Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 4243, 2 October 1876, Page 3

Shipping.

POUT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. September 30.—Thomasina M‘Lellan, ship, 1,781 tons, Gibb, from London June 3rd, Rio Janiero August 12th. Passengers: Messrs Cockburn, King, Oliver, St. John, Latchford. Second cabin and steerage: Mr and Mrs Moynbam and five children, Mr and Mrs Wholf and three children, Mr and Mrs Connor, Messrs Herbert, Oxley, Small, Carnegie, Coham, Crickett, Barmaid. Hyde, Mitchell, Lynn, Hicks, Leaham, Riley, La Barte, Ma’colmson, Qlythe, Kane, M'Kenna, Green, Davy, Crawford, Robertson. Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, from Oaraaru. Passengers—Mesdames Gardner, O’Baw, Reid, Lang, Waddell, Dansey and family (2), Misses Hinton, Laing, Messrs Mark, Petter and sou, Welsh, Gramess, Gardner, O'Raw, Laing, Reid, Richmond, Dawson, Rev. Agnew, White, Toohey, Hedley, Brown, M'Auslana, Robertson, Waddell, M’Knight, and twelve steerage, October I.—Taiana, s.s., 228 tons, Paterson, from Timarn. Passengers; Mesdames Snack, Meudor, Duncan, Stansell, Messrs Rutter, Young. Cornish, Spalding, Wilson, Russell, M'Gregor, Aitkcu, and six steerage. Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, from the Bluff. Passengers; Messrs Braid, Swaid, De Beer, Rhodes, Patterson, M‘Bcig, Meab, Holmes, and seven steerage. Wakatipu, s.s., 1,168 tons, Cameron, from Sydney. September 22nd, via Wellington. Passengers: From Sydney—Mr and Mrs Taylor, Messrs D. Marks, Marker, Masters Cameron (2), and seven steerage. From Wellington—Mr and Mrs Cargill, Mrs Brown, Messrs Bastings, M.H.R., Gillies, Pell, and D. L. Simpson. Ringarooma, s.s., 623 tons, M‘Lean, from Lyttelton. Passengers: Mesdames Rickers, Neilsoa, Miss E. Lamb, Messrs Crossman, Beissel, Gored, Rcrans, Stead, Melville, Walters, Orr, and two steerage. SAILED. September 30.—Jessie, ketch, 29 tons, Lydo’s, for Gatlin’s River, Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, for the Bluff. October 1. —Mary Campbell, 144 tons, Carr, for Kaipara. Jessie Niccol, schooner, 93 tons, Peterson, for Oamaru. Huon Bell, ketch, 42 tons, Currie, for Gatlin’s River. October 2.—Good Templar, 42 tons, Cunie, for River. Ladybird, s.s., 264 tons, Andrews, for Northern ports. Passengers—Messrs Levien, Hide, Hastio, Miss Ramsay, Mrs Jackson. For Wellington—Mr B. Stout, M.H.R. For Napier—Mr Sterrock. For Greymouth—Mr M'Millau. For New Plymouth— Mrs Purdie; and 68 steerage for the West Coast. Ringarooma, s.s.. 621 tons, M'Lean, for Melbourne, via the Bluff. Passengers: For Melbourne —Mrs Jones and four children, Misses Livingstone, Hinse, and Irving (2), Mr Shackleford, and two steerage. For the Bluff—Three steerage. Messrs Dalgety, Nichols, and Co. have V auded us the following telegraphic informition:—The s.s. Otago has arrived at, Hokitika from Sydney, and will leave for Nelson on Tuesday morning. The s.s. Albion left Hobart Town for the Bluff ou Friday. Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood’s s.s. Ringarooma, for Melbourne, via the Bluff, took her departure from the railway pier this afternoon. The p.s. Samson arrived from Oamaru on Saturday afternoon, and passed up to Dunedin. The s.s. Express sailed on Saturday evening for the Bluff. The 8.3. Taiaroa arrived from Timarn early yesterday morning, and steamed up the harbor to Dnnedin. The brigantine Mary Campbell for Kaipara, schooner Jessie Nicol fer Oamaru, and ketch Huen Belle for Gatlin’s River, railed yesterday. The s.s, Wonganni arrived from the Bluff at 7.15 s.m. yesterday. She left the Bluff at 4.16 p.m. on Saturdoy, and had fine weather along the coast to arrival. Messrs M‘Meckan, Blackwood, and Co.’s ss. Ringarooma arrived from Nelson via Wellington and Lyttelton at 10.30 a.m. yesterday. The s.s. Ladybird steamed down the harbor from Dunedin this morning. After taking in transhipmeuts from the ship Invercargill she embarked her passengers and sailed this afternoon for Northern ports. The ketch Good Templar sailed this morning for Gatlin’s River. ; ARRIVAL OP THE S.S. WAKATIPU. This vessel arrived alongside the railway pier at 3 a.m. yesterday. A description of her, together with an account in detail of all her internal arrangements, taken from the ‘ Argus,* was given in our issue of the 18th iust,; and after inspecting the sbiP' we heartily endorse our contemporary's opinions. It may be safely said that the W akatipu offers the best passenger accommodation of the present coasting steamers. Her principal saloon forward comprises an excellent salk d mango,- and ranges of sleeping berths, the former being a large apartment nearly square, with a double lino of diumg-tables. The bulk heads of the saloon are of birds-eye maple and rosewood, with gilt ornamentations. The sleeping cabins contain accommodatien for forty-two passengers, while the ladies’ cabin is handsomely fitted up. Her second cabin, which is aft, is equal to that of the first of many of the steamers that frequent this port. It comprises a roomy saloon, with tables amf horse-hair settees ou each side, there being sixteen sleeping berths. On the port side of the companion way is t he ladies' cabin, containing eight sleeping berths, lavatories and bath rooms being opposite, A deck-house encloses the companion way. For the use of the officers she has a large bouse amidships.

Tbs Wokatlpu, which brings twsntyonspassengers and about 800 tons o t cargo, is commanded by Captain Cameron, a gentleman well known in Otago, bis last visit to this pert being in the barque Otago. She left Sydney at 5.30 p.m. on the 22ad icst.; experienced a strong 6.E. breeze and heavy cross sea until the 24th; thence moderate N. and N-K. winds and flue weather; passed Capo Farewell at 8.45 a.m. on the 27th, and arrived at Wellington at 8 p.m. same day; remained there until 4.30 p m. on the 29th; Lad fresh S.W. breeze for the first twelve hours, thence light winds to j.rrival as above. We thank Mr Newman (purser) for report and exchanges. SHIPPING TELEGRAM. Wellington, October 2.—Arrived, this morning, the new Government steam yacht Hinoraoa, from Glasgow, via Adelaide, having left there on the 23rd ultimo.