SHIPPING.

Otago Witness, Issue 1813, 20 August 1886, Page 18

SHIPPING.

ARRIVALS. August 12.— Kawatiri, s.s., 288 tons. Metealf, from Westport. W. Hay Dickson, agent. Isabel, barque, 350 tons, M'Ciure, from New York (March 27). Neill and Co, Limited, agents. Himutaka, R.M.S., 4473 tons, B. O. Hallett, R.N., from Plymouth (July 3), via Madeira and the Cape ofGoodllope. N.Z.S. Co, agents. Passengers :— For Otago : Saloon — Miss L Davies, Mr M Warrington ; second saloon— Mrs A Watson, Messrs Macgregor, W A Beaumont, M'Kerrow, Carl Hechsher, Arklay, Fletch, C J Fletch, Lees, Miss M Telker ; steerageMessrs Lee, O'Connor, Beaumont, Harvey, Vernon, Dickson. Boyd, Borgess, Whiddon, Flint, White, Lewis, Macaskill, Johnston, Duncan, Gilbert (2), Wilson, Alexander, Henderson, Livingston, Johnston, M'Kenzie, Bourke, Fitzgerald, Caldwell, Eegan, Hanger, Moorhead, M'Kissaek, Stedman, Henderson, Wiederfield, Collins, Hearn, Bray, Haywood, Ferrier, Johnston, May, Donaldson (2), I Braham, Rodgers, Tweedie. Oats (2), Hill, Mr and Mrs Temperly and two children, Mr and Mrs Atkinson, Mr and Mrs Mitchell and iamily (5). Mr and Mrs Robertson and family (3), Mr and Mrs Mayson and child, Mr and MrsVidlerandtwochildren, Mrand Mrs M'Leishand three children, MrandMrsSvnaington and five children, Mr and Mrs Pekis and three children, Mr and Mrs Manson and five children. Mr and Mrs Purnall and four children, Mesdames Fletcher and nine children. Ross and five children, Cowlain and child, Tobb and two children, Morton and three children, Dunn and two children, Hewitt and child. Moor and five children, Herbert and child, Rachael and child, Herbert, Mayson and child, Boost and child. Welsh, Vincent anil two children Steatlman and child, Bredbury and four children, Dowliiig and child, Seagal and child, Wilson and two children, Lobb (2), Misses Purnell, Taylor, Bi'iico, Down, M'Carkm, Vernon, Dennehy, Falc mer, Millar, Forrest, O'Connor. For Lyttelton : Second cabin— Mr and Mrs Wardell, lira Meng, Dr Woodon, Afessrs M'William, Powlcr, Gr, S. Cook, Hopkins, Wardell (2), Masters B Hardwick, aud Hopkins. Steerage— Mrs Lister, Messrs Richmond, Purnell, Clucas, Elliott, Robinson, Towsey (2),

Rooke, Hobbs. For Wellington : Mrs Holbecke, Mrs Stowe, Messrs L and W B Stowe. Second cabin— Mr and Messrs Skelley, Misses Skelley and Phillips, Mr 1 J Gibbs. Steerage — Mr and Mrs iiobinson and family (5), Mr and Mrs Chisholm and family (4), Mr and Mrs Savage and two children, Messrs Wil-on, Borrison, Taylor,. Quiver, Duncan, Glover, Leightou, Galvin, Gryde. For Napier: Messrs 0 Cook. For New Plymouth: Second cabin. — Mr Courtney, Miss M M'Dowell. Steerage— Mrs Nelson and two children, For Auckland : Saloon— Mr and Mrs J Longbottom, Mr F J Longbottom, Master Harold Longbottom, Mr A F Scott, Mr John H Lea. Second aaloon — Mr and Mrs Julius, S Jeffreys, Mr Stanley Jeffreys, Miss Zoa Jeffreys, Miss Ida Jeffreys, Miss Geraldine Jeffreys, Mr B Harrison, Mr and Mra Frederick W Court, Mrs Jane Court, Mr W T Court, Miss A C Court. Miss A E Court;. Master George Court, Miss M J Howell, Mrs E Johnston, Miss A M Johnstone, Miss Emily Johnstone, Miss J L Johnstone, Master Francis Johnstone, Master Robert Johnstone, Miss E Slutchberry, Mr David Jones, Mr and Mrs W R Crook, Mrs L Nicholson, Mr J O Metealf , Mr J M Parsons. August 13.— Rotorua, s.s., 576 tons, Neville, from the North. J. Mills, agent. Passengers : Miss Mil lar, Messrs Fancourfc, Johnston, and five steerage. Koranui, s s., 305 tons, Oliver, from the west Coast. J. Mills, agent. Passenger: Saloon — Miss Mouatt. August 14. — Orawaiti, s.s., 288 tons, Gibb, from Westporfc. W. Hay Dickson, agent. August 15. Omapere, s.s., 352 tons, Smith, from the West I Coast. J. Mills, agent. "" % Neptune, barquentine, 386 tons, Dreyer, from Hamburg(March 25th). NeillaudCo., Limited, agents. August 16. — Arawata, s.s., 623 tons, Cromarty, from Fiji, via the East Coast. J Mills, agent. Passengers : From Levuka — Dr D Blyth. From Suva — Mr R M'Lennan. August 17. — Waihora, s.s., 1269 tons, Popham, from Melbourne via the Bluff. J ' Mills, agent, assengers: Mrs Jones, Mr and Mra Gill, Messrs Winstanley, Pearson, Flyger, Mederoy;' and 23 steerage. August 18. — Go-ahead, s.s., 132 tons, Plumley, from Wanganui. K. Ramsay, agent. Tarawera, s.s. 1269 tons, Sinclair, from' Auckland via East Coast ports. J. Mills, agent. Passengers : From Sydney — Mr H Leacroft ; and four steerage. From the Coast — Misses Bathgate, Holmes, Mesdames Bathgate, Glasgow, Logan, Cook, Messrs Bathgate, Coxhead, Neumann, Hooper (2), Docherty, Anderson, -Willcocks, Gunn, Mackenzie, Boyd. DEPARTURES. Augustl2. — Afma, Danish brigantiue, 190 tons, Ankereen, for Bluff and InvercargilT. H. Guthrie, agent" 'iii Aaau, s.s., 1028 tons, M'intosh, for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. J. Mills, agent. Passengers : For Melbourne— Miss Home, Messrs Brydone, Rogers ; and 27 steerage. August 13.— Kawatiri, s.s., 288 tons, Metealf, for Westport. W. Hay Dickson, agent. Mahinapua, s.s., 205 tons, Holmes, for Nelson, via intermediate ports. J. Mills, agent. August 14.— Orawaiti, s.s., 288 tons, Gibb, for Westport. W. Hay Dickson, agent. August 15. Rimutaka, R.M.S., 4473 tons, E. O. Hallett, R.N., for Northern ports. N.Z.S Co., agents. Wanaka, s.s , 297 tons, Meades, for the North. J Mills, agent. Passengers: For Wellington — Mr Roberts ; and 3 steerage. August 16.— Koranui, b.s., 305 tons, Oliver, for the West Coast, via Oamaru. J Mills, agent. THE R.M S. RIMUTAKA. The Rimutaka brings 377 passengers and 273 bags of mails. Of thesp, 267 are from England and 6 from the Cape of Good Hope. Her cargo consists of 2234 tons of general goods, of which 500 tons are for Duuedin and the remainder for Northern ports. Of the passengers, 215 are for Dunedin, 29 for Lytteltcn, 36 for Wellington, 87 for Auckland, 6 for Taranaki, 2 for the Bluff, 1 for Napier, and 2 for Sydney. The general health has been good ; one death (that of an infant named Charles Taylor, aged 13 months) from tubercular meningitis took place on July 21 ; while Mrs Wilson, a third-class passenger, was delivered of a son on July 18. We regret to learn that Mr Pickett, the purser, met with an accident in. the Eoyal Albert Dock on the day previous to the Rimutaka leaving London, and dislocated his shoulder. The Rimufcaka's gross passage from Plymouth to Otago has occupied 39 days 4 hours and 40 minutes, from which is to be deducted her stoppages at Madeira and the Cape of Good Hope (amounting to 14 hours and 25 minutes), making the actual steamj ing time 38 days 14 hours 15 minutes. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, August 16. Arrived : Mararoa, after a three and a-half days' run from Sydney, which is the quickest on record. She left Sydney on the 12th inst. Passengers : For Auckland— Messrs Seccombe, O'Neil, Goupere, Smith, Mrs Walker, Mr and Mrs Johnstone, Mr James Black, Mr and Mrs F Jagger and servant, Mrs Jagger, Mr Edminston, Mrs Devereaux. and four steerage. Defiance, from Newcastle; Olanßman, from Tasmania. The American warship Mohican, Captain Day, from Fiji, has arrived. She will probably remain here several weeks. She is of 2000 tons," carrying eight guns and. 226 men. (Reuter's Telegrams.) London , August 16. Hermione, ship, from Auckland (April 15). Mblboubns, August 15 (Morning). P. and O.s Sutlej, from Brindisi (London, July 9). THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The Arawa sailed from Rio on the morniDg of August 16 for London. Her meat cargo was in good condition. The British and New Zealand Mortgage and Agency Company are advised by cablegram that the s s. Tainni sailed from Plymouth on 14th insfc. for Port Chalmers, Wellington, and Canterbury. She is duo here on September 26. ENGLISH SHIPPING. The following passengers are booked for New Zealand: — By the P. and O. Company's s.s. Sutlej, to leave London 2nd July. For Lyttelton — Mr Clissold. By the s.s. Ganges, to leave London on 30th July. For the Bluff— Mr J Thomson, Mr T Fleming, Jir Wm. Ronald, Mr Lachlan Fraser, Mr Wilson. By the Tasmania, to leave London on 10th September. For Invercargill— Mr G G Fyfe. For Dunedin — Mr Mackay. For Lyttelton — Rev. and Mrs IS Clissold and family (3). From Venice— Mr T W Plaisted. By thes.s. Rome, to leave London on 22nd October. For New Zealand — Mr and Mrs Preston, Miss Preston. For Auckland from Colombo — Mr Withy. Per s.s. Soukar, for New Zealand, from London on the 2nd July:— First class — Mr Eric Holman, Mr James Brown, Mr G T Evans, Mr A T Withers, also 20 steerage. THE WRECK OF THE PELHAM. BREAK-UP OF THE VESSEL. Bluff, August 17. The stranded steamer Pelham broke up yesterday owing to the strong easterly gale and sea. The forward part has turned bottom up, and the after portion has been thrown further in shore some 30ydi distant from the other. The engines and boilers have broken from the wreck, and lie where the steamer first struck. The wreck, gear, and fittings were sold separately yesterday, the former hems' bought by Mr Bradshaw for £20 ; the latter realised in all £147. THE INQUIRY.— CAPTAIN GREAGEH'S lORRTIFICATE SUSPENDED. Invercargill, August 17. Judgment in the Pelham inquiry was given to-dRy. The comt was of opinion that Captain Greager, having only been to the port once and being without an exemption certificate, was wrong in attempting to enter the harbour before daylight. If the captain had reversed the engines when the soundings showed 4§ fathoms he would have saved the ship, and when just previously he got six fathoms he was in default for not keeping her out at once. If he had consulted his chart at all he must have known that with six fathoms at last quarter, flood he must havp been near the five fathom line and consequently i n shoal water ; and agl auce would have shown him the sunken rock on which his ship struck plainly laid down on the chart. The contention

that if Bignals had been made from the semaphor whsn the vessel was sighted she would not have struck was not borne out by the evideuce, which was very conflicting. As to whether there was light enough to see such signals or not, the court was inclined to think there was not ; the vessel was there too early, or the doubt would not have arisen. If there waß light enough to enable the captain to see the signals from the semaphore there must have been enough light 1,0 enable him to ccc the black buoy, and that ought to have warned him off at once. In conclusion, the court said :— Eespecting the pilot regulations of the port and sailing directions in the " New Zealand Pilot," I can only say I don't think that this casualty is owing to any defect in either of them, although the sailing directions at least might be the better for careful revision. lam of opinion that the loss of the Pelham was caused by the default oE Captain Greager in the instances 1 have pointed out. I suspend bis certificate for three months, and order him to pay costs of the inquiry. In this the assessors concur. The costs are £25 19s. VESSELS IN PORT. The following vessels were in the port of Otago on Wednesday :—: — At the Bowen Pier.— Steamers Waihora (Captain Popham), Rotorua (Captain Neville), Biugarooma, Tarawera (Captain Sinclair). « At the Export Pier.— Barques Othello (Captain Earle), Splendid (Captain Anglem). At the George street Pier.— Steamers Bldewlie (Captain Millar), Plucky. Koputai ; barque Edwin Fox. In the Graving Dock.— Steamer Omapere (Captain Smith). In the Stream.— German barquentine Neptune (Captain Dreyer), steamship Takapuna. \ AT DUNKDIN. ■# Ship Waipa (Captain Jamieson) ; barques ' Merope (Captain Thomas), Isabel (Captain M'Clure), Sophie (Captain Schanward) ; barquentine Energy (Captain Norris); briganfcines Camille (Captain Helgeson), Enterprise (Captain Bell); schooner Keailworth (Captain Cross); steamers Arawata (Captain Cromary), Invercargill '(Captain Sundstrom), Shag, lion Age, Reynolds, Go-ahead (Captain Plumley).