SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10289, 21 February 1895, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. Time Bail 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 it weak by a time ball dropping nt the instant of mean noon. A blue flag will be hoisted at the mast-head, Port Chalmors signal station, on tho forenoon of the day when the time signal is to ba given. Phases of the Moon. (Calculated for New Zealand mean time). FSBRUARX. V. H. M. First Quarter 3 11 47 a.m. Full Moon 10 4d4 a.m. La3t Quarter ' 17 0 40 a.m. New Moon 25 4 15 a.m. Perigee, 10th, 1 a.m.; Apogee, 23rd, 6 p.m. THE WKATHKR. February 20.-Wind N.E. Weather dull. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 t>.ra U«rometer .„ 20'9S 29'SS 2982 Xhormometer ... 64 68 72 HIGH WATER. ( a.m. p.m. iw, 91 JAt the Heads ... 0.40 1.17 ffeb. 21 -j At p orl Chalmers 1.28 1.47 lAt Dunedin ... B.U 2-32 ARRIVALS. Manapourl, 8.5., 1020 tons, Anderson, from Melbourne, via floburt aud the Bluff. J. Mills, agent Passengers: Misses Anderson, Paterson, Smith, Grindley, Richards (2), Guilbert, Glover, Auld, Mesdames Hyde, Flere (and 2 children), Auld, King, Nancarrow, Bellefct (and family), Baird (and child), Richards, Kyes. Messrs Lewis, H. Fleeu, U. Fairbank. J. V. Greenwood. J. G. Starr, Flere, J. Comer, Bellott, W. R Grant, A. Lion. F Garrett, Peck, R. M'Kenzie, Moore (2), Bradley, M'Gowan, Neill, Dr Stephenson; and 30 steerage. Napier, s.s. 48 tons, JU'Gillray, from Fortrose. E. Ramsay, agent. DEPARTURES. Hauroto, s.s., 127G tons, A. Anderson, for Sydney, via Cook Strait. J. Mills, agent. Passengers : Misses Gyllencreutz, M'Gill, Koss, Deneeiu. liesdamen M'Fa.-lane, Cunningham (and 2 children), Downes, Rev. J. Miller. Major Kobinson, Messrs Downes, Bentley, Hayes, Wright, Spence, Johnson, Leatham; 5 steerage. Herald, s.s.. 351 i tons, Jones, for the We3t Coast, via Oamaru. J. Mills, agent. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. j ffuoM Loiroon. — Rangitiki, barque, USBtons, Pettinger, VNKP. From Cardiff.—Hurunui, barque, 1012 tons, Plunkett, QFDB. From Livbwool. — Himalaya, barque, 1003 tons Hill. VTKM. Earnock, barque. 119S tons, Yates, QNLT. From Glasgow.—Hudson, barque, 797 tons, Gssaon, WSFD. . From New York.—Frederick P. Litchfield, barque, 11)42 tons, Chadbourne, JSBL. From Rio de Janeiro.—Famenoth, barque, 945 tons, Ross, PSFJ. Fbom Adelaide.—Callao, 978 tons. » IMPORTS. [Special Notice— Consignees desirous of having their names appear in this part of our columns, together with their consignments, may have the s»me inserted on payment of a small charge.] Per Napier, from Fortrose: 18,000 ft timber, quantity wool and skins. Per Man&pouri, from Melbourne, via Hobart: 28 bags potatooE, 30 cases drapery, 11 cases periodicals, 2? crates tea, 29 bales merchandise, 53 pkgs sewing machines, 6 cases merchandise, 10 sacks ginger, 55 cases brandy, 10 cases soap, 3 cases bicycles, 85 bags onions, 175 bags sugar, 3 bales hops, 0 casks coffee, 25 cases wine, 7 pkgs merchandise, 530 cases fruit, 6 casks glass bottles, and a quantity of sundries. < SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Wellington, February 20. — Arrived: Flora, from the South; Rotorua, from Nelson via Picton; Penguin, from Lyttelton. Sailed: Wainni, for Picton, Nelson, and West Coast; Rotorua, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses Brock, Whit*, Burnett (2), Mackenzie, Mesdames HarriivWhite, Burnett, Dr Douglas. Rev Mr Hawkins, Messrs Dixon, Wilmott, Nelson, M'Lean. Buller, Boal, Burnett (and son). Roes, White, Morbury, Moss; acd 13 steerage. . Kefwu." "BaT,.February ».—Sailed: \ is«m, for Ksipara. Melbourne, February SO.—Arrived: Excelsior and G. M. Tucker, from Kaipara. Sailed: Whangaroa, for Holcitika. The 8.8. Napier with cargo from Fortrose arrived at the Rattray street wharf at 7.80 p.m. yhterday. She left Fortroße at 10.30 a.m. of the 19th inst., and had head winds with a strong N.E. sea and dense foggy weather to arrival. The s.s. Manapouri steamed up from Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon and landed cargo at the tongue wharf. The steamers lona and Onslow ran excursion trips to the Quarantine Island yesterday, where tha Tailoresses' Association held their picnic. Tha ferry steamer Pioneer ran excursions to Anderson's Bay and Waverley yesterday. The s.s. Herald left the Rattray street wharf at 10 p.m. yesterday for the West Coast ports, via Onmaru. Messr3 Swan and Hunter, the well-known Tyne shipbuilders, are constructing an exceptionally large cargo steamer, which is to have a capacity of 10,200 tona deadweight, and will, therefore, be larger than the Westmeath, which vesEel haß a capacity of between 90U0and 10,ti00 tons, and is at the nresent the largest " tramp " afloat. There are now 53 merchant steamships which the Admiralty have the option of equipping as armed cruisers in case of emergency Of this number 11 only are in receipt of annual subventions, the remainder being at the disposition of the Admiralty without further subsidy. The Admiralty have just been furnished with a report that of this auxiliary fleet four can maintain an ocean speed of over 19 knots, five over 17 knots, 37 over 15, and the remainder nearly 15 knots The b.s. Manapouri, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff, arrived alonside tbe Bowen pier at 7.30 a.m. yesterday. She left Williamstown at 6 p.m. on the 13th, anchored iti Hobson's Bay, owing to thick, foggy wealher. at Bp.m. until 2 p.m. on the 14th. when the ia% lifted, and she again eot underweigh, clearing Port Phillip Heads at 3.15 p.m., breasted Swan Island at 8.10 a.m. on the 15th; experienced fresh E.N.E. winds until the 15th, when fine weather set in, and reached Hobart at 1 am. on the 16th, leaving again at 10.55 a.m. same day; thence she experienced strong northerly winds! with hazy weather until the 17th, ■when a dense fog set in, and she arrived at the Bluff at 1.45 p.m. on the 19th; sailed again at 6.20 p.m. same day, met. fresh northerly winds with foggy weather along the coast and arrived as above. The s.s. Hauroto, having been cleaned and repainted and fitted with new propeller blades, was floated out of the graving dock yesterday morniDg, and sailed in the afternoon for Sydney, via Lyttelton and Wellington. The barqus City of Adelaide was towed clear of the heads yesterday forenoon, and sailed for Lyttelton. The manner in which Captain Grant handled his vessel, the Takapuna, when she arrived at the wharf (says the New Zealand Times) was the j theme of general praise. He was signalled to the inner tee, but just in front of the berth he was confronted with the diedge, which was working close to the end of the tee. Captain Grant, nothing daunted, stesuned the Takapuna direct to her place, and within the vessel's own length backed her up to the wharf in a very brief Bpace of time. The wharf was lined with spectators, and competent judges declared that no other vessel in the New Zealand waters could be manipulated so cleverly. Ciptain Grant received many compliments upon hid display of seamanship. ______________