Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3642, 24 October 1874, Page 2

Shipping.

HIGH water. To-morrow. Brads I Port Chalmers I Dtobdih 2.33 p.m. I 3.8 p.m. | 3.53 p.m. Monday. 3.15 p.m. I ; 3.55 p.m. j 4.35 p.m. |PORT CHALMERS, ARRIVED. Coq'du "Village, barque, 312 tons, Smith, from Newcastle. Pioneer, schooner, 22 tons, Matheson, from Shag Point. SAILED. Eliza Mary, brigantine, 161 tons, Stuart, for Taranaki. ' Friendship, schooner, 53 tons, Grant, for Hokitika.. .The Vire will sail this evening for Wellittgtom The barque Hndda sailed for Mokemoke yesterday to load sleepers for Lyttelton. The schooner Pioneer arrived yesterday with a full cargo of coal and produce from Shag Point. . ; The brig Alexandria commenced to discharge her cargo of sugar into the railway trucks this morning. The ship Tweed, for Sydney, commenced to unmoor this morning, and will be towed to sea by the tug Geelong. The schooner' Eliza Mary, for Taranaki, and the Friendship, for Hokitika, sailed this morna fine B.W. wind.’' The s.B. Beautiful Star took on board transhipments from the ships Christian M'Ausland ana Haddon Hall, for Oamaru to-morrow. The B.s. Lady of the Lake having been cleaned and had her bottom recoated, will be taken o\it of Murray’s floating dock this morning.;; * The ship Jessie Readman, which was signalled at the Heads yesterday afternoon, after a passage of eighty-seven days from London, but was blown off shore by the heavy S. VV. wind, has not again put in an appearance at the Heads.'. The barque Splendid, which has been fitted up for whaling purposes, commenced to unmoor this morning, arid will sail this evening on her first cruise. We wish her every success, as her enterprising owners have spared no expense in fitting the vessel with everything requisite for whaling. She is expected to return to Port iri about six months. The barque which arrived at the Heads yesterday* and was supposed to he the Rachael, Sed to be the du Village from Newe. ' The tug Geelong proceeded down and towed her up as far as the Kaik, where, on account of a fresh wind and ebb tide, she came to anchor for the night. The tug proceeded down again this morning, and towed her up to her anchorage off the old jetty. The Coq du Village is a French-built barque of 312 tons , register, purchased about six months ago by Mr Reid, of Newcastle, and has proved herself a fast sailer, having, during that time, made a voyage to Melbourne, Adelaide, New Caledonia; and back to Newcastle, where she lay nearly a month. She has made the pa -sage d©Wn from Newcastle in nine days, having left there on the 15th instant. For twelve hours after leaving she had N.W. winds, which •hiftedto the S.E., until noon next day, when they shifted to the eastward, and continued bigh. until the 20th ; the wind then came from the S. W., with heavy showers of rain, which crintinued until reaching the Solander, which Was passed at daylight on the 22nd ; had strong westerly winds, with heavy squalls; passed Dog Island at 7.40 p.m., and sighted the Heads 4 a.m. yesterday. She brings 450 tons of MiaL ;