SHIPPING.

West Coast Times, Issue 3146, 4 November 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF HpKITIKA. High Water (this day)— l.32 a.m.; 1.51 p.m . ' ▲SKIVED. Nov. 3— Waipara, s.s., 70 tons, Bignell froarOkaritd'. '"Bonar7Sgent r '" •-—'•"" jB£P}£OTEO ARBIYALa. Lady Don, {torn Ly tteltou, early. Alhambrft, from Melbourne, - via New Zealand porja, Noy. 14. , | Albion, from Melbourne' direct, Nov. 14. '■ Charles Edward, from' Kelson via* "Coastj ports, early. ";,-.. i Maori, from Pji&mg yj» Northern ports] Hor.'il. ' -^"~ r >' "" - \ Ciroe, from Melbourne, early. « Wallabi, from Vyapganui, early. j Sea 1 Bird, frtfni Melbourne, early. Murray, from Nelson and 'Vtestpoif, on Noy. 5 ; ' ■ PROJECTED. D^FABT^BfIS. t Charles Edward for Nelson via. C.oas.t gjorts] early.' ' *" •'.-•>• * i " ■ *'"'" ' . Albion, for Ifelbqurfte, ?ia Ne*r ZeaUad ports, Nov. 14. ' Aljiatnbr^, for Melbparoe direct, Nov. 14.; Maori, for Dunedin, ria Northern portsi Nov. 12. - • \ Murray, for Coast ports and Nelson, Not: 6th. r I ▼«B§H$ f « W ?22T- ; Lioness, and Friendship. j IN THE ROADSTEAD. ' Mary King, from Nelson. ' ] Elibank Castle, from Oamaru. j The Waipara returned to port late last night from her trip to Okarito. She left this port on Sunday last, and arrived off Okarico on Monday morning. In attempting' ' to cuter she grounded on the middle bank, and had to land her cargo on the spit whence it was punted across. She remained aground until yesterday when she fortunately ■washed off and returned to port as above. She brings 31 ounces of gold for the Union Bank. • The Titan arrived in the roadstead last night. Two schooners, one the Mary Bang in' ballast from Nelson, and the other supposed to be the Ehbank Castle, produce laden from Oamaru, arrived in the roadstead yesterday. They will be towed to the wharf this morning. The Anchor Line steamer Murray is announced to arrive here to-morrow. She will leave on her return trip north, taking passengers for all New Zealand ports at one p.m. on Saturday* Intending passengers should apply at once to the agent, Mr John White, Gibson's Quay. The works in connection with the harbor improvements in Lyttelton are progressing satisfactorily. On the Officers' Point Breakwater about 18,000 yards of rock bave been tipped over the end for the month, besides quantities of large rocks placed on the side of the embankment for protection from the easterly sea, thus bringing the entire length of the embankment a distance of from 1300 ft to 1400 from peg A. The wharf is likewise being pushed forward with vigor, about 140 ft of piling having been completed. The Western Breakwater is likewise in a very forward state, 11,000 yards having been tipped over, and large quantities of heavy material placed on each side of the bank for protection. The schooner Friendship is on the hard having her bottom scraped. The s.s. City of Melbourne was to leave San Francisco with the English mail on the 11th October. The Vaseo de Gama, the first boat of the new line, was to leave on the 10th October. She is described by the San Francisco correspondent of the New Zealand Herald as a magnificent Clyde-built steamer, registered 100 Al at Lloyd's, well adapted for the trade. Her tonnage is 1980 tons. The second boat of the line is to be the Colotua, which is to leave San Francisco with the mails on November 10, and will be due at Auckland abc Jut December 4. The Strathmore is now entirely given up as a missing vessel by .the New Zealand In-, surance Company, who intimate their readiness to at once pay claims under policies payable in the Colony. On August 17, Messrs A. and J. Inglis launched from their ship-building yard a screw-steamer named the Jackal, ot 460 tons for the Albion Steamship Company: Her dimensions are 90 by 23 by 12.6. She will be fitted by her builders with compound engines of 100 horse power. The Jackal will be employed in the New Zealand coastal trade. We hear that the s.s. Taranaki when off New on a recent trip, slightly' touched the rocks, and somewhat damaged her propeller. It is fortunate that the result ■was not of a more serious nature. The Otago Times has a severe article on the ship Don Juau, alias Rosalia, which has recently been condemned as unseaworthy by the surveyors sent from Wellington, After referring to a Napier telegram, which stated that the mate and some seamen were sentenced to twelve ■weeks' imprisonment, for refusing to go to sea in her, on the evidence of Fairchild, of the Luna, who said she was perfectly seaworthy, it says: "'We call upon the Government to make some inquiry as to the circumstances under which Captain Fairchild came to make this most disgraceful error. An officer who is liable to this kind of mistake in judgment is not only unfit to be iv the employ of the Government, but he is not lit to be employed by' any nrm with any little lingering respect left for human life. It would be only comui on justice if the Government were to make such tardy reparation as is possible to the poor fellows who were sent to gaol in Napier for refusing to join her hst voyage. We really do not like to say what Captain fairchild deserves."