SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 7653, 28 August 1886, Page 2

SHIPPING.

The longitude of Obst-.-r:.',i,.n Point, Port Chalmers, in time is 11 hours 28 minutes till seconds east, of Greenwich. luiurua iie.idi;,latitudo ih.4l S.,longitudeHo.*s li. Koputai Hay, diiutli IVili.il, latlLud'j/11i.49 S., longitutlolliJ.i'Oii. Tides.—High water, F and U, 'i lii'iira 50 nilnutas. tid* 5 feclV inches. Time-ball at Pni.'i Ciiuuiis"...!!. Now Zealand mean tiuu- at noon, calculated ior tho meridian of longit.ide, iv tinid 11 hours "0 miiiu'.es east vi Greenwich, will be signalled once a week by a time-ball dropping at the instant of mean noon. A blue flag will bo hoisted at the mast-head, Port Chalmors signal-station, ou tho forenoon ol the day when tho timo-sigual will be given. Pbahxh oy TUB Moon. (Calculated for Now Zealand mean jinifi.) August. D. St. M. First Quarter ... 7... S3iS.Ha.iu. Full Moon ... ... 15... 5 51.2 a.m. Last, Quarter ... 2:! ... 7 11.8 a.m. New M00n... ... 30 ... 00 21.1 a.m. Perigee, ld 10u Mini a.m. Apogee, llid lh aum n.m. Perigee, 2S)d Sh 30m p.m. 'I'Klt W_t»VH!«ii. August 27—Wind S.W. Weather squally. Bn.m. 511..11. ft P-m. Barometer ~, in.iiO 2:'. 72 211.1S Tliei-mointter ... So 11 :u Him Watjsb. (At the Heads ... ... 1.31 P-m. August 2D\ At Port Chalmers ... 2,11 p.m. (At Duut'dlii ... ... 2.i)0 p.m

ARRIVAL

Inveicargill,s s., 13(1 tons, Suudstviini.ln.m Lyllcl ton. K. Ramsay, agent.

DEPARTURES. Mahinapua. s.s., 2i>s tons, Holmes, for the West Coast. J. Mills, iij_,ciit. Beautiful :<tar, s.a., MH tous, Whito, for Onmm-ii. J.Mills.agc.t. BXPECTIiD AUBIVALF. Fhom Loxi».>—Ganymede. May 3. Wairoa, ship, 1023 tons. Marlborough, ship, 112-1 tons. Hird, June SO. Wcatlaml, ship. I lie tons. M'Williams, WVPO, June 6. Waikato, ship, 1021 tons, June 15.

From Liverpool, via Weluxuton—Guinevere, barque, 879 tons, Ford. April ft, JUST. Marinion, barque, 783 tons. Cormorant, ship. 107;t tons, HTSD. Fhom Plymouth.—Tainui, s.s., 5200 tons, Barlow, R.N.R,, August 14. "From Hia-ji,i.w— Himalaya, July 1. Allahabad, barque, 1113 tons, WLNl'.'July 2. Margaret Liulbraitli. barque, S-tf tons. Caiden, JICLI). Fhom N*»v Koau ■ Mary A. Greenwood, barque, 617 tons, July 2. Qlenelka.

From Ca cutt a—Areola, barque. 014 tons. From Hobaiit, via Pout jssperan'ce.—Minn, brig. 2 •« t ns. Miles, August I. "FHOM F.ii CHOW. Wiiaiiipoa, s.s., 1021 tons, WMI'L, August, S, From B-.isl'axe —Handa Isle, barqueutlue, 2tjl tons, Johns, SLMW, July 31.

ESIIIPMNG TIiLEGKAMS. (Per Unitkd I'rhsh Association.)

Aucici.A.N'n, August 27. "Tlie Stracathro, from Loudon, is repo.teil tobe off the coast.

Sailed: Waihora, for Sydney, llotonialiana, for the South. Passengers: For Gisborne—hev A J Williams. For Napier—Dr anil Mrs Falkner, Miss Tanner, -Me st-s AII Hoss it-id S IJimfes. For Wcl--1 ngt.in—Mrssrs C Henderson, W L Lees, Petrie, Rev E Lusk, Mrs Walters and child. Tor Lyttelton—Mr and Mrs J Coleman, Miss A Suhiaekenberg. Messrs T Allen and M'Dougall. Kor Melbourne —Misses II Kichard-0.1 and Iticlmrds (I); steer ige - viesdames Kitt. Montague and infant nnd two children. Mr and Mr? Dent, Messrs Kneeson, Kesnwo-iki, Harris, Messrs Kneeson, ltesn.woski, C Harris, J Dent, Wright, Little, J Donnelly, tr Mat thews.

We..t.i:«itox, August 27

The steamer Waihi, b Hind irom Blenheim to Wellington, and which had all the binds, stripped from ier pro; eller wb-11 crosiing ti.e Wiiiratt bar, lias ii'-riveil saMy at Mann Island, win re she will be beached nud new blades attached.

A cutter named Days Uay. used for tra'ing purposes about the ha bur. went ashore during the gale at Ynr-.ls Island on Wednesday and will probably become a tolal wreck, bhe wns owned anil sailed by Captain M'Gregor, anil is valu dnt £150. The vessel is not insured.

■ Sailed: Wimaka, for the South. Passengers Mesdnincs Sheridan, I'end, Pickles and lamily Misses Carrington, Hayes. Juno, Pickles, Mess'i Sheridan, Mann. Kogets. Wvkes, Ashl .11, Tavlor M'Gowau, Ilede, Blake, Walsh, Berkley, Griffiths Forbes, Meigau, Pickles, Master Ilnlbert. . Lvrt'F.r.iox. August 27. Arrived: Hawea, from the Xorth. Sailed: Hauroto, for Wel ingfiiii.

MOVEMENTS OF UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLKfcT. Fiudat, August 27. r BluH—Manapouri arrived 11.30 a.m. from Port Chalmers; sailed 4 p.m. fur Hobart. Po.t Chalme.s.-Maliiiitipuii sailed 5 p.m. for Timaru. . Grisburne.—?outhern Cross arrived .'J a.m. from Nnpier; sa.led /a.m. for Auckland. Australia arrived 6 a.m. from Auckland; sailed 5 p.m. lor Napier.

The s s. Mahlnapua left the Hattray street wharf yesterday aftern on for the West Const, via Timaru. 'lhe s.s. Beautiful Star lelt Uunedin yesterday afternoon for Oamaru.

The s.s. luvrnAi-gill. from I yttellon, arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon, and pro ceded up the harbour to Duneilin. ahe left i ytt.eltou on the morning of the Siith inst. and had strong S.W. winds with bad weather during the passage. uwinc to the b id wea her which has prevai'ed for the last 30 hours thed parture o- the s.s. lutltauul for t'ortroie had to he postponed. Should it piove moderate she w.ll sail th,s morni g. We are in liotnly expectation of the arrival of the barque Ganymc'de, now 115 days out from Loudon.

UNMARKHID RtiliF, SOUTH PACIFIC. Captain Black, of the Antipodes, writea to his' agents ,it Newcastle ns follows:—" Ship Antipodes, San Fniiijisco, 29i.h June 1.-B_>.—Gentlemen, I beg to inform you that there .s a coral reet awash in 18deg Hmin S. and 168deg20minW., whicli I believe has never belore been reported. I was t early on it, but as the day was line I saw it in time ocl ar it. 1 certaiulv was not more than lOn yards from it «lien I put my helm up. I < ould see the formation and shape of tlie reef distinci ly trom the mizzeutop. The sea was breaking on the surface when I passed. I would advise evciyone to give tbo place a wide berth.—Yours truly, Jons F. Ulack.' Itappearsthat. about 1877 Captain" Howe, ot the Claitsa, barque, on his vo3'age irom Newcastle to New Zeal nd saw the above ie-f, and wro c o that effect to the papers on his arrival. Captain Kyder, of the Hesp r, American barque, who read this letter, marked the s»pi»t on his chart, and is in a position to confirm Captain Black's statement.