SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 934, 22 June 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

4t> » V LYTTELTON. Weather Report. Ji ne 22 breeze : weWner, overcast and cloudy. Barometer, 29.57 ; thermometer. 45. High Water To-Mobhow, Afternoon, 1.30 ; morning, 1.57. Arrived —June 22. Taranaki, s.s., 327 tons, Griffiths, from Port Chalmers. Passengers - Saloon—Miss Rennie, Messrs Duncan, Reid, and Henderson’s survey party (S), Messrs Hogg and O’Brien. steerage—Mrs Lawrence; 20 for North. Cleared —June 21. Sea Spray, brig, 290 tons, Walker, for Newcastle. P. Cunningham and Co, agents. June 22. Planter, barque, 321 tons, Anderson, for Hoba't Town. Passengers—Mrs Anderson and 2 children, Mr and Mrs Hay and 4 children, Mr H. Clark Taranaki, s.s., 327 tons, Griffiths, for Northern Ports. Quiver, ketch, 19 tons, Smith, for Lcßon’s Bay. Sailed —June 20. E. U. Cameron, schooner, 41 tons, Aschman, for Greymouth, June 22, Amaranth, schooner, 51 tons, Campbell, for Wellington. Courier, ketch, 31 tons, Sinclair, for Pigeon Bay. Margaret, ketch, 21 tons, Bennett, for Little Akaloa. Clan Alpine, schooner, 40 tons, Smart, for Hokitika. The s.s. Taranaki arrived from Port Chalmers at 945 a.m. to-day. She sails for Northern Ports this afternoon. Bv the arrival of the Cleopatra from the Chathamswc learn that Mr Ritchie has had the Agnes thoroughly repaired, and has re-christened her the Island Lily. The vessel was lying at "Waingarea when the Cleopatra left, but was to proceed to Kaingaroa the following day, where •he was to load wool and tallow from the wreck of the Ocean Mail for Lyttelton. The Island Lily is commanded by Captain Morgan. THE OCEAN MAIL. By the brigantine Cleopatra, which arrived from the Chatliaras yesterday, we had a little further news of the wreck of the Ocean Mail, but it is not of much importance. Mr G ilbert Brown, supercargo of the Cleopatra, is our informant. It appears °the ship has broken in two, hut still holds firmly on the reef, her two midship ends being still Sft. above the sea level even at high tide. Her bow and stern are under water. No more cargo than was first reported has been recovered from the wreck, and i' has yet to be ascertained if any more remains in the ship, as she has not been inspected since she broke in two. Fragments of the vessel and wreckage of all description, including vast quantities of loose av<fol. strew the beach for at least eight miles. Mr Ritchie, the purchaser, has not been doing much with the wreck, and very little of the gear or spars have been saved, the majority of his men having been employed in getting the Island Lily ready for sea. That work, however, is now completed, and we understand that every energy will now he used to save more of the cargo both on the beach and in the wreck. Six of the Ocean Mail’s crew remain on the Islands, three seamen having shipped in the Island Lily, whilst the carpenter, boatswain, and cook, are so pleased with their quarters that they intend permanently residing on Che Island. WRECK OE THE SCHOONER ALLEY O GIL VIE. This vessel, it appears from the local reports, j was stranded on the south beach at Greymouth, nearly opposite the Hospital, during a fearful night. I'ortunately. the schooner was kept end on, and reached the beach without any loss of life, although it was doubtful if all would reach the shore alive. The crew took to the rigging, and Captain Faulkner and the mate were lashed to the wheel. After striking, the vessel soon piled up on the beach, and as soon as the tide receded, communication was established with her, and prompt steps were taken by the agents, D. M-'Lean and Co, and the captain to get out the cargo. A large number of drays and men were engaged, and by evening the whole of the contents, amounting to 47 packages merchandise and 1147 sacks of agricultural produce, had been rescued, and placed in the large store of Mr Taylor, on the Preston road. It is not anticipated that the vessel can he got off—in fact, she sulk-rod so much damage by the buffeting she got before being beached, that it is questionable whether any outlay upon the doubtful experiment of launching her would be justifiable. Captain Faulkner supplies the following report : —Left Oamaru on the Bth inst, with light variable winds and weather, which prevailed j during the passage round, Greymouth roadstead being’rcached at midnight on the 14th, when the schooner was headed off under close reefed canvas, eight miles west of the bar. As the day made the weather increased, the weather veering between W. and W .N.W., with heavy squalls of hail and rain, the vessel heading to the S. W., and at 2 p.m. on the 15th wore round three miles north of Hokitika, headed to the N.N.W., and gave her as much sail as she could possibly stand vessel doing better on this tack, hut losing on the next two tacks, owing to the violent gale and sea; and the vessel, after driving into 18 fathoms at 4 a.m. on the 10th. was headed for the beach, where she was run ashore opposite the Hospital, the sea breaking in huge breakers in 14 fathoms all the nay. AUCKLAND SHIPPING. The schooner Wave of Life was rapidly filling up with cargo for Lyttelton, and expected to sail on the 10th. The three-masted schooner Ellerton, Captain Keane, from Auckland, arrived inside Kaipara heads on the 10th, and Helensville on the 12th. She is now discharging her cargo of coals, and afterwards proceeds to Aratapu mills to load with timber for Lyttelton. The brigantine Helena is still loading at the Manukau sawmills for Lyttelton. Captain Mollcr has resigned the command, and the former master, Captain Campbell, succeeds him. Captain Mollcr takes the command of the brigantine Flirt on her voyage to the Islands. The schooner Laititia was purchased by Captain Short on the 13th, at auction, for the sum ol £di)o. The new fore-and-aft schooner Nellie found a purchaser on the 13th in Air F. E. Compton, who gave £I2OO tor her. . . The schooner Nellie, Captain Armstrong, cleared the Customs on June 13th for Lyttelton via the Thames. She will load at the Hauraki mills with kahikatea timber.