SHIPPING NEWS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2295, 24 February 1898, Page 38

SHIPPING NEWS.

COLONIAL AND FOREIGN. Arrivals. February 17. — Monowai, 2'37r, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff. — Hauioto, 1276t, fiom Suva, \i& East Coa.it ports.— Te iinau, 10£0t, from Auckliinil, v.a tbe E i&t Coast. Fisbiuaij 19. — Napie', 48t, from Fortrngp. — Brunner, HSit, from Wes,tt)orfc via the Bluff.— Taupo, 408t, from Greymouth, via Oamaru. February 20.— Itivercargill, 13*5t, from tbe south. Waihoid, 1269fc, fiom Sydney, via the LOifcb. DEPARTURES. February 15.— Elingaroite, D675t, for Sydney, via the East Coast. — JSapver, 48fc. for ITortioae. Febmaty 16 — luvercargill, 13Gt, for InvercarRangiiiki. lISSt, for Wellington.— Nor'-Wester, si7t, for London. February 17.— Monowai, 2137t, for Sydney, via Cook feti ait. February 13.— Te Acau, 1020r, for Auckland, via the East Coast. Februaiy 19.— Brunner, S33t, for the north.— Napier, 48t, for Ovv^kaand Waikawa. February 20.— Taupo, 4031, for the West Co.r via Timaru. February 21. — Marmion, 92r. for Napier.— Blenheim, 1077t, for Lyttel'on. — Tarawera, 1209t, for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart. THE DIRECT STEAMERS. The lonic (from Plymouth, January 20) left Capetown on tbe morning of the 12th in&t. The Matatua (fr.->n Wellington, December 24) anived in London on Sunday afternoon last, with her meat in good condition. The Gothic, fiom Wellington, arrived at London on Monday, with her meat in good condition. The Tougaiiro left Wellington for London ou the 17th. The liuahine, from London, arrived at Hobait on the 17th. THE S.S STOPJMBIRD. ■Wellington, February 15.— The repairs to the Storiabud, necessitated by her branding insioe WaDg=smri bar come little time back, will include the placing of two new keelplates on her port &i&e, the ief«stemng: and renewiug of three frameplates and the bulkhead in the afterhoJd, aud the leriveting of several floorplates and buotBtraps. WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE. Wellington, February 15.— A large quauiity of kauri timber has beep washed ashore at Palliser Bay, also the skylight of a vessel. Possibly these have been waihed frnm the deck of a passing vessel, but there is nothing to indicate a casualty. COLLISION IN BLDFF HARBOUR. Wellington, February 18.— The Marine department has been informed that a collision occurred in the narrowest part of Bluff Harbour channel between the steamer Buteshire and the feetch Gratitude. The jibboom and square sailyard of the sailer were carried away, the damage amounting to about £60. The steamer is not damaged, and will leave for London 10-morrow. The North Otago Times mentions, a3 an Illustration of what capable stevedoring can do, that the barque Glenlora, v/h.ich left Oamaru for London on Sunday, had the largest cargo of wool on boaid that she ha-- yet sailed from any port with. Her complete cirgo was 4051 bales of woo), 1 do sheepskins, and 1 bag wool. Messrs Mill and Co. were the stevedores The Glenlora has nsver before liad 4000 bales of wool on board. The Norwegian barque Nor'-Wester was towed to sea, on the 16th hist, and sailed for London. Her outward cargo consisted of 2743 bales of wool and 20 tons of sciap iron. We wish Captain JSeilson a pleasant passage Home. The Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Eauroto comes here for a complete overhaul, in- ; eluding the fitting of a complete electric plant, I and will afterwards be put in the trade between Tonsa and Samoa. The Flora relieves the Hauroto in the Auckland-Fiji trade, while the Manapouri takes up the running between Dunedin, the East Coast poits, and Auckland. The s.s. Te Anau, Captain J. Bernech, from Auckland, via the East Coast ports, arrived at the tongue wharf at 8.30 a.m. on the 17th, with passengers and cargo. The s.s. Hauroto, from Suva, via the East Coast portfc, ariived at the Victoria wharf at 9 a.m. on the 17th. The s.s. Kiwi, now on her passage from London for this port for the Union Sieam Ship Company's coastal trade, is a steel screw steamer of 1122 tons gro^s and 702 tons net. She is fitted with triple expansion engines of 130 horse-power nominal, and is classed 100 Al at Lloyd'p. The s s Devon, which was lecently discharging at Fremantle, took out from London fhe largest cargo cvi landed in Western Australia. It consisted of 7727 tons for Fremantle and 993 tonß for Perth, a total of 8720 tons. This steamer is of 5459 tons register, and is classed 100 Al at Lloyd's special survey. The s.s Monowai, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff, arrived at 6 a.m. ou the 17th, and was berthed at the George street pier, where she at once commenced to discharge her cargo into the lailv/ay trucks. The barque Laira is taking in her stiffening ballast and will load wool at Messis J. H. Stanley and Co.'s stores for London. , The Norwegian barque Charles Racine, from New York for Dunedin, was spoken on December 18 in lat. 30 N., long. 40 W., steering B.E. The bhi» Euterpe, from Glasgow (November 29), was spoken on December 21 in lat. cS, long. 14 I "W.. allwrll. ! The Norwegian basque Fides, from Hamburg for Dunedin, was spoken on November £9 in i lat. 31 N., long. 180 W. ■ The number and tonnage of British vessels re- ! ported to the Board of Trade a» lost in December, j 1897, weie as follows : — Seventy-five sailing vessels, with 10,fi79 tons, and 93 lives ; and 19 steamei?, with 11,452 tons, and 22 lives; toial, 91 vessels, with 22,131 tons, and 115 lives. The s.s. Brunner, from Westport, via the Bluff, arrived at 7 a.m. on Saturday, and steamed direct into the graving dock. The p.s. Taupo, from Greymouth, via Oamaru and intermediate ports, arrived alongside the Bovreu pier at 9.50 a.m. on Satin day. After a comprehensive overhaul the Union Steam Ship Company's steamship Tarawera has been put into cornm.ssion again. She steamed up to Punedin from Port Chalmers on .Saturday. The ss Wailioia, from Sydney via the north, arrived ft.. Dunedin at 2 p.m. en Sunday. The t.bij> Blenhe m was towed to sea on Monday and tailed for Lytteltou, at which port she loads y/oo', &c 'or London. The s-.> Tarawera left the tongue wharf on Monday afternoon for Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff The s.s Rakaia, from Napier, arrived off the heads on Monday morning and anchored until the afternoon, when she steamed into port and was berthed at the George street pier to take in cargo for London. She left Napier at 2 p.m. on the 19th inst. The Government steamer Hinemoa will, this trip, probably go tr> the West Coast Sound 1 * and bays, and the lighthouses at "Puysegur Point, Centre Island, and J>og Island, from Wellington, via Greymouth. Intending shippers will, therefore, have to send their g'Jods either to Timaru or Lyttelton, but to which of thete places is not yet certain. During the week ending February 20 the following vessels have Jjeen at the Dunedin wharves: — Arrivals : In vercargill, s.s., 123 tons (twice) ; Napier, s.s., 48 tons (twice) ; Dingadee, 5.8 , 3(53 tons; Te Anau. s.s., 1028 tons ; Hauroto, s.s , 1276 tons ; Isabella Anderson, schooner, 70 tons ; Taupo, s.s., 408 tons ; Waihora, s.s., 1269 t tons ;— total, 4765 tons. Departure*! : Talune, i s.s., 1303 tons; Dißgadee, s.s , 393 tons ; filingamite, s.s., 1675 tons ; Napier, s.s , 48 tons ; Invercargill, s.b., 123" tons; Rangitiki, barque, llf<B tons ; Nor'-Wester, barque, 547 tons ; Hauroto, s.s., 1270 tons; Te Anau, s.b., 1028 tons; Taupo, s.s., 408 tons ;— total, 7989 tons. The Russian first-class battleghip Petropaulosk Is an immensely poweiful vessel, H67ffc long, C9ft team, and has a displacenn nt of 10.980 tons at a mean draught of 26ft. Having completed her trial j tups, she was handed over to the Jlußßian naval '

authorities in December last. Her machinery, of 10,600 hoi3e-power, to be obtained under natural draught conditions, consists of two sets of tupleexpansion engines, having cylinders 44, 65, and 9S inches, by 51-inch stroke. Steam is suppliet to ; tbe&e by 14 siugle-ended boilers, each about 14ft f!iu diameter by lO.Cfi, loqk, having a heating surface of aSout 27,000 square feet, and a grate area of ]010 square feet, the woiking pressure being 1251b per bqnai-e inch. The machinery generally is fitted up iv a manner very similar to that adopted iv vessels of the same class for the Biitish Navy The vessel w<><3 built at the n-w Imperial dockyard at St. Petersburg. The lnachii keiy after be ng conjj.letod at Messrs R and W. ! Hawthorn, Leslie, aud Co.'s woik-,, was shipped to j Itns-ij, and there erected ou boai J by d. staff of , woikrnerifioin tli'i coat; actors' works, assisted by I-lussiau mecharric= e'ign;t.c! upon the spot. The I tiials were of a patbfaetory character. In the .statement of business of the Linde Biitish Refrigeration Gooiyany to hind it is < fchown t'oat the company h*b done a considerably increased trade daring the pa«t year in their refrigeiatios; and ice in 1: iig machinery. Up to the present time ovei 3100 iji. d« machines have b"c>n s-rpplied, the total jefii^e'aiiug tffi'ct ivitir <qvulro that pro iucen b\ the meltin? of < 'iiml 7") '' n tou« of ice every -4 noui.-.. Cold. sitoragy . mi lce-miki&R f,.c r orit« on the Linde system on a lirge s.c<tle hnve been ov a.re being 1 erected a1"a 1 " Bris'o", London, Nottingham, I (irimsby, Hull, Lisds Bradford, GUsgow, Liyeipunl, Bath, anrl other places, while veiy ; many simihr installstinDK luve been put up. > On board ship nearly 500 machines have been j fitted, and the Linde j-ystem has lately been adopted for 10 ships for the new Canadian service, 35 for various Japanese lines, seven for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zea- ; land, and eight yachts — including tho.--e for the I German Rmperor* the King of the Belgians, the Prince of Monaco, and the Duke of Sutheiland. j Thp Linde British Refrigetation Company have albo orders for machines for the British Adini'alty, aud have in hand the niachineiy for ftve large I meat-CAirying vebsels for Mes'rs Turnbull, I Martin, and Co., and the New Zealind Shipping Company, each vessel to cariy 100, 00J carcaaes of mutton, or about 250J tons.