SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10035, 28 April 1894, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS,

Time Ball at Port Chalmers.

New Zealand'meau 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 s dropping at the instant of mean noon.

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

Piuses of the Moon. (Calculated for New Zealand mean time). April. d. H. M. New Moon 6 3 30 p.m. First Quarter , ... 13 0 35 p.m. 3?ull Moon 20 2 2 p.m. Last Quarter £8 2 51p.m. Perigee, 11th, 2.30 p.m. Apogee, 26th, 7.30 p.m. THE WEATHER. April 27.—Wind N.E. Weather fine. 8 a m.' Noon. 5 p.m Barometer ... 30'4S 3052 3(H2 Thermometor ... 42 5S 56 HIGH WATER. ( a.m. p.m. ,„ ~„„ lAt the Heads ... 7.41) 8.18 - Apnl_2S i At Port Cha i mers g.2(i 8.58 \.At Dunedin ... 9.11 9.43 ("At the Heads ... S.SS 9.37 Aprii;29 lAt Port Chalmers 9.38 10.17 Ut Dunedin ... 10.21 11.2

ARRIVAL.

Sarah and Mary, brigantine, 98 tons, Smith, from Lyttelton for the Bluff (put in for shelter).

DEPARTURES. jr Kawatiri, s.s. 286 tons, Apstein, for Oamaru, tf. Mills, agent.. i ■ Otnapere, s.s., 352 tons, Fleming, for the West Coast. J. Mills, agent.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

From London.—Mataura, barque, 858 tons, Chapman, HNBF. Matatna, sa., 3222 tons, M'Dougal!. Mamari, s.s., 2342 tonn, Maxwell, LFNP. Rimutaka, s.s., 2-60 tons, Greenstreet, JSHC. Tainui, R.M.S., 5D31 tons, Evans, JSHG. From Liverpool,—Opawa, ship, 1076 tons, Martin, QKPJ. Kinclune, barque, 741 tons, Crich!ton,WVDa , ni _ Fbom Glasgow.—Banca, barque, 1016 tons, HMITK. ' . ' ■ Feom New York.—Sadie A. Thompson, barquo, 652 tons, Mowatt. Mary Hasbrouck, barque, 733 tons, Lndwigs, JTGF. . From Adelaide.—Duncraig, barque, 693 tons, Ftateruret (February 22). . From the Chesterfield Grout.—Gannjmede, barque, 580 tons, Stephens, JHTG.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Welukoton,'April 27.—Sailed: Tatapuna, for Onehunga, via Taranaki; Wairarapa, for Sydney, via Auckland; Penguin, for Lyttelton. Passengers : Misses Boulker, Parker, Remington (2), Mrs Parker, Messrs Edward?, Crook, JTurpor, Cooper (2), King, Ferguson, Field (2), Gilmour, M'Kerrow; eight Bteerage. Opawa, ship, Captain Mattin, for Dunedin. Aa there is a scarcity of tonnage required for the West Coast coal trade, and the repairs to the'f aviuni will take longer than was anticipated, it has been decided to put the b.s. Dingadee in the coal trade for a few months; she will be relieved in the Auckland and East Coast trade by the s.s. Southern Cross. The latter boat was taken on the patent slip this morning to undergo an overhaul prior to taking up her running Lyttelton, April 27.—Sailed: Rotorua, for Dunedin. Passengers: Miss Newall, Mesdames Smith (and child), Trapnell, and Ward, Messrs Ward and Finlinso".

Port Kembla, April 27.—Sailed: Wendouree, for Lyttelton. Clarence Rivee, April 27.—Arrived: Fiona, From Auckland.

Hobart, April 27.—The Rotomahana,[from the Bluff, arrived two days late, having encountered fierce westerly gales after leaving the New Zealand coast.

~ A UNIFORM HOMEWARD ROUTE. Press Association-By Telegraph—Copyright.

London, April 26. All the Australian and New Zealand lines, except the Shaw-Savill, havo adopted a uniform homeward route for the sake of safety, via the Horn between Int. 50dfg and oodeg, and outward yia the Caps of Good Hope between 42deg and 46deg. The object is that vessels may be enabled to assist each other in the event of being disabled.

MOVEMENTS OF UNION S.S. COMPANY'S ■ , FLEET. Friday, April 27. Bluff.—Talune arrived 7 a.m. from Port Chalmers, sailed 3 p m. for Hobart. .Xyttelton,—Rotorua sailed lj.m. for Dunedin. Wellington—Penguin arrived 2 a.m. from Picfcon ; Takapuna arrived 9 a.m. from Lyttelton; Wairarapaarrived 11 am. from Lyttelton. Nelson.—Grafton sailed 10 a.m. for Wellington.

The s.s. Kawatiri left the Eattray street wharf »t 5 a.m. yesterday for Oamarti, The s.b. Tarawera steamed up from Port Chalmers at 9 a.m. yesterday and landed cargo at the tongue wharf. The s.s. Omapare left the Rattray street wharf at 5 p.m. yesterday for the West Coast ports, via Timaru. Captain O. Flemiog has taken command of her, while Captain A. Anderson has been transferred to the B.s. Dingadee. : . Tha barque Alcestis has landed about half her cart;o of timber at the Rattray street wharf. The Union Steam Ship Company have chartered their steamers Hauroto and Tekapo to tha Adelaide Steamship Company for their line to Western Australia. -

A Singapore report of March 13 says:—"The M. M. steamer Saigon, which is engaged on the Tonkin branch line, while on a voyage to Quinhon went ashore on the rocks near Poulo-Cambir on the night of the 20th ult. during a fog. A boat was sent to Quinhon for assistance, and the passengers and mails were safely landed, Telegrama were sent to Hongkong and Saigon, and the steamer Haiphong, from Hongkong, and the Arethuse, from Saigon, received orders to go to the scene of the: accident to render assistance in extricating the Saigon from her dangerous position."

Japan is not only cutting out the New South Wales coal in the East, but the old country &ppea,rs to be even more alarmed at the expansion of trade that is taking place in the black mineral to countries that formerly had scarcely heard, let alone tried, the Japanese fuel. It seems that definite arrangements have been made whereby large quantities of this coal will be regularly exported direct from Japan to Bombay (says an English exchange), our chief outlet in the East for the best class of British coil. The low cost of production and cheap freight employed permit of the Japanese article being landed in Bombay at something like 50 per cent, less than the present cost of the British "black diamond," while the quality,' from experiments made, is only estimated to be 8} per cent, inferior to best Welsh. Referring to this trade the Hyogo News says:—" The Lindisfarne takes 3500 tons of coal for Mr Asano on her return to Bombay. Early next month 5000 tons will be despatched, and before long the demand will equal 10,000 tons a month. Mr Asano has consented to a Blight rise on the freight of a yen per ton, for which the Nippon Yusen liaisna contracted."

The Bhip Huterpe commenced to discharge cargo into the hulk Thomas and Henry yesterday forenoon.

SARAH AND MARY PUT tN IN DISTRESS.

The brigantine Sarah and Mary, with a cargo of wheat from Lyttelton for the Bluff, ran inside the heads for shelter on Thursday evening and anchored off tha Maori Kaik. Captain Smith reports leaving Lyttelton on the 14th inst ; experienced light and variable winds until the 23rd inst., then about 23 miles east of the Bluff, when the wind set in from the westward, increasing to a hurricane, which continued during the whole of Monday and Tuesday last. During the hurricane the whole of her sails—foresail, topsail, mainsail, jibs, and staysail — were blown to ribbons, and for several hours her lee rail was level with the water. On Tcesday night Captain Smith was compelled to run ?ier before the gale in order to clear the centre of th» cyclone which was fast approaching upon her, and she was kept running before the gale to the N.E. until midnight, when she reached the margin of the storm, and she was then headed in towards the land, arriving off the heads on Wednesday morning. Burnt blue lights and sent np fourrockets for assistance, and hoisted signals for a tug; but there being no response, and the current setting her to the northward, Captain Smith ran her under. Moeraki Peninsula and anchored there until Thursday morning, when some light sails were set aud she again got underweigh with a northerly breeze; arrived off the heads shortly before dusk, and ran inside, anchoring off the Maori Kaik. As soon ag a fresh Bupply of sails is procured she will sail again for the duff.