SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4315, 26 March 1901, Page 4

SHIPPING NEWS.

PHASES .OP THE MOON. : (Calculated tor New Zealand mean time,) MARCH.

First quarter ... 27 4 U p.m. Sun rises, 6.12 a.m,; seta, 6.8 p.m. Moon rises, 12.30 a.m.; sets, 10.'1p.m. High water, 8.8 a.m. • - ■ A Kill YED. MONDAY - , MARCH 25: " Mouru, s.b., 1278 tons, Beaumont, from Dunedin and Lyttelton. Passengers— Saloon ; Miss Burnip, Mesdames Burnip, Jolly, Messrs Stevens. Parker, Jolly, Thomas, Fitzgerald’s Circus (60); 11 steerage. Corinna, s.s.. 820 tons, McDonald, from South. " SAILED. 5 ; MONDAY. MARCH 25. Corinna, s.s., 820 tons, McDonald, for 1 New Plymouth and Greymouth. Moura, s.s., 1278 tons, Beaumont, for Napier, Gisborne and Auckland. Passengers—Saloon; Miasea'JßOuse, Chalmers, Mrs Scoullar and 12 children. Dr Sidey, Messrs Franklyn, Sidey, Doyle, Chalmers. Young, Little, Tacklo; 8 steerage. Rotomahana, s.s., 861 tons, Manning, for Lyttelton. Passengers Saloon 1 : Misses Ayers, Primmer, Walton, Kennedy, Armstrong, Mesdames Robertson, Taituha, Karaitiana.; r,Collins,'Scott, Morton, Hillas. Hon J./McGowan. Messrs Fordham, Thomson, Walker, Harper, Hooper, Bott, Collins, McGill, Hallenstein. Russell, Lorman, Gow, Robinson. Wood, Ponty, Baff, Taylor, He gyor Kippenberjger, Laing-Meeson, Eli'tt, Beattie, Trooper Whitely: 12 steo-age. EXPECTED ARRIVALS, Te Anau from Auckland via Napier and Gisborne, this day ■ : / A. ■. Wainui, from/'Coast and Nelson, this day Rotorua from Lyttelton, this day Mana, from Waitara, this day Wakanui,. from/.Loildon ;ria* Tene'riffo, Capetown and Hot,ar|t, this day. Pukaki; from 'Westport;' this day - Te Knpu, from Motueka via Pictonthis day, . . AJ 1 Charles Edward, from Wanganui, Gris day '

Whakatane? from Loudon, Australia, Auckland and East Coast, 27th Waihora, from Sydney, 27th Rotoiii. from Onehunga and New Plymouth, 27th Zealandia.- from Dunedin and Lyttelton, 28th Marnroa. .from Sydney via Auckland and Bast Const, 20th ■ i'KU.liiC'iiiO DEPARTURES. Te Ann-.i, for Lyttelton and Dunedin, this day, at J p.m. , , , . Rotorua, for Picton and Nelson, Ibis day, at 12.30 p.m. Opawa, for Blenheim,. this day, at 5 p.m.

Stormbird, for WanganUi| ‘this day. Pania, for Blenheim, this day, at 1 p.m. Wakatu, for Lyttelton via Coast, this day, at 4 p.rn. Queen of, the South, "fori'Foxton. this day, at 5 p.m: ' Mnnaroa, for Wanganui, this day, at 11 a.m. . y ■; Aorere, for Patea, this day. -Waverley, for Nelson and Const, this flay. Kiri pole a, for Patea, this day. Huia, for Wanganui, this day. Charles Edward, for Nelson and Coast, 27th. Rotomahana, for Lyttelton, 27th. Pukald, for Westport, 27th. Te Kapu, for Havelock and Sounds, 27th.

Wainui, for Picton, Nelson and West Coast, 27th. Rimntaka, for London via M.onte Video and Teneriffe. 28th. Rotoiti, for New Plymouth and Onehunga. 28th. , Waihora, for Melbourne via South and Hobart 28th. Zealandia, for Sydney via East Coast and Auckland, 28th. Mararoa, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. 29th. ,j(Vi:gSELS IN PORT., QUEEN'S WHARE. Haupiri, s.s., 484 tons. • Rimutaka, 5.a.,-4SB2.;tons. Stormbird, B.3.‘\'''f37't6na. Waverley, s.s., 04 tons. Kiripnka, s.s., 74 tons. Wakatu, e.s.? 95 ;tona., . Manhroii, s.s.,' 78 t6ris/ ' < Rangatira. s.s,. 4045 tons. Huia, -Sjaif'9o, tons, , Himitangi, As., 149 tons. Aorere. s.s., 45 tons. Queen of*the South,! S.s-.,' 121 tons. Petono, sis., 388 tons. RAILWAY WHARF. G. M. Tucker, barque, 490 tons. , ,iN STE'baM'; ■'' < ' Southern Cross, 158 tons. Flora, s.s., 838 tons.

MOVEMENTS OFUIRECT STEAMERS. SAILED FROM LONDON. iNew ’’Zealand • Shipping ,Company.— Wakanui_ (from Plymouth), February 3rd; Waimate; February 6th; Tougariro, February 27th; . Paparoa {from Plymouth), March 2nd. Sha.'vy, Savill and Albion Company.— Maori, February 7th; Mamari, February 19th; Tokomaru, Mnvoh 6th; Matatua, March 16th. •Tyaer Line.—Didraghiri, February 19th, SAILED FOR LONDON. New Zealand Shipping Company Fifeshire (from Lyttelton), February 7th; Waikato (from-, Wellington), February. 18th; ‘Banffshire (from Wellington), March-7th;. Nairnshire (from • Bluff)’ March 7th. ;•” ■ . ■ Shaw,, Savill , and Albion .Company.— Waiwera .(from .Wellington). February 16th; Pakeha (from Wellington), March 12th; Aotea (from '.Wellington), March 15th. , , , , ■ ■ • Tyser Line,—Star of Victoria (from Wellington), .February . 20th; Mimiro (front Wellington);. February 27th ; Indradevi (from. Wellington),- March 12th : Star of New Zealand (from Lyttelton); March 19th. ■ .

SAILERS EXPECTED. ' Charles G.‘Rice; Teft.New York Decernher 28t]h; Gladys/barque, left Liverpool December 31st; Santiago, barque, left Havre "December Slsir, Camphill, barque (L-G.D.J.-), .left Liverpool February 26th; Wnsdale. left Port Pirie March 20th; Herbert Fuller, from New York. BY TELEGRAPH. MELBOURNE, Monday. Arrived—Monowai, from the Bluff. PICTON, Monday. Sailed. 2 a.m.—Takapuna. for Nelson. To sail, 9.45 p.m.—Wainui, for Wellington., : : ' NAPIER. Monday. Arriycd, 7.30 a.m. Whakatane, from Auckland. Sailed, 1 p.m.—To Anau, for Wellington. To sail, fl p.m.—Karamea, for Gisborne. NEW PLYMOUTH, Monday. Arrived, 3.30 a.m.—Ngapuhi, /from Onehunga (connected). , . ■ WESTPORT. Monday. Arrived, 12.40 a.m.—Taier?, from Wellington. NELSON. Monday. Arrived, 10.10 a.m.—Takapuna, from Picton.

Sailed, 1.30 a id, —Wainni.for Picton and Wellington, MOTUEKA. Monday. ■ Sailed. 11 a,m.—-To Kapu, for Wellington via Picton. TIMARXJ, Monday. , To sail, 9 p.m.—P.akunoa. for Sydney. LYTTELTON. Monday. Sailed, 5.10 p.m.—Rotorua, for Welling* ton. Picton and Nelson. Passengers for Wellington—Misses Marteridale (2), Robin■».on. White. Buchanan, Macßeth, Arndt, Meadames 'Turner .Mid cock,. .St ccle,Ma rt e ndale, Robinsop., White, Pearce. WoodTofTe, Williams. Judge Mackay, Messrs Woodroffo, Pearce,> Goudy, ;Tumer, Milne, Mulcocfc t :Bruee^ .-Mackay, Ingram, Rothschild, Brown Montgomery, Williams. For Nelson,—Mesdames Thcnias, . Eaynsr, Smith, Breach, Mr Waller. . ‘ i -.r ; AUCKLAND.-. Monday. Rotoiti from Mahukau, for New Plymouth and Wellington, has bsen'delayed till nine

o’clock to-morrow morning on account of the bar Jafeing impassable. „ bailed, "6?i5 p.m.—\V aikare, tor Sydney.

The Tnoaquito fleet would not face the strong southerly yesterday, and as lying snugiy at the (Jueen’s Wharf awaiting a change in the weather. The Rotomahana and Moura braved the elements, however, and the former is doubtless having a rough passage to Lyttelton. • ihe local agents of the Shaw, Savill end Albion Company are advised that the Matatua left London on the 16th iast. ' The Waimate, chartered by the lyser Company, arrived in Melbourne from Loudon last Sunday. The Whakatane has been delayed at Napier owing to bad weather, and will not be able to leave Hawke’s Bay lor Wellington till noon to-day. The Hunitangi is to go on the Patent Slip to-day for a. cleaning and overhauling. A new propeller will be fitted on the vessel. The G. M. Tucker is expected to sail for Sydney this morning, weather permitting. ‘ She is taking 810,375 ft of white pine timber. The Rangatira, which arrived irom London via Port Chalmers, Lyttelton and Picton on Saturday, had a tine run out from Home, and has experienced excellent weather on the coast. The vessel left Gravesend at 4 p.m. on the 4th oi January and arrived at Port Chalmers on February 26th. The run from Otago to Lyttelton was an ordinary one. Tne cargo boat made the good time of 16 hours, an average of 13 knots, .from, the latter port to Picton, ft light wind being experienced, off the. shore .all the way-up. At Port Chalmbrs about /three or four thousand tens of .cargo'were' discharged and ‘54 casks of tallow, 14 casks of pelts, 71 bales of wool, 21 bales of leather _and a small quantity of sundries were taken i'n. At Lyttelton 300. tons were discharged and 24,000 carcases of mutton for Homo and a thousand sacks of mixed produce and 50 boxes .of butter for the. Cape, were loaded. At,Picton $282 carcases of mutton were picked up. • A quantity of beef, hemp and other Home cargo will be taken in at Wellington, and the vessel will visit Port Chalmers again for more cargo, and probably fill up at the Bluff, leaving that port about the 15th or 20th. Mr J. McDiarmid, late of the HnddartParker steamer Tambo, is at present second officer of the Zoalandia. The recent commander of the/Tarawera, Captain Neville, is at present in command of the Talons. Captain Hillman, late of the Janet Niooll, has succeeded Captain Hutton in the Omapere. The Waihora left Sydney at 5 o clock last Saturday afternoon, and is expected to make port on Thursday morning, in which case she will not be berthed before Friday morning. The Eimu, which has undergone her annual overhaul at Port Chalmers, was to leave for the North yesterday afternoon. The TJ.S.S. Company's Wanaka arrived at Port Chalmers last Friday from Newcastle via. Lyttelton (where she discharged her cargo of 3000 tons of coal), Timaru and Oarnaru. Immediately on arrival at Port Chalmers she .was docked for an overhaul.

The American barque Hiram Emery, which arrived at Auckland from New York last Wednesday, is on her second visit to Auckland, and is in command of Captain Fitchett, who was chief officer of the ship on her first run to the colony. The Hiram Emery brought a full cargo pi kerosene and general The s.s. Duke of -.Westminster, from to Brisbane, met with a tremendous hurricane on January Bth in the Bay of Biscay, during which heavy seas were shipped, which smashed in two boats, breaking the iron davits; and the steering gear was temporarily disabled. The first and third officers were injured when going forward to secure the anchor, and had to be lauded at Lisbon.

THE GROUNDING OF THE TAKAPUNA PBESS ASSOCIATION. I NELSON. Monday, i A nautical inquiry was held to-day before Mr Robinson, S.M., and Captains !Wheeler and Whitwell relative to the f rounding of the s.s. Takapuna near the bench Pass on. the night of February 11th. Captain Grant, in his evidence, said his crew was new to him. The man at the wheel, in reply to a question, had said that he had steered through the Pass before. He gave the correct course, but ,the vessel beginning' to : swing he ordered the helmsman to "meet her/’ Finding the vessel did not answer, he ordered the helhi “hard over." The orders were not carried out with quite as much promptitude as he could have wished, owing to Iwant of experience on ! the part of the helmsman. .. A few,seconds alter his last' iorder was given the steamer took the 'ground. There was no shock, j A lot of evidence was taken and eventually [the Court , said it was their opinion that oil reasonable core was exercised by the 'master. The affair was a pure accident ‘and no blame was attachable to master, officers or crew. The Court was very strongly of opinion that a new survey should be made of the middle bank. The chart showed the note "still extending.' and the survey was. made in 1854, but though alterations had been noted up to 1880, the assessors, who. were practical men, arid had often gone through the Pass, were very strongly of opinion that a new . survey should be made, i: No order was made as ,io costs. l! THE [WEATHER. /

TYPICAL NEW ZEALAND STATIONS. i ! The following weather' report from typical New Zealand stations was received at 5 p.m. Mannkau Heads.—Wind, sopth-west, moderate gale; barometer, 29.66; thermoraej ter, 65. General remars—Showery; ssa ; heavy. ~ New Plymouth.—Wind, south-east, lightt/ barometer. 29.59; ' thermometer, 59. ' General remarks-yShoweTy; sea very heavy Castlepointl—Wind, south-west, fresh; barometer. 29.44; thermometer, 56. General remarks—Fine; sea heavy. 1 Wellington. —‘Wind, south, moderate gale; barometer, 29.63; thermometer, 58. General remarks—Gloomy. ' Westport.—Wind, north-east, light; baometer, 29.54; thermometer, 54. • General remarks—Fine; sea moderate. Kaikoura,. Wind.: south-south-east, fresh; barometer, 29.71; thermometer, 56. , General remarks—Showery: sea heavy outside. ■ • ■■ ' , ■ Oamaru.—Wind, south-west, light; barometer, 29.77; thermometer, 51. General remarks—Fine; sea moderate swell, i Bluff.—Wind, south, light; barometer 29,88? 52. General-remarks —Gloomy. . ■ ' A tHobart pressure had increased, tare it hat) decreased considerably at Albany on Saturday last and it baa continued, ’o increase steadily at Sydney. Low pressure from west passed eastward of the meridian Of South Cape about 10 p.m. on Sunday. Low pressure from the north-east is abCut 180 miles to the south-east of East Cape, and travelling to about east-south-east. Low pressure from west will pass east of the meridian of South Cape on the 30th. R. A. EDWIN.

D. H. IS. Fall moon .. 5 7 3-i p.m. Last quarter . .. 14 0 Clo fc ULL. N ew moon .. 21 0 23 u.xjj.