SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 9859, 3 October 1893, 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

A blue flag will be hoisted at the mast-head, Port Chalmers signal station, on the forenoon oi the^day when the time signal is to be given.

Phases op the Moon. (Calculated for New Zealand mean time). OCTOBER.

D. H. M. Last Quarter 2 2 51 p.m. New M00n... 9 8 7 p.m. First Quarter 17 10 56 p.m. Full Moon 25 7 3 a.m. Last Quarter 31 10 IS p.m. Apogee, 14th, 10 p.m. Perigee, 28th, 7 p.m. THE WEATHER. October 2 -Wind N.E. Weather fine. 8 a.m. Noon. 6 p.m. Barometer ... 30-]8 3018 . 3U-24 Thermometer ... 46 64 -74 HIGH WATER. f a.m. p.m. n,t q JAt the Heads ... 7.35 8.12 ua-d lAt Port Chalmers 8.15 8.62 lAt Dunedin ... 9.0 9.37 AT THE HEADS. Cape of Good Hope, ship, from Colombo, for ordors. .'■ - DEPARTURE. . Flora, s s., 838 tons, Allman, for the north. J. Mills, agent. Passengers: Mesdames Hatton, Harper, Bridges, Hooper, M'Kenzie, Barry, Loveridge, Marshall, Reid, Kelly, Gordon (and family 3), Misses Keid (2), Rae, Wickham, Hatton, Messrs Withers, Pike, Butterworth, Debailey, Reynolds, Caffin, Hooper, Barry, Gordon, Kelly; and 10 steerage. : : EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London.—Taranaki, ship, 1130 tons, Gordon, QMWP. Teihoka, 5.8., 4045 tons, Scotland. Rangatira, s.s., 4045 tons. Burton, R.N.R. Wairoa, ship, 1015 tons. Fox, QPRB.. From' Liverpool, via Wellington.—Zealandia, ship, 1116 tona, Bate, JGHV. Luttervrorth, barque, 887 tons, Streater, HNKD. Langstone, barque, 746 tons, Tate, JRBM. From Glasgow.—Hudson, barque, 797 tons, Kemp, WSFJD. Auckland, ship, 1245 tons, James, From New York.—Elinor Vernoni barque, 570 tons, Chadbourne, JSFK. Star of the East, barque,7s7 tons, Mitchell, QJKN. Obed Baxter, barque, 787 tons, Colby, JRQM. Waipa, barque, 1017 tons, Silba, WTLR. .': : From Sharpness.—Lake Erie, barque, 988 tons, Munro, HMTK. From Calcutta.l —Ruthwell, barque, 1343 tons, Tozer, JWPC. 1 From Table Bay.—Silver Stream, barque, 1242 tons, Dsgwell. . From the Chesterfield Group. —Orangß Grove, barque, 403 tons, Duncan, TQOP. Frank Guy. -■.- .. .-. :.■■.■.- - ..■■.-.■ .:- .--. From Long Island.—Frank Guy, barquentine, 191 tons, M'Quarrie. Gleaner, brigantine, 115 tons, Curran. " tfrtoM Rocky Island.— Chittoor, barquentino, 474tona. Feom Fremantle.— Petrua, barque, 540 tons, Anderson. ■■■.'■•-'

Frosi Newcastle.—Silver Cloud, brigantine, 92tons, Hays. . From Cape Town. — Morven, ship, 1997 tons, Page". .

IMPORTS. [Special Notice.—Consignees desirous of having their names appear in this part of pur columns, together with their, consignments, may have ths same inserted on payment of a small charge.]' Landing ex s.a. Kuahine and s.s. Maori: 33 bales paperhangings, 2 cases brushware, lease gold leaf, 6 cases shellac—Smith and Smith, importers. ■ ♦ * . • ■"■.•-. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, October 2.—Sailed: Fukaki, for Westport. Passenger: Mr Neil M'Lean. Gairloch, for New Plymouth. Passengers : Miss Atkinson, Judge Oonolly, Mr Colbeck. Takapuna, for Wellington and Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses Templar, Gibbs (2), Wardell, Scandy, James, Fraser, Messrs D. Long, P. A. Adams, H. J. Jay, Oxley, Wardell, C. A. Brown, Lambert, C. Amer, F. B. Jones, C. E. Allen, T. C. lrick, J. W. Jacks'; and four steerage. Wellington, October 2.—Arrived : Dingadee, from Westport; Wainui, from Nelson and West Coast; Rotorua, from Lyttelton. Sailed: Mavvhera, for the West. Coast; Rotorua, for Nelson and Picton; Talune, for 'Melbourne, via the south'.' . Passengers: Misses Sanderson, Dixbn,' Reeve 3, Cuthbertson,.'Finch, Harp, Johnston, Mesdames Cavill (and three children), M'Laurin,: Swan (and children), Cummings, fcheridan, Field, »Whitson (and, family), Ward, Hon. Mr Peacock, Rev. Mr Walker, Messrs Cohen, RatnVay,TWard, Joachim, Lane, Ford, Ormond, Gibbs, Ahlfeld, Ellis, Whitson,'Sheridan,' Clarkspn, Hallenstein, Perman, Shield,' Houston, •• Bruce, M'Laurin, .Cavill, Hoare, Fraser, M'lritosh, Sievwright, Shoreland, Foster, Morrison, Master Troubeck, and 14 steerage.

' Lyttelton, October 2.'— Sailed: Orowaiti, for Greymouth'; Glencairn, schooner, for Wanganul; Omapere, schooner, for Wellington and Westport; Brunner, for Timaru, Oamaru, and ilunedin.

| THE DIRECT STEAMERS. . $.■ The Shaw, .Savill, and Albion Company's | R.M.S. Arawa left Lyttelton on June 22, at noon, t with 77 passengers ; had a fine run to Cape Horn, | which was passed on July 6, at 8 a.m.; fine | weather to Rio de Janeiro, which wa? reached on •j ■ July 13 at 3 p.m., and after coaling left again next | day at .7 p.m., having landed six passengers and :«»~~ embarked 12; experienced fine weather through I the tropics, crossing the equator on July 20 in 4 30 W., and arrived at Teneriffe on July 26 at 1 r| p.m., leaving again at 8 p.m. Fine weather still | favoured the steamer to Plymouth, where she | arrived at 11p.m. on July 31; and after landing w passengers ana mails, left for London at mid- | night. ■'.

MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET. Monday, October 2. Lyttelton—Brunner arrived 5 a.m. from Wellington. Wellington—Talune arrived 10 a.m. yesterday from Napier; Maori arrived 10 a.m. yesterday from Lyttelton; Australia arrived noon yesterday from Napier; Wainui arrived 1 a.m. from Picton; Dingadee arrived 2 a.m. from Westpbrfc; Rotorua arrived 7 a.m. from Lyttelton." Auckland—Southern Cross arrived 2.30 p.m. yesterday from Gisborne. . > :■■

The s.s. Flora left the Kattray street wharf yesterday afternoon with paßsengers and cargo for Lytteltcn and Wellington. ■'~.''■■ The barque Examiner commenced discharging her cargo of bonedust at the lower Jetty street wharf yesterday. The schooner Lily will load at the Kattray street wharf for Greymouth. The barquentine Waratah has put out about 19) tonß of guano at the Jetty street wharf. The ship Crusader is nearly clear of her Dunedin cargo. The s.s. Waihora landed cargo at the tongue yesterday. She leaves to-morrow afternoon .. for Auckland, via the East Coast ports. The barque Dunard has landed.the greater part of her cargo at the Kattray street wharf. . The ship Heione has put ov.t nearly 900 tons of cargo at the Victoria wharf. It is turning out in Brat-class order. The s.s. Otarama is having quick despatch with the discharge of her cargo. She has already landed over 2000 tons of it at the Victoria wharfJ The barque Alcestis has put out the greater portion of her cargo of coal. She goes to Lyttelton with the remainder. During the week ending October 1, the following vessels have been at the Dunedin wharves :— Arrivals, 13 vessels, with a total of 8701 tons; and departures six vessels, representing 2682 tons. P The ship. Cape of Good Hope, from Colombo, ] arrived off the heads yesterday morning, and : anchored waiting for orders. The barque Hudson, Captain Kemp, left .Glasgow for Dunedin on August 2, and is consequently 61: days oot. The barque Lake Erie, from Sharpness for this port, was spoken 60 miles west of 'the Lizard on a* July 30. She is now 64 days out. The Administration of the Bureau Veritas has , published the list of maritime disasters retorted during the month of June 1893, cpncerninSall flags. We remark in this publication the foltawing statistical returns:—Sailing vessels - rol'orted lost: 5 American, 1 Austrian, 10 British, : l»utch, 1 French, 2 German'l Greek, 1 Italian, ly Norwegian, 1 Spanish, 2 Swedish;—total, 38. In this number are included 2 vessels reported t" Jpnissing. Steamers reported lost: 1 American, L JFI Argentine, 6 British, Uapanese, 1 Norwegian, 1 PWP1 Russian ;—total, 11. Causes of loses—Sailing i vessels: Stranding 14, collision 5, fire 3, foundered 5, abandoned 3, condemned 6, missing 2 ;— total, 33. Steamers: stranding 6, collision 3, fire 1, condemned I;—total,1 ;—total, 11. The barque Lutterworth was to leave Liverpool ' for Wellington and Dunedin on August £6. a The barque Blue Bell, which left the Heads on I Sunday, only got as far as abreast of Blueskin, and ! signalled for the tug yesterday afternoon. The 1 Plucky proceeded down to her and took her in tow, and after giving her a good offing she stood away for Timara. The s.s. Perthshire, the latest addition to the Shire Line Company's fleet of steamers, was launched on August 12 by Messrs Hawthorne, Leslie, and Co., at Holburn-on-Tyne. The vessel is one of two sister ships in process of construction at that yard, and is of the large dimensions of 430 ft by 51ft by 32ft. She is built to the order of Messrs Turnbull, Martin, and Co., of London and Glasgow, for their Australian trade, and specially fitted for carrying" frozen meat, with powerful duplicate refrigerating machinery of Messrs Linde's system, and large insulated space of a capacity of nearly a quarter of a million cubic feet is provided_ in the holds forward of machinery space, leaving all the after holds available for general cargo. She is classed at Lloyds's 100 Al, and is schooner rigged, with two masts. The machinery, which is being constructed by the same firm at St. Peter's works, consists of a set of triple-expansion engines, capable of indicating upwards of 3000 indicated horse-power, with two Jarge single-ended steel boilers, working at a pres. sure of 1601b per square inch. These boilers are to be worked under the induced draught .system patented by Messrs John Brown and Co , of Shef. field, and are also fitted with their patent Serve boiler tubes. The construction^ the vessel and machinery has been carried out under the auneri)Q.tepid.ence of Mr John Wptherspoon, assisted, l)y Messrs Campbell an<l AVeir. Qn leaving the inn Mrs 'Vyotherßnod.n, the wife @f,% Qtfasl's'

Cantain Mitchell, the master of the Schiehallion (s\, of Glasgow, writes us as follows ■.-"We met with an incident on our homeward voyage which may be of interest to the public at large. At 10 a m on July 25, while in lat. 41.34 N , and long. 52.32 W., light westerly wind, with smooth sea, we stopped engines in answer to a small boat which was flying the British ensign. On coming alongside we found she was named the Flying Dutchman, Captaiu Gardner, from Shellburn (Nova S-cotia), 34 days -at sea, bound for Amsterdam.; He reported having had very bad weather, being six days hove to with his sea anchor, and had had an accident with his paraffin oil stove, which took fire, burning several of his effects and provisions. He seemed in good health and spirits, and was in no way daunted by the long passage he had still to make. Ashehadthenonlycome62omiles I wanted to take him and his cockleshell on board, for his boat was little better, being only 15ft 6in keel,-sft 4in beam, and 22in deep, flat bottom with centre-board, sloop-rigged, with mainsail and jib. He refused to be persuaded to be taken on board, saying he was all right, and would get home if he was only past the Banks of Newfoundland. He dreaded falling in with ice, as he had no stove to keep him warm. I nsked him if he put a light up at night to prevent being run down. He said , No; I trust in the Lord's mercy.' Afler supplying him with a few small stores and repairing his rudder, which had got broken, we bid him goodbye. :He seemed to.me to be a real old sea dog, about 45 years of ago, one of that sort who would never say die while a rope yarn held together, a class?of men who 'are fast disappearing from our merchant navy. Ho gave me a letter to post to his wife, who lives in Amsterdam, and told me to be sure when I visited her, as we are bound there, to tellher he would get home all right."—Shipping Gazette, August 11.

The prophecy that within 10 years a vessel will be able to leave New York at noon and on the fourth day out ateam up Southampton Water oughjfc not to be a mere effort of the imagination, since it is made by an experienced engineer like Mr J. H. Biles, the designer of the Paris and New York. This means 30; knots an; hour, and Mr Biles obtains his extra speed-by no new factors, but by developing the present ones. A knot an hour! is to be gained by making the engines of nickel steel instead of mild steel, and so lightening them; one and a-half knot by increasing the power of the machinery in proportion to the tonnage; boilers capable of a better performance, with-decreased weight, are to be found in the development of the light "tubulous" boilers, which differ from the "tubular" locomotive boilers in that the tubes contain the water and not the fire. The combustion is to be improved by forced draught, and if coal is replaced by oil as a heat generator the weight of the fuel will be reduced by one-half, and a gain of cne and a-half knofewill be effected. Ships will be made larger, and increased length and draught mean increased speed. Three and a-half knots an hour extrawould reduce the run from 5 days 15 hours to 4 days 16 hours, and Mr Bilea finds his 30-knot speed in a boat 1000 ft long, 100 ft wideband with 30ft draught of water.