SKIPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2210, 9 July 1896, Page 38

SKIPPING NEWS.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN.

Arrivals. • j u iy 3.— Rosamond, s.s., 462 tone, Ryan, from Weetport, via the Bluff. July 4.-Talune, s.s., 1303 tons, Phillips, from Melbourne, via' Hobarb and the Bluff. Mararoa, s.s., 1466 tons, Chat Geld, from Sydney, via Cook Stiait. Nap<er. s.s., 48 tons, Matheson, from Invercargill and Foitrose. July 5.-Dingadee, s.s , 384 tons, Ramsay, from the West Ooast.r — Anglian, s s., 1345 tons, Hood, from Sydney, via the East Coast. Herald, u.s., 356 tons, Jones, from GreyinDuth.

Departures^

June 30.— Himalaya,, barque, 1008 tons, Mann /or Wellington. Napier, b.s., 48 tons, Mathieson, for 'luvercargiH. July I.— Helen Denny, barque, 748 tons, Smith, for Lyttelton.— -Wail ora, s.s. 1209 tons, Neville, for Sydney, via East • Coast ports. Isabella AnderEOD, schooner, 78 tons, Lang, for Kaipara. July i— Rosamond, s.s., 462 tons, Ryau, for Westport ' . July C — Dingadee, s.s., 364 tons,' Ramsey, for the West Coast.— — Maratoa, 8 s., 1466 tons, Chatneld; for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. Talune, s.b., 1303 tons, Phillips, for Sydney, via the East Coatt.

t THE DIRECT STEABIERS. - Monte Video, July 2.— The Ruahine left for London yesterday.

TUB NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANTS LlNifi.

EXPECTED ARRIVALS. At Port Chalmers— TeTioa, f »om London ; sailed t3rd May. : , „ At Lyttelton — Rimutaka, via wellro^ton ; Matauvu, via Wellington ; Tekoa, via Dunedin. At Wellington — Riuiutako, from Capetown ; sailed 23rd June. Maiaura, from London: sailed 27th June> Knapehu, from Plymouth ;sailed 27th June. Calls to land passengers only, thence goes to Auckland." Waitangi, frotu London ; sailed 27th June. * At Auckland— Ruapehu, from Plymouth ; sailed 27th June. ' Waitnngi, from London ; 6ailed 27th June. * PROJECTED DEPARTURES. From Port Chalmers— Rimutaka,' to sail, via Lyfctelton, 26th July; From Lyttelton— Otarama, to sail in July-: Tongariro, to sail 11th July ; Rimutaka, to sail 6th August. From Auckland— Lochoree, to sail in July. From New Zealand (final port not yet arranged) >- Waikato, to sail July-August; Opawa, to sail July-August. *

A PERILOUS VOYAGE.

The well-known schooner CroydonLass, Captain Hay, which arrived at Lyttelton from Weatport on Thutsday morning, had a most perilous voyage, and at one time was within" an uco of foundering. She left Wettport (says the Presß) on Sunday, June 21, with a" cargo of sleepers for Lyttelton. On the following Tuesday evening the wind began to freshen from the eastward, and Captain Hay found* it advisable to shorteu canvas. At midjiijght the -wind was still blowing very hard, and getting stronger, till at 2.30 a.m. the vessel was hove-to under a close-reefed mainsail, with a perfect hurricane blowing. At this time shu shipped a sea which washed away some of her deck nttinjß, and shortly afterwards another sea washed away tbe galley, which, however, was. caught in the lee rigging, ' The water now came on board very fast, and a portion of tho deck cargo, consisting of about IGO railway sleepeis, was washed overboard. This proved a veiatable,<3odgend, as. the force of the wind was co .great that the vessel was laid' over till her leu rails were upder water. Losing her lee deck cargo thus relieved her somewhat. At this time the little craft took a heavy plunge and wont clean under, the, only portion of her hull visible being h small piece of her' bulwarks between the main rigging and the wheel. Captain Hay, who was steering, thought the craft was going down under him, but to his- great relief her head eventually came up. ' Captain Hay now gave orders to throw overboard the balance of tho deck cargo, which was done. During the gale an attempt was made to furl the foresail, hut this was -found irapos-iMe, and a man had to bo sent aloft to cut it away to ease the vessel. When the vessel was caught, by the gale she was between Bocks Point aud Cape Farewell, about 25 miles off thire. She was 36 hours hove-to and during that time was driven no less than 259 miles to the weßlward. < It was at 2.30 a. hi. oiv Tuesday the vessel was hove-to, and she drifted till Thursday |at 10, o'clock, when sbe again put about to rnturn. It was not .till Sunday last at 4 a.m. ?he made up hei' lost ground. Captain Hay says h« has been at sea for over 46 years in every description of vessel and weather, but he never before experience such a time. He is full of admiration for the manner in which the vessel proved herself a really splendid sea boat.

During the week ending July 5 the number of vessels that have arrived at the Dunodin wharves has Ik en 5,. with a total of 3635 tons ; while 6 vessels, with, a total of 3359 tons, left them. The depth of water in the Victoria channel is being materially increased by the operations of dredge No. 222.

A hopper dredge was launched on April 30 by Messrs W. Simons and Co., at Renfrew, for the Crown agents «f the colony of Ceylon. It is intended for the harbour of Colombo, and is propelled by two sets of triple expansion engines, driving twin screws of 1000 horse combined power, while steam is generated by two mild steel boilers constructed to a pretsuve of 1001b to tbe square lech. .

Remarkably smart wo'ik characterised tho loading of the 8.». Rosamond at Westporton the 29th ult., when 706 tons of coal, exclusive of that required for" the bunkers were put on board in the spico of two hours and 50 minutes. D.unng the last 15 days the s.s. Rosamond has done eoirte very smart work. She left Greymouth on June 18 and proceeded to Oamaru and Timaru ; discharged cargo at both ports and returned to Westport ; took in caiKO and proceeded to Wellington; discharged at that port, ieturmd to Westpurfc, took in a full cargo of coal at the Bluff, landed 410 tons of coal, and reached Dunedin on Friday. During the3e 15 day? she took in and -dischareed 192S tons of coal and 12 60ft pile?, exceedingly good work. We understand that au ofnc-.ial inquiry has been asked for in connection with the voyage of the barquentine Delmira, from tho Bluff to Mr.ld'rn Island and back to Dunedin.

The official trial or the new torpedo destroyer Desperate took place on April.l 6 on the Maplins in the pieaence of the Admiralty officials. She made 30 knots an hour with ease, and the actual distance covered during the trial, was 1031 miles. The wind was high and the sea rough. The steel clipper ship Rafaam, which' recently arrived at Sydney from New York, sighted a, large iceberg on May 23 in lat. 44 S. and long. 46 E.

Tho largest private yacht yet constructed in Great Britain is buildintr in the yards' of Messrs J. and G. Thomson »t Clydebank to the order of the American millionaire, Mr Ogden Goolet. -She is designed to be the fastest and most luxuriously fitted pleasure vessel tbat has ever taken form in <Sreat Britain. She measures 310 ft over all, haß a team of 40ft, with a depth of hold of 36ft. She will measure 1700 tons, and be propelled by twis gcre-ws driven by triple expansion engines supjplied with steam from boilers of the " Amy" type. Her coal-corryinjt capacity will approach 1000 tons, and under forced draught she will steam ]8 knots at tea, although her measured mile performance is expected to appioach CO knots. -

News to baud of June 20 states the Norwegian steamer Oscar, II had arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, from Cardiff, and landed Captain Nelisen, of the Norwegian barque Julie, aud his youngt daughter, with 16 members of the crew. The' Oscar had encountered twa severe gales, in the second of which she shipped tremendous eeas. and finally sprang a leak, which gained so rapidly on the pumps that the crew were compelled to stand by them night and day, the captain's young daughter taking her turn with the rest. The water increased, and the ship showed sigus of breaking up. Signals of distreas

were made, and the vessel drifted about hopelessly for three days. The crew huddled together famished and exhausted, when the young girl, looking towards the south-east, noticed a speck on the horizon. "Itis a sail," she cried ; " fire a gun." Six shots were fired hf succession, but the speck drtw no nearer. The girl, however, insisted that the firing should be repeated, and the result was ttiat the sound was finally heard on board the Oscar 11, which altered her course, came up, and rescued all on board the barque. ■ The rescued crow are enthusiastic in their praises of the heroic conduct of v the captain's young daughter.