SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11191, 13 August 1898, Page 1

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. Time Ball at Poet Chalmers. New Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for the'meridian of longitude, in time 11 houis SO minutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled once a week by a time* ball dropping at the instant of mean noon. Phases or the Moon (Calculated for New Zealand mean time). AUGUST. Full Moon 2nd 3.59 p.m. Last Quarter 9th 5.45 p.m. Now Moon .'. .. .. 17th 10.5. p.m. First Quarter 25th 8.2 a.m. Perigee, lst, 9.37 a.m. Apogee, 13th, 3.37 p.m. Perigee, 29th, 12.37 p.m. THE WEATHER. August 12.—8 a.m. : Wind N.E.; weather fine. Noon : Wind N.E. : weather dull. 5 p.m. : Wind N.E.; weather thick, rainy. S a m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer ' ... 3048 3054 311-52 Thermometer ... 3S'O OO'O 420 FORECAST—Mr Paulin advised us as follows last night :—" Squally to light N.E. to S.E. winds and cold rain showers ; snow on high levels over the East Coast; barometer unsteady." HIGH WATER. am. p.m. ( At the Heads ... 11.42 0.21 August 13-J At Port Chalmers 0.22 1.1 lAt Dunedin ... 1.7 1.46 (At the Heads 0.3S 0 56 August 14-{ At Port Chalmers 1.18 - 1.36 (.AtDunedin ... 2.3 2.21 ARRIVAL. ____vii, s.s., 712 tons, Spence, from Timaru, J. Mills, agent. •- DEPARTURES. Mcnowai, s.s., 2137 tons, Chatfield, for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. J. Mills, agent. Passengers: Misses Bell, Hislop, Porter, North, Mesdames G. Neville, W. Davidson, Thomson, Lee and infant, Shields and two children) Neville, Greenwood and child, Chavances, M'Kinnon, Theomin and party, Messrs G' Neville, E. A. Smith, Jacomb, Shields, Cha-va-nnes, F. J. Porter, Franks, Lawry,1 G. Marsden, Harrop, J. Menzies, H. North, M'Kinnon, Tait, Harrop, Dr N. H. Syme, Rev. Mr Greenwood, and 15 in the steerage. Corinna, s.s., 820 tons, Brewer, for Westport, via way ports. J. Mills, agent. Kini, s.s.-, 712 tons, Spence, for Westport direct. J. Mills, agent. -t . EXPECTED. ARRIVALS. ' From London. —Turakina, ship, Fox (Maj 6); put in at Port Elizabeth for repairs. Pleione, ship (June 17}; due about September 15. From Glasgow. — Firth of Forth, barque Thorn (May 13); due about August 21. Soukar, ship (June SO); due September 30. From Liverpool. — Lake Ontario, barque Pundt (April 28); due about August 12. Akaroa, barque, Murray (June 21); due about October 20. - -From Hamburg.— Liv, barque, Larsen (June 21); due about October 27. From Njtw" York.—Doris, barque, Hunter (May 15); due about September 6. Norwood, ship, Douglas (June 15); due about October 7. Savoia, barque (July 20); due. about October 18. From Melbourne.—Tarawera, August 20. From Westport.—Taupo, August 17. Corinna, August 23. From Lady Elliott's Island.—Severn, barquentine (loading), Mary Moore, barque (loading). From Surprise Island.—Ganymede, barque, (losdiug); Alexa, barque (to load). From Sydney.—Westralia, August 14. Wakatipu, August 20. Mararoa, August 21. Talune,, August 31. From Newcastle.—Taieri, August 14. 'From Auckland.—Gratitude, ketch, now due. Prom Invercargill."—lnvercargill, August 15. From Fortrose.—Napier, August 14. From Greymouth.—Herald, August- 23. PROJECTED. DEPARTURES. For Melbourne.'—Wakatipu, August 22. Talune, September 1, .--''. ' . - For Sydney.—Waihora; via Auckland, September 6. ' Westralla, August 16. Tarawerai August 22. • Mararoa£ August 23. Elingamite, Abgust- '30.-'Monowai, August' 31.' * 'Wanaka_ -AtFgusf rie. _ - r., -. •For Greymouth.—Herald, August 24. For Westport.—Corinna, Augnst 26. Taupo, August 18. iFor Preservation Inlet.—lnvercargill, August 16. For Owaka.—Napier, August 27. homeward bound. Margaret Galbraith (S.S. and A. Co),-Wel-lington, April 27; due London July 31. Timaru (S.S. and A. Co.), Wellington, March 24. MOVEMENTS OF DIRECT STEAMERS. _ TO ARRIVE. At Wellington.—Rakaia (N.Z.S. Co.), due August 19. Hawke's Bay (Tyser), sailed June 27." Maori (S.S. and A. Co.), sailed July 9. Duka of Devonshire (N.Z.S. Co.), sailed July 23, due September 11. Gothic (S.S. and A. Co.), sailed August 2, due September 19. •At Port Chalmers. — Rangatira (S. S. and A. C 0.),, sailed July 12; due September 5. Banffshire (Shire), from London; put into Keppei Bay for repairs. ■At Auckland.—Rimutaka (N.Z.S. Co.), due August 12. •At Lyttelton.—Maori (S.S. and A. Co.), sailed from London June 9. TO DEPART. From Port Chalmers.—Banffshire (Shire), about August 16. HOUEWAED BOUND. Waikato (N.Z.S. Co.), Port Chalmers, June 26; due London, August 15. Star of New Zealand, Bluff, July 3. Duke of Portland (N.Z.S. Co.), Port Chalmers, July 19. Aotea (S.S. and A Co.), Lyttelton, July 29. Star of Victoria, Wellington, July 30. 'Ruahine (N.Z.S. Co.), Wellington, August 4. -_>.._____. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. ' The Duke of Portland, from Port Chalmers, July 19, arrived at Monte Video on the 9th inst. » SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, August 12. — Arrived: Upolu, from Fiji, via Auckland; Westralia, from Auckland, via East Coast; Rotomahana j.nd Talune, from south. Sailed: Westralia, ior Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers: Misses Williams (2), Hope, Thomas, Macandrew (2), Fache, Davies, Griffen, Thompson, Robinson, Walker, Prosser, Marks, Torless, Mesdames Roberts, Nelson (and child), Forbes, Smith, Fogo (aod child), Oxerton, Williams, Haiml- j ton (and child), Messrs Amess, Whitehead, i Stevenson. Brittain, Barmby, Saunders, Bond, ! Roberts, Brown, Brenton, Byng, Fraser, Cb'ff, Crompton, Treasdale, Amys, Maine, Mathews, Parker, Edie, Siram, M'Donald, Oates, Forbes, Binnie, Mowat, Reid, Picton (2), Smith, Williams. Birrell, Coates; and 20 steerage. Sailed: Rotomahana, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses Mills, Lane, Mesdames Shorland, Evans, Hall-Jones, Mills, Sir A. Douglas, Major Evans, Fell, Lee, Dr Meares, Messrs Treseder, Litchfield, Rose, Murgatroyd, Oliver, Sladen, Pratt, Mills, Shorland, Goddard, Cope, Holdsworth, Boag, Amys, Longton, Cameron, Pringle; and 19 steerage. The Talune's departure for Sydney has been postponed till tomorrow. »' SHORT OF PROVISIONS. NELSON, August 12.—The barquentine Jasper, Captain Burton, from Lady Elliott Island to Dunedin with a cargo of guano, put inhere this afternoon short of provisions. She left the island six weeks ago, and encountered very bad weather after sighting the Solanders, and was unable to get through Foveaux Strait, so she had to come up the West Coast. She has sustained no damage whatever, and the captain having obtained provisions, will sail in the morning if the wind is favourable. The s.s. Kini, from Timaru, arrived at 1 o'clock p.m. yesterday, and, after discharging 690 casks of tallow for the John o' Gaunt, left again at 5 p.m. for Westport direct. The a.s. Corinna sailed for Westport, via way ports, at 4 p.m. yesterday. The barque John o' Gaunt was ballasting aud re-stowing cargo yesterday. The barquentine Ocertn Ranger will probably sail for Greymouth to-day. The Government steamer Tutanekai, which arrived at Wellington on Thursday, will be placed on the patent slip for cleaning and painting. On being launched she loads railway iron for Nelson, continuing cv to Greymouth to fill up with coal for Onehunga and Kaipara. At the latter port she loads sleeper 3 for Dunedin. :The Hinemoa, which is on her return trip from tho outlying islands, goes to Westport to - load sleepers for Dunedin, returning from here to Wellington. The Union Steam Ship Co.'s s.s. Monowai > left Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon for Mcl- i bourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. j A day or two more will see the Government j steam launch Gordon in active service again. Since she has been hauied up on Isbister's slip 1 sho has been thoroughly stripped, re-caulked' aud copper-sheathed. Ail her paint work has ! been scraped clean and renovated. The angle- ' irons have been taken out of the hull and replaced by hardwood frames, a new rudder trunk lias been put in, and she has been supplied with ■a new tail shaft. A new bush has been fitted to her high pressure valve spindle, together v/ith . a new discharge bilge-pipe. The coal bunkers j hav-3 been thoroughly repaired, her decks I (iiii I ked, and, altogether, she has been put into \ ■ ""'(.lent condition for the service she is en- 1 ia ' !

The Compagnie Messageries Maritimes, whose fine steamers Polynesian, Armand Behic, Australien, and Ville de la Ciotat are such favouritas on the Australian line, has just held its annual meoting. The company pays a dividend ol 5 per cent, this year, as compared with 5 pei cent, for 1896, 6 per cent, for 1895, and 5 per cent, for the two previous years. The revenue account, including the small balance carried forward from the previous year, shows the receipts to have been 61,808,645fr, against 61,238,328fr in 1896. During the year the company sold the Nerthe, built' in 1874, and acquired in 18S8, and at the end of the year 1898 five steamers were building, four at the company's works at La Ciotat,'and the fifth at La Seyne. Since the report was issued the Arethusa aud the Amazone have been sold. The Alphee is also to be got rid of. At the meeting of tho company a dividend of 25fr per share of 500fr was declared, and.'the council of administration was authorised to borrow 15,000,000fr on S_ per cent, debentures as required, payable after April 1, 190 G. H.M.S. Amphitrite wer to be launched from the yards of Messrs Vic-kers, Son, and Maxim. at Barrow, early in July. She is a first-class protected cruiser, of 11,000 tons and 1800 indicated horse-power; hoi dimensions beingLength between the perpendiculars, 435 ft; breadth extreme, 69ft; mean draught, 25ft 3in. Her speed will be 21 knots, and the armament | will consist of 16 6in quick-firing guns, 11 ; 12-pounder quick-firing guns, 8 machine guns, and 2 torpedo tubes—altogether a formidable armament. It is almost superfluous to point out the good work that has been done, and is beiug don,?, by the Mercantile Marine Officers' training ships Worcester and Conway. The report of the latter for 1897, which has recently been issued, contains some interesting statistics. We learn that 68 cadets joined the ship, while 80 left, the average number borne on the books during the year being 134. From August, 1859, to December, 1897, 3063 cadets passed through the vessel, of whom 2261 entered the Mercantile Marine, 28 became members of the Bengal ' Pilot Service, and 63 joined the Royal Navy as cadets, while 244 appointments were mado fto the Royal Naval Reserve. j The breakdown of the gigantic cruiser ler- . rible on her voyage Home from Gibraltar is a serious matter (says tbe London Daily Mail). i Here is a ship which cost £700,000, and which j we were told was going to " lick creation," but j which, all, the same, cannot be trusted to j steam. 19 knots. Her theoretical ■ speed is 22 j knots. What is eveu more disconcerting is I that the big Russian cruiser Rossiya, which i sue was expressly built to watch, has been in j servico for just a year, and has proved wholly I satisfactory and very neaily as fast—in real 1 fact, if not on paper. The Powerful and Ter- ! rible must, we fear, be written down failures. i *- THE MAPOURIKA. 1 The nevv steamer Mapourika, for the Wel--1 hngton-West Coast trade, was launched by j Messrs W. Denny and Sons from their yards ' at Dumbarton on Juno 29. She is 220 ft long, ; 35ft broad, and has a depth of 16ft 6in. She i has a straight stem and elliptical stern, a ' promenade deck, and topgallant forecastle, and J is schooner rigged, with double bottom and Ith 3 usual watertight bulkheads. There are ■ three cargo hitches with ateam winches and I double derricks, the after winch having ex--1 tended ends for warping the ship and raising j the boats. While having a large dead weight capacity, the Mapourika- has accommodation for 150 first-class and 34 second-class passengers. Tho dining-room is amidships, extends the full breadth of the ship, and is finished in sycamore and satin woods, relieved -with pilasters and frieze in cameo wood. The cushions are' upholstered in Utrecht velvet, and the general fittings are such as we are accustomed to see in all the company's later steamers. The whole ship is brilliantly lighted with electricity, and there are electric fan ven-tilators-in the passengers' quarters. The Mapourika left Glasgow ou.June 30 in charge of Captain Gray, who brought the Kini to New Zealand, and is due hero' about the 24th mat. . <> THE UNION COMPANY'S CARGO i SERVICE. V .. I The .Hawea is appointed to load at Bluff: on Wednesday, 17th; Oamaru, Friday, ,19th;'and I Timaru, Saturday, 20th inst., .for-Auckland. .•{•-"■; The Wanaka -is dub tp . load . cargo"' for Syd--t'pey at Timaru on Tuesday, v 16th ;'•■. Oamarti, j Wednesday,-'<l7th; Dunedin,;;Friday,, 19th, and 'l^lufiv'Saturday; - '?#&•' -J?S^ee.din'g/;froin-- latter "{.port to.Sydney direct., ''-.-• .-"' :"