SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10620, 12 October 1896, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. Tike Ball at Port Chalmers. Hew Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for the meridian of longitude, in time 11 hours 30 minutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled onco » week by a time ball dropping at the instant of laeaa noon. - : A hive flag Trill be hoisted at the mast-head, Tut Chalmers signal station, on the forenoon of the day when the time signal is to be Riven. PiIASRS OF THE MOON. (Calculated for New Zealand mean time). ■ ■ .- ' ■ OCTOBER. •' iD H M KewM»en.r ... 7 9 48a.m First Quarter ... ... ... 14 217 a.m. Full Moon ... ... ... ... 22 3 47 a.m. taßt Quarter ... 30 2. 51 a.m. JPerigee, 7th, D p.m. Apogee, 21st, 0 p.m. ■'■-'_. THE WEATHEK. October 10.—8 a.m.: Wi-d S.W.; weather dull. Noon: Wind S.W.; weather dull. 5 p.m.: Wind S.W.; weather fine. Sa.m. Noon. 6 p.m. Barometer «. 3028 3030 SO'32 . Zkennoiaeter ... 46 - 54 62 October 11.—8 a.m.: Wind N.E.; weather fine. Noon: Wind N.E.; weather fine. 5 p.m.: Wind N.E.; weather fine. Bwemotor „. 30-38 3036 30-36 Xhermometer ... 52 62 66 . . .-■ HIGH WATER. r a.m p.m. n n f 10 lAt thu Heads ... 5.55 6.20 Oct. 12^ At Port Chalmers 6.35 7.0 l>tDuuedin — W 7-45 ARRIVALS. October 10. Flora s.s.. 838 tons, Bernech, from the north. J Mills, agent. Passengers : Misses SSiiodgrasa, A. Davison, <J. Irwin, Mesdarnes Baigent (and boy), Anderson land 3 children), M'Ewan, Cafsie (and 2 children), Thomson, Clayton (and child), HanEen (and child), Messrs Deuch, Colclough, A. G. Webb, Q. H. Dodd, O. T. Morris, bhaw, Hendry, Newell; 20 steerage. ■..'■■ October 11. ' Tasmania, s.b., 1265 tons, M'Gee, from Sydney, via the Bast Coast. Neill and Co. (Limited), agents. Passengers : Mesdames White, Anderson (and family, 3), Arnold (and children, 2), Hedderwick,llisses Sharp, White, Fraser, Messrs Wallace. Carr, Porter, Branigan, Bloomfield, Curtis, M'Kay, Bird. Giluiour, Chappell, Morris, Thomp. boh, Mason, Hedderwick; 11 steerage. ] ' , DEPARTURE. October 10. ■ Taieri, b.s., 1286 tons, M'Dunald, for Newcastle. J. Mills, agent. ' ' fiXPECTKD ARRIVALS. . FnoM Lsnbon.—Rua ne, s.s., 6127 tons. Bone, E.N.R.,- MKWT. Eangitiki. ship, 1188 tons, VKNP (August 27). Matatua, s.s., 3322 tons, M'Dougsll. From Slaskow.—Blenheim, ship, 1077 tons, Colville, QLSP. Fasji' Liverpool.— Zuleika, ship, 1092 tons, Chalmers, WTLM (June 4). Westlaod, ship, 1118 tills R Kelly, WVPC(June 15). Soukar, ship, 1314 to»s, Garden, WKFH. Kirkdale, barque, 780 tons, Jones, QVLM. „„ From New York.—Phyllis, barque, 932 tons, pedersen, WBGT. ' • . ■ ' .„ . T From Newcastle.—Laira, barque, 492 tons, J. Paterson, KIiHD. J From Lady Elliott's Island.—George S. Perkins, barque, 340 tons, Naas, JsiRG., From Fanning ; Island. — Sofie, Norwegian barque, -324 tons. : . .: FueJi Alqoa Bay.—Agnes Lilinn, ship, 1134 tons.Walter, JGVN. o From Clarence Kiver.—Onyx, barque, 403 tons, Woebling. , ;! ■ IMPORTS. [Sfeciai. NancK.—Consignees desirom of hay- ■( their *amu appear in this part of our columns, logethtr nith their consignments, may hay« the taM* imiertcal on payment of a small charge.! Per Flora, from the north: 78 returned empty pkgis, 59 cases fruit, 55 doinatches, 19 sacks cocksfoot, 11 pkgs leather, 10 cases cider, 5 chests tea, 37 dredge buckets, 8 pkgb clover seed, 94 pkgs transhipment ex Ruahmi. and quantity sundries Per Tasmania, from Syaney, via the north 350 sacks bonedust, 10 prates 74 baes bottles, 10 cases fish, 20 do sauce, 6 do tobacco, 3b do fruit, 100 bag-, lilne, 34>bales flax, 10 ca?ks sulphur, 3 do caustic Boda,7cases Seigel'a syiup bSdoiymp, 260 bags sugar, 180 sacks sugar, 2 hhds 2 casks syrup, jb sacks, ch.ico.rj ,'lO cises stout lobdls tins, 70 else; and pigs nierchandue, mails, aad quantity sun dries.' » SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Avckiam), October 10.—Sailed. XJpolu, foi Wellington,. October 10.—Arrived : Mahinapua, from Onehunga, Omapere, from Wektport, Hauroto, from the south Sailed. HM S Wallaroo, for Auckland; Hauroto, for Sydney Sailed : Omapere, for the South. Passengers : Messrs Baker, Badger, Adams, Richardson, and { B steerage. The Janet Nicoll passed the Spit at 10 a.m.——October 11.—Arrived : Mawhera, from Nelson and the West Coast; Te Anau, from Auckland, via the Kast Coast; Southern Cross, from Auckland, via the East Coast: Herald and Penguin, from Lyttelton.—-To sail 9 p.m.: Mahinapua, for Nelson, Taranaki, and Onehunga. Sydney, October 10.—Arrived: Ganymede, from livttelton. October 11.—Arrived: Anglian, from; Auckland.; ' . ' ■ ■ Melbourne, October 11.—Sailed: Talune, for the Bluff. - i ■ Newcastle, October 10.—Sailed : Coquette, for W4ngsinui. ' '•■■■; Itaunceston, October . 10.—Arriyed : Stanley, Eroni Mercury Bay. . '.-""-■-.■.. London, October 9. —Sailed: Matatua, for Wellington J Asterion, for Nelson.,

TELEGRAPH NOTICE BOARD. > Arrival.—Ship Agnes Lillian, at Lyttelton, from Algoa Bay. ' ' Departures.—Manawatu, from ■Wellington, for Hobart j Wakatipu, from the Bluff, for Hobart, at 6.2o'p'.m. on Saturday. The ».s. Floia, Captain J. Bernech, from the Borth, arrived at the Eattray street wharf at 11 a.m. of Saturday. She left Wellington at 5 p.m. of the 9th inst., had fine weather, and,reached Lyttelton at 11 a.m; next day; left again for the south at 3 p.m., and met fresh. S.W. winds to arrival.':'■. ' ■■. ,-.' ■; ■:■ '■'■■ ' .:: ,"'*■"''-. The American barque Spartan is'-expected to leave Sunedin about the end. of next week for Auckland, at which port she will load for New York.!'"-.' ' ■".-■.■' •": All the vessels at the Dunedin wharves made a display of bunting on Satmday in honour of the opening of the boating season. The ship Taranaki has taken in a quantity of ballast atthe Victoria wharf. The Oamarn dredge "Progress was towed up from the lower harbour oa Saturday, and berthed at the Eattray street wharf, to be fitted with a sand dredging apparatus. The ship Agnes Lillian, which arrived off the beads on Friday morning, from Algoa Bay, received orders and sailed in the evening for Lyttelton. '...,.■• The s.s. Taieri' having been cleaned, painted, ttnd thoroughly, overhauled, sailed on Saturday afternoon.for Newcastle direct. During theweelcwhich ended October 11, eight : vessels, representing 10,GS2tonn, arrived at the 'Dunedra wharves, and i 3 vessels, with a total of 11,457 tons, left them. We look' for the arrival with the first fair wind of the barque Laira, corl l.inen,'from Newcastle. The e.s. Tasmania arrived from Sydney, via the north, at b" a.m. yesterday. She left Sydney on September 30, Auckland oa the 6th inst., calling at Gisborne, Napier, Wellington and Lyttelton on her way here, arriving as above. Experienced -,E.S.E. winds and heavy beam sea from Sydney to Auckland; thence variable winds and moderate sea to Lyttelton, thence S.S;W. breeze and moderate sea to arrival. : . The first steamer that ever came to the colonies was a vessel known as the Sophia Jane, Captain Biddulpn, which arrived at Sydney in 182S and was engaged'in the Northern Coast trade. The ; second Australian «team«r was locally built, and was named the Georgo the Fourth. The third steamer, (which arrived, from England) was the Tamar, and the fourth was the Surprise. We thank Messrs Neiil and Co. (Limited), the agents of the NoroMeutseher Lloyd Company, for the following description of the magnificent new steamship -Friedrich d« Grosse, which was recently launched on-the Elbe :—The Bteamers of this Barbarossa class show, in the first place, a considerable, increase in - dimensions compared with the existing'stearaera of the fleet. With a length between perpendiculars of 522 ft, a breadth of 60ft, and an inside cirjitU of 34ft, they will measure over 10,000 .register tons, and, upon a draught of 28ft, will have a displacement of nearly 20,000 tons. Whilst the whole cargo capacity of the ship (including the space for third class passengers) equals about 11,000 cubic metres (say 5600 .tons), the cabin arrangements provide for the berthing of 100 firit. class and"*76 second class passengers. If, however, the room available for-steerage passengers is used wholly for that purpose, no, less than iflOO passengers can ba accommodated iv a single trip. Although'these ships are denting iv the first place for the North American Eeivice, the possibility of their making soyages upon . other lines of the North; German Lloyd has been kept always in view in the building designs. For instance, to meet tropical conditions, the whole of the state rooms for cabin passengers are placed aboye the spar deck, peimitting the windows to be almost continually open, an advantage not easily overrated in hot climates. Very, 'special care has also beeu given to the fcrnisuing of the state room's, to make the stay of the passengers on b»»rd aa agreeable as porsible." The sleeping rooms of the first class, a large number of which ate arranged for one jias-.cnger only, are placed wholly on the two promenade decks, and contain, every comfort and convenience,, such as iron bedsteads, sofas, wardrobes, chests of drawers, small tables, and washslauds, ice The calrine de luxe is on board for Distinguished travellers, and eveiy cabin is provided with electric cdls arid electric light, available for the use of the.paßSengers at all'hours of-the'eight: The first class dining • saloon of. the s.s. rriedt tender Grosse, the details of which are executed in the Queen Anne style, has its walls painted au old-gold tint, with the ernaWnta! parts picked out with light gilding. The ceiling itself is in ivory tone, with punela of old-gold ground, adorned with light and airy

painting.i. The large skylight, which also i serves for purposes of ventilation, is in the same style, and carried out in th» same tints, and, being the centre of the whole, is of a slightly richer shade. Great mirrors, sculptors, and paintings enliven tbe place, which ia closed above with an enormous- dome of English glasswork. The paintings include allegorical representations of War, Peace, Art, and Knowledge, surrounded with friezes and single lunettes with symbolical figures of children. The paintings in the dining Raloon represent favourite palaces of the great King, with allegorical subjects and landscapes depictiDg Schleswig and the County of Glatz. In the centre of the cross-wall opposite the entrarice'is the King's portrait. The ceiling, adorned with intricate ornamentation, is almost whito, and its hiniplicity, compared with the rich walls and skylight, gives to the whole a distinguished and refined appearance. The second-class rooms are finished in simpler style, but very tastefully, in polished hardwood. The sleeping rooms in the second-class, which are all situated on the upper deck, amidships, on the starboard side, are nearly.'as luxurious as the first-class, staterooms—some of them cpull even be used for first-class passengers if necessary.. As to' the third-class passengers, they are provided, on the North German Lloyd line, with convenient iron beds, with wide passages at the sides, in which tables and seats'are placed in large numberj. Two of the divisions in the upper -'steerage and the poop contain rooms for from two to six third-class passengers. These Jiving rooms are provided witn the best ventilating apparatus, and not only equal the arrangements of the newest steamers of other lines, but excel them in many respects. The vessels are builc with great strength, as, fourdecker^, according to tbe highest requirements of the Gsraianischer Lloyd, of the fineststeel, and present, with their many-windowed deck rooms, their two great funnels aud two masts, an uncommonly 'imposing appearance. The engines of tuese four great twin-screw steamers consist of two quadruple • expansion engines with four cylinders. The engines of the first three steamers should 'indicate about 7000 horse-power, which would give about 14" knots average speed, whilst the fourth—namely, s.s. Bremen, built by the firm of S.chichau, in Danizic—ha9 two engines of about 8000 indicated horse-power, which should produce bii average speed of about 15 knots. The boiler room of the first three steamers contains five cylindrical double boilers and two single ended boilers, the latter available in the ports for subsidiary purposes. Tbe ships are, of course, lighted in all parts by electricity. Some7ooglow, lamps, each of 25 candle-power, are kept going worked' by three direct 'coupled.' dynamo machines. • . . A very smart piece of signalling was done on Saturday forenoon by Quartermaster Jacobs, of the s.s. Flora, who dressed the ship in .honour of the boating seaeon with as much promptitude as any signalman in the Royal Navy could have done.' • . ' ,