Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 4137, 31 May 1876, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATER, To-uoiaow, Hxans. i Pt. Ckalmsbs. I Duhkdih, 10.31 pan. j 11.11 p.m; j 11.56 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. May SO.—Edith Reid, ketch, 75 tom, Munroe, from Invercargill. Matan, s.s., 104 tons, Uroubart, fr.*m Oainarn. Passengers: Mesdames M'Nichol, M'Candlisb. Miss Cameron, Messrs M’Nichol, Towsey, David-son,-Brace, Gordon, and Maitland; twenty in the steerage. May 31.—Pioneer, schooner, 25 tons, Mattheson, from Oamara. Defiance, ketch, S3 tons, Burke, from Moeraki. Halcyon, s.s., Tall, from Lyttelton. BAjr.sn. May 30.—Shag, s.s.', 81 tons, Wing, for Shag Point. Good Templar, ketch, 42 tons, Cowan, for Port Molyneux. 'Clio, schooner, 'Bl tons, Chambers, for Wellington. Taiaroa, s.s., 228 tons, Stewart, for Timaru. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson: for Timaru. ’ May 81.—Franklin Belle, ketch, 38 tons, Foreman, for Waikonaiti. Australia,.E.M.S., 1,714 tons, Cargill, for San Francisco, via Northern Ports. The ketch Franklin Belle, with cargo for Wai kouoiti, sailed this forenoon. '' The steamer Halcyon, from Lyttelton, arrived late last night, and steamed past the Port to Dnnedin. . The 'ketch Edith Reid, with a cargo of .timber from Invercargill, arrived yesterday afternoon, and passed the Port to Dunedin. ::. The s.s. Matau, with cargo and passengers, arrived from Oaurra last evonmv. The steamers Taiaroa and Beautiful Star soiled for TimorU last evening. The ketch Good-Templar sailed, yesterday.after, noon for Port Molyneux. . ■ The schooner .Pioneer arrived early this morning from Oamara, and continued her course to Dunedin. The ketch Defiance, with cargo from Moeraki, sailed np this morning with a light norther! * breeze. . The bHganline Ariel was towed down from Dunedin yesterday afternoon, and will sad for Wellington the first slant of wind. . It is the intention of the N.Z.S.S. Co. in future to keep one of tbo-r steamers always laid upinWellington as a spare boat, to bo ready in case of any emergency, or to take- the place of any of the other steamers temporarily withdr.i; n from the regular running for the purpose of receiving an overhaul. The Ladybird is to bo the first boat to enjoy this holiday, but when the Bangatira is laid up for the intended alterations already described in our columns, the Ladybird will take her place in the Napier trade. ' Similarly, when the Taranaki is laid up to be fitted with her new engines, the spare boat will be able to. take her place on the line, without any alteration being necessary in the ordinary timetable.—* Post.* „ DEPARTURE OP THE AUSTRALIA. (Per Star Pigeon Express.) ThA A. and P, R.M. Co.’s s.s. Australia, under command of Captain Cargill, in charge of Captain Thomson, l»ft her mootings in Deborah Bay at high water at nine o’clock this morning, and proceeded outside the Heads. The weather was all that could be desired—a strong breeze was blowing from the B.W. The bend out the Balk on which she struck on Saturday was reached shortly after ten, and the work of swinging her was here accomplished without any impediment. The Australia proceeded outB?do the Heads, and here awaited the arrival of the Geelong with mails and passengers. Those few. excursionists who came, on board this morning were courteously treated by the offlceis of the ship, and desire to express their thanks to Captain Cargill and his officers. * 4 p.m. The Geelong is now alongside, and we are busy transhipping mails and passengers. One of the ship’s carpenters* named Blair, met with rather a nasty accident this afternoon. While carrying some boiling pitch he slipped down and severely burned his arms and face. The ship s doctor attended to him.

SHIPPING TELEGRAM.

WttLtsetos, May Sl,—The s.B. Eosby sails at 10 p.ta. to-day for Sydney, with a full cargo.