COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. Arrivals.

Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 38

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. Arrivals.

May s.— Oorinna, fl.s., 820 tous, Roll?, from the Bluff. Rosamond, s.s., 462 tons, Ryan, from Westport, v.ia Timara. Sfay 7.— Napier, s.s., Mjvth°son, -f rom Riverton. Mny B,— Brunner, o:s., 332 tons, Ramsay, from , the West Ooait. „-,/ May 9. — Brunner, 5.b.,,332 .tons, ißamsay, ;from •flic "West Coast. lavercargill, s.s , .136 tons, ' iSundßtram, from Golacßay. 2fay 10.— Corinnn, e.g., iB2O tons, Rolls, from the north Tainui ) i 8J.,6031 tons, Stuart, from Xondon (March 20), via intermediate .posts. Mayll.— tOorinna, s.s., 820 ton3, .Rolls, for LyUeliton and Wellington, DEPARTURES.. May s.— Rosamond, s.s., 482 tons., .Ryan, for the' Bluff. Invßroargill, s.*,, 136 tons, fiundstrom, for Invercarglll. .Corinno, 8.8., 820 tons, Rolls, for liytteltdn and Wellington. May 6.- Alcesti*, barque, 393 .tons, JClbe, for .Tremantle, via Lyttrlton. Waikora, k.s,, 1303 .tons, Neville, for Sydney, via, the East Coast. Talune., 5.5.,1303 tons, Phillips, forTyrelbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. <• May rß.— Napier, b.s., .48 -tons, Matheson, for Owaka. May 9.— Titania, barquentine, 1031 tons, Selley, for Wellington. M«y 10.^Brunner, s.s., ,332 tons, Ramsay, for the West Coast. THE DtRKCT.STKA.MERS. The Gothic," from 'Plymouth (April 18), .left Eapofcown on JFriday >evoning for New Zealand, •tia'Hdbarfcv . • , . . SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. .Bluef, May 9.— Sailed : Banffshire, ts.i SenI/jndon, with ,a largo quantity of general xiargo lOaAJIUnQ carcaeos of muttou and .lamb. Auckland, May 11.— A fire broke out'in"th« -palley ,of -the barauentine Vtcuna, vwh'ich is .laid up ,in 'Manukau Harbour, on .%tnrday night about midnight. The outbreak m&\ first discovered by some xnembers of th« craw of Ahe Takapnna .lying at the wharf, and they pulled off in a boat to Abe Vicuna. Captain f and Mra Corlett, wko slept on board, were ""aroused, aud.the fire. was extinguished •before it hadextend-;d further than ihe ga'ley. In this ,part of the ship, however, considerable damage was done. THE TAKAPUNA AGRO UND* BUT FLOATED OFF. Aucklanh, May 11 -"When .the steamer Takapuna was coming up "the Manukau Harbour on Saturday night she got a 'little too near the edge of the channel and grounded. An attempt to flo*t 'her off proved unsuccessful Ihe Gairloch last night made an- attempt to tow her off into the, . channel, but thio too proved unsuccessful. The steamer came off the bank to-night at high water, and leaves to-morrow morning at' 9 o'clock for the soutn. EXAMINATIONS OF MASTERS AND MATES. Wellington, May B.— After January 1, 1898, a number of changes take plaae in' the nature and jKCope of the examinations for masters and .mates — for example, m examination for m.istoi's(ordinary) certificate the candidates are required to fiod the latitude 'by the pol<-i star, and also by the moon; while first .mates have to judge the time a star will'We on the obaerver'a merloianfforithe purpo?B of flailing the latitude 'to determine wh\t brightBtars are in thebest position' for taking <azimtiths . at -certain hours ana other obseivatioDS. : )fcey, are required to find t|j^ 'latitude j»nd 'longitude 'by .. dhe stars, to calculate freight and its commission, "and to -culoulatethe oapacit><offa^iven bunker or Jiold. Forth* second. mate'^fcxainnifttion three or -f ou r problem* have been added, and:candidates haye ' to draw diagiams to illustrate the astronomical definitions, which have ;been conaWerably extended. ,The whole of the>Bextaut -examination is< •now viva tvoce. The part of thu -exAtainntionfor . «xtra certificates will be conducted on the same Srinciple asat' present. It is laid down that can-idates-for voluntary .examination hi steam will be -requited .to <show a practical knowledge of electricity as applied on board ship., She examination in navigation 'for certificates of competency as masters of .pleasure yachts will be -the fame as that prescribed for an ordinary .master's certificate, except that iv th« civil duties . .of a ghipmaster the master of ayacbt will be ex.peeted to c possess only-a knowledge of- what he is required to do by the Shipping and Ssameti's Act, -while the examination in •seamanship' will -remain i&s laid down in the examination regulations of .1894. . „ t The SjS. .Tulune having been thoroughly over;hauled, cleaned, and pointed was flodted out of . 'the gvavinK i dock early on the 6th inst., and berthed at the George street .pier. After taking iu-cargn -she embarked har ■ passengers, and sailed in the afternoon for'Melbourno t via the Bluff and iHobart. The new battleshipsito be commenced this year will-have ».speed:of 18 5 Jcnots against 17'6*knots In the case, of the Msjestic, and 7 75 io the case of the old Renown. They will -be more lightly armoured, but just as- 'w.ell armed as the 1 "Majestic class, and their -smaller draught (?sft 'Bin) will probably enable them to 'gotbrough r the ;Buez Oanal. ' *■ '' An oce»n>ntce, .which rresultecLin .almost a dead heat, was .flßißhed by .the New. Zealand tradars Yolande aud Whangaroa. -Both vessels loaded > timber at.Xnip«r», aDd left that part on the same day (March 28) for Sydney. They parted compauy the !next day, and on the run »cross tbe Tasman Se» the Yolande maintained a slight lead, And entered Sydney an hour ahead of the Whangaroa. Both vessels met the full force of the recent westerly gale, during which they were hove to. The gale U described at being of almost •hurricane fury, and tbe accompanying high sea .' .kept the deck* 'flooded, without, however, doing any serious damage to either ve»«el. The Shaw, .Savill, and Albion Company's X.M.S. T»inui, from London, via intermediate .ports, arrived at Port Chalmers at 3 p.m. on SunBuy, and was berthed at the ocean .steamers' vrbarf, George streat. The Tainui briugs 1850 tons of general cargo for this porb and Lyttelton. . She left London on March 20, and Plymouth, on March 21, reaching Wellington at 3 20 p.m. pf May 4, and discharged 1800 tons of 'cargo. The French barque L?s Adelphes has put out «Jkbout 750 tons of cargo at the Victoria wharf. During .the week .which on May 10 gine vessels of .all classes arrived at the IJunoiin wharves, with a total of 4063 tons register. The departures during the same psriod •wece nine vessels, representing a total of 4529 ' tODU. The great Indian port of Calcutta suffers from a paucity of Advices .state.that on ' 'March 4 the depth, of 'water in the Hooghly bar -was only lljft, .while a further fall was expected. The rfittS, .Tainui discharged the Dtmedin portion of her Gargo^on Monday, and commenced to take »n bo*rd her homeward cargo. She took about 7500 carcases frozen mutton, a number bal«s wool, cases of preserved .meats, casks pelts, and sailed on Tuesday afternoon for Uyttclton. Some 24Tive8 w«re 'lost by the wrrck of the Australian trading barque Oadzow Forest, off the Columbia rivar. The disaster occurred whilst the 'Vessel was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales, and Callao to Portland. Before the R.M.S. Warrimoo left Vancouver, the Bteamer Quadra, which had been sent out to 'Bearch for the barque, returned without any tidings of her. Tbe captain of a schooner, however, made a report to the effect that his vessel was in company with the Cadzow Forest ' fora whole'day off the Columbia river, ,and after taking a pilot aboard tha barque was driven out to -sea, -and possibly capsized, ns ehe was in ballast trim, or struck the outlying r^efs to the West of Vancouver ;l*land. Tbe barque Titania was towed to sea on Saturday afternoon, and sailed with original cargo for Wellington. The advantages of n sailing ship ,-tarryine water ballast wa« pointed out to us on :Saturd*y;by 'Captain Selley who stated that he - commtnead /filling hi 6 tanks -.at 5 p.m. of Friday, .worked .until midnightjuid then stopped for the Vijjght ;" commenced again At '8 a.m. of Saturday, and completed ballast at 10:30 a.m., having t»k«n

in EOO tons of w^ter. The captain Inquires if tha bkllast 'dealers oould- do as much? to whiah wo reply,^Nq, tha action of pumping water into tanks and lioistinj? in stove from the Wei of the wharf afid depositing in the hold of a ship are two very different things. The Titania has put out about 1000 tonßof- cirgo, prinoipttlly iron, and other deadweight since she has been here. The Titania was piloted up the coast by Captain Got don .M'.Kiririou''and will, it is hoped, make a >fcuiftrt •tun. The largest steel fore-and-aft schooner over launched iv Great Britain was launched in 'March by Messrs Kobert Duncan and Co. The proportions <f this vessel— the Honolulu— are extreme as compared with the genural run of sailing vessel', "being 225 ft by 42ft, bylSft Gin depth of hold. Sbe has four luftv pole masts, and will carry an immeuee spread oi canvas. The structure of the ves<:bl is of immense strength for the safe carrying of timber cargoes— a million and a-half superficial feet being her complement. She i* owned by 'Mr John 'Eva, of Honolulu. The latest warship for the Imperial Japanese Navy has lately "been launched at-Elswick by Sir W. S Aruutronff, Mitchell, mid Oo , and is called the Yatfbima. The Yashlma is 412 ft long over all and372f c txttwoen perpendiculars. Tho maximum moulded breadth is7.iit Cm, and the raeau draught will he 43ft 7Jin , The displacement with normal j coal and nil annamen 1 . stores, *c. on board, willbe '12,800. tons. Tho ship .will be propalted ,by twin screws, the' enginea, which ere aupplied by Messrs JTurnphrys. Teanant,,and Co., of Doptford, being of the taree-stane compound type. Tho cylinders are 40in. 59in, and 83m in diameter by 3ft Sin stroke. The deiign is similar to that now usually placed - in war vessels, being of the inventefi direct-acting typa, with separata condensers. The boilers, 10 in all, are of the ordinary return-tube typs, and are single ended, having four furnaces each. Ihe B<esun preßUire is to be 1551b to the square inch The estimated horsepower it 10,000 indicated with natural draught 'and 13,500 indicated with'luuited forced draught. 'The corresponding speeds /for these powers are 16} and 18J knots respectively The coal capacity will be at normal draught 700 tons, but the bunker ,are constructed to hold 1200 tou.<j. .Tfce .ship is extensively subdivided,- -there heitig 181 watertight compai tmeuts iv nil. Of these ,3tS will be in tho double bottom, 70 in the hold, 18 on 'the platform deck, 29 on the lower deck, 22 on the, belt deck, and six on the main deck.