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Evening Star, Issue 3600, 5 September 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER, To-morrow. Heads I Fort Chalmers I Dunedin 11.55 p.m. I 12.35 p.m. | 1.20 p.m. Monday. 12.27 p.m. ( 1.7 p.m. | 1.52 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. arrived. September 5. —Tweed, ship, 1,745 tons, Stuart, from London. Passengers: 639, equal to 521 .J statute adults. Sea Gull, brigantine, 80 tons, Best, from the .Bluff. SAILED. September 5. —Comet, barque, 361 tons, Cooper, for the Bluff. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Alhambra, for Bluff, September 11. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, September 6l Dunedin, for London, September 7. Easby, for Newcastle, September 14. Lizzie Guy, for Greymouth, early. Mary Ogilvie, for Greymouth, early. Maori, for Lyttelton, early. Otago, for Northern Ports, September 16. Peter Denny, for London, early. . Samson, for Oamaru, September 8. Star of the South, for Fiji, October 4. Vision, for Auckland, early. Wellington, for Northern Ports, Sept. 8. Wallabi, for Bluff, September 8. The barque Comet for the Bluff, was towed to sea by the tug Geelong this morning. The ship Hindostan was removed from the railway pier, and anchored in the stream today. The three-masted schooner Elderslie was moored alongside the hulk to take in coal for Oamaru,. The 8.8. Wellington, after discharging her grain into the ship Dunedin, was removed alongside the railway pier. The ship Otago was removed from the stream and berthed at the railway pier by the p.s. Golden Age yesterday afternoon. The 8.8. Bruce was towed down from Dunedin yesterday, and will be taken_ into the floating dock to be cleaned and re painted. The brigantine Sea Gull arrived last night from the Bluff with 80,000 feet of timber, having left on Thursday with S.W. winds to arrival. She sailed up to Dunedin this morning. . , ARRIVAL OF THE TWEED. Last night the tug Geelong towed up the flue ship Tweed, from London, and she came to anchor in the 'Quarantine Ground on account of the darkness of the evening. The Customs and Health Officers proceeded down in the p.s. Golden Age, and the answers' to the usual questions being satisfactory, although there had been a number of* deaths and a great deal of sickness during the voyage, the ship was immediately boarded, and shortly afterwards cleared by the Clearance Officer. During the usual inspection, the passengers were asked if they had any complaints, their answer being that thry bad received the best attention from the captain, officers, and doctor. The single women, of whom there are ninety-one occoupy the fore part of her saloon, and are under the charge of Mrs Baker, matron, who gives them a very good character, thejmarried couples occupying the main hold, and the single men forward. There were three births on the passage. The immigrants have been under the charge of Dr Cunningham. Captain Stuart reports leaving Gravesend on the 16th June; passed the Downs the next night, and cleared the Channel on the IHth, having had N.E. winds; and until reaching Madeira she bad moderate northerly breezes. Passed Madeira on the 23rd, and caught the N.E. trades the day following, and lost them on the Ist July, in lat.-15 N. She had then a spell of N.W. doldrums for seven days. The S,E. trades were caught north of the line in lat. 1 NT., and on the Bth she was carried across the Equator, in long. 29 W. These trades were favorable, and carried to lat. 19 S. on the 13th; and on th.e same day passed the ship Zoroaster, forty days out from London, bound to Brisbane. She had thence variable weather for a long time. Passed the meridian of Greenwich on the 29th, in lat. 30 S., and that of the Cape on the 2nd August, in lat. 42 S., upon which parallel of latitude she made her easting. The westerly breezes were very unfavorable, and throughout she had only one week’s running. The best day’s work was 328 miles. She passed Cape Leuwin on the 22nd with a southerly breeze, and from the 21st to the 24th, she had severe southerly gales ; and thence had variable winds until arrival, making Stewart’s Island on the 2nd inst. She had aN. W. gale •up the coast, arrived at the Heads at 8 a m. on the 3rd, and was boarded by the pilot. She then oame to anchor, and was towed lup As above. She belongs to John Willis and Son, of London, and is the last vessel built as a steamer for the East India Company. She is built throughout of teak, and has by her present owners been reduced from a steamer to a sailing ship. Under her present rig she does splendidly. Her dimensions are—:2B7ft over all, 40ft beam, 24ft ■depth of hold. She was put together in Bombay. _ On the 21st July, Jeremiah Bemaud, a married passenger, who had been frequently warned not to go out upon the rigging, was ■swept away. The life-buoys were thrown to him, the ship hove-to, and the boat lowered, ■but no sight of him could be obtained. The ship was then sailing at nine knots par hour. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. London, August 15.—Arrived : Glenora, from - New Zealand; Lady Jocelyn, from Melbourne ; Gowan, Jung Frau, .and Star of the North. 18th: Warwick, Harvest Home, Earl of Mar, and Kellix Java. Melbourne, August 23.-Acacia, from Whangatoa; Gleaner, from Greymouth. Sydney, August 27.—Cyphrenes, from Auckland. Newcastle, August 25. -Record, for Wellington ; Isabella, for the Bluff. 26: Medea, for Wellington; Woodville, for Dunedin. 28 ; InveraUen, for Ljttelton. Hobart Town, August 27.-Planter, for Lyttelton ; Glencoe, for Dunedin. Vessels Spoken.—Only 13, Cathcart, London to Canterbury, with immigrants; June 1, Cansbrooke Castle, London to Canterbury • June 23, St. Leonards, London to Wellington. ’