SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10415, 18 July 1895, Page 1

SHIPPING.

POET CHALMERS. Time Bam. at Pout Chalmers New Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for the meridian of longitude, in tune 11 hours 30 minutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled onco 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 whon.the time signal is to be Riven. I Phases op tue Moon. I (Calculated for New Zealand mean time). JULY. Pall Moon 7 li 6 a.m. Last Quarter • ... 15 3 2 p.m. New Moon 32 5 3 pm. First Quarter 29 S 7 a.m. Apogee, 11th, C p.m. Perigee, 24th, 0 a.m. THE WEATHER. July 17.—Y/iad N.E.. YAsathsr clear. Ha.vi. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer ... 3014 3016 301S Thermometer ... 30 40 44 HIGH WATER. f ' ' ».m. w.m. Tnlv IS JAt the Heads — 10-30 n-° July ib \At Port Chalmers 11.10 11.46 lAt Dunedin 11.55 . 0.31 ARRIVALS. Tiraaru, dredge, 50 tons, Chalkson, from Tiinaru. Master, agent. Brunner, s.s., 332 tons, Ramsay, from the "West Coast, via Oamaru. J. Mills, agent. Passengers : Miss Bridson, Mrs Hillye^r, Messrs Morley, Hillyear, Professor Scott; and s>steerago. DEPARTURB. Rangatira, 8.8., 2461 tons, Burton, R.N.R., for London, via Lyttelton. National Mortgage and Agency Company (Limited), agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. JTjiosi ■ London.—Waimate, ship, 1123 tons Worster, NMFS, April 10. Maori, s.s., 5200, Canterbury, ship, 1245 tons, Culbert, MWDB. Auckland, ship, 1245 tons, Jameß, NGPJ(tosuil about. June 10).. Wahnaa, barque, 84S tons, Res ton, QNRD. . • Kkom Liverpool.— Euterpe, ship, 1197 tons. Banks, VPJK, April "8. Westland, ship, 1110 tons, R. Kelly, WVjeC, June 5. Fkom Gla-.gow.—Akaroa, barque, 1298 ton«, Murray, WFKH. Firth of Lorn, barque, 877 tons, Ulsen, RH FL (sailed April 27). Crusader, Ship, 1058 tons, Burton, U.CLB. From New Yoni'.—F>. Webster, barque, 555 tons, Guiepe, JLWP, February 14 • Clan M'Leod, barque, 645. tons, Whituey, MRVJ, May 6. , Calburgia, barque, 1350 tons, Douglas (via Adelaide), Aprils. ■ , JFp.om Malden Islands:—Delmira, barquentine, 338 'ton's, Mann. From Algoa Bay".—lnvercargil), ship, 12-10 tons, Howling, NCMP, Nelson, ship, 1247 tons, Perriam, NKIIC.

, ' i IMPORTS. [Special Notice.—Consignees desirous of having their names appear in this part of our columns, togother. with their consignments, may have the same inserted oh'paymoht'pf n small charge.") Per Brunner, from the,AVest Coast: 258 sacks Beed, 61 empties, quantity sundries. a> SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELI'II{GTON. J^y 17. — Arrived: Omapere. from the south. . Sailed: Wainui, for Nelson arid West Coast; Penuuin, for Nelson: Talune, for Sydney, Takapuna, fnr, Ly t-elron. Passengers: Misaes Fowley, Kennedy (3), Collins (2), Mesd»m»-s Stronach. and Todd, Mjsssrs' Kenc'edy, St.ronach, Todd, Collins, Hannah, M'Dougall, M'Kenzie, Blair, M'Georgri, Godfred, Siwtell, . Cotton, Slorah. ■ h Lyttelton, July 17. —Sailed: Hauroto, for southern ports and Melbourne ;' Manapouri and Tasmania, for Sydney, via northern ports. London, July 16. —Arrived: Star of the East, from New> Zealand. Newcastle, July 16.—Sailed: Hilda and Kathleen, for Wellington. Melbourne,.June 17. —Arrived: Wakatipu, £n>m Uobart.

■ THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Tongariro has repaired the damage to her machinery^ and resumed her voyage to Lyttelton on Saturday. '. ' • The Waikato left London for Port Chalmers on the 16th inst. -— ♦ . .i , ,_ ,, b MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAIi'sHIP ,COMPANY'S FLEET. .'" ■-'■•. Wednesday, July .'l7. LytteUon-r-Mauapouri arrived 5.50 from Port ■' Chalmers. Hauroto sailed 2 p.m. ■■ for Port Chalme>3. . Wellington—Takapuna arrived 4 3-m. from New Plymouth. -Penguin arrived 5 a.m. from Picton. Omapere arrived 6.30 a.m. from Lyttelton. Talune, arrived 11.30 a.m. from Lyttelton. Auckland—Monowai arrived 3 p.m. from San Francisco. Manukau—Mahinapua sailed 5 p.m. for New Plymouth with San Francisco mail. Newcastle —Rotokino sailed 11 a.m. for Lyttelton j Melbourne—Wakatipu arrived this morning from Hobart. ' The s.s. Brnnner, Captain J. Ramsay, from the West Coast, arrived at the George street pier. Port Chalmers, at 5.20 p.m. yestetday. She left Westport/at 11 p.m. of the Ilth in^t., called at Wellington, * Lyttelton, Akaroa, Timarn, and Oama.ru ; left the latter port at 0.30 p.m. yesterday ,■ and arrived as above. She had fine weather throughout the passage. The Timaru Harbour Board's dredge Timara ' arrived at; Port Chalmers at 0.30 p.m. yesterday, and steamed direct into the graving dock for cleaning, painting, and thorough overhaul. She left Titnaru at 8.30 p.m. on the Ifa'th iugt. The . Shaw, Savill. and Albion Company's steamer Rangatira left the George street pier at 11.30 a.m.- yesterday for London, via LyttKltou, and will leave Lyttelton on the 24th inst. She j took on board the following additional car^o: - 4732 carcases' frozen mutton, 33 crates rabbits, 299 hales wool, 16 do sheepskins, 72 do rabbitskiDt, 33 | do basils, i) do leather, 2 do horsehair, 130 sacks grass seed, 40 casks pelts, 46 bags zinc ashes, 343 ingots spelter, and 5 pkgs sundries. We aw anxiously .expecting the arrival of the barquentine Delmira, which is now well due from the Maiden Islands. '. The ship Waimate, from London for this port and the Bluff,. is hourly expected to put in her appearance at the heads. She is now 97 days out. The s.s. Hauroto will arrive at Port Chalmer3 this morning _and leave again in the afternoon for Melbourne, viathe Bluff and Hobart.

notices.to mariners. With reference to Notice to Mariners, No. 44 of 1894, it is netified that the shoal referred to therein, which will be known as '.'Perano Shoal," and which lies off the eastern head of Blackwood Bay, yueen Charlotte Sound, has been surveyed by Captain Fairchild, of the Government steamer Hinemoa. The centre of the shoal is in latitude 41deg 13miri 41see, and longitude 174dtg 7min lOsec X., and it runs in a south-west and northeast direction threquartera of a cable. There is three fathoms of water 011 the shallowest part of the shoal at low-water spring tides. A red cask buoy has been moored on the south side of this danger at 3J fathoms of water, with 8 fathoms 30ft south of the buoy. Ships navigating this part of Queen Charlotte Sound should pass on the south Bide, of the above-mentioned bnoy. All bearings are correct magnetic;

Captain Fairchild, of the Government steamer Hinemoa, has surveyed Hapuka Shoul, in Croi-. selles Harbour, and found that it is in latitude 4ldes3mmsU36cS., and longtitude 173ieg :ißmin Jssec It..;_that is three-quarters of a'cable's length in extent, and has^i fathoms of water ou the shallowest part of.it at low water springtides, with deep water all round. The following are the bearingss of distant objects, taken from the centre oTthe shoal, which lies one mile and n-half E. ib. from Cape Soucia :-Oape Soucis, W. ! s N. ; Hypohte Point,■ _N.W. J-.N.; Motuanauru (high conical island), N. by E. i E. All bearings are correct magnetic

Captain Fairchfld, of the Government steamer Hinemoa, has surveyed toe rock in Croiselles Harbour reported by Mr Mace, and found that, it lies a quarter of a mile north-north-eaet of Hypolite Point, and is just awash at low water springtides. To keep clear of this danger shipa, when in its vicinity, should not come inside of a straight line drawn between Cape Soucis and Lone Rock All bearings are correct magnetic.