SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11455, 21 June 1899, Page 4

SHIPPING.

P,ORT CHALMERS.

Phases ot the Moon. June. Last Quarter ■ ... ... Ist 10.25 a.m. New Moon ... Bth 6.2 p.m. jTirst Quarter. 16th 9.15 p.m. 3?ul! Moon ... .., „ 24th 1.49 a.m. Last Quarter ... _ 30th 4.15 p.m. Apogee ;.„ ;., „. 13th 1.0 p.m. P*rig«9 ... ... ... 25th 5.0 p.m. Sun rises 7.55 a.m., sets 4.24 p.m. THE WEATHER. . June 20.—8 a.m.: Wind S.W.; weather fine. Noon: Wind S.W.; weather fine. 5 p.m.: .Wind- S.W.; weather fine. 8 a.m, No6n* 5 p.m. Barometer ... 30.36 30.30 30.42 Thermometer ... 46.0 54.0- 52.0 HIGH WATER. Julie' 21— a.m. p.m. ■ At the Heads 0.32 0.47 ' • At Port Chalmers... ~ 1.12 1.27 • At Dunedih ... - 1-57 2.12 ■ ARRIVAL. i Rimu, 3.5., 143 lons,-Marks, from Timaru. ! K. Ramsay, agent. 1 ' l' DEPARTURES. Rimu, s.s., 143 tons, Marks, for Invercargill. K. Jlamsay, agent. , Westralia. s.s., 1819 tons, Thorpe, for Sydney, via Auckland. Neill and Co., agents. Passengers: Misses M'Kegg, Buchanan, Bayley, Uownie, White, Fry, Lamb, Fleming. Heaps, Bolt, Reynolds, Pattullo, Mcsdames Stokes, Bayley, Downie, Gobbet and child, Duff, Morrison, Reynolds, Hamlyn, Messrs Brown, Davidson, 'Stone-Wijrg, Willcoeks, Simmers, Mander, Eorbs, 'Gdbloet, Morrison, Major Armstrong; and 10 tvteeragc. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. . From Glasgow.—Cupica, barque (Murray, Roberts, and Co.), sailed April 6; due July 5. . From. Liverpool.—Kirkloch, barque (Neill and-Co.), sailed February 3; now due. Loch Bredan, barque (Neill and Co.), sailed March 1*; now due. John O'Gaunt, barque (Neill and'Oo.), sailed April 21; due July 20.. From Key; Tort.—Grace Deenng, barque (Rattray and Son), sailed May 5; due August 9.

From' Hamburg.—-Bffle, barque (Ahlfeld and Co.). sailed April 26; clue duly 29. .^Frorn Sydney.—TaU ne, June 23. Tai'a\vcra, June 25. From Auckland.—Te Anau, June 22. Fro-m Westport.—Taupo. June 21. . PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For' Sydney.—Wakatipu, June 26-_ Waihora, June 26. J For Westport.—Taupo, June 22. For Auckland.—To Anau, June 23. For Melbourne.—Tlvlune, June 28.

1 '©YEMENI'S OF DIKi«CT STEAMERS.

I to 'ARniVB. '■ At Port Chalmers.—Perthshire, now due. Waikai.o. !pft London Hay 4. Ot&rama, left London June 1. Pafceha, left London June -2; due August 11. Ardandearf (Hick, Martin, and Drysdale), sailed April 13. Lismore (Tyser), sailed May 30. "Knight Templar (N.Z.S. Co.), left New York April' 29. Gothic, due July 10. At Wellington — Raktfia, from Plymouth, &ay 27.' Tckoa TN.Z.S- Co.), left London April 29. HOMEWARD BOUND. Indramayo (Tysor), from Bluff, April 28. Moi-ayshh-e, from -Bluff, May -6. Alaman (S.S. and A. Co.), from Port 'Chalmers, May 11. Ruahine (N.Z.S. Co.), - from x Wellington, May 12. Waiwera IS.S. and A. Co.), from 'Wellington, May 19. "Hawke's Bay ITyeer), from V»reKington, May 19. Star of England v (Tysfer), rrom Lyttelton, May 20. lonic (S.S. and A. Co.), from 'Wellington, May 26. Tokomaru tS.'«. jad A. Co.), from Wellington, May 11. Wakunui (N.Z.S. Co.), from Lytlelton, lit.. 31.- Waimate (N.Z.S. Co.), from Port from Wellington, June 9. Matatua {S.S. and A.. Co.), f r'oin Xyttelton, June 10.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND, June. 20.—Arrived: H.M.S. Mildura,' from Port Chalmers. Sailed: Tarawora, for the south. Passengers: Misses B. Gleyn, Bimenti, M'Phee, Borchardr, Mesdam'es Crow, Hirech, Eyeton, Rainger, Messrs Nichols, Isaacs,. Rainger, Matthews, Hollard, Mallhewman, Tillingham, Hon. W. Swanson. WELLINGTON, June -20.—Arrived: Gorinna^: from,'the south; To Anau, from the North. Sailed: Delphic, for London. Sailed: Te, Anau, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers: Misses Leach, Stafford, Hall, Jones, Mesdames Temple, Dick, Anderson, Hon. Hall-Jones, Messrs Horneinan, Webb, Hamilton, Reynolds, Bamfield, Purdie, •Thomas, Sewell, Prrie,- Temple, Pattullb, Malet; and 12 steerage. SYDNEY, June 20.—Sailed: Melbourne, for Kaipara. j BLUFF, 20.—Sailed: Hauroto, for Sydney; Nairnshire, for Port Chalmers; Hawea, for the north. S

THE TARAWERA IN A STORM.

"■ - . • AUCKLAND, June 20. The Tarawera, from Sydney, arrived early this morning. She reports that soon after leaving Sydney a tremendous sea broke on board, carrying away two lifeboats and smashing the two remaining ones very 'badly, besides doing considerable damage t"o the deck, and washing away the deck fittings and movables on deck. - ' .

THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

-The lonic, from Wellington (May 25), left \ Rio on Saturday evening for London, with her cargo in good order.

Th.c barque Southesk is expected to tow up from1 the:powder ground to Dunedin to-day.

The s.s. Nairnshire, which left the liluff at 11 a.m. yesterday, is expected to arrive at Port Chalmers shortly before noon to-day. She will load a quantity of frozen meat, rabbits, wool, etc., and1 .is to leave again on Friday for London, via Lyttelton. The s.s. R.imu, from Timaru, arrived yesterday morning, and after discharging grain and leading transhipments ex Bessfield, sailed in the-evening for Invercargill. Tlie s.s. Weslralia left" the cross wharf at noon yesterday, and proceeded down to Port Chalmers. She sailed in the afternoon for Sydney, via Auckland and way ports.

The repairs, to the s.s. Mapourika are rapidly progressing in the Port Chalmers graving dock. The contractors, Messrs Morgan, Cable, and Co. are doing their utmost to complete the work in as short a lime as possible.

The ship Taranaki, Captain Evans, is on the loading berth at London 'for Dunedin wharf.

The Dutch, barque Anna Aleida, which sailed from New York on April 10 for Sydney; was. compelled to put into Bafbadoes on May 1 with' serious damage. Soon after leading New York she encountered terrific weather, during which she lost three boats and had her decks swept of all movables; her companion was stove in, and the bulwarks considerably damaged. In the bad weather a large quantity of water was shipped, which found its way into the hold—as much as 7in being in the vessel. Part of her cargo would have to be discharged at Barbadoes in order to effect repairs.

At .present the North German Lloyd is building, amongst other additions to their fleet, five.twin-screw steamers for their eastern, trade, the Grosser Keurfust, of 12,500 tons register, being the largest vessel visiting the Southern Hemisphere. The Rhsin and "the Vlaiiij over 10,000 tons each, will be utilised in Ihe Australian service of the company, and

ire expected to be finished by the end of the

present year. The Koenig Albert and Princess Irene, each exceeding 10,000 tons register, are now leaving the stocks in Germany, and will inaugurate the fortnightly service to China and Japan, next October. They will have a speed of over 14 knots, with accommodation and providoringf on the most modern scale.

SHIRE LINE STEAMERS.

The s.s. Morayshire arrived at Las Palmas on Monday, 19th inst.; all well.

THE VANISHING SAILING SHIP,

Sir W. 11. White, in his presidential address at t!)G meeting of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, held last month, remarked that in 1860 the .British merenntile marine included 8242. sailing ships of over 3,000,000 tons net register as against 527 steamers of 307,000 tons; at tlie end of 1897 the figures were 1604 sailing ships of less than 2,000,000 tons and 3715 steamers of nearly 5,756,000 tons net. The use of iron for shipbuilding commenced about 60-years ago, and in 1880, out of 404,000 tons built, 384,000 tons were of iron and 20,000 tons wood. Steel was used to a very limited, extent prior to 1875. In 1381 the total tonnage of pteel ships was less than 6 per cent, of the aggregate tonnage of iron iind stesl ships. In 1892 98 per cent., and in 1898 99 per cent, of the new tonnage launched p/as steel, iron being only used for trawlers md small vessels of iess than 250 tons. 'In all these changes mechanical engineering had, he said, played an'important part. British supremacy in shipbuilding and shipowning was not an accident, it having been won by the enterprise of shipowners and by the readiness of shipbuilders to make new departures in materials and methods of construction, in types of ship and character of equipment. He then dealt with mechanical engineering in the shipyard and on board ship.

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©VERLAND PASSENGERS,

Yesterday's Through Trains.

For Dunedin from the South.—Mr W. A. Moore, Mr H. R. Cook, Hon. F. H. Feldwick, Mr R. M'Nab, M.U.R., Mi R. Wm S - field, Mr and Mrs J. Sim, Mi .). Dnvmm'ond, Mr 11. R. Lowe, Mr D. Murray; Mr A. Cochrane, Mr H. Coehnvne, Mr J. Mill, jun., Mr C. Morris, Mr C. Standring.

From Dunedin for tho South.— r Miss Cowie, Mr S. M'Donald, Mr G. Johnston, Mr C. \V. Lapedelt, Mrs Smith, Miss Williams, Mr 0. Brebnci, Mr R. Rodie. From Dunedin for the North.—For Christchurch : Mr W. D/ Wilkinson, Mr F. W. Sargeant, Mrs Dunlop, Mr A. E. Cohen. From tlie North fo.' ' Dunedin.—Jlr, A-. A. Thornton, Mr and Mrs R. Mill, Mr Underwood, Mr P. M'Kinna. .