SHIPPING

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 9446, 9 November 1891, Page 2

SHIPPING

• PHASES OF THE MOON. ‘ November, First Quarter ... 9 8 1C.4 pm Full Moon ... 16 11 4G.2 am East Quarter ... 23 7 50.8 pm Sun rises, 4.33 am ; sets. C. 37 pm. High water in port—B.s7 am, 9.30 pm. Wind—S.E., light. Weather—Cloudy. ARRIVED. Saturday, November 7. Tauranga, H.M.9., 2570 tons, Captain I. P, W. Neohum, from South. Omapore, ss, 352 tons, Lambert, from Westport, U.S.S. Co, agents. ■ Wakatu, ss, 95 tons. Wills, from Lyttelton, via Kaikoura. Passengers—Saloon : Messrs Parle, Ward, Maxton, and Purcell. Levin and Co, agents. . Tarawera, ss, 1269 tons. Sinclair, from Auckland, via East Coast. Passengers Saloon : Miss Fox, Mrs Jackman and child, Messrs Kuyll and Sheen ; 10 steerage. U.S.S. C( W,uhi, ta ' as, G 3 tons, Bonnor, from Blenheim. Passengers -Cabin : Hesdornes Williamson, Farmer and Walsh, Messrs Thompson. Dutliio, Kilpatrick, homier, loole and Mailer, Master Walsh. U.S.S. Co, agents._ Kahn, ss, 93 tons, Bomerill, from Napier and Castle Point. Passenger—Cabin : Mr Williams. TJ.3.8. Co, agents. Charles Edward, ss, 123 tons, Whitwell, from Nelson, via Wanganui. _ Passengers— Cabin : blisses Bullard and Smith. I urnbull and Co, agents. . Kiwi, 88, 133 tona, Campbell, from Napier, via Castle Point. Levin and Co, agents. Catlin, ketch, 40 tons, Svendsen, from Invercargill. Linda Weber, brigantine, 120 tons, McKenzie, from Karatonga. Passenger—Cabin : Mr Goodwin. Sunday, Novembers, Queen of the South, ss, 121 tons. Harvey, from Te Awaite. Levin and Co., agents. Ohau, as, 411 tons, McDonald, from South. U.S.S. Co, agents. , Penguin, ss. 442 tons, Ewan, from Lyttelton. Passengers Saloon :—Misses Pollock, Thomas, Mesdamea (Jronwell and Monday, Messrs Thomson (2), Walford, Whitson, Jameson, Lowsey, MeMoekan, Andrews, Duncan, Isaacs, Niven, Baron, Tweedie, Proudfoot, Matheson, jßurbes, Smith, McCrae, Thorpe, Cocks, Ward, Guise, Chapman, Black, Wishart, Tuaon, Rose, Brailsford, Henry, Barland, Norbury, Franklyn, Ileekley, Rev Driver, Condon, Neill; 20 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Waihorn, ss., 1209 tons, Anderson, from Sydney. Passengers —Saloon : Misses Mann, Cohen, Freeman, Dudfield. Byng, Sawer, Williams, Hawk. Scott, Fealherstonhaugh, White, Evans, Mesdamea Scott, Hamilton, Kingdon, Levy, Fryer, Skelton, Green, Moore and girl. Watt, Melbille, and family (2), Montague and child, Evans, Wither and child, Drummond and family (5), Bradford, Messrs Barlow, Brogan, Marshall, Clancy, Turner, James, Brice, Bell, Brown, Throbald, Leslie, McKenzie, Cameron Schulze, MoMey, Fryer, Shelton, Paat (2), Green, Adams (2). K. Barlow, Moore, Watt, McDoncll. Melbille, Doyle, Sluvin. Little, Dove, McKellar, Ross, Miller, Master Tapper; G 4 steerage. U.S.S, Co, agents. Mahinapna, ss 205 tons. Speckling, from Onebuiiga and Now Plymouth. Passengers— Saloon : Meadames Bowennan, Lodge and child, Mair, Messrs Mardell, Shackleford, Peterson, Ifartly, Brjne; 1 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Dingadee, ss, 330 tons, Stuart, from Auckland via East Coast. U.S.S. Co, agents. Mawhera, ss, 340 tons, Manning, from West Coast and Nelson. Passengers Saloon : Misses Richardson, Cournp, MoAstnoy, Meadames Chisholm and son, Moeller, Budden, Siderman, Robinson and family, Frost, Messrs A. K. Guinness, Taylor, Dunk, Myers, Black, Sangster, Chisholm, Chisholm, Siedennan, Robinson, Williams, Coast, McGill; 8 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. SAILED. Saturday, November 7. Tarawera, ss, 1209 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne via South. Passengers : Saloon Misses Allen, Wiggins, Faulkner, Brett, Gilmer, Death, Mitchelson (2), Hall, Kenene, Taylor, Hume, Macdonald, Mesdamea Baulkner, Woods and children, Hayes, Chapman, Donner, Kenerie, Payne, Munro, OBrien, Levi and child, King, Gascoigne, Messrs V Pharazyn (2), Paul, Gascoigne, Duncan. King, Douglas, Sidey, Williams, Tripp, MoKerrow, Hannoy, Saunders (2), Blanchard, Haines, McPherson, Page, Holder, Ellis, Mcßae, Puketapu (2), Broughton, Morrow, Hayes, Baird (2), Faulkner, Hamilton, Chapman, Higgle, Paul, Hooper, Death, Doole, Frisk, McPherson, Martin, Banner, Wilson, Swan, Gallagher, Marks and son, Black, Agier, Chaney, Jones, Ballard, Glendinning, Reynold-, Henley, Eugene, Jenkins, Smith, Gardiner, Baker, Wilkie, Cargill, Crawley, Eoocli, Cargill, Randell, Driscoll, Beecrnft, Aston, Oook, McCurdy, Shand, Nelson, North, Lowry, Letite, Harrington, Nioholls, Coutts, Goodson, Barley, Hill, Foster, Chapmen, Macdonald, Harbroe, Greenstreet. Guild, Bach, Maoira, Young, Cox, Donner, Blundell, Dorset, Ormond, Brett, Bell, Mitchelson, Parlitt, Brown, Baldwin, Turnbull, Wenley, Logan, Harper, Lowry, Beresford ; 20 steerage. U.S.S. Co., agents. Orowaiti, ss, 283 tons, Adams, for Westport. U.S.S. Co, agents. Charles Edward, ss, 123 tons, Whitwell, for Nelson and West Coast. Turnbull and Co, agents. Duke of Buckingham, ss, 2020 tons, Groombridge, for South. N.Z.S. Co, agents, Neptune, ss, 44 tons, Eckford, for Blenheim. Levin and Co, agents. Stormbird, ss, 137 tons, Chambers, for Wanganui. Johnston and Co, agents. Woitupu, ss, 40 tons, Westrup, for Paten, J. S, Cross, agent. Sunday, November 8. Wakatu, ss, 93 tons, Wills, for Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Levin and Co, agents. Monday, November 9. Mabinapua, ss, 205 tons, Spedding, for Nelson, New Plymouth, and Onahunga. Passengers Saloon : Misses Park, Lens, Sutton, McKay, Mills, Mesdamea Douglas, Logie and child, Featbersonhaugh, Mesais Doug, X.ogie, Forder, .Samuels, Hyman, Fernandes, Masters Kelly and Corrigan. U.S.S. Co., agents. BY TELEGRAPH. (press association.) Auckland, November 8. Sailed—B am. Monowai, for Sydney, with San Francisco mail; 4 pm, Ovalau, tor Fiji, via Russell. Sailed—Mariposa, for San Francisco, via Apia andlUonohilu. Passengers from Auckland—Misses Webb, John (2), Cropp, Messrs Stevenson. J. W. Singleton, Hayhurst. Mr and Mrs C. Webb, Captain and Mrs Webb, Captain Overton, Messrs Aspinali, Brogden, and 0 steerage, together with 27 saloon and 39 steerage in transit from Sydney. New Plymouth, November 8. Arrived, 12.10 pm—Takapuna. from _Onehunga, with the inward San Francisco mail. Sailed, 12.40 pm.—Taknpuna, for Welling- - ton. Wanganui. November 8. Arrived, 1.45 pm—Stormbird, from Wellington. Lyttelton, November 8. Arrived-2.45 pm,Tarawera, 4 pm, Duke of Buckingham, from Wellington. Bluff, November 7. Silled—Gazelle, barque, Owen, for Fremantle. Nelson, November 8. Arrived, 8 am—Charles Edward, from Wellington. Blenheim, November 8. Arrived, 10 am—Neptune, from Wellington. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Co’s cargo steamer Mnmari arrived from Napier at 1 pm yesterday. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Tarawera arrived from Auckland, via Gisborne and Napier, at 5.30 am on Saturday. She sailed in the evening for Melbourne, via Southern ports. The sa Wakatu arrived from Lyttelton and Kaikoura at an early hour on Saturday morning, and returned Inst night. The ss Charles Edward arrived from Nelson on Saturday morning, and returned in the evening. The ss Kahn, from Napier and Castle Point, came in on Saturday morning and returns tomorrow. The U.S.S. Go’s ss Penguin left Lyttelton a_t 10 pm on Saturday, and arrived hero at 12.45 pm yesterday. She leaves to-day on an excursion trip to Picton. The ss Kiwi from Napier and Castle Point, arrived here at 1 am on Saturday, and returns to-morrow.

Tho brigantine Linda Weber arrived from Raratongn on Saturday morning after a voyage of 16 days, during which she experienced fine weather and moderate winds, She brought a cargo of copra, coffee, cotton, oranges. &c. She will return to the islands shortly. Mr Goodwin, one of the owners, was a passenger by the brigantine, and we, understand that he intends to purchase another vessel. The U. 5.3. Co's ss Mawhera, from West Coast and Nelson, arrived here at 7 am yesterday. She returns to-morrow. The U.S.S. Co's ss Mahinapua left Onehunga on Friday at 4.15 pm, called at New Plymouth, and arrived here at 9 am yesterday. She returns early this morning, via Picton. Tho tf.S.S. Co’s ss Waihoraleft Sydney at 5 pm on the 3rd, and had fine weather and light winds until the morning of the 6th, when a heavy sonth-weat gale with tremendous seas was experienced. The weather moderated toward evening, and she arrived here at 12.43 pm yesterday. She leaves far Southern ports to-morrow. AUXILIARY SQUADRON. ARRIVAL OF HJVLS. TAURANGA. H.M.3. Tauranga. the first vessel of the Australasian Auxiliary Squadron to visit Wellington, arrived here from the South on Saturday morning. The Tauranga is a smart looking vessel, and is built of steel throughout. She is provided with a cellular double bottom through a considerable portion of her length. Her registered tonnage is 2573 tons, and her dimensions are :—Length between perpendiculars, 265 ft; breadth, extreme, 41ft; draught, extreme, 16ft 6in. The engines are of Tellsets twin-screw-vertical-triple-expansion class, surface condensing, and capable of working up to a nominal horse-power of 7500 under forced draught. Her maximum speed (measured speed), forced draught for a short period, under favourable conditions is 19 knots, and maximum speed, natural draught, 16£ knots an hour. She carries two electric dynamos, which are used for ordinary lighting purposes, search lights, which work up to 7000 candlepower, &c. Her armament consists of eight 47m _ quick-firing guns, eight threepounder quick firing guns, one seven pounder muzzle loading gun, four o*43in five barrel Nordenfeldts, and twelve Whitehead torpedoes. All her guns are of the latest design. She carries a crew of 212, Following is the list of her officers Captain, T. P. Nesham; first lieutenant, R. B, Abdy; lieutenant, H. F. Felly; navigating lieutenant, A. Wbitehouse ; staff surgeons, C. W. B. Hamilton and F. B. J. Mathias; chief engineer, J. J. Stuart; engineers, B. J. Murphy and J . A, Roye; assistant engineer, 13, W. H. Page; gunners, T. Birohby and 3. J. Portbury; assistant clerk, P. M. Seymour. She will return to Lyttelton 10-night, and will again visit Wellington with the H.M.S. Ringarooma, the other vessel of the Squadron now in New Zealand waters, in about three weeks’ time. The vessel was visited yesterday by a large number pf admiring spectators.