SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10998, 30 December 1897, Page 1

SHIPPING

FORT CHALMERS. | Timb Ball at Port Cualmkrs. j New Zealand mean time at noon, calculatod for ; the meri-ian of longitude, in time 11 hours 39 j minutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled once a week by a time ball dropping at th. instant of mean booh. A Hue i__ will be hoisted afc the mast-head, : Port Chalmers Bignal station, en the foreneon of th. day when the time signal is to be given. - Phases of the -Uoon (Calculat-d ior New Zealand lusan time.) ..-■-, DECEMBER. ' D. H. M. New .Mae-' 24 7 25 a.m First Quarter 31 657 a-m----.A?o»ee, Btb, 10.30 p.m. Perigee, 23rd, 2.39 a.m. _ THK WEATHER. December 29.—8 a.m.: Wind S.W.; weather fine. Moou : Wind S.W.; weather fine. 5 p.m.: AV_Id.N.E-; weather fine. b a m. Non. 5 p.m. Baroiuetor ... ... SOT 6 30T4 30T2 Thermometer ... 5B 72 78 HIGH AY ATE.. a.m. p.m. fAt the Heads ... 7.12 7-33 Dec. 30 ■{ At Part Chalmers 7.5. B.IJ -.""■-".' tAtßunedin ... 5.37 S.SS * DEPARTURES. Taupo, s.s., 40S tons, Lobb, for the West Coast, Via the Bluff. J. Mills, agent. ,■_,.. Tarawera, s.s., 1269 tons, Richardson, for Sydney, via Cook Strait. J. Mills, agent. Passengers: Misses E. Hawkins, A. Ros., Bott, Mesdame3 J. Shaw. AVise. Croot (and child), Jefcoate, Messrs Fraser, Anderson. Jefcoate, Finlayson, AY. Low, R. Matheson, AVise, Dr Alexander, Captain Strang; and 12 steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Fi—-f London. —Rangitiki, ship, 1118 tons, Canese, \ 7NI_P (October 6). Silverstreara, barque, 1160 to»s, Bagwell (via Algoa Bay, August 1). L„ra. barque, 1492 tons, Horgh, KLHO (October 37) -Margaret Galbraitb, ship. 1841 tons, Collingwsbd. JKLD (October 28). Rakaia, s.s., -t_S tons, Sutcliffe. _.. . . . . ,--- i Fjieii Glasgow.—Blenheim, ship, 1077 tens, C-lviile, QLSP (October 13). Canterbury, ship, J2SS tens, Culberr, MWDB (October 16). Euterpe. sbip,ll97 tons. Banks, VPJK. From LivEKPeoL. — Silverhow. barque, 11/ fa tons. Marshall, QLTK , Froji Calcutta.—Drumrock, oarque, 2918 toss, Bailey, MHGP . From Hamburg.— Fides, barque, 400 tons, Soießse-, NFPIt (November 20). Fusil New York. —Agostino P.ombo, barqne, 807 t«'» Ba.-o. NBRG (September 4). Penobscet ROT tons. M'Caulder. JSVG (August 8). KilUrnsy, barque. -35. tons, Hay. Charles Racine, barque, 1524 tons, AVaage. AVBLH. From Labi JClli-it Island.—Jasper, barquen-tioe,-5-tons. Burton, AYA rPL. Fuom Algoa Bay.—Gladys, barque, 1345 tons, Bsermaa. . _. , From Malbes Jslanb.—Ganj-mede, barque, 569 teas, Johns, JHTG. I From Noumea.—Marmion, schooner, 92 tons, Wood. ;— > ■ » SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, December £9.—Arrived : Mariposa, irom San Francisco, this evening. She left San \ Francisco on December 9. Passengers: For Auckland—Miss Simpso-., Miss Haye, Mesdames Mennic. Blake, Newton. Ottenden, Doake, Foster, Me«sr. Mennic, Sturdy, Blake, Newton, Ottenden, | Dosk* Manning, Feldwick, Brimley, Bench, Harvey. Lloyd, Parkhouse; and 9 steerage. For Sydney—-0 s-loon. The Mariposa leives at mid- j night for Sydney. Arrived: Union Company* ! Wanaka, Captain Smitb, from Calcutta and Singapore. Passengers: For Auckland—Mr Newton ; and three steerage. For AVellington—One steerage. For Dunedin—Mrs Smitb (and^child), Mt ami Mrs Begarty; and one steerage. She left Calcutta on Koven-ber 25. In entering Singapore the Union Company's Rskanoa was met passing out for Calcutta. The A*."anaka brings a cargo oi Eastern produce. Sailed (9 pm.): Mahinapua, for New Plymouth, with the inward 'Frisco mail ' Passenger*: Mr and Mrg Fairiie, Miss Hunter, the Ritchie Brothers,' Leo • Marsellus, Sergiijs Segradi, Captain Sargent, Messrs AitchesoD, Cumming, H. W. Trickett, Adams, Pinker: .'. _ ~___., AVelllvgtox. Dece_aber29.— Arnved: Waikare, from Sydney, with 71 passenger- For Dunediu— Mesdames Fuller, Cameron, Misses Scott. Scaii lon, Rev. Mr Ferguson, Messrs Kniep, .Hartley, CM-ero_^D'r"'S6orde_K— —Arrived": lakapnm., from ■•■ Auckland;. Rotomahana, from,-Lyttelton. —Sailed: Tutanekai, for'-West'-Coast Sounds, via Lytteltba, with the Governor. Lady Ranfurly, and party.- Sailed: Rctomah-na, for Lyttelton. Passensers: Misses Browniug, Simpson, Mesdames Darrock, AVilson, Judge Ward, Messrs Brown, Darrock, Parnall. Wiggins, Davis, Master Weston; and 90-excursionists and 18 steerage. Sailed : Wsikare.for Melbourne, via south, and Hobart.. Passengers: 84 excursionists and 52 return excursionists. „"'_--.""•.•_-.■ c I.YTTELTON-, December 29.—Sailed: Flora, for Dunedin: A. raihora, for AVellington. Bluj-v December 29. Arrived: Taupo, from Dunedin. sailed for Oamaru. > Si_.\-ey. December 29.—Arrived: Annie Brown, from Kaipara; Rio and Sir John Franklin, from Napier Newcastle, December 29. — Sailed : Ocean Rover ior Kaipara: AVenona, for Auckland. Melbourne. December -29.—Sailed: Wakatipu, for the' Bluff. » ' ■ ■ THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The lonic, from New Zealand, - arrived atLondon on the 2Sth inst. c MOVEMENTS 9F THE UNION STEAM SHIP C.MPANY'S FLEET. Wednesday, December 29. Timaru—Corinna arrived 1 p.m. from Lyttel.on; sailing 3 p.m. for Oamaru. • Nelson—Penguin arrived 10.30 a.m, from Wellington : sailing noon for Picton. AVellington—Takapuna arrived 2 a.m. from New Plymouth. AVaikare arrived 4 a.m. from Sydney ; sailing 5 p.m. for Lyttelton. ' ! Napier—Te Anau arrived 8 a.m. from Availing- j ton : sailed 10 a.m. foi Gisborne. Greymouth—Haupin arrived early from Westport ; returning 10.30 a.m. ' ♦ The s.s.- Taupo left the Rattray street wharf on Tuesday evening for the West Coast, via the Ho- - - '„■■'. - . The 5.3.- Tarawera left the A'ictoria wharf | yesterday evening for Sydney, via Cook Strait. | The s.s. Janets. Nicoil discharged cargo at the Rattray street wbai-f yesterday, and afterwards | steamed d»wa to Port Chalmers, where she lays np for a time. The s.s. Herald completed the discharge of her cargo at ; the Jetty street whirl yesterday after- : noon and steamed down to Port Chalmers. I ■ The R.M.S. Gothic, in addition to a large j number of baies wool and rabbitskins, has taken on board 2500 boxes butter and 700 cases cheese, j She leaves Port Chalmers this afternoon. ' M.ssr3 Hendersoifi shipbuilders, of Meadowside, Glasgow, are building from designs supplied by Mr G. L. Watson an SO-toa racing cutter for the Prince of AVales to lvplace the Britannic, recently told by bis Royal Highness. ; The ship llangatiki, from London for Xtunedm, | which left London on October 4, was spoken on i thr Kith of that month in lat. 34 N., long. 16 W. ■ The ship Canterbury, Captain A. Cuthbert, from Liverpool (October 15), which passed Holybead on the 19tb, was spoken on the 31st in lat. 34 N. long. 15 W. During the v/eek ending November 10,1897, the number of vessels reported to the Board of Trade as lost/stranded, &c. were as follows: — Six British aad 13 foreign sailing vessels, five British and three foreign steamships. j ■ A cable is about to be laid down afc Molene (the Island that derived a melancholy bufc honourable £elebrity from the loss of the steamship Drum Biond Castle) and Cape Ushant, permitting a constant communication between the group of islands and the mainland. ' The baroue Cordillera, formerly a constant trader here* and which capstead off Valparaiso on November 7, losfc all hands by drowning from the boats after the vessel was abandoned. Captain Everett and the crew were drowned, with the sxception of Mr Hamilton chief, Mr M'Leod, lecccil officer, and the carpenter. King. Thete jbree were picked up by the Chilian steamer .'Jacbapoal and lauded at Valparaiso un Novembers. ■_