SHIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13207, 14 February 1905, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT CHALMERS. Tun Bail at Port Chamirrs. The Neir Zealand niejn time at noon, «il«ulated for the meridian of longitude, in time 11 hours 30 minutes east of Greenwich, will be signalled once a week by a time bull dropping at the instant of mean noon. A blue flag will be hoisted at the mist-, bead, Port Ohaljpers sijn&l itation, on tht forenoon of the day irhen the time tignil ii i'ntn. Phisrs or THg Moon. FF.BRDARI. New Moon * 10.36 p.m. First Quarter ... „. ... 13 5.30 ».m. Full Moon ... ... 20 6.20 a.m. Laet Quarter 26 9.5* p.m. Apogee 9 7.30 a.m. Perigee ... ' 21 11.0 a.m. Sun rises 5.27. sets 7.17. THE WEATHER. February 13-7-8 a.m.: Wind N.E.; weather fine. Noon: Wind N.E.; weather fine. 5 p.m.: Wind N.E.; weather fine. 8 a.m. Noon. 5 p.m. Barometer 30.26 30.31 30.38 Thormometcr ... 54 74 90 FORECAST.->Mr Paulin telephoned at 9.15 last evening :-"E.N.E. to N.W. winds and fine." WEATHER REPORTS. CPzb Uhitkd Pkrss Association.) • \VKLLINGTOX, February 13.' The following are the weather reports at £ p.m. : — Manukau Heads.—Wind S.W., breezo; bar. 30.15, ther. 69; fine; bar smooth. New Plymouth.—Wind S.W., frt-sh; bar. 40.12, ther. 68; fine: sea moderate. Castlepoint.-Wind N.E., fresh; bar. 30.02, iber. 65; fine; sea heavy. Wellington.—Wind N., light; bar. 30, ther. 63; fine. Westport.-Wind S.W., breeze; bar. 30.07. ther. 67; fine; sea smooth. Kaikoura.-Wind N.E., light; bar. 2,9.94, ther. 70; fine; tea slight swell. Bluff.-Wind S.E. fresh; bar. 30.22, ther. 60; overcast. Moderate 1o strong northerly winds; glass fall; tides increasing.—R. A. Edww. HKJH WATER. February 14— a.m. p.m. At Taiaroa Heads 8.55 9.28' At Port Chalmers 9.35 10.8 At Dunedin 10.20 10.53 ARRIVALS. Rona, barqno, 618 tons, Cormack, from Glasgow. Star of Scotland, s.s., 4001 tone, Hart, from Lomlo.i, via. Australian and northern ports. J. 11. Swift, and Co., agents. DEPARTURE. Kniapara, s.s., 4/41 tons, Kiddle, for J/ondon, via Picton and Wellington. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From New York.—Anna, ship, sailed Oc-' lober 31. From Liverpool.—lnvergarry, barque, lelt December 2. From Marseilles.".Andaman, barque, sailed November 11. From Sydney (via Auckland).—Mokoia, February 19. From 'Sydney (via Wellington).—Waikare, February 18. From Melbourne—Moeraki. February 14. From Port Espcrance.—Onyx, barque; railed February 4. From Auckland.—Talune, February 16. From Nelson and New Plymouth.— Corinna, February 18. ,I r rom CSreymoutli.—Eoonya. February 14. PRO J EOTKT) DEPARTURES. For Sydiipy (via Auckland).—Manuka, February 14. For Sydney (via Cook Strait), lloeraki, February 16. For .Melbourne—Waikare, February 19. For Auckland.—Talunc, February 17. For Nrlsnn and New Plymouth.—Corinna, February 20 For (irpymouUi.—Koouya, February 16. MOVEMENTS OF OCEAN-GOING STEAMERS. TO AKKIVK. At Auckland.—Buteshire, left New York November 28; due March 3.' Oakburn, left New York December 9: due February 12. Star of Ireland, left New York December 13; duo February 15. Fifcshirc, left London December 15: due February 17. Somerset, left Ljverjwo! December 23; duo February &■ liidriulttvi, left London December 27; due March 1. Rnkaia, left London January i; due about February 24. Whakatauo, left London January 12; due March 13. Star of New Zealand, left New York January 11; due March 10. At Wellington. — Rimutaka. left Ply. mouth December 31; due February 14. Delphic, left. London January 10; due February 25. Athenic. left London January 14; due February 27. Tongariro, left Plymouth January 2S; due March 14. At l'ort Chalmers.—Morayshire, left New York December 20; due' February 24. BiiHjfatim, now at Auckland; due here about February 22. Fazilku, from Calcutta, now at Auckland: due here February 28. TO lIEI'ACT. From Auckland.—Essex, March 4. From Wellington.—Papamii, February 16. Morayshire, February 28. lonic, March 2. Rimutaka. March 16. From Port Chalmers.—Pvangatira, February 28. From the Bluff.—Maori, February 15. O3westry Grange, left Timaru November 25." Ayrshire, left Wellington December 16. Tokomaru, loft the Bluff December 50. {iothic, left Wellington January 5. Waimato, left Wellington January 6. Waiwera, left Wellington' January 10. Niwaru, left Wellington January 10. Ruapehu, left Wellington January 17. Suffolk, left Wellington January 20. Karamea, left Wellington January 29. Tomoana, left Wellington January 30." Kaikoura, left Wellington February 1. Perthshire, left Auckland February 2. Matarua, left Wellington February 3. Aotea, loft Auckland February

3. I SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. AUCKLAND, February 13.-Arrived: Zealandia, from Sydnoy. Passengers for Dunedin: Jlr and Mrs Newton.——Arrived: Quathlamba, barque-, from Newcastle; Bougainville, barque, from New York, via Wel-lington.-—Sailed: 5.45 p.m., Victoria, for 'Svdney; 6 p.m., Fazilka, for Wellington. "KAIPARA, February 13.-Arriyed: Laira, barque, from Timaru. Sailed:' Helen Denny, barque, for Melbourne; (Woosung, barque, for Sydney. WELLINGTON, February 13.—Sailed: Mararoa. for Lyttolton. Passengers: Misses Henrys, Johnston. Ardle (2), Recce. Smith, Qiiinlan, Fernandas, Macdona'd (2), Heywood, Henderson, Mnir, Wardell, ftellohy (2), Scddon, Wilkinson, Paterson, llcsdamcs ■Wilkinson, ftilnicr, Grime's. Barclay, Elmer, Hyde, Wright, Weston, Alwrcrombie, Sir •William Steward. Messrs Burns, Tyson, Smart. Elmer, Hyde, Wright, Weston,'Burnett, Abercrombio, Gilmer, Barclay, Grimes, Brodcriek, Cotton, Billman, Hemlry, Hara, Bruco. Wright. llenrv. Bower. Diiinie. TIJIARTI, February 13.—Sailed: 9 p.m.. Invcrcargill, for Dunedin. 'BLUFF, February 13.-Arriwd: Roto!;ino.' from Westport: 2.15 p •■<.. Kssex, from Sydnev. Sailed: 4.50 p.m., Wnmnera, for 'Hobart. SYDNEY. February 13.—Sailed: 2 p.m., Sierra, for San I'raneisoo, via Auckland. v !■> . — THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Rimiitaka, from London, arrived at Tobart on Sunday. The Manuka sails this afternoon for Jydnoy, via Auckland. The thermometer rcgisered 90 in the sun it Port Chalmora yesterday afternoon. The Moeraki, from Melbourne, via loharf and the Bluff, is due hero about / o'clock this morning. The N««- Zealand Shipping Company's iteamship Eaipara, Captain Eiddle, Jcft Sie George street pier, Port Chalmers, at 6 p.m. yesterday for Picton. Captain M'Lellan, of Lyctclton, the company's Mastinn oilot. joinod Ivor at the Port. , The BritisMndia steamer Fazilka, from Calcutta, now at Auckland, is coming on to Wellington, Timaru, and Dunedin, and is due here alwuttlfq; middle of next w«k. fahc has 1000 tons of cargo for Dunedin. In addition to a qrantitv of wool and other eanjo. tho Shaw. Saville, and Albion ixnnpany'j fteainsbip Maori took in 200 tons of bunker coal from tho hulks at the Bowen pier yestwday. Slio is oxpcoled to leave Port Chalmers to-day for London, via • Bluff Harbour. Tho Minister of Marine notifies that on and nfter Februa:y 22. when a vessel arrives off Okuiu bar and sisiiols that die wants to enter, the following leading lights will bs exhibited:-A rod lipht.'about 15ft. hinh above water, will be exhibited from the front lvnoon. and a wh'ite light, nbont 2fJft above high water, from Hio back beacon. A. green light will be shown 'rom Okiirn wharf 'on end of goods shed • A Sydney exebnngo says that while (ho ■j turbine steamer Loongana was proceeding down tho River Yana on the night of the 30th of Jamiary, on her way from Mel- " bouriip to Tjanncwlon. and the steamer Gnbo inn-ard lionnd from Sydney wa? pro- ' •■ ceedinir to a l>erth at flie Nfellroume docks, a heavy &.W. gale sprang tip, with tho

result .that - the vessel became unmanageable, and runniug_across the river crashed into the ship Scottish Lochs, lying at tho wharf. The foroo of the impaot wa3 90 great that three of the ship's plates were smashed and a large quantity of woodwork in the saloon damaged, while the Gabo had several bow plates denied. 'The Loongana was, practically speaking, blown ashore, and liter on waa; towed off, when she proceeded on her voyage. During the passage of. the new steamer Oakburn from New York to Freniautle, en route for New Zealand porta, she encountered some very rough weather, accompanied by mountainous .seas, which continually washed the decks, with tho result that a largo quantity of deck cargo was carried overboard. The Oakburn has & large general cargo for Australian and i?ew Zealand ports. A wire from Russell states that the Pelican, with the Ferret, in tow, both from Brisbane for Auckland, put in at tho Bay of lelands short of fuel at. 6 p.m. on Friday. An Auckland message received yesterday states that both vesHs reached their destination at 4 p.m. on Sunday. On Thursday last, when the s.s. Baden Powell was between Cheviot and Kaikoura, her master. Captain Muir, occupied about an hour in taking soundinge off tho coast between the mouths of the Waiau and Conway Rivers, Ihe locality where Captain Rolls, of the s.s. Tarawera, recently noticed a break'three miles north of the four-fathom patch marked on the chart. Captain Muir found (says the- Lyttolton Times) that the depth varied from 12 to 15 fathoms. His soundings were taken rather more than three miles off short, at a spot where the chart shows a depth of 25 fathoms. Though he found ho indication of a shoal, there is no doubt that a break was seen in the locality by Captain Rolls, whose observation is confirmed by an an old resident in the vicinity, who told Captain Muir that he himself had seen a break in the sea there. It has been suggested that.file Gove-rnmont s.s. Hinemoa should be sent to make a thorough examination of the locality. ARRIVAL IOF THE RONA. The barque Eona, from Glasgow, arrived off Otago Heads and anchored at 8 p.m. on .Sunday. She was tendered yeptorday forenoon by the s.s. Plucky and , brought up for a, short time in Koputai Bay, where she was boarded by the health officer, who inspected her crew, and finding all well admitted her to pratique. She was promptly ciearod-in for revenue purposes by Mr Baudinot, the Customs surveyor, and afterwards towed to Dunedin. The Roiia is a smart-looking iron barque of 618 tons net register, and was formerly known as the Polly Woodside. She was built at Belfast in 1885 by Messrs Workman, Clark, and Co., and is 192 ft 2in long, 30ft lin beam, and 16ft deep. The Rona is under the command of Captain Connack, whose first visit to tho colony it is. Ho brings with him as chief officer Mr J. M. Ban , , while Mr M'Kcady is second. The Rona has made an excellent passage of 111 days from anchor fo anchor, and has experienced fairly fine weather throughout the run. She left the Tail of the Bank on October 24, 1904, and had strong winds down to lat. 35, when light variable winds and fine weather set in. The S.E. trades were taken in lat. 2 S., long. 29 W.; they were light, and left, her in lat, 28 8., Ions;. 29 W. She passed the island of Tristan deAcumba oil December 24, and' had moderate passage winds across the Southern Ocean, running down her easting on the parallel of 43 S lat. She made her first landfall on the sth inst., when the Eddystono Rock-. Tasmania, was sighted, from where she encountered strong westerly wind? until Stewart Island, which she passed on the 10th inst., ami thence- had light variable winds to arrival. Neither ice or wreckage was seen while crossing the SSuthcrn Ocean. <s ARRIVAL OF TOE STAR OP SCOTLAND. The new Tyscr steamer Star of Scotland arrived at Port Chalmers yesterday evening from London, via Australian ports, Auckland, and Wellington. The Star of Scotland has been built and ongincd by Messrs Workman, Clark, and Co. (Limited), of Belfast, for the Star line of steamers, Messrs J. 1 , . Corry and Co., of London and Belfast. Tile new vessel is 440 ft long, with a gross tonnage of EflQO tons, and ! has three complete steel decks extending the full length of the vessel. The cargo space is divided into five spacious holds by steel watertight bulkheads, which extend to the upper deck. The three main holds, having a eaipacity of 300,000 cubic feet, have been completely insulated and prepared for tho reception of cargoes of chilled and frozen meat. The engines and boilers, which have been constructed at Messrs Workman, Clark, and Co.'s works, consist of a set of tripleexpansion engines and four large steel single-ended multitubular lmilers fitted with forced draught. The steamer is under ttie command of Captain Hart, late of the Star of New Zealand. The other deck officers are:—Chief, Mr Payne: second, Mr Wandleas; third. Mr Beare; fourth, Mr B-iggs. Mr Fife is ill charge of the engine depart' ment, and has with him Messrs Hunter, Smith, Wryat.l, ami Campbell. The refrigerating engineers are Messrs Davies and Coambes. Tho steamer left London on November 24. and arrived at Melbourne on January 12, meeting with very severe weather in the Southern Ocean, snowstorms being very- frequent. Upon discharge the steamer proceeded on lo Sydney, ami' resumed the voyage to Auckland and Wellington, and' now comes lo Port Chalmers to discharge the balance of her cargo. WARSHIPS AT STEWART ISLAND. Our Stewart Island correspondent writes: There was quite an.unusual naval display here last week. The gunboat Psyche, as I have already informed you, reached Paterson's Inlet on the 6th inst., and remained in Glory Cove until the morning of the Bth. She then proceeded down the harbour and took up a position between ITlva and Native Islands, where those on board had a good view of the entrance, and was otherwise well placed for receiving the expected war vessels. Noon had just pone when the flagship Euryalus and the Challenger hove in sight. They came from the direction of Foveaux Strait, hugging the coast from <;Port William. Inside the islands the ships fell into regulation line, and threading their way up towards the North Arm eventually brought up at Enipipi Bay. Hero they remained at anchor until th? afternoon of the 9th inst. Meantime the launches were kept busily engaged amontr the nooks, crannies, and honeycombs of the const, gaining 'information as to tho latent capabilities of. the place. Ai about 5 p.m. they steamed out, heading for Anglem Point, so as to clear the off-shore islets before laying their course for the nisht. northwards. It was fair weather throughout, and the fleet left the island with a fine lisht south-wester. Unsutheniicatrxl reports are current here that something more than mere rendezvous ■was sought after. If thyt means the wstablishment of a iiavnl elation—well, it wil' be heartily welcomed.