SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 895, 8 May 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. Weather Report, May 8-9 a.m., wind, N.E , light; weather, overcast. Barometer, 28.89; thermometer, 53. High Water, To-morrow Morning, 00.27 ; night, 00.45. Arrived —May 7. John Knox, barq' e, 291 tons, Davis, from Sydney. W. Montgomery and Co., agents Passengers —Mis Blake and two children, Mr Lilly , „ Emily, brig, 268 tons, Su hcrland, from Newcastle.. W. H. Hargreaves, agent. Bee, schooner, 31 tons, Green, from Amun Bluff. Ephemy, schooner, 55 tons, Kean, from Coromandel. Flirt, brigantine, 100 tons, McKenzie, from Auckland. Wanaka, s.s., 278 tons, McGilhvray, from Dunedin. Passengers -Mesdames Spoon* r and Field, Mr Broderick, Rev Creenstreet. From Akaroa—Mr Thompson and 20 for North. May 8. Hawea, s.s., 462 tons, Wheeler, from Northern Ports. Passengers—SHoon : Mr, Mrs, and Miss Worker, Mr and Mn Smith and child, Mr and Mrs Robinson, Misses Hnxford, Champney, Mrs Gilmour, Inspector Broham, Captain Thomas, Messrs Blundell, Bapton, Smith, Bluett, Briton, Derry, Harrington, Bird, Luxford, Carrington, Hebberu, A. Bravo, Hart, Clayton, Grantham, Cother, and 15 in steerage. Ringarooma, s.s., 62: 3 tons, Whitburn, from Dunedin. Passengers—Messrs Etherstone, Hyiie, and 3 in steerage. Cleared. —May 8. Hawea, s.s., 462 tons, Wheeler, for Dunedin, Ringarooma, s.s., 633 tons, Whitburn, for Wellington and Nelson. Sailed. —May 7. Maori, s.s., Berniche, for West Coast via Nelson. May 8. Wanaka, s.s., McGilhvray, for East Coast Ports, via Wellington. Passengers—Saloon: for Poverty Bay—Mr .1. Davidson. lor Wellington—Mrs Restell. Steerage: Mr and Mrs Johnstone, Messrs Robinson, J. Pearson, J. Bryant, Russell, T. Kehoe, A. McDonald, White, Patterson, Davis, and Webb, and 20 original. The Union Co.’s steamers Wanaka, from Dunedin, and Hawea, from Northern Ports, arrived at 2 and 7.20 respectively this morning. The Wanaka sailed for Fast Coast Ports, via Wellington shortly after noon, and the Hawea, for Dunedin, sails this afternoon. The s.s. Ringarooma. Captain Whitburn, was coming up the harbor when our express left port to-day. She sails for Wellington and Nelson this afternoon. The s.s. Wellington, with the inward Suez mail, was not signalled when our express left port this morning. The brigantine Flirt, from Auckland, arrived last night. There was favorable news from the Manger ton yesterday. The ship Auckland was towed oui to a berth off Rhodes’ Bay by the p.s. Titan yesterday afternoon. There was a very strong N.E. breeze, and a heavy easterly sea was rolling in, so that the tug had all she could do, but she behaved admirably, and stuck to the work till it was accomplished. The Auckland has now aboard over 15,000 sacks grain, and will load 1250 more to-day and clear the Customs, sailing for London to-morrow. The brig Emily arrived last night from Newcastle, which port she left on April 19th. She brings a cargo of coal for Mr W. H. Hargreaves. The barque Mary Miller, Captain Valentine, left Newcastle on tho 17th ult„ experiencing N.N.E. winds to making Cape Farewell on the 20th ult. A N. breeze was held through the Straits, Cape Campbell being passed on the 28th. A S. gale was then met and continued for four days, the wind moderating on the 2nd inst. to light southerly, and holding till oft Flat Top Island on the sth. A N.E. breeze followed, holding till arrival at an anchorage off the Breakwater yesterday at 5 a.m. The Mary Miller, after discharging at Peacock’s Wharf, where she will be berthed to-day, loads for Brisbane for Messrs P. Cunningham and Co. Her captain reports having been in company with the Miss Kilmanscgg, brig, from Kaipara, bound to Dunedin, from Wednesday to Saturday last. Messrs Cuff and Graham’s smart schooner Maud Graham, Captain Jorgenson, left Kaipara on the 27th ult. at noon, with aW. breeze; experienced W.N.W. winds from the Heads till the 29th, Cape Egmont being passed the day previous. Thence to making Stevens’s Island, twenty-four hours later, fresh S.E. breeze, followed by strong S. winds till the sth inst,, Cape Campbell being passed on the 3rd. A fresh N.E. breeze followed to arrival yesterday at 11 a.m. Captain Jorgenson reports that the Prince Alfred left Kaipara the same morning as himself. The Maud Graham will be berthed to discharge at the Tunnel Wharf this day. The regular trader John Knox arrived from Sydney yesterday afternoon with a cargo of timber, consisting of piles, &c., for Messrs Hawkins and Co., and some smaller stuff for Messrs W. Montgomery and Co. Captain Davis reports having left Sydney on the 22nd, with a light westerly wind, and having line weal her and light and variable winds across to Cape Farewell, which was sighted on the 29th; thence down the coast had a succession of southerly winds, compelling the barque to beat tho whole distance to Kaikoura, off which the vessel arrived at 1 a.m. yesterday ; a N.E. breeze then sprang up, and freshening as the day advanced enabled the vessel to make the harbor as above. The John Knox spoke the Austrnlind and Vindex in the Straits, both from Newcastle, bound to Wellington, and was several days in company with the brig Emily, from Newcastle, bound to this port. The prospectus of the Westport Steam Shipping Company has been issued. The proposed capital of the company is -610,000, and (lie promoters state that in view of the fact that the coal mines at Westport will shortly be sending down coal, it appears that a very profitable business can bo simultaneously commenced by providing a steamer for the harbor, with large carrying capacity. to be employed in carrying coals to the various ports of New Zealand. An offer has been made bv the owners of the engines—fifty horsepower nominal —boiler, anchor, chains, and ship fittings saved from the Matau, for the sum of ,-62500, and agree to take up shares in the company to the extent of £3OOO. It is estimated that a new hull can be obtained in Sydney or Melbourne, carrying between two or three hundred tons on a draught of not less than Bft, fitted with the engines, and launched ready for sea for £SOOO.