SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11046, 25 February 1898, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. Phases of the Moon . (Calculated for New Zealand mean time.) . FEBRUARY, Full Moon 7 5' 54 a.m. Last Quarter ... 14 12 5 p.m. New Moon ♦ 21 7 11 a.m first Quarter 28 10 13 a.m Apegee, Ist, 8.30 a.m. Perigee, 17th, (j.35 p.m. j * THE WEATHER, j Jfebruary 24.-8 a.m.: Wind S.W.; weather fine. Noon: Wind N.E. ; weather fine. 5 p.m.: Wind N.E.; weather fine. j '_ . s> a in. Nnon. 5 p.m. Barometer 30-22 - 3024 3018 thermometer ...! 52 . 70 70 Hl(k WATJBR. a.m. p.m. rAttheHead3 ... 5.26 542 Feb. 25-| At Port Chalmers 6.fi 6.22 lAtDunediu ... 6.51. 7.7 DEP ARTURE, vVaikare, s.a., 1001' tons, Richardson, for Sydney, via Cook Strait. J. Mills, agent. Passengers : Misses Eadie, Williams, Heaner, Porter, Lowe, Boyes, Bull, Mesdam« Bull, Bell (and family 3), Pharazau, Stevenson (aud child), Mahoney, JTield, Crawford, Barnett (arid 2 children), Norman, Longhton., Messrs MC. Onslow, Jt'Pherson, M'Farlane, Pike, Norman, Pharazjin, Burns, W. Melville, A. Scooues, W. Biunie, H. M. Morrison, JVG. Marshall, A. H. Miles, A. C. Miller, A. F. Charmer, Crawford, T. A. Hunter. Dr Barnett, Captain H. Anderson, Colonel Pearce, Rev. Baron. Pakeha, s.s., 4331 tons, Pcosser, for London. N.M. and A. Company (Limited), agents. .EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From LONB6N.— Tokomaru, s.s., 6238 tons. Maxwell (January 11). Kiwi, s.s., 702 tons. Tekoa, s.s., 4050 ton«. From Liverpool. — Silverhow, barque, 1176 tons, Marshall, QLTK ■ (December 2). Kinfauns, barque, 981 tons, Piggot, KJCN. John O'Gaunt, ship, 1228 tons, Davies, JKttW. FitQM New York.—Golden Gate, barque, 933 tons, Bray, JGSL. Mary A, Law, barque, t#l. tons. From Glasgow.—Euterpe, ship, 1197 tons, l.angmuir, VFJfi (November 29). Firth of Clyde, barque. 1181 tons. Jones, WICRM. . From Hamburg.— Fidos, Norwegian barque, 450 tons, Sorenson, NFi'R (November 20). ...... From Algoa Eay.—Gladys, barque, 1345 tons, Baormas.

- SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, February 24.—Arrived: Alaineda, with the San Francisco mail. Passengers : Mrs Snell, Messrs Snell,* Sullivan. Kahnweiller, Normans: Her cargo consists of ltiO cases hops, 36 cases fruit, 11 pkgs machinery, and 6 casss bicycles. Sailed : Silverstream,. barque, for London ; Alameda for Sydney ; Flora, for Fiji; Annie Hill, for Lyttelton ; Mahinapua, for New Plymouth and Wellington. Sailed : Gairloch, for New Plymouth. Passengers: Misses M Gregor, Shakespeare, E. M. Smith, Mra Johnston, Messrs Phillips, Ralph, Gallagher, Wright, Simpson, Johnston, Barker, Sleep , M'Gowan, fcantlebury, Price, Rowntree, Carr, Gilsenan, Massen, Symons, Smith, Dr MacGregor ; and 10 in the steerage. ■Wellington, February 24.—Arrived : Takapuna, from Lyttleton; ManaDnuri, from Auckland, via the Kast Coast; Waihora,' from the south; Rotorua, from Nelson.——Sailed : Takapuna, for Nelson ; Waihora, for Sydney, via the East Coast;. Rotorua, for Taranaki and Onehunga. Sailed: Manapouri, for Lyttelton. Passenger*: Misses Read, Whitson, Hornby (3), Renouf, Williams, Heal, M'Lean, Humphrey, Meyer, Mesdames Meyer (and family), Hornby, Digby, Halter (and 2 children), M'Leod, Messrs Page, Young (2), Mapp, M'Leod, Baillie, Sa'tchell, Trevella, Crawford, Kingdon, Hausluann, Linstrom, Cox, Allen, Runcie, Burns, Major Sommerville. Bluff, February 24. — Sailed: Buteshire,^ steamer, for London. Passengers : Mrs Biown, Misses Brown, Cochrane (2), Master Watk'ins. Cargo : 9f15 bales wool, 62 casks tallow, pelts, and casings, SO capes meat, 9603 carcases sheep and lambs, 118 pieces' mutton,. 24 cases kidneys, 693 do rabbits. - : ■■ ; . ' Sydney, February 24.—Arrived: German warship Buzzard, from the Islands. ,

THE UNION COMPANY'S OFFICERS. .(Per United Pit Ess association.) .'--.

Wellington, February 24. — Sey^rSl changes are;>no>y,^being.;roade in the, coinrtiiridg 'of the »jQ!«3>tsamTSlti^,o6irjpiiriy'j.:ves«>'^**H:<-*«i2 t.p illness. Captain Phillips, of the Maiijoa.-aad to stay behind iii Sydney this trip, and the vessel is coining on to Auckland in charge of Captain Newton, of the Wakatipu. The Wakatipu is coming to Wellington in-charge of Mr Roberts, therchief officer, baton' her atrival here Captain Gibb, of the Manapouri, will take command. Captain Abram, of the Hawea, which vessel is at present laid up, took command of the Manapouri to-day. As the Rotorua is required for one trip to Manukau, Captain Grant, of the Takapuna" passed over to her to-day. He will ultimately be placed in charge of. the Penguin, on which he will remain until the Takapuna is ready' for sea. Captain Wald, of the Rotorua, has been transferred to the Takapuna, and will probably stay there until the Rotorua returns from the north. Captain Manning, of the Penguin, will again have command of the Rotomahana.

MOVEMENTS OF UNION STEAM SHIP I '. COMPANY'S FLEET. Thursday, February" 24. . Oaroaru—Herald arrived early from Dunedin. Lyttelton—Peuguin arrived 8 a.m. from Wellington ; returns 10 p.m. ' Wellington—Brunner arrived 1 a.m. from Westport. Takapuha arrived 7 a.m. from Lyttelton Waibora arrived 10.30 am. from Lyttelton Manapouri arrived 10.30 a.m. from Napier. Nelson—Wainui sailed 10 a,m. for Wesfcport, Manukau — Mahinapua sailed 8 . a.m. (with •Frisco mail) for New Plymouth. Auckland—Te Anau arrived 9.30 a.m. from Gisborne. ■"V * The, Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's fine steamship Pakeha left Port Chalmers yesterday evening for London. Her cargo from this port comprised :—8509 carcases frozsn mutton, 209 casks, tallow, 50 do pelts, 641 bales wool, 45 do rabtntskins. 18 do basils, 30 do leather, 10 pkgs sundries 62 live sheep, and 6 bulls. The Norwegian barque Charles Racine was towed up from the lower harbour yesterday afternoon, and berthed at the Victoria wharf. Captain Post, of the Union Steam Ship Company, has been appointed to. the command of the Government steamer Hinomoa, vice Captain Neale, who recently was appointed harbourmaster at Onehunga. The flags at the Union Steam Ship Company with tbose at the harbourmaster's and of all the shipping companies' offices, as well as those of ! aJI the vessels at the wharves, were displayed at I half-maßt yesterday as a mark of respect for the I late Captain John Anderson, commander of the ! Union Steam Ship Company's steamship ! Waikare. • i The dredge No. 222 is doing good work at the ! Victoria wharf. She took out another full load of I spoil yesterday. . ' j The s.s. Corinna leaves Dunedin this afternoon for the West Coast ports, via Tiruaru. The s.s. Waikare steaded down the harbour yesterday morning, and left Port Chalmers in the ! afternoon for Sydney, via Cook Strait. i An English exchangs remarks that whaline ! wont pay nowadays. The Dundee Arctic! IMeneries Company have gone into liquidation to I be wound np The past season's voyages showed i a f lo!?,2v4 b*'%.ieavi?S a debit to profit and loss ] of £,n,ott>. lhe results of both whaling and sealing were unsatisfactory. . j However much we may deplore the decreased i g!,? Uf P n°J ths pastla mon^s, 1597 will .stand out, for all time as a year of unprecedentedly great uteamahip.. The-White Star line has launched this year the largest cargo-carryina steamer in the world, and there is now building for the same .me the largest passenger steamer iS the world, 'he P.-and 0., the Union line, and the Castle line have all launched their latest passsDger steamships last year, while the Pretoria, launched for the Hamburg-American li|. e last year, was up to the launch of the Cymric the largest <- ar go boat in the world. And now' we hear tka'; the last-named line last year contracted for auueher cargo earlier, which, so fur as mere tonnage is concerned, will surpass the Cymric It niay here be stated that the Cymric's cargo transferred to the ordinary British 10-ton railway trucks would require a train upwards of eight miles long, exclusive of the necessary locomotives, to haul it away. :—a. UNION STEAM SHIP^ COMPANY'S CARGO _ThePoherua will loaa at Bluff on Monday, at Oamaru on Tuesday, aad at Timaru on Wedneanay next week for Auckland. GALLANT RESCUE AT SEA. The Cunard Royal mail steamer Efcruria rescued early in December the captain and crew of the eteamer Millneld under circumstances which recall the gallant manner in which those on board tne Fifeshire rescued the captain and'crew of the American ship Patrician in the Tasinan Sea. The Etruria is under the command of Captain Ferjiison (brother-in-law to Mr Thomas Hoodie of tjia Perpetual Trustees, Estate, and -Agency Company). The London Telegraph, referring » , th? r.? !CUe' says :— " The well - known A.t.antic liner was some 12 hours later ih*,ii t she should have been in touching ft* vie Irish port, but her tardiness did heiand her captain and crew, and the great company to -.tnicn she belongs, more honour than the fast-c=-o paßeage which the other steamers can make At neon on the 10th of December the Etruria xiy running well for the Fastnets and Cape Clear wneu g':e espied a large steamer in evident distress me disabled vessel was flying signals for K&iUbCce, and lay, indeed, in the greatest pov,i>>le d*c;er. She was the Millfidd of V/fc:v>>v. having on board Captain Willis ' and 22 offices *nd men, and she had left BitUimcrs foe Belfast on November 23, laden with wheat s-.d flour Thirteen days out, and about <W miles from Ireland, she ran into a galo with hist; was. The force of the storm increased that ngit, aad next day blew a perfect hurricane. Several ses.s broke aboard and swept her decks bat it was not until about noon of Wednesday that say serious dsajage was done. Then an enormous

wave ro3e ahead of the vessel and fell on her like an avalanche. The steamer shivered from stem to stern, and it seemed, saya the captain's own account, that she could never-rise out of it. It does not need maritime knowledge to realise the plight of the Millfield at this juncture. Waterlogged, and with her engines paralyse.-i, she rolled helpleis in the trough of the sea, although they got some after canvas upon her, trying to head to wind. She rolled heavily all Wednesday night and Thursday, threatening at any moment to founder in the steep-running sea. All hands had given up hope of seeing land again. Their coudition was truly pitiable. They had no boats to (abandon the steamer, even if the weather warranted their doing so. Nothing remained but . to keep pumping and baling, in the sad hope that some passing vessel might take them off. But none hove in sight. The gale continued all the ! J time, and when darkness fell on Thursday the i Milltield's company were utterly worn out'from hard work, cold, and exposure. All ni^ht the • decks were flooded, and duties could only.ba done sometimes in water up to the men's waists. Never j was a more hopeless condition for mariners—with j boats gone, ship filling with water, and crew ] worn out. Rescue, however, v/aa at hand, i About noon on Friday the miserable people on ! the Millfield sighted a steamer to the westward I heading towards them. This proved to be the Etruria, and, to their intense relief, she bore j down and hove to. Captain Ferguson signalled j that he would come to their aid, but would require I to stand by until the storm moderated, as it meant | certain death to the rescuing party to venture out on such a sea. For 12 hours the Etruria stood by the doomed steamer, andj then, when the sea had abated somewhat, a lifeboat with eight men, in charge of Chief Officer Dodd, was despatched. The passengers of the mail ship, who numbered several hundreds, gathered on ths Cimarder's deck to witness the scene, and as the lifeboat I pulled away from the liner cheered the biave lellows again and again. Tue captain relates that on board his vessel they watched with breathless anxiety as the crew battled against the wind and seas, and time and again it seeitned as if they would never reach the distressed vessel. They struggled on, however, and finally approached her. Half the imperilled men jumped into the lifeboat, and were safely transferred to the liner. Once again the Wave fbllows faced the perils of the sea to take off the remainder. The water had now become rougher, and green and white waves swept over the rowers. But, fortune favoured such noble efforts, and amidst the lusty rheers of the passengers every soul from the Millfield was j finally landed on the Etruria. Then the latter, putting on full ste=>m, lay her course 1 again, rich with that unexpected cargo of 23 lives saved from the dreadful deep, and came, belated but honourable, into Q.ueenstown on Saturday evening. Behind her—in those dark , rolling billows whichthe wintry winds raise to

ruin mariners at this season on the Atlantic—the Millfield wallowed down that night to her sea grave. She sank with the British Jack reversed and flying low in her rigging ; but, in view of the deed which had been dune, that symbol if manhood and duty ruight have been hoisted at the masthead in pride and glory, for never, did it flutter over a finer victory or mark a day more stamped with the spirit of Christian manhood. So.wild was the weather that the mail steamer could not recover her lifeboat. Her people were ) obliged to cut it adrift when the last rescued hand had climbed on board. The passengers on the Etruria, on the spur of the moment, collected a purse of gold for the gallant khotof seamen wlio manned the lifeboat. Captain Ferguson is to.be complimented on not standing on his dignity as captain of a mail boat and pleading that he could not delay.