SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 4741, 28 April 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT CHALMERS, not Arail 27 —Wind, N.E., moderate. Weatbcr, thick, left atehtrain. Ba.m.-Barometer,.29.B4 4<. isla _/p.m.-Barometer, 29.83; thermometer, M>. 5 p.m.- day Ssxomeier 29 83: thermometer, 50. High .water on sea! the ?Bth April: — At the Heada, &l; ** ?<"*; Up Iha'mars,S.4l; »tDuoedta, 123. ; ' ;. prii POST CHALMERS OBSERVATORY. i: 28t "iSStode, 45.48 65 aou«»; longitude, llli. 22m. S7s~ °^_ Ttae ball drop* uiily (Sundays excepted) til 1 p.m. Jr Port Chalmers mean time, or lb. 37m. 23e. a.m, vu^ GmawicU rntan time. tll( ■ . dv ARRIVALS. fl a] Samson, pa , 124 tons, Joneo, from Oamaro. U»ion a_ Company;'agents. "Passengers: Miss' Kay, MeKsrs Da laidla,?, .Rccko.t, Gault, : Bl>the, Higglnson, Dv Hooper. Pell and boy, Neevey^ and 4 steerage. . • . 43 Taupo, H.s.. 461 tons, Carey, from Lyttelton and the in Horthv-Union Company, agents. Passengers:. Mr inj and Sin Pearl, Mea^ameß Wilson, Morrison, Key. Mr i ] Bwnnber. Messrs Miller; Smith, Car.1, Masters, Tanner, a « -Edvrsude,Logan, Fraser, Cotterell, Maitland, Strode . -< {«), M'Kepsls (-2), and 3 steerage.- ;■- ;■;.•; _• Ca •' "' J '"'" DBrABTORKS. " ,';/" C, Mera, barqiientine, 227 tons,. Pallant, for Auckland. I™ IC Ramsay upem-. ,ii, Wiitaki, 5.9, 2iß tons, Edie, for Oamaru.. Union ul; Company, agmts. ,:'-■;-'';:-'-'- ' " '" w | SXPBCfBD-AHIUVAI" . t ; ( From London.— ;Hooghle3%":Jan.- J6th; Her- to toione, Feb. 12th; Hookwood, Feb. 20th •Me of An- Pi riesey M*r. 2 ; Zealandu, Mar. ,7th; Warlock, Mar. th s«h; Waitangi, Forf-rshire, Lady Euthven, April re 14th; InverciwgiU, t'omoha.'-j ' ; - .ftWM GLAbfloW.- O.ago, Jan. 29th; Drumclog, M&r. th SM.'-'"' '■'■"■' ' " ' ■■ he From NswYov.k.-Camilla, Jan. IS. , fo Faou OiLOOTTA.—lnchgrcen. ' :■ ' - bs From Newcastle —Marie, April-8ih : ; Bobjcito. ar fBOM Hobart Towh.—Jane. ' tii CUSTOMS ENTRIES. b< INWARDS. ■ . , . ..Beautiful Star, 146 tons;. Christian, from.Blufl, with , t t 4Siigo < :>Hoivgh;onandCo.s.ageut3. . -. «.r . x ■ c \ * Samson,- 124 tons, Junes, from Oanwru, with cargo. ; w J. Mills, agent. .. .; ;;. ■■ . . . .. . _'"" oi Baroa Blantyre. 16i3 tons; Mitcheli, from London, gj with «rgo;:; New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. ■ c! outwards. ■ : ■ ■ - Ihi6eofiS\itheriaa'J,lo47"tori»,t©atitti, for London, •with original cargo. Master, agent. '' ■ : -. . , ..... ...... : IMPORTS.,: ;.'.... -. ..- . . .; Per Samson, from' Oamaru: 235 Bacl»s,l.Benshaw, M'Laren, and Co; 477 do,. Wilson and Co; 25 do, Oilließ, Street, and Hlslop; !«vdo, MarLlu and ;Watson;. ' ; g ■gdo, A. Kimbeil: 24 do, J Cable; £7 do, PMeenan; -€1 dOa-order.'- ■' * ; ■■-■.'. /-^'' ■ ■--■■ ■ y "Per Taupo, from (.he Noiib.: 14 package^ Irvine ' V andM'Donald; 112 do, M"Donald.aridCo.;9dq,Uni6n v <JomDaEy • 2 do, Iverson; 1 do, Graham; 1 do, Burl; : 1 2do Gregg and Co,-; 2 do, Marshall and Co; 630 do, Keid and Grey; 2 do,-. Sargood and Co; 7 do,- Isaacs: : ■ 2do,FaiQuhar: 2do, Lightband; 1 do,, Jnchnich;l dd a Boyse, St«ai), and Co; 8 do, Oliver «nd Ulph. ■ ( TELEGRAMS^. •-. J •-; ■ •.. :,;.XiTTIEMOS, April 27 th. '.£ Sailed: AIMod, at 4 p;iri.;*fqr'Pptt Oi.a mera ; Roto- ' > fni;fbr"tKe south, at 3 p.m.^Pai eengors: Messrs * BtteV-,.MitcheM,.M'Bses'KembleandM'Kenz'e. ■' ,33iB^Union Company's steimer Taupo;"' Captain ;1 Carey,'arrived at the Port", Chiime'ra Kaihvay Pier ■ 2 at 10.30'a.Tn.- yesterday, after agbod-run of .4 days 18 houw from the Manukau,'.. calling at. intcrme.i'.iate ; Btationll'She made her start at 4.30 p.m. on" the 22nd, ; was off Taiariaki at 6 3O.a.in. next day, and at Ne'spn ; ( at 4 am. on »he 24th ; lay there 12 hour3,,,and then ;] made foi Picton, reached it at 11 a.m.', started again ;i at 4.3p,a.ni'.".0n the 25th,'and fetched Wellington at 10 a.nu " Sik hnurs later fho was, en route for Lytteltbn,' -.; and reached her destination at 11.80 a.tnv bn:the,26th ;■ '; risade'anotheriiiove at 4 p.m., and arrived as above. W,otbank.M> Parb-w, the.purser, for tho report and •■ delivery of file?. '1 tie Taupo was favoured by weather ; f tOM Mahukaui t^ Wellington, smooth water a> (1 clear : skies .being" in the ascendant.1 From'Wellinßtba; she : Bteomed'against a strong southerly gale' tn'd Jh&%y ; S.EI sea until up with' Capo Campbell; and thcrice had' ; fresh southerly.'winds and heavy «ea 'to'ljyttelfoq/ ' Thence^the winds were light' and variable, but the sea continued bea.vy. The Taupo is to leavo again for the ' Northo^Tueseay.&ext, .„_ ....„..„-..-..>.._. .'. i -The steamer Sainjon, Captain* Jones, returned from | Oamaru early yesterd-vy ana;went'6n'to Dunedin.with ■ aJarge.cargo of. grain. Ste is to leave again for Oamaru • to-night.,,, . ;., ~, ~; . . -:. . -,•' ■-, j -■ •" ■. -Not!likingthe looks of things outside, the-wind baingdeidahea'landanistyssa running, whilst tKe weather was thic'i .andirniny; ithe master of. the barque ; Speedwell brought his vessel back to the Beads yesterday morning and anchored off the' Pilot Beach. 'lha barqucntine Mera sailed for Auckland j esterday mornir.g,hut'gijt'iio':fur'ther;than th'e<Heads there anchoring.to gait.i'or a phuge.of Tvind. Tho Steamer Jane towed her down. . . .■...•...-■.: ■~,.',■■■ <. The ship J3ar.ori Blantyre* was brought in from :he Btreaniyestcrday afterooon, and,,moored at,.the Baiway Pier for dis.harKin<. The ship Wild Deer was shifted to a beithatthe New Pier yesterday. '~ " ' • -TherepaiK ordered in the case of the ship DnVe of Sutherland hiving b:en cumploted, a final survey ■ol'her, ,waa : "field yesterday by Captain. Thomson, Board of Tr-ido Surveyor, and Mr Blair, shipwright. ; They found that the jepcUß, \yKch' ihc uded civalking -the ship all over above water| flx'ng a new wheel and: stem lights, and repairing bulwarks and deck-houses, had been. fa.thfully_executed bylthe; contractor, Mr Murray, and ti,at, so far, the ship -vr*s\ quite sea--wdftby. iThen,' so far" as was practicable, .Captain Thomson' inspected the wool stowed betweeh'decks, •with the.ySeW-of ascertaining whether it had been" •wetted tjr liot; • He went~ down the after-scuttle lead-i ing ffctn the cabin.to the .lazarette, iheJatter.being' partitioned off from the ,tween-deokai .by. an.?open ; gratlngV f against whigh: wool had been closely stowed all across. So far as' cbuM'.be seen,' tie bales from wing to wing were'quite-dry/v^.Tb? main hatchway, ■was examined, and the wool, abojit^it also found quite dryj'butarf"it;wa9 close'stowage there, very little was tobescenoub of the equare of-the-hatct^ay.. The. fore-hatch was-not stored so closely, a space'"being open on the starboard side/and there the wool waa also' foundtobequitedry, ,Forsyardi'intheeyesofthesliip,a^ scuttle runs down from the forecastle to the forepsak, tmd this place "was also txamined.ro sign of- wet being apparent,.and the bales were stowed right forward too.': Captain Thomson is of opinion that no water to speakof f onnd its" -way below through'the." decks "when ' thV. ship waßStniek by the sea, and lie regards ber as quite fit to make> tbs passage to ..London.,, -Hiving, thug pissed through thO;Burveyors' ; hands, the rship to declaredfree=to proceed on her voyage, and is to sail to- i day >ithfr€sl); hinds, to maksjiip the complement of.1 her/;cfew, 'in leu of those who. were commitied to prison.-- Wewiah the Duke-of- SuthwJand a safe pss--B^e:to aweetheiii'ts and wives. ■•' ;' '"'f<J. :-':' '■

Tae steamer Waitaki- left tor Oainnu-yesterday morning. '' The ateamot .Taranafei leaves this afternoon for Ak»roa and, Northern Ports. Will embark passengers at Sattfay'itreet at 3 p.m., and go direct to sea. - „' - We are informed by the Pnion. Compauy'a Manajer, lir Mills, that ilrs steamer Maori,-with a cargo of coal and coke, .Jeft ureymoufch yesterday morning', on her nay toTietMl-g^uattera nprth about. : She met with got d despatch at the f Grey,;haying only arrived there on Thursday.., . '~ ■>:?.'. ~ . -.-.

-Theisteamer'.Wanaka, which left AueHand -last Wed_esday; evening,. Is due at .the Port on "Wednesday next.

The steamer Rotorua, from Sydney, via Auckland and Coa^t.ppr,tF,is due. at the Port to-morrowinorniiig. ;Passetigers and mails per steamer Taupo were landed at; the'Port'yesterday, aid when the tide serve;! she was taken- on-to • Dudedin' and moored atßattray street.-,.-...-..., . ■■'■. .-.••■-;■".■ "-: .:■'.-. ■-■■■':."■'■ "■>':

The steamer Eeautilul Star leaves for. the Bluff this evening^ '■;'■>■£ •■'■'■■ - .*:■■■■■■-t •■■■■■ •■■■--■■-

NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

-Tha^Lvtteltpn'fimes'gives a favourable report of the' passage'of the ship Margaret Galbraith,.which arrived there last Prlday .night.. .The time— 87 days from London—was said by her .master, Captain Fergusspn, Wbathefjtß'estthehad:ever.inade to New Zoiland, but it is dated from her depai-ture from the Lizard, on the 23rd January, her date ol sailing frcm.tondon bbins January ' 17th^ Captain- FcrgussoI ', .who had served Messrs P. Henderson and Co. many years, was on his first voyage as. master., The GUbraith had southerly and westerly winds after leaving tha land, and.then.light.N.E..to4-North. -The S.E. Trade was rery strong and southerly, and, en February 22nd, the Brazilian coaat was sighted. A: S.E. gale of threo days'. duraj.ioa.»:os.experienced.in lat. 44 S., long. 35 E., and, on.Hareh 28, Pelican Island, one of the Crozafcs; wa''s; ghted. She had strong westerlies, ohd during a heivy S.N.W: gale' March 319t, a sea broke on board and sma-hed one of her boats. From Kerguelen land- to the Snares she averaged 242 miles a day; her best day's work being 283 miles. The schooner dwaVe'sailed from Lyttelton for Wanganui on Tuesday last. -.. . : '■Whenthe steamer Wanaka-was leaving Wellington ior the'north on I'hurf day last, tha 19th, the coal hulk Gazelle loultd her, and carried away the foreyavdln the slings. The' locil Times says that the Wanaka. left port with her foreyard like tho outline of the gable end ofahouee.' . • *

Again reverting ta tbo mysterious wreck la Palliser Bay, we Bee by the Canterbury Pres3 that the missing schooner Edward was painted "black over green," ■whilst the Wellington Timealoaya that.the Bchooner There»a, wh eh was lost in Cloudy Bay some time ago, was similarly painted. .-.■.■.■ The LytHton Times reports that the schooner Jane Hamwelfy bonnd here, tailed from. Akaroa on the 20th iriat.

The ship Fern Glea, which arrived at- the Blufi on Sunday last, waa 16 daya on the passage from according to tho Newß, and encountered all the heavy weather that prevailed from the 7th to the 10th met. She washove-to under storm main trysail, and lost the fores&il and two foretopnwst staysails. Excepting thoßtrong S. v/.'galeot the 17th, provokingly light weather preyaikd during, the reat of the passage. feThs Bcbooner Jinet Buuisay, from Oamaru, arrived at the Bluff ou Monday last. She loads timber there for Lyttelton. ' ________ '

JENGLI3H SHIPPING.

The ship Hermiona,'bound here from London, was ouled by the barque Battle Axe on the 19th February oS Portland; aed sustained damage to her steering gear. She ran iuto Portland roads to repair it. The Battle Aze was not damaged It is said that her compasses were out of order, probably through the coIUt •The ship Isiq of Anglesea sailed, frqni london for Otago," March Srd. "... ~. ■'..-".''. -.■'. * : . A vessel of about 500 ton 3, coppered, bottom up, was passed, December 26:h last, in lat. 42 North, lbngitude 61 West. ' '.' " Serious loss was ca'ised at Smyrna by a heavy gale, February 26th. Several vessels sunk at t* eir anchors. At Scio, a neighbouring port, 47 various vessels, large and small, were more or less damag«d by the gMo. .

The shipßreaiJalbane, from San francisco, ai.ivedat Queenstown, March sth, repotted having passed, December 2nd, an icon vessel of about 1400 tons, burned to the "water's edge. DALE, part of her name, was ' visible. '

Mitchell's Register of March 9th. says:—"Captain, Robert Jones, late Master of the iron ship Toviotdale, of Glasgov.', arrived at Bangor' on Tuoeday, ■bringing Jull particulars of the destruction of that vessel, In Bdeg. 40rain. S. latitude, and 70deg. E longitude. Tae Teviotdale was owned by Messrs J.and A. Roxburgh, oi G asgow, and sailed on July 27th last, laden with a cargo of 1790 tons of coal, from Dundee lor Bombay direct. She had a crew oJ 26 hands, principally i belonging to Dundee and Aberdeen. Bothing of importance occurred uutil October 31st, at Jam., when the cook observed smote issuing from theforehold. Tliia was repotted to the chief mate, John JiUler, and next. tci'.'ihe captain,: who at once gave directions aboutshifting the cargo and gotting1 the %re engine and pumps to play in. the lower hold ard 'tween deck's. All day the crow did their best togetat tbe seat of the fire, arid on thefollbwing day these exertions were resumed, but they were driven from the hold, fey the smoke, sulphur, and gas., The hatches and yeatilators were'then battened down with the view, oi amothcrinjf the fire, but at 4 a.m. on November 2, they were blown up by a violent explosion. The crew continued to plsy upon the ■ burninj» miss, but it waa that;the deck had ignl^efl/and W7a.m. the

flames broke through. The mssts,- one by one, felloverboard; all hopes ot saving the abip.were-ttien. abandoned, and the two longboats aod »hip>lifeboats were launched and provisioned; c'Tne Bhipcbeing1 nothing but one hu :e blaze both fore and aft, the boats left aid steered for Diego <-nrd», the southernmost, island of theChages Archipelago, which, after several:, days and nights' hard trowing, and exposure to heavy seas arid bad weather, they succee;ied la makinff.:. Upon this isfandthey remained for. 64 days, jubsistlog : principally upon what fi h they could catch. One man. I was prostrated by epilepsy, but recovered. jOn the ; 28th December the ehipwrecked crew were taken off: by the C»pe Town Bchooher Barsp, Captain,Chii'tiansyn which had touchod there on'her way from Port Louis; Mauritius; to Sfx Islands. On the 6th January they were landed at Port Louis." . The Direction of the Bureau Vcritas has published the following statistics »>f maritime disasters reported during the month ot January, 1577, concerning m flags:— Sailin?vessebreported lost: 76 English, 28 American, 23 German, 23 Norwegian, 18 French,-10-Danish, 6 Swedish, 6 Greek, 6 Austrian, 5 Italian, 5 Dutch, 4 Portuguese, 3 Spanish, S Russian, 1 Turkish, 43 of which the nationality i 3 unknown; totaU-255. In this number are included 4 vecels. reported missing. Steamers reported lost: 11 English, 2 American, 1 Danish, 1 German,-1 Swedish, 2of wnich the nationality is unknown; t"talj 18. ■ -On March 2nd last, the crew of-the ship Walmer Castle were brought up at tho CardifiE Polico Court, charged with refusing-to'R,o;;to: sea in her. They pleaded her unseaworthiness,; and-.the plea being substantiated by the .report $: surveyors, the men were discharged ... , ... .;■,'/ • - .-• St. Tudwal Roads', off the-coast' 61 CRrriarvonshire, are about to be rendered easily accessible, by the erection of a llchthouse c-n the coast island' of St, Tudwal, to clearly indicate the position of those dangers, St. Patrick's Causeway and Carreg-y-traid, a rock impeding the approaches to tb.6 toadßtead. The latteiria a good refuge, being sheltered from all' winds. The Avon Mouth Dock, tituated at the mouth of the Avon, within st few miles of Bristol,: and which has been nine years in the course of construction, was formally opened to trade.on, March 3rd.,. r Tha~dock basia is 1400 ft long, and 500 ft wide; and contains an area 61.16 acres, with a depth of water at ordinary tides of Sift 3-n, and nothing leso thari"2o't at any time. ; The dock gates are the hi(rhe>t in the world, beinu4i)£t from., bottom to top. ;Their width—7oft-^ has been exceeded. The dock cost"£6oo,ooo./ ■ '-.■_' •

At the general annual meeting; of the Goveino'wot ithe Merchant Seamen- Orphan "AByium the reipbrtdicloved great flnmcial dsprewUu idunng th'e'pwt year, and in consequence out of 39 candidates for admission only 15 could be elected. ■• Where are 169 poys and 75 girlsrssident in the ABylnm.- i;The report made an, earnest appeal to the publio for assistance; .-; •='