SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10179, 13 October 1894, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. Time Ball at Port Chalmers. New Zealand mean time at noon, calcu ated 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 of the day when the time signal is to be given. Phases of the Moon.. (Calculated for New Zealand mean time). October.. D. H- X First Quarter - 7 « f. «•""• FuU Moon JB £ j.l a"™* Last Quarter 22 6 2b a.m. New Moon 29 •** 2' a" m* Apogee, Bth, 1.30 p.m. Perigee, 23rd, 0.30 a.m. THE "WEATHER. . October 12.-Wind N.E. Weather fair. __ 8 i. vi. Noon. n o.m. Barometer ... *OT2 30*12 3020 Thermometer ... 52 CO v'HIGH WATEK. /* a.**n. p.m. c.r.A in JAt the Heads ... 1-4 J 2.1 W- 13 lAt Port Chalmers 221 2.41 VAt Dunedin ... 3 9 •*•■-•" ("At the Heads ... 2.17 233* Oct. 14 -{AtPortCh-lmen* 257 3.13 (.At Dunedin ... *■& * Jo* i ARRIVAL. Napier, s.s., 48 tons, M'Gilvray, from Inverc-ir-gill. K. Ramsay, agent. DEPARTURES. Omapere, s.s., 352 tons, Fleming, for the West Coast. J. Mills, agent. , Napier, s.s., 48 ton, M'Gilvray, for iortrose and Waikawa. K. Ramsay, a ;ent. Merksworth, s.s., 165 tons, Pearson, for Westport. J. H. Stanley, agent. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. FKOMLoj-DON.-Waimea, barque, 848 i tons, Res ton, QNRD. Ruahine, R.M.S, 6127 -ons, J. Bone, K.N.R., MKWT (September 22) Duke of Westminster, s.s., 3726 tons. Cox, _tt KQli. Rangatira,B.e.,4o4stons,Burton,R.N.R P ciades, ship* 1020 tons, MFKP. Andes, barque, 83 L tons, Berbot, MWDK. n J ~ ..„.,„ ITrom LivERPOOL.-Cnisader, Bbip. 105S tons, Burton, RPHJ. Zealandia, ship, Hob tons, l>ate, Froj: Glasgow.—Auckland, ship, 1308 tons, James, NGPJ. _„ . , 10 ,„ From CAPETOWN.-Silverstream, barque, 1242 tons, Dagwell. Lizzie Bell, barque, 1000 tons, Lewis WVHC Fbom N_w YoK-.-Canopus. barque, 450 tons, Simonsen. Firth of Forth, barque, 567 tons, FRoii'TowNSviLi.E.-Isabel, schooner, 69 tons, Mann. Ophelia, harque. LeMael, schooner. From Rio de Janeiro.—Amsterdam, barque, 1100 tons, Schneider, NDFL. . Fro-Port Adventure. —Lady Mabel, schooner. From the Clarence River.-Ocean Rover, schooner, 139 tons, Hughes, KLDF. From Maukitius.— Aunga, barque, jib tons, Btone, JHCL. . c SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, October 12.—Arrived : Brunner, from Westport. Sailed: Mawhera, for Picton; Orowaiti, for Greymouth; Takapuna, for Onehunga; Wairarapa, for Sydney, via Auckland. To sail at 11 p.m.: Penguin, for Lyttelton. Passengers : Misses Eraser, Powell, Hon. Stevens, Colonel Fox, Dr Ellis, Messrs Livingstone, Millar, Scott, Moore, Bain, Buwden, M'Lellan, Michie, Lonsdale, Aston; and 10 steerage. The Penguin takes the 'Frisco mail. Lyttelton, October 12.—Sailed (2.30 p.m.): Flora, for Dunedin. Passengers: Misses M'Kay, Mills, Allen, and Lawton, Mesdames Mackay, Proctor, Moirison (nnr*e and family), Skey, Messrs Bird, Otway, Hobbs, Corner, Anderson, andAddey. ... ™ Bluff, October 12.—Arrived: Clansman, schooner, Captain Douglas, from Surprise Island, Chesterfield Greup. ' * - THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The R.M.S. Gothic sailed from Plymouth on 6th inst. for Wellington, via Hobart. She is due in Wellington on'l9th November. i» MOVEMENTS OE UNION S.S. COMPANY'S ■*, FLEET. *"'-•: ■■- . .-.. , ' Friday, October 12. Lyttelton.—Flora sailed 2 p.m. for Dunedin. ' Wellington.—Penguin arrived 7 a.m. from Nelson; Takapuna arrived 9 a.m. from Lyttelton; Wairarapa arrived 11 a.m. from Lyttelton. Napier.—Rotomahana sails 6 p.m. for Gisborne. Sydnay.—Tarawera sailed 7 p.m. yesterday for Auckland. Hobart.—Hauroto sailedS p.m. yesterday for the Bluff. -» The s.s. Omapere left the Rattray street wharf yesterday afternoon for the West Coast, via Timaru. • The hulk Thomas,,and Henry completed the discharge of her cargo yesterday, and was towed down to Port'Chalmers by the s.s. Plucky. The s.s. Napier, with cargo from Invercargill, arrived at the Rattray street wharf yesterday , forenoon,' and left again in the afternoon for Fortrose and Waikawa. The barque Wairoa was towed up from Deborah Bay yesterday afternoon and berthed at the cross wharf to discharge cargo. , The s.s. Tekoa is rapidly discharging cargo at the Victoria wharf. It is being landed in firstclass condition. The s.s. Merksworth left.Dunedin yesterday evening for Westport. » A survey was held on the s.s. Tayiuni in the graving dock at Port Chalmers yesterday. The locally - owned barque Auriga, Captain Stone, arrived at Mauritius on September; 27, and is loading there lor Dunedin and Lyttelton. A French engineer, M. Chatenel, has invented ft safety boiler of a novel character. The boiler consists of a nest of horizontal tubes placed over the furnace. Into this nest is injected water,in the form of a spray, under which conditions it is. instantaneously evaporated and superheated. Solid water is never admitted to the tubes. The evaporation power of the boiler is remarkable, and the tubes do not burn out. Another steamship haß been launched at the yards of Messrs Harland and Wool", Belfast, for the Union Steam Ship Company of the Cape of Good Hope. The dimem-ions of the vessel are: Length, 490 ft; breadth (moulded), 53ft; depth, 37ft 6in. The hull is entirely of steel, and the vessel .is propelled, as in the case of five other vessels of tho fleet, by twin screws.* The engines are of the triple-expansion type, and are expected to develop great power. She will be faster and fitted for a better passenger service than most of the existing mail boats, but the arrangements internally will also permit of the carriage of a large cargo or a considerable number of troops. As a troopship her capacity will be enormous. There will be accommodation for a largn number of passengers, the first and second-class being berthed amidships, and the third on the main deck forward. The first-class saloon, which is on the upper deck, will accommodate 250 passengers; It is to be beautifully decorated. The second-class saloon, which is on the main deck, will accommodate 100 passengers. The smoking rooms, both for first and second-class passengers, are to ba luxuriously fitted. The hull is divided'into nine watertight compartments, and the number of boats to be carried will be in excess of the Board * of ' Trade requirements. In every detail the ship is thoroughly up to date, and likely to increase the reputation of both the builders and owners. The electric light is installed throughout, and there will also be refrigerating engines and machinery, and cold chambers for ship s stores, as well as for the conveyance of fruit and other perishable cargo. The Islam, which has been arrested on the grounds that she is suspected of being fitted as a cruiser or transport for service under the Japanese flag, possesses a brief but rather remarkable history. She was built by Harland and Wolff, of Belfast, in 1892, for Liverpool owners, and was intended for the Eastern trade. She is undoubtedly not only one of the largest but also one of the best built Bteamers afloat. She is 445 ft long, and has a gross register of 5400 tons. Sho was valued at £70,000, and insured for that amount. She left this country for the East, on her maiden voyage, with the largest cargo of coal ever carried in any one bottom; but an evil fortune prevented her carrying that cargo to its destination, for she went ashore on Conil Beach, near Cadiz Harbour. There she lay for the best part of a year, the tremendous surf making the work of salvage difficult and dangerous. The Liverpool Salvage Association had the case in hand, and it is due to the indomitable energy and perseverance of their officer that the steamer was at length floated. For months she had been lying on that beach, fall of coal, and bumped about by every tide, yet so well was she built that, after a total loss had been paid and the necessary repairs had been effected, Messrs D. and W. Henaerson willingly paid £30,600 for her. After running for some time between Glasgow and Bombay, Messrs Henderson sold her to the Japanese company to whom Ske _ow belongs.—Lloyd'B Shipping Gazette.