SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3777, 27 June 1899, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

PHASES UP IMP MOON. Calculated for New Zealand Mean Time. JUNE.

Sun rises, 7.18 a.m.; sets, 4.26 p.m. High water, 7.1 a.m.; 7.26 p.m. ARRIVED. MONDAY. JUNE 26. Manaroa, s.s., 78 tons, Mclntyre, Hum Wanganui and Picton. Passengers Cabin: Captain Hansen, Messrs iidler, Wilmott, Parsons, Master Moore. Talune, s.s., 1203 tons, Spinks, Horn Sydney. Passengers —Saloon : Misses Phillips, Driscoll. Collins, Sim o ™. McAlpine, Laurenson, Mesdames Hobbs and 2 infants, Crespin and child. On Kee, Mildenhall and infant. Des Forges, Low, Pollock, Messrs Pott, Hobbs, Crespin, Ballard, On Kee, Pendleton. Des Forges, McAlpine, Lowe, Anderson; 23 steerage. Himitangi, s.s., Fraser, from Glasgow via Suez Canal and Albany.

SAILED. MONDAY, JUNE 26. Talune, s.s., 1203 tons, Spinks, tor Melbourne via South and Hobart. Passencrers—Saloon; Misses Hume, Crofts, Wales, Newton. Deirne, Edwards, Mesdanies Lawrie, Bowman, Brooke and children, Lowe and child, Burgess and child, Metcalfe, Isitt, Dr Hornbrook, Messrs Millward, Brown, Burgess, Hume, Wurd, Reid, Metcalfe, Gakhurst, Howard, Teschmaker. Burns, Sinclair, Williamson, Andrew, Hehirr, Lawrie, Tripp, Pavitt, Buick, Caverhill; 26 steerage. Te Anau, 5.5.,.1028 tons, Dernech, for Napier, Gisborne and Auckland. Passengers—Saloon: Misses De Bruno-Austen (2). Mesdames Dewdney and child, Williams, Carver, Tudhope, De Bruno-Aus-ten, Rev Dewdney, Messrs Carver, Lambie, De Bruno-Austen. Tudhope, Randall, Kohn, Peacock; 14 steerage. Wakatu, s.s., 95 tons, Wills, for Lyttelton via Coast. Pania s.s., 40 tons, Fisk, for Blenheim. Vale Royal, barque, 327 tons, Ahier, for Kaiparn. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Queen of the South, from Foxton via East Coast, this day Pareora, from South, this day Wninui, from West Coast, Nelson and Picton, this day Flora, from Auckland, Gisborne and Napier, this day . , Rotoiti, from Onelmnga and New Plymouth, this day Rotorua, from Lyttelton, this day Huia, from Wanganui, this day Wairoa, from Motueka and Takaka, this N Brunner, from Westport, this day 'Omapere, from Timaru, this day Taupo, from Westport, this day Panin, from Picton, this day Wakatipu, from Melbourne, via Hobart, and South, 28th Haupiri, from West Coast and N- Bon, 28th Waihora, from Dunedin and Lyttelton, 28th Star of , Victoria, from London, via Australia, Auckland and East Coast, 29th Elingamite, from Sydney, via Auckland and East Coast, 30th Takapuna, from Onelranga and New Plymouth, 30th Wakatu, from Lyttelton via Coast, 30th Ardendearg. left New York April 12; Star of New Zealand, left London May 17; Rakaia, left Plymouth May 27th; Lismore, left New York May 26th; Pakeha, left London .Line 2nd; Otarama, left London June Ist; Knight Templar, left New York April 29th; Tolosa, left New York June- 15th; Aotea, left London June Irtli; Indraghiri, left London June 23rd; Papanui, left Plymouth June 24th. John O'Gaunt, left'Liverpool April 20; Cupica', left Glasgow April 8; Bille, left Hamburg April 29f Aalborg, left Hamburg May 23. . . PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Wakatu, for Lyttelton, via Coast, this, clay t Manaroa, for Wanganui, this day ■ Aorere, for Patea and Opunake, this day Maua, for Patea, this day Pareora, for New Plymouth and Greymouth, this day ■. ; , Kahu, for Napier,- this day Queen of the South, for Foxton, this day Stormbird, for Wanganui, this day Kennedy for Nelson and West Coast, this day • , . , Huia, for Wanganui, this day Rotorua, for Picton and Nelson, this day Flora for Lyttelton' and Dunedin, this day i ■ . Opawa, for Blenheim, this day Pania, for Blenheim, 28th Taupo, for Westport, ffiSth Wairba, for HaVelook and Sounds, 28th Eotomahana, for Lyttelton, 28th Tekoa, for Lyttelton, 28th n Omapere, for Picton, Nelson and West Coast, 28th, , Wakatipu, for Sydney, 28th Waihora, for Napier, Gisborne, Auckland and Sydney, 29th . Rotoiti, for New Plymouth and Oneliunga, 29th ' v Gothic, for Lyttelton, 30th Elingamite, for Lyttelton and Dunedin, 30th Wakatu, for Lyttelton, via Coast, 30th Haupiri, for Picton, Nelson and West Coast, Ist PRESS ASSOCIATION. MELBOURNE, Monday. Arrived—Waikare, from Bluff. WANGANUI, Monday. Sailed. 12.30 p.m.—Huia, for WellingtoU' . NAPIER, Monday. Sailed, 12.30 p.m.—Flora, for Wellington’ WESTPORT, Sunday. Arrived, 1.50 a.m.—Brunner, from Wellington. Monday. Sailed, noon—Taupo, for Wellington. COLLINGWOOD, Monday. Sailed, 12.40 p.m.—Kennedy, for Wellingto"‘ AUCKLAND. Monday. Arrived, 4.45 , a.m.—Elingamite, from Sydney. , r . ... Sailed—Hinemoa, for Cape Maria, with stores; Westralia (5.15 p.m.), for Sydney. KAIPARA HEADS, Monday. Arrived—Melbourne, s,s., Fefom, 'torn Edward. brig, for Fremantle. 1 NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. Arrived, 2.30 a.m.—Gairloch, from Onehunga (connected). I To sail—Gairloch (10 p.m.), for Onehnnga; Rotoiti (10 a.m. to-morrow), for Wellington. WAITARA, Sunday. Arrived, 11 p.m.—Moa. from Wellington. MOTUEKA, Sunday. Arrived, 8 a.m.—Wairoa, from Wellington‘ NELSON, Monday. Arrived, 9.30 a.m.—Takapuna, from Wel--11 Sailed, 10.5 a.m.—Wainni, for Picton and Wellington. , r , PICTON, Monday. Arrived. 6.50 p.m.—Wainui, from Nelson. To sail, 8 p.m.—Wainui, for Wellington. ’ P TIMARU, Monday. Sailed, 3 p.m—Corinna. for Wellington. BLENHEIM, Monday. Sailed, 7 p.m.—Opawa. for Wellington. BLUFF, Monday. Arrived, 11 a.m.—Carte Blanche, barque, from Malden Island. DUNEDIN, Monday. Sailed—Waihora, for the North. Passengers—Mesdames Logan. Arnett. Gam (2), Hnghan. Milner, McGregor. Brown, Macßeth. Misses Logan (2). Lamach. McGregor. Booth, Findlay, Hart, Mardlmg. Auld, Messrs Hnghan, Milner, Lowrv, Gardner, McKenzie. Modie. Laton, Hill, Parata, Fleming, Gray. Black, Arlidge, Simsonv Revs Platt and Currie. Sailed—Wakatipu, for Wellington. Passengers—Mesdames Musley. Coulson, Blues, Duthie, Holmes. Basire, Mills, Stevenson. Scott, Misses Mills (3), Messrs Coulson, Whiffen, Duthie. GISBORNE, Monday. To sail, to-morrow —Mawhera, for Napier and Wellington. LYTTELTON, Monday. Arrived, 2.55 p.m.—Activ. barque, from Newcastle. Sailed, 6.25 p.m.—Rotorua, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses Thomas. Wright, Brasen, Hodgson, Hons E. C. J. Stevens and W. Montgomery, Messrs Smith and Montgomery, M.’sH.R.. Russell (2), Halley, Trengrove, Gray,

Ormes, Parsons. Broderick, Jugs, Hendry Carson, Moore, Hancock, Master Smith. To sail, 8 p.m. —Pareora, for Wellington ONEHUNGA, Monday.

Sailed—Rotoiti, for New Plymouth and Wellington. Passengers—Misses Isaacs, Chubbin, Townsend,. Begg, Mesdames Stenbeck, Herries.,Perry, Inwood, Messrs Wishart, Gray, McLean, Schlank, Meek, Loa'sby, Carthew, Powdrell, Tapper, Watkins, Horsley, Kaihau, M.H.R., Turner, Penn, Watt, Williams, Inwood, Perry, Herries; 20 steerage.

The New York steamer Ardendearg (April 12th), now at Sydney, is now daily expected to leave for New Zealand ports. She experienced fine weather to the equator, when stormy south-easterlies held to the meridian of the Cape. A series of gales, principally from the west, were met with whilst crossing the Southern Ocean, stormy conditions maintaining to Cape Otway. Messrs Huddart Parker and Co.'s new passenger steamer Zealandia has been chartered to load general cargo at London for Westralian ports. She is expected to sail about the end of the month, and will come out via Capetown. The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company is advised that the Papanui left Plymouth for Auckland, Wellington and Lyttelton on 1 the 24th inst. After being in port about five months, the Norwegian barque Solveig left Port Adelaide on the 14th inst. for Melbourne, in ballast. This vessel, while on a voyage from Albany to Buenos Ayres with a cargo of jarrah, met with rough weather, and leaked so badly that the master had to put into Port Adelaide on the 26th January. The timber was discharged, but no repairs were effected. Tim Solveig is proceeding to Melbourne, because the agents think that repairs can be done at leas coat there than at Port Adelaide. The<local office of the Union Compan.y received telegraphic advice yesterday afternoon that there was a heavy sea on the Greymouth bar, and consequently the Haupiri will not be able to cross inwards until this morning. The Mokoia is timed to leave Sydney this evening for Wellington direct. On the discharge of her original cargo on Thursday the Star of Victoria \yill move over to the Railway Wharf to take in frozen meat. The barque Vale Royal left the stream at noon yesterday, bound to Kaipara. A LONG TOW. The steamer Franklin left Adelaide for Broome (W.A.) on the 17th inst., for the purpose of towing the steamer La Serena to Sydney. She will have a long tow of something like 3000 miles around the north coast of the continent, that course ben taken in preference to coming , down south, owing to the smoother water likely to be encountered. It will probably rank as one of the longest tows that have taken place on the Australian coast. TALUNE, FROM SYDNEY. The Talune left Sydney at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, and arrived here at 5 a.m. yesterday, having met with northerly winds and smooth seas on the run across. Her cargo consisted of 341 tons (including 984 cases fruit) for Wellington, 258 tons (including 477 cases fruit) for. Lyttelton, 237 tons (including 226 cases of fruit) for Dunedin and 31 tons and 21 horses for the Bluff. The Talune continued South last evening. ‘ CHARTERS. The barque Bessfield, now at Dunedin, has been chartered to load wheat for London at a New Zealand port (probably Lyttelton) on the discharge of the balance of her original cargo at Wellington. The barque Wenona, now loading at Newcastle (N.S.W.) on behalf of the Union Company, for Wellington, will proceed from this port to the Thames to load timber for Melbourne. RAKAIA, FROM LONDON. The local office of the New Zealand Shipping Company received by yesterday's English mail a- list of the passengers booked up to May 19th by the Rakaia, which sailed from Plymouth on May 27. Their names are; ' — For Wellington; Saloon—Mr and Mrs Chambers. For other ports—Miss Miller, Mesdames Ferguson, Langton, Messrs Ferguson, Bone and children, Langton, Alabone. Thirdclass ; For Wellington—Miss Tracy, Messrs Hall, White. For other ports—Misses Johnson, Woodrow, Hughes, Searle, Halliday,Mrs Waddington, Messrs White, Elliott, Kaill, Franks, Gowans, Warnes, Ryan, Shannell, Bryant, Wright, Sims, Phillips, Keymer, Young, Renner, Master Waddington. ARRIVAL OP THE HIMITANGI. A HANDSOME ADDITION TO MESSRS LEVIN AND CO.'S FLEET. The latest addition to the coastal steamers trading out of Wellington arrived from Glasgow yesterday in the shape of Messrs Levin and Co.'s new steamer Himitangi, and though the view obtained of her as she lay in the stream was somewhat obscured by heavy showers of rain, she had that “sit” upon the water that at once gave pleasure to the nautical eye. After being cleared by the Health Officer (Dr James) she was berthed at the Queen's Wharf. Captain Fraser reports having left Glasgow at 8 a.m. on April Ist, and experiencing most beautiful weather throughout ithe voyage, during which the little steamer behaved remarkably well. She called in at Gibraltar on April Bth, and left the same afternoon, reached Malta on the 14th and after taking in 30 tons of coal continued the voyage on the 17th. Port Said was reached on the 22nd, the trip down the Suez Canal being commenced the following .day. Owing to the cook becoming indisposed the steamer called at Aden, where he was takenito the hospital, suffering from a nervous anection. A native cook was taken on in his place. Before reaching Colombo on May 14th the heaviest rain-storm that Captain Fraser has ever experienced occurred, the water pouring down in sheets, as it only can in the tropics. She left Colombo; on May 16th, and arrived at Albany (W.A.) on the Bth inst., coaled and sailed- again for Wellington on the 11th, arriving,as above. The total time occupied on the voyage /was 86 days 17 hours, actual steaming time 74 days 22. hours. The weather was exceptionally fine during the run from Albany to Wellington, the barometer at times standing as high as 30.50. The Himitangi ("Weeping Jimmy”) is a steel screw steamer of 149 tons register, and was built at Paisley, Scotland, by Messrs John Fullarton and Co., to Lloyd's highest class. She is 136 ft long, 24ft broad and has a depth of 9ft Sin, and when leaving the Clyde, with some 300 tons of coal and stores on board, was drawing 9ft of water. She is supplied with triple expansion engines of the latest pattern and fitted with every modern contrivance of a useful and up-to-date character. Her boiler is of 400 h.p. and the propeller has a pitch of 10ft. Her saloon is situated amidships with large roomy cabins on either side for the accommodation of 26 passengers. Overhead is the steam-steer-ing gear-room and captain's cabin, on top of which is a comfortable bridge, fitted with a powerful searchlight that was used with effect in the Suez Canal. The officers’ and engineers’ quarters are also amidships on the main deck, separated by an alleyway on either side from the engine-room, which is a model of cleanliness. There is no deck-house or any construction abaft the after hold. The delay in her building was caused through a variety of drawbacks, one of which is that it rained for 71 consecutive days during her construction.

The Himitangi arrived in charge of Captain Fraser (son of the Hon P. H. Fraser, M.L.C.), who has with him the following officers: —Chief, Mr J. Goudie; second, Mr A. Auland; chief engineer, Mr Wm. Signal (formerly of the Queen of the South); second, Mr Henderson; third, Mr Baird. The pick and span condition in which the vessel made port is highly creditable to these gentlemen, and but for her foul bottom, the greater part of which attached itself to the steamer■ between the time she was launched and when she sailed from Glasgow, one would not be surprised to hear that she had just undergone an overhaul. The decks were recaulked from stem to stern during the voyage. It is generally' understood that Captain Harvey, of the Queen of the South, will

have charge of the new steamer, with Captain Fraser as chief officer, ivhile Mr Manly', at present mate of the Queen of the South, will most probably' be promoted to the charge of that vessel. The Himitangi will go 'on the patent _ slip tor a cleaning and painting before being placed in commission.

Last quarter ... 0. ... 1 H. 10 M 25 a.m. New moon ... 8 5 51 p.m. irirst quarter ... ... 16 9 17 p.m. Jb'nll moon ... at 1 50 a.m. Last quarter ... ... 30 4 15 p.m.