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Evening Star, Issue 3323, 14 October 1873, Page 2

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HIGH WATER. To-morrow. Heads 1 Port Chalmers I Dunedin 10.37 p.m. 1 11.2 p.m. 1 11.46 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. October 11.— James Paxton, 60 tons, Robinonn from Lyttelton. Skimmer of the Waves, 39(5 tons, Gooch, from New York, via Melbourne. Passenger: Mr Mason. SAILED. October 14.—Tauranga, 01 tons, Urquhart, for Westport. , . .. , Gemsbok, 477 tons, Bunker, for Auckland. Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, for Lyttelton. Wallabi, 101 tons, Leys, for the Bluff. Pas--enters: Mrs Tyler, Mrs M‘Kagan, Misses Fere uson (2), M'Nalty, M‘Qucen, Cavanagh, Messrs Kener, Ford, Haines, Thome, Clulcott, Worman, Horens, Gresham, Smith; and tour In the steerage. , , T Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Wheeler, for Northern Ports. Passengers: I'or Lyttelton— Mesdames Bnnten, Evans, Bursted, Messrs Bunten, Winter, Newman, Legg, Yollans. For Wellington—Mrs Barr. For Napier- -Mr and Miss M ‘Kenzie. For Sydney—Mr N eale. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, early Claud Hamilton, for Bluff, October 22 Maori, for Lyttelton, early Pretty Jane, for Port Molyneux, Oct. If. Peter Denny, for Loudon, early Wanganui, for Bluff, Oct. 15. The p.s. Samson sailed at S. 15 this morning for Oamam. T i The James Paxton, from Lyttelton, passed UD last night. Tht? s.s. Maori, for Lyttelton, via Innaru, sailed last night. The topsail schooner Tauranga, for Westport, sailed this morning. The s.s. Wallabi, for the Bluff, passed through at 1.15 p.m. The barque Gemsbok, for Auckland, was towed to sea by the tug Geelong this morn-long-expected barque Skimmer of the Waves, from New York, which put into .Melbourne, for repairs, was towed up by the tug Geelong, under charge of 1 dot 1 aton, at 11 o’clock this morning, and anchored close to tlie railway pier. Captain Gooch reports leaving Melbourne at « p.m. on tbc »th henteraber di,charged the pilot off Port Phillip Mends, at 2.45 p.m. on the 29th, with strong h.W. winds, which increased to a gale, accompanied by heavy squalls of rain on the Ist of October, and continued till the 3id ; on the sth encountered a S E. gale, with high seas ; was compelled to heave the ship to on the 6th for 18 hours ; had strong S W. and W. winds with high seas until making the Snares on the 10th, with a strong westerly wind, which' died away; variables were then experienced; passed the Ocean Be mb yesterday, and arrived off the Heads at daylight this morning. After discharging part of her cargo, she proceeds to Wellington. A misunderstanding appears to have arisen between the officers of the s.s. Napier and the reporter of the Wanfianni Chronicle. Upon the arrival of the Napier at Wanganui, the reporter went on board and gathered the substance of the following paragraph, which appeared next morning :—The s.s. Napier left Wellington on Saturday in company with the p.s. Mauawatu. When off Terawiti met a heavy tide rip which threw the latter on her beam ends. At daylight no sum of the Manawatu could be seen, and the Napier came on alone, crossing the bar at 8.30 p.m. yesterday. The master of the Napier (R. Pratt) then writes to the Herald that he Nat a loss to know where the reporter obtained his information, and regrets that ho did not get it from some responsible person, as neither he nor his mate know anything concerning the Manawatu. The Chronicle thereupon replies and maintains that it published nothing that was not gathered from the captain’s own lips, and sarcastically adds Ho says it would bo better for reporters to get their news from responsible parties; perhaps it would. Next time his vessel comes in we will instruct our reporter to get a report of the trip from the cook’s mate since "the muster clots not hold himself xesponsiblo lot his words.

SHIPPING TELEGRAM,

Wellington, October lE—The ship Excelsior, with coal, from Newcastle, and the Yerocia, from Nelson, are outside the heads. A PINE SHIP. The Douglas, now lying in Wellington harbor, is an iron ship of nearly l,noo tons register, and has been off the stocks four years. She is classed A 1 for twenty years, ami was built at Liverpool by Hoyden and Co. Her original cost was about L3(7,000. Originally she was fitted with an auxiliary screw to enable her to steam through the equatorial calms from one trade wind to the other ; but after a fair test it was considered that what advantage was gained was not equivalent to the extra expense entailed, and the screw was accordingly done away with. Her steaming power never exceeded three knots. The space occupied by her machinery was that portion of the ship which in an ordinary sailing vessel is devoted to cabin accommodation. The space once occupied by the machinery is now converted into a provision room, for which purpose it is admirably adapted. It is a great improvement upon the plan generally in vogue, though much condemned by the immigration authorities, of storing and solving' out provisions mi the tween decks, which creates dirt, unseemly crowding round tho door, and at times a good deal of confusion. As it is, the cabin is very well arranged, and possesses one innovation on the usual plan which deserves to be followed wherever it is possible to do so. None of the state rooms ov sleeping apartments of any description, with the exception of the captain’s, open into the saloon. If the Douglas is not a “clipper” in the strict sense of the term, and is not the very best of what in nautical phrase is called a “ model,” she is probably one of the most comfortable and payable vessels to be found. Her masts are iron, and are perforated to act as huge iron chimneys that carry off all injurious effluvia. So marked is their effect in this way, that when carrying a cargo of bones, the sailors used to find the mastheads giving forth a most intolerable stench when they had occasion to go into the tops. Even the very bitts and capstan, all iron, are converted into ventilators and safety valves in the case of the heating of the cargo, thus avoiding any risk of fire. The carrying capacity of the vessel may be estimated by the fact that, with her’tween decks occupied by nearly ICK) passengers, sliobas now 1,700 tons of cargo in her below. Lut Captain Wilson Kays that lie brought into Hobson’s Day one trip 2,750 tons of miscellaneous cargo, besides a very large quantity of gunpowder, which was unloaded in the Day. It was pleasant to observe that the crow of the vessel are participants in the general comfort and convenience. Their topgallant forecastle, besides being airy and well lighted, contains the unusual luxuries to sailors of a bathroom andwashstalids. Amidships is carried a powerful teu-hoxse powoi donkey-engine, and it works in connection with one of Kirkland's patent pumps, which is so constructed that by merely shifting the iron plugs closing the valves, of which there are five, the fire-engine can bo put to work, the ship pumped out, or a fire extinguished. The sailing powers of tho Douglas arc much superior to what might be supposed ; the log shows that she made as much as Hi knots on the voyage out. Hhe is fitted up with a magnificent cooking range equal to the requirements of 500 persons. The Douglas can carry 8,500 bales of wool.