SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 915, 31 May 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POK.I Oi bn - 'LJ&LXOb't Weather Report. May 31 9 a.m., wind S.W., light; weather, passing showers and overcast Barometer, 30.10; thermometer, 41. - High Water. To-morrow—Morning, 7.54; night, 8.17. Arrived.—May 30. Catherine, ketch, 13 tons, Ware, from Leßon's Bay. Master, agent. Cleared.—May 30. Quiver, ketch, for Leßon's Bay. Kestrel, ketch, Semb, for Leßon's Bay. May 31. Annie, ketch, Foster, for Port Levy. Minnie, ketch, Dani, for Little Akaloa. Sailed—May 30. Hawea, s.s., Wheeler, for Northern Porte. Passengers -Saloon : For Taranaki —Mr G-. Mundy. For Manakan -Mr F. C. Maxwell, Mrs P. Archer and ser ant. For Wellington —Messrs Buckridge, and R. H. Rhodes. For Nelson—Mrs Havvley. Steerage—Messrs Simmonds, J. T. Davis, and 13 original. Tui, s.s., Wills, for Wellington via Kaikouras. Passengers Saloon : Miss Stretch, and 4 in steerage. Eizabeth Curie, brigantine, Travers, for Kaipara via Waikato. May 31. Lady Don, schooner, Clarkson, for Hokitika. The Elizabeth Curie was towed into the stream by the p.s. Titan yesterday afternoon, and sailed for Kaipara via Waikato. The Marion and Garibaldi are berthed at the breastwork to commence their loading.

The barque Mangerton will complete the discharge of her sugar this clay.

The Saraband Mary brigantine is. getting on fairly with her discharge, and should trucks come to hand will commence loading to-morrow.

The Jane will commence loading for Auckland at the Gladstone Pier to-day.

The Piako's general cargo is all discharged, and she is getting rid of her coals as last as she can get trucks. Her loading is already well advanced and she will be ready to sail at advertised date-. There is already aboard 3000 sacks grain, 500 cases preserved meats, and a quantity of wool and tallow. The Margaret Galbraith has on board nearly 5000 sacks grain besides wool and tallow. Her Nelson cargo has greatly impeded her loading, but some of it went North in the Wellington, s.s., and 100 tons was sent in the Hawca yesterday, and the next steamer North will probably take the remainder, so that Captain Fergusson expects to have the ship loaded and ready for sea by the end of next week.

Some experiments with a new fog-signal have been recently made at Combs, near Ipswich, England. It is a detonating rocket with half a pound of gun cotton at its base, and the experiments as to the distance at winch the report could be heard showed that a half pound of gun-cotton when detonated at an elevation of 900 yards, could be heard ten miles, against two and a half miles when fired on the sea level. When the rockets reached a height of about 050 yards they gracefully curved over, burst, and a deafening report —oo'lionvfl. anmowhat resembling the discharge of a heavy piece af ordnance, and then rolling away on all sides, reverberating from hill to hill, and across the valleys after the manner of a heavy peal of thunder. The steamer Lady Bird has been taken into the floating dock at Port Chalmers to be cleaned and recoated, and made ready for active service. She is to take up the steamer Taranaki's running whilst the latter undergoes repairs. The Otago Daily Times says:—'-' The ship Otago was brought in from the stream yesterday and moored for discharging at the Railway Pier. Extraordinary efforts are to be made to clear her of cargo, as she is expected at Lyttelton earlynext week, there to load wheat for London." The Otago Guardian has the following:— " Captain Arndt, of the schooner Owake, which arrived in harbor on Wednesday last, reports that the supposed missing vessel Aspasia, which left Wellington on 2nd May for Kaipara, put into Keider Bay on the 14th instant. Her captain reported being off Kaipara with dirty easterly weather for four days, when the wind suddenly Bhifted to the westward on the 11th instant, and he kept away for the Sound, having lost jibbooin, both, jibs, portion of bulwarks, and was without firewood or water. During the gale her captain sustained severe injuries to his right arm. When the Owako left Keider Bay on the 17th instant, the Aspasia was there repairing damages, and expected to leave about the 20th instant. The captain's wife and two children were on board."

SHIPPING TELEGEAMB. Poet Chalmers, May 30. Arrived—Albion, from Lyttelton, at 5 p.m. Ship Regent from Astoria, Oregon, after a capital passage of 58 days. She brings full cargo lumber. Auckland, May 30. Arrived —Allestro, from London. Augusta, from Fiji. Wellington, May 30. Arrived—7.3o a.m., Arawata, from Lyttelton.