SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 3261, 19 October 1897, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS.

PHABB3S OF THH MOCHi OftlOQlats* lob Haw Zealand Mean* Slmftt October. taut Quarter., .. M | • New Moon .. .. M AW wo v Ban visas, 5.11 a.m. i aeta.15.28 p.m. High Waser Bl Wbarl—9.l7 *•“■» 0* 52 ®* m ‘ ARRIVED. \ dori™, s.s «C .lonic, s.s., tiWOtons, Kempaon, , I r °'" I £i nao riwath, EaMengora aaioon . park Moms, j Ss?,Kii&S«i 10 “•«- ago. .BAILED. Monday, Otiioofcnla.' sasSiiigs F wTa'J.°s Wills, lot LyUc&*'vla K Wildman, lot Nelson am? ' VV Aororo, a s.s..« tons, Tlnnoy. lot Patoa.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Pareora, Itom Grojraoath. this day &KX»ton and Nelson, this from Blenheim* this clay / -._ r> y,,, nrT » Takopuna. from New Plymouth and Onehunga. Omapero, from South, this day Hula, from Wanganui, this day Brunner, from Westport, 20th Te Anau, from Lyttelton, 20th V/aikare, from Sydney, 20th Indramayo, from Loudon via Australia, Auckland and East Ooasfc, 20th ( ___ Dlhgadoo, from' Auckland via East Coast, 20th Matacoa, froto. South, 21st . f Toast Beautiful Star, from Napier and East Coast, (romV/Vst Const, Nelson and Picton, from Sydney, 2&r<l ( - ■ ... Star of England, left London (via Auckland) August 27th; Itanga.ifca, loft l lymouth September 2flta; Star of Now Zealand,’ lelt bonbon September 2Hth ; Dolpbio, left p b™oath Qotobor tofl, Waikato, loft London October sth , Ma{irti-.b» left London October Bth. _ * «/,*« Weathorsfleld, left London (via Sydney and NirW castle May 28th : Lutterworth, ] elt Liverpool Jaly eth ; Alice, left Now York August Cth ; Invercargill, loft (Jlasgow August 21st ; Nelson. loft Liverpool (via Dunedin) August 21th i Ponobacot, lott New York August 2nd; Agostlno Bombo left Now YorU September 4th ; Crusader, left Liverpool September Cth ; Lake Erie, left Sharpness August 18th , Rangltikei, loft Loudon October Bth ; Samar, loft Now York September 13th ; Garin, left Edithburg (8.A.) September IDth; Blenheim, left Glasgow October 10th ; Dunedin, left Glasgow October loth.

By Telegraph.—Press Association.—iOovyright. Sydney. October 18, Arrived—ll.M.S. Royalist, from Auckland. Bluff, October 18, Arrived— Manapouri, from Dunedin. Sailed, 8.50 p.m.—MantJpouri, for Hobart and Melbourne. __ ~ 1Q Patea, October 18. Arrived, 1 p.m.—Wairoa, from Wellington. Sailed, 1.80 p.m.—Wairoa, (or Wellington. ’ OneyMoutm. October 18. Arrived, last night—Richmond, from Westport: fhia morning—Brunner, from Napier ; Kawatiri, from Lyttelton ; Herald, from Wellington. To sail, this afternoon— Richmond, for Westport; to-morrow—Brunner, for Wellington ; Herald, for Timaru. Nelson, October 18, Arrived. 10-35 a.m.— Mahinapua, from Wellington. Skiled, 12,30'p.m*.—Wainui, for Picton and Wellington, Lyttelton, October 19. Bailed, 1.35 p.m.—OmapeVo, for Wellington. Wanganui, October 18. Sailed, 8.20 p.m.—Manaroa, for Wellington. D * y Blenheim, October Ift To sail, 9p.m.—Panto, for Wellington. Auckland, October 18; Arrived, 10 a.m.—Walmttte', (tom Dunedin'. Bulled. 1 p.m.—Wostralia, for Sydney; sohooner May Howard, for Norfolk Island; Northern Chief for Kaipara, in ballast, to load timber for Sydney. * ' Picton, October io. To sail, 10 p.m.—Wainui, for Wellington; Kennedy, for Nelson

The Waikare, which left Sydney at 2 P-m. on Saturday, brings 2785 cases of fruit for Wellington, At the end of tho present month the Botomahana will bo placed in the Lyttclton-Wellmgton run. Tho weekly service between Dunedin and Auckland via way ports will be commenced by tho To Anau from Dunedin on tho 29th, to bo followed by tho Flora on sth November, Mr Dalrymplo, late of tho Botomahana and Rotorua, is now chief engineer of the Talune. Mr Paton is going Homo shortly, probably to bring out a new steamer. Tho Corinna, which arrived at the wharf at 12 30 p.m. yesterday from Westport, loft shortly afterwards for Petone to discharge about 190 tons of coal for the Gear Company.

The ship Wellington has about 1482 tons of general cargo for this port. She was berthed at the Queen’s Wharf yesterday morning and commenced discharging immediately. The barque Baeohwood was berthed yesterday at the Queen’s Wharf and will commence discharging this morning. Prom here she proceeds to LytteltoThe Te Anau left at 4.30 yesterday afternoon lor Lyttelton. , , . •' The Kabu arrived early yesterday morning from Napier, via tho East Coast, . The barque Woathersflold was reported off Farewell Spit at 10 a,m* on Sunday. She should be hero this morning. Messrs Johnston and Co. are the looal agents. , ■ . The Hinemoa sailed at 4 this morning for Westport via the lighthouses. She will visit Stephen Island, The Brothers and Farewell Spit, where she lands stores, ; and’ proceeds to Westport to Und 20 coal trucks from the Addington Workshops, Christchurch. Caataln Neale expeots to be back on Saturday next, when the ninomoa is to be put on the Patent Slip to receive a general overhaul. The barque Penobscot, which left New York on August G for Dunedin and Lyttelton, has, amongst other cargo, 10,250 oases of kerosene for the two porta. The barque was spoken on August 16, in lat. 37 N., long. G 1 W.," All well.” , t , The mall steamer Empress of Japan has lately made the reoord passage across the Pacific. She left Vancouver on Juno 26, and arrived at Hongkong on July 14. after calling at Yokohama, Nagasaki and Woosung. The voyage was completed in five days loss than contract time, and an average speed was maintained of over 17 knots, thus making it the fastest passage on record.

It is expected that H.M.S. Royal Arthur, tho nev Australian flagship, will arrive at Sydney early it January next to relievo 11.M.5. Orlando, which re turns Home.

On August 80 was launched from the yard of Messrs J. L. Thompson and Sons, of the North Sands Shipbuilding Yard, Sunderland, the Port Victoria, the latest addition to Messrs W. Millburn ond Company’s well-known “ Port ” line. The vessel was named by Mias Anireo Rlokmers, of Bremen, and launched by hydraulic power by Miss Yon Grutor. Tho Port Victoria is built to Lloyd's highest class, under tbeir special survey, on the three-deck rules. The vessel has a cellular double bottom right foro and aft, arranged to carry water ballast. She has six transverse watertight bulkheads, and shifting-boards right fore and aft. The vessel is intended for the Company's Australian line, and has been specially constructed to meet all requirements. The engines and boilers have been constructed by Messrs John Dickinson and Sons, Limited, Sunderland, the diameter of the cylinders being 24in, 40in and Clin respectively, by 45in stroke, supplied with steam by two largo multitubular boilers, working at 1801 b pressure. The steamer Buodharra left Melbourne for Calcutta recently with a shipment of 200 horses for the Indian market.

ThoMawhera, from Greyraonth direct, arrived at 6.80 last evening. Captain Lambert reports very dirty weather on the coast. At 7.45 p.m. she left the Queen’s Wharf for the Railway Wharf, where she discharges her cargo of cool. The Italian barque Gio Batta Beverino, now at Dunedin, is taking in ballast for Newcastle. Daring the month of August the ship-building trade in Scotland wai In a highly satisfactory condition, contracts representing over 50.000 tons being booked by the shipbuilders, and although the bulk of the work is of the ordinary type, the proportion of better class boats is greater than usual.

The Gorman ship Talisman, from New York to Dunedin, was spoken "All well " on July 23, in lat. 15 N., long. 25 W. The barque' Lake Brio, from Sharpness, was spoken on August 17, In lat. 49 N., long. 7 W.

lONIC, PROM LONDON. The White Star liner lonio, from London via Plymouth, Teneriffe. Capetown and Hobart, putin an appearance at G. 50 yesterday morning. She Uft Plymouth on September 4th, and had fresh winds ’ across the Bay of Biscay, and from there to Teneriffe had fine weather and light winds, arriving at the lattcr.placo on the 9th. Coaled there, and loft the same day for Capetown. She experienced fine weather till crossing tho Equator in lOdcg. west, after which she met with moderate trade winds, which gradually Increased to a fresh gale with high head sea ; theuco fine weather was experienced to arrival at Capetown on the 21th. Loft that port after landing 113 passengers and coaling on the 25th. Thenoo had moderate winds and fair weather until tho 80tb, when a strong breeze sprang up with misty weather, which lasted three days, . when it cleared oil,giving place to a strong not’-west gale with very high sea. Prom tho 9th to 12th October bad fresh winds with dull overcast sky to arrival at Hobart at 3.15 p.m. on the 13th. No ice was sighted by the lonio throughout tho voyage. After landing 45 passengers and coaling the big steamer sailed for Wellington the next morning. Strong sou’-wesfc winds and high southerly swell was met with on tho 16th and 17th, which gradually decreased on approaching the New Zealand ' coast. Passed Farewell Spit at 8.40 on Sunday evening, and arrived as above. The lonio brings 148 passengers, who were entertained during the voyage with concerts, dramatic performances, dances and deck games. She has 2000 tons of cargo lor Wellington. Messrs W, and G. Turnbull • and Co. ore the local agents. The following is her passenger list:—For Wellington— Saloon; Misses Grosvenor, ..Tunbridge, Dingle, Mesdames Bach, Donald, Sylveater'.'Gee,' Sutcliffe. Tunbridge, Smalley, Captain Sutcliffe, Messrs Bach, Dnuoan, Newton, Norris. O’Hara, Pollock, Sylvester. Tunbridge, Crawford, Gee, Masters Gee (2). Steerage: Misses Bale, Bourko, Collins, Trask (3), Mesdames Astill. Bale, Fitzgerald, Hawkins. Trask, Rigarlsford, Pester, Messrs Astill, Angus, Bale, Rigarlsford, Hawkins, Trask, Pester, ’Olsen, Lovett, Foutis, Hooper, Cooke, Floyd, Woodley, Canty, Duke, Laskey, Masters Trask (81, Lovett, Ballo. For other ports—SO saloon ; 60 steerage. Mr Timmis has succeeded Mr James as chief officer, otherwise the deck-officer’s staff is the same as last voyage. According to present arrangements the lonio will remain in port until Saturday, when she leaves for Lyttelton, returning to Wellington, and finally sailing for London on 6th November. COLONIAL OBSERVATORY. CimoxoaiETEn-RATiKO Notice. The time-ball may bo used to-day for rating chronometers. The ball will drop at noon precisely, at which hour a chronometer set to Greenwich Mean Time should show 12h. 80min. Any difference will be tho error of tho chronometer, fast or slow on Greenwich idfoan Time. True time will also be given to-day by hourly galvanometer signals to tho Museum and the public Telegraph Office. T. KING, Observer. Colonial Museum, Wellington, October 19,1897.