SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 3329, 11 January 1898, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS.

PHASES OF ■"> E MOON, Janiuhv. OiloalatoJ lot Now Zoalmd Mean Tlnso Dt n. H. Last Quarter .. .. It! 8 21-17 a.m. New Moon .. . < 22 7 First Quarter.. ..30 2 9*19 a.ra;. fltin rlnnu. 497 a m,; PfitP, 7.15 p.DJ. tide, 6,17 a.m.; 6.3-1 p.ro. AIUUVFD. Monday, January 10. Qdccn of tho. Boutli, a s.. 121 tons, Harvey, from Foxton tvnu Flaxbournc. Tuesday, January 11. , T t Wainul, 5.3., 411 tons, Worrall, from West • Coast, iNolson and Picton. Passengers—Baloon ; Misses Quinn, Ward, Moore, Greenwood, Dent, Burnett. Richardson, Joyce, Pattison, Bona, Cresswell, Clemens, Clements, Thompson, Mcsd runes Hardy and infant, McDavitc, Patterson, Joyce, Landfill, Wilson, Neill, Pattison, Page* XJavies, Rutherford, Booth, Webb, Woolley, f itzgorald and 5 children, Bray, Aplin and child, Mowlom, Inspector liullen, Father Costello, Messrs MeOniggan, King, Hughes, Wells, Miller, McGrath, Hogg, Kelpe, Rathbone, Smith, Lawes, Ballantyne. Johns, Plimmer, Blair, Wix, Ching, Casey, Moeller, Hoggard, Allen, Cook, Hammond, Turnbull, Jones, Pattison, Hartley, Rowe, Webb, Cassin, Loekie, Heath, Woolley, Fitzgerald, Bray, Lyons, Price, Armstrong, Fowler, Marchunt, Aplin, Mowlem, Master Lyon ; 39 steerage. SAILED. Monday, January 10. Ilotomalmna, s.s., 804 tons, Manning, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Steel, Baldwin (2), Beauchamp, Kellihcr, Allen, Forbes, Amsley (2), Greaves (2), Venge, Chapman, Wadey, McKenny, Hcywood, Robinson (2), Ronnie, mesdames Gunn, Cockburn, Pritchard, Chapman, Wadey, Knight, McLean and child, Wilson, Judge Stephens, Messrs Beauchamp, • Will Yoy, Wadey, Kurtzhals, Cockburn, Gunn, Row, Chapman Uj, Burridge and son, Hoywood, Hargreaves Stott, Evans, Liddlo, Pearson, Clarko, Walsh, Collins ; si steerage. , , , To Anau, s.s., 1028 tons, Berncch, for Napier, ’ Gisborne and Auckland. Passengers— Saloon : "'"-"'-'“iMlssos Gillingham (2), Hamilton, Klmbell (2), Horcombe, Edwards, Mcsdarnes Mackm, Hall, Dr Mackin, Rev Bowden, Messrs Steele, Salmon (2), Rose, Mitchell, Hamilton, Tribe, Stenhouse, White, Hall; 11 stowage. Hinemoa, s.s., 282 tons, Neale, for Poncarrow. Passengers,Captain Allman,Messrs Scott and Hales. Mawhera, s.s., 340 tons, Post, for West Coast via ■ Picton and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon: Misses | Day, Mason, Wilkins, Metiaames Hartley, Mills and child, Tribe and child, Salter, Waters, 2 children and nurse, Ashton, Haynes, Bourke, Messrs Salter, Foster, Bourke, Henry, Richards, Fife, Lubber, Chandler, Scott, Hartley, Russell, Douglas, Fen, Cottle, Wilson; 22 steerage. : Manaroa, a.s., 73 tons, Mclntyre, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Miss Davies, Mr Loo, Masters Suckling (2). Queen of the South, a.s., 121 tons, Harvey, for Foxton. . _ , .Kennedy, s.s., 137 tons, Brace, for West Coast and Nelson, , Aorere, s.s.,* 45 tons, Tinney, for Patea and epucake. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Oban, from Greymoath, thin day Wairoa, from Molueka, this day Fanny, from East Coast, this day Wakatu, from Kaikoara via Coast, this day Flora, from Auckland, Gisborne and Napier, this day f _ Wuinul, from West Coast and Nelson, this day Penguin, from Lyttelton, this day Takapuna, from Onehunga and Now Plymouth, this day Queen of the South, from Foxton, 12th Oreti, from Wanganui, 12th _ . Omapere, from Auckland, Gisborne and Napier via bays, 12th Tarawera, from Sydney, 12th Mararoa, from South, 18th Haupiri, from West Coast and Nelson, 13th Manaroa, from Wanganui, 13th Aorere, from Patea and Opunako, 13th Muhinapua, from Onehunga and New Plymouth, 15th Monowai, from Melbourne via Hobart and South, Maori, left Plymouth November 27th j Rakaia, left London November 28th; Indcagbiri, left London (via Australia) 7th December; Pakeha, left Plymouth December 2nd ; Hawkea Bay, left London December 21st; Aotea, left London December 20th. Agostlno Rorabo left New York September 4th; Rangilikel, left London October Bth; Turakina, left London September 20th: Blenheim, loft Glasgow October 15th; Dunedin, loft Glasgow October 15th ; Canterbury, left Liverpool October 10th: Killamey, left New York October 27tb; Margaret Galbraith, loft London October 80th; Teutonia, [left Now York November 22nd; Pides, loft Hamburg November 23rd ; Euterpe, left London November 80th; Silverhow, left Liverpool November 80. By Tihgraph,—Press Association.—Copyright. Melbourne, January 10. Arrived, yesterday—Waikare, from Bluff and Hobart. Auckland, January 10, Arrived, 5 a.m.—EDngamite, from Sydney. Passengers for ' Wellington—Mias Llddington, Mrs Fairborn and 2 children, Messrs Farrar, Nicholls, Van Prmvg, Fairburn, Masters Nicholls, Farrar, Sailed, 6 p.m.—Westralia, for Sydney. Patea, January 9. Arrived, 10 a.m,—Mana, from Wellington. Wanganui, January 9. Arrived, 0 p,ra.—Star of Victoria (in roadstead), from Wellington. Gisborne, January 10. Arrived, 7 a.ra.—Dolphio, from Wellington, To . sail, midnight—Delphic, for Napier. Blenheim, Janaary 10. Sailed—Pania;(G.so p.m.) and Opawa (7.15 p.m.),for Wellington. Picton, January 10. Arrived, 7 p.m.—Mawhora, from Wellington. To sail, 10 p.m.—Mawhera, for Nelson. Nelson, January 10. Arrived, 9.30 a m.—Mahlnapua, from Wellington. Lyttelton, January 9. The second wool sale of the season was held today, when a catalogue of 9718 bales was offered. Ail the buyers present at the first sale were represented at this, besides a new American buyer and a Continental operator, who made thoir presence * much felt in the price of one small lot of six bales which was put up to the fancy price of 10Jd per lb. Competition was exceptionally brisk, especially in the case of bright, well-grown, lightconditioned wools and for different lota of fine half-breda and merinos. • For waaty, dingy and heavy conditioned clips, the bidding was anything but spirited, and had it not been for the competition of the local fellmongers and representatives from the woollen mills, the > prices for these would have suffered considerably. f v The prices as compared with those ruling at the opening of the season show the following changes: v , —Bright, light, well grown merinos, halfbreds and S' crossbreds, par to jd advance; do, do, threequarter bred and long wools, par to id advance; shabby, heavy merinos, halfbreds, crossbreds and long wools, market unchanged. Sailed, 8 p.m.—Waikato, for London. January 10. • Sailed, 0.30 p.m.—Penguin, for Wellington. Pas Bongers—Misses Kean, Anderson (2), McCoy ; Mesdames Addiwell, McKenzie and child, Weir, Fisher and child, Fitzgerald, Rev Hosklngs, Professor Matthew, Messrs Hawlgham, Morris, Hall, Maud, Meddian, Peters. Glen, Whelan and Sandford. Sailed—Kawatiri. for Westport ; Kahu, for Chatham Islands, Passengers—Judge Butler and associate, Messrs Brown, Dawson, Burns, Dunnage and 3 natives. New Plymouth, January 10. To sail, U p.m.—Takapuna, for Wellington. Motueka, January 9. Arrived, 11 a.m.—Wairoa, from Wellington. January 10. To sail, 10 p.m.—Wairoa, for Wellington. Bluff; January 10. Arrived, 3 p.m.—Monowai, from Melbourne, via Hobart. Greymoutb, January 10. ■ Sailed, 12.30 p.m.—Ohau, for Wellington; fiauplri, for Westport. Westport. January 10. To sail, midday to-morrow—Haupiri, for Nelson, Onehunga, January 10. Sailed—Takapuna, for New Plymouth and Welv Hngtou. Passengers Misses Stuart, Forbes, Baker, Tally, Brown (2), Coleman, Lynch, Mesdames Lovell, Harvey, Baker, Myers. Coleman and child, Messrs Lovell, Northoroft, Harvey, Curtis. Pell, Pilklngton, Coleman, B. Myers, A. Hendry, S. Bsale, Professor F. Brown ; 13 steerage. Sailed—Qairloch, for Now Plymouth. Passengers—Misses Lowe, Hunt, Larkins, Wright, Mrs Fraser, "Messrs Franklin, Lusk. Edgar, Griffiths, Matthews, Bourke, Maxwell, Wright (2), Larkin, Perrett, Sir James Prendergast and secretary; G steerage."' Kaipaaa Heads, January 10. Sailed—Dilpussund, barque, for Sydney; Clansman, schooner, for Wellington. The Huddart, Parker* liner Westralia left Auckland for Sydney at 6 o’clock last evening. She took - 151 passengers, 800 tons of cargo and 4 horses. The Queen of the South on her way down from Foxton put over ,to Plaxbourne, wbeire she picked up some 216 bales of wool. About 50 hales were brought from Foxton. Daring the early part of her trip from New York the barque Samar was for a co&ple of days in company with another barque, the name of which was not given in the log-book. This was probably the Agostino Rombo, which left New York for Dunedin on September 4th. The ship Turakina, from London to Wellington, . Is now 112 days out. Mr Fisher, chief engineer of the Coriana, is at present laid no hero with Influenza. The Manaroa’s wool from Wanganui consisted of 107 bales. She returned last evening. The Mawhera left for Picton, Nelson and the West Coast early yesterday afternoon. The Duoo made a trip to Day’s Bay yesterday afternoon with a quantity of building material. 4 The ship Taranaki was engaged yesterday m taking in tallow, a large quantity of which Is to be shipped Homo by this vessel. - The Brunner’s cargo from South consisted of 160 » tons for Wellington, 89 do for New Plymouth and 130 tons for the West Coast. She leaves for the last-named ports to-day. Captain Sargent, late of the ship Pleiono, is at present acting as chief officer of the Kennedy. The local agents of the Star of Victoria have recalled advice that that steamer arrived in the Wanganui roadstead last night, bat bad to put to sea again owing to a heavy W.S.W. gale. There were no indications of the weather moderating yesterday, . The local agents have received advice that the Ruahinelefb Plymouth for Auckland,,, Wellington and Lyttelton on Saturday last. Captain Post is in charge of the Mawhera oa the present trip, Captain Lambert having succumbed to influenza. The following to the cargo, shipnod here bv the Delphic, which loft for Gisborne and Napier early on Sunday morning 10.121 boxes butter, 789 kegs do. 3305 boxes cheese, 29,031 legs mutton, 469 quarters beef. 1320 carcases lamb, 3000 do mutton. 7821 bales wool, ICO drums glycerine, 133 casks tallow and entrails, 90 bales basils. 89 do leather, 1602 cases moats, 85 boxes pumice, 14 packages sundries. About 19,000 carcases mutton wHI complete her loading at Gisborne and Napier for London, The Hinemoa left lor the Penoarrow lighthouse at 10.30 a.m. yesterday for the purpose of landing the apparatus In connection with the new fog signal to be erected there. Captain Allman and Messrs Scott and Hales accompanied the steamer. She returned to the Railway Wbartlost evening. The Hinemoa will not leave port before Thursday . for the Northern lighthouses and the Kormadeos. Meanwhile her boilers are to receive a cleaning. The barquentine Jasper Is to leave for Eliott Island about Thursday next. The Monowai, which arrived at the Bluff at 8 o’clock yesterday afternoon, brings an English mail, which should come to hand on Wednesday next. The Haupiri loaves Westport for Nelson at 12 to-night, and will leave the latter port lor Wellington at 11 a.m. on Thursday, and should reach here at 10 o’clock the same night. The Omapere leaves Gisborne to-day, Napier tomorrow, and gets here on Thursday. The Takapuna was te leave Now Plymouth for Wellington nt 11 last night. She should reach bore at about 2 o’clock this afternoon. The Upolu comes off the slin this morning and leaves here on Thursday for Auckland, sailing thence for Rarotonga and Tahiti on the 18tb inst. Thelocal office of the Union Steam Ship Company has received advice thattheTaraweraleft Sydney for Wellington at S p.m. on Saturday with 250 tons of cargo for this port, She is duo hero to-morrow night, CHANGES IN THE RUNNING OP THE U.S.B. CO.’S STEAMERS. The Union Steam Ship Company supplies the information that in consequence of the pending change of steamers in the intercolonial trade there will of necessity no a change in the coastal steamers’ runnings. The Rotorua is to take up the Te Anau’s Dunedin-Auckland run, the Penguin takes up the Rolomahana’s Lyttelton-Wellington run and the Cotinna will relieve the Penguin in the Lyttelton-WelUngton-Neisoa trade. BARQUE SAMAR, FROM NEW YORK. The barque Samar, which makes her first trip to Wellington, was towed from the stream to the Queen’s Wharf yesterday, under the care of Pilot Shilling. The vessel left New York on September 15th, experiencing variab’e weather to the Equator, which was crossed on October22nd,agood deal of calm weather being experienced in mediately previous. Alter passing the Equator a succession of gules were met with, accompanied by heavy rain, the mizzen stay being carried away on one occasion and agreat deal of water shipped. The prevailing 'winds on the run across the Southern Ocean were - north and north-east. Christmas Day was of course obseevad as a holiday, though the. weather was very stormy. Cape .Farewell was sighted on Tuesday last, baffling winds and thick leather being experienced to arrival off the Heads ou |

SaturdayiittcVncon. There the Duco took her in t Off, the anchor being dropped at about 9 p.m* Jeflßrs W. and G. Turnbull and Co. are the local gents. On her discharge she proceeds to Auckland to load back to New York. COLONIAL OBSERVATORY. Chronometer-rating Notice. Tho time-ball may be used to-day for rating chronometers. The ball will drop at noon precisely, *t which hour a chronometer sot to Greenwicu Vlean Time should show 12h. 30min. Any difference be the error of the chronometer, fast or slow on Greenwich Mean Tune. , , . . True time will also be given to-day by hourly galvanometer signals to the PJuseurn and tho public Telegraph Office. • 6 1 T. KINO, Observer. Colonial Museum, Wellington, January 11,1893.