SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11797, 28 July 1900, Page 6

SHIPPING

PORT CHALMERS. Time Ball at Poet 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 of the day when the time signal is to be given. Phases or the Moon. JDLT. 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 to-day 7.38 a.m., sets 4-.50 p.m. Sun rises to-morrow 7.37 a.m., sets 4.51 p.m. THE WEATHER. July 27.-8 a.m.: Wind N.E.; weajher fine. Noon: Wind N.E.; weather fair. 5 p.m. : Wind N.E.; weather dull. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 29.32 29.40 29.44 Thermometer 38.0 56.0 52.0' INTERCOLONIAL AND COLONIAL REPORTS. (Pee United Peess Association.) . l . WELLINGTON, July 27. The following are the 9 a.m. weather reports from Atistralian stations: — Albany, July 26.—Calm; bar., 29.70: showery. Hobart, J u ljr 26.—Wind W.; bar., 30.00; fine. Sydney, July 27.—Wind N.W.;' ,bar., 30,00; -fine. The following are the weather reports from New Zealand stations at 5 p.m. : — Manukau Heads.—Wind W.S.W., fresh; . bar., 29.85; ther., 57; showery; sea heavy: New Plymouth.—Wind S.W., light; bar., 29.66; ther., 52; fine: sea moderate. Castlepoint.—Wind W., light; bar., 29.57; ther., 58: fine; sea moderate. Wellington.—Wind N.W., breeze; bar., 29.32; ther., 55; fine. Westport.—Calm; bar., 29.61; ther., 46; showery; sea moderate. Kaikoufa.—Wind W., fresh; bar., 29.40; ther., 56; fine; sea smooth. Oamaru.—Wind W., light; bar., 29.38; ther., 54; cloudy; sea smooth. Bluff.—Wind S.W., moderate gale; bar., 29.36; ther., 45; showery. The pressure has decreased at Albany, but Las increased at both Sydney and Hobart. Low pressure from the. west will pass eastward of the meridian of South .Cape to-mor-row, and also one about the 15th August. There is low. pressure in the Tasman Sea. in about latitude 36.30,, longitude 166 east, travelling to the south-east, but decreasing in energy. . HIGH WATER. July 28— a.m. p.m. At the Heads r .. 3.45 3.58 At Port Chalmers ... ... 4.21 4.38 At Dunedin ± .. ... 5.6 5.23 July 29— At the Heads ... ... ... 4.16 4.34 At Port Chalmers ... ... 4.56 5.14 At Dunedin .... 5.40 5.59 ARRIVALS. Corinna, s.s., 820 tons, M'Donald, from [Westport. J. Mills, agent. John Gambles, 984 tons, Wilkie, from Liverpool, via Wellington. Neill and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. Westralia., s.s.. 1819 tons, Thorpe, for Melbourne, via the Bluff. Neill and Co., agents. Passengers: Messrs Miles, Chambers, Newman, Trotter, Wallace, Hammond, Griffiths, Mesdames Colquhoun, Murison, Misses Craig, Allison, Kittson; M'Millan. : Moura, s.s., 1276 tons, Bernech, for-Auck-land, via East Coast ports. J. Mills, agent. Passengers: Messrs C. Hyams,. White, Maxwell, H. W. Armstrong, Black, Miller, Mesdames W. P. Watson, Smith, Winter, Robert■son, Misses Watson, Morkane, Darling, Dumbleton (2); and 6 steerage. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From London.—Senorita, left June 26. Corolla, shin, left June 5. Oamaru, ship, left July 17, " From Glasgow.—Glenburn, ship, left April 28; now due. From Liverpool.—John o' Gaunt, barquej sailed April 26. From Hambuig.—Antares, ship, left Jims 8. ■ From Sydney.—Waiiare, • August 4. From Melbourne.—Talune, August 4. From Auckland. —Flora, August 2. \ ... From Kaipara.—Zior, schooner, sailed July 25. • From Westport.—Kini, August 1. From Greymouth.'—Janet Nicoll, July,3l,PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For, Sydney.—Talune, August 5. For Melbourne. —Waikare, August 6. tare, August 6. Fof Auckland.—Flora, August.3. For Westport.—Corinna,, July 29. 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. !Indraghiri, left London July 25. At_ Wellington.—Karamea, left London June 10, left Capetown July 4. Gothic, left London July 10. At Port Chalmers.—Cerieda, 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. HOMEWARD 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. Fifesb.ir-3, from Wellington, July 21. Indradevi, from Lyttelton, July 22. Tekoa, left Lyttelton July 24. 'Waikatq, 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 John' Gambles, from 'Liverpool: '20 kegs" saltpetre, 10 do borax, 100 bagssil. soda, 30 casks soda ash, 2300 sacks salt, 11 casks paint, 7 do.lub. oil, 40 drums colza oil, 110 casks bic. soda, 80 cases stout, 50 do beer, 110 do whisky, 18 drums caustic- soda, 50 cases milk, 10,032 bars iron, 1125 bundles do, 50 tons pig iron, 853 boxes tinplates, 65 bdls gaspipes, 481 dp hoqps, 18 cases scythe stones, 154 grindstones, 12 cases scales, 25 bdls baths, 6 do buckets, .35 dp spades, 21 do Ecythes, '26 do shovels, 506 rolls netting, 19 bdls steel, 156 pkgs bedsteads, 10 cases sheets, 3 do -mangles, 10 b3ls wire, 2 cases screws, 17 bdls tubes, 53 tubes, 3 bdls sieves, 8 pases fenders, 14 axle arms, 29 bundles gaspipes, 52 cases slates, 98 pkgs hardware, 22 do holloware, 106 do earthenware, 536 boxes window glass, and ft quantity of sundries. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. WELLINGTON, July 27.—Sailed: Rotomahana, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses Duckworth, Jacobsen, Walker, Gibson, Batham, O'Brien, Mesdames Loughton, Millar and child, Duckworth, Walker, Saunders, O'Rorke, Dall and child, Inwood, Hon. Mr M'Lean, Messrs O'Rorke, Phillips, Calcutt, Hamilton,. Black, Meek, Collins" Duff, Pavitt, Quinn, Howell, Mitchell, Fowlds. Hercus.. Hardy, Buttle. Latham, Wolff, Cassie, Millan, Brodrick, Millar, Ross, Turner, Cadwallader, Wellsted, Napier Bell, Godwin, Temple; and' 19"steerage.- Sailed: Thornhill, for Auckland. LYTTELTON, July 27.—Sailed: Mokoia, for Wellington. INVERCARGILL, July 27.—Sailed: Invercargill for Dunedin, via Preservation Inlet. SYDNEY, July 27.—Arrived: Zcalandia, from Auckland. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. SYDNEY, July 27.—Sailed: Star of New Zealand, for Auckland. The s.s. Corinna, from Westport, arrived yesterday and was berthed at the Rattray street wharf. She. sails again for Westport to-morrow. The barque John Gambles, from Liverpool, via Wellington, arrived off the heads yesterday morning, and was towed up to Dunedin, arriving about 1 p.m. She was berthed at the lower end of the Rattray street wharf. The s.s. Westralia left for Melbourne, via the Bluff,- at 3 p.m. yesterday. The s.s. Moura, in command of Captain Bernech and most of the officers of the s.s. Te Anau, left for her initial trip in Now Zealand waters yesterday afternoon, when she sailed.for Auckland. The s.s. Te Anau went down to Port Chaljners yesterday afternoon to go into dock for an overhaul. The B.s. Invercargill, which left Invercargill for Preservation Inlet yesterday, is not expected back here before Monday morning. The signal letters of the commercial codo " RNKT " have been allotted by the Regis-trar-general of Shipping and Seamen, to the Union Steam Ship Company's Whangape. The many friends in this port of Captain C. Elbe, late of the barque Alcestis, will be glad to hear he has safely arrived at lable ■Bay with a cargo of coal from Penarth in t%a>

barque River Boyne, which has been purchased by Messrs Elliott Bros, for the intercolonial trade. Captain Elbe readied the Oape on June 12.

The barque Alexa is on her way from Port Natal to Edithburg, and will there take in cargo for Dunsdin.

While the barque Harold was on her passage from Melbourne to Liverpool, and when bowling along under a favourable breeze in the bright light of an almost perfect moon, ■the officer of the watch descried close ahead what appeared to be breakers on a huge ocean rock. Smartly the wheel spun round, and while passing the edge of a wide circle of foam, there lay exposed under the moon's beams the blackened timbers of a huge waterlogged ship, floating almost level with the ocean. The latitude of the spot was reported 40 S., by a longitude of 40.07 E. Captain M'Gibbon, of the steamship Surrey, in his report of a visit to South Africa, says that those who propose to rush vessels away with produce to South Africa should hesitate. At Port Elizabeth, when the Surrey left, the local authorities had used up all tarpaulins available to partly cover the immense stacks of produce landed. At East London, a gigantic stack lay untouched, and two steamers had been three months at anchor waiting to discharge cargo. In Capetown two sentries marched round an accumulation ol landed cargo resembling one of Melbourne's largest public buildings. Captain M'Gibbon learned from the authorities that, as the fodder landed could not be got away, the Government refused to accept the responsibility of extra insurance when consignments were vn, i and hence the detenti°n of vessels. V\ hen h e received orders to clear at once for Melbourne, Captain M'Gibbon had still about oU tons of fodder on board, and brought it back with him.

After a somewhat eventful voyage of 150 days the barque Emilia Ceamipi, bound from Marseilles to Sydney, has put into Hobson's "■ ft -ir water ancl provisions. .' The barque left Marseilles on February 7. but experienced •baiflmg winds, and unsettled weather right along, terrific gales and mountainous seas being frequent. Whilst on a voyage from Hamburg to Melbourne the barque Scottish Glens, which arrived at Sydney on July 12, lost a seaman overboard on May 15, about 100 miles east of Rio Janeiro. diaries Gettler, aged 20 a native of Breslau, Germany, foil from the mainyard into the sea. A lifebuoy was thrown to him, but when the rescuing boat reached the spot the seaman had disappeared, having apparently been taken by a shark. The latest cruiser added to the Russian navy is the Askold, recently launched at the Germania Yard, Kiel. She is a serviceablelooking vessel of 6000 tons displacement. She is just'over 426f_t in length, with a beam of 49ft, so that it will be seen she is intended for speed. Her draught of water when completely equipped is estimated to be 20ft. She is not an armoured, but, rather, a protected cruiser, her defensive cuirass consisting solely of a steel deck from l£in to 3in thick, and a conning tower of plating nearly 6in in thickness. Her guns, though, will have shields revolving with them. She carries a considerable number of guns, although none are of a calibre greater thVm 5.9 in. Of this class she mounts a dozen pieces, of which two are perched up in a species of elevated forecastle, two are placed aft, and the remainder on the broadside, four on each eide. •In addition, she carries the same number of 3in weapons, eight 3-pounders, a couple of 1-pounders, two automatic weapons, and six torpedo tubes, of which two are "of tho below-water type. Her motive power consists of three sets of triple-expansion . engines, driving three propellers, and supplied with steam from nine Schultz boilers.