SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3862, 4 October 1899, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

PHASES OF THE MOON. Calculated for New Zealand Mean i'ime. OCTOBER. D. H. M. New moon ... ••• 5 6 44 a.m. First quarter 12 5 40 p.m. Full moon f 0 0 0 5 a - m - Last quarter 26 9 10 p.m. Sun rises, 5.97 a.m.; sets, 6.7 p.m. High water, 4.9 a.m.; 4.2-4 p.m. j ARRIVED. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3. Huia, s.s., 90 tons.’Sargent, from Foxton. Passenger—Cabin; Mr Bahm. Mapounua, s.s,, 717 tono. Farmer, from Auckland, Gisborne and Napier. Passengers —Saloon; Miss Durinart, Mesdames Doroms and child. Black, Other and infant, Paterson and child, Messrs Sander, Black, Eidler, Brown; 1 steerage. l Miidura; . H.M.S., twin-screw : steol cruiser, 2575 tons, 7500-horse, power, 8 guns, Captain Henry Leah, from Lyttelton. Wairoa,.' s.s., 45 tons, .Ricketts,' fromMotueka. Tomcat a,' s.s.; 5979 tons. Frigate, from Now Fork, via Australia, Auckland and Gisborne. SAILED. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3. Rotorua, «.s., 576 tone. Walker, for Nelson via Picton. Passengers —Saloon : Misses Schrader, Holt, Mesdamcs McLean, Clifford, Keuling, Symons, Dean, MHhony, Messes Barker, Rawlinson, Rodgerson. Hunter, Symons; 10 steerage. Maponrika,, s.s., 717 tons, Farmer, for 'LyUglton rand Dunedin. Passengers—; Saloon: Misses Johnston, Mcßoth, Seymour, ohnnlyn, .Johns Weber, Gordon, Mesdarnes Woolston, McKee, Morrison, MdNntty. Kelly, Popplewell, Messrs ‘ Hebbard, Bradley, Molineaux, Martin, Halley, Eden, Focker, Hundcock, Camp, Pope, Sbanlyn, Geering,- Walkley, Ponrjlewell, .Marshall, Nelson, Luxford; 17 steerage. ' Stormbird, s.s., 137 tons, Crawford, for Wanganui. » Wakatu, s.s., 95 tons. Wills, for Lyttelton via Coast. Queen of the South, s.s., 121 tons, ManIcy, for Poston. Opawa, s.s., 70 tons, Outtrim, for Blenheim. Moa, s.s., IIS tons, Jarman, for Waitara. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Waverley, from Nelson, this day Kotoiti, from Uaehunga and New Plymouth, this day Himitangi, from South, this day,, Manaroa, from Wanganui, this day Waiwera, from- London via Auckland, tlx is day,. lonic, from Lyttelton, this day Rotomahana, fi’om Lyttelton, this day Haupivi, from-West Coast and Nelson, this day Fanny, from Napier, this day Brunner, from Westport, this day Taravveru, from Svdney, this day Aorerc, from Patea, sth Indra’mayo, from Wanganui’ stli Rotorua, iroin Nelson and Picton,,sth . Queetl or the South, from Foxton, sth StormbirdC from Wanganui, sth • Opawa, i from Blenheim, sth ’ Taluxie, from Dunedin and Lyttelton, sth Weshtalia,. from Sydney, via Auckland, Gisborne and Napier, 6th. Takapuna, train, Oiicliungii and New Plymouth,'6th' ' ' . • < . Pareora, from South, 6th Waikato, left London ' for Dunedin, May 4; , Waiwera.' ' left' Tmndon' August Ist; Wnimate, loft Plymouth Aug list 19th; ,Toroa, left Preston August 17th; .Kunuu’a, left Plymouth September and; ■Tokomaru, loft Plymouth September,2i d; Star of England, left New York September Ist; Waknnui, left Plymouth September 16th. J Alice, left New York June 14th;' Star of tho East, left New York August 281 It; Canterbury, left Glasgow August 315t. 1 PROJECTEDDEPARTURBS. ■ Waverley, for. Nelson and West Coast,this day Manexoa, for Wanganui, this day *Rotomahana,. for Lyttelton, this day Himitargi, for. East .Coast and Napier, this day ‘ Huia, for Foxton, this day Hiuomoa, for Northern lighthouses, this dayWainni, for Picton, Nelson ami West Coast, this ,day .Buteshire, for Wanganui, this day, ' 1 Fanny, for Napier, this clay Pania, for Blenheim, this day Aorere, for Patea, stli. Stoi’inbird, for Wanganui, sth ' Queen of the South, for Foxton, sth Opawa, for Blenheim, 5Ui Tomoana, for South,. sfch .' .Tallin l . l ,- for Sydney, via Napier, Gisborne and Auckland, sth • Tarawcta, for Lyttelton and Dunedin, Bluff, Hobart and Melbourne. sth Rotoiti. for New Plymouth and Onehnnga, sth . ■ ' . . Rotorua, for Picton and Nelson, sth Westralia, for Lyttelton, and Dunedin,' 6th Pukaki, for South, 6th i

• PRESS ASSOCIATION.' ■ NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. Sailed—Tolosa, for Timaru; Hawea, for > Bluff. NEW PLYMOUTH, Tuesday. Arrived, 6.30 rf.m.—Rotoiti, from Onehunga (connected)'. ‘ Sailed, 4.30 p.m.—Eotoili, foy Wellington. To sail, 10 p.m.—Takapnna, for Onehnnga. MOTUEKA, Tuesday. Sailed, 7.30 sum.—Wairoa, for Wellington. NAPIER, Tuesday. Arrived, 12.45 from Wellington. PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. Sailed, 13.45 p.m.—Ruahine, for Bluff. ■AUCKLAND, Tuesday. Sailed—Westralia, for Dunedin via Gisborne, Napier, Wellington and Lyttelton. Passengers—Misses Archer, Duggan, Malcolm (4). Wolledge, Miller, Abbott, Mesdamea. Nathan, Archer, Britt, Campbell, Hobden, Malcolm, Harris, Wolledge, .Abbott, Leslie. Messrs Archer, Howard, Nelson, Wallace, Natton. Barnshaw, Ballack, Campbell. Kennedy, Miller, Court, Britt, Harvey. Shanks, Abbott. • To sail, Thursday—Puk'aki,- for Wel- ' lington. * DUNEDIN, Tuesday. Sailed, 4 p.m.—Talune, for Sydney via Lyttelton, Wellington, East Coast ports and Auckland. . Passengers—Misses Cooke, Holdernesa, College, Ross, Bates, Williamson, Connor, Booby, Paul. Mcsdames Macfarlane, Ilerdman, Brown, Martin, Scott, Beck, Henderson, Judge Ward, Captain Macfarlane, ! Messrs Arlidge, Aitken. Higgins. Wallace, Pulton, Brown (3), England, (Williams, Tennant, Brace, Nairn. Sailed—Ruahine, for London via Bluff. Her cargo from Port Chalmers includes 111 !• boxes butter, 4638 crates frozen rabbits. 105 crates bares, 425 bales wool, 34 bales sheepskins, 303 bales rabbit skins, 3 bales hair. 'l6 live rams ‘for Buenos Ayres, and 16 packages for Punta Arenas. ■ NELSON, Tuesday. Sailed, 3.15 p.m.-r-Wayerley, for -Wellington, ” ' CASTLEPOINT. Tuesday. Sailed, 3.30 p.m.—Fanny, for Wellington. LYTTELTON, Tuesday. Arrived, 6.10 a.m. —Rotomahana, from Wellington (connected). Arrived—Werfa. from Timaru. Sailed—lonic (3.30 p.m.), for Wellington ; Werfa, for Sydney. Sailed—Kolomahana, for Wellington. Passengers—Misses Rvan (2),„De Castro, Watt (3). Woolley, Ridley, Mesdames Wilson, Staines, tie Castro. Meek, Stowoll, Kent, Gaffney, and 3 children. Hasten, Preston, Messrs Smith (3). Harlinson, Bond. Rosewaruo, Robertson, , Wilson, Wood. Bowie, Roche. Eestell, Hutchens, Richardson, Tcschemakcr. S4uart. Hutchinson. Wilson, Oliver, Kinvig, Gibson, Coleman. Fleming. Baldwin. Johnson. Eddv. Pike, Pitcaithly, Hayes, Hon C. C. Bowen. KAIPABA, Tuesday. Arrived—Jessie Niccol. schooner, from Lyttelton.: AUCKLAND. Tuesday. Captain Hipgravo has assumed command of the Westralia. Captain Waller returning to Sydney to lake charge of the Elingamitc. The Tyscr Company’s new steamer Tomoaii'i, from New York, *ia Australia, Auckland and Gisborne, arrived in the stream at midnight, and will be berthed

for discharge at the Queen's Wharf early this morning. The Shire lircr Buteshire will leave for the Wanganui roadstead early this morning, returning to Wellington on Friday and leaving for London on Saturday night. The Hinemoa. will noon to-day on a tour of the Northern lighthouses, which is expected to occupy about six weeks time. , The first big shipment of new season s butter from Taranaki —6000 boxes —is coming to hand by the Rotoiti for transhipment to the White Star liner lonic'. Another 2000 boxes will arrive cn Saturday by the Takapuna. for the same liner. The jiapourika had to shut out cargo at Auckland on the present trip, so great was the rush for space. She discharged 2i<2 tors here yesterday, and had on board from the North 85 tons for Lyttelton anil 203 tons'for Dunedin. , The new mainmast for the Rotorua. was placed in position yesterday morning, ami the steamer left for pictcn and Nc.son al 3 p.m., Laving undergone a five days' overhaul. ; , . . Captain Gilmer, of the brigantine Aratapu, received an urgent telegram yesterday afternoon from his owners, ordering him to sail direct for Auckland aa soon aa“ possible, where the vessel will load fpr Melbourne. It is presumed that the Aratapu is to fill up at, the Northern port with limber from the brigantine Stanley, now aslAirc at Red Mercury Island, which will be transhipped to Auckland by timber scows.- The Aratapu will sail for Auckland this morning. Nev/s -Tram. 1 Jio I'last states that H. Eonaventure,which was ashore and was onuo mentioned in the advance flagship list of Orlando successors for this station, is likely to bo three or four--weeks at. Nagasaki undergoing temporary- repairs, and will then go to Hongkong, where she is likely to spend three or four months being pul; thoroughly right, at a probable cost, of iBGOOO to ,£IO,OOO, After that she, expects to go to Shanghai. :Thc Blackball steamer Pareora, due here from the South on Friday with product;, will, on the discharge of. her Wellington cargo, be placed on the patent slip for n cleaning and painting. . •; p n»m ito-day tihe Waiinu, which turn hitherto left for Picton, Nelson and the West Coast at 1 p.m. on Wednesdays wiU take, her departure at 12.30 p.m., half an hour earlier. I The Tarawcra left Sydney at .2 p.m. on Saturday, not £ p.m., as .’previously pubUahed. She is due here to-night. iSince Monday a heavy westerly gale has rhged along the west coasts of both islands. The gale is interfering greatly with the movements of the coastal steamers. The local office of. tho Union Company was advised veaterday that the IXesketh, at Grcymoulh. and the Brunner, at Westport, were both stuck up, and that it was very doubtful whether they would bo able to get out last night, -.No word has yet been received of. the arrival of the Aorcre a t Pa l ea, or the Manaroa at Wanganui, though both steamers left for those ports a:t 1 p.m. aiul-4 p.m. respectively on MoniCa’ntain Palleaon, of tlie schooner Glen-, cairn, has decided to have the necessary repairs to his vessel executed-in Wellington. -Tenders are called for. the work in an • advertisement in this issue. •

. i ' THE TYSER LINE. iMessrs WY3L Bannatyne and Co., local afeenls for the Tyser Company. received a telegram yesterday from Captain Trotter,of the Indramavo, stating the load? ihg operations, at Wangamu had to be tmsponded on-account of the, westerly gale Mowing. Owing to this delay arrangements have been made, to cancel the .Blearier’* Visit to .the Bluff, and she, will now complete her cargo at Wellington, sailing for ••'London-' on Tuesday or We.dnesaay, ne Th’p hew steamer Toniouuti left Gisborne for Wellington direct at 11 p.m. on Monday. -She -will sail for Lyttelton Dunedin, and Bluff to-morrow, rehmung-Nortii to tabs in additional cargo from ISapiei and Wellington before sailing for London. : The Hawfces Bay, from London via Australia, Auckland, . Gisborne and is due here' 1 on- the 22hd iffsl. ■ -

THE .GREATEST STEAMER AFLOAT.

A Belfast message dated August 6 sot s : J-The White Star liner Oceanic is rapidl} approaching completion. On Saturday she iinished taking in 2000 lona coal. At present about 1000 men are employed ad : ding finishing touches to the... yessei. Every first and second-class berth,js taken for the maiden trip on Wednesday, September 6, from Liverpool. T, / c ,'™^ G h dining saloon, which is beyond doubt the finest ever seen, is,a marvel of decorators art; panellings ‘are carved oak, washed with gold, giving the interior the,appearance of solid burnished brass. On each of four sides of central dome are arms, and allegorical- figures representing Or pal Britain and - America, New York and Liverpool. i ■

i SPEED OF NEW AMERICAN ’ CRUISERS. Some criticism has taken place in the American press with reference to the cqmparatively low speed of 16J. knots which Has jieen specified for the new United States protected cruisers. Chief . Constructor Hiohborn,- of the bureau of construction and repair. Navy Department, iii replying, to the critics, says that as the new ships will 'have sheathed bottoms, there will bo no decrease ofspeed by reason of befouled hulls, and this assurance of a speed of knots is something that should not be overlooked. Moreover, the

ships are designed to carry /00 tons of fuel, and this makes them more efficient in the service where they are, called upon to make Tong'ruda. or remain on, blockading duty. The ships could have a greater speed, but it would, he at a sacrifice of something-else, and it often is -a question which of several features must be retained find developed. The experts of the Navy department—and that includes the representatives- of all the. bureaux—have determined that a ship of 16t knots, speed, With air enlarged coal bunker-capacity, and able to maintain that speed, is better than a ship of 18 knots on its trial trip. , | ' A NIIW FEDERA.L ’STEAMER. ’ 1 There was launched on. July 25,;by the Sunderland, Shipbuilding Company, Ltd., a screw steamer,'built to the order of the Federal Stcfim Shipping Company,, of London, for its woll-kiiown lino of steamers. The dimensions of tlio vessel are; —Length, 420 ft j breadth, 51ft; and depth.-moulded, Rift, .she having complete shelter .deck,for the aS3 of cattle or light cargo. The sheltMTUppcr nudirrain" decks are"of .steel,- 1 and hvr.class.willbe ICO AT at Lloyd’s, threedeck'grade. with shelter deck, .special survey, also Bpar.d "of Trade'passenger 'ccrliftcaie. Tier doad-weiight carrying capacity is 8500 tons., -'The main -engines arc on the tri-compound 1 principle, by the North Eastern Marino Engineering' Company, Ltd., fhuldcrlnnd, and have cylinders .‘Win, 48in and 78iii, by s'lin stroke, steam being supplied ,hy tlircelarge steel boilers, working at a pressure'of,lCOlb per square inch. Ihe vessel lias been named the Suffolk, and win be commanded by Captain Cyithhert. BRIGANTINE STANLEY; NEWS FROM RED MERCURY ISLAND TRESS ASSOCIATION. ' :■- AUCKLAND. Tuesday. The steamer Muratai, which left for Mercury Bay last evening, and which was to call at Red Mercury Island to take on the crew of the wrecked brigantine Stanley, took down eight carrier pigeons belonging to ,Mr S. H. Howie, proprietor of the original Great Barrier pigeon service and the Maritoi pigeon .service. Several of the birds-returned to loft at 1.30 to-day. Ou'o of them bore the following message from Captain ’ Duthie, of the Muratai:—‘'Arrived at Red Mercury Island- Fpund Stanley in the same position as reported by Captain Taw. Westerly gale and heavy seas. Sent boat ashore. Found crew all safe and well, Vessel in very bad position with westerly winds, but ’with southerly winds the greater portion of gear and cargo can be saved, if not the vessel. Captain Nettlingham is on board Muratai, and is proceeding to Mcrcurv Bay to await instructions from his owners.—Joseph Duthie, s.s. Muratai.” . ‘ - The brigantine St a nicy ■is a -Halifa v-h ai U vessel, and is about eighteen years old. She visited Wellington last year, on which occasion her present commander. Captain

NettlingTiam, took charge, relieving Captain Davies. 'She was also in charge ol Captain Morrison, now deceased, at one time.

Keel Mercury Island io only about in; twelve miles ironf the northernmost point of Mercury Bay ; where the vessel loaded. There is a*fairly wide passage between the Mercury Islands and the mainland, but it is not usual - for, sailing vessels to use it, though oome.masters who know the locality partictxlarly well frequently do so. The Stanley carries about 1100,000 lee! of timber, which would roughly be valued at ,£ISOO, so that if the vesse! becomes a total Il.es the insurance cn the cargo (.£350) will not compensate substantially for the mishap.

WA.IMATE AT 110 B A AT. PEE3S ASSOCIATION. HOBAST; Tuesday., The New- Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Waimate, from Leaden, Plymouth CDMi August), Tenerilfo and _ Capetown, arrived at B o'clock this morning. Auckland and, Wellington arejisr n«;t .-ports.. THE WBATHE It.. TYPICAL NEW ZEALAND STATION" The weather at the undermentioned typical New Zealand stations at 5 p.ui.-yester-day, was, as follows :-r- ■■, Manukau 1 Heads..; —.Wind, west, fresh; harotnyier, 33.63; thermometer, 66. 'General yeniarks—Cloudy; sea .heavy. New Plymouth.- Wind,-- soutli-weat,, fresh; barometer, 29.52; thermometer, 55. GoneriU remarks—Fine; sea heavy. , Castlcpoiat.—Wind,-, north-west,- ircs.li; bnroiheleifj* ' 29;9i; L - thermometer; 6.!. General remarks—Fine, > ■ .. Wellington.-sAWind; ‘ north-west, morie/rate gale.;- barometer, 29.30; thermometer, 55. General —Fine.Westport.—*Wind,.- south-west, . Ircsli: barometer, 29,.15; , thermometer, , 55. General, remarks—Showery; sea heavy. . Kaikhura.—Wind, light; baromoteiv ‘29.01m - thermometer, 65. General remarks—Fine: sea. smooth.' OaniSru.—Wind; south-west,' light: barometer.-' 29.07; thermometer, 50. General remarks:—Gloomy; Sea moderate. Bluff.—Wind, soiitli-aoutli-west, iresh ; barpip.eter, . ,29.20: , _ .thermometer, , U. GeiuuT.J remarks—Raiii. - • There is decreasing pressure at ( Albany, and an increase'at Sydney.' Loir jireasuro from west lias passed to the eastward ot the meridian of South Cape, and there is verv low pressure in latitude 50 to 55 south, and in about the meridian of Cape Lcuwin, travelling eastwards. -. ■ , B, ,A. Edwin.