SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 49, 27 July 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. July 27—Taranaki, s.s., 209 ton?, Wheeler, from Wellington. Passengers—Messrs Sclanders, Hooper, Hunt, Mr and Mrs Buteraent, Dr Poster ; 10 for south. Steerage, Messrs Oxley, Robinson ; 7 for south. July 27 —Cyphrnnes, s.s., 3500 tons, Wood, from Wellington. Passengers—Miss Moore, Mr and Mrs Clayton, Mr and Mrs Postlewate, Mr and Mrs Henderson, Mr and Mrs McWray. Mr and Mrs Watts, Messrs Miehin, Messrs Gill, Hassa'll, Nicholson, Parker, Atkins. SAILED. July 25-Otago, s.s., 800 tons, M'Lean, for Wellington. Passengers— His Honor the Superintendent. Hon. E. Gray, M.L.A., Hon W. Robinson, (31. L A.?), Mrs E. Richardson, and servant, Mr and Mrs Roberts, Mr Suttell, 70 original. Steerage —Messrs King, C. Reed, IMPORTS Per Taranaki —Prom Manukau —64 sacks seed, 1 box, 20 cases. Prom Nelson—4 trunks. From Wellington—s pkgs, 2 pels. Consignees—Miles and Co, Wrigg, Brown, Lightband. Allan and Co, Young, Lewis, Caldtr, Hislop, Smith. Per Cyphrenes—33 cases, 1 harrow, 2 pels, 1 pkge. Consignees—Miles, Wilkin, and Tancred. EXPORTS. Per Hester— 3sß bags malt, 200 do wheat, 450 do flour, 20 cheese, 6 pkgs, 1 case. Shippers—Royse. Stead, Cuff and Graham. Per Otago—For Wellington : 1 pkg. For Nelson—Under Bond—l pkg. Free ; I pkg, 40 cases. For Hokitika ; 26 cases, 20 kegs. For Melbourne : 30 oases, 80 casks, 608 tins meat. Shippers—Dalgety, Nichols, and Co, Lightband, Allan, Cuff and Graham, Dunsford, Woledge. VESSELS IN HARBOR. Steamers Atrato, Beautiful Star. Ships—Varuna, City of Agra, Ballochmyle, Northampton, Stonehcuse, Hereford, Eastern Monarch, Peeress. Barques— Fratelli Gaggino, John Bull, Ornati, P.G.E., Hopeful, Union, Iris. Brig—Fawn. Schooners—Jane Hannah, Onward, Alert, Streamlet, Spray, Ocean Bird, Emerald. Ketch—Clematis, The s.s. Taranaki arrived in harbor this morning at 8 o’clock from Wellington ; she Bails for south this evening. The s.s. Cyphrenes arrived in harbor this morning at 10 o’clock from Wellington ; she sailed for south at noon.

_ The schooner Hester cleared the Customs on Saturday for Napier. • The s.s. Halcyon will be ready for sea in a few days as her repairs are nearly completed. She takes in her boiler to-day. The s.s. Otago, Captain John M‘Lean, arrived in harbor on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. from Melbourne, via Bluff and Dunedin. She left Melbourne on the 15th inst, passed Port Phillip Heads at 5.30 a.m. and Swan Island at 2 p.m., on the 16th. The wind was then fresh from about West, and hung there for 24 hours but with an evident inclination to take southing. On the 17th it veered to the S.W. and by next day had increased to a downright hurricane and raised a terrific sea. Fierce squalls of sleet and hail accompanied the gale. For full 30 hours the Otago was kept on her course, and under such canvas as could be shown and Steam raced along at a great rate of speed, and really made good weather of it. The sra however increased, and early on the 19bh she shipped a comber which smashed the skylight "and flooded the saloon, still the steamer was kept at it until 4 p.m , when she was deemed to be getting up with the land, while the sea was becoming worse so she was hove too for the night. At daylight next morning land was sighted about Dusky Found, and as there was no sign of improvement in the weather, she was run into the Sound for shelter at 4 p.m. She was anchored in a snug little cove so completely landlocked, that despite the force of the gale, scarcely a breath of wind could be felt. The Otago kept these good quarters till 6 a.m. on the 21st, then made another start; found it still blowing hard outside, and knocked about considerably until she gained the lee of Stewart’s Island, late in the afternoon. She was then hove too for the night, and on the following morning she ran for the Bluff and reached it by daylight or a little after; discharged passengers, mails and cargo and left at 5 p.m. on same day, arriving at Port Chalmers on the 23rd, at 7.30 and sailed for this port on the 24th, at 3.45 p.m,, arriving as above. A testimonial was presented to the captain at the Bluff, signed by all the passengers. Some weeks ago a telegram appeared, received from Melbourne by the Otneo, stating that the s s. Albion had arrived at Melbourne from Hokitika, having made the smartest passage on record, the time 4 days 11 hours. This is however incorrect, as she was actually 4 days 15J hours from Hokitika to Williaraslown. In February, 1873, when under the command of Captain John M‘Lcan, she made the passage from Hokitika in 4 days 15 hours, and in July under the same commander, in 4 days 14 hours, thus showing that the time mentioned in the telegram was not the quickest by the two passages above referred to. SHIP BALLOOITMYLE. This ship was visited by a great many people yesterday, who were very hospitably received. No doubt many seized this, the last opportunity, they will probably have of visiting one of the finest vessels that has ever been to Lyttelton.