SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10419, 23 July 1895, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. Time Ball at Pout Chalmers. A blue flag will be hoistod at the mast-head, | Port Chalmers signal station, on the forenoon of the day when the time signal is to be Riven. - Piuses op the Moon. (Calculated for New Zealand mean time). JULY. ». n. m. Full Moon „ 7 11 0 a.m. Last Quarter ... 15 3 2 p.m. New Moon 22 5 3 p.m. First Quarter 29 8 7 a.m. Apogee, Uth, 6 p.m. Perigee, 24th, 0 a.m. , TEK WKATHKR. Jnly 22.—Wind N.E. "Woather thick, rainy. 8 a.m. Noon. s».n>. Barometer ... 3014 3014 3002 Thormomater ... 30 44 42 HIGH WATER. C n.m. p.m. Tiilv23 JAt tne Hettaß — 3-9 3?3 JUJy ii < M p orf Cha i mßrg 3 _ 49 il3 AAt Dunedin ... 4.31 4.5S ARRIVALS. Wareatea, s.s., 288 tons, Downie, from Westport. J. Mills, agent. Napier, s.s., 4S tona, Mathieson, from Fortrose. K. Bamsay, agent. DEPARTURE. Corinna, s.s., 820 tons, Spence, for Lyttelton and Wellington. J: Mills, agent. Passengers: Miss Fraser, Messrs Cuddie, Stevenson, Heenan, Scott, Stevens, Brown, M'Donald, E. Adams, Mathers, R. Fry, Jb'ancourt, Rouse, Nancarrow; and 11 steerage. WXPKCTED ARRIVALS.. From London.—Wsimate, ship, 1123 tons, Worster, NMFS, April 10. Canterbury, ship, 245 tons, Cclbert, AIWDB. Auckland, ship. 1245 tons, James, NGPJ(to sail about Juue 10). Wtiirnea, barque. BJS tons, Reston, QNfiD. Waikato, s.s., 4707 tons, Banks, July 16. . ifKOM Liverpool.—Euterpe, ship, 1197 tons. Banks, VPJK, April 8. Westland, ship, 111(5 toss, R. Kelly, WVPC, June 5. From Glasgow.—Akaroa, barque, 1298 tons, Murray, WFK.H. Firth of Lorn, barque, 877 tons, Olsen, REFL (sailed April 27). Crusader, ship, 1058 tons, Burton, HGLB. From New 'York.— B. Webster, barqus, 555 tons, Guiepe, JLWP, February 14 Clan M'Leod, barque, 645 tons, Whitney, MRVJ, May C. Calburgia, barque, 1350 tons, Douglas (via Adelaide) April 3.

From Malden Islands.—Delmira, barquentine, 338 tons, Mann. From Algoa Bay. — Invercargil), ship, 12413 tons, Bowline, NCMP.- /Nelson, ship, 1217 tons, Perriam, NKRC. » IMPORTS. [Special Notice.—Consignees desirous of haviug their names appear in this part of our columns, together with their' consignments, may have the same inserted on payment of a small charge.] Per Wareatea, from Westport: 420 tons coal, 50 tons scrap iron. Per Corinna, from the north: 10,000 ft timber, 82 cases oraDges, 195 do syrup, 448 ba{rn sugar, 25 boxes butter, 20 do soap, 6 cases; oil, 10 bales leather, 188 do heinpj 40 cases atout, 50 boxes candles, 140 sacks manure, 2 cases. marble, 40 do beer, 26 do fish, 25ca-ks wiiting, 75 sacks seed, 850 do wheat, and quantity sundries. Per Napier, from Fortrose: 22,000 ft timber. o ■ - MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET. , Monday, July' 22. Lyttelton—Brunner sailed 1 p.m. for Wellington. Oniapere sailed 1 p.m. for Timaru. Janet Nicoll saiied 5 p.m. for Westport. Dingadee arrived 2 p.m. from Westport. Welling ton—Flora sailed 1 a.m. forDunedin. Wainui arrived 8 a.in. from Nelson. Auckland—Manapouri sailed 5 p.m. for Sydney.

Eleven vessels with a total of 7984 tons net arrived at the Dunedin whaives during 'the week which ended July 21. Of these four with a total of 2510 tons were arrivals, and seven representing 547-1 tons departures.

The s.s. Coriana left the Rattray street wharf yesterday afternoon with passengers and cargo for Lyttelton and Wellington.

The s.s. Maori has discharged about 1000 tons of cargo into the railway trucks at the George street pier. - - x . , v The ship'Borrowdale, 1197 tons, sailed-from New York on June 35 for Dunedin and Lyttelton. The barqne Albertina was loading for Wellingtofi and Auckland, and was expected to leave on June 25.

A curious piece of navigation is mentioned in the last report on British Sea fisheries. The case of a smack which stranded in the North Sea, and being abandoned by her ere w, floated off the aands, unaided, and without any crew sailed in safety from tlic coast of Norfolk to the coast of Sussex, when she was picked up and taken into Littlehampton.

The American champion yacht the Defender will have 65 tons of lead in her keel, and will be' of aluminium plates with an alloy of about 10 per cent of copper. Below water, however, she will be plated with manganese bronze. Even her deck beams. will be of aluminium, strengthened by beams of light steel, and struts of similar metal •will run diagonally to the bilge. Great strepgth with lightness of hull and sail area will- be relied upon by the Americans to keep the cup at home, i The, bunrise; which has been wreckedVon the passage from Sydney to St. John's, New Brunswick, near Gape Race, is an iron screw steamer .of 1169 tons register, built-under special survey by R: Croggs and Son, at Middleßborough, in ISB3, and_owned by Messrs J. Wood : and Co., West Hartlepool. She was classed 100 Al at Lloyd's.. . \ ~ .-..- . ■..-.;.' .•'■ ;.■:,' . .• ' XTnfortunately there is sufficient evidence/to show that most of the shipwrecks which occur J every year lire occasioned less by stress of weather than by some misnunagement or misconstruction; and it is to be presumed that such is also the case, of those vessels whose fate remains a mystery. A pregnant illustration of this is the case of the Royal Charter. Onu evening shortly 'after she put to sea several passengers thought they smelt a fire; but the officers were incredulous. At daybreak next morning, how. ( ever, dense' volumes of smoke issued from the hold, showing the existence of fire unmistakably enough: . After immense exertion the tire was extinguished/ But how did it originate Via the spontaneous combustion of some oil covered wilh coats, which had.been shipped as merchandise without any other precaution, v The a.s. Napier, with cargo from the south, arrived at the liattray street wharf at 1.40 p.m. yesterday. She left Fortrose at 1 p.m. of the 21st inst., and had fresh N.l& winds to arrival.

The s.s. Herald, froni GTeymouth, via the Blurt, will arrive here this morning. _ The barqueutine Delmira commenced discharging het cargo ©f guano at the Jetty street wharf yesterday.

The s.s. Flora is expected to arrive at Dunedin at an early hour this morning. A steamer was reported 11 miles south of Cape Saunders, standing north, at 9 a.m. yesterday. The dredge Timaru was flouted out of the graving dock ycßterday forenoon and berthed at the wharf under the shear legs to complete overhaul.

The s s. Wareatea, coal laden from Westport, arrived alongside the hulUs at the Bowen pier at .1.45 p.m. yesterday and commenced-to discharge her cargo. She left Westport at 9 p.m. ou the 19th inst;, had strong head winds with heavy head sea until passing through Cook Strait; passed Cape Campbell at 2.20 a.m. on the 21«t, and thence had southerly winds with S.fi. swell to arrival.

THE GOTHICS HOMEWARD VOYAGK. o The Gothic left Wellington at 1.45 p.m. on May *" r, 01.,,,? first five days out she experienced gentle 5>.W. winds and calms. Ou the 7tb May she fell-in with the westerly winds, and for thu remainder of the journey to Caps Horn had strong-W. and S.W. winds, which increased to a Moderate gale on May 15. On May l(j, at 5 a.m., Laps Horn was abeam. Light wind* and fine weather were experienced during the run up the | coast, and at 6.47 a.m. on May 23 Rio de Janeiro was cached. As the ship did not leave until 0.40 p.m. the following day, the passengers had a fine opportunity to look round the city At Rio 27 saloon passengers were embarked The S E trades were picked up iv latitude IB S but they scon gave out. The equator was crossed on the yi' 9^n lS- K.', tl"lldeß were encountered in At 4^an ble*v with moderate strength. | -fi^,? 1 J, u£ eJ 5 Teneriffe was reached. J^n'aVp tS' 100 tOS S °£ f™it,&c, she-left1 W I nth \ ( the Same- day" liVom Teneritfo to Plymouth had a continuance ot strong NX | winds and head sea. Arrived at Plymouth at 3 ! p.m. on Juue 10. The voyage just ended hat bee i a most agreeable one.; but on June 8 a sad even occurred that threw a, gloom over the ship, for on that day William H. Wuirren, a third-class passenger, oied of apoplexy. ■ He ' was buriedl tha following day. The deceased was 5« years of a» c and had been a resideut of Wellington for many years. He r/as travelling for his health