SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 3331, 13 January 1898, Page 2

SHIPPING NEWS.

PHASES TJIE MOOHi JANUARY. ORlonJilrf for Hew sfie*i»ufl Mean Tnae* nasi Quarter .. .. 10 » 21-17 a.m. New Moon .. M J o-ioSm-First Quarter.. ..JO 2 91J a.m. Bon rises, 4.28 a ro. i sots, 7.14 p.m. High tide, 7,29 a.m.; 7.49 p in. ARRIVED, Wednesday, January 12. . Rotomahana, ss, 804 tons, Manning, from Lyt-el-ton. Passengers—Saloon :. Misses * in JL*£ , ou annl, Richmond, McDonald, O’Brien (I). Robertson, Cliolrnondoley, Mesdatnes Rose, Ilaggitt, Bowen, Baylis, Henshaw, Duffle, Peat, Keiinaagh and child, Biohmond, Butcher, Archdeacon Chcdmondeley, Drs Neale. Findlay, Messrs Charles, Rose, Samson, Haggitt, Horne. Bowdan, Bfiy!'3, Koaliruge, Hen Shaw, McDonald (2), Cato, Hamilton, k'* l '®* llwralth, Paterson, Graham, Christian, Howorthi Bennett, Harris, Christie, Butcher, Sharp, Choi raondeley, Harvey, Innlss, Manifold : 30 steerage. Manaroa, s.s., 78 tons, Moln.y.e from Wanganui.' Passengers—Cabin: Misses ' Reid, Berio, Mrs Earle. Messrs bauight, Barnett. ” Wakatu, s.s., 95 tons, Wills, from Lyttelton, Cheviot and Kaikoura. Passengers-Camn -Misses Caton, lorns, Messrs Mitchell, Kenny, Poe, Bayley. Mana, s.B„ 48 tons, Weatrup, from Patoa. Thoimumv, January 18. Ohan, 9.H.i 411 tons, Brewer, from Westport. BAIJjKU, ■ Wednesday, January 12. Rotomahana, a.5.,8G4 tons. Manning, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Misses £'age, Know Jes, Wlieeler, Robinson, Bil 1 . Brocksopp (2), Smith, Grace. Oreig, Zlncgraf, Redmond (2). Palmer, Griffiths, Russell, Mesdames Brooksopp, Moore, Russell, Boyle, Alabaster, Wright, Orr, Rawlioaon, McLean and child, Rennie and family, Earnes, Campbell, Moorhouse, Captain . n® Pe cl Culleo, Messrs Alabaster, Anderson, Wright, Orr, Rawlinson, Arrowsrallh, Reynolds, Williams, Brocksoup (8), Ross, Oreig, Nathan, Gibson, Browning, Wilson, Gardner, McCombs, Arthur, Bright, Hughes, Wigley, Rennie, Moore, Clark, Master Hughes: 20 steerage. . Walnul, s.s.. 891 tons, Worrell, for West Coast via Nelson. Passengers—Saloon: Missesi Wilkes, Roche, Richardson, Mullumby, Lamb, Mesdames Btftrtnp, Backhouse, Messrs Mirams, Moore, Banks, Duncan, Wratt, Levy, Roderlque; 13 steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Opawa, from Blenheim, this day Penguin, from Nelson and Pictoa, this day Mararoa, from South, this day Aorere, from Patea and Opunake, this day Btormblrd, from Wanganui, this day # Haupiri, from West Coast and Nelson, this day Hesketh, from Oroymouth, this day Fanny, from East Coast, this day Queen of the South, from Foston, this day Oreti, from Wanganui, this day Tarawera, from Sydney, this day Paoia, from Blenheim, Xlth , f Oraapore, from Auckland, Gisborne and liapler Vl EHngamito, from Sydney via Auckland, Gisborne and Napier, 14th „ Mawhera. from West Coast and Nelson, 14th Walroa,: from Motaoka, 14th ‘ Charles Edward, from Wanganui, 14th Manaroa, from Wanganui, 15th Rotomahana, from Lyttelton, 16th , Mahinapua, from Onehunga and New Plymouth, 16 Monowal, from Melbourne via Hobart and South, 16th Flora, from South, 10th , . . .. Maori, left Plymouth November 27th; Rakala, left London November 28th; Indraghiri, left London (via Australia) 7th December; Pakeha, left Plymouth December 2nd: Hawkes Bay, left London December 21st: Aotea, left London December 26th. Agostino Bombo left New York September 4th; Rangltikel, left London October Bth ; Turakina, left London September 20th: Blenheim, left Glasgow October 15th; Dunedin, left Glasgow October 15th ; Canterbury, left Liverpool October 19th: Klllarney, left New York October 27tb; Margaret Galbraith, left London October 80th, Teutonia, -left New York November 22nd;Flues, left Hamburg November 23rd; Euterpe, left London November 80th; Silverhow, loft Liverpool November UO. Bv Telegraph,—Press Aesoe%ation.—Copyright.. London, January 11. Sailed—Ruahlnc, for Auckland; Tokomaru, for Port Chalmers, _ , . , The Waimato arrived at Gravesend yesterday. Sydney. January 12. Arrived—Lady Mabel, from Kaipara; Bmproza, from Mercury Bay. Sailed—Walhora, (or Auckland. Newcastle, January 12. Arrived—Poherua, from Wellington. Sailed—River Hunter, for Wellington; Silver Cloud and Kate Tatbam, for Napier; May, for Thames. _ _ 0 Melbourne, January 12. Arrived—Mary Wadley, from Greymouth. Sailed—Waikare, for Hobart and Bluff. Nelson, January 12. Arrived—Penguin (9.30 a.m.), from Picton; Wairoa (11.45 a.m.), from Wellington. Sailed, 11.80 a.m.—Penguin, for Wellington via P ton* Greymouth, January 11. Sailed, 11.00 p.m.—Hesketh, for Wellington, Westport, January 13. Arrived, 9 a.ro.—Mawhera, from Nelson Sailed, 10 a.m.—Mawhera, for Greymouth. New Plymouth, January 12. Arrived, 11 a.m,—Brunner, from Wellington. L\ttelton, January 12. Arrived, 2.80 p.m.—Flora, from Wellington. Sailed, 0 p.m,—Mararoa, for Sydney via Northern ports. Passengers for Wellington—Misses VVestbrooke, Bell, Burke, Hoapworth, Boon, Graham, Reu, Biggs, Anderson, Smith, Mesdames Ramsay, Pox and 2 children, Perry and 3 children, Treadwell and family (3), Ostler and 2 children, Ansford, Cullnno, Brown, Biggs, Tonks and 2 children, Pro- - fessor Matthew, Captain Moßoth, Messrs Culluno, Debeer, Bialey. Ansford, Watson. Loanford, Ron, Collier, Baldwin, McCullough, Jenkins, Roopo (2), Rothenborg. _ _ Patea, January 12. Sailed, 11.20 a.m.—Aorere, for Wellington. Blenheim, January 12. To sail, 8.30 p.m.—Opawa, for Wellington. Bluef, January 12. Sailed—Alexa, barque, for Lyttelton; Banffshire, steamer, for Timaru, with the following cargo:— 2337 bales wool and skins, 70 cases meats, 60 sacks oats and 53 casks tallow and pelts. Auckland, January 12. Sailed—H.M.S. Torch, for Lyttelton. Picton, January 12. Arrived, 0.45 p.m.—Penguin, from Nelson. To sail, 10 p.m,—Penguin, for Wellington. The Pania and Manaroa were detained la port last night owing to the heavy north-westerly gale prevailing. They will leave for their respective destinations to-day, _ _ „ . The Wainai left for Picton, Nelson and the West - Coast last night. The smoke from the bush fires is a source > of great annoyance to shipping people, and difficulty is experienced by mariners after dark in picking up the Somes Island light, the entrance at times being quite choked. The signalmen at the Heads are very much harassed by the smoke, -and it is with the utmost difficulty, that they can detect a steamer passing through after night-fall. The Ohau, from Westport, arrived early this morning with a load of coal, part of which is for Napier. Captain Galbraith, the bead pilot at Lyttelton, and several members of the tug’s crew, were sitting in the steamer’s cabin the other day, when the table-cloth commenced to smoke.'lt was found that the sun’s rays, which came in at the open skylight, struck the water bottle on the cabin table and were brought to a focus on the cloth, with the result that the cloth took fire, and bat for the fact that someone was near to avert the mischief serious trouble might have followed. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s ship Westland has been chartered to load at Sydney for Home. ' i , , . The schooner Jessie Niccol arrived at Timaru from Wellington on Sunday evening last. She is •now loading grain for Wanganui. ■r* Messrs P. H. Warren and Bert. Fisher, both of this city, and who have been shipmates on the barque G, M. Tucker, have changed ships. ■ Mr Warren la now located on the Laurel Bank, of the Bank lino, Glasgow, and Mr Fisher is now on the Worrung, of the Blue Anchor lino, London. The Wakata, from Lyttelton via the Coast, arrived about noon Yesterday with 230 bales of wool for Wellington. She returns to-day. All the officers of steamers arriving yesterday reported heavy weather in the Straits, Mr Harlow, purser of the Tarawera, and Mr Taylor, of the Takapuna, change positions here. Tho Tarawera only goes as far as Dunedin, where she lays up for an overhaul. The Government steamer Hinemoa is to leave for the Northern lighthouses and the Kermadecs at 6 o'clock this morning. On the way up she will work Pensarrow and The Brothers lighthouses, a quantity of timber for the fog signal station at the , former place having to be landed there. About 14 buoys are to be replaced with new ones along tho coast up Manukaa way. Tho Hinemoa will be absent for about five or six weeks. The Rotomahana arrived from Lyttelton at 1 p.m. yesterday after a strong head wind trip up. Her officers state that tho bush fires make the atmosphere very thick in the Straits, tho smoke keeping close to tho surface of the vater. The steamer brought 80 tons of cargo and 20 sheep consigned to a fanner in the Hutc Valley, and returned to Lyttelton late yesterday afternoon. The Heakcth is bringing a load of coal from Greymouth for tho Otorama. Tho latter vessel Is expected to leave for Lyttelton and Dunedin this afternoon. She llnally.leavea Wellington for Lon- - don on the 29th Inst. The Mana, which was recently ashore on the Patea Bar, was taken up on the Patent Slip yesterday for examinatibn, when it was found that there was absolutely no damage done. The Takapuna la to leave New Plymouth next Tuesday, at 2 a.m. instead of 2 p.m., so that she can leave Wellington for Lyttelton the same night. The tendering of the Tyser liner Star of Victoria at the Wanganui roadstead is being considerably hampered by bad weather. At the ordinary meeting of tho Tyne Improvement Commissioners at Newcastle, in November last, it was decided to seek powers to borrow £400,000 odd for tho purpose of carrying out tho work at tho piers recommended by the expert engineers. The responsibility of seeing to the repairing of the damage to tho north pier is to be entrusted to Sir J. \V. Barry and Messrs Coode, Son and Matthews, the work being carried out by contract. The Belgian Shipbuilding Company’s yard at Nicolaieff has been opened for business, and Nicolaieff is now the most important shipbuilding centre in Russia. Two thousand workmen have been engaged to start with, but there is room lor ten thousand. The French Government has introduced into the Chamber of Deputies a Bill to modify tho law relating to the tonnage-measurement of vessels, the present regulations not being easily applicable to steamers of the most modern type. Commander Caborne, speaking in November last from the British Board of Trade returns, said there were 242,039 persons, including masters, employed in vessels, registered in the United Kingdom, of whom 29,999 were Lascars and 33,016 foreigners; Tho ship Foylcdale, of tho Foyle line, arrived at Tacoma on Saturday, - " 6th November, from Hiogo, Japan, in 23 days, having left the latter port on 12th October. This feat of sailing is claimed to beat the record between these ports, a distance ol over 6000 miles. The Hamburg shipbuilding firm of Voss has completed plans for a giant ocean greyhound that Is Intended to cross from Southampton to New York in 16 hours. The inventors mean to use 10 screws, and propose to furnish both sides of thoir ship with five screws each. Tho four forward crews, two on each side, counting from tho bow, are to thrust the vessel forward by the following methods:—One blade Is to push the water under the ship, while tho other throws tho water off or drives it away. The two screws under tho centre of the vessel and the four screws aft at the same time pull and push forward with irresistible force. THE MAORI AT HOBART. By Telegraph,—Press Association, — Copyright, Received January 12, 9.50 p.m. Hobart, January 12. Arriued—Maori, from London. She sailed for Wellington at 7 o’clock this evening. Bbo brings ' 40 passengers lor Australia and 80 for New Zealand.