SHIPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2013, 22 September 1892, Page 35

SHIPPING NEWS.

COLONIAL.

ARRIVALS.

September 14.— Omapere, s.s., 352 tons, Phillips, from Westport, via Timaru and intermediate ports. Passengers: Mesdames Rapsey, Burn, Miss Colville, Mr Graham. September 14.— Tarawera, s.s., 1269 tons> Sinclair, from Auckland, via the East Coast ports. Passengers: Misses Cohen, Wilson, Mesdames Hutchinson, Carpenter (and child), Messrs Jtfouat (and child), M'lntosh, Gawn, Inglis, Gardner, Coleman, Harris, Mayhew, Scott, Lewen, Head, Young, Hawkins ; and 12 in steerage. September 14,-Herald, s.s., 306 tons, Jones, from the Wost Coast. Passengers : Mrs Strike (and child). , „ „„ , September 15.— Jasper, barquentine, 288 tons, Burton, from Long Island, Chesterfield group. September 17.— Penguin, s.s., 442 tons, Bornech, from northern ports. Passengers : Mrs Baruett (and child), Misses Hewson and Inglis, Messrs Watsou, Bear, Coins, Syme (2), Fairway (2), Rata ; and 4 in the steerage. September 17.— Taupo, s.s., 409 tons, Lambert, from Greymouth. l_ September 18.— Invercar 6 ill, s.s., 136 tons, SundBtrom, from Timaru. < September 20. — Wairarapa, s.s., 1023 tons, M'lntosh, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff. Passengers: Mesdames Mayer, Hallenstein (2), Misses Hallcnstein, Cannon, Galbraitb, Messrs Franklyn, Hallenstein (3), Phillips, Theomin, Frahm, Allan ; and 35 steerage. .September 20.— Dingadee, s.s., 393 tons, Anderson, from Westport.

DEPARTURES.

September 14.— Waihora, s.s., 1269 tons, Anderson, for Auckland, via East Coast ports. Passengers : Mesdames Christie, Waters, Stock (and child), Miss Westland, Messrs Chiaroni, Wcstland, Longfort (2), Marks ; and six steerage. September 15.— Tarawera, s.s., 1263 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. Passengers : Mesdames Walker (and family, 2>, Loasby (and child), Jory (and family, 2), Messrs Adams, Wilson (2), Humphrey, Stevenson, Messrs Walker, Wilson ; and 10 steerage. September 15.— Herald, s.s., 356 tons, Jones, for the West Coast.

September I(s.— Omapere, s.s., 352 tons, Phillips, for the West Coast, via Timaru. September 19. — Penguin, s.s., 442 tons, Bernech, from northern ports. Passengers : Mrs M'Lean, Messrs Preshaw, Hartley ; and 5 steerage. September 20.— Invercargill, s.s., 136 tons, Sund6trom, for Invercavgill. September 20.— Ohau, s.s., 408 tons, Lambert, for ureymouth. FOREIGN. ARRIVALS.

September 17.— Pakeha, s.s., 4331 tons, W. Scotland, from London (July 23), via Teneriffc (August 1). The Pakeha brings 5600 tons of cargo, 2400 tons of which is for Dunedin, 454 tons for transhipment, and the remainder for northern ports. The Pakeha comes into port in that excellent order which has always characterised the vessels under tlie command of Captain Scotland, who has made the passage in 66 days ; but it is something unusual for us to have to report the arrival of a vessel that has fallen in with so much ice during the passage as the Pakeha has done. The first ice seen was on September sin lat. 51 S., long. 95 E., and for nearly five days she steamed through ice. .Several of the icebergs were 200 ft high, and the largest about one mile and a-half in length. The last berg seen was at noon on September 9 in long. 123, the vessel having travelled some 1200 miles through the ice.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

The Arawa sailed from Lyttelton at 1 p.m. on Thursday for London. Passengers for London : Saloon— Mrs A. R. Dunn, Mr G. Purdham, Mr R. P. Foley, Mr J. Fodon, Mrs Fodon, Master Ernest Fodon, Master Watson Fodon, MissS. L. Cunningham, Mr J. C. Kennedy, Mr Alexander Walker, Mrs Walker (and infant). Steerage —Mr William Marlin, Mrs Charlotte Marlin, Mr Walter Pringle.— For Rio— Mr Walter Bibby, Mr Arthur Brook, Mrs E. E. Allured (and two children), Mr T. Travers, Mrs Travers <and three children), Mr James Brown, Mr Benjamin Ford, Mr W. Leslie. The Kaikoura arrived at Plymouth on Saturday with her meat cargo in good condition. The Ruapehu left Plymouth on Saturday with Captain Findlay in command. Houaut, September 15.— The s.s. Coptic arrived from London, via the Cape, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, and resumes her voyage to Wellington on Saturday morning. She brought 50 passengers for Australian ports, and has 113 for New Zealand.

ENGLISH PASSENGERS.

Per P. and 0. steamer ilassilia, which left London on August 5. For Dunedin : Mr Mollison. * . Per Orient steamer Ophir, which left Plymouth on August 27. For New Zealand : Mesdames C. Bray, Cook, Snell, Misses Crease, Snell. Master Bray, Messrs F. Barber, C. Cook, J. M'Cormack, C. J. Stewart, Snell, W. Taylor. . . . f „ „,. Per Orient steamer Orizaba, which left Tilbury on September 9. For New Zealand : Mesdames Allan, Cowie, Miss Mole, Messrs Allan, A. Cowie, D. H. Irvine, C. M. Phillips.

THE UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S FLEET.

The Union S.S. Company are making preparations for the summer traffic, and the fine steamer Mararoa will shortly be commissioned. She is now being docked and overhauled, and will commence to run on the Ist October, making fortnightly trips between Sydney, Wellington, and Lyttelton. The Manapouri, which has also been laid up for some time at Port Chalmers, is to be placed in commission about the middle of October, replacing the Tekapo, which will probably be laid up during tho summer.

Captain Chatfield, now in the Talune, resumes charge of the Mararoa, while Captain Wheeler takes temporary charge of the Talune until the Manapouri is placed in commission. The Mararoa, Manapouri, and several other of the company's steamers are to be fitted with manganese bronze propellers, which will increase their speed materially. The experiment of using manganese bronze propellers was tried last season on the Rotomahana with very successful results, enabling her to maintain a speed of 16 knots, and was in all respects so successful that it was decided to apply these propellers as soon as possible to all the passenger steamers in the company's fleet. The company's fast steamer Oonah, which trades between "Sydney and Hobart, is now in the hands of Mort's Dock Company in Sydney, undergoing extensive alterations and a thorough overhaul, at a cost of some LSOOO. Among other improvements she is to be fitted with topgallant forecastle, which will furnish very much improved second class .accommodation. Captain (Jameron, the company's marine superintendent, proceeds to Sydney per "Wakatipu to superintend the alterations. With these improvements and the new manganese propeller with which she is to be fitted, the Oonah is. expected to be one of the fastest boats in the Australian colonies. Principally with a view to providing for the comfort ot passengers, the Mararoa, Wairarapa, and Waihora have already been fitted with refrigerators, and machines are now on the way from Home for other of the company's steamers. In anticipation of the summer traffic, too, it is intended to reduce the fares throughout the company's service. The fares from Melbourne and Sydney to the first ports of call (which were some years ago LlO saloon and L 6 steerage) were reduced in ISSO to L 8 and L 5 respectively, while last year a further reduction to L 7 and L 3 10s was made, saloon, return tickets being issued during the summer season at LlO. Further reductions are now to be made at the commencement of the present, season. The saloon fare will probably be L 5 and the second-class L2 los from Melbourne and Sydney to first potts of call and vice versa, with return tickets at proportionate rates. It is further proposed to run frequent steamers at still lower rates as occasion requires ; while through fares and fares on the coast are to be proportionately reduced.