Shipping.

Otago Witness, Issue 1575, 21 January 1882, Page 14

Shipping.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FOR THE. WEEK. ARRIVALS. Thursday— Maori, from Oamaru. Friday— Koputai, from the Bluff ; Hawea, from the North. Saturday— Waitaki, from Timaru ; Maori, from Oamaru. Sunday— Merksworth, from Westport. . Monday— Shag, from Shag Point ; Beautiful Star, from the North. Tuesday— Rotomahana, from Melbourne, via Mi ford Sound and the Bluff; Phasis, from Calcutta, via Lyttelton ; Kestrel, from Timaru. Wednesday— Waitaki, from Timaru ; Shag, from Shag Point ; Kakanui, from the South ; Te Anau, from the North ; Energy, from Newcastle ; Alired Howloy, from Newcastle ; B. Webster, from Boston. DEPARTURES. Thursday— Prince Rupert, for Catlin's River ; Tongey, for Lyttelton ; Pioneer, for Toi-Tois ; St. Kilda, for the North ; Albion, for Melbourne, via tho Bluff and Hobart ; Waitaki, for Timaru. Friday— Maori, for Oamaru. Saturday — Auckland, for London ; Wollomai, for tho Bluff ; Palmerston,' for Invercargill. Sunday— Nil. Monday— Shag, for Shag Point : Hawea, for Northern ports ; Waitaki, for Timaru. ' TuesdayShag, for Shag Point ; Merksworth, for Westport ; Maori, for Oamaru ; Ada C. Owen, for Auckland. Wednesday — Maid of Otago, for Riverton ; Mary Ogilvie, for Napier; Rotomahano, for the North; Frey, for Oamaru. PASSENGERS. INWARDS. Hawea, s.s., 462 tons, .Kennedy, from the Norjth. J. Mills, agent. Passengers -Miss M'JNeill, Mrfond Mrs Roberts, Mr and Mrs Hooper, Mrs Mears, fanrasy (4), and servant, Messrs Weston, M'Neill, Craig, Drysdale, Dymock, and 1 steerage. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Cromarty, from the North. J Mills, agent. Passengers— Misses Pomeroy and servant, Douglas, Vivian, JLambert M'Gillivray, Mesdames Warren, Fleming, Messrs W Hoskins, Hamilton, Wallace, Murray, Reid, Costello' Warren, Davey, Lock, Ashton, Geddes. Rotomahana, s.s., 1727 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via Milford Sound and tho Bluff. J Mill?, agent. Passengers -Misses E Roberts, Howard, Murphy, Blyth (2), Well?, Scoullar, Christie, Stuart Mesdames Balcombe, Ness, Brown, Rouner, M'Farlaue, Bastings, Messrs C Finlay, Mondy, Blair, Smith, Hodge, S W Smith, Dawson, Cowan, Morris, Bissett, Dewley, Brown, M'Leod, Bastings, Harvey, Moas, King, Benjamin, J Anglin, Rev R Angus, Captain Clachrie, Master Smith, and 23 steerage. Waitaki, s.s., 228 tons, Holmes, from Timaru. J Mills, agent. Passengers— Mesdames Mangin, Barrett, Taylor, Misses Brown, Morton, Scoular, Arkell, Master Mangin, Mr and Mrs Parsons, and 1 steerage. Te Anau, s.s., 1650 tons, Carey, from the North J Mills, agent. Passengers— Mesdames Stevenson Honeyman, Lewis, Brett, M'Cumich, G M Brasch family, and servant, Hatchett, Waite, Misses West wood, Roche, Gillies, Ifnersen, Mr and Mrs Leslie, Mr and Mrs Wilcox and 2 children, Mr and Mrs Eversleigh, Master Burns, Messrs Wilkinson, Sheppard, Oruickshank, Westwood, A H Ross, Ashton, Owen, Halliday, Green, Morrah, Pearse, -Pickersgill, Harkins, Alexander, Kahlenberg, Rowe, Walters, Hill, Twentyman, Crow, Manson, Jennet, Dr M Mace, Rev Mr Sutherland, De Lias' Dramatic Company (14), and 8 steerage. OUTWARDS. Albion, 5.8., 800 tons, Webster, for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. J Mills, agent. Passengers : For the Bluff— Mrs Clark, Masters Muir, Currie, six Sisters of Mercy, Mrs Gibson. For Hobart— Mr J Smith. For Melbourne— Mrs A Dale, Mr and Mrs Hlnschberg, Rev J Richmond, Messrs .Isaac, Clark, King, -Kemp, Carfleld, Bradley, Rogers, Callahan, Shaw, Niven, Clark, Reynolds, Gordon,. iMallory, Davidson, Albert, Wheeler, Johnston, >Brown, Fiti' gerald, Hodgkins, M'Donald, Ellis, Wilson, Penny, Pearson, Sefton, Tait, Wells, Mrs Hodge and family, Mrs Tondut. Hawea, s.s., 462 tons, Kennedy, for Northern ports* J Mills, agent. Passengers :■ For Akaroa— Mi I , and Mrs Curie, Mrs Martin, Miss 'Martin. For .Lyttelton —Miss Rutherford, Rev E Best, Master Rutherford. For Greymouth— Mrs Collins. For Manukau— Mr and Mrs Ahlfield. • Rotomahana, s.s., 1727 tons, Underwood, for the North. J Mills, agent. Passengers : For Lyttelton— Mrs R Waddell, Mr and Mrs Carlip, Miss Crapp, Messrs Tinsley, Cable, Glover, Cowie, Cuthbertson. For Wellington— Messrs Heeles, W N Blair, Hutton* For Napier— Mrs Smith and child, Mr Monteith. Fo* Gisborne— Miss E Harvey, Mr Jones. For Auckland —Mrs Champion and child, [Rev R Angus, Messrs Ar» nold, Roberts, Foley, Waters, Murcham. For Russell —Messrs Smith (2). For Sydney-Mr M'Carfchey. SHIPWRECK AT TIMARU , From the report in the Timaru Herald of the clr* cumstances attending the wreck of the City of, Cash* mere wo make the following extracts : — Shortly before 9 o'clock on Sunday morning tha vessel canted round broadside on to the breakers; and was washed almost high and dry. About 1 p.m. the fore and mainmasts, which are of iron, and the miien» topmast went overboard. During almost the whole of tho day Captain Ross, Captain Mills, some of the crew, and the police were hard at work at the vessel, and succeeded in getting out of her uninjured all the personal effects of the men, the cabin fittings, a number of spare sails, cooking utensils, chronometer, &c. With the exception of the loss of two masts and one boat, no damage i seems to have been done to the vessel. Her cargo is believed to have Buffered little if any damage, doubtless owing to the strength of her hull. There is no hope, however, of her ever being floated again. The last wrecks which took place in Timaru were in June, 1879, when the brigantine Akbar was smashed up altogether, and the schooner Pelican was stranded but was got off again. The City of Cashmere was an iron vessel of 980 tona register, and had three watertight compartments. She was built In 1863 by Stevens, of Glasgow, under special survey, and at the time of her wreck was owned by Messrs Smith and Sons, of that port, and was in tho highest class at Lloyd's. This is Captain Ross 1 first voyage in her, he having taken charge of her at Home, and brought her out by way of Calcutta and Lyttelton to Timaru. She has on board 2749 sacks of wheat, 276 sacks of flour, and 486 bales of wool, shipped by Messrs Miles, Archer, and Co., which are, we believe, insured in the Union Company; and 1600 sacks of wheat, shipped by Mr J. L. Morris, insured for £1500 in the South British. Whether tho vessel herself is insured in an3 r company we are unable to learn, but we are led to v think that her owners are their own underwriters. Before concluding, we must make a few remarks on the surrounding circumstances of tho wreck. In view of the inquiry which will be held, we cannot of course in justice express an opinion as to who, if janyono, is to blame in tho matter, but we can state facts. These facts point certainly to this, that so far as we can see, neither the Harbourmaster, nor the captain of tho ship, nor the port is to blame. In the first placo the ship was well found in every way. frhe was riding by one anchor, while two others were all ready to be let go at a moment's notice. In fact all preparations were made to meet promptly any case of emergency. Why she drifted over half a mile before the seoond anchor was let go is, therefore, a mystery. She was ob served to bo doing so from the shore from the first. If her cable had parted, or if she had dragged, the port could fairly have been saddled with the blame, but she did neither one thiug nor tho other. The pin of the shackle came out and away she went, as she might have done in the best port in the world. She was at the time in as good a berth as sho could be put by tho Harbourmaster at the time he brought her in. She was certainly rather too far to the north, but he could not help this, owing to the set of the tide and tho ground-swell. Captain Mills had, however, run out a kedge so as to be ready to take advantage of tho first opportunity of hauling tho City a leugth or so faither to the southward. In fact he has done from first to last all that mortal man could do to ensure her safety. It is high time the Harbour Board gave him some assistance, for if he is expected to stick to a vessel as he did to the City of Cashmere on Saturday night, someone else ia 2ieeded to look after tho other vessels. A man cannot be expected to burn the candlo at both ends, as our Harbourmaster is doing at present, it is a penny* wise-pound-foolish policy, and must in the end prove detrimental to the port. The ship City of Cashmere, which was wrecked at) Timaru on Saturday night, was an old trader to Port Chalmers. She was owned by Messrs G. Smith and Sons, of Glasgow, and was built in that city iv 18b3. She was a heavily-plated ship, and at her last survey, in June, 1880, was classed *AAI. Her commander, Captain Ross, is well known from having commanded the once-favourite ship City of Dunedin. (Per United Press Assooiat. t ok.) Timaru, January 17th. The Court of Inquiry into the stranding of the City of Cashmere will be held on Friday. It has had to he postponed through the non-arrival of the n»w Resident Magistrate, The cargo of the vessel is being rapidly riJßcbarged, The wool is very Utylq dam^e^.