SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3785, 6 July 1899, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

PHASES OF THE MOON. Calculated lor Now Zealand M.-un ’lime. JULY.

Sun rises, 7.15 a.m.; sets, 4.30 p.m. High water, 3.22 a.m.; 3.46 p.m.

ARRIVED. WEDNESDAY. JULY 5. Brunner, s.s., 333 tons. McArthur, from 'Westport. Reynold, Emanuel. , Manaroa, a.s., 78 tons, Mclntyre, Do■' ll Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Miss Blake, Messrs Peacock. Armstrong, Walsh. „„„ , . Knight Templar, s.s. 2767 tons h innis, from Now York, Dunedin and Lyttelton. Rotomahana, s.s., 861 tons. Manning, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Watt, Cane. Boland, Ross, Clarkson, Elworthy, Walker, Wilson. Kennedy. Mesdamos Bond, Gaby, Pindlay, Foote and 4 children. Ware, Kennedy, Thomas, Walker, Carter and 2 children, Elworthy, Guinness, Messrs Gellatly, Little, Smith, Hyde, Newton, Bull, Butchers (2), Reid, Findlay, Bern, Wright, Foote, Guinness, Grant, Scott, Brown, Ware, Thomas, Baeyertz, Carter, Phillips, Wilson, Johnston; 29 steerage. Rotoiti, s.s.. 629 tons, Robertson, trom Onehunga via New Plymouth. Passengers—Saloon; Misses Biggwither (2), Derbridge, Bradley. Wilson, Mesdames Stohr, Clements, Rev Jones, Messrs Hercus, Wilson, Crow, Dawson, McKenzie, Isbistcr; Eotonuu s.s., 576 tons, Spence, from Nelson trod Picton. Passengers—Saloon; Misses Williams, Lake, Mules, Banfield, Gillfillan. dagger, Stuart. Old, Howard, Moore, Douslin, Hay, Mesdames Walters, .Heist and family (3), Wilkins, Richmond, Richardson,, Compton, Bonar, Williams, Jackson, Munro, child and maid, Melhuish. Mirk, Brown and maid, Messrs Smith, Qalland, Seager, Walters, Morton, Soater, Sathily, Reist, Richmond, Johnston, Nicoll; Parata, Coull, Espie, Clark, Rudson, Williams, Daymon. Buxton. Allan, Filltbn, Graceword, Molhuish, Collins, Brown, Captain, Law, Masters Terry, Brewster; 16 steerage. Pania. s.s., 40 tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. -Passengers—Cabin : Messrs Adison, Myers (2), Anderson (2), White. Huitt, s.s., 00 tons, Huggins, from Wanganui. - SAILED. WEDNESDAY. JULY 5. Rotomahana, s.s., 864 tons. Manning, for Lyttelton. 1 Passengers—Saloon: Misses Rees, McGowan, Russell, Armstrong, Williams, Harper, Mesdames Coddie and son, Rees, Smith, Inwood, Hon McLean, Messrs Coddie, Craig, Smith, Potts, Gibbs Ballanco, Bollard. Rigg, Hudson, Inwood, Graham, Baxter; 17 steerage. Omupero, s.s., 362 tons, Watson, for West Coast via Picton and Nelson. Passengers Saloon: Misses Elworthy, Mathieson, Clark (2), Scott, . Rochfort, Catchpole, Mesdames Elworthy, Bond, Clark, Scott, Catchpolo; Kirby, Foote and 4 children. Captain Coulson, Messrs Rooke, Clark and son. Tanner, Bishop, Dymock, Bignell, Kirby, Buckham, Foote, Armstrong. Wallace; 15 steerage. Wairoa, s.s., 45 tons, Ricketts, for Motueka. Stormbird, s.s., 137 tons, Crawford, for Wanganui. Hesketh; s.s., 355 tons, Dilner, for Qroymouth. Queen of the South, ss., 121 tons. Manley, for Foxton. Aorere, s.s., 45 tons. Tinney, for Patea. Mana, s.s., 44 tons, Westrup, for Patea. Wakatu, s.s., 95 tons. Wills, for Lyttelton via Coast. ' . Manaroa, s.s.. 78 tons, Mclntyre, for Wanganui. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Charles Edward, from Wanganui, this day Corinna, from South, this day Elingamite. from Dunedin and Lyttelton, this day Haupiri. from West Coast and Nelson, this day Star of Victoria, from Wanganui, 7th Manaroa, from Wanganui, 7th Mana, from Patea, 7th Rotomahana. from Lattelton, 7th Queen of the South, from Foxton, 7th Aorere, from Pa.tea, 7tli Mawhera, from Westport, 7th Mararoa, from Sydney, via Auckland, Gisborne and Napier, 7th Takapuna, from Onehunga and New Plymouth, 7th Monowai, from Melbourne, via Hobart and South, Bth Wairoa, from Motueka, Bth Te Anau, from Dunedin and Lyttelton, 9th Wakatu, from Lyttelton via Coast, 9th Waikato, left London for Dunedin, Maj 3; Ardendearg. left New York April 12; Star of few Zealand, left London May 17; Rakaia, left Plymouth May 27th; Lismore. left New York May 26th; Pakeha, left London June 2nd; Otarama. loft London June Ist; Tolosa left New York Juno 15th; Aotea, left London June IfttU; 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 29; Aalborg, left Hamburg May 23. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Pania, for Blenheim, this day Charles Edward, for Nelson and Weal >, Coast, this day Corinna, for Westport, this day Kahn, for Napier via East Coast this day Opawa, for Blenheim, this day Rotorua, for Picton and Nelson, this day Elingamite, for Sydney, via East Coast and Auckland, this day Huia, for Wanganui, this day Brunner, for Picton and Westport, this day Queen of the South, for Foxtou, 7th Mana. for Patea. 7th Aorere, for Patea, 7th Rotomahana. for Lyttelton. 7th Manaroa, for Wanganui. 7th Stormbird. for Wanganui, 7th Mararoa. for Lyttelton and Dunedin. 7tb Knight Templar, for Melbourne, Bth Monowai, for Sydney, Bth Haupiri, for Picton, Nelson and West Coast, Bth Rotorua, for Lyttelton, Bth Rotoiti. for Now Plymouth and Onehunga. Bth Star of Victoria, for Bluff. Blh Wau-oa, for Motueka, Bth Takapuna, for Nelson, New Plymouth , and Onehunga, 9th PRESS ASSOCIATION. ... LONDON, Tuesday. Arrived Buttcrworth. Silvorstream. Hipemoa, Angoronn and Lilia, from New Zealand. Sailed—Rartgatira, for New Zealand ports. „ , , NEW YORK, Tuesday. Sailed—Thetis, for Lyttelton. SYDNEY. Wednesday. Sailed—Wcstralia and Moann, forAuckx? i Ir H° rton - of the "New Zealand Herald," and daughter are passengers. / , WESTPORT, Wednesday. To sail, 7 a.m. to-morrow—Mawhera. for Wellington. PICTON, Wednesday. Sailed. 6.45 a.m.—Gothic, for Lyttelton. To sail, 10 p.m.—Omapere. for Nelson. NELSON, Wednesday. -r.T ~.s nil ’ a - m - to-morrow—Haupiri, for Wellington. . . , LYTTELTON. Wednesday. , Arrived, 11.35 a.m.—Te Anau, from Wellington. . Sailed, 1.10 p.m.—Corinna, for Wellington. Sailed, 8 p.m.—Elingamite, for Sydney, via Auckland. Passengers for Wellington— Misses Wilson (2). Erskine, Helmero, Mrs Marshall Messrs McClelland. Pitcaithlv. Whitcomhe, Marshall, Smith, Perkins, Gonrlny, Eddie. Culhert. Boag, Cross. AUCKLAND, WednesdayArrived—Silver Cloud, from Newcastle with coal. Sailed—Ovalau. for the Islands. ( ONEHUNGA. Wednesday. Sailed—Qairloch. for New Plymouth. Passengers—Mrs McMasters, Messrs Walker, Martin. Cooper. McMasters, Mitchell. Hair, Harlow, Atkinson, Nightingale and 6 steerage. . DUNEDIN, Wednesday. The following is a list of the Monowai’s passengers:—Mesdames Smith. Gray! Maloney, Inglis. Bush. Watts. Carr, "Sim. Begg, Wright, Hughes, Mallard, Jsses

Fotheringharn, Stevenson, ' Deyereaux, Anderson (2), Inglis, Hornson, Roberts, Be"ff Murray, Conays, Grainger, icind, Forsyth, Messrs Glanvjlle, Everitt, Ratray Davidson, -Moore, Cook, Wright, Mallard, XvlcKinlay, Canning, Barron, X'iddes, Mitchell, Bell, Davidson. BLUFF, Wcdncsuay. Sailed, 3.30 p.m.—Hawea, steamer, for Oamaru.

So strong was the southerly gale ahd so thick and dirty the weather alter the Pania left the Sounds on night that Captain Fisk deemed it advisable ..o run for shelter under the lee ot Mana Island. The steamer made an attempt to reach Wellington early yesterday morning, hut the seas off Torawhiti were still too heavy for the little vessel, and she was forced to put back again. Another attempt made last evening was more successful, and she arrived at the Queen’s Wharf at 9 o’clock. Owing to the large quantity ot cargo to ho handled, the Eiingamile will not sail -for Napier, Gisborne, Auckland and Sydiiey until 7 o’clock this evening. Mr Stock, formerly purser of the Rotomuhana, has gone South to join the Hawea in a similar capacity. Messrs Huddart, Parker and Co.local agents for the Nippon Yusen Kaishft (Japan Mail Steamship Company), have been advised that in future the steamers running between Australia ami China and Japan will call at Manila. This stop has been decided on owing to the large quantity of produce that is being forwarded from the Australian colonies for the United States forces in the Philippines. The first steamer to call at Manila will be the Futami Maru, which leaves Sydney on the 2nd August. - Tho Huddart-Parker steamer iitlingamite is due in Wellington from Dunedin and Lyttelton at about 10 o’clock tins morning, and is timed to leave again lor Nupier, Gisborne, Auckland and Sydney at 5 p.m. . ~ The Tyser liner Star ot* Victoria will call at Wellington on her way from Wanganui to tho Bluff on Friday to take in 500 tons of bunker coal. Captain Stenbeok, of the barque ismpreza, hopes to sail for Kaipara on Saturday. From there the vessel proceeds to Townsville (North Queensland) with timber, and thence to Surprise Island to load guano for Auckland. Captain Coulson, formerly of the Herald, left for the West Coast by the Omapere yesterday for tho purpose of taking charge of the auxiliary senooner Hercules. Captain Bignell, harbourmaster at H 91.1tika, who lias been engaged as nautical assessor in the Ohau inquiry, was a passenger by the same steamer. As the Mararoa goes South on Friday evening and the To Ana.u is to leave Lyttelton for Wellington after tho arrival ol the through express on Saturday night, the Rotomahana’s usual trip to Lyttelton to-morrow has been abandoned, and consequently after her arrival to-morrow she will not leave port again, until Monday afternoon.

The Dingadee will not load at Westport for Wellington until Saturday. 1 The Rotoiti will leave for Lyttelton at 3 o’clock this afternoon, and will wait at that port for the Southern portion of the outward Sun Francisco mail, due by the late express to-morrow night. She will leave Wellington for New Plymouth and Onehunga at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The Mawhera is to leave Westport for Wellington about 7 a.m. to-day. She is due here to-morrow morning, and will continue on to Auckland, via Napier and Gisborne, a few hours after arrival. Owing to tho heavy southerly gale and dirty weather on Tuesday night the Manaroa had to shelter. in Ohau Bay until 5 a.m. yesterday, when she came on to Wellington. The Huia, bound in the same direction, also sought shelter in Ohau Bay. She attempted to- leave' soon after the Manaroa, but had. to put back again on account of the heavy sea off Cape Torawhiti, but a further effort to roach port in the afternoon was successful, the little steamer arriving at the Queen’s Wharf at 6 p.m. ■ ' While the Lyttelton Harbour Board s dredge Manchester is slowly dodging into her various ports of call en route to Lyttelton, and adding to her cost by thousands of pounds, the "Times" says, the necessity for her presence at Lyttelton is becoming daily more pronounced. The other day the direct liner, Nairnshire, drawing some 25ft or 26ft of water, was occupying a berth whore only 23ft or 24ft of water was available. ■ ■ , Mr George Plate, chairman of directors of tho North German Lloyd, has ‘ been unanimously (elected a member of the Board of'Management of the Suez, Canal Company. > This is tho first instance of a German subject having been nominated to this position at Paris, and further shows the importance with which the North German Lloyd is regarded by the Suez Canal Company. In the report of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company’s fifty-eighth meeting of shareholders it is stated that the new steamer Ortona, which tho P.S.N. Company has qrdered for the Australian mail service in tie Orient Company’s lino, will be completed and at work, before the expiration of the present year. The Ortona is a twin-screw passenger steamer of 8000 tons and 18 knots’ speed. At Adelaide at the end of June the Governor and Lady Tennyson paid a visit to the mail steamer Kasuga Maru, the occasion being the extension of the Japanese line to Adelaide, THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR. The A. and A. Company’s cargo steamer Knight Templar, which arrived in Wellington from New York,'via Dunedin and Lyttelton yesterday, is a fine-looking vessel of 4341 tons gross, measurement. She was built by the Palmer Shipbuilding Company at Newcastle in 1889, under special survey/ and' is classed 100 A 1 at Lloyd’s. She is owned by Messrs Cowie and Co;, of Groenshields. • Her ; dimensions are Length, 40ft; breadth, 47ft 2in; depth, 27ft Din. Her engines are on tho triple expansion principle, her three cylinders measuring 29in, 47in and 76in respectively, with a stroke of 50in. Electric light is installed throughout the sjiip, which is replete with modern labour-saving appliances. The Knight Templar is manned by a- mixed crew of Asiatics and Europeans, including 50 Lascars shipped at Bombay. She is commanded by Captain Finnis, with whom are associated Mr Hicks as chief officer, Mr C. Angus second, and Mr A. Tuson third officer. The chief engineer is Mr Fenton; second, Mr Palmer; third, Mr R. Angus; and fourth, Mr Lewis. There are about 18,000 tons of cargo (including transhipments) to discharge at Wellington, and it is hoped to dispatch the vessel direcP to Melbourne on Saturday. The New Zealand Shipping Company is the local agent. THE WE ATHER. TYPICAL NEW ZEALAND STATIONS. The weather at the undermentioned typi cal New* Zealand stations at 5 p.m. yestcr, dav- was- ns follows; - Manukau Heads.—Wind, south-south-west, fresli:. barometer, .29.92: thermometer, 56. General remarks—Cloudy; sea heavy. Now Plymouth. . Wind, south-west, fresh; barometer, . 29.61: thermometer. 56. General remarks—Cloudy; slight swell. ’ ", • , ■ ■ , ■ Castlepoint—Wind, south-west, light; barometer, 29.56; thermometer, 56.'‘ General remarks—Fine: sea heavy., Wellington.— Wind, northmqrth-wcst, light;' barometer, 29.58; thermometer, 50. General remarks—Fine.- ■ Westport—Wind. west, light; barometer, 29.73; thermometer, 48. General remarks —Showery; sea smooth. Knikoura.)—Wind. north-east, light; barometer. 29.73; thermometer; 49. General remarks —Fine;' sen smooth. Oamaru.—Wind, south-east; light P barometer. 29.57: thermometer, 45., General remarks—Overcast; sea smooth. Bluff.—Wind, south-west, fresh; barometer. 29.66; thermometer, 42. General remarks—Showery. Westward of Tasmania there- is a low pressure travelling eastwards. There has been slowly increasing pressure at-both Sydney and Hobart, but it is probable that the next report from the latter place will show that tho barometer is falling. R. A. Edwin. WELLINGTON- OBSERVATORY, The weather records taken at tho Wei lingtnn Observatory at 9 a.m. yesterday were as follow:—Barometer, 29.628; maxi-.

mum shade temperature previous 21 hours, 50.0; minimum shade temperature previous 24 hours, 42.0; rainfall previous 24 hoiirsv .07.; wind, south, weather clearing, j-iavrii. ’’ it. B. Gobe. COLiJNIAL OBSERVATORY. c — CIIKONOMETEB-KATI.NO NOTICE. The time-hall may be used to-tiuy for rating chronometers.' The ball w ill drop at noon precisely, at which hour a chronometer set to Greenwich Mean Time ghoiiiu show 12h 30min. Any difference will >its the error of the chronometer, fast or slow on Greenwich Mean Time. . True time, will also be given to-day by hourly galvanometer signals to Inc Museum and the Public Telegraph Office. T. KING, Observer. Colonial Museum, Wellington, 6th July, 1899.

r. H. M. New moon ... 8 8 1 a.ra. First quarter .. Full moon ... 16 . ... 23 11 9 29 12 a.m. a.rn Last quarter ... 30 0 13 a.m