SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9340, 3 February 1892, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. Time Ball at Port Chalmers. New Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for the meridian of longitude, in time 11 hours 30 minutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled once a week by a time-ball dropping at the instant of mean noon. Phases of thk Moon. (Calculated for New Zealand mean time.) February. D. H. M. First Quarter ... * ... 5 9 9 p.m. Full Moon ... ... 13 7 8 a.m. Last Quarter ... ... 21 11 45 a.m. New Moon ... ... 28 3 17 p.m. The "Weather. February 2.—Wind N.E. "Weather fine. j 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer ... 3022 30*24 3020 Thermometer ... 62 68 74 High "Water. {a.m. p.m. At the Heads ... 5.57 0.18 At Port Chalmers... 6.37 6.58 At Dunedin ... 7.22 7.43 ARRIVALS. Manapouri, s.s., 1020 tons, Cameron, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff. J. Mills, agent. Passengers: Misses Thomson, Hawkes, J. D. Mill, Brown, Dick, Hallenstein, Emanuel. Brady (2), Fowler, Miller, Griffiths, Swan, Mesdames Corbet, Brady (and child), Henderson, Reidle, Cotton, Crcdington, De Beer (nurse and 2 children), Benjamin (nurse and 2 children), Miller, Stringer, Messrs Stuart, G. M. Thomson, JLangton (and child), Darlton, AVilkinson, "W. Corbet, Montague, Israel (2), Forsyth, Isaacs, M'Gregor, Brady, "Wilson, Henderson, Home, Phelp, Turrell, Miller, Hunter, Canipbelll; and 14 steerage. Pukaki, s.s., 850 tons, JEwan, from the Bluff. J. Mills, agent. Passengers : lion. J. G. Ward and secretary. Peri, barquo, 896 tons, Evans, from JAlbany. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents.

DEPARTURES. Camille, brigantine, 221 tons, Woebling, for Kaipara. 11. Guthrie, agent. Invercargill, s.s., 136 tons, Sundstrom, for Invercargill. K. Ramsay, agent. Lindores Abbey, barque, 886 tons, Nelson, for Talcahuano (Chili). N.Z.S. Company, agents. Passengers : Saloon—Messrs W. Menelaus, Webb. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Fkom London—Opawa, ship, 1131 tons, Hamon, OKPJ. Nelson, ship, 1247 tons, Bannatyne, NKRC. Pakeha, s.s., 2802 tons, Scotland. Duke of Westminster, 3726 tons, Cox, WKQH, December 21. Rangatira, s.s., 2642 tons, Burton, December 22. Tongariro. s.s., 4163 tons, Bone, VSMF. Duke of Sutherland, 3166 tons, Whymper, MGPC, January 24. From London, via Santos.—Akaroa, barque, 1334 tons, WFKH. From Liverpool.—Doon, barque, 859 tons, RCHB. From Liverpool, via Wellington.—Snowdrop, 609 ton 3, Foster, JPDL. From Glasgow.—Elizabeth, barque. JFroji New York.—August Burchard, barque, 474 tons, Fretwurst, MDFK. J. H. Marsters, barque, 632 tons, October 30. Annie Reed, barque, 719 tons, Warren, JRWQ, November 30. Motley, brigantme, 591 tons, Harper, JSRF. Waaland, barque, 584 tons, HWPL, October 21. From Calcutta.—Fazilka, s.s., December 30. From Mauritius.—Alcestis, barque, 423 tons, Le Provost, HCMN, December 14. From Hamburg.—Hudson, barque, 797 tons, Kemp, WSFD. Marianna, barque, 1288 tons, RHWP, November 27. ♦ - IMPORTS. [Special Notice.—Consignees desirous of having their names appear in this part of our columns, together with their consignments, may have the same inserted on payment of a small charge.] Per Manapouri, from Melbourne and Hobart: 50 bales kapok, 30 bags onions, 1000 bags salt, 250 bags sugar, 14 bales paper, 493 bags bark, 1 bdl leather, 1 truss cottons, 9 cases machines, 3 do machine oil, 160 half-chests tea, 1 case fittings, 7 do books, "3 do sewing cotton, 1 do boots, 1 crate blacking, 5 cases curry powder, 23 do lager beer, 20 boxes soap, 96 cases vestas, 75 do merchandise, 1 do do razors, 6 double cases fruit, 90 cases do, 840 quarter-cases do, 4 cases periodicals, I do tobacco, 20 crates Pear's soap advertisements, 7 empty fish casks, 36 casks raspberries, 5 barrels 60 drums mineral oil, 4 kegs cream of tartar, 70 ingots tin, 491 pcs timber, 37 sundry pkgs, and 59 sacks oysters. Per Pukaki, from Adelaide and the Bluff : 100 tons salt, 200 do oats, 10 do grass seed. ♦ SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, February 2.—Captain Shepherd, late of the Southern Cross, has been promoted to take charge of the Talune. Captain Dawson takes charge of the Southern Cross, arid Captain Wheeler, who has been for a holiday, takes command of the Manapouri when she arrives here next Friday.

Bluff, February 2.—Arrived : Ohau (4 p.m.), from Wellington, with the freezing hulk Edwin Fox in tow. Sailed: Rio, barquentine, for Sydney. Sydney, February 2.—Arrived: Te Anau, from Auckland.

Cap.kto.vn, January; 30.—The R.M.S. Kaikoura left to-day for Hobart and Port Chalmers. London, February I.—Arrived: Zealandia, from Lyttelton (October 23).

MOVEMENTS OF UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET. Tuesday, February 2. Bluff—Tarawera arrived 5 a.m. from Port Chalmers; sailed 8.30 a.m. for West Coast sounds.

Lyttelton—Mangana arrived 8 a.m. from Wellington. WeUington—Bruj-xier arrived 11 a.m. from Lyttelton. Nelson—Moa arrived 7 a.m. from Westport; sailed 8 a.m. for Wanganui. Penguin arrived 7 a.m. from Wellington ; sailed 10 a.m. for Picton. Auckland—Talune arrived 11 a.m. from Sydney.

The Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Manapouri, Captain Alexander Cameron, from Melbourne, via Hobart and Bluff Harbour, arrived at the Victoria wharf at 6.35 a.m. yesterday. Mr A. Sal vesen (the purser) reports : She left Melbourne at 3.10 p.m. of January 26th, landed the pilot a^ Wiliiamstown, and cleared Port Phillip Heads at 7 p.m.; had Cape Schanck light abeam at 9.10 p.m., passed Wilson's Promontory at 3 a.m. of the 27th, had Swan Island abeam at 2.20 p.m., and exchanged signals with the company^ steamer Wairarapa, bound to Melbourne; passed Cape Pillar at 5.30 a.m, of the 28th ult., and arrived at Hobart at 9.45 a.m. Left again at 7.30 p.m. same day, experienced splendid weather throughout the passage, which the passengers enjoyed immensely, passed Ptiysegur Point at 7.45 p.m. of the 31st ult., passed Centre Island at 2.38 a.m. of the Ist inst., and arrived at the Bluff at 5.20 a.m.; left again at 4 p.m. same day, having on board 180 bags of mails, 132 saloon, and 45 steerage passengers, with 580 tons of cargo ; had fine weather along the coast, and arrived at headquarters as above. On the evening of the 31st lilt, the passengers held a concert in the social hall, at which an excellent selection of songs was given.

The barque Alcestis discharged cargo at the Victoria wharf yesterday. Her sugar is turning out in splendid order.

The s.s. Invercargill left the Rattray street wharf yesterday afternoon with cargo for Invercargill. Ihe 's.s. Pukaki arrived at the tongue wharf at H a.m. yesterday from tbe Bluff. She left that port at 6 p.m. of the Ist inst., and had line weather with light N.E. winds along the coast. The ship Senator arrived off the heads yesterday forenoon, and anchored .waiting for orders. The barque Peri, in ballast from Albany, arrived at the heads yesterday morning, and was tendered by the tug Plucky, which towed her up to the Bowen pier in readiness for hauling into the loading berth as soon as the Hurunui has finished. She has made the passage in 13 days, having left Albany on January 20, and carried fresh S.W. winds until passing the Snares on the 31st, when the wind died away and was succeeded by light variable winds to arrival.

The barque Hurunui is bending sails, and is expected to be ready for sea on Saturday. The barque Lindores Abbey was towed to sea yesterday evening, and sailed for Talcahuano, Chili.

A "whaleback" passenger steamer to lessen the Transatlantic voyage from Queenstown to New York to five days or thereabouts has been designed by Mr Harold Avery. The hull is of the whaleback pattern—that it is to say, a steel barge covered in by an arching deck, and almost entirely underwater. Above this, and supported on "a system of iron pillars with tie-rods, are tiie promenade decks and cabins of the first and second-class passengers. These are beyond the roach of the waves, which break over the hull through the supports of the superstructure. Steerage passengers and the crew will be lodged lI _ *??• "l ull' • Eleotr-*5 lifts within the pillars will establish communication between the hull and the upper deck. The design is intended to remove the paying passengers " from the racket of the ships cooking and the smell of the machinery.