SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1486, 20 November 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OP LYTTELTON. WkathbrEeport—November 20. 9 a.m. Weather, overcast; wind, N., light. Barometer, 29.30; thermometer, 56. Uieh Water—To-morrow. Morning, 00.20 ; evening, 00.41. Arrived—November 19. St. Kilda, s.s., 174 f ' ns, Flowerday, from Waneanui. Eoyse, Stead and Co, agents Sancy Kate, sclkm EOT, 11 tons, Geo. McKenzie, from Poverty Bay. J. .... Way, agent, Akbar, brigantiue, SsOi tons, Watt, pnt in windbound, from Dnuediu to Newcastle. Arrived—November 20. Tanpo, s.s., 461 tons, Cromarty, from Port Chalmers. D. Mills, agent. Passengers Mrs Grey, Mr and Mrs Maudell, Messrs Talbot, Stewart, and live in the steerage. Cleared—November 19. Jannette, ketch, 41 tons, Green, for Okain s Bay, Master, agent. Cleared—November 20. Fairlie, barquentine, 177 tons, Norris.for Oamarn. Master, agent. . Bee, schooner, 31 tons, Shepherd, for Amun Bluff. Master, agent. St. Kilda, s.s., 174 tons, Plowerday, for Wanganui. Eoyse, Stead and Co, agents. Tanpo, s.s, 461 tons, Cromarty, for Wellington, via North. D. Mills, agent. Cornier, ketch, 31 tons, Sinclair, for Pigeon Bay. Master, agent. Sailed—November 19. Arawata, s.s., 623 tons. Underwood, for Melbourne, via Dnnedin and Bluff. Dalgety, Nichols and Co., agents. Passengers-Por Melbourne: Mr W H Tayler For Port Chalmers: Miss Warren. Hawea/s.s., 461 tons, Wheeler, for Port Chalmers. D Mills, agent. Passengers—Messrs Godhng, Prost, Williamson, Carpenter, Scott, Fitzgerald, Pisher; 6 steerage. The s.s. Tanpo arrived at 12.30 p.m. from Port Chalmers. She sails for Manahan, via Wellington and West Coast, this afternoon. The s.s. St. Kilda sails for Wanganui this afterTho schooner Columbia, Captain Conway, left Napier on November 13th for Lyttelton. The Mand Graham, schooner, left Picton for this port yesterday morning. The " Nelson Colonist" has a paragraph stating that on the Arawata entering the Nelson harbor on November 15th, in charge of the pilot, she was by some extraordinary means backed up as near on the Beach road as possible, at a point opposite the gate leading to Mr Everett's house. The vessel, it states, lay on her beam ends quite a quarter ot an hour ind some damage was done to the contents of the saloon. Captain Underwood wishes to deny most emphatically the truth of this statement. The Arawata on entering Nelson harbor was in charge of Captain Cross, who is well known as a most skilful pilot by all who frequent the Port of Nelson. On rounding the boulder bank the Arawata's forefoot just tonched the boulder bank, and as the tide Bwept past the vessel she canted over slightly. This happened at 11 a.m., and at 11.15 a.m. she was alongside tha Nelson wharf, without having sustained any damage. The writer cf the paragraph, therefore, was altogether astray in his intormation, as the stern of the-vessel was in some ten fathoms of water, so she could not have been backed up at all as it was her stem that was touching the bank. The fifteen minutes that she lay on her beam ends is also a gross exaggeration, to say the least of it, as it was only fifteen minutes from the time she touched the bank to when she arrived alongside the •wharf a considerable distance; Such a statement as tfe above is calculated to convey very erroneous ideas, and might be the means of injuring those to whom it refers unless it was refuted and exloined; , DEQWNING OP THE MATE OP THE SAUCY KATE. The fore-and-aft schooner Saucy Kate, Captain Geo. McKenzie, arrived in harbor yesterday from Poverty Bay, and reports the loss of her mate on Friday last. Captain McKenzie reports—Left Poverty Bay on Nov. 13th, and had fine W. and N W winds up to Friday last, when the schooner was off Cape Palliser. A heavy N. W. gale was then experienced with tremend us sea, the wind blowing •with hurricane force, and the vessel under close reefed foresail and foretopmast staysail. At noon on that day, while the gale was at its height, Captain McKenzie was at the wheel, and the mate, John Blumer, was standing close to the companion, the schooner pooped a heavy sea and the mate was washed clean overboard; a life buoy was thrown to him and the schooner brought to the wind. Owing to the heavy sea running Blumer was unable to reach the life buoy. Another sea then broke over over the vessel, and the boat that was on the main hatch was literally smashed to pieces. Captain McKenzio being unable to see anything of the unfortunate man then wore the vessel round in the hope of picking him up, but was unable to see anything of him, and supposes that he must have sank almost immediately. At midnight the gale veered to the southward and blew very hard, continuing bo until 3 p.m. on Saturday. After that light N.E. winds and calms were experienced to arrival in harbor at noon yesterday. Blumer was a native of Stockholm, and was about 22 years of age. He had been sailing out of Auckland for some time past, and was greatly respected by all who knew him.

SHIPPING TELEGEAMS.

Auckland, November 19. Arrived—s.3o p.m., City of New York, from Honolulu. Passengers for Lytteiton-Mr G. A. Sutton and wife, Mr H. H. Hill, Mr J. T. White and wife, , _ ~ ~ Sailed—Oamaru, schooner, for Lyttelton. "Wellington, November 19. Arrived—Noon, Taranaki, from Lyttelton. Port Chalmers, November 19. Sailed—6.2o p.m., Taupo, for Lyttelton. Stella, for Wellington.