SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3677, 1 March 1899, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

' PHASES OF THE MOON, MARCH. Calculated for Now Zealand Mean Time. d. h. m. Last Quarter 5 3 37 New Moon ... 12 7 31 First Quarter... ... ... 19 2 51 Full Moan - 27 ,5 49 Sun rises : 5.22 a m.; seta, C. 21 p.m. High Water : 6.42 aim. : G. 57 p.m. ARRIVED. Tuesday, February 28. Tutauokai, ss, 412 tons. Post, from Southern Islands, Bluff and Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Messrs Fisher, Hamer. Sainsbury, Masters Luke, Sainabury, 30 lunatics, 4 nurses and a chief warder. Oorinna, ss, 820 tons, _ Rolls, from South. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Thin, Barry, Mrs Wheeler and 2 children, Messrs Rasmussen, Hamill; 0 steerage. Te Anau, 1028 tons, Borneoh, from Auckland, Gisborne and Napier. ' Passengers— Balbon: Misses Fernandas, Waroup, McKee, Firth (2), Mesdames Chambers and child, Fernandos, Bull, Messrs Bhaw, Dixon, Brewster, Stenson, Morris, Lindsay, Steele, Shirley; 14 steerage. Rotorua, as, 57ti tons, Spence, from Lyttelton. Passengers Saloon : Mesdames; Palmer, O’Neill, McKay, Garrard, Captain Tingey. Messrs Aloook, O’Neill, Lynch," Richardson, Nash, 1 Gray, Hall,' Wilson, Powell, Patterson* Leifist, Frost, Butler, Horton, Hnlston ; 19 steerage. ■ Manaroa, ss, 78 tons, Mclntyre, from Wanganui, SAILED, : Tuesday, February 28. ■ Rotorua, ss, 576 tons, Spence, for Nelson via Pioton. Passengers —■ Saloon : Misses Robertson, Martin, Finley, Hart, Irvine. Mesdames Deneker, Allen, Robertson, Messrs Allen, Crauford, Bryant, Hill, Naylor, Lewela, Bur;on, Robertson. Gamble, Walmsley, Morris, Seymour, Walsleben, Dodgahun, Schwartz, Potts ; 14 steerage. Oorinna, ss, 820 tons, Rolls, for Westport. Te Anau, ss, 1028 tons, Berneoh, for Lyt telton anA Dunedin. Passengers— Saloon : Misses Jpltoh, Richards, Jones, Mesdames Carl, Kelly, Koskrndge, Anderson, OhriaMph and child, Wilson, Hoaking, , Profflfef Thomas, Revs Laws and family, Bond, neill, Keall, Prior, Todd, Messrs Carl, Wilson, Marten, Crump, Howell, May, Mayfield, Penny, Slovene, Qriflin, Porter, Parker, Hodgson, Boon, Baxter, Hodson, Martin (2), Crow, Morew, Hatch, Tosher, Brown, Hammond, Mason, Wood, Baybutt, Anderson, King, Paronson; 19 steerage. , Waverley, ss, 77 tons, Vickeman, for Nelson and West Coast. * Stormbird, ss, 137 tons, Crawford, for Wanganui. fluia, ss 1 ,90 tons, Huggins, for Wanganui, Aorere, Ss, 45 tons, Tinney, for Patea. , Mana, ss, 44 tons, Westrup, for Patea. Indragbiri, ss, 3181. tons, Firth, for the Wanganui roadstead. Queen of tho South, ss, 121 tons, Manly, for Foxton. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Opawa, from Blenheim, this day Eotoiti, from Onehnnga and New Piy mouth, this day Wairoa, from Motueka, this day Pania, from Blenheim, this day Haupiri, from West Coat and Nelson, this day Kahu, from Napier and East Coast, this day Waikare, from Sydney, this day Warrimoo, from Sydney, this day Kai Ora, .from Auckland, via East Coast, this day Eotomahana, from Lyttelton, this day Ohau, from Westport, via Picton, this day Brunner, from Westport, this day Wakatu, from Lyttelton, via Coast. 2nd ' ' Rotorua, from Nelson and Picton, 2nd Westralia, from Dunedin and Lyttelton, 2nd Clitus, from Calcutta, via Singapore and Auckland, 2nd Qneen of the South, from Foxton, 2nd Mana, from Patea, 2nd Aorere, from Patea, 2nd Stormbird, from Wanganui, 2nd ■ Waihora, from Sydney,' via Auckland and East Coast, 3rd Tnkapnna, from Onehnnga and New Plymouth, 4th Te Anau, from Dunedin and Lyttelton, Glh . Leitrim left London, via Australia, 'Auckland, Gisborne and Napier, January 11; Papanui left London, via Auckland, January 15; Ribston, left New York February 21; Clltns, left Calcutta January 21; Maori left London, January 25; Hawke’s Bay left New York, January 31; Indramayo left London, ‘January 27; Kaikoura left Plymouth, February 11; Star of England left London, February 13; Mamari, left London February 21; Euahine, left Plymouth February 25tb. Rising Star, left Hamburg November 8; Mary Hasbrouck, left New York December 7; Silvefhow; left Liverpool December 24; Kirklocb, left Liverpopl February 8; Beasfield, left Glasgow, via Port Chalmers, February 13; Locb Bredan, left. Liverpool February 9. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Manaroa, for Wanganui, this day Herald, for New Plymouth and Greymouth, this day . Pania, for Blenheim, this day Opawa, for Blenheim, this day Eotomahana, for Lyttelton, this day Wainui, for Picton, Nelson and West Const, this day* , Chart, for Westport, this day Kahu, for Napier, this day Stormbird, for Wanganui, 2nd Mana, for Patea, 2nd Aorere, for Patea, 2nd Queen of the South, for Foxton, 2nd Rotorua, for Picton and Nelson, 2nd * Wakatu, for Lyttelton, via Coast, 2nd Eotoiti, for New Plymouth- and Onehunga, 2nd Waikare, for Melbourne, via South and Hobart, 2nd . ■ Gothic, for London, via Rio de Janeiro, 2nd ' . ' ' ‘ Warrimoo, for Vancouver, via Suva and Honolulu, 2nd . ’ Westralia, for Sydney, via East Coast and Auckland, 2nd ■ , „ , Clitus, for Lyttelton and Dunedin, 3rd Waihora, for Lyttelton and Dunedin, 3rd . Tarawera, for Sydney, 4th Haupiri, for Picton, Nelson and West Coast, 4th . Rotorua, for Lyttelton, 4th Tntanekai, for Onehnnga, 4th Takapuna, for Nelson, New Plymouth and Onehnnga, Cth BY TELEGRAPH. -'PRESS ASSOCIATION. Melbourne, February 28. Arrived—Oonah, from the Bluff. Akaroa, February 28. The warship Mildnra, from Port Chalmers and Camara, arrived shortly after noon. Arrived, 3.10 p.m. Ringdove, from Dunedin. Dunedin, February 28. H.M.S. Ringdove sailed for Akaroa at 9.20 o’clock this morning. Bluff, February 28. Arrived, G a m.—Tarawera. from Melbourne and Hobart. Passengers for Wellington— Mesdaraoa Bowen, Tucker, Riddick, Morgan, Veale, Messrs Smith. Gumming, Allen, Tnokfield, Cantwell, Oakley, Skogland, Miller, Lowry, Shannon, Bowen, Tucker, Fapenhangen. Deedes, Riddick, Morgan; 6 steerage. Sailed,, 5 p.m.—Monowai, for Melbourne via Hobart. ■, , . . New Plymouth, February 28. Arrived, .10.50 last night—Eotoiti, from Onehnnga. ■ Sailed, 1.41) p.m.—Eotoiti, for Wellington. Blenheim, February 28. Arrived, 7 30 a.m. —Opawa and Pania, from Wellington, Motukka, February 28. To sail, 9.30 p.m.—Wairoa, for Wellington. Napier, February 28. Arrived, 11.30 a.m.—Flora, from Wellington. •! Sailed, 11.20 a.m.—Kai Ora, for Wellington. To sail, 8 p.m.—Kahu, for Wellington. Lyttelton, February 28. Arrived, 8.30 a m.— Eotomahana, from Wellington (connected). H.vt.S. Goldfinch has sailed for Akaroa. Sailed—Eotomahana, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses Laing, Gaffney, Green, Keegan, Wells, Preston, Thomas, Qareia, Ball, MoLean, Zachariah, Tustin, Pitcher, Blair, Ormond, Wilding, Smith, Mesdames Lathmer, Evins, Munro, Rutherford (2), Blair, Narby, Ternahan, Pottinger and

family, Wilding, Bridge. Arcbbisbou Redwood, Messrs Powell, Chapman, Cbevers, Cole, Pottinger, Bridge. Anderson, Glen, Willey, Gilbert, Leiher, Turnbull, Passmore, Mnllett, Narby, Peake, Horton, Sherman, Morris, Roberts, Garsia, Hamorton, Bolleston, Lattimer, Charlewood. Mnnro. Bluff, February 28. Arrived —Don, barque, from Brisbane. Farewell Spit. Febuary 28. Oban, from Westport to Wellington and Picton, passed at 12 45 p.m. Auckland, February 28. Sailed —Waihora, for Dunedin via Gisborne, Napier, Wellington and Lyttelton. Passengers—Misses Sohiscbka, Kldred (2), Bates, Morisby, Lochead, Allen, Mesdames Ogilvie, Allen, Thom, Strahan, Keenan, Schischka, Cooke, Brown, Messrs Hartley, Traih, Carlaw, Allen, Morisby, Storey, Sanders, Ogilvie. . Sailed —Upoiu (5.30p.m.), for Fiji; Silverstream, barque, for London. Westport, February 28. Arrived, 10 a m —Haupiri, from Nelson. Sailed—Ohau (midnight last night), for Pioton and Wellington ; Haupiri (noon), tor - Greymonth. , To sail, this evening—Brunner, for Wellington. Picton, February 28. Arrived, 5 p m.—Rotorua, from Wellington. To sail, 1 a.m. to-morrow —Ro torna, tor Nelson. Blenheim, February 23. Sailed—Pania (7 p.m.), Opawa (7.20 pm), for Wellington. New Plymouth, February 28. To sail, 10 p.m.— Takapuna, for Onehuuga. The steamer Gothic, for London, will leave the Queen’s Wharf to-morrow at 4 p.m. Passengers are requested to orabavk at that hour, and to havo baggage alongside at noon. The Herald will leave the Patent slip this morning, and will depart about 8 o’clock f.r New Plymouth and Greymonth. The Ohau will sail for Lyttelton this afternoon with a large consignment of oheap, reference to which is made elsewhere. Two English sailing vessels have been purchased in San Francisco recently. The fourmasted ship Falls of Clyde is now owned by William Matson and others, and the htir of Russia by J. J. Moore and Co. The Falls ol Clyde was built by Russel and Co., of Part Glasgow, and is 1741 tons net burden. is|s will go into tho Hilo trade under the saHe flag as the barques Roderick Dhu and Santiago. The Star of Russia was built by Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, and is 1892 tons net burden. She is 275 sft long. 40,2 ft broad and 24.2 ft deep. She will be kept in the trade between San Francisco, Australia and Hawaii. The local agents of the New Zealand Shipping Company are advised that the Ruahino left Plymouth for Port Chalmers end Lyttelton on Saturday last. Captain Mclntyre, of the anaroa, reports that the barqnentine Bt. ‘ Kikla, coal laden, from Newcastle, which was blown off the land some days ago, arrived off the bar, and was towed into Wanganui on Monday morning. , The To Anau, from Auckland, Gisborne and Napier, landed 391 tons of cargo here, and had some 223 tons for Southern ports. A mob of 22 draught horses were shipped Son'll by this steamer yesterday afternoon. The schooner Lark is now en route from Edithburg, South Australia, to Timaru with a cargo of salt. The steamer Btnglas, which was ashore at the Molcau jointly, -has been slipped at Helensville, was surveyed by Messrs D.Gouk and GqMM Niccol on Friday last. The new vesaWffr the Hamburg-Ameri-can line, which beat every vessel afloat at present (saysghe Liverpool "Journal of Commerce’’), is,l® be 6Voft in length, and will have engines to 34,000 indicated horsepower. Her crew will consist of 420 hands all told. She is to cover the distance from Land’s End to Sandy Hook within five days, developing a mean speed of 23 knots. The cost of this vessel is to he .£575,000. CARGO BY THE INDRAGHiEI. ■ The'following is the summary of the cargo shipped by the Ty Berliner Indragbiri at this port :—7OOO sheep, 35,000 legs mutton, 8936 carcases lamb, 401 quarters beef, 92 cases kidneys, 200 casks peUii, 2500 cases preserved meats, 54 bales wool, 250 eases gum and sundries. The steamer left for the Wanganui roadstead last evening, whero_ she will be tendered®by the Hnia and 'Thistle jointly. She will leave Lyttelton finally for London on the 13th inst, I THE PH AW, S WILL AND ALBION COMPANY’S STEAMERS. Messrs Levin and Co., local agents for ihe Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, are advised that the Matatua arrived at London on Monday evening with her meat in good .condition. The Tokomam sailed from London for Wellington via Teneriffe, Capetown and Hobart on Sunday last. The new steamer Waiwera left Glasgow for Dunedin on Sunday. Consequent upon the Tokomarn leaving ) ondon for the colony' on the same date, the Waiwera is making her maiden trip to New Zealand in ballast.

A SOUTHERN CRUISE. The Government steamer Tntanekai returned from a cruise among the islands lying to the southward of the South Island yesterday and her officers report that there was fine weather generally throughout the trip. The one exception was a fierce cyclonic storm experienced between the Snares and the Auckland Islands, during which the steamer was hove-to for 14 hours. This stoim was accompanied by very high seas, which did not decrease for two or three days. A homewardbound barque and a large steamer were sighted about 30 miles north of the Antipodes, and a full rigged ship was seen 40 miles south-south-east of Cape Saunders on Sunday last. At the Maoquaries some - 380 oasts of penguin oil were shipped and discharged ogain at the Bluff. A very beautiful display of the Aurora Australia was observed while at the Maoquaries, and appeared with . startling.brillianoe for four successive nights. Particulars as to visiting the different islands and the discovery of the crew of tho ketch Gratitude have already appeared. THE WEATHER. TYPICAL NEW ZEALAND STATIONS. The weather at tho undermentioned typical New Zealand stations, at 5 p m. yesterday, was as follows : Castl’npoint. ~ Wind. north-east, light; barometer, 30 - 22; thermometer, 69. General remarks—Fine : sea moderate. Westport. —Wind, south-we»t. breeze -, barometer, 3017 ; thermometer, 67. General remarks—Fine : sea smooth, Hokitika. —Wind, calm; barometer, 3048 ; thermometer, 67. General remarks—Overcast ; sea smooth, Oamarn. —Wind, calm : barometer, 30"02; thermometer, 64. General remarks—Gloomy ; sej’smooth. Bluff. —Wind, nortb-oast, light: barometer, 29‘85 ; thermometer, 65 General remarks Showery. ■ Indications are for strong winds to gale from the northward. E. A Edwin. TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN STATIONS. The following reports of the weather at the undermentioned typical Australian stations wore received at the Colonial Museum yesterday : Hobart. Wind, north-west ; barometer, 29’5; general remarks, fine. Sydney.—Wind, west ; barometer, 29 9; general remarks, o’ondy. Albany. Wind, south-east; barometer, 30'3; general remarks, clcndy, ■ WELLINGTON OBSERVATORY. The weather records taken at the Wellington observatory at 9 am. yesterday were as;follow: Barome+er. 30’23deg; maximum shade temperature for previous 24 hours, 70;; minimum shade temperature for previous 24 hours. 53; rainfall previous 24 hours, nil; wind, fine. E. B. Gore.