Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 2879, 11 May 1872, Page 2

Shipping.

HIGH WATER. to-morrow.

PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. Hope, from Kakanui Wallace, from Oamaru SAILED. Beautiful Star for Lyttelton Lloyd’s Herald for Gatlin’s River. Hnon Belle for Molyneux Wellington for North CUSTOM HOUSE, DUNEDIN. THIS DAY. OUTWARDS. Pioneer, 23 tons, Matheson, for Moeraki Margaret Galbraith, 841, Cowan, for London EXPORTS. Per Margaret Galbraith, for London 5 boxes gold, 5 casks slag, Bank of New Zealand ; 3 do, Bank of New South Wales; 4,973 cases preserved meats, 135 casks tallow, 215 bales wool, 1 do hemp, 248 wet hides, Russell and Co ; 3133 cases preserved meats and soups, 161 casks tallow, 178 bales wool, 9 do skins, 828 bags wheat, Cargills and M'Lean ; 5 casks tallow, 130 bales wool, 3 do leather, Dalgety, Nichols, and Co ; 3 do 196 bales wool, Murray, Roberts, and Co.; 116 do, 69 do hemp, John Reid; 113 bales wool. Driver, Stewart, and Co.; 78 do, R. Campbell, jun.; 14 do, ampbell and Low ; 17 do, M'Pherson and Co,; 12 do, Turnbull and Co.; 7 do, Ostler and Lawson ; 6 do, W. J. T. Clarke ; 35 do, 18 bales leather, 52 do glue pieces and leather pieces, 4 do calfskins, 0. Flexman ; 16 bales wool, H. J. Gibbs and Co ; 13 bales hemp, Brown, Ewing, and Co.; 1 case woollens, A. J. Burns and Co.; 2 casks grinder)', 1 case musical instruments, order.

DEPARTURES. Awarua for Bluff. May 13 Alhambra for Melbourne, via Bluff, Olay 27 Maori for Lyttelton, May 14 Mendoza for London, via Bluff, early. Nevada from ucklaad, June 7 Omen tor Melbourne via Northern Pot ts, May 13- . Tirarua for Melbourne, via Bluff, May 17 Redcliffe for Oamam. May 14 Rangati a for N rthern Ports, May 16 Taranaki for Northern Ports, May 15 Wallace for Oamaru, .May 14 Warwick for London, May.. 30 The s.s. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton and intermediate ports, sailed last evening. The ship Margaret Galbraith, for London, completed her loading to-day, and being in fine trim, may be expected to make a good passage. Her passengers were conveyed on board by the Golden Age yesterday afterboon, but her departure is not expected to take place before Monday. BY ELECTRW TELEGRAPH. ARRIVED. Bluff, llth, 8 a.m., Omeo from Melbourne with Snee Mail. BAILED. Oamaru, llth, 10.20 a.m., Wallace fer Oamaru. THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE MAORI AND THE CORONET. Yesterday. James Malcolm, commander of the Maori, said the engines were stopped and moved full speed astern 24 minutes before the collision. The starboard-bow first came into collision, The lights were in accordance with the roSulations. About 26 minutes before the eolskm took place, he left the chief officer, James Leys in charge. Hearing the man at the wheel speak he jumped up, and through the cabin door saw a vessel’s sails on the starboard-bow. He ran on deck, ordered the helm hard a starboard, and the engines full speed astern. Had heard no orders given before this. This was about two minutes before the collision took place. Ha saw if he ported the helm the steamer would run into them amid ships. The engines were kept full speed astern until the vessels separated. He inquired into the damage, and finding none, arrangements were made to take the Coronet in tow to Port Chalmers. The Maori was steering south half east. In crossexamination : The horizon seaward was clear. It was difficult to say whether a vessel without lights could have been seen in time to avoid collision. A person on the bridge could see everything around him. There was a look-out forward, one on the bridge and one at the helm. W. L. Ballantyne, engineer of the Maori, bolding a New Zealand certificate, in charge of the engine at the time of the collision; He received orders to go astern about the time of changing the watch. At the time the vessel was going about seven or eight knots. The order was given hurriedly. The engines were immediately reversed full speed. He heard the vessel scrape something about two or three minutes afterwards, and felt her shake. The keys of the sluice valves were handed to him. She could have had very little way on when she struck. James Leys, holding a master’s certificate, took the watch at seven o’clock after leaving Timaru. The first part of the evening the vessel was steaming nine to nine and a-half knots, but towards midnight it was reduced. There was a look out in addition to himself. He was on the bridge. At midnight he had occasion to leave the bridge to go off to the cabin to look after a lamp that had burst, and on returning he saw the brig’s sails under her bow. He called out to stop the engine, and to the man at the helm to put it hard a starboard, and ran to the man at the wheel. Before he could return a collision happened. He saw no lights until after the collision. I Two or three miles distance could be seen, although the night was dark. He did not hoar anyone hailing the steamer before the collision, but afterwards he heard some one ask, “ What do you want ? ” If the helm had been ported, the steamer would have run right into the vessel. Several other witnesses were examined, but their evidence was merely confirmatory of that of the mate Mr Fulton read the report of the Court at length, and said that the following conclusions had been arrived at: —That the damage appears to have been caused by a proper look out not having been kept on board ef the steamer Maori. That on board the Coronet a proper look out seemed to have been kept,

the proper burning, and when they Were soeUr Oft board the Maori, the Coronet was btfly going about two knots an hour, so that nothing oould have been done to prevent a collision, .'s the Maori was withih three lengths of the brigantine before she was seen, the Court attached great blame to John Trotter, the look-out man on board the Maori, and could not acquit of blame James Leys, the chief officer, whose watch it was, and more especially as from the evidence of the Maori’s crew the Coronet should have been seen in time to prevent a collision. Captain Malcolm of the Maori, appeared to have acted with promptitude and judgment when he became aware of the danger. The Court was also of opinion that the circumstances did not warrant the suspension of the certificate of James Leys. The costs of Court, L 6 2s, were ordered to be paid by the owners of the Maori

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