SHIPPING HEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2168, 12 September 1895, Page 36

SHIPPING HEWS.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. ARRIVALS August 3.— Napier, s.s., 48 tons, Matheson, from Owaka. Anghtn, p.b., 1354 t0n5, Le Nevue, from Sydney, via the K»st Coast ports. September 4.— Hinemoa, (J.G.S., 156 tons, Fair- I child, from Wellington, via Lyttelton and Ak*roa. „ _, . I •* September s.— Omapere, s 8., 355 tons; Fleming, from the West Coast. Flo>a, t.s., 848 tons, Waller, from Auckland, via the East Coast. ' Septfinuer 7. — Mount Sirion, *.*., 3-280 tons, ■ Uiclumhon.fiom Calcutta, via intwrrueiiate ports. i t'orhma, ss , 820 tons, Neville, from Welling'^on and Lyttelton.- I—Wakatipu,1 — Wakatipu, b.s., 1158 toDS, Ewan, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff September 8 — Napfcr, 5.«., 48 tons, Mathieeon, from the touth. InvercargiU, 8 8., 130' lons, Bundstrora, trom Preservation Inlet, via tho Bluff. . Manapc.uri, c f., JO2O ton", Ander/orj, from fisdney, via East Coast ports. Gothic, X.M.S., 7780 ton?, Kitlley, from London, via tbe north. September 6 — Waihoro, s.B , 12C9 tons Chatfield, fit in Sydney, via Wellington atd Lyttelton. DEPARTURES. August 3.— lnvercargiU, s.s. t 136 tons, Sund- " ttrotn, for Preservation Inlet, via Invrrcargill. Napier, b.s., 48 tons, Matheson, for Kiveiton and Fortrose. Sepkmb.rs.— Angliun, s 8 .lSSitons, Le Nevue, for Sjdney, via East Coast ports. Flora, s.s , «SBton*, "Waller, for Auckland, via the Ea«t Coast l September 7. — Cavalier, ketch, 37 tone. for Riverton. Alccatis, barque, 398 Jtone, M'Donald, for Lady Elliott's Island. •Clati Macleod, barque, C4(J tons, Millar, for Ljtteltou. September B.— WaihorA. s s.. 1209 tons, Chatfi. Id, for Melbourne, vi* Hobart and the B : uff. September (s.— Oiuapero, b.b., 352 tons, Spence, for the West Coast, via New Plymouth. Hinemoft, C.G.S., 1f.6 tons, Fairchild, for. tha southern lighthouses. September 9.— Napier, s.s., 48 tons, Matheson, for Wuika-wa. Corinna, e.s., 820 tons, Neville, for Ljttelton and Wellington. THE DIKECT STEAMERS. The lonic, from Lytteltou (25th July), arrived at Plymouth on the morning of the 2nd ini>t. witk her meat iv good order. Tho Fakena l*ft London on the 25th ult. for Auckltind and Wellington. i The Tekoa is loading at London for Auckland And Wellington, and is to Bail on October 1. • Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Co. have received calle advice from the Shaw, Savill, and Albion • JCompany (Limited) that the ss. Matatua sailed from London on 31st August for Port Chalmers. ' Lyi-iklton, September s.— The New Zealand EMppiug Company's R.M.S. Ruahine sailed ;to-day for London, via Monte Video, with a full cargo of produce and a number of passengrrs. ' (Ifnoluded in the cargo are 62,000 carcases mutton, -38.550 carcases lamb, 25 0 bales wool, 370 do skins, 390 do leather and basils, 16,029 sacks gtass seed, 600 boxos butter, 3991 cases Rum, 7 boxes gold. Hobart, September 7. — Arrived (at noon) ; Aoracgi, from London, via the Cape. She sails at 11 to-aight for Wellington. Sydney, September 9.— Sailed: Maori, for London, wUh 176 live cattle and 61,500 carcases mutton. On her passage from London the Gothic covered ,13,012 miles at an average rate of 3125 miles per dsy, which Eives an hourly speed of 13"02. The U.M S Gothic. fromLoudon, via tbe north, arrived off the heads at 9 a.m. on Sunday and Bteatned in'o port during the after noon, and was berthed at the export pier to take in ca»go for London. She left Lyttelton at 430 p.m. on the 7th inbt., and arrived ns above. The latest addition to the fleet of the Union Steata Ship Company is their chartered steamer t&om t Sirion, which arrived at tho Victoria wharf at 6 30 a.ro. on Saturday from Calcutta, via Singapore aud New Zealand port?. The Mount ISirion in oa her maiden trip, hiving been launched from the yar 3s of Mes-rs Workimn, Clark, and Co., of llilf.n-t, on May 15 of the present year, and is a sightly looking ve'6el of 2116 tons net, and 3280 tons gross register. She is fore-and-aft Kchoomr ripgel, and has been bviUt on entir«ly new p.kcipltß. As she was built to suit the ie<iuirenieuts of the Manchester Ship Canal, her masts h&va been constructed ou the ttletcopic principle. Ib-i Mount Sirion maintains u.n a\c'u^e t-pcel of 11} kuut<*. She is under tlie command of our old friend -Captain II J. H-'chard-'ou, who h so well known in hit oon».c-Jimj with tletiade between New Zealand aud l:v!U. The ship's company aTe Asiatics, aed the vosel has been kept in beautiful onier by their efforts. NotimeisbuDglost in equipping the s.s. Mount Birion for convt-ying horses to India, and tke vessel on Monday presented a very busy appearance. Ca r £o was beins: rapidly put out, and a host of workmen under Mr Walker, the conjpar.y's master carpenter, were busily at work erecting hor.e fittiDgs. The Mount Sirion was crowded with visitors on Sunday. during the week ending September 8, & v*Melß,

with a total of 17,732 tons register, were at tho Dunedin wharves. Of these, tho arrivals were 12 vessels, with a total of 9459 tona, ami the departures, 13 \es*els representing F234 tons. Tho e.B Doric took in 3800 carcases of frozen mutton at the George street pier on Monday, together with 41 bales wool, 26 do rabbifcfckins, 8 c. ska pelts, ani 415 caes preserved meats. The Shaw, Savill. nn<l Alr-iou Company's magnificent RM.S. Gothic, which arrived on Sunday evening from London, via Teueriffe, Capetown, Hobart, Wellington, and Ljtteltou, conies consigned to Mes3ra Dalgety and Co. (Limited). She commenced on Monday morning to take on board frozen mutton md other ca~go for London The Gotlic is *till under the command of Cap'.ain W. H. Kidley, R N.K. Shebrovigh to Wellington 3200 torn of cargo, 65 saLon an \ m ttcerag-; passengers having landtd 100 passengers at Capetown aud 26 at Hobart. During June the number of seamen snipped from the principal ports of the United Kingdom as the crews of foreign going vessels was 793 less than in the corrcsp >nding month of last year tbe figures being 32,078 in 1895 and 33,476 in 1894. All ports showed a decrease, except Sund«srland, Middloiibiough, Liverpool, and Southampton. '1 he supply of able Eeainen for Bteamah'-pi, and of firemen and trimmers, was stated in every (use to bo equal to or in excess of demand, but at Swansea, Leith, and Dublin Beamen for sailing vessels were stated to be scarce. A slight downward tendency was shown in the rates of wages of seamen ana firemen at a few ports.