SHIPPING

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11962, 8 February 1901, Page 4

SHIPPING

' PORT OHALMERS. ffiur. Ball at Port Chaihers. ■' New Zealand mean time at noon, calculated for th* meridian of longitude, in time , 11 hours 39 minutes tut of Greenwich, will te signalled once a week by *, tim« ball t dropping at the instant of mean noon. A blue flag will be hoisted at the mast-head, Fort Chalmers signal .station, on the forenoon «f the day when tin time rijnal is to be gives. . •■ Phases of the iV<»nn. V ' FEBRUABY. Full moon ... .'. 4th 0.0 a.m. \ Last quarter ... ... „.' ,12th 5.42 a.m. l?ew moon 19th 2.15 p.m. First quarter '26th 6.8 a.m. Apogee 9th V.O p.m. Perigee/ .. 21st 2.0 p.m. Sun rises 5.18 a.m., sets 7.26 p.m. THE WEATHER. February 7.-8 a.m.: Wind S.W.; wenther Equally. Noon: Wind S.W.; weather equally. 5 p.m.: ■ Wind S.W.; weather . squally. ■ 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m.' \ Barometer 29.98' 30.04 30.0 , Thermometer 50 ' 58 60 INTERCOLONIAL AND COLONIAL REPORTS. (Per Umted Pkkss Association.) WELLINGTON, February 7. Iho following are the 9 u.m. weather reports from Australian stations:— ' February 6.—Wind S.W.: tar. 29.7. i. Hobart, February 6.4 Wind N.E.; bnr. 52.2; cloudy. Sydney, February 7.—Wind W.; bar. 29.10'; cloudy and sultry. , <The following are the weather reports from New Zealand stations at 5 p.m.:— Mauukau Heads—Wind 5.5.W,,. fresh; bar". 29.95, ther. 67; cloudy. New Plymouth.—Wind S.S.E. fresh; bar. ■ 29.85, ther. 66; moderate. ' Castlepoint.-Wind S.W., light; bar. 29.87, ther. 58, showery; eea moderate. Wellington.—Wind S., fresh; bar. 29.55, ther. 60; cloudy. Bluff.—Wind S.W., breeze; bar. 30.06, ther. 55; gloomy. The pressure has continued to decrease at Albany, but it has increased at Hobart, and has fallen to an exceptionally low point at 1 Sydney. It is probable that there has been . *.'ery bad weather from tho southward on the , coast of New South Wales. HIGH WATER, ' February 8— a.m. p.m. 'At the Heads ... „ ... 5.23 5.43 At Port Chalmers 6.8 6.23 i . At Dunedin i. ... ... 6.53 7.8 ,! . ' i

ARRIVALS. Hinemoa, C.G.8., 286 tons, Bolland; from ,| the north. ' { \ Moura, s.s., 1276 tons, M'Donald, from \ Auckland, via East Const porls. J. Mills, \ agent. Passengers: Misses M'Kenzie, Ne-! ville, Arnold, Parker, M'Leod, Atkinson (2), i ] Gillies (2), Cnrran, Penny. Macßride,- Moore, ! Coatcs, Cassie, Mesdames Nash and two cliil- { j dren, Cu;tis, M'Vinish, Reid, Burns and : ' child, Mitchell and ,two children, Dimant, j ! Guest, Messrs Stone, Moore, Birch, Balton, ! \ Watson, Gallagher, Low, Orchard, Burns, ! Ball, Dimant, Jones, M'Convil'e, Firm, . Guest, White, Allenby, Silly, Rev. Black- \ burn; and 21 steerage. I Moana, s.s., 3915 tons, Carey, from Mel- ' liourpe, via Hobart, Milford' Sound, and the \ Bluff. J. Mills, agent. Passengers: Mesdames Johustone, Groves, Cleghorn, Evans, \ Honey, Church and child, Wrensted and two • children, Gurnling, Phillips, Raymond, ' M'Donald, Storey, Skelton, Stephens, Ross, , ' Thompson and three children, Misses Harri- : i son, Slater. Alves, Andrews. E. 'Robinson, ■ Mobberley, Honey (3), Coneys (2), Grove, Mer- ' v;er, M'Lennan, Powell, Messrs A. Marshall, I W. Ashwell, Nichol, G. Ross, M'Domioll, ] Ti. Ferguson, G. Gibb, Grove, J. Laity, WrenEted, Smytlie, Evans, Scott, Maraden, Mobborley, P. Wight, Dr Church, Rev. Stephens - and three children; and 43 steerage. AT TIIE HEADS. ft , Akaroa, barque, A. Kelly, from Capetown, • for orders. DEPARTURE. Moana, e.s,, 3915 tons, Carey, for Sydney, via Cook Strait. J. Mills, agent. Passengers:. Misses Fisher, Clayton, Sims, Palmer. Moore (2), Churley, Camorpn, TilKe; Hodg-' kine, Swan, Rutherford, Thomson. Morgan, ■ Miller; Louden, Brown, Fergus (2). Rosie, Cable, Morgan, Cantrell, Mesdames Graham, Marshall. Preston and child, Dreamer and , two children, Burnes and two children and '•maids, Pryor and family, Maitland, Turton, Kinvfg, maid, and two children, Johnston arid infant, Clift, Harris. Campbell, Atkin- j son, Campbell, Gray, Wiffen, Cable, White, ! Messrs Graham, Marshall, Hall, Borrie, Morgan, Stock, Pryor, Jones, Bowron, Johnston, .Wright, Milne. Fyle. Gordon. Campbell, Atkinson, Campbell.' Gray, Wiffen, White, , Mjßcath, Masters Dwyer (2), Dawson, Petre, Milne, Rev. Spenco; and five steerage. FIXPECTKD ARRIVALS. From Lomlon.-Jjbch Cree, barque, left November 7. Lizzie Bell, left February 5. From Liverpool—lnvercargill, left Octo- • ber 1; arrived Wellington January 14. Gladys, left January 4 ' i From Glnßgow,—Wellington, ship, left November 17. ';From Sydney, via Auckland.—Elingamite, February 10. from Sydney, via Wellington.—Monowai, February 9. ' From Melbourne.—Waikare, February 13. ■ From Wanganui—Enterprise, early, From. Kaipara.—Annie Hill, parly. From Auckland.—Te Anau, February 14. t PROJECTED DKF A RTTJRI'X For Sydney (via Wellington).—Waikare, ■, February 14. Westralia, February 21. For Sydney (via, Auckland).—Elingamite, February 12. ■ For Melbourne.—Monowai, February 11. For Auckland.—Mourn, February 8, , For'Westport,—Oorinna, February 10. ForGreymouth— JanetNicoll, Febrnaiy 13. MOVEMENTS OF DIRECT STEAMERS. i . TO ARBIVB. At Auckland.—Star of Australia, left New York December 25. j .- At Wellington.—Star of New Zealand, left r London December 14. Karamea, left Lon- ' don December 19. Banffshire, left London December 14, due February 8. Kimutnka, left Plymouth January 5. Nairnshire, due February 15. , ;At Lyttelton.—Kumara, left London Jann- r .' ary-22. Wakanui, left Plymouth February 3. ,■ At Port Chalmers.-Kangitira, left London January 8. . . ' . TO DErAItT. From.Wellington.—Waikatp, February 9. Waiwera, February 14. Banffshire, February 28. i

From the Bluff.-Nairnshire, March 2. I . . . : , . HOMEWAKD nnnsn. Eiffel Tower, from : Wellington, Docem- . ber 6. Buteshire,' from Wellington, December 14. Tokomaru, from 'Wellington, December 22. Tomoana, from Wellington, January 3. Eakaia, from Wellington, January 3. Matatua, from Wellington, January 6. Morayshire, from Port Chal- i roers, January 9. Star of England, from Na- | , pier, January 9.' Tekoa, from Wellington, January 19. Delphic, from Lyttelton, January 22. Papanui, from Wellington, January 31. Gothic, from Wellington, February 30. ' rifeehire, from Lyttelton, February 7. IMPORTS. Per Moana, from Melbourne:—so cs milk, 25 bgs seed, 22 pkgs tea, 50 cs brandy, 62 lime juice, 20 bgs tapioca., 32 eske bottles, 49 es . wine, 147 cs fruit, 200 bge rice, 30 bis kapok, 183 piece , ) timber,, 31 pkgs printing material, • 80 bga onions, -7*o cs sardines, 9 cs sowing machines, 363 bgs bark, 25 cs tomatoes, and sundries; ako transhipments ex Darmstadt, Ortona, Strassfurt,,and Barbarossa. ' SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, February 7.—Sailed: ■ A<lameda,, for Honolulu, with the San Francisco mails. Sailed , : Takapuna, for New Plymouth and, Wellington. Passengers: Mieses (Whitney, Plumtner, Gordon, Elkin, Stephens (2), Howes, Keenan, Thompson, Mesclamee Goodman, Lord, Perry, Bull, Shaw, Crawford, Smith and child, Collins and infant, Messrs Gray, Ashfield, W. Simpson, Mackay,. Or Clark, J. K. Lord, Crawford, Lepine, Newbold, Connell, F. C. Roach, B. Bruce, Ryburn, George (2), Comer, Reshworth, W. Evans,.T. Meet, H. Wood, Hatrick, G..H. Wright, Goodman, J. Shaw, A. Dick, Dalziel I '(2), Dr M'Adam, Rev. Messrs M'Kenna and B. L. Thomas; and 15 steerage. 4 WELLINGTON, .February .7.—Arrived: Loch Crei, frqm Liverpool.—Sailed: Tarawera, for Lyttelton. Passengers: Misses Levin'and maid, Sergeant, Stemke, Jenness, Googlian,. Cok'er; Reid, Logan, O'Connor, Larnbourne, Jones, Maloney, Williams (2), Davis, ifedames Shaw, Levin, Gundy, Jones, Woods, Williams, Inspector Bossence, Messrs Maginnis, Fitzgerald, Reakes, Johnston, Royse, Hendry, Watson, Grummett, James, Roijs, Maetera Ryan and Moore; and 24 Bteorage. Sailed: Monowai, for Melbourne, via the-south and Hobart, Passengers: Misses Fleming, Crichton, Watt, Truman, M'Keown, Barker, Forbes, Wilson, Brewster, Skinner, Brittain, Hellyer, Mesdames Brown (2), v Allum,' Baker, Duncan, Monaghan, Miller, Robertson, Chalmers, Jacobs, Brooks, ' Nichol and child, Miller and 2 children, Hoby, Bolt and child, Dixcn,' Gainsford and *.3 cluidren, Major. Bennet,. Messrs Brown (2), ✓ Ewan, Duncan, Henderson, Baldwin, Robinson', Turner; Flowers, Emanuel, Anderson,

Adams, Dymock, Hamilton, Smith, Squires, Gainsford; and 17 steerage. To soil: Mnraroa, for Napier. LTTTBLTON, February 7.—Arrived: Otarama, from Port Chalmers.—Sailed: Hawea, for Dunedin.

BLUFF, February 7.—Arrived: Vienna, rteamer, from Hongkong. INVEROABGILL,, February 7.—Sailed: Invercargill, for Dunedin, via Preservation Inlet.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS. LYTTELTON, February 7.—Sailed: Fifeshire, for London, via Las Palmns. j . LYTTELTON HARBOUR BOARD. (Per Unitbd Pkkbs Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, February 7. ' At the annual meeting of the Lyttelton Harbour' Board to-day {he statement of accounts showed a surplus of revenue over expenditure of £13,525. The principal increases in receipts were:—Pilotage ai\d port charges, £1763: coal storage, £442; wharfage on merchandise (10,000 tons increase), £829'; wharfage on ooal (11,600 tons increase), £752; on timber,' £487; agricultural produce (12,400 tons increase), £945. The total increase was £6258. Last year £1200 was spent in redecking and renewing the wharfage, and and £1800 provided for the same purpose this year. The board are alive to the necessity oi continuing to provide all the facilities required in an up-to-date port, and with this object in view contracts have been entered into for a supply of timber for lengthening and widening No. 2 jetty, so as lo afford better facility for working it, and also to enable the southern express train to run alongside steamers at night and thus avoid the inconvenience at present experienced by through passengers. No. 6 jetty, is also to be extended to 600 ft in length, and thus provide additional bertliage space for two ocean steamers. The timber and labour for these two works will amount to some £14,500, and the cost is provided for out of the surplus of ordinary revenue. In connection with the arrival of the dredge it was mentioned that some 169,4-12 cubic yards of mud were dredged in seven months, at the average cost of 5 l-10d per cubic yard, which includes interest at 4 per cent, on the cost of the dredge. In previous dredging operations it never cost less than 5d per cubic yard of mud, and this did not include interest on the cost of the dredging plant then UEed. '•

The 5.9. Moaua, from Melbourne, via. Hobart, Milford Sound, and the Bluff, arrived at the tongue w|krf at 6 a.m.'yesterday.. She left Melbourne on the 31st Janunry, at 12.00 p.in; cleared Willinmstown at 1.42 p.m., passed through Port Phillip Heads at 4,35 p.m., had Swan Island abeam on the Ist inst. at 7.11 a.m., and arrived at Hobart at 9 p.m.; sailed again on the 2nd inst. at 12.20 p.m., rounded Tasman Island at 3.20 p.m., and entered Milford Sound on tho sth at 10.23 a.m.; cleared Milford Sound at 12.30 p.m., 'and arrived at the Bluff on the 6th at 5 a.m.; left again,same day at 7 p.m., and arrived as above. From Melbourne she experienced I light to moderate. S.S.W. winds, fine J weather, ' and smooth sea to Hobart; I thence strong S.S.E. winds, heavy sea, J nnd overcast weather to tho morning of tho . 5tK inst., on which day Milford Sound was entered. Almost immediately on reaching Milford Sound the weather cleared beautifully, which enabled the Sound lo be seen to the beet advantage. From tho Bluff to Dunedin fresh N.W. winds and squally weather were the conditions. Though the Moana. mot the same weather which befell the Britannic, she made more satisfactory progress than the troopship, and she logged over 290 miles on the worst day's storm, and covered the distance from Mejbourno to Hobart (457 miles) in the quick time of 31| hours. She sailed ' again for Sydney, via Wellington, last nidit.

After embarking coal for the Eouthern lighthouses the Colonial Government steamer Hinemoa steamed up to Dunedin yesterday evening. She is oxpected to leave on her periodical inspection of the southern lighthouses on, Saturday. The s.s. Mount, which left Auckland on thn 2nd inst., arrived at 11.15 a.m. yesterday, and was berthed at the Rattray street wharf. She called at the customary way ports, and had a rough-weather passage, with a strong head wind from Lyttelton. She leaves again for Auckland from Port Chalmers this afternoon on arrival of the 3.35 p.m. train. Captain Beaumont goes in command. The s.s. Herald from Greymouth is duo to-day, with a; full cargo of coal for Port Chalmers, after discharging which she sails for Greymouth direct. The s.s. Corinna, having been delayed en the West Coast, is not expected here before to-morrow. ' The barque Akaroa, from Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, arrived off Olago Heads yep-, tcrday for orders. She left the Cape on ; December 16. Captain Alfred Kelly's many, friends will he glad to liear of his arrival. The barque Onyx is loading at Port Esncrance, Tasmania, for Dunedin wharf.. The barque Cumbrian is on the loading berth at Glasgow, for this port. The Shaw. Savill. and Albion Company's s.s. Rangatira, left London on January 8 for this- and northern ports. We should soon hear of the arrival at Wellington from GlaSgflw of the ship Wellington, Captain Thomas, for this port, via Wellington. She is now 83 days' out. The Swedish barqun Medea, from Anjer Point for Otago Heads, for orders, should "soon turn up. . A few- more da 3's should Lrintr the barque Loch Cree into port. She left Livernool for Port Chalmers on November 1, and" is now 99 days out.

The Colonial Government steamer Hinemoa, from the north, via Akaroa, arrived at Port. Chalmers at 3 p.m. 'yesterday, and took in coal at the wharf for the southern lighthouses. She subsequently steamed up to Dunedin, and was berthed a,t tho cross wharf. '

THE TROUBLE ON H.M.S. BARFLISUR. On January 3 (says a Hongkong paper) we received by post an unsigned message, of which the following is a copy:—"H.M.S. Barfleur—mutiny on board—that is, we have I thrown our gun-sights overboard. Not without cause, you may imagine. Also ask why the Admiral is endeavouring to liave the seamen and marines turned out of the Hongkong Hotel." Rumours of discontent existing on board the Barflour have been poing about the ' city for romo days past, but it was news to many that things had.-readied such a serious pitch that the men had thrown overboard their gun-sights. We accordingly set about making inquiries. Many stories, more or less improbable, were poured into the cars of the representative of (he Daily Press, but the story of the throwing overboard of the gun-sicrhts was confirmed. Wo learned, however, that they had since besn recovered by divers. It is also stated that a. bell brought down from the north by an officer was also picked up by the divew, and on the bell were

painted the words, "Tit for tat,".and thereby hangs a tale. Tho story goefe that a dinner . was being given at the Hongkong Hotel by ' onn of tho men who had been at. the front, and who had apparently had considerable sueO3ss as a loot-collector. One of the guests, "overcome by the heat," passed the Admiral I as ho was being taken out of the hotel. When j interrogated as to who Had given the dinner I the man's-memory suddenly failed him. A'i examination was subsequently held on board ship, but still the information sought for was , not forthcoming. Accordingly, instead of the Barfjeuv men beinir allowed general leave on Christmas Day. this privilege was curtailed. Naturally this caused much dissatisfaction among the men. who refused to dress riiip until peremptorily ordered to clo so, when they ran up an apology for a decora-, lion in the shape of. a fnw evergreens. Block looks appear to liave been the order of tho flav and it i 3 alleged Hint as n. punishment for their giwlings the msn'? Christmas delicacies were thrown overboard. This is not offieiallv confirmed, but ><■. is ?aid to be the e* planation nf the words " Tit for tat," painted on the, bell thrown overboard with the qm> pights. A court of inquiry wn* held on board the Bavfleur on the 3rd. The court was romrjo'iPd nf Cnpto'n G. A. Callanrhan', of H.i\[.S. Endvmion; Commander F. C. A. Oorjlw, nf H.M.S. Terrible: and Commandpv Oesswnlt J. Eyres, of FMS. TTndauntcd. F.verythinK has lwen BatisfaotorMy settled. The m°n, who had been denial leave fc a week, have been grnnt'd th'iir usunl privileTCD, and it is to Tw hoped that harmony will fake the place of discord on board tho I Barfleur.