SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 689, 4 September 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Weather Report : September 4—B a.m, weather, calm, blue sky. Barometer, 29.34 ; thermometer, 50. High Water: 10-morrow Morning, 4.37; afternoon, 6.01. ARRIVED. September 3—Ariel, schooner, 134 tons, Robertson, from Bluff. September 3—Courier, ketch, 31 tons, Sinclair, from Pigeon Bay. September 4-Especulador, barque, 262 tons, Powell, from .Newcastle, New South Wales. September 4—Bee, schooner, 31 tons, Green, from Amuri Bluff. SAILED. September 3—Jessie, schooner, 37 tons, Robbie, for Thames. September 3—Kestrel, ketch, 20 tons, Rutter, for Okains Bay. • September 4—Margaret, ketch, 26 tons, Neilson, for Kaiapoi. The New Zealand Shipping Company's magnificent iron clipper 3hip Waikato arrived at Wellington this morning, after a splendid passage of eighty-four days. She has a large number of saloon and other passengers, several of whom are for Canterbury. The Waikato was the first wool ship from this port (Lyttelton) last year, and went home in eighty days. YESTERDAY'S. ARRIVED. Sept 2—Onward, schooner, 69 tons, Bennett, from Kaipara. F. Jenkins, agent. Sept 3—Jannette, ketch, 11 tons, McDonald, from Okain'sßay. Master, agent. . Sept 3-Courier, ketch, 31 tons, Sinclair, from Pigeon Bay. Master, agent. BAILED. Sept I—Mary Ann Auuison, barque, 297 tons, Hughes, for Auckland. P. Cunningham and Co, aß Sept'l—Adelphoi, barque, 349 tons, Gregory, for Melbourne. C. W. Turner, agent. Sept a— Sea Gull, brigantine, 122 tons, RobertSon, for the Bluff Master, agent. Sept 2—Saxon, schooner, 53 tons. Mckenzie, for Oamaru. P. Cunningham and Co, ageuts. Sept 2—Matau, s.s, 104 tons, urqutaart, for Kaikoura and Wellington. P. Cunniugham and Co, agents. „ Sept 2—Taranaki, s s, 299 tons, Andrew, for Northern Ports. Passengers—Saloon : Mesdames Parr and Koghian, Messrs J. Holmes, and *. H. Barker. Steerage—Mr and Mrs Jackson, Mr Box ; and 28 original. , _ „ , Sept2-Colonisfc, schooner, 43 tons, Bailey, for Wellington. Cuff and Graham, agents. Sept 2—Strathnaver, schooner, 53 tons, McDonald, for Waitara. Cuff and Graham, agents. Sept 2—Favourite, schooner, 40 tons, Lane, for Auckland. Cuff and Graham, agents.

IMPORTS. Per Taranaki—Under bond, ex Warehouse : 40 eases tobacco. Free, from Dunedin—3l bales wool, 27 cases, 30 bags, 6 boxes, 1 plate iron, 6 chairs, 28 pics 8 axles, 1 keg, G half-chests. Consignees— D. Cameron. Wilson, Sawtell, and Co. " Wan Lock,' Sheath, Boddington, Bull. Bradsly, Anderson, White. Order, Cuff and Graham, Hey wood, Ballantyne. Viucent, Cameron, Collier, Fleming, Thompson, and Niren: Per Onward—so,ooo fe 't timber. Consignee—l<. Jenkins. EXPORTS. "•Per Jessie—lßo sacks flour, 420 bags do, 60 do oatmeal, 100 sacks oats, 42 do sharps, 25 do wheat, 40 do bran. Shippers—Cuff and Graham. Per Favourite —140 sacks potatoes, 51 sacks wheat, 5 cases bacon, 30 bags flour, f-hippers-Moore, Crawley, Watt and Co, Saunders, Henderson, J. Turner, J. Wilson. Per Antelope-4 hhds ale, 3 cases, 50 sacks chaff, 500 palings, 8 pkgs, 3 cases rennets, 4520 feet timber, 6 sacks potatoes, 2 bags sugar, 30 sacks flour. 1 bdl trees 2 coils rope, 1 drum oil. Shippers—\ incent and Co, G. Treleaven. Brown, Reed and Bam, Edwards, Bennett and Co, Hawkins, MacFarlane, W. D. Wood, Forbes. Per Saxon—l 6 tons coal, 4 pkgs, 10 hhds beer. Shippers—P. Cunningham, Morrow, Bassett, aud Co. Vincent and Co. Per Taranaki—For Wellington, free—l case, 10 pk"-s 14 sacks potatoes, 5 do peas, 2 pigs, 5 cases cheese, 00. cheeses. For Pic'on~lo sacks wheat For Nelson—ls casks ale, 17 cases, 2 bales. 10 kegs butter, 31 kegs flour. For Taranaki—2 cases. For Manakau—2*l sacks potitoes, 10 cases. Shippers —New Zealand Provision and Produce Company, Keed and Bain, Meyers Brothers aud Co, Vaughan anc 1 Co J. Beharrell, Se.Unders. Fletcher, and Co, Cuff and Graham, 11. Davis, P, Cunningham and Co, Dranstield and Koper, Bay. Saunders and Henderson. Lit>htband, Allau, and Co. Per Matau—For Kaikoura—l pkg. 2 baars, 2 pels. 4 cases, 1 cask. For Wellington—loo suck* flour, 3 tons flour, 33 pku's furniture, i piano, 3 eve-, I For Foxion—l trunk, 50 sacks oats, 40 do Hour. 60 bags flour. 13 kecrs butter, I case, 4do bacon. For Greymoutli-6 butter. For Napier -T> |,kgs, 9 kegs nails, 3 cases sdo iron, 40 sashwiU-hts. For Poverty Bay—ls pkes Shippers—Saunders and Henderson, Duncan and Son, Cuff and Graham. Fuhrmau. P. Cunningham and Co, Wilson, King, and Co. J. McQuade, Trent Brothers, Mason. Struth-.rs, and Co, Lightband, Allan, and Co, McConuell Brothers, Toomer and Son, Watt and Co.

The s.B. Matau sailed lor Kaikoura and Welling on at 8 p m. on Saturday, with a large cargo. The s.s. Taranaki reports leaving Dunedin at 2 15 p m on Kridav, and Port Chalmers at 3.30 p m, and having strong N. W. wind and head sea up the coast, arriving here and being- moored at, the Gladstone Pier at 11-15 a.m. on Saturday. -Mr Dougherty obliges us with Southern tiles and report. The Taranaki arrived here a full boat. She discharged 50 tons of general cargo, took on boavd about the same quantity, and sailed .North at 6.45 p.m. on Saturday. Mr J. Mills, manager of the Union Steamship Company, received a telegram from London yesterday, bearing date loth instant, The s.s Wakatipu left London on the 17th July, and not on the 10th, as it was expected she would, ho that her arrival at Melbourne may be looked for about the sth September. The s.s. VVaitaki sailed on the 7th July and will come out by way of the Suez Canal. — '■ Otasro Daily limes," August 30th. The smart schooner Onward, Captain Bennett, left, Kaipara on Friday, August 25th, with a N li wind which lasted till Monday the 28th, when it changed and blew a SK gale; ran imo Port Underwood for shelter; left again on Friday, Sept Ist, with a westerly wind, which lasted until arrival at 7 p m on Saturday, Sept 'ind. Reports leaving Theresa schooner at Port Underwood, and being iu company with Wave brig, bound to Oamaru. We are informed, says the "Otago Guardian," that owing to the rising of the bar at Hokitika. the difficulty of securing an entrance to that port and landing cargo has for some time past been very considerable. The Wanganui, schooner, chartered for that port, has been beating about ont«ido the bar for between two and three months, without any immediate prospect yet of obtaining an entrance. The steamer Maori, which sailed yesterday, will call as usual at Martin's Bay and the other small settlements: but after the late accident, seeing that the traffic is purely nominal—sometimes the delivery of a letter or a solitary bag of Hour—these visits to obsetne settlements are intended to be discontinued. This will, doubtless, be a severe blow to the settlers, who have been under no small obli"atiou to the master and owners of the Maori for keeping up their communication with the outside world? The men ou board the Maori are now provided with cork life-belts, so that in ease of any difficulty in effecting a landing, any risk to life from the capsizing of boats will be pretty well avoided. DEATH BY DROWNING AT LYTTELTON It will be remembered that in our issue of July "Mstwe stated that a hat and meerschaum pipe, identified as the property of a seaman belonging to the lannette ketch, named Cameron, had been found by a Mr Shepherd floating close to the Screwpile Jeity. No tidings being heard of Cameron hisbodv was dragged for, but unsuccessfully. \ esterdav morning at 9 30 a m these doubts as to the unfortunate man's death resolved themselves into certainties, the corpse being found flouting near the waterman's steps. Information having been rrfvon to the police, Sergeant-Major O Grady had the bodv removed to the morgue. On examination it was seen deceased had been iu the water for a ong time, ayiu hody was in an advanced stage of pecoropoßition, the features being obliterated. The

clothes, however, were easily identified as those of Cameron, they consist of a dark jacket, grey tweed trousers, and Wellington boots. A knife and a single penny were found in the pocket of the trousers. The inquest will probably be held to-day, the coroner having been communicated with. THE STEAM LAUNCH LYTTELTON. This smart little craft commenced her regular running: to Governor's Bay and back on Saturday. She gave every satisfaction, and no doubt will be ])j.tronised as extensively as her enterprising owners deserve. It will probably become quite a t'avoratc trip to walk over Dyer's Pass on a Saturfl»y,com<'to Lytteltou by the steam launch, and back to Christchui ch by train. THE VIBELIA. Safety of the Captain. The visit of the above vessel, aud her long stay in our harbour, will be fresh in the recollection of ot:r readers, also the garbled account from Mr Ratsey, the chief officer, which appeared in print of the voyage, and the mishap to the captain, supercargo, boatswain, and one seaman, who had met such a dreadful fate. Shortly after the arrival of the Vibelia in Sydney, the barque Eeconnaissance arrived from the islands, and brought sale and sound, the captain and his party. From the " Sydney Morning Herald" we extract the following statement made by Captain Beger:— "On Saturday, the Gth May, being within two miles of Sunday Island, for which place I had steered for the purpose of procuring water, left the vessel in company with my supercargo, Mr M'Gregor, the boatswain, and one able seaman, at about 930 a.m., leaving Hugh S. B. Katsey, the chief officer, in charge of the vessel, with instructions to stand off and on the island, telling and showing him where I was going, and that in the event of my being unusually long to come round into the west bay, heave to or anchor if he got good sounding. The weather was fine and moderate at the time barometer, 30.30. In the boat was half a small bottle of gin, two bottles of water, two biscuits, and about lib of meat; a double barrelled gun, four charges of shot and powder. Owing to a strong current on rounding the north point of the island, I did not reach the shore until about 3 p.m. After landing I hauled the boat up; I left her in charge of one man. Soon after getting to the wateringplace I heard shouting from the beach, and proceeded down to the boat; the man left in charge had lost the rudder out of her, so I concluded it would be better to get afloat and return in the morning; unfortunately, in launching her she was stove for about a loot long, and darkness coming on I thought I would remain on the island. What clothes we had were washed out of the boat, and after hauling her up we walked the beach through the night. At 8 a.m. next morning the vessel came round the south sMe of the island. I then knew if I had got off the night previous I should not have found her, for she must have stood well to the S.E. to weather the south end. We made signals with a flag and fired two shots ; she was out two miles or thereabouts from the beach; no notice w.s taken. She had all sails set but the foretop-gallant-sail and foresail. She ran to leeward about three miles, more or less, and ;left, for I saw no more of her. I further, with the others, solemnly affirm that for ten days the weather was light and moderate, the nights a bright moonlight, and that it was impossible for a vessel to come round, either night or day, without someone seeing her; that we should have got on board if the mate had made the slightest efforts to assist, by heaving the vfosel co, anchoring, or remaining by the island. We lived on limpets and potatoes, vine leaves, with a few fish caught with a bent nail. No clothes but what v/e stood up in. Wc all Buffered from pains, and that the boatswain is now suffering severely. It would have been impossible to have existed long on the island. On the 16th inst we were taken off by the brigantine Magellan Cloud, and landed in Tongatabu on the 15th July. All was done by the maßterof her to alleviate our wants. We beg to express our sincere thanks to Captain P. Watson, of the barque Reconnaissance, for his uniform kindness and attention on the passage from Tongatabu to this port.—" Daily Southern Cross," 28th.