SHIPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2209, 2 July 1896, Page 38

SHIPPING NEWS.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. - Arrivals.

June 24. — Tarawera, b.s., 1269 tors, Sinclair, from Wellington, via Lyttelton. I'loia, 8.8., 830 tons, Bernech, from Auckland, via Kast Coast. Omapere, s.e., 352 torus, Flemiujr, from Westport via Oaiuaru. Napier, s.s., Matheson, from Waikawa. Omapere, s.s., Fleming, from WestJuueSO.— Wakatipn, s 5.,.1152 tons, O. Spinks, from Melbourne,*via Hqbait «nd the Bluff. June 27.— Corirma, s.s.. 820 tons, Rolls, from the North.— --Invercargill, as., Sunderlaud, from the south. June 2§.— Waihora, s.s., 126!) ton?, No^ille, from / Sydney, via the north: Napier, a.s., from Waikawa.

Departures.

June 23.— InvercatgiH, s.p., 136 ton?, Sund ; strom, for Invercargill. Tasmania, s.s., 1265 tonp, M'Gee, for Sydney, via the Fast Coast. June 24.— Hciuld,-8.R., 356 tons, Jones, for the West Coast, via Onmaru. June 25.— Tarawera, cs., 3269 ton?, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. Napier, s s , 48 tons, Matheson; for Waikawa. Flora, a a., 83S tons, Bevnech, for Sydney, via the East Coast. ' June 26,-Omapere, cs., 352 tons, Fleming, for the West Coast. . , • June 27.— Liua, barque, 1199 tons, Kay^er, for Tal TaJ, 'Spanish America. Oorim»a, 5.«., 820 tone, Roll*, for Oainaru and Timaru. Wakatipu, s.s., 125S tonr, iSpiukr, for Sydney, via Cook Strait.

THE DIRECT STEAMERS.

Tho Rimutaka left Capstown for Wellington, via Hobart, on live 23rd hwt. The Mataura left Plymouth on tbe 27thinst. for Wellington ahdJUttelton,. , , The Ruapehu left Plymouth, on the 27th inst. tvith' '24oo tons oi cargo for Auckland. < "The Gothic", took the following cargo frcm Lyttelton :—' l2/92 carcases lamb, 17,188 dp mutton, 809 bales wool, 410 casks tallow, f8 do casing?, 134 do pelts, 9 bales l-asils, 189 cases kidne.iß, 3105 , sacks cocksfoot, 1230 cases meat. For Rio de Jamii o : 215 sackt potatoes, 675 cases apple.', SCO 'sacks oats, 7 coses cheese. Lyttelton, Juoe 28.— Tho R.M. s.s. Gothic sailed this morning for London.

THE SHAW, SAVILL. AND ALBION COMPANY.

We are indebted to Messrs Dalgety »nd Co. for tbe following particulars of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's vessels :— Akaroa left Wellington for London 4th March; arrived 23rd June. Auckland left Bluff for London 18th March ; arrived 12th June. Canterbury le/t Napier for London 12th April. Criuader arrived London 26th April from Auckland ; loading for Bluff. Euterpe arrived London 29th April from Napier ; sailed 23rd June for Otsgo. Glenlora left Wellington for London 23rd April. Hudson left Auckland for London 24th June. Invercargill left Timaru for London 11th February. Oamavu loading at Glasgow for Dunedin. Pleiades left Oam am for London Ist February ; Arrived 9th June, and sailed 23rd June for Lyttelton. Pleione left Port Chalmers for London 25th March. Sotikar left Lyttelton for London Bth February ; arrived 12th June. T'niaru left Lyttelton for London 27th May. Wellington arrived London from Napier 2nd May. Westhnd left Giebdrna for London 4th January ; arrived 14th April,' and left Liverpool foe Welling-, ton and Dunedin on 15th June. •■Zealaiidia, at Wellington Asterion Kft Bluff for London 20fch April. Blenheim left LytteKon for London 19th March. Halcione left London for Nelson 4th May. Hinemoa, at. London, 13th April. ' Lochnagar, at Nelson. Nelson if ft Wellington for London 29th January ; arrived 28th April. Taranaki left Port ChaJmers for London 29th January ; 'arrived 28th April. Lutterworth: at Port Chalmers. Margaret Gatbraith, at Dunedin.

MISSING VESSELS.

The following vesseln have bsen posted missing *t. Lloyd's! — The Prince JaraeE, Cnptoin Anderson, of Christiania, Newcastle "(N.S.W.) to Valparaisn', sailed 3rd December ; the Antai-es, Capt»in Guillo, of Nautes, Cardiff to Charlestown (Cornwall), sailed 2nd Novembar, 1895; the Middlesex, Captain Miller, of London, Samarang to New York, via St. Michael's, Azores, sailed 30th September 3895, and left St. Michael's on 21st January 18P6; the steamer Massasoit, Captain Murray, of Bristol, Newport for London, sailed Ist March, and passed Cape Henry the same day.

During the week ending June 23 10 vessels, with * total of 6380 tons register, arrived at the Dunedin wharves, and 13 vessels, representing 9404 tons, left them. The ship Crusader, Captain Burton, for Dunedin and the Bluff, left London ou June 11. According to the new marine regulations, on and after Ist January 1898 candidates for the voluntary examination in steam will be required to show a practical knowledge of electricity as applied aboard ship. , • • The Clyde trade shows a wonderful expansion in shipbuilding. Orders for 40,000 tons of shipping, were placed there in. April. Steel vessels are especially in demand. Tbe greatest of the Japanese snipping companies— tha ' Nippon , Yuihen Kaipa— intends starting a line of steamers to Europe.., It. has ordered six vessels to be built at Belfast and on tho Clyde. The extracts call for.their completion by the end'of this year. The White Star steamer Doric (says an English' paper) made the voyage from Liverpool to San Francisco direct, via Magellan Strait, in 43 days. ThVdistance is 13,600 miles, which would make her speed nearly 14 knots throughout the trip. This speed koptvup steadily during this long voy»ge is unprecedented. We have by no means reached the limit of tpecd yet. The vessel of the future will go fully 20 knots at a stretch, atd we ehull think the Doric an old tub. Then there are the possibilities of aerial navigation— plenty of fhow yet for speed. Still the voyage of the Doric is a phenomenal one. Messrs AY. Doxford and Sons, of Sunderland, have received orders to build two steamers, duplicates of the Turret Cape and Turret Crown, which vessels were specially designed for the Montreal trade, carrying 3150 tout, of cargo on a draught of 18ft. These vessels are designed to pass through the Lachine Canal' locks with this amount of' cargo. • They will be fitted with Babcock's patent boilers. According to a report (furnished to the Hydrographic department of tbe Admiralty an attempt was made during a recent surveying cruise of H.M.S. Penguin to obt-.in the depth of water within a Email area south of the Friendly Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, which previous soundings had indicated to be of unusual depth. Tho report saya:— "The who vied in gauging failed to stand tbe strain and* snapped, alter a depth of 29,400 ft hud been attained, but the bottom of the ocean had not then been reached." This is the deepest known water in -the world, being nearly 1500 ft deeper than the greatest depth ascertained in the North •Pacific, and about 2000 ft deeper than the North Atlantic. The number and tonnage of British vessels respecting whoie loss reports were received at the Board ot Trade during tht month of April 1896, and the number of lives lost, are as follows :— Number. Tonnage. Lives lost, j Sailing 34 10,031 91 Steam ... ... 13 12^083 73 . . .Total "... 4? 22,114 .161 The above table J8 a record of " reports received " \n the month, and not of wrecks which occurred during the month. Many of the reports received In April relate to casualties which occurred in previous months. Casualties- not resulting in total losi. 6f vessels, ana the lives lost by sucb . families', are not included.