SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 7777, 22 January 1887, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OHALMEBS

Phases of thk Moon. (Calculated for Now Zealand mean time. I da January. £] I> h si. First Quarter „. 2 ... 11 50.5 p.m. Full Moon ... ... 10 ... 10 2.3 a.m. Last Quarter ... 17... 2 52.0 a.m. New M00n... ... 21... 2 31.1 p.m. Perigee, J2d 5b 30m p.m. Apogee, 28d 6h 30m p.m. in Tub Weather. January 21.—Wind N.E. Weather dull. cc 8 am. Noon. 5 p.m. hi Barometer ... 30.-18 . 30.50 30.48 , c< Thermometer ... 64 66 64 bi High Watek. tl (At the Heads ... ... 1.45 p.m. v Jan. 22;^ At Port Chalmers ... 2.25 p.m. f( (At Dunedin ... ... 3.10 p.m. fi (At the Heads ... „. 2.21 p.m. B Jan. 23 lAt Port Chalmers ... 3.11 p.m. n (AtDunedin ... ... 3.59 p.m, «■ ARRIVALS. Mawhera.s.s.. 553 tons, Hill,from Greymouth. J g Mills, agent. „ h Hawea, s.s., 462 tons, Hansbv, from the North, y jytfills, agent. Passengers: Mrs Taylor, Misses 11 Ingrain, Gallagher (2), Messrs Roydhouse, Walters, 4 Browne.j Wright. Llewellyn, Willenden, Crawford, Jacobs, Henderson, and 1 steerage. 1 Coptic, s.s., 4367 tons, Kidley. from Plymouth 0 (Dec mber 21), via Teneriffe, the Cape of Good Hope, t and Hobart. 15 aud NZ M and A Co., agents. Passen- a gers: For Otago : Saloon—Dr and Mrs Withers,Dr c "WM Stenhouse, Rev. L Bacon, Mra Watson and family (0), Mrs T B Low, Miss M'Kenzie. ft?econd a galoon—Mr and Mrs Wallace, Mr and Mrs A Br.own. Mr and. Mrs Lear and tamily. Mr and f Miss CopeV Mr and Mis 3 Arthur, Miss Browi. 1, \ Messrs' Menzies, Watt, Wayte (2). Steerage—Mr j ahd Miss i-hirrow, Mr and Mrs Ferguson and child, ' Messrs Gough; Halley, Kirkly, r'rott, Mansford, I Brown (2), Miss Robinson. For Canterbury: Saloon —MrG'B Baldwin, Mesdames W J Rae, Cotton, t Second" saloon— Messrs Stevenson, Harris, Bristoll, 1 Sharman, Craufield, Moore. Steerage—Mr; and Mrs 1 Bone. Misses Crawford (2). Mason, flle.ssrs Soelling, Fawcett, Harvey, M'Kie, Lyncombe, Lane, Isles, t Edwards, Meek. Davis, Wybrown. Lewin, Polkingham. For Wellington: Saloon Messrs Bull, Goldie, Laing. Second saloon—Miss Sweetl»nd, Mr and Mrs Bristow. Steerage—Mr and Mrs HaU and family, Miss Halforct, Messrs Scott, Stalker, Wright, Reeve, i Hornby,. Koblasoh. For Napier: Steerage—Messrs Oairns, Tolmie, Ballantyne. For Gisborne: Second - saloon—Miss li! Foster. For Auckland: Saloon—Mr and Mrs Drewett, Me srf Fsse aud Adams. Second saloon—Mr and Mrs Blundell and family (9), Mesdames Vivian, Wood. Miss Graham, Mr and Mrs Chapman and family (9), Mr a«&- Mrs Snape, Misses Kennedy, Wotherspoon (2), Allen. Steerage—Mr aud Mrs SUckleford and infant, Mr and' Mrs Armitage and family (4). Miss Blakely, Messrs Blakely, Day, Paul, Blaze, Switzer.Whalte, Johnson1. DEPARTURE. Grafton, s.s., 297 tons, Nordstrom, for the West Coast, via Oamaru. J Mills, agent. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, White, for Oamaru. J Mills, agent. «» V IMPORTS. . Per Hawea,"-from the North : 248 pkgs sundries. ; _.—, ■♦ ■ SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. {Pkb United Pbess Association.) Auckland, January 21. Sailed: Rotomahana, for the South. Passengers: For Gisborne—Miss D Gifford. For Napier—Misses A Burrows, A Clark, Lediugham, AUom, Levinsohn, Hoffman,-N HWynard, D A Johnson, Miss Allom, Rowbottom,■■■Mrs VV J Uuff. For Wellington—Miss Barker, Miss Garlick, Miss Edson, Messrs Dawson, Clark,'Miss'Ridings,- Rev. and Mrs Jory, Mrs and Miss Dawson.. For Lyttelton—Mr and Mrs Corfe, Miss Bdgar, Messrs P Lamb, W H Lamb, Condeli,. Miss Orr, Mr J Trolly.-. For Dunedin—Mrs Sibbald and two chi.drea.^M'Fidden. For Bluff—Mr Smith. For Melbourne—Mr and Mrs Fisher, Mr Lester j and 18 steerage. .-.:.-..■,•. Welmngvon, January 21. Sailed: Rotorua, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses Wilkinson and Dim, Mesdames Fenwiek and child, Burne and companion, Charlewood (servant and children), Rev. Mr Allison, Messrs Blake, Pickersglll, Smith, Fox, Nichols, Fancourt, Hall, Charlewood, and Cook. Lyttelton. January 23. I Sailed: Cormorant, barque, for Londou, with t wool; Go-ahead and Omapere, for Wellington. \ . '■ (Reuters Telegram.) Adelaide, January 21. The Messageries Maritimes s.s. Natal, with English mails of December 13, arrived this evening.. the direct steamers. * ' (Reuteb's Telegrams.) London, January 20. The Shaw. Savill, and Albion Company's Arawa (Lyttelton, December 11) arrived at Plymouth this morning, Her cargo of frozen mutton is in good condition. «'- ---.-.. ■ * . Madeiba, January 20. The New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Kaikoura (Plymouth, January 14) arrived yesterday evening.' ♦' MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM . SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET. ' FBIDAY, JAIfTTARY 21. Bluff—Tarawera arrived lr.Stf a.m from Sounds, sailed 5 p.m. for Port Chalmers. Port Chalmers—Mawhera arrived*' 7 am. from Greymouth; Hawea arrived 10 a.m. from Lyttelton; Grafton oailed'6 b.m. for Timaru. Lyttelton—Omapere arrived 7 a.m, from Timaru, ~ sailed 2.30 p.m.-for Wellington. Wellington—Rotorua arrived 8 a.m. from Nelson,. Balled noon for Lyttelton; Mararoa arrived 8 a.m. from Lyttelton, sailed 5 p.m. for Napier; Wakatipu arrived 10 am. from Lyttelton, sailed 3 p.m. for Sydney. Nelson—Penguin arrived 6 a.m. from Wellington, tailed 6 p.m. for New Plymouth. Gisborne—Australia arrived 5 a.m. from Napier, Bailed 8.30 a.m. ' fbr Auckland; Southern Cross arrived 11 a.m. from Auckland, sailed 5 p.m. for JTapier. " : '■- * * ' ». The b.s. Hawea, from the North, arrived at Port Chalmers at 9.40 a.m. yesterday and up to Dunedin. She left Nelson at 2.30 p.m. of the 18th inst.. and reached Picton at 10 p.m.; left again at 2.30 a.m. of the 19th, and arrived at .Wellington at 7 a.m.; left again at 2.30 p.m. same day, passed Cape Campbell at 6 p.m., and reached Lyttelton at 6 a m. of the 20th inst.; left again at 3.20 p.m. same day, and arrived at headquarters as above. She had moderate variable winds with flne weather throughout the passage. We are indebted to Mr W Nancarrow (the purser) for report and files. The s.s. Mawhern, fiom the West Coast, arrived at Port Chalmers at 7 a.m. yesterday and proceeded up j to Dunedin. ! ' The C.G.S. Hinemoa steamed up to Dunedin yesterday morning. The ' s.s. Grafton left the Rattray street wharf yesterday evening for the West Coast, via Timaru. Th v s.s.'-Beautiful Star left Dunedin yesterday evening for Oamaru. The s.s. Koranui is to leave Dunedin this afternoon for the West Coast, via Oamaru. The b*rque Frederick Bassil-j was towed down from _ Dunedin on Thursday evening and made fast to No. -~'—*"- 1 buoy in Maniford Bay. The'flags of the vessels in Port Chalmers were hoisted. half ma3t high yesterday in respect to the memory of the late llr Hird, son of Captain Hird, of the ship Marlborough. ARRIVAL OF THE COPTIC. The Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's royal mail steamer Coptic, from Plymouth, via Capetown and Hobart, arrived off Otago Heads at 9 p.m. on Thursday. Owing, however, to the darkness of the night audjher heavy*;draught of water (22ft), she was compelled tb anchor until yesterday forenoon, when she steamed into port, attended by the tug Plucky, and was made fast at the George street pier at 1 p.m. ln her passage up the harbour sh-s was met by the Government steam launch, and all being well, was cleared *>n tor health purposes by Ur Orysdale, the health officer. This being done, Mr EI, Macdonnell, the surveyor of Customs, quickly granted her a clearauce. The Coptic is still under the command of Captain W. H. Kidley, and comes into port in that perfect order which has always distinguished her. The d?ck officers are: Mr K. E. Bence, chief:; Mr J. H.Frodsham, second; Mr D. Kerr .third; Mr H. E. Valentin*-, fourth; Mr W. J. * * """ Bae is'purser, and Dr F. W. Humphrey is surgeon. The engineer's department is under the control of Mr A-;-Morrison.- the second being Mr J. W. Peascod, Mr G. M' Lellan is third, Mr J. Carruthers fourth, Mr J. Berry fifth, Mr C. Murphy boiler m-iier, MrS. G. Goild electrician, Mr C. M. Thorn first refrigerating engineer/and Mr J. Colquhoun second. Tue chief steward is Mr Frost. Our old friend Mr Paterson, her late second officer, has left her, having accepted the command of a new steamer intended for the Union S.S. Company's service between the ports of Wellington and Blenheim. This vessel was to leave the Clyde about December 23, and was to sail out from home to the colony; her propellor being unshipped. The Coptic brings 144 passengers for New Zealand. Of these 43 are for Dunedin, 5 for Invercargill, 20 for Canterbury, 24 for Wellington. 3 for Napier, 1 for Gisborne, and 48 for Auckland. They comprise 20 saloon, 55 second saloon, and 69 steerage. While in addition to these she lauded at Hobart 7 saloon, 13 second saloon, and 40 steerage, or a total of 60 passengers. Her cargo consists of 2062 tons measurement, of which 455| tons are for Dunedin and Port Chalmers, 297§ tons transhipments for i/yttelton, 42 tons for Timaru, 17 tons for Invercargill, 1 ton for the Bluff, \\ ton for Oamaru, 416 tons for Wellington, 394 tons for Auckland, llj tona for Hokitika, 4 tons for Blenheim, 6 tons for Nelßon, 8 tons for New Plymouth, 4§ tons for Gisborne, 2 tons for Fiji, 137 tons for Greymouth, 4 tons for Wanganui, 1 ton for "Westport, 61^ tons for Napier, and 208J tons for Lyttelton direct. Ih addition to this 6he brings 21 bags and 8 packets of mails. Since her last visit here the meat-carrying capacity of the Coptic has been considerably enlarged, so that she can now carry over 30,000 carcasses of mutton. We are indebted to Mr W. J. Rae, her obliging purser, who with his accustomed courtesy had file 3 and reports ready for delivery io the press representatives as soon as circumstances would permit. We are glad to notice that Mr Rae is accompanied by his wife, who returns to the colony after an absence of a little over 12 months on a visit to her family at Christchurch. The Coptic's passage out has been a most agreeable one, while CaptainKidley and his officers have united in their efforts to make everything pass off as pleasantlv[as possible. Athletic sports, Chris y minstrel performances, concerts, dances, and waxworks exhibitions were all got up, and Christmas and New Year's eve were most enjoyably Bpent. The advent of 1887 was ushered in by the ringing of bells, beating of gongs, and the music of a fife and drum band or.anised by the sailors, who marched round the decks playing" Auld Lang Syne," A newspa"er, entitled the" Coptic Slasher,'*waspublishedforatime weekly, but, unfortunately, owiflg to the lack of contributions, the editor was compelled to ceaßß its issue. The Wandering Minstrels, a troupe composed of the stewards on board, gave a very good performance on January 8, and had there been time they would, we believe, have given a similar exhibition in Port Chalmers, where their talent has already been ""*""' highly appreciated. The health of the passengers has been excellent throughout the passage, and Dr Humphrey is to be congratulated on the sanitary condition of the chip. The Coptic will probably leave Port Chalmers to-morrow morning for Wellington, Napier, and Lyttelton. and is expected to take her final departure for London from the latter port about February 5. The Coptic left the Royal Albert docks as, Woolwich on December 2, anchored at Longbeaeh at 4 20 p.m, of the same day, aud weighed and proceeded down Channel at 6.30 a.m. of th« 3rd, passed Gravesend afc 7.20 a.m. and Beachy Head at 6.45 p.m. same day, anchoring in Plymouth Sound afc 0.36 p.m: of December 4 ; embarked maila, passengers, and the latest despatches, and left the Sound at 3 p.m. of the same day. Had light winds and cloudy weather across the Bay of Brscay, and reached Teneriffe at 4.12 p.m. of December 9; after replenishing her coal bunkers she resumed th« voyage afc 11 35 p.m. of the same day, passed the Ca-erlaVeide group at 10.50 p.m. of December 12; had light southerly winds with a head swell down to the equator, which she crossed on Decembtr 16 In long. 12.50 vv ; thence she had strong southerly winds and head spas, at times increasing to a gale, until arriving afc Table Bay afc 9.40 am. of December 27; 0 :alel and lelt again at 4.23 p.m. same day, s-ighted th« Crozet group on January 2, and bad s'rong passage winds and gales for the next ten days ; passed the South Cape of Tasmania afc 10 p.m. of January 15, and reached Hobart at 4.19 a.m. of ihe 16th inst.; disembarked 60 passengers, and after taking in 300 tons of coal, left again at 11.30 p.m. same day; thence she had a continuance of wet foggy weather; passed the Solanders at 5.20 a.m. of the 20fch inst., and signalised off fche Bluff at 10.28 a.m.; passed Waipapapa Point at neon, breasted the Nuggets at 4 p.m., ronuded Cape Saund rs at 8.20 p.m., and anchored off Otago Heads as above. Her Lyttelton passengers were taken on yesterday evening by the U.B.S. Conrpany'B Grafton,