Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3918, 14 September 1875, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATEE.

TO-KOBBOW. Heads. I Pr. CHALsrras. I Bcnediu. 2.33 p.m. I 3.13 p.m. | 3.58 p.m.

PO3T CHALMERS.

AEBIVED.

September 14.—Bruce, s.s., 208 tons, Jones, from Lyttelton, via Timaru. Passengers : Mrs Hal], Mrs Auderson and two children, Messrs Deudney, Cooper, Mills, Alves, Reith, Blackniore, Booth, Hfilmes, and four in the steerage. Tarauaki, s.s,, 28(3 tons, Lloyd, from Northern Ports. Passengers : Messrs Midge, Kelly, Harlier, Tunnage, Hardy, Voy, Brice, Heymanson, Isaacs, Mone, O'Meara, Martin, Luke, and five in the steerage. Baginar, schooner, 42 tons, Connor, fromCatlin's River. Fanny, ketch, 25 tons, Williams, from Catlin's River. Huon Belle, ketch, 42 tons, Currie, from Catlin's River. S.VILET). September 13.—Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson, from Lyttelton, via Timavu. September 14.—Samson, p.s., 124 tons, EcJie, for Oamaru. Nautilus, cutter, 30 tons, Barker, for Timaru. Pioneer, schooner, 22 tons, Matheson, for Sha,g Point. Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Worsp, for Northern Ports. Passengers: For Lyttelton Messrs Reid ana Buist. For Wellington—Mr Fox. For NapierMessrs M'Kenzie and Turubull, Miss Smith. For Mauukau—Mr and Mrs Howden, 3 children, and servant; Mr Harvey. Seven in the steerage for all ports. PBOJECTBD DEPASTURES. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, September 22. Bruce, for Lyttelton, September 17. Easby, for Sydney, September 22. Hawea, for Wellington, September 23. Ladybird, for Wellington, September 13. Otago, for Melbourne, September 20. Samson, for Oamaru, September 14. Taupo, for Wellington, September 17.

The schooner Pioneer, for Shag Point, sailed this morning.

The ketch Palmerston is taken in a cargo of coals from the ship Portland, for Kfikauui.

The ketch Isabella came down from Dunedin this morning and anchored off Carey's Bay. The Union Company's -p.s. Samson sailed this morning for Oamaru. The cutter Na-.itilus, with a cargo of cement for Timaru, sailed this morning with a fine S.W. wind.

The schooner Dagmar and ketches Fanny and Huon Belle, with a full cargo of timber from Catlin's River, arrived this morning. The N.Z.S.S. Company's s.s. Phoebe, with cargo and passengers, for the Northern Ports, took her departure from the railway pier this afternoon. The Union Co.'s f.s. Bruce returned shortly after midnight from Lyttelton, via Timaru, and steonod alongside the hulk Esk to coal. She left Lyttelton at 1.30 p.m. on the 11th, and arrived at Akaroa at 6 p.m. ; discharged cargo and took on board 705 sleepers, and left a?ain at 6 p.m. on the 12th ; arrived at Timaru at 4 a.m. on the 13th; left again at 2 p.m., and arrived as above. Wo are requested to draw attention to the Union Company's advertisement. As the repairs to the Taupo will take some days to complete, the Company has arranged to despatch the Bruce for Lyttelton and Wellington on Thursday. At the latter port she will meet the Hawea, and the two vessels will exchange passengers and cargo—the Bruce returning to Port Chalmers and the Hawea proceeding to the Manukau. The Taupo leaves here in place of the Hawea on the 23rd instant.

"VVe are happy to state that the damage done to the s.s. Taupo by her touching on Fish reef is very trifling, there not being a dent perceptible in any part of her keel or hot torn from stein to stern post. The only damage done is in the aperture, the keel close to her stern pust being fractured about half through ; and also a slight fracture in her rudderpost, which must have been done when she sheered off the reef. The repairing of these will occupy a few days, and while in dock the Taupo will be cleaned and recoated. She will then resume her usual trade, leaving for the Northern ports on Friday afternoon.

The official inquiry into the circumstances of the recent collision between the barque Jane rfpiers and the schooner Young Dick will be held before Mr Crawford, R.M., and two nautical assessors, either to-morrow or Friday. The case appears to be a somew, at peculiar one. Those on board the barque state that she was on her proper course on the starboard lack, under topsails and fore-and-aft canvas, showing all prescribed lights, when she fell in with the Young Dick, apparently lyiug-to on the port tack under fore-and-aft sails only, and showing no lights whatever. The Jane Spiers showed a flash light several times, and at length a green light was exhibited for an instant by the schooner. If the barque had adhered to the nautical " rule of the road" she would have cut the schooner in two; but as the latter did not take her proper course, the former took prompt action, and averted more serious consequences thau actually occurred. This is the Jane Spiers's story. The 'Young Dick will give her version in Court.—' Post,' Bth iust. The N.Z.S.S. Company's s.s. Taranaki, with the San Francisco mail, arrived alongside the railway pier at 6.45 this morning, having made a splendid run from the Manukau, via intermediate ports, in three days seventeen hours, including twelve hours fifty minutes' detention. Shortly after her arrival the mails were transhipped into the van and conveyed to Dunedin by special train. The Taranaki left the Manukau at 1.30 p.m. on the 10th ; arrived at Taranaki at 1.45 a.m. on the 11th; remained there until 2.45 a.m., when she pushed on for Nelson, at which port she arrived at 4 p.m.; left at 5.15 p.m., and arrived at Picton at 12.55 a.m. on the 12ih; left at 1.30 a.m. and arrived at Wellington at (5.30 a.m.; was detained there until 12.15 p.m ; arrived at Lyttelton at 7.55 a.m. on the 13th; remained there three hours and a quarter, and left for Port CJialmers, arriving as above. From the Manukau to Wellington experienced light northerly winds with thick rainy weather, from Wellington to the Kaikoras strong S.E. gale with heavy sea, from thence to Lyttelton light N.E. breeze, and from Lyttelton a light breeze until 2 a.m. this morning, when she encountered a strong S.W. wind with thick rain to arrival. We thank Mr C.J. Edminston (purser) for report and exchanges.

SHIPPING TELEGRAM.

Wellington, September 14.—A steamer's gun was heard from the roadstead at midnio-ht, supposed to be the Otago, from Melbourne. No boat is now (2.25 p.m.) visible in the offing. A very heavy sea is breaking.