SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11795, 26 July 1900, Page 4

SHIPPING

PORT CHALMERS,

Time Ball at Poet Chalmees. 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, oa the forenoon of the day when the time signal is to be given. Phases of the Monx. JULY. First quarter sth 11.44 a.m. Full moon 15th , 0.32 a.m. Last quarter 19th ' 5.1 p.m. New moon 27th 1.15 a.m. Sun. rises 7.40 a.m., sets 4.48 p.m. THE WEATHER. July 25.-8 a.m. : Wind N.E.; weather thick, rainy. Noon: Wind N.E. ; weather thick. 5 p.m.: Wind N.E. ; weather thick. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 29.84- 29.78 29.76 Thermometer 46.0 50.0 48.0 FORECAST.—Mr Paulin advised us as follows last night:—"Squally N.E. to N.W. winds, changing to the S.W., and heavy rain ehowers.' Indications stormy and cold." INTERCOLONIAL AND COLONIAL REPORTS. (Pee United Pbess Association.) WELLINGTON, July 25. The following are the 9 a.m. weather reports from Australian stations: — Albany, July 24: Wind, S.E.; bar., 30.00; cloudy. Hobart, July 24: Wind, N.W.; bar., 29.60; gloomy. Sydney, July 25: Wind, N.W.; bar., 29.60; fine. ■ The following are the weather reports from •New Zealand stations at 5 p.m. : — Manukau Heads: Wind west, breeze; bar., 29.78; ther., 64; foggy; sea, rough. New Plymouth: Wind S.W., light; bar., 29.62; the£, 60; fine; sea, smooth. Castlepoint: Calm; bar., 29.66; ther., 55; fine; sea, moderate. Wellington: Wind south, light; bar., 29.60; ther., 56; cloudy. Westport l. Calm; bar., 29.57; ther., 52; Cloudy; sea, .moderate. Kaikoura:. Wind north, light; bar., 29.60; ther., 49; cloudy; sea, moderate. Oamaru: Wind N.E., light; bar., 29.62; ther., 48; drizzle; sea, moderate. Bluff: Wind S.E., light; bar., 29.44; ther., ,45j rain. At.Hobart the pressure has decreased, and also at Sydney, but it has increased at Albany.' Low pressure from the west will pass eastward, of the meridian of South Cape on the 27th or 28th. There is low pressure travelling to the SJE. at about 50 miles to the N.E. of Tauranga, but it is decreasing in energy, and^ there are evidences of an extensive area pf low pressure in the* Tasman Sea. HIGH WATER. July 26— a.m. p.m. At the Heads ... 2.23 2.46 At Port Chalmers -3.3 3.26 At Dunediu 3.48 4.8 ARRIVALS. Invercargill, s.s.. 123 tons, Mathieson, from Invercargill. K. Ramsay, agent. Lily, schooner* 82 tons, Bluhm, from Kaipara. Master, agent. Mokoia, s.s., 2503 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne, via the Bluff. J. Mills, agent. Pas oengers: Misses Best, Mason, Sinclair, Innis, Messrs Cattamore, .Allan, Watt, Fairer, Wylie, Georgeson, Gordon; and 37 in the isteerage. ■■, DEPARTURE. Invercargill, s.s., 123 tons, Mathieson, for Invercargill and Preservation Inlet. K. Ramsay, agent. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London.—Senorita, left June 26. Corolla, ship, left June 5. Oamaru, ship, left July 17. From Glasgow.—Glenburn, ship, left April ' 28; now due. . j From Liverpool.—John Gambles, barque, left March 17; left Wellington July 19. John o' Gaunt, barque; sailed April 26. From Hamburg.—Antares;-. ship 1, left June 8. - From Sydney.—Westralia, July 26. From Auckland.—Te Anau, July 26. From Kaipara.—Zior, schooner, sailed July £iO, * From' Westport.—Corinna, July 27. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Sydney.—Mokoia, July 26. For Melbourne.—Westralia, July 27. Waikare, August 6. For Auckland.—Moura, July 27. For Westport.—Corinna, .July 29. v For Greymouth.—Janet Nicoll, August 1. MOVEMENTS OF DIRECT STEAMERS. TO ARRIVE. 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 DEPART. From Wellington.'—Aotea, ■ August 11. Papanui, August 16. Pakeha. August 23. From the Bluff.—Nairnshire, early. HOJIEWAKD BOUND. Mamari, from Lyttelton, June 5. Matatua, from. Wellington, June 9. Star of England, from Wellington, June 13. Rakaia, from Wellington, June • 16: Tompana_, .from " Wellington, June 16. Delphic, from Lyttelton, June 23. Waiwera from Wellington, July 7. Hawke's Bay, from Wellington. July 7. Fifeshire, from Wellington,- July 21s Indradevi, from Lyttelton July 22. Tekoa, left Lyttelton July 24. iWaikatOj ■ from Wellington, July 24. —— 1, IMPORTS. Special Notice.—Consignees desirous ofhaving their names appear in this part of our , columns, together with their consignments, may , have the same.inserted on payment of a small charge. Per Mokoia, from Melbourne and Hobart: 54 pkgs wire, 110 do oil, 15 cases tobacco, 1056 pieces timber, 71 pkgs paper, 97 iron rails, 527 pkgs tea,' 67 do tea, 50 cases brandy, 524 bags rice, 20 boxes Lexias, 8 steel channels, 25 bales kapok, 834 casfs fruit, 478 pie'ees and pkgs machinery, 105 bags tapioca, 203 Lars lead, and transhipments ex Darius, China, Austral, Armand Behic, and a large quantity of sundries. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, July 25.—Sailed: TutaneVai, for Wellington; Star of Australia, for Napier: Gairloeh, for New Plymouth. RUSSELL, July 25.—Sailed: H.M.S. Porpoise, for Auckland. KAIPARA. July 25.—Sailed: Zior, schooner, for Dunedin. NAPIER, July 25.—Sailed: Pendle Hill, barquentine, for Sydney. WELLINGTON, July 25.—Arrived: Takapuna, from Onehunga; Rotomahana, from Lyttelton. Sailed: Rotomahana, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Mesdames Booth, Paterson and, child, Clark, Ponder, Scott, Stewart, I-ladfield, Woodroffe, Bristed,. Captain Willis, Rev. Mr Sargison, Hon. Mr Reeves, Messrs •King-, Harloy, Borthwick, Rowan, Hollow, Campbell, Barton, Feklwick, Quinton. Stewart, Scott, Clark, Harris, Bristed, Booth, Sul-livan,-Collier, Bailey, Anycm, Smith; and 24 steerage. LYTTELTON, July 24.—Arrived : Wanaka,- from Newcastle (in quarantine); Limari, barque, from Newcastle.—:—-Sailed: Mimiro, for Timaru; Waihora, for Sydney, via the north; Westralia, for Melbourne, via the south. Sailed: Te Anau, for Dunediu. Passengers : Mesdames" Allen, Draper, Roes, ■ Captain Cameron, Messrs Henderson, Lamb, Wicb (2). Davis, Liggins. SYDNEY, July 25.—Arrived : Acacia, from Whangaroa; Kongsbyrd, from Kaipara; Ma NEWCASTLE, July 25.—Sailed: Pactolus, for Wellington. LONDON, July 24.—Arrived: Auckland, ship, from New Zealand. « THE VANCOUVER SERVICE. ' •' SYDNEY, July 25.—The Warrimoo sailed to-day. Passengers: For Auckland—Messrs ISechell, Gale. Merchant, Baillio, Gowing, Master and Miss Pate, Mrs and Mrs Ma thews, son, and daughter. For Wellington—Mr Chin. For. Port Chalmers—Mr Hiscock. Cargo: For Wellington—3 casos musical instruments, 1 case records, 1 case tyres, 40 bales cottons, 4 bales cotton sheetings, 8 boxes ploughs, 5 crates ploughs, 3 cases umbrellas, I case woollens. For Port Chalmers—Bl cases drugs, 4 bales sheetings, 10 bales cotton shirtings, 1 case cotton ginghams, 4 bales and 10 cases cottons, 6 eases rubbers, 4 cases umbrellas, 2 cases woollens. For Lyttelton— 17 casis drugs, 3 ca^es advertising matter, 21 cases paper, 2 bales and 14 cases cottons, 6 bales cotton shirting, 2 cases umbrellas, 1 case woollens. For Auckland—ss cases paper, 30 bales cottons, 1 case cotton ginghams, 20 bales cotton shirtings, 5 cases umbrellas, 1 package fur boas.

The barque Glenburn, which left the Clyde for this port on April 24, was spoken off the Tuskar two days later, and again in Int. 50depN. long. 12deg W.

The Hobart-owned barque Wild Wave, with a cargo of 195,G00ft of timber, which arrived at Melbourne recently from Greyrnouth, had an exceptional experience in heavy weather. Captain Brown reported that, leaving Grey-#-outh on June 19, he made Flinders Island ja the 25th,. and heavy weather set in. On

the 29-th and 30th the gales were at their worst, and the vessel was blown 80 miles to the north-east. Heavy seas continually broke over the deck, but damage was fortunately confined to the loss, of mizzen topsails and the breaking of the crane of the main lower topsail yard. The s.s. Invercargill, f rom ' Invereargill, arrived yesterday morning,;' and left again in Uie atteruoon for Invp-i'dargill and Preservation Inlet. -••■' it ■ The schooner Lily, from Kaipara, with a cargo of kauri, arrived yesterday, and was berthed at the Rattray street wharf. She left Kaipara on the 7th, and was off Moeraki on the 16th, when the recent heavy S.W. gale was met with, which drove her a considerable distance oif her course. The captain states thai the seas were about the heaviest he ever encountered on this coast. The s.s. Te Anau, from-Auckland, 'is duo here this morning. After discharging her cargo she goes into dock, her running next trip being taken by the s.s. Moura. j The s.s. Westralia, from Sydney, via Wei- ' lington, is due here this afternoon. The U.S.S. Company's steamship Mokoia, with 48 passengers and a large quantity of cargo for this port from Melbourne," via Hobart and the Bluff, -arrived at Tort Chalmers at 8.20 a.m. yesterday. She left Melbourn o at 3 p.m. on the 16th inst. : had strong southerly winds, with head seas, and arrived' at Hobart on the morning- of the 18th inst. ; left again at 11 p.m. the same day, and had moderate S.W. to W.S.W. winds until she breasted Puysegur Point, at 3.12 a.m. of tho 22nd inst; thence she encountered a strong westerly gale, with high seas, arriving off Bluff Harbour at 9 a.m. the same day. She anchored off the Murray -River, Stewart Island, and returned to the Bluff on the 23rd inst., when she was admitted to pratique, and berthed at the wharf at 3 p.m.-same clay; left that port at 3.4-5 p.m. of the 24th inst., had fine weather along the coast, and reached headquarters as above. She steamed up to Dunedin on the afternoon tide, and leaves to-day for Sydney, via Cook Strait-. •

The s.s.. Moura was swung for the .adjustment of her compasses by Captain Sundstrom yesterday, and afterwards proceeded to Duue'din. She leaves to-morrow afternoon for Auckland, via the East Coast ports. On June 1 there were 118 vessels lying in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—22 steamers and 61 sailing ships in the stream, and 35 vessels in the docks. '

The Hobart Mercury states:—A bottle washed up on the beach at/Torquay was found to contain the following .message, written on a sheet of blue paper:—"S.s. Moravian, No. 4-37, 21st June, 1900. Lot. 38.24, S., long; 141.11. E.—This paper was put overboard' at the above position -for the 'purpose of tracing ocean currents. The finder will, please forward, stating when and where, 'to Captain Alex. Simpson, 7 Billiter square,' London, E.C., England, and reap a .just.reward."

The captain and crew of the ship Windsor Park, which took a cargo of conl from Newcastle to San Franciscoj arc-not likaly to soon forget the voyage across v the Pacific. News by the Marinosa. states that after weathering a cyclone, during which the vessel was in hard straits, two ports were smashed away, and everything movable about the.deck went : overboard, all hands were called up to fight a -fire amongst the cargo for eight days. At times the case looked desperate, 'but in the end the men won. and tho Windsor Park made San Francisco, minus 600 tons of her THE U.S.S. COMPANY'S WHANGAPE. The Union Steai^ Ship Company's now cargo steamer Whangape, which arrived at Newcastle on the 11th inst., has a somewhat unique record (relates an' exohange). . Although yet on her maiden voyage, she has al-

ready borne three names, and been owned by

three houses. Originally called the Adriana, she was sold to Messrs Elder, Dempster, and Co., and became the Asa-ba; then the Union Company purchased her, and she assumed her present name —all before she had left tho stocks of her builders at the Cleveland dockyards, Middlesborough. A typical modern " tramp " in both appearance and appointments, the Whang-ape is built of steel to Lloyd's spar-deck rule, and her means of propulsion is a screw. She is 331 ft overall, and 320 ft between perpendiculars; breadth 44ft, and depth of hold 23ft 3in. Her carrying capacity is 4700 tons deadweight. For the handling of cargo she has six steam.winches, a steam windlass, and 10 derricks: . Hatches Nos. 2 and 3 are each 24ft by 16ft, and Nos. 1 and 4 are both 16ft.square. ; ' The upper decks are of steel- and iron, and the poop, bridge, and . forecastle deck of pitch pine. Quarters for the engineers and officers are on the main deck'under the bridge, while the men have their accommodation -forward. A wheel-house,' chart-room, and the captain's: cabin are situated on the bridge.- The builders were Sir Rylton Dixon and Co., and the vessel was engined by Messrs T. Richard-

son and Sons (Limited), Hartlejpool. She has cylinders 23in, 46in, and 59in in diameter, with a 42in stroke. The indicated horsepower is about 1200. There'are two high-pressure—lßolb—single-ended boilers, fired at six furnaces. At her trial the Whangape did 10^ knots, and under ordinary'circumstances she is capable of maintaining a ppeed of about 9|- knots. ' . . , . ■

Captain M. J. Clarke brought tho Whangape from England to Newcastle,' and his officers were:—Chief, D. S. M'Donald; second; D. R. Barclay; third, W. Hyde. The chief engineer was H. Dove, and'the staff consisted of J. Duffie, second; G:--Strachah, third; and J. Cousins, fourth.'Captain. Courbarron, late of the Wanak'a, arrived at Newcastle on the 11th inst. to assume command of the Whangape permanently.'.'. . The Whangape left Blyt-h (England) on the 31st of March for Capetown, . with a cargo of coal, and was 31 days in reaching Table Bay. She was then ordered on to- Durban, and arrived at that port on, May 6. The disposal of her coal to the transports in .Port Natal occupied until June 4, and the steamer left on that date for Newcastle. • Moderate weather was experienced until Wilson's Promontory was rounded, when Cape Otway was in' sight on July 2. On July 4- aAstrong gale from the east and- east-north-east, with Violent squalls, terrific seas, and heavy rain showers was run into. These tempestuous j conditions continued xmtil Thursday, the sth, | when Captain Clarke decided .to take, the steamer into Jcrvis Bay for shelter. She had no sooner passed through the heads than the main steam pipe burst, and left her.'utterly powerless. The anchors were dropped, and the vessel remained in tho bay Until 6.45 a.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile Mr Dove, the chief engineer, had taken the fractured pipe to Sydney for repairs, which were carried out at Mori's Dock. It was a peculiar chance which led to tho Whangape's course being altered just in time to permit of her getting into safety ere she became a. helpless hulk on the water. Had the accident occurred in the open sea under such weather conditions she could scarcely have escaped being driven on to the coast.

The steamer is now loading a cargo of coal lor New Zealand.