THE MANAPOURI IN A GALE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2389, 14 December 1899, Page 46

THE MANAPOURI IN A GALE.

AUCKLAND, December 9.— The iVlanapouri, which left Auckland for the South Sea Islands on November 16, met gales which prevailed •on that dato, when the s.s. Rolokino had, her rudder shaft broken. The Manapouri was hove to off the Great Barrier. The wind and tho sea were terrific, and the vessel rolled^ and pitched frightfully. She was on her beam ends, and the whole of her cargo of live stock, which consisted of 10 head of cattle, 44 sheep, and a number of pigs, was killed. The deok was constantly swept by heavy Beas, and the ealoon and cabins were also flooded. So much did the vessel roll that it was feared that she would turn turtle, but _ she rode the gale without any damage beyond that caused by water, and afterwards proceeded on her way to Tonga. She wac at 'Apia on the 29th November, and is due at Sydney to-day.

The New Zealand Shipping Company's Waikato left Porfc Chalmers on the sth for Lyttelton.

What is one of the largest cargoes ever shipped from the old country in a single bottom- is credited to the New Zealand Shipping Company's s.s. Paparoa, which lef^t Plymouth on November 11 for Wellington, via Teneriffe, oa.petow.n, am i Hobarl. She has a total quantity of 9250 tons of cargo divided as follows: — Hobart 150 tons, Wellington 4100 tons (including 100 tons for Aucklanc"), Lyttelton 3700 tons,- ; and Dunedin 1300 tons.

The Union Steam Ship Company's fine steamship Talune, Captain C, Spinks, from Melbourne, via Hobart and the Bluff, arxived at the Bowen .pier, Port Chalmers, at 9 a.m. on the 6th, and proceeded to Dunedin x>n the afternoon tide.

The s.s. Talune left Victoria wharf on Thursday evening for Sydney, via Wellington. Great activity is prevailing among the engineering shopa at Port Chalmers. Messrs Morgan, Cable, and Stevenson have no less then nine dredges in course of construction for the goldfields, one of which is rapidly approaching completion. Dredge No. 222, which has been laid up at Port' Chalmers for the last five weeks, is in full working order again, and steamed up to Dunedin yesterday afternoon, all ready again for active service. It will be remembered that some weeks back when the big dredge broke her crank shaft some doubt was expressed as to whether ifc could be replaced in ihe colony. However, the work was undertaken by Messrs Morgan and Cable, of Port Chalmers, who, from old chains supplied them by the Harbour Board, forged, turned, polished, and completed a new shaft to the entire satisfaction of Mr, Douglas, the chief engineer of the dredge, t and placed into position in the • dredge ; and a run down the harbour to test its qualities was made in. the afternoon, and proved most successful. In order to avoid any delay from a future Ireakdown, the same, firm has cast a jsecond shaft for the 222, which is now under course of turning and polishing at their .works. \

A full-rigged ship standing iv from the southward was reported from Taiaroa Heads fan Friday forenoon, and later on her numbers ■were exhibited, making her out to bo the Shaw, Sayill, and Albion Company's fine ship Jnvercargill, from Liverpool. She brings 2000 ions" of general arid 'deadw eight cargo, of >vhich fully a half is for the port of Dunedin jmd the remainder for Wellington. The U.S.S. Company's splendid steamer plokoia, Captain W. C. Sinclair, from Syd■43JC, via, Cook Strait, with 122 passengers and

a large general cargo, arrived at Dunedin. wharf on Saturday morning. She left Sydney at 6.15 p.m. of the 2nd" inst. The s.s. 'Waihora, frprn Sydney, via Auckland, arrived at the tonefue wharf at 10.45 a.m. on Sunday. She left Auckland on the 1 sth inst. The following vessels have been in harbour during the past week : — Arrivals — Talune, e.s., 1303 tons; Tarawera, s.s., 1269; Invercargill, ship, 1245 ; Enterprise, brigantine, 84; Mokoia, s.s., 2503; Waihora, s.s., 1265; , Ocean Ranger, barquentine, 234; — tolal, 7873 , tons. Departures — Sir Henry, brigantine, 95 tons; Waikare, 5.5.," 1901; Waiknto, s.s., 4767; Invercargill, s.s., 123; Westralia, s.s., 1819; Tarawera, s.s., 1269;— total, 9974 tons. The s.s. Monowai steamed down to Port Chalmers on Monday forenoon, and sailed in the afternoon for Melbourne, via the Bluff and Hobart.