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Evening Star, Issue 3994, 13 December 1875, Page 3

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HIGH WATER, TO-MORROW. Reaps, | Pt. Csauauep, I Dtrasoir, 3.31 P.W, I 4.11 p.m. 1 4.5G p.m. POET'CHALMERS, ARRIVED. December 11. —Samson, p. 5.,*1241 ;n?, Edie, from Oamar i. Passengers; Mcsdames Julius na<l children (3), Lockwood, Goodlet, Eeid and children (2) Dempster and children (3), Leap and children (3) Misses Eeid, Kennedy, Allen, Lockwood : Messrs Julius, Jessup, Hon. M. Holmes, Coombesl Eeid, Leap, Craig, Wheeler, Macdonald, Prickett, Quilch, Manning, and four steerage. December 12.—Beautiful Star, s.s., 116 tons, Peterson, from Timaru. Passengers— Uesdnmes Dance, Evans; Messrs Dance, Evans, Balfour, Bain, Dow, and three steerage. Express, s.s., 13G tons, Fraser, from the Bluff. Passengers: Mrs Gilpine and song (3), Mrs Balfour and family (7), Misses Boyd and Lamsden, Captains Petheridge and Eose, Messis Cuddcford, White, Campbell, Gray, Strachan, Austin, Bulleid, and thirteen in the steerage. Prospector, barque, 235 tons, Duncan, from Wangaroa. Clio, schooner, 81 tons, Chambers, from Moernki. Lily Hawkins, schooner, SI tons, Smith, from Moeraki.

December 13. E.M.S.S. Cypirenes, 1,279 tons, Thomas Wood, comm, uder, from Auckland via intermediate poits. Passengers: Mr Seed (Secretary of Customs), Second cabin—Messrs, M'Murruy, James Edie, and four iu the steerage, BAILED. December 12.—Comerang, p.s., 155 tons, Best, for the Bluff, Invercargill, aud Kiverton. Fanny, ketch, 25 tons, Williams, for tho Const. S Grace, cutter, 20 tons, Brady, for the Const. Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Lloyd, for Northern ports. Passengers : For Lyttelton—Messrs Brodrick, Bnstowe, aud Gill. For Wellington—Mr Ferguson. For Wanganui—Mr Matthews. For Taranaki—Miss Reece, Air Honeywill, For Manakau—Master Hutton; six steerage. The ship Timaru requires only 150 more bales of wool to complete her loading, and will sail for London on Wednesday evening. Mr Bowling, chief officer of the ship Avalanche, has been appointed to the command of the barque Adamant, and his brother, at present second officer, has been promoted to chief of the Avalanche. THE TAIAEOA. The Southland papers contain meagre accounts o' the strandi. gof the above vessel. According to the News’ the Taiaroa. had just glided off tho rocks when the Express reached her. As, however, there was water iu cacu compartment, it was thought advisable to take her in tow. She is now beached at the east end of the wharf. The damage appears to be amidships. here were four packages ot mails on board for Dunedin, and one for the Bluff, which nrc lauded safely. W<* hear that Captain Fraser, of the Express, lira put in a claim for Lit),ooo for salvage. The ‘Mercury’ has uio following account of tho Taiaroa’s voyage from Glasgow to Hobart Town, where she putiu on ii coa b The Taiaroa loft Glasgow on tiie loth September, and cleared Tuskar on the 21st Experienced chiefly strong S.W. winds till obtain--0 N,E. trades on the 27th September, in lat.

?■ an, l. l° n P- 15.30 W. They proved very lut mto St. Vincent on the 3rd October for coal, and after receiving a small supply, the vessel left on the oth October. The Equator was crossed on the 13th, and the S.E. trades were encountered shortly afterwards, aud proved light throughout. Eau along the African coast, and on the 28th October put into Cape Town for coal, and also to obtain standard compasses, those on board Vicing entirely out. Left 'P, I ).*-*) 0 November, On the 2nd, Captain Eobert ( In 1 i't dinner, was observed to suddenly tall back in his chair, as if paralysed. He was removed from the table by the officers, who’ used various means for Lis recovery, hut without success. He never spoke a word after his seizure, and died on the evening of the 3rd. 'lest evening his body was committed to the deep. Captain Gilpin was till lately master of 11.M.5. Valiant, and loft the navy lor the pui-poso of settling in Now Zealand, and was engaged to take the Taiaroa out. He was foit.y-six years of age, aud leaves a widow aud three young sous, who i.ro on board the vessel. After the death of Gilpin, the command devolved upon the chief officer (Mr Joannes Kniccelthar), 1 rom Capetown, till clearing the Capo of Good Hope, light E.y.E, winds and fine weather wore er; oriented. Then tiieouufercd westerly. Eau Hie easting down on the parallels of 3 : and 38, the Inf ter being tiie furthest point south attained. Captain opiegeltlmr mtended at one time to run to King George’s Sound for coal; but after calculating he found that the bunkers held sufficient to take*the vessel to her destination, and beheld on his course. u , n J Thursday last, when about si* miles to the S.E, of I, smauin, a terrific gale from N.W. to S.W. was encountered, which, with a very high sea, con: iuuod , cV lti J,y?. E r ter,la y f(,n ’ Uo( ’' ;j - The iirst land made was • .oath West Cape, at 8.30 p.m. of Thursday, and at

Ib p.m. the Wowstoue was passed. The vessel not having on board coal sufficient both to ballast the vessel aud_ consume for the engines, during the voyage to New Zealand, the captain resolved to put - s ar b° r , where he arrived as mentioned, the Tmaroa is a very handsome vessel of 299 tons register, [and was built at Glasgow by A. and J. Inglis for Messrs Patrick Henderson and Co ol that city. She is intended for the New Zealand coa.st trafßc, for which, considering she can carrv a large cargo on alight draught, and possesses splendid accommodation for a very large number of passengers, she is exceedingly well adapted. Her dimensions are:—Length, 189 ft ; beam, lt;jft; and depth of hold, 12ft. .She is fitted with high and low pressure surface condensing engines of lit) turn-.,.--power, nominal, but capable of being worked up to 500 liorso-power. Her average speed is i\. tween and 9 knots an hour.

SHIPII.NO TELEG KA ;'.i S. klunotok, December 11.—'I he ship Ooininis sariat has arrived from Loudon, ' S days out. .- he md a rougli passage. Sho brings twenty cabin pas icngcrs, and one named liichard Cowan was los! iverboard. In getting tbo lifeboat ready William Morgan was also lost overboard, AH attempts lo fiay« them (ailed,