Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 4024, 19 January 1876, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATEB,

PORT CTULMTCES. ARRIVED. January 18.—Kestrel, ketch, 52 tons, Bern, from the Bluff via Pnrakanni. Januoay 19.—Arnwata, s.s., 624 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne via West Coast and Northern port 3. Passengers: From Melbourne—Mrs and Master M’Millan, Messrs Author, Lister, Riders (two), Wood, Homer, C. Alien, and fourteen steerage. From the Coast—Mesdames Burns, Clarke, Egan, Master Burns, Messrs P. Haymnn, D. Reese W. Bishop, Green, M'Glashan, Hefferman, aud ’five steerage; and fifty passengers for other parts. Phoebe, s.s., 416 tons, Worsp, from Northern ports. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Preston, Misses Wilson, Twatfc, Messrs Quinn, Webb, Mitchell, Bacon, Patrick, Gatwood, Daniels, Williams, Malcolm, Wright, Stevens (two), and eighteen in the steerage, SAILED. January 18.—Prospector, barque, 235 tons, Duncan. fop Newcastle. Woodville, barque, 362 tons, Coudy, for Newcastle. Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Christian, for Lyttelton via Timaru.

Shag, s.s,, 31 tons, Wing, for Shag Point Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, for Timaru Fi-auklin Belle, 30 tons, Forman, for Gatlin’s River.

Arawata, s.s., 624 tons, Underwood, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Passengers: For Melbourne— Mesdames Stevenson and Weston, Miss Carr Messrs Weston, Stevenson, Cook, Wathen Gordon’ and M'Kinlay, Captain Stevens, Master Stevenson! and twelve in the steerage. For the Bluff-Rev Messrs Stevens aud Stobo, Mrs Stobo, Messrs Feldwiclr, Hankiusou (2), and Thomson.

The p.s. Peninsula was taken out of Murray’s Floating Dock yesterday alt’rnoou. The ship Rakaia commenced to discharge her cargo into the railway trucks yesterday afternoon. The Union Co.’s s.s. Maori loft last evening for a special trip to Timaru.

The steamers Shag, for Shag Point, and Wanganui, for Lyttelton viaTimaru, sailed last evening. The barques Prospector and Woodville, in ballast for Newcastle, were towed to sea yesterday. The Government steam lauue.li, having been cleaned nud thoroughly painted, was taken off Fletcher's slip this morning, Messrs M'Mei kan, Blackwood, and Co.’s lino s.s. Amwata, with the New Zealand portion of the outworn Suez mail, took her departure for Melbourne via the Bluff this afternoon.

The N.Z.S.S. C '.’s s.s. Phoebe, Captain Worsp, with cargo and thirty-four passengers from the Norlhe n Pori o, arrived alongside the railway pier at 10 tine raorurnr. Bite left the Muiukau at 11 a.m. on the 15th inst; arrived at Taranaki at 5.30 a.m. on the 141 il ; after a stay of two hours pushed on for Kelson, at which part she arrived at I a.m. on the loth, having encountered a strong 5.71. gale with heavy sea; left for Pietou at noon, and arrived there at 8.30 p.m. ; left id midnight, and arrived ntWehiu--tou at 5.15 a.m. on t he ICIh ; left at 4110 p.m. on the 17th, nr.d arrived it'- Lyttelton at 1J.15 a.m. on the lUth; left ut 2 p.m. for Port Chalmers, and arrived as above, having experienced line weather from Kelson to arrival. We thank Mr Harbor f purser I for report and other favors. Messrs M'Meckau Blackwood’s line s.s. Amwata, from Melbourne via West Coast and Northern ports arrived alongside the railway pier at, seven this mcrumg. She left Port Phillip Heads nt 5,10 p.m on the /th and passed the Sisters nt d a.m. the followmg day; experienced light and variable winds with une weather to arrival off Hokitika at 6.10 a.m. ou tuo urn, after ;t splendid mu of four and a-lmlf .days under stonm; travnli ; ppcd. and cargo and left again for Orcymouth at 10.15 a.m., arriving there at noon after a short stay of one mom - ; pioceedcrl on to Nclsi n, at whi'di pot t she arrived u>. 6,45 a.m. on the 13th • left a ciiu nlt a.m., and arrived at Wellington at 6.10 p.nT, after a run of seven hours nud forty minutes, the fastest passage on record; left again shortly after noou and arrived at Lyttelton at 6 a.m. on the 17th • left again at 4.45 p.m., and arrived as above. We thank Hi L. C. Millar (purser) iot report and exchanges.

The schooner Friendship for Port Molyneux was towed to sea yesterday afternoon by the s.s. Jane. Captain Tyson is in charge of her; her former muster, Captain Sundstorm, having gone to Wellington to take charge of the schooner Dunedin, in place of Captain Stewart, who has been appointed to command the s.s. Taiaroa. A rumor was current to-day, and, being reiterated with much circumstantiality found general credence, that the Unien Steamship Company had become the purchasers of the new Zealand Steamship Company’s fleet and plant for the sum of L 54.000. Wo are authorised to state that there is no truth in this report. Negotiations have been for some time, and are still pending, but the period fixed as their limit has not yet expired, and it is not probable that ,’any definite arrangement will be made until then. In any case, wo are informed further, the sum named is not in contemplation on either side.— ‘ Post.*

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