Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 4207, 21 August 1876, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATEB.

POBT CHALMEES. ABMVTSD. August 19.—Matau, s.s., 104 tons, TTrquhart, from Oamn.ru. Harriet Armitage, barque, 288 tons, Mailler, from Kaipara. August 20.—Arawata, s.s., 641 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, August 14, via Bluff. Passengers: From Melbourne—Mrs and Miss Grant, Mesdames Cooper, Armstrong, Misses Brown, F. Blew, Messrs Chewey, S. Newey, Deans, Snell, O'Dbnnell, Murphy, Stobo, Master Brown, twelve steerage, and forty-three for forward ports. From BluffMr nnd Mrs Fielding, and Mrs Stewart, Messrs H. Smith, Johnston, Brown, Caison, Smith, one steerage, aud five for forward ports, i Wangnnui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, from Bluff Harbor. Passengers: Mr, Mrs, and Master Atkinson, Mrs Eeid, Misses M'Donald, Clark, Sibbald, J. Collier, Gordon, Reid, Porter, and four Bteerage. Taiaroa, s.s., 228 tons, Peterson, from. Tiniaru. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Shackle, Messrs Eagan, Eva, Beatson, and four steerage. Mary Ogilvie, schooner, 72 tons, Falconer, from Greymouth. Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Lees, Mr and Mrs Wilson, Messrs Euueiman, Sheen, Jones, and eight steerage.

Shag, 8.8., 81 tons, "Wing, from Shag Point. : August 21.—Hawea, s.s., 462 tons, Wheeler, from Northern ports. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Fenwick, Mr and Mrs Inglis, Mr and Mrs Chine, Misses Whiting, Knight, O'Brien. M'Kenzie, Master Goldwjn, Sir John Richardson, Messrs L. D. Nathan, Alexander M'Donnogh, Baker, Baine, Muir, Mitchell, Cotterill, Calcott, M'Glashan, Cohen, Bobs, Wilson, Tunnago, Gibb, and eight in the steerage. SAIT.KD. August 19.—Shag, s.s., Wing, for Shag Point. Wellington,, s.s., 273 tons, Carey, for Lyttelton and the North. Passengers: For Lyttelton—Captain Logan, Messrs Holly, Nimmo (two). For Wellington—Miss Sellers, Messrs Reynolds, Simpson, Warren, Johnstone, Cotter, Black. For Westport—Mr Campbell. For Mamikau—Mr Buchanan, Master Luks, and fourteen steerage for all ports. Jessie Niccol, schooner, 93 tons, Peterson, for the Bluff. ' Edith Eeid, ketch, 75 tons, Munro, for Moorakl. Trial, ketch, 25 tons, Kelly, for Waikonaiti. Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, for Kakamii. Franklin Belle, ketch, 30 tons, Foreman, for the Coast. August 21.—Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, for the Bluff. Corlie, ship, 844 tons, Robertson, for Astoria. Arawata, s.s., 643 tons, Underwood, for Nelson, via Lyttelton and Wellington. Passengers:—For Wellington—Messrs H. W. Capper, Stewart, and Plank. The e.B. Express came down the harbor from Dunedin this morning. After coaling at the hulk Esk she steamed alongside the railway pier, embarked passengers, and took her departure this afternoon for the Bluff. The p.s. Comerang was taken into Murray's floating dock this morning. j The s.s. Wanganui, from Eiverton and the Bluff, arrived yesterday forenoon.

Tho b.s. Taiaroa, with cargo and passengers from Timaru, arrived yesterday foronoon. The steamers Samson and Matau arrived from Oamaru on Saturday evening. The s.s. Maori sailed last evening for Kakanni. The ketch Franklin Belle sailed yesterday for Shag Point. Tne schooner Mary Ogilvie, with a cargo of coal from Greymouth, arrived yesterday afternoon. She left Greymouth on the 13th instnnt, and had variable winds for the first three days, when she encountered a heavy northerly breeze until passing the Solanders on tho 17th; then it shifted to the eastward ; passed Dog Is'and on the 19th, thence to arrival had southerly winds. The barque Harriet Armitage, with a cargo of timber from Kaipara, was towed up to her anchorage on Saturday exening by the tag Gcelong. Sbe left Kaipara on the'Bth iust. with a N.W. breeze, which continuod until passing Cape Eginont next day, when it shifted to the S.W., which carried her through the Straits; passed Cape Campbell on fcho 10th, and on the evening of the 11th encountered a heavy S.S.E. gale, with high sea, which drove her north as far as the Kaikoras. The galo having moI derated she experienced light banting winds and calms to arriving off the Heads on Saturday afterI noon

wZS? ■■ 9 ' H^« a » ctfgo and passengers from Northern ports, aiiived alongside at 8 o'clock this moiaing. She left 4p.m. on the 15th, and called at New pSSoStS Ne son. Picton, Wellington, aud Lyttelton] e f+ Lytlelton at 4.20 p.m. on the 19th, and sighted the Pennsula at 8 am. »n the 20tn, wheTste « Penonccd a heavy southerly brocs*. which confanned until anchoring inside the Port Chalmers Heads a, 7.80 p.m. Wetback Mr Newman (purser) for report and Northern excuaiv-es. lP u n>t.rj Messrs M'.Vfeckan Blackwood's j s. Areata, from Melbourne via the Bluff, a-rived at 7 a lu yc'te™ •ay. She left Melbourne at 2.40 p.m. on the 14th. ana bad light variable winds and fine weather until =_;e morning of the 18th, when she met a heavy N.E. galo with high Bea and thick weather. Not being able to pick up the land at midnight her engines were stopped; got under way again at daylight and arrived at the Bluff at 10.30 a.m. on ihe 19th; discharged cirgo aud left again at 5 p.m arriving as above. "We thank Mr Miller (purser) for report aud exchang s. The Arawata left again this for Nelson, via Lyttc-lton and Wellington,

SHIPPING TELEGBAM.

liTTTELTON, August 20.—The Akaroa, which left on Friday to search for the supposed wreck of the Clematis, returned this morning, not having seen anything of it. The weather was rather unfavorable throughout. Captain Smith, of the schooner W nmehaha, which arrived last night from Mercury Bay, reports sighting a vessel bottom up ou Saturday morning off Godly Head, bearing N.E by E., thirty Ave miles distant. He describes her as about sixty feat on the keel, with yellow lettering vnd having lost a plank off her bottom on the port side.

Heads. 4.88 pjn. to-mokbow. 1 Ft. Cbalkibs. 1 1 5.19 p.m. Dwt row, 6.04 p.m.