SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11796, 27 July 1900, Page 4

SHIPPING

PORT CHALMERS.

Time Ball at Pout Chaliif.es.

■ Ssew 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 of the day when the time signal is to be given. Phases ott the Melon. 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 1,13 a.m. Sun rises 7.39 a.m., sets 4.49 p.m.

THE WEATHER,

July 26.—8 a.m.: Wind N.AV.; weather thick, rainy. Noon: Wind N.W. ; weather fair. 5 p.m.: Wind N.W.; weather fair. v 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 29.20 29.24 29.24 Thermometer ... 44.0 48.0 60.0 FORECAST.—Mr Paulin advised us as follows at 9 p.m.:—" S.E. to N.E. winds, changing to'squally S.W., and heavy rain and hail showers; indications stormy and cold in about 16 hours."

INTERCOLONLA.L AND COLONIAL ' REPORTS. (Per United Pkess Association.)

WELLINGTON, July 26. The following are the 9 a.m. weather reports irom Australian stations: —

Albany, July 25.—Wind S.W.; bar., 30.0; cloudy. Hobart, July 25..—Wind S.W.; bar., 29.20; fine.

Sydney, July 26.—Wind W.; bar., 29.80; cloudy. The following are the weather reports from New Zealand stations at s"p.m.:—.

Manukau Heads.—Wind, W., fresh; bar., 29.61; ther., 60; cloudy; sea heavy.

New Plymouth.—"Wind, "W., light; bar., 29.38; ther., 45; fine; sea moderate. Castlepoint.—"Wind, N.W., fresh; bar., 29.13; ther., 60; fine; sea. moderate.

Wellington.—Wind, N.W., breeze; bar., 29.10; ther., 56; fine. Westport.—Wind, S.W., light; bar., 29.28; ther., 53; cloudy; sea moderate.

Oamaru.—Calm; bar., 29.12; ther., 49; fine;, sea smooth.

.Bluff.—Wind, W., fresh; bar., 29.13; ther., 49; showery.

There has been very little movement of pressure at Albany, but it has risen at Sydney and fallen at Hobart, where it is "unusually low. Low pressure from the west has passed eastward of the meridian of Stewart Island, and one from the west also will pass on the 28th. Evidences show that an extensive low pressure is in the Tasman Sea, travelling to the S.E., and is probably to the S.S.E. of Lord Howe Island, at about 50 miles distance. Indications imply unsettled weather.

HIGH WATER. July 27— ■ • a.m. p.m* At the Heads ... ... '.:.' 3.5 3.24 At Port Chalmers ... ■ ... 3.45 4.44 At Dunedin ; 4.30 4.39

ARRIVALS.

Westralia, s.s., 1819 tons, Thorpe, from Sydney, via Cook Strait. Neill-.and Co., agents. Passengers: Misses Adams. Buchanan, Shelton (2), Mesdames J. Allen, G. Allen, Clarry, Walker. Messrs Witham, Golder, Neill, Gardner, Ahlfeld, Clarry, Walker, Shelton (2), Day, Professor Gibbons; and 10

steerage. ' Te Anau, s.s., 1028 tons,, Bernech, from Auckland, via East Coast ports. . J. Mills, agent. Passengers: Misses Brilc, A:lidc;e, ■ Henderson, Johnson, Chisholm, Dryden, Mesdames Yon Stunner and child, -Bu'rt, Roes, Draper, Messrs Brown. Patterson, Saunders, Pripripi, Thomson, Elliston, Bastings, Chisholm, Muir, Brciome, Collins, Norman. Ge, Dowse, Gall, Chambers. Nulls, Hughes, Guthrie, Hyde, Hughes, Watkins. "Henderson, Wick, Davis, Lamb, Liggins, Captain/Cameron; and 28 steerage.

DEPARTURES. . : Rimu, s.s., 143 tons, Marks, for Wellington. K. Ramsay, agent.

Mokoia, s.s., 2503 tons, Sinclair, for Sydney, via Cook Strait. J. Mills, agent. Passengers: Misses Roberts, Abercromby, Ah Chong, Kin {Yin, Hillcoat, Orr, Fitzer. Harrington, Organ, J. M'Kewan, P. Wright, Robertson, Thos. Mackenzie, Fulert, J. T. Wright, Smith, W. Goodman, Rev. A. Choimondeley, Mesdames Elliott, Naismitli, Abercromby, De Castra, George, Spence, Gow, nurse, and 3 children, Walker, Wright, Cholmondeley, Watson. Falck and infant, Smith, Misses Derby, Wall, A. Wall, .Eadie; Lamb, Borthwick. Bowie, Wright (2), Cholmondeley; and 14 steerage. : 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.

From Liverpool.—John Gambles, barque, left March 17 ;^ left Wellington July 19. John o' Gaunt, barque, sailed April 26. From Hamburg.—Antares, ship, left June 8. . • •

From Sydney.—Waikare, August 4.

From Melbourne.—Talune, August 3.' From Kaipara.—Zior, schooner, sailed July 25. ' ■'■■•■

From Westport.—Corinna, July 27.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES

For Sydney.^-Talune, August 5. For Melbourne.—Westralia, July 27. Waikare, August 6.

For JLuekland.—Moura, July 27. Eor Westport.—Oorirma, July 29. For Greymouth.—Janet Nicoll, August 1.

MOVEMENTS OF DIRECT STEAMERS. TO ARRTVE.

At Auckland.—lndramayo, left New York July 17. Pakeha, left London June 5. Whakatane, left Plymouth July 21. Indraghiri, left London July 25.

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. irOJfKWAItr) BOUND.

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. Fifesbir-S, from Wellington, July 21. Indradevi. from Lyttolton, July 22. Tekoa, left Lyttolton July 2<k Waikato, from Wellington; July 24.

IMPORTS. Special Notice.—Consignees desirous of having 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 Westralia, s.s., from Sydney: 200 boxes sultanas, 70 cases soap, 800 bags rice, 4-80 bags' sugar, 81 pieces wares, 112 cases cartridges and primers, 2 cases tobacco, 10 kegs cream of tartar, 88 bara lead, 50 tons pig iron, 691' cases fruit, and a .quantity unspecified merchandise.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS,

AUCKLAND, July 26,—Arrived: Pukaki, from the Bluff, ' Oamaru, and Timaru; H.M.S. Porpoiße, from Sydney. .Sailed: Ovalau, for Westport; Defiance, brigantine, for Sydney, via Kaipara. -Sailed: Tara■wera, for East Coast and southern ports. Passengers: Misses E. Gearing, Hawthorn, Williams, O'Meara, Mesdames' Grant and 2 children, Wyatt, D'Meara, Olarko and child Muir, Messrs A. R. Muir, Wilson, W. Garland C. R. Vickerman, E. Viekerman, C. Y. Spearing, H. Ford, R. Heath, F. Brabant, G. Lowe, R. Bell, Colbeck, Jackman, H. SimpBon; and 10 steerage.—Sailed: Rotoiti, for New Plymouth and Wellington. Passengers: Mesdames Anderson, Watkins,. Bain, Nixon, Hodge, Boyd. ■ Misses Reed, Cunningham, Hope, Butt, Mogridge, Ensign Armstrong and Captain Stirling (Salvation Army), Hon. A. J. Cadman, Messrs Anderson, Watkins Taylor, Drake, J. H. Weithford, G. George' A. J. French, W. T. Davis, Caldwell' M'Carthy; and 10 steerage.. NAPIER, July 26.—Arrived: Star of Australia-, from Auckland.

WELLINGTON, July 26.—Arrived: Waihora, from Lyttelton; Rook Lily, schooner from Kaiapoi. -Sailed: Takapuna, for New Plymouth and Onehunga; Waihora for the north. '

TIMARU, July 26.—Arrived: Mimiro from Lyttelton. '

OAMARU, July 26.-To sail 2 a.m.: Cormna. for Port Chalmers'.

BLUFF, July 26.—Arrived: Invereargill from Dunedin.

MELBOURNE, July 26.—Sailed: Talune for the Bluff. '

THE DIRECI STEAMERS.

HOBART, July 26.—Arrived: Karamea, from London. She sailed for Wellington at 10 to-night. Forty-three passengers landed here, and 104- are proceeding to New Zealand. • •

Raspberries are probably the most profitable of fruits for market-growing, and lha rrw varieties "Superlative" and "Hornet" are the best paying kinds to grow. Nimjio and Blair sell them, and will gives all particulars regarding them.—Advt.

THE INDRAGHIRI.

"WELLINGTON, July 26.—With reference to the cable message dated London, July 17. stating that the Indraghiri had been badly damaged by fire, Messrs Bannantyno and Co. have received a cable from London slating that the reports of the fire aro absolutely incorrect. The steamer sailed yesterday for Australia and New Zealand.

The s.s. Rimu left for Wellington yesterday. The s.s. Mokoia left for Sydney, via Wellington, yesterday afternoon. The s.s. Tc Anau, from Auckland, arrived yesterday morning, and was berthed at the tongue wharf. She left Auckland on the 21st inst., and called at the usual way ports. Left Lyttelton at 2.30 p.m. on the 25fch, arriving as above. Her running to-day will bo taken up by the s.s. Moura. The s.s. Westralia, from Sydney, via Wellington and Lyttelton, arrived yesterday afternoon, and was berthed at the Victoria wharf.. She leaves for Melbourne, via the Bluff, this afternoon. The barqueaitine Ocean Ranger, which has been laid up for a long time at the lower end of the Jetty street wharf, i 3 to go into dock prior to taking her departure for Wellington, where she is to become a coal hulk.

The barque John Gambles, from Liverpool, via Wellington, should put in her appearance at the heads as soon as the weather clears.

The China Mail states the British turret steamer Royalist has arrived at' Hongkong from New York, which port she,left on March 17. The Royalist is an'improvement on the type of ship knowij as the whale back. Captain Tierny speaks in high praise of his ship, also been prepared adapting the turret ship will be the ship of the future. Plans have also been prepared adapting- the turret ship to passenger requirements, and Captain Tiernay, who saw the plans at Montreal, considers the design quite feasible and suitable. The advantages of a steamer of the Royalist build are her great carrying capacity, with regard to her registered tonnage and. steadiness in rough weather. ■ The bottom of the shir) is as flat as a warehouse floor, having no "outside keel; but she has two bilge keels, which keep her from rolling. The Royalist was built by Sir W. Doxford, of Sunderland. She is 2024 tons register, while her carrying capacity is 5300 tons dead weight. The number and tonnage of British vessels, respecting whose loss reports were .received by the 'Board of Trade in May, and the number of lives lost are as follows: —Sailing vessels, 28, with 10.465 tons register; lives lost, 84; steamers, 17, with 18.413 tons and 6 lives. In their further investigation of alleged islands and shoals in the North-Pacific, the officers of the United States army transports have discovered that Alligator Shoal, which has been supposed to exist in latitude 15deg N., longitude 154deg 20min E., has gone amissing, and likewise the islands that were charted in the vicinity of latitude 31deg; 25min N., longitude 154deg E._, were not there when the transport Grant sailed over the spot recently.

A rather surprising state of things is prevailing in the passenger steam traffic from the United States to Europe. It -was not unnaturally supposed that the opening of the Paris Exhibition would have caused a considerable rush of tourists to Franco, but this seems very far from being the case. On the contrary, at a time of year when the traffic is usually most brisk, steamers are starting half full, and passages already"bodked are being freely cancelled, it is supposed on account of the_ unpreparedness of the exhibition, and the high prices charged in Paris. The German lines are the hardest hit, and it is probable that traffic may be stimulated by an early adoption of winter rates, which usually begin in October.—Globe.

The American barquentine Wrestler, bound from British Columbia to Melbourne with lumber, piit into Sydney in distress on the night of the 11th inst. She left British Columbia on'2nd April, and is 100 days out. On the 17th ult., when 400 miles east of Sydney, a heavy south-west gale met her, and thence to arrival she met a succession of gales and heavy seas. For 36 hours she was under bare poles; her boats were washed away,, her bulwarks damaged, and some Bails lost. A portion of the deck cargo had to be jettisoned, provisions ran short, the crew asserting that for the past five days they have lived on flour and water. The Wrestler, which left with 500,000 ft of timber for Melbourne, has a heavy list to port, which brings her deck on that side below the level of the water, her scuppers being quite submerged. At the half-yearly meeting of the P. and O. Company in London last month, it was stated that the new steamer Assayo was delivered in December, 1899, and immediately chartered by Government for service as a transport. Her completion wa3 followed by that of her sister ship, the Sobraon, and' this vessel is on a voyage to India. The Banca (cargo steamer) has also started on her first voyage to China and Japan. The construction of the Plassy, the third vessel of the Assaye class, and of the Persia, the sixth steamer of the' Caledonia class, proceeds satisfactorily,'though-hot rapidly. Since the last report was issued four new 7000-ton steamers have been contracted for with Messrs Caird and Co., Messrs Barclay, Curie, and Co., and Messrs A. Stephens and Son. They appear in the list under the names of the Syria, Spudan, Somali, and Sicilia. It may be of interest to note that during the last 20 years the company have added to the fleet new steamers at a total cost of £8,500,000. During the period of the report the fleet has worked admirably and without delay of any kind. During the last few months 12 of the- company's steamers have been employed, for longer or shorter periods, as transports in connection with the war in South Africa, and their work has been throughout satisfactory. At the present time five steamers are still under Government charter—viz., the Assaye, Simla, Nubia, Formosa, and Manila.