SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 966, 31 July 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP 1 LYTTELTON.

Weather Report. July3l —9 a.m., wind, calm; weather, cloudy. Barometer, 30.50 ; thermometer, 43. High Water To-Morrow. Morning, S.3S ; night, 9.00. Arrtvf.o —July 30. Charybdis, schooner, 98 tons, Bewicke, from Mercury Bay. Master, agent. Pas sengers —Messrs Kneeborne, Pike, Mayney, and Martin. July 31. Linnet, ketch, 17 tons, Molyneux, from Pigeon Bay. Ringarooma, s.s., u'23 tons, Whitburn, from Port Chalmers. Passengers—saloon, from Melbourne : Mr and Mrs Unwin, Mrs Lund, Mrs Ingle and family. From Dunedin—Rev. Mr Bodkin. Mr H. Miller. Steerage—Messrs Haughries (2), Reed, Buckley, Brine, and nineteen for forward ports. Cleared.—July 30. Annie, ketch, Fisher, for Port Levy. Especulador, barcjue, Powell, for Newcastle, in ballast. Marion, schooner, 6S tons, Austen, for Hokitika. July 31. Ringarooma, s.s., 623 tons, Whitburn, for Wellington and Nelson Tongariro, p.s., 39 tons, Clarke, for Kaiapoi. Quiver, ketch, 19 tons, Smith, for Le Bon's Bay, Sailed —July 30. Wanaka, s.s., 27S tons, McGillivray, for Northern ports. Miles, Hassall and Do, agents. Passengers—saloon : For Wellington, Messrs J. E. Brown, M.H.R., Monson, Heslop, Hobbs, and Ellen. For Napier— Mrs Hodge. For Nelson—C. J. Ay ton ; steerage—Messrs W. and A. Palmer, J. Ogilvie, Jones, and ten original. July 31. Columbia, schooner, Conway for Napier. Jannet, ketch, McDonald, for Napier. The s.s. Ringarooma arrived in harbour at 8.30 a.m. from Port Chalmers, with 38 tons of cargo. She sails north at 3 p.m. OCEAN RACING. "F. S. T." writes to the Dunedin "Star" as follows: —"I notice in your issue of this evening an account of an ocean race between three well-known New Zealand, traders; perhaps an account of another race between three as well known New Zealand traders may not be without interest to your readers. On the 22nd of January, 1876, three ships—the Merope, Waitangi, and the Zealandia—were lying at anchor in Lyttelton Harbor waiting for a slant to start on their homeward passage. On Saturday afternoon, the 21st or 22nd, the Waitangi was towed out by, I think, the s.s. Wellington; on Sunday the Merope got under way at 2 p.m., and the Zealandia at 5 p.m. The meridian of Cape Horu was crossed as follows: —Zealandia, 21 days ; Waitaugi, 23 days ; and Merope, 24 days, from New Zealand. The Equator was crossed by the Merope in 50 days, Waitangi in 51 days (where her jib-boom was carried away in a squall), and the Zealandia in 58 days; Gravesend was reached by the Zealandia at 5 p.m. on the 6th of April, where she) brought up at the t>uoys for the night. During the evening we heard that both the other ships had passed Deal, and just as we were under way the two vessels were in sight, being towed through Lea Reach. When we arrived at the East India Docks about 10 a.m. some little delay occurred at the gates, and while we were lying alongside the dummy the Waitaugi passed us on her way to the South-west India Docks, the Merope close astern, being destined for the East India Docks. Thus, all leaving within a few hours of one another, we were all at the dock gates within fifteen minutes of each other, making the passage in 75 days, which, although not so quick as the passage you mention this evening, yet is worth remarking for the unusual coincidence in times of arrival. In a condensed form this may possibly interest some of your numerous readei-s. I may say that I was second officer of the Zealandia at the time I speak of. The data of the other ships' passages were supplied to me by brother officers.''