SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 347, 23 July 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. XIIIS DAY. ARRIVED, July 23—E.U. Cameron, schooner, 41 tons, Ashman, fromAkaroa. July 23-Courier, ketch, 31 tons, Sinclair, from Pigeon Bay. July 23 -Margaret, ketch, 24 tons, Bennett, from Little Akaloa. July 23— Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Lloyd, from Dunedin. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Cookson, Messrs Smythies (2), Martin, Lightband, Loughnan, Mr Justice Johnston ; and seventeen for North, Steerage—Mr Burton ; and nine for North. SAILED. July 23—Alhambra, s.s., 497 tons, Bawden, for Melbourne, via Dunedin and Bluff Passengers—Saloon : For Melbourne —Mrs Suffield and child. Rev B. J. Westbrook. For Coast—Mr and Mrs Metcalf, Mr A. Hoare. Steerage—Mr and Mrs Chisford, Mr and Mrs Wicks, Mr Mackay ; ane twenty original. July 23—Flirt, brigantine, 100 tons, McKenzie, for Auckland. July 22—Unity, schooner, Irvine, for Timaru.

A ship was signalled from the southward at noon to-day. She is still outside the heads, and will probably prove to be either the Oriana or Star of China. The s.s. Taranaki arrived in harbour this morning from Dunedin, She sails North this evening. Nothing further has been seen of the barque that was sighted last night. It will probably prove to be the Pet from Hobart Town. YESTERDAY’S. July 22—9 a.m., calm weather; clear and blue sky. Barometer, 30.10; thermometer, 44. High water— Morning, €.49; afternoon, 7.12. ARRIVED. July 22— Alhambra, s.s., 497 tons, Bowden, from Melbourne, via North. Dalgety, Nichols, and Co, agents. Passengers—From Melbourne, for Lyttelton Saloon: Mr Thomas Clarke, Mr J. H. R. King, Mr and Mrs Gaisford. [Steerage —Mrs Price, Arthur Price, Selina Price, Lizzie Price, Malcolm Price, David Spring, Walter Scott, Geo. Firth, Robert Brown, Charles Blackmore. From Melbourne, for other Ports.—lß. From Coast, for Lyttelton—Saloon: Miss Hicks, Miss Beecher, Mr Moorhouse, Miss Murray, Miss Falconer, Mr Brewer, Mr Noble, Mr Palmer, Mr Fraser. Steerage—Mrs Devey and family, Mrs Neill, Miss Fynne. From Coast, for other Ports - 63. SAILED. July 22—Excelsior, schooner, 92 tous, Joiner,Jfor Auckland. Meyers Bros, agents. July 22—Speedwell, barque, 350 tons, Athou, for Newcastle, in ballast. July 22— Elizabeth Ann, ketch, 20 tons, Feron, for Pigeon Bay. Master, agent. July 22—Annie, ketch, 14 tons, Clark, for Akaroa. Master, agent. IMPORTS. Per Alhambra—From Melbourne, for Timaru—--1 chaff cutter, 1 chest, one bale, 4 i-casks wine, 100 4-chests tea, 2 cases. 1 csk, 7 coils rope. From Nelson, for Christchurch—2 cases, 1 box, 100 csks bottled beer, 10 cases brandy, 1 bale. Consignees— Russell, Ritchie, and Co, S. Shappiere, Miles and Co, Hibbard and Cowan, H. Green, J. Beharrell, Sclanders, Fletcher and Co, Miles, Hassal and Co, J. R. Fisher, Mackay. Per Bruce From Dunedin, ex Warehouse. Under Bond—3lo hf-chests tea, 59 boxes tea, 4 qrcasks wine. Ex Crusader—2oo cases kerosene. Free—s bdls sheet iron, 4 ht-chests, 4 boxes, 8 bales, 26 cases. 4 cks, 1 trunk, 1 truss, 19 b'dls, 1 bap. 1 pump, 1 pel. From Timaru—3 trunks, 7 kegs nails, 1 bdle trees. Consignees—Miles, Hassal, and Co, G. Mackay, Reese, Chatngnier, Hobbs, Langdown, Brown, Mason, Struthcrs and Co, White, Howland, Wilson, Fuhrmann, Havell, Hanson, Meikle, Pavitt, Hay Bros, Scott and Son, Hawkins, Coombes, Dalgety, Nichols, and Co, Grant, Cuff and Graham. EXPORTS. Per Annie—lo tons potatoes. Shipper—Clark. The s.s. Alhambra left Hobson’s Bay at 2.30 p.m. on the 10th July, with a full complement of passengers and cargo: cleared Port Phillip Heads at 615 p.m.; passed Wilson’s Promontory at 5.30 a.m. on the lo'lowing morning; light westerly winds prevailed during the first three days, and moderate south and south-east winds and fine weather afterwards ; arrived In the Hokitika roadstead at 10 a.m. on the 16th. A thick fog necessitated Captain Bowden to stop her several times, and prevented her being in time for the morning tide; remained there until 7.30 a.m. Arrived at Greymoulh at 10 a.m.; left at 11 a.m. Arrived at Nelson at 11 a.m. 18th ; left at 0 p.m. 19th. Arrived at Wellington at 10.30 a.m. on 20th; left at 3.15 p.m. on 21st, and experienced strong S.E. gale; arriving at Lyttelton at 7.46 p.m. last night. She sails at H a.m. to-day. The White Rose was towed up to an anchorage off Kipa Island yesterday afternoon, by the s.s. Gazelle. . , , The Union Steam Company’s s.s. Bruce arrived In harbor yesterday at 8 a.m., from Dunedin, via Timaru and Akaroa. She left Port Chalmers at 4.30 p.m. on the 20th instant; arrived Timaru 3.30 a.m. on the 21st; discharged cargo, and left at 5 p.m. same day; arrived Akaroa 2.30 a.m. on the 23nd; left at 4 a.m.; experienced fine weather; arriving as above. Of passenger steamers the next largest to the Great Eastern is the City of Berlin, recently launched at Greenock for the Inman line. Her length Is 484 feet, and her breadth only 44, so that this proportion is as eleven to one, or, reckoning her length overall, 612 feet, as nearly twelve to one. The vessels which come next in size are the City ot Pekin, the Liguria, the Britannia, the City of Richmond, and the Bothnia, in the order named. Two of these, the Pekin and the Liguria, belong to the Pacific Company.