SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11923, 22 December 1900, Page 6

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

AUCKLAND, December 21.—Arrived: JUanapouri, from Tonga. Sailed: Waihora, for the south. Passengers: Misses Cutts, Hughes, Nixon, Salmond, Utting, llainforth, Hill, Salmon. Lobb, Bruce (2). Runciman, Cummings, Henderson, Hutchison, Burt, Simes, Mesdames Pani, Hill, Bright, Dignam and 2 children, Lobb. Messrs Ferguson, Bull. Chambers, Strong, MncLean, Cole, Todd, , Hynes, Tolerton. Buchanan, Cole, Cox, Nolan, Oates, Holloway, Filzpatrick, Clarke, i Steele, Fleming, Lovell, A. K. Cnimp, Hyde, Peri, Newton, Sheratt, Newman, Featherstone, Nicholson, Lyon, Dignan, Dr Craig, Rev. Mr Hawkins; and 2 0 steerage. Sailed: Nganuhi, for New Plymouth. "WELLINGTON, December 21.—Arrived : Craignair, barque, from Now York. Sailed: Talune, for Lyltelton and Dunedin. Passengers: 74- excursionists and 20 steerage. Sailed: Rotomnhnna, for Lyttelton. PnsEev. Mr Hawkins; and 20 steerage. Sailed: Maf.itua, for Oamaru; Tekoa, for Ly.ttelton; River Boyne, barque, for Newcastle. LYTTELTON. December 21.—Sailed: Waikare, for Melbourne, via southern ports; Monowai. for Wellington. BLUFF, December"2l.—Arrived: Orohnra, from Brisbane. , INYERCARGILL, December 21.—Sailed: Rimu, for Dunedin, via Preservation Inlet. PERTH, December 21.—Arrived: Home, from London. Passengers for New Zealand: Mr and Mrs Clifton, Mr Weston. Lady Hopetouii and party arc also passencers. Arrived: Mnrnroa, from New Zealnd ; Fiona, from Ivarnara. Tho s.s. ITpolu left for Weslport last night. The s.s. Mol.-oia, from Melbourne, will pass through Dunedin on Monday, 24th inst., instead of her time-table dato. and a? there will bo no other steamer from Lyttolton to Wellington on Christmas night, 25th inst., the s.s. Mokoia will be available. .Tho s.s. "Waikare, from Sydney, is due here to-day, and will probably come up to Dunedin about 3 p.m. She sails again to-mor-row afternoon for Melbourne. Tho s.s. To Anau left Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon with passengers and cargo tor Aucldand, via East Coast ports. The s.s. Kini is being thoroughly cleaned and painted in Hie Port Chalmers graving dock. The s.s. Asloun, tho vessel which towed the New Zealand Shipping Company's Waikato into Frcmantle, hf changed hands. She has been sold to Spaniards to;- £27,000. The new mammoth liner building for the White Star line's Atlantic trade will not be less than 20,000 tons, or 3000 tons more than is the Oceanic. The vessel is so far advanced Ll:at Messrs Harland and Wolff expect to launch her early in January from their yard? at Queen's Island, Belfast. Her cost is to b.-> £1,500,000. and she will trade between the Mersey and New York. Captain Thorn, of the Darque Glen Avon, v.liich arrived at Melbourne on the 2nd inst., reported that, when in lat. 26.26 S., and long. 27.50 W., on October 6, i huge volume of smoke rolled up on the horizon, and attracted attention. In two hours lie opened out the hull of a large ship, which was one mass of ifrmes, silhouetted against tho curve of the sea. No trace of boats or wreckage could ba seen by tho look-out men/ but Captain

Thorn determined to stand near. Just as a ■boat was ready for lowering an explosion swept aside the sheet of enveloping flame, and it was plainly scan the vessel was gutted. The vessel was of Glasgow build, but no trace of her name could bo found, and the opinion is that the crew perished with her. The steam trawler Express is being cleaned aud painted on Isbister's slip at Deborah Bay.

Last yea: the number oi bottle messages picked up at sea was 121. Of these, 103 were found hi the Atlantic, 16 iv the, Pacific, and two in the Indian Ocean. The length of a bottle's voyage varies. One was thrown out on September 13, 1695, between Newfoundland and Iceland, and first recovered on a sandbank of the Bahama Islands on May 22, 1898. It had made 4560 kilometres at the Fmall velocity of eight kilometres nor day. The quickest voyage that has yet been observed war. made by a bottle thrown out on .May 7, 1890, near the mouth of the Oronoeo, and found on the 13th of Hie same month. ]90 sea mile? to the north-wset, having been driven at a speed rf 56 kilometres a day.

The s.s. Star of England i? rapidly discharging cargo at tho ocean steamer pier, Port Chalmers. Slie is exrcected to leave on Monday for the Bluff.