SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11794, 25 July 1900, Page 4

SHIPPING

PORT OHALMER S.

Tjme Ball at Port Chalmers. New Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for the meridian of longitude, in time 11 hours 30 minutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled once a week by a time ball dropping at the instant of mean noon. A blue flag will be hoisted at the mast-head, Port Chalmers signal station, on the forenoon Df the day when the time signal is' to be given. Phases of the Moon. JULY. , First quarter sth 11.44 a.m. flull moon 15th . 0.32 a.m. Last quarter 19th 5.1 p.m. New moon 27th 1.13 a.m. Sun rises 7.41 a.m., sets 4.47 p.m. THE WEATHER. July 24.-3 a.m.: Wind S.W.; weather dull. Noon: Wind S.W.; weather dull. 5 p.m.: Wind S.W.; weather dull. .-■■" '•■ 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 29.88 29.88 29.88 Thermometer ... 48.0 56.0 54.0 FORECAST.—Mr Paulin telephoned us the following at 9.15 last night.—" N.E. to N.W. winds; a thick, mist on the East Coast, and line elsewhere for about 16 hours."

' INTERCOLONIAL AND COLONIAL REPORTS. ' (Per United Press Association.) ,' ' WELLINGTON, July 24. The following are the 9 a.m. weather reports from. Australian statiofts:— Perth, July 23.—Wind S.W.; bar., 29.60; showery. ''Hobart, July 23.—Wind W.; bar., 29.80; fine. Sydney, July 24.—0a1m; bar., 29.80; cloudy. The following are trie weather reports from New Zealand stations at 5 p.m.: — Manukaii Heads.—Wind - N.E., moderate gale; bar., 29.78; ther., 52; gloomy; sea rough.

New Plymouth.—Wind S.E., light; bar., 29.77; ther.,' 5.6; gloomy; sea smooth.

Castlepoint.—Calm; bar., 29.75; ther., 57; fine; sea moderate.

Wellington.-4-Wind N.N.W., breeze; bar., 39.69; ther.-, sb; gloomy. Westport.—Calm; bar., 29.75; ther., 51; fine; sea smooth.

Kaikoura,"— Calm: bar., 29.71; ther., 53; gloomy; sea smooth.

Oamaru.—Oalm; bar., 29.78; ther.,. 57; fine; sea smooth. ' Bluff.—Calm.; bar., 29.75; ther., 4,7; gloomy.. The pressure has decreased rapidly at Albany aiid Hobart, and slowly at Sydney. Low pressure.'from the north-west is about north from North Cape, travelling to the south-east. The pressure is also low in. the Tasman Sea, near Lprd Howe Island, travelling south-east-ward, and. low pressure is approaching FoVeaux Strait from the west. A low pressure from the-west will pass eastward of the lheridian of South Cape on the 28th. . .. . . HIGH WATER. July 25— a.m. p.m. ' •. At .the Heads 1.32 2.5S ■ At Port Chalmers 2.12 2.38 -AtvDuuedin : 2.57- 3.23

ARRIVAL.

•'Rimu, s.s., 143 tons, Marks, from We] lington. .K. Ramsay, agent.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS

From London.—Senorita, left June 26. Corolla, ship, left June 5. Onmaru, ship, left July 17..

: From Glasgow.—Glenburn, ship, left Apri' 28; now- due.

From Liverpool.—John Gambles, barque, left March 17; left Wellington July 19. John o' Gaunt, barque, sailed April 26. i' From Hamburg.—Antares, ship, left June 8. -. ' • ~- . ..■ ■ From Sydney.—Westralia,. July /=26. From Melbourne. —Hokoia, July 26. • From Auckland.—Te Anau, July 26. j'Frqiß Westport.—Corinnn, July 25.;, ■ PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Sydney.—Mokoia. July 26. For Melbourne.—Westralia, July 27. Waitare, August 6. For Auckland.—Moura, July 27. For .Westport.—Corinna, July 23. For Greymoutl).—Janet Nicoll, August 1. MOVEMENTS OF DIRECT STEAMERS. TO AIUUVE. At Auckland.—lndramayo, left New York July 17;. .. Pakeha, left London June 5. Whakatane, left Plymouth July 21. ,• At. Wellington.—Karamea", left London June 10, left Capetown July 4. Gothic, left London July 10. At Port Chalmers.—Cereda, left New York' July' 3. -Star of Victoria, left New York May' 26. Rangatira, left London. July 3. .

TO DErAUT. From Wellington.-—Aotea, August 11. Pamnui, August 16. Pakeha, August 23. From the Bluff.—Nairnshire, early. IIOMEWAUD ISOUNII. Mamari, from Lyttelton, June 5. Matatua, from Wellington, June 9. Star "of England, . from Wellington, June 13. .■ Rakaia, from Wellington, June 16. Tomoana, from . Wellington, June 16. Delphic, from Lyttelton, June 23. Waiwera, from Wellington, July 7. Hawke's Bay, from Wellington. July 7. Fifesliira, from Wellington, July 21. Indradevi. from Lyttelton. July 22. Tekoa, left Lyttelton July 24. Waikato, from Wellington, July 24.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, July 24.—Arrived : Ovalau, from Fiji. -The departure of the Star of Australia for London, via Napier'and southern ports, lias been deferred till to-morrow on account of the rough weather. RUSSELL, July 24.—Arrived: H.M.S. Porpoise, from Sydney. ,< NAPIER, July 24.— Arrived: Sir John Franklin, barquentine, from Newcastle. WELLINGTON, July 24.—Arrived : Papanui, from Port Chalmers; Te Anau. from the north; Mapourika, Flora, Janet Nicoll, and Thornhil], from Lyttelton.——Sailed: Queen, schooner, for Napier; Flora, for the north. Sailed: Westralia, for Melbourne, via. the south. Passengers: Misses Sholton . (2), Adams, Keating, Cornish, Ward, Mesdames Shelton, Stevens, Walker, Clarry, and two children, Messrs Witham, Shelton, Ahlfeld, Allen, Piper (2), Golder, Clarry, Pohio, Walker, M'Burney, Stevens, Master Shelton; and 17 steerage. Sailed: Te Anau, for Lyttelton and Dunedin. Passengers: Misses Arlidge, Chisholm (2), Johnson, Anderson, Mesdames "Yon Stunner and infant, Rutherford,. Estijl, Rev. Mr Chisholm, Messrs Pupuka, Ellifton, M'llveney, Baldwin, Chambers,' Walker, Grant, Bastings, Collins, Dyer, J3roome, Estill, Withey, Small, Lozall, Dowse, Mills, Tamblyn, Findlay, Thompson, Brown, Paterson, Rutledge, Chisholm, Master Bone; and 18 steerage.

LYTTELTON, July 24.—Arrived : Waihora, from Wellington. Sailed: Brisbane, for Kaipara. . •

BLUFF, July 24.—Sailed: Eotokino, for Melbourne ;Mokoia, for Dunedhi; Invercargill, for Dunedin.

MELBOURNE, July 24-.—Arrived: Talune, ■from the Bluff.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS. WELLINGTON, July 24.—Sailed: • Waikato, for London. • LYTTELTON, July : 24.—Sailed: Tekoa, for London-, via St. Vincent and Teneriffe. HOBART, July 24.—The Pakeha, from London, arrived this afternoon. ,S!.e sails at midnight for Auckland. ■ The Tokomaru (from Wellington June 2) arrived in London on Monday morning. The Whakatane left Plymouth on Satur.day for Auckland, Wellington, nnd Lyttelton.

Captain Phillips, of the ship Agnes Oswald, which arrived al Brisbane recently, reports encountering a heavy gale on May 31 and the following day. ■ Tremendous seas rolled over the vessel,'tearing the boats from their fastenings nnd washing them into the sea. A quantity of other -deck fittings was also washed overboard, while the main topmast and maintop-gallant-mast carried away. All the doors of the' deckhouse were burst in, and everything from the galley was swept away. The cook, William Lawrence, was washed overboard, and was not seen again. It was impossible to do anything to save him. The s.s. Rimu,from Wellington, arrived (yesterday at 1 n.m., and was berthed at the Jetty street wharf.

The s.s. Corinna, from the West Coast, is due here to-day. The harbour waterman, 'Mr (i. Madigan, launched yesterday a splendid skiff 20ft long and sft beam, built by Mr H. Davis, boatbuilder. The boat, which is intended for use in the steamer basin, is built of kauri and copper fastened throughout, and is a creditable piece of work to the builder. The Swedish barque Hedrig, in ballast, from Mossell Bay. Cape of Good Hope, arrived off Otago Heads for orders yesterday forenoon. We believe sho has been chartered to load at Lyttnllon.

The barque Embleton, which was cut down in the Irish Channel on Saturday last by the Cunard liner Campania, war. an iron vessel of 1196 tons net, built at; SumlerUuid in 1881 by Messrs R. Thompson and Son. She was classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, and owned .by Messrs Iredale and Porter, of Liverpool.

The Merchant Service Guild have, been advised by the Board of Trade thai the revised edition of the International .Code' of Signals will comn into uso on January 1 of next year. Embodied therein 'will be a system for night signalling at sea, and

two additional pilot signals for use in the day lime. One of the latter signals will be the code flag S, introduced to meet the i-iews of the foreign maritime Powers, whilst the other will be a distant., signal consisting of a cone point upwards, having above it two balls or .shapes resembling balls.

WAR SHIPS IN CHINESE WATERS. According to a Shanghai payer of Juno 7, the men of war in Eastern watera arc as follows: — British. — Alacrity. Algerine, Aurora, Bonaventure, Barfleur, Brisk, Centurion, Daphne, Esk, Endyminn, Firebrand, Fame, Hart. Handy, Humber, Linnet, Orlando. Pigmy, Phoenix, Plover, Peacock, Rattler. Redpolo, Robin, Swift, Snipe, Sandpiyer, Tamar. Tweed, Terrible, Undaunted, Victorious, Woodcock, Waterwiteh, Whiting-, "Woodlark, Wivern. Nine reserve lorpedo boats. American.—Albay, Baltimore, Bannington, Basco, Brooklyn, Concord, Charlestown, Castine, Callao. Dixie, Isla de Cuba, Don Juan de Austria, .Gardoqui, Helena. Isla de Luzon. Monocacy. Monterey, Monad: nock, Marietta. Manila, Mariveles. Mindora, Oregon, PetrpJ, Panay, Pana, -Pampagna, Princetown, Paragua, .Raleigli, Samar, Wheeting, Yorktown, Yosomite. Russio.n. — Admiral soi'nieleff, Aleout, Bobre, Cisso Velikoi, Dimitri Donskoi, Gaidamak, Gilyik, Gremiastchy, JCoreitz, Mandjour, Navarin, Otvajny, Rurik, Rossia. Silatch. Sivoutch, Vladimir, MonomaeU, Vadnik, Zabiaka.

French.—Aspic, Caravan, Descartop, Duguay, Trouin, D'Entrecasteaux, Eclaireur, Jean Bart, Korsaint, Pascal, Surprise, Vauban. German. —Gefion, Hcrtha, Hansa, Irene, Iltis, Jaguar, Kaiserin Augusta, Moeve. Italian.—Carlo Alberto, Elba, Liguria, Marco Polo. Austrian. —Panther, Kaiserin Elizabeth, Saida, Zenta. Portuguese.—Africa, Liberal, Zaire.