SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10239, 22 December 1894, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS,

THE WKATHER.

December 21.-Wind S.E. Weather cloudy 30-30' SO-32" SO*3G 58 US 76

Barometer Thermometer

HIGH WATER,

r a.vi. To , jAt the Heads ... 10.31 Dec. 22 S At port Chalmers H.ll LAt Dunedin ... H.S6 fAt the Heads ... 11.38 Dec. 23 <At Port Chalmers o.lb lAt Dunedin ... 1.1

«.m. U. 4 11.44 0.29 0.9 U. 49 1.34

ARRIVALS. Omapere, s.s., 352 ton?, Flaming, from the West Const via Oamaru. J. Mills, agent. Passengers : Wright, Robertson, Dickson, Scott; and b steer-

OgK a ikoura, R.M.S.. 4507 tons, Forbes, from London via Teneriffe, Capetown,■■Hobart, Wellington,1 and Lyttelton. l*ow Zealand Shipping Company, agents. DEPARTURE. Omimere, sis.. 352 tons, Fleming, for the West OoKst. J. Mills, agent.

IMPORTS. Per Omapere, from the West .Coast: 16 bags rice; 60 sacks seed, 2 cases sulphuric acid, 10 boxes raisins, 335 bales wool, 5 cases sauce, *0 p*gs lundries.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. . Pouto (Kaipara), December 21.-Arrived: Geor«o C Perkinc, barquentiue, from Dunedin. G Auckland December 21-Arrived : Otarama. Captain Millward, from London, 55 days out. 'J'akaimna for Onehunga; Penguin, for licton and Son Passengers : 150 excursionists. Sl^SL=le^|| SEwelS^^S^oi^r^' casks tallow and pelts, 130 cases preserved meat, Bdo sundries, SO pockets woolL IViaaapouri for Melbourne, via the south and Hobart. Passengers : Misses Brown, Lord, kerr. Read. Chapman, b^j^LS-hS^ ffi-clcS^;»^s«|; ChapiHun, Birnbaum, Tribe, Bidley, MeneUub, Davis? Ayson; and 39 in the steerage. Hauroto, f°LyTKLTON, December 21.- Sailed: Auriga, barquefforVapier; Flora, forDunedm; Mararoa. for northern pouts and Sydney ; Taluue, for Dunedin Passensera: Misses Sears, Turton, Duncan, Cook,HyaV, Burns, K'Neill, Suxtor^ Mes&me. Wilford (and child), Anderson (and party), B»1U, Johnston, Bright (and chi d), Messrs Seaman, Borthwick. Thompson Whitticghaiu, Saxton, Redpatb, Vince, backer, MBL«™'D l;'cenlblerli.-Arrivea: Carlisle, barque (Captain Robsrwon), from Capetown. Newcastle, December 21.-Sailed: Arctic, for the Bluff.

The f..s. Omapere, with passengers and cargo from the West' Coast, arrived at.the| »*tt»y PS ?£££«? ™> SLISIS bales wGoTuv.dleit again at midnight of the SOtk inst; had fine weather along the coast and arrived at headquarters as above. She left agam yesterday evening lor Tiinaru and tie west ° The barque Firth of Forth was towed up from the lower harbour yesterday forenoon, and berthed at the cross wharf, where she coina little deadweightj to put out, and is expected to leave for the Bluft Strathmore, now due at Napier, WitTpSSS 'from :the o ClaienceJavßrHas. been, chartered by Messrs Stanley and Co. ;to loatl timber at Hokitikii for Melbourne. H.M.S. Majestic,, which is expected to be launched at Portsmouth about the end of the year, will be very powerfully armed. She. is to carry fourlMu heavy guns besides a number or quick-firing aod breech-loading guns. The ship will iliob. specially fitted for discharging torpedoes. Four of the tubes will be submersed and there will be one astern. Her estimated. speed will be 17 5 knots, and she wil have a coal capacity of 2UO:. tons, which will enable her to run BOUl) knots. Herd isplacement will be 14.9C0 tons, with 10,000 indicated horse power under natural draught, and 12,000 at forced draught.