland, December -1. Arrived—Arawata, from Fiji. l ,:wae . rl K or9 T Misses Wit/otl, 'fish, O'Hara, and Willward, Meadamea Ganghan, Eastgata and family (8), Olive, 2 children and servant. Coster and boy, Mr ami Mrs Cray, Dr. Pounds. Messrs Bartley, Howard, Haughton, Eyre, Darrach, Scott. Hunt, Crompton, Cohen; and 31 steerage. Borealis, from Newcastle. , The barque Booh Fergus, Capta n Jones arrived heio to-day, after a passage of 121 days from Bnndon. On the Ist October Henry Percy Warren, an apprentice, fell from aloft and (lied from his injuries. On the 28th October Patrick O'Keefe, another apprentice, was lost overboard. . „„„ Sailed—Kotomahana, fer Sydney ; Agnes Donald, for Apia; Orovvaiti, lor Wcatpott; Tarawera. for South. Passengers for Wellingtnn—Meadamea Bevy and J. Murphy, Miss Fraser, JlesdameS Fraser, McKenzie and family, Thomson, and Baselberg. Dunedin, December 4. Sailed—Glauous, steamer, for the Bluff.

The Union Steamship Company's steamer Riogaroorna left Nelson at 8 pm onWedneaday, Picton at 5 am yesterday, and nrnved here at 10 am. She sailed again for the South at i

P ™'he Union Steamship Company's steamer Kotorua left Port Chalmers on lues clay, Lyttelton on Wednesday; afternoon, and arrived here yesterday morning. She brought up some of the Coptic's passengers and cargo from Port Chalmers. Her departure for Picton and Nelson was postponed until u this morning in consequence of the foggy weather. The Union Steamship Company's steamer Waihi arrived here from Blenheim at 0.30 am yesterday, and returned during the forenoon. The Anchor Line steamer Kennedy left Nelson at li pm on Wednesday, and arrived here at sam yesterday. Captain Furneaux is at present in command of her. Captain Williams being ill. She returns to-day. The steamer Nnpierloft Castle Point at 5 pm on Wednesday, and arrived hero at 10-4 o am yesterday. She sails for Foxton to-day, taking some trucks for the Manawatu Hallway Comss Huia left Wanganui at 10 pm on Wednesday and arrived here at 11 am yesterday. She returns to day. , ~ T . The Government steamer Stella left Napier at 8 am on Wednesday, Portland Island at 3 pin, ami arrived here at 3 pm yesterday, having had thick weather outside. Q .. Tho ss Kotorua came up from the South yesterday under the command of Captain 1 omson. Captain Anderson being now on the Hauroto. Captain Neville, temporarily of the Penguin, exchanges into the Kotorua to-day, and Captain Tomson takes the Penguin to Lyttelton and back before taking charge of tho Wakatipn, which arrives here from Sydney on Sunday. Captain Smith eorogs WP to Wellington on Sunday to take the command of the P The l "union Steamship Company's steamer Penguin left Onehunga on Tuesday, called at Taranaki and Nelson, and left Picton at 6.30 pm yesterday, arriving here ac 11.30 pm, one sails for Lyttelton to-day. f . , . The following vessels were in port yesterday . —The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Cos ships Zealandia, **Jeione, and Trevelyan, the two former loading for London and the latter discharging at tho Queen a Wharf ; the New Zealand Shipping Co’s ships Oran, Piako, and -chartered barque tilenmore, also loading and discharging ; the barque Malay, discharging iarrah telegraph poles ; the barquentme May, loading for Hongkong; tho barque Kentish Lass, discharging timber in the stream ; the Government steamer Hinemoa ; tho U,0.». ■Co’s steamers Bingarooma, Rotorua, and Waihi: the steamers Mawhera, Grafton, •Oreti, Huia, Kennedy, Napier, and Hnnraki.

THE UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY’S marine superintendent.

Inconsequence of the growing importance of Wellington as the central port of New Zealand, and the increasing amount of business done here by the Union steam service, the company have found it necessary to appoint a marine superintendent at this port, in addition to the one already entablished at Dunedin, their headquarters. Captain Kennedy, who, as we recently reported, has received the appointment, arrived hero from the South by the ss llotorua yesterday, and immediately entered upon his duties. The selection of so experienced a commander for this post is a most happy one, for he is, we venture to say, the most suitable person for the position that could be found in the colony, having been Intimately connected with the steam-ship ping trade of New Zealand from its infancy. The following short account of Captain Kennedy's career in the colony may be of interest to our readers. He came out as second officer of the s.s. Kelson, which arriiod at the port of the same name, under sail, in 1854. The Nelson was a steamer of 215 tons register, owned by Messrs Willis, Gaun, and Co, and the predecessors of the firm of Shaw, Savill, and Co. She was the first regular steamer on the New Zealand coast, and traded for several years between Port Chalmers and the ManuJtau. On her first voyage she;took the Southern

member# of the first General Assembly »P to Auckland, She wan ultimately «ent back to lingl-iriil to bo sold, steamers at that time, when the Crimean war was going on, feUmng a very high price. Captain Kennedy, who h id meanwhile become first officer of the Nel* son, then took the command of the steamer Won.'it Wonga. belonging to the Wellington Steam Navigation Company, and trading alternately to Wanganui ami Napier. He subseoiUfntly entered the service of the H‘J 1 ® rcoio ' nial Royal Mail Company, about 18oJ, and commanded the steamer Lord Ashley, in the Sydney trade. When this company merged in the Panama Royal Mail Company he com manded successively the steamer# Lord Woisley, Phcebe, Bgmont, and Airdale. The latter vessel was employed under his command in carrying troops, home?, and stores to Taranaki during the Maori war, and bringing away to Nelson the fugitive wives and children of the settlors. After the Airdale was sold to Messrs Henderson, Macfarlane, and to, of Auckland, ho continued in command until she was lost at the Waitara in February, 1871. About the year 1864 he was for a short time a member of the Marine Board, and commander of the then Govermnentsteamer St ICildft, which wascniployed on the East Coast dunngthe war, carrying prisoners to the Chatham Islands. After leaving Wellington Captain Kennedy commanded the New Zealand Steam Navigation Company’s steamer Wellington, Messrs Brogdcii's steamer Paterson, and the Lasby, owned in Dunedin. He joined the Union Company** service some six years ago, and has had command of the steamers Taiaroa, Juranaki, Hav/ea, an I since her arrival in the colony in January, 1883, of the Haurolo, which vessel he only left a few days ago. It will thus be seen that he is the oldest captain trading regularly In these waters, the next in length of service being Captain Wheeler, who came out as chief officer of the Lord Ashley. SHIPPING SUMMARY. The shipping trade of the past four weeks shows little or nothing unusual. The direct steamers come with the same regularity as before, and after causing a great amount of bustle for a few days take their departure, after loading with wool, tallow, and frozen meat. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s steamer Victory, Captain Klcoate, which, as mentioned in our last summary, arrived at Port Chalmers on October 30, arrived here on November 7, after calling at Lyttelton. She left hero ten days later, having discharged 500 tons of general cargo, and taken in 3000 carcases of frozen mutton. She went back to Port Chalmers, took in CSOO oarcases more, and sailed for London on the The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Ruapehu arrived at Port Chalmers from London, via Plymouth and Hobart, on November 11, her steaming time having been 44 days and 3 hours. She came out under command of Captain C. Brough.her former skipper, Captain Crutchloy, having taken charge of the company’s new steamer the Kaikoura. She arrived at Lyttelton on November loth, and reached Wellington on tho 21st. At this port she shipped 3000 carcases of frozen mutton, and returned to Lyttelton on tho 23rd, sailing thence for London on the 26th. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Go’s chartered steamer Coptic, Captain Kidloy, arrived at Port Chalmers from London on November 23 with 238 passengers and 3000 tons of cargo. She left Plymouth on October 11, and her steaming time from that port occupied 44 days 8 hours. After calling at Lyttelton and Napier she comes to this port, and sails from here for London direct on December 17, taking 23,000 carcases of frozen mutton, viz , 10,000 from Napier and 13,000 from Wellington. The large now steamer Rimutaka, built to tho order of tho New Zealand Shipping Company by Messrs John Eldor and Co, has been successfully launched. She is the last of tho five steamers necessary to maintain the monthly service of tho New Zealand Shipping Company after the disposal of the chartered steamers. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Kaikoura left Capetown for Hobart and Wellington on November 17; She is now duo at Hobart. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s now steamer Arawa sailed from Plymouth on November 8 for Port Chalmers, Wellington, Napier, and Lyttelton. Sho brings 503 passengers for all ports and a largo cargo. Only two sailing vessels have arrived here from London during the past four weeks. Tho first was the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s ship Trevelyan, 1042 tons, Captain A. K Roberts. She arrived on November 22 after a somewhat long passage of 110 days from the Downs. The other one was the New Zealand Shipping Company’s ship Piako, 1075 tons, Captain Scruby. Sho left Gravesend on August 18th, and arrived off Pencarrow Heads on ttie morning of the 25th of November, but owing to the strong N.W. wind whicli prevailed for several days she was not able to get into port until the evening of tho 27th. Both the above vessels are now discharging their cargoes in excellent order at the Queen’s Wharf. The next sailing vessels to arrive here are the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s ship Helen Denny, from London, September 11, and the New Zealand Shipping Company’s ship Opawa, from London, October Bth. Tho American barque Ey vor, which left New York for this port on August 23rd, is now nearly due. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s ship Zealandia, Captain Phillips, liars now nearly all her cargo on board, and will be ready for sea to-morrow. She will be followed/ by tho New Zealand Shipping Company’s barque Glcnmore, Captain Holton, which is gradually filling up with wool and tallow. The other vessels at present on tho berth for London are the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company’s ship Pleione, Captain Renaut, and the New Zealand Shipping Company’s ship Orari, Coptain Keen. Messrs iurnbull and Co.’s barquentina May has for some time past been loading old iron and fungus for Hongkong. She takes in addition 200 tons of Greymouth coal, and is expected to get away to-day. The U.S.S. Company have placed an additional steamer, the Penguin, on the coastal service between Dunedin and Nelson, via Lyttslton, Wellington, and Picton, while tho ss Arawata trades to Fiji in her place. The Union Company’s new steamer Ohau, which is fitted with refrigerating machinery for the purpose of bringing meat from smaller places to the principal ports for shipment to London, is on her way out to tho colony, having left the Clyde on tho 17th inst. Sho will be followed by a similar steamer, the Taupe, and a largo one for the Sydney trade, tho Tekapo. In consequence of the appointment of Captain Kennedy, formerly of the Hauroto, as Marine Superintendent at Wellington, a series of changes and promotions have been made in the command of the Union Company’s vessels. The steamer Star of the South, which met with an accident to her machinery in Cook’s Straits while on a voyage from Dunedin to Greymouth, was repaired here, and left for Greymouth on November 11. During a heavy SE gala on November 7th, the schooner Golden Isle, owned in Auckland, had to be beached in Palliser Bay. On Monday last a number of c irpenters with the necessary appliances went to tho place where she is lying to try and get her off. The steamer Oreti, which has bean undergoing extensive repairs and alterations during the past six months, was successfully launched on Wednesday last. The Black Diamond Line steamer Grafton has been lengthened 27 feet, and is receiving a thorough overhaul of her engines. She will be ready for sea in about another fortnight. The barque Pelham, belonging to Messrs Kennedy Eros., of Greymmitli, is to be converted into a steamer, and Mr E. Seager, of Wellington, is the successful tenderer for tho work. The Pelham was originally designed for a Calcutta tug-boat, and was subsequently rigged as a barque. The engines to be placed inher recently came out fromHomem tho steamer Herald. The tug being built by Mr Seager for the same firm is to be launched next week. WEATHER EXCHANGE. Now Zealand—Depression to south east, with showery and overcast weather generally, and westerly winds, Australia —Depression crossing Tasmania with north and westerly winds, and showery on south coast. Barometers —-New Zealand : Russell, 29*7; Wellington, 20'4; Bluff, 29-4. Australia; Albany, 30 0; Portland, 29'3; Hobart, 29 3; Sydney, 20-7.