Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3660, 14 November 1874, Page 2

Shipping.

HIGH WATER. , TDO.U'UKnW. Heads | Tout Chalmers j DnaEDUi ' 6.24 p.m. j 7.4 p.m. I 7.-!'.) p.ir. Monday. 7.22 p.m, I 8 2 p.m. | 8,47 p.m. TORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. November 14. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson, from Moeraki. Helena, brigantine, 126 tons, Campbell, from Whangaroa. Come rang, p.s., 152 tons, Best, from the Bluff via Riverton. Passengers: Messrs D. 1 Thompson, J. Dennison, and one in steerage. Pioneer. schooner, 23 tons, Mafctheson, from Shag Point. RATI,ED. November 14.—Bruce-, s.s., 202 tons, M'Farlane, for Lyttelton ami intermediate ports. Spec, schooner, 50 tons, Madson, for Moet*Skl£3« Comet, barque, 302 tons, Cooper, for Newcastle. PROjrDTKD DEPARTURES. Albion, for Northern Ports, November 21. Jessie Henderson, for Auckland. early. Ladybird, for Northern Ports, November 16. Lizzie Guv, for Hokitika, early. Samson, for Oaraaru, November 17. Star of tbe Soutb, for Levnka, November 19. Seagull, for Wellington, November 16, Tarorua, for Bluff, November 25. Wanganui, for Bluff, early. Waikato, for London, December 15. The ship Haddon Hall will be removed from the railway pier on Monday. The barque Comet, for Newcastle, was towed to sea early this morning by the tug Geelong. The s.s. Beautiful Star arrived at iivc o’clock this morning from Moeraki, and passed up to Dunedin. The schooner Awarua was taken on Isbister’s slip yesterday at high water for a thorough overhaul, after which she will proceed to the Blurf. The s.s. Easby, having finished her repairs and had her bottom cleaned and rccoated with Borthwick’s patent anti-fouling composition, will be taken out of the Graving Deck this evening and sail direct for Newcastle. Tue p.s. Comerang arrived from her southern trip yesterday afternoon, and passed the Port to Dunedin. She left Riverton at 2 p.m. on the 12th ; experienced strong S.W. winds the first part, and light N.E. winds during the latter part of the trip; passed the steamers Wallahi and Lady of the LdcentGa.m. yesterday ten miles north of the also the schooner James Paxton, and a fore-and-after lying at anchor under the Nuggets. The brigantine Helena arrived from Whanfaroa yesterday afternoon, and parsed up to hmedin under the charge of Pilot Lowden. Captain Campbell reports leaving on the 4tli; had variable winds, principally from the northward, until the 7'h, when she encountered a heavy S.W. gale when off Cook Straits, which lasted for twenty-four hours, when it moderated, and had fine weather, with variable winds, until reaching ihe Heads, when she got a fine N.E, wind which enabled her to sail up id Dunedin. She brings a full cargo of 101,000 feet of timber. Shipbuilding is one of Tasmania's chief industries, and one of which we may well he proud, considering the handsome and substantial vessels that have boon turned out of our shipyards. Wc allude to the barques Harriet M‘Gregor, Nautilus, Waratah, am! the schooner Hally Bayley, than which few handsomer vessels and faster sailors have ever been seen. When speculators in the other Colonies require substantial vessels for the coasting trade, they naturally turn their eyes towards Tasmania, where they know from experience that vessels suitable to their requirements are obtainable ; and for such vessels the purchasers do not hesitate to pay a good sum. Within the last six months three of our vessels have been purchased and forwarded, one to Adelaide and two to New Zealand ; and there arc at present throe vessels in course of construction for purchasers in the other Colonies. Besides Captain Saunders, of Dunedin, who has purchased three of the afore-mentioned vessels, there are two gentlemen from New Zealand at present in this City endeavoring to purchase several Colonial-built vessels, so that our shipbuilders will have their hands full for some time to come.—' Hobart Town Mercury.’ In reference to the paragraph stating that Captain Crabb had been despatched from Dunedin for the purpose of taking charge of the ship Rosalia, now in Napier, we have been requested to publish the following telegram received by Captain Veal from the owners of the

vessel—Messrs Guthrie and Lamach—on Saturday last“ To Cxptain Veal—As you appear » to have had difficulty with your officers and crew, we have despatched, per s.s. Taranaki, a party acquainted with the coast, to render what assistance he can ; but we shall be glad to hear you have sailed ere he reaches, when we shall recall him by writing to Wellington.—Guthiue AND Lak.vach.” Captain Yeal informs us that the donkey engine which has been placed on board the Rosalia keeps the vessel perfectly dry, the engine only working on an average sixhours out of the twenty-four. He also says that had the ship been bound for England be would not hesitate to proceed by her in her present cpndition ; although complaints have frequently been made by the crew to the effect that the vessel Avas unseaworthy. It certainly speaks Ayell for Captain Veal, in the face of so* much evidence against him, that he came out of the late inquiry so satisfactorily, and that Avas chiefly owing to the very creditable manner in which his charts, chronometer Avorkings, &c., had been kept, Avhich showed the position of the ship daily, ami indications of the barometer, these being verified by the nautical assessor, and also by a certificated master of the Board of Trade, and others.—‘Hawke’s Bay Herald ’ November 9.