Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 4205, 18 August 1876, Page 3

Shipping.

POET CHALMERS. AEBTVSD. August 17.—Shag, e.s., 31 tons, "Wing, from Shag Point. Lloyd’s Herald, ketch, 48 tons, Cairns, from Kakauui. August 18. —Zealandia, E.M.S., 1,713 tons, J. S. Fonder, from Kandavnu, via Northern Ports. Passengers : Messrs Chapman, W. R. Hodgkins; and three in the peerage. Mary FI lien, schooner, 29 tons, Smith, from Dnthio Point. Friendship, schooner, 53 tons, Tyseu, from T i:-r. run. Jfecri, fi.s., 118 tons. Malcolm, from West Coast Ports, via tho Biuff. Passengers: Mesdamos Ran> envni'd Williams. Misses Ramsay and Reid, Captain Charles Lloyd, Messrs Ferguson, j. 11. link* v, A. Ross, J. Chirk, Anderson. Fatly, T. Sullivan, J. SiaUb, Hwanston, J. Jones, Ramsay and family : cud twenty-two in the steerage. SAII.KU. August 17.—Pioneer, schooner, 23 tons, MathcAugust 18.—Samson, p- e » 12t tons, E dio, for 0 onaru. The Australian P. cine Mail Co.'s steamship Zealandia -with the Sau Francisco mails arrived off tho Heads shortly after midnight. Tho schooners Friendship, from Tim am, and Mary Ellen, from Dulhie Point, arrived this morning. The new ps. Iron Age made a very satisfoctoiy trial trip from Dunedin to Port Chalmers and hack yes- erday afternoon. The s.s. Shag arrive! yesterday afternoon from S‘>.ivg Point, and steamed past the port to Dunedin. The schooner Pioneer, with cargo for Waikava, e u.ei yesterday afternoon.

The sc oil Lloyd's Hora'd, in ballast from Kokanu:, arrived yosterd-iy aUorcoou. Tn° s.s. Wellington, having been chimed and re c nted, was ta'-en out of the Graving Dock this morning and hauled alongside the ship William Davie. Afte r transhipping cargo she steamed up to Dunedin.

The s.s. Maori arrived a*', nine this morning from her usual monthly trip to Wo -1 Coast ports, via tho Bluff. SliD arrived oft i-LivCc's Hay at 3 p.m. on tho J ltli, and rent the boat ashore with the mail hag iu charge of the chief officer, Mr Berwick, Mr Matthias (purser), and four of the crew. As th-y were crossing the bar the current caught the brae oxi the bow.a heavy s a struck her quar'er, aud she capsized. The then hel lon to the boat as long as they could, several times being washed eft. *ne boat then drifted outside the surf, when one of the hands—named William Basra, but better known as Peter, a native of Holland—was nh“,* e “* Mr Mathia' states that Peter was next to him on tho boat, and ho took oS his coat and attempted to swim ashore; but finding the surf too strong, be again made for the boat. Mr Matthias then inard a voice siy, “I am done." As soon ns the accident was observed from the Maori tho )i''e-boat was lowered, which proceeded to tho spot and picked np the s-u vivors. The Maori steamed ai out for some time, but could not see anything of the missing man or tho mail bag, which was lost. The Maori then proceeded on her trip, and left tho Blnfi at 5 p.m, yesterday, arriving as above.