SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4300, 8 March 1901, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

PHASES OF i'HE MOON. MARCH. t (Caloulafcotl for Noir Zealand mean time.) Z>. B. M. Full moon ... 6 7 84 p.m. Last quarter ... 14 0 36 a.m. New moon ... 21 0 23 a.m. First quarter ... 27 4 9 p.m. Sun rises. 5.51 a.m.; sets, C. 31 p.m. Moon rises, 7.18 p.m.; sets, 8.91 a.m. High water. 6.5 a.m.; 6.20 p.m. ARRIVED. THURSDAY, MARCH 7. Fania. s.s., 40 tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. Janet Nicoll, s.s., 496 tons. Millman, from South. Mapourika. e.s., 717 tons, Worrall, from West Const. Nelson and Picton. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Toppings, Chesterman, Orr, Spear, Dwyer, Miller, Bilby, Forsyth, Fuller, Fallows, Stelin, Ida, Wright, Shirtcliff. Black, Mackenzie. Smith, Mesdames Parfitt, Moran. Chesterman. Lynch, Nathan, Miller, Bourne, Ruffles, Brown, Hnzlett, Townsend, Hector, Smith and nurse. Baird and son, Appleby, Washbourne. Palmer and child, Heyward, Fathus, Kublo, Dobson and family, ■ Brinckshonk, McCormack, Roy O’Reilly, Messrs Stanley, Rennert, Walsh, Thomson, Scott, Lower, Banks, Thorn, McCarthy, Chesterman. Lynch, Rogers. Luke, Bilby. Ruffles, McTheney, Allen, Johnson, Ruble, Phillips. Broclio, Goodall. Nathan. Barraclongh, Brittain. Tiblin, Barmby. Smith, Clark, Parker, Mclntyre, Lang, Appleby. Lawrenson, Holloway. Grant. Brown. Rohertson, Allan, Lawry, Stoney, Nicholls, Clouston, Nelson. Watty, Holoroft, Broorahall, Andrews, Rowland. Taylor. Jennings, Bantson. Watt, Allard, Lorf, and son, O’Leary, Budge; 33 steers.s., 1381 tons, Phillips, from .Dunedin and Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Tlionn Harrison. Forbes (4), Price, Onff, Christie, Cooper, Garland, Perham. Prnss, Reed, Jamieson, De Vella (2), Clifford. Neilloy. McAuley. Campbell. Babbage. Cleary. Mesdames Burns and child. Miller and 3 children, Ronaldson, Dyer. Forbes, Bradley, Newton, Rough and 3 hoys, Lane, Ward. Smith, and infant, Nancarrow and 3 children), Kennedy and boy, Beere and 3 children. Miscall, O'Meara, Christie, Nathan and 3 children, Allen, Tumor, Penton. Pmdhoe. and son, Manchester, Dean Martin, Lieut-Colonel Porter, Majors Parrell and Anderson, Lieuts Joyce and Dickinson. Sergt. Bailey, Messrs Bums, Miller. Allen, Ronaldson, Garth, Bradley, TVermau. Ings. Cunningham, Newton, Smvth, Benfell, Winrnill. Ward, Ansell, Do Vella, Beere. Rogers, Miscall, Renorents. Campbell. Cosgrove. Christie, Harvey, Cain, Sargeant, Platts, Smith, Carr. Mahoney, Bennett, Gillies, Seed. Wilkie;33 steerage. Jane Dougins, s.s., 75 tons, Coulson, from Westport.

SAILED. THUESDAY, MAECH 7. Dalhousie, 810 tons, Pfffard, for India via Hobart and Adelaide. Star of Hew Zealand, s.a.. 2065 tons. • Hart, for Wnngantii. Janet Nicoll. s.s., 496 tong, Millman,- for New Plymouth and Greymontb.

Banffshire. s.s., 5526 tons. Stewart, for London via Monte Video and Teneriffe. Passengers—Saloon : Mias Weyhourne. and 10 from other porta. Hinemon. s.s., 282 tons, Bollans, for Conic Strait Lightbnnses. Marnrnn, s.s., 1381 tons, Phillips,forNnnier, Gisborne. Auckland and Svtlnev. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Walker. McLean. Bonrke, Eowoll 12), Glenuy, Brown; Lamb. Mesdnmes Neill. Larsen, Waters, Shields. BufFell, Kane, Hinton. Eev Eussoll, Messrs Dunn, Sergeant, Holloway. Stoner, Gnnk. Bloomfield; Lockle. Parsley, JTnne, Mantell, McLeary, Muir, Kernot. Shields: 12 steerage; Eotniti,’ s.s., 629 tons. Pobertson, for New Plymouth and Onnhunga. Passengers—Saloon ; Misses Dimant, Swindells, CnfF. GenHs. Smith, Hoskin, Messrs Brown. Smith, Mackny, Carr, MeFernr. Enmn; 10 steerage. . Eotornn. s.s. 576 tons. McArthur, for Pieton and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Better, Clmvtor, Mesdnmes Better, McPerran. Nanrarrow, Stvche, Lee. Miller, Hon Beeves. Messrs Miller. Hart. Demean, Heath. Gillies, Snodgrass,Jones, Kirk. Morton; 8 steerage. Mana. a.a.. 72 tons, Westmp, for Patea. Queen of the South, s.s., 121 tons, Manly, for Poxton. Flora, s.s., 838 tons, Lambert j . for Westport. ' ' EXPECTED ABBTVALS. Onawa. from Blenheim, this day Elingamite. from Sydney via Auckland, Gisborne and Napier, this day Botomahnna. from Lvttelton. this day Manaroa. from Wanganui, this day Stormhird, from Wanganui .this day Hahn from East Const stations, this day Te Kapu. from Collingwood and Motnekh. this day Herald, from Napier, this day PROJECTED depab,tubes. Eotomahana, for Lyttelton, this day, at 7 p.m. Westralia, for Melbourne via South' .this at 3 p.m. ’Elingamite. for Lyttelton and Dunedin, this day. at 5 p.m. Aorere, for Patea this day, at 5 p.m. Gnawa. for Blenheim, this day, at midnight. Manaroa, for Wanganui, this day, at 5 p.m. . , Kahn, for Napier and East Coast, this dav Stormhird. for Wanganui, this day Huia, for Wanganui, this day, at 10 a.m. VESSELS IN POET. QUEEN'S WHAEF.

Canterbury, ship, 1245 tons. Unupirl, s.s., 494 tons. Timaru, barque. 354 tons. Ktrtnara, s.s., 6034 tons. Rotoiti, a.s.. 629 tons. Aotaa, s.s., 3702 tons. Ohan, scow, 50 tons. Westralia, s.s., 1819 tons. Indradevi. s.s., 4927 tons. Mapourfkn, s.s.. 717 tons. Huia, s.s.. 90 tons. Jane Douglas, s.e.. 75 tons. RAILWAY WHARF. G. M. Tucker. barque. 490 tone. Honda Isle, barquentine, 261 tons. WOOL JETTY. Lorraine, barqne. 828 tons. Saxon, barqne, 1637 tons. Moana, scow. 11l tons IN THE STREAM. Wnntbern Cross, s.s., 158 tons. Drumblair, barqne, 1848 tons. MOVEMENTS OF DIRECT STEAMERS. SAILED FROM LONDON. New Zealand Shipping ' Company— Wakanui (from Plymouth), February 3rd; Waimate February 6th.; Tongariro. February 27th; Paparoa (from Plymouth), March 2nd. Shaw, Savill and Albion Company— Maori. February 7th; Mamari, February 19th: Tokomam, March 6th. lyeer Line.—Whokatane, January 10th; , Tndraghiri. February 19th. SAILED FROM NEW YORK. Tjser Line—Star of Australia. December Bnd. SAILED FOR LONDON. New Zealand Shipping Company. Tekoa (from Wellington), January 10th; Papanui (irom Wellington), •aanary 81st; (from Lyttelton 1 February 7tb; Waikato (from Wellington); February 18th: Banffshire (from Welling- • ton), March 7th; Nairnshire (from Bluff). March 7. Shaw, Savill and Albion . Company— Delphic (from Lyttelton), January 22nd; Gothic (from Wellington), February 2nd; Waiwera (from . Wellington), February 16tl Tyser Line.—Hawkes Bay (from Wellington), January 18th; Star of Victoria (from Wellington). February 20th; Mimiro (from Wellington), February 27th. BY TELEGRAPH. SYDNEY, Thursday. Arrived—Baron Eldon, from Wellington. DUNEDIN, Thursday. Sailed—Moioia, for Sydney via Cook Strait. Passengers—Misses Franks, Lind•ay Contts, Daley, Mouat. Hughes, Aston.

Darragh, Stephens, Trueman, Fuller (2),' Nixon, Mitoaffe. Proctor, McMurtrie. Me-1 Donald, Keir, Burton (2), Clark. Patter-) son, By an, Taylor, Neill* Bauchop. Mesdames George, Merchant, Riley, Horstman, Taylor. Phein and boy, Taylor, Goldsmith and 2 children, Patterson. Show-, man, Tennent, Neill, Bee, Blair and fa-j mily, Lintott, Messrs Barnes. Thomson,. Bee, Borrows, Gerson, Bond, Smith, i Brown, Kempthome, Evans. Sullivan, Curley, Goldsmith, Campbell, Burton, Showman, Tennent, Bee, Howard, Bauchope (2), Mathew, Lintott, Blair, Swift, Neale, Woods, Sir W. Burton,. Nance O'Neil Dramatic Company (28); 13 steerage. AUCKLAND, Thursday.

Sailed—Abarenda, U.S. transport, for Samoa. She takes 4000 tons of coal, 30,000 ft of lumber, and cement and oowdei for naval works, Pago Pago. KAIPARA. Thursday.

Sailed—Elver Hunter, barquentine, for Sydney; Otago, barque, for Sydney. BLUFF. Thursday.

Sailed—Nairnshire, for London. Passengers—Mrs and Miss Rogers, Messrs M&gesson, Oberlander .Wyllie. LYTTELTON; Thursday.

Arrived—Victoria (7.30 a.m.), from Newcastle; Eotomahana (1.5 p.m.), from Wellington. Sailed—Dingadee, for Westport. Sailed—Eotomahana, for Welliington. Passengers—Misses Falconer (2), Cooper, Campbell, Allott, Pickaske, Talbot, Fahey Baker, Cruiokshank, Ballance, Nurses Eagle (2), Mesdames Andrew, Eagle, Hall. Watson, Wilson. • Williams, Wallace. Bridge. Fitcbett. Bonthame, Ingram and child, Newman, Deal, Davies. Dr Andrew, Captains Falconer, and Wilson, Messrs Hayhurst. Meason, Salmon, Lane, Fulton, Marshall. Benbury, McCallum, Ellis, Josephson, Nicoll, Gorman, Juriss, Charters, Johnson, Meeke, Eagle, Rodney, Williams, Wallace. Bridge. Wood, Deal, Wanstall. ONEHUNGA. Thursday.

Sailed—Takapunai, for New Plymouth and Wellington. Passengers—Miss Ryan, Mesdames Scott, Booth and child, Jagger, Bonskill, Heywood, Puffarchen, Messrs Jagger. Deane, Owen, Gilfillan, McCullough, Griffiths, Smith. Wright, Hamerton, McParlane, Wright, Wilson, Hyde, Pacey, Hon J. G. Ward: 10 steerage. WANGANUI, Thursday. Arrived, 10.30 a.m. —Mandroa, from Wellington. To sail. 9 p.m.—Manaroa, for Wellington. ’

NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. Arrived. 4.30 a.m.—Ngapulii, from Ouehunga (connected). NAPIEE, Thursday. ' Arrived—Pukaki (1.30 a.m.), from Wellington; Kate Tatham, from Newcastle, Sailed—Herald (9.45 a.m.), Elingamite (3 p.m.), for Wellington. COLLIN GW OOD, Thursday. Sailed, 10.15 a.m.—Te Kapu, for Wellington via Motueka. NELSON. Thursday. Arrived. 7 a.m.—Charles Edward, from Wellington. • PATEA, Thursday. . Arrived, 9.45 a.m. —Aorere, from Wellington. POET CHALMEES, Thursday. Sailed 9 a.m.—Glenafton, for London. BLENHEIM, Thursday. Sailed, G p.m.—Opawa, for Wellington. PICTON, Thursday. To sail, 1 a.m., Bth—Eotorua, for Nelson. •

The Eotorua came off the Patent Slip yesterday afternoon and resumed her running to Pieton and Nelson in the evening. Mr J. K. Chase, a member of the famous Bengal pilot service, who is. a guest on board* the Dalhousie, having joined the vessel in Wellington,- speaks in glowing terms of the intercolonial steamers of the Union Company, in one of, which he travelled from Australia to this colony. He says that the big liners running between Europe and India are very inferior to the re'd-fnnnel boats in appointments, cnisine and attendance. ’■' The Indradevi arrived in, port from Napier last evening. Since leaving Wellington she has been picking up cargo at different ports. The following is a complete list of the cargo taken in the colony to date:—Auckland—62s cases of gum, 171 bales of flax, 305 hales of wool. 26 casks of pelts. Dunedin—s 34 hales of wool, 21 bales of rabbit skins, 40 hales of skins. 3 hales of horsehair, 16 casks of -pelts. Tim am—s72o hags of wheat, 623 bags of barley. 655 bags of oats, 189 bales of wool. Lyttelton—lss bales of wool, 122 casks of pelts, 6 bales of skins. 3830 bags of oats. ' 6t73 bags of wheat, 102 bags of peas. Napier—2o,ooo carcases of mutton, 5000 Carcases of lamb. 7000 legs of mutton. 2()00 quarters of beef about 400 bales of wool. The Indradevi will complete her loading at Wellington, with frozen meat and tallow (900 casks), and will also replenish her coal hunkers. The Hinemoa sailed at 1 p.m. yesterday for Cook Strait lighthouses, and • is expected to return either to-morrow ‘or Sunday. ’ ; , ~ , ‘ , The ship Canterbury, in ballast, went into the stream yesterday;.preparatory* to sailing for Lyttelton where she will load. The Tvser line has chartered the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Eakain. ' ' , The Indradevi 'which arrived* from Napier last evening, will take in at this port a large cargo of tallow, wool and frozen meat, also some bunker coal. The. Jane Douglas, which arrived from Westport last evening, brought a cargo of Mokihinni coal for Messrs W. M. Bannatyne and Co., local agents forv tn© Westport Coal Company. The Jane Douglas loads hack with a.cargo of explosives for West Coast ports. The Tvser liner Tomoana is at present loading in New York for Melbourne. Svdney and ?Tew Zealand norts, and was advertised to sail on March 20th. / The rate of freight by this steamer As quoted at 30s and to per cent, on weight and measurement to all ports. The following; passengers came from Sydney by , the - Westralia: —SaloonMisses Ferguson Elms, Haul. Johnston, Fitzhenry, Brown, Barrie, Inglis, Andrews Manaon (2), Mesdames Burkitt, Elms, Sutherland. Gould. Barrand, Manson, Paton, Major Evans. Dr Caro, Messrs Ferguson. Holder, Parfttt, Gould. Caohemaile, Hunter, Gamack, Greensill, Pasauier, Sutherland, Walker. Jack, Barrand, Marchant, Cook. Paton and 20 steerage. The New York agents of the Tyser line report that they expected to despatch the s s. : Indramavo for Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand on February 20th. Messrs W. M. Bannatyno and Co., local agents for the Tyser line, report that the Whakntane, chartered from the New Zealand Shipping Company, and which left London for Melbourne. Sydney and New Zealand ports on January 10th, has 605 tons of cargo for Wellington. She is expected to reach this port towards the end of the month. The New Zealand Shipping steamer Banffshire sailed for London via Monte Video and Teneriffe yesterday afternoon. She took the following cargo from this port:—7369 carcases of mutton, 3000 legs of mutton. 220 cases of meats 824 hales of wool/ 305 bales of flax, 100 cases of gum, 171 casks of tallow. 10 hales of basils. 12 casks of pelts. 21.128 boxes of butter, 513 casks of butter, 3353 cases of After over twenty-four hours of ouarontine. the Huddart-Parker steamerWestralia was berthed at the Queen s Wharf shortly after four o'clock yesterday afternoon. The passage from Sydney was a very fine one. Just beforn the vessel sailed from Sydney Mr J. Whitfield chief engineer, met with a severe injury to to foot which necessitated his regaining in Svdney. Mr J. Mathew, the second engineer. taking his place in the meantime. The Westralia has 200 tons of cargo for Wellington and 240 tons for the South. On Wednesday evening, when the steamer was Ivin#? out in the stream, waiting to be fnmiffotprl. An imnrmtfptn concert was prvwnispd hv t>ot>nlaT parser of the snip, Mr 'Rondknight, which proved very en■’°Mr s< Hordern. first lieutenant of the R.T.M.R. Dalhousie. gained his two rears nnnlifripg sea experience for the Koval Indian Marine Service ns an apprentice on the four-masted barque Dntmblair, which is et present in this port. The IT S. and A. Cnraw"v9 steamer T.vpe Alder woo advertised fo sail from New York on March sth. and the A. and \ Compnnv's steamer Leitrim on March 30th, both for New Zealand ports. ihe

rate of freight for both steamers is 35a and 10 p«r cent. . , , , . T The steamer Bechuana loaded at -New York for New Zealand ports, and was advertised to sail on February 12th for Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. THE WEATHER. TYPICAL NEW ZEALAND STATIONS. The following weather report from typical New Zealand stations was received at the Colonial Museum at 5 P-m. yeaterHeads.—Wind, south-west, breeze; barometer. 30.10; thermometer, 70. General remarks —Gloomy; sea mod6Ne'w Plymouth.—Wind, south-west, fresh; barometer, 29.86; thermometer, 71 General remarks—Fine; sea moderate. Castlepoint.—Wind, north-east, breeze; barometer, 29.91; thermometer. 64. Gene ral remarks—Fine; sea moderate. Wellington.—Wind, west, breeze; barometer, 29.85; thermometer. 62. General remarks—Fine. ’ , Westport.—Wind, south-west, fresh: barometer, 30.00: thermometer, 59. General remarks— Cloudy; sea smooth, Kaikoura.—Wind, calm; barometer, 29.84; thermometer. 71- . General remarks —Fine; sea smooth. . Oamaru.—Wind, north-east, light; barometer, 29.86; thermometer; 60. General remarks—Pine; sea smooth. n Bluff.—Wind, north-west, fresh: barometer, 29.73; thermometer, 55. General remarks —Overcast. Decreased pressure at Albany, but at both Sydney and Hobart it has continued to increase, but it will have decreased at the latter place by next report. Low pressure from west will pass east of the meridian of South Cape early to-morrow and one from the same direction on the 10th. Unsettled weather with prevalence ot high ■westerly winds is to be xp^ct^ WIN TYPICAL AUSTRALIAN STATIONS The following reports of the weather at the undermentioned typical Australian stations were received at the Colonial Museum yesterday— , , Albany, 6th.—Wind north; barometer, 30.0. General remarks^-Fine. Hobart, 6th—Wind, west; barometer, 30.2 General remarks—Cloudy. Sydney, 7th.—Wind;','east; barometer. 30.3. General remarks— Gloomy. WELLINGTON OBSERVATORY The weath.br records taken at the Wellington .Observatory at 9 a;m. yesterday were a* follow: —Barometer, 30.008; maximum shade'temperature previous 24 hours, 70 0- minimum shade temperature previous 24 hours, 50.5; rainfall previous 24 hours, ,16in; wind, north: fine, i ■, ■ 1 R. B. GUKE.