Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 4210, 24 August 1876, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATER.

Tootonsow. Hx&m. I Pr. Ghautebs. I Duhxddt. 6.27 pjn, I 7.07 p.m. | 7.52 p.m. POST CHALMEBS. ABBIVBDe August 28.—Feronia. barque, 315 tons, M'Wiluuns, from Newcastle. 39amson, p. 8., 12-4 tons, Edio, from Oamaru. Passengers—Mrs King and family (2), Misses Imbuing And Patou; Messrs Hunter, Walker, Jennings Tregier, Baker, Monk, Selby, Quelch; and eight in . the steerage. August 24.—Tainroa, 5.8., 228 tens, Petersen, from Timara. Franklin Belle, ketch, 38 tons, Forman, from Shag Point. Taupo, b.s., 461 tons, Worsp, from Northern ports. Passengers Mesdames Field, Haynes, Beisley, and Stafford; Misses Orebester, Leister, and Memacie; Dr Garland, Cant. Logan; Messrs fieid, White, Bees, Shearer, Kiugsford, Haynes, Beaver, Hayman, Booth, StaffOi d (3), F. H. Digby, Whitby, Tolmie, Warren, Bain, Knocker, Dawson, Soonlar, Wood, Harris; and eighteen in the steerage. Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, from the Bluff. Passe-gers—Messrs Eeid, Eapp, Davidson, and three steerage. SAIIiXtD... August 23.—Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Stewart, for the Bluff. Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, for the Bluff. Shag, s.s., 31 tons. Wing, for Shag Point. August 24.—Alhambra, s.s., 486 tons, Mnir, for Melbourne via the Bluff. Kestral, ketch, 52 tons, Bern, for Blueskin. Alhambra, b.b., 496 tons, Bowden, for the Bluff, &0. Passengers: For Melbourne—Mr Guthrie and eight in the steerage. For the Bluff—Messrs Cotterill, Fleming, and Mitchell. The s.s. Express arrived at Port Chalmers this forenoon with passengers and cargo from the Bluff, and steamed alongside the ship William Davie to tranship wool. The steamers Beautiful Star and Wanganui, for the Bluff, sailed last evening. The p.s, Samson arrived last evening from Oamaru. After landing a few sheep at the Old Jetty she steamed np to Dunedin The barque Feronia, with a cargo of coal from Newcastle, was towed up yesterday afternoon by the tug Geelong, and berthed alongside the hulk flak to discharge. She left Newcastle oh the sth inst. with a strong W. wind, which continued until the 14th, when it shifted to the S.E. Passed Preservation Inlet on the evening of the same day, aud was abreast of Stewart's Island on the 16th, experioncing N.E. winds with thick hazy weather until the 19th, when it veered round to the S.E. and increased to a heavy gale accompanied with high sea, which compelled her to beave-to the same night thirty-five miles S.E. of Otago Heads. During the gale a heavy sea broke on board, and stove in one of the boats, besides carrying away part ef the bulwarks. The gale moderated shortly after m dnight; thence light westerly winds until arriving off the Heads yesterday. Captain M‘William reports sighting a barque yesterday forenoon, twenty-five miles N.E. of this port.; Messrs M'Meokau Blackwood's s.s. Alhambra, for Melbourne via the Bluff, took her departure this afternoon from the railway pier. The Union Company’s steamer Taiaroa arrived early this morning from Timaru, and steamed past the port to Dunedin,

The Union Company’s s.B. Taupo, with cargo and forty.nme passengers, returned to port shortly after nine this morning from her usual trip to Northern Ports. She left Onehunga at 9.30 a.m. on the 19th ; Taranaki at 7.30 a.m. next day; Nelson at 930 a m on the 21st; Pioton at 10 a m. od the 22nd, having been detained owing to a dense fog ; Wellington at A3op.m.; and Lyttelton at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. Experienced flue weather during the passage. We thank Mr Ponsonby (purser) for report and exchanges. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Bluff, August 23.—Arrived: 7 a.m., Biagarooma, from Melbourne; 10 a.m., Beutiful Star, and at 11.45 a.m.. Wanganui, both from Dunedin.