SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10598, 19 February 1896, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. ! Time Bxii. at Port Chalmers. * New Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for the meridian of longitude, in time 11 houru 30 minutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled onco a week by a time ball dropping at the instant of mean noon. i Phases of the Moon. (Calculated for New Zealand mean time). FEBRUARY. 11. H > Last Qn»rter .? « U 8 p.m. New M00n... ... 14 3 4:! a.m. First Quarter ...' ... ... 22 844 am. Pull M00n..-.. 29 7 21 a.m. Perigee, Ist, 2 p.m. Apogee, 17th, 8 a.m. . THE WEATHSK. February 18—8 a.m.: Wind N.E.; weather fine. ■ Noon ■ Wind N.E.; weather fine. 5 p.m.: Wind N.E.; weather tine. Barometer ...- 3052 30-48 30-52 Thermometer ... 54 70 78 HIGH WATJ4R. r ' a.m. pm. ■ex, io JAt the Heads ... 5.51 G. 5 Feb. 19 -jAtPortGhalmers 6.31 «.4a lAt Dunedin ... 7.16 .7.30 ARRIVAL. Fifeshire, s.a., 3719 tons, J. Wilson, from the Bluff. Murray, Roberts, and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Anglian, sis., 1354 tons, Hood, for Sydney, via the East Coast ports. Neill and 00. (Limited), agents. Passengers: Misses Mathe«on, Reid, Prunell Sutherland, Sherlock, Mesrfames Grant, Matheson, Reid, Atkins (and child), Sherlock, Messrs Matheson, Sherlock, King, Thompson, Sutherland, Rev. Father Maher; and 11 steerage. Invercargill, s.s., 138 tons, Snndatrom, for Preservation Inlet, via Invercargill. K. Ramsay, SgHerald, s.s., 356 tons, Jones, for the West Coast, via Oamaru. J. Mills, agent. '■ • '-.■ » ' - SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. . Auckland, February 18.-Sailed (2.30 a.m.) : Rotomahana, for southern ports. Passengers: Misses Murray (2), Mitchell (2), M'Gatey, G.obs, Lindbrook, Kersbaw, Brian, Oliver, Reed, Allen, Sutlon, Mere Te P»a, Me»dames Williams, M'Coohy, Creagh, Franks, Fairfar, Fen«ick, London Kenny, Slater, Lowthian, Clark (2), Judje Conollv, Dean Msrryatt, Messrs Jackson, Mirams. Walton, Bunby, Hughes, M'Dougall, Woodj Jones, Hosking, Meredith, Fraser (2), Dr Kenny; Williams, M'Cosky, London, Buckland, Cooler, Forster, Ross, Kobertson, Perrett, Frunks, C. Murray, and Hunter; 14 in the steerage. Wellington, February 18.—Arrived : Talune, from Auckland, via the East Coast; Takapuna, from Ohehunea and Taranaki. Sailed : Talnne, for the south. Passengers: Mioses M'Gregor, Warcup, Howorth, Armstrong, Major Tredaggar, Hwper, M'Rae, Sidey, Cawl»s, Mesdames Trigga, Leslie, Brady, Harper, Kingston, Lawes. Quarne, Mornson, Wallace, Gow, Alexander, M'tiregor, Oswin'(and 3 children), Entrican, Keys. Cameron, Wright, Quin, Webster, Cbmne, M Donald, Dr Sidey, Messrs Oswin, Kelly, Vert, Jackson, Prebble, Sinclair, Humphries, Morton, Shaw, Hall, Sunderland, Alexander, Todd, Gow, Dutton, Morrison, Entrican, Wallace, Murray, Harper, Green, Finlay, Lawes, Burgesa; and 17 steerage. Sailed: Takapuna, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses DunD. Lawrence, Hitclw Mrs Marsh, Rev. M. Smith, Messm French, Spieler Gernev, Rule, Richardson, Simmons, Kellv, Marsh, Hill, M'Laren, Shilling, Crawford, Wolff,'Bonrke, Spencer, Bowler, Master Jones; | and 11 steerage. . ' Lyttelton, February 18.—Arrived (early): j Flora, from Dunedin. . . _~„ . . BLDFf, February 18.—Arrived (7 30 a.m.): Mararoa, from Melbourne and Hobart. Fasten- ■ gers:. Misses Meredith-Kaye, Purves, Dehan, Young, Charlton, Wilson, Phillip', Kirby (2), Mesdames Anderson, Doodeward, NeiUon, Mere-dith-Kaye (and maid and two children), Drew or (and child), Connell (and child). Wilnon (and maid), Wise, Houston, .Fox, Messrs MeredithEaje, Thomson, White, Connell, U-xA, Kaye, Clark, WiUon, Snttou, Mercer, Wipe, Houston, Fox, Williams, Paul, Phillips, Houldsworlh, Murdoch, Dr Dermer, Brigadier MThee (S.A.^; md 16 in the steerage.

TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. Arrivals.—Maori »nd Upoln, at Auckland, from Fiji. Departwie.—Mararoa, from the Blnff, for Port Chalmers, at 6.15 p.m. __ < | ■- ■" "'— • ' " "./i\ TH3 SQUADRON. , ! (Pbr United Press Association.) i Bluff, February 18.—M.H.S. Orlando, Ringafooma, and Wallaroo, bound north, passed at 3.30 p.m.

A LARGE CARGO. CimiSTHnuECH, .February 18.—The Tokomaru. which left Lyttelton on Saturday for London, took away tne largest meat cargo which has yet left New Zealand in one bottom, besides other lines.' Her refrigerating chambers contained 105,690 carcases of sheep and lambs. Of these 80,1£9 carcases were loaded at Lyttelton, which i» a record for this or any other New Zealand port, the nearest approach to it being some 60,000 loaded at Napier. > ■ THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Aotea left Capetown for Wellington on Saturday night. . The Ruahine left Monte Video for Plymouth on Friday, the 14th inst. ♦ - - MOVEMENTS OF THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET. Tuesday, February 18. Bluff—Waihora arrived 6 a.m. from Dunedin; Bailed 4 p.m. for Hobart. Mararoa arrived 7 a.m. from Hobart; sails 6 p.m for Port Chalmers. Lyttelton—Penguin Arrived 7 a.m. from Wellington ; returned 5 p.m. FJora arrived 8 a.m. from Dunedin ; sails 10 p.rn for Wellington. Corinna sails 10 p.m. for Westport. Wellington — Talune arrived 6 a.m. from Napier. Brunner arrived 9 a.m. fiom Lyttelton. The ss. Anglian , steamed down to Port Chalmers yesterday morning, and left in the afternoon for Sydney, via the East Coast ports. The s.s. Invercargill left the Kattray street wharf yeßterday afternoon for Preservation Inlet, via Invercargill. The s.s. Herald left, yesterday evening for the West Coast, via Oamaru. The s.B. Mararoa arrives at Port Chalmers this morning, and leaver again in the afternoon for Sydney, via Cook Strait. Another day or two should bring the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's barque Helen Denny into port. She is now 113 days out from liondon. We look for the arrival of the barque Lutterwortli, from Liverpool, via 'Welliuntou, some time to-morrow. She left Wellingtoa on Saturday last. The German barque Lina left Liverpool for this port, via Wellington, on December 20. . The barque Titania (Capuin Frew) left - the Clyde on December 14 for this port and Wei- I Hngton. I A steam lifeboat has been built at Blnckwall I (London), by Messrs R. and H. Green, and shipped j to South Australia. The boat was purchased by Mr Clarkson, on behalf of the South Australian Government, after an exhaustive trial. The French warship Scorff, which is on her way hero from Hobart, is a wooden vessel of 1500 tons register, and is an auxiliary Ecrew steamer, her extended spetd being 105 knots an ho:ir. She carries eight guns, and was built at L'Otient in 1882. The s.s. Kawatiri was1 shifted alongside the Fifeahire yesterday morning to discharge the balance of hercargo of coal. The s.s. Buteshire took on board a quantity of oases of cheese yesterday forenoon.

THE FIFESHIRE. The Shire line steamer Fifeshire, from Lyttelton, via Oamaru and the Bluff, arrived off tDe heads at 5 a.m. yesterday, when she was boarded by Pilot Thomson, and steamed into port, berthing alongside the George street pier at 6 a.m. to coal and compete her loading, and is exjected to Bail on Saturday for London. Her cargo frum Oamaru consicts of 3G3 bales wool and skins, 2.J caaks pelts, M) 49 carcases frozen mutton, B frozen calves and 1 case of sundries ; from the Bluff— 7228 carcases frozen mutton. 44 cases,s kegs butter, 1956 bales wool and skir.s, 406 sacks copra, 16 sacks pearl shell. 59 cask* tallow and peltp, 6 casks potash, and 1 case sundries. At Lyttelton she took on board 73<1 bales wool, which was transhipped at the Bluff to th« barque Ashmere. The Fifesbire left the Bluff at 3.45 p.m. on 1b« 17th inst., and arrived as above. We have been'favoured with the following particulars of the repairs effected to the Fifeshire at Lyttrltoo: - The ship bavins been docked'in the Lyttelton Braving dock, a thorough survey was made by Captain Willis, surveyor to Lloyd's Registry for the port of Lyttelton, and Mr Edward Roberts, of Dunedin, -consulting engineer, a3 surveyor for the owners. The damaged portions were found to be confined to the forward portion of No. 1 ballast tank, and to the after i-nd of No. 2 tank, and forward part of No. 3 tank, necessitating the removal I rod straightening of Xi steel plates each 14ft long, » great many of the frames, aud a large part of the cellular structure of the vesoel's bottom composed of longitudinal Kir erf, floor plates, gusset plates, horizontal and vertical angle bars, also all the broken cement aW- the replacing of same, including six nuw plate.". from the particulars then obtained a sptc ncation was prepared by the urveyors, tenders w ere called for, and tenders received from Ohristchurch, Port Chalmers, and Wellington firms: The tender of Messrs Anderson, of Christchutch and Lyttelton, to carry out the work in 26 days w s accepted. Kubsequei.tly mother contract for other work was entertd int» with the same firm for which an extension of time was granted of four days, bringing the lime to 30 days in all. Messrs Anderson commenced the work immediately with three shifts of men working day and night, and being under a heavy penalty for nsn-completion within the specified time and by unremitting zexl succeeded in getting the work done slightly in advance of contract time. Xbie n'oife was eUDerintended b_y ilr,

Andrew Anderson, and inspected during the whole Txriod by Cipt&in Willis, and for a portion of the time by Mr Roberts for the owners. Finally the outside of the vessel and the tanks were tested by the lastnamed gentleman, who pronounced the work to bn very satisfactory. The vtsJel came out of dock on ''Thursday, the 6th'of February, immediately commencing' to tales' in cafrco. It is no small credit to New Zealand that they have firms in the various po:t« who are able to ta-k • and TOccesofully carry out important work of tl>> kind, anil al^o that thsre are dry docks canabl* < t docking the vessels, but it is now well known th-v several ship>, sonic 10 or li, now trading to these ports , are unable to enter the. Lyttelton dock owing to the great breadth of the modern cargo steamer. Tlm Lyttelton Harbour Boaid have several schemes under consideration for tho widening of the present dock in order that the port may not be behind tbe i imes.