SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1506, 13 December 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON, Weather Report— December 13. 9 a.m. —Weather, clear blue sky Wind, N.E., light. Barometer, 29.98; thermometer, 63. High Water—To-morrow, Morning, 2.41 j evening, 2.48. Arrived —December 12. Kestrel, ketch, 20 tons, Mortimer, for Pigeon Bay. Master, agent. Arrived —December 13. Tongariro, p.s., 39 tons, Mar quit, from Le Bous’ Bay. Master, agent. Jane Hannah, schooner, 52 tons. Mason, from Gatlin’s River. Mast, r, agent. Antelope, cutter, 17 tons, Malcolmson, from Akaroa. Master, agent. Arthur Wakefield, 45 tons, Andrews, from Nelson. Master, agent. Mary Campbell, schooner, 141 tons, Wigmore, from Greymonth. Cntf and Graham, agents. Cleared —December 12. Southern Queen, ketch. 19 tons. 8011, for Akaroa, Master, agent. Trcleaveu Family, 198 tons. Brown, for Guam, Master, agent. _ , _ Catherine, ketch, 13 tons. Ware, for Little Akaloa. Master, agenc. Cleared —December 13. Emma L. Partridge, barque, 468 tons. Partridge, for Valparaiso. Guthrie and Laruach, agents. Margaret, ketch, 26 tons. Miller, for Akaroa. Master, agent. , Sailed— December 12.

XXX, ketch, 21 tons. Poster, for Akaroa. Mass.s., 623 tons, Underwood, for Wellington and Nelson. D. Mills, agent. Passenger i For Wellington—Saloon—Mr and Mrs J. Paterson, Mr and Mrs Lnxtou, Messrs F. Graham, Webster, McLennan, Fitzgerald, Perkins, Captain W. Holt, Daniels, Donohu, Hill, Preston, Fast, Gardner, Clarke. For Nelson—Miss Hodder, Messrs Primer, Corder, Manning. For Taranaki—Mr McAvey. For Auckland—Messrs Kilmsley, Hill. Steerage— Mr and Miss Wilkin, Mr Cave. A ship was signalled when our express left port. OFFICIAL TEIAL TRIP OP THE NEW TUG LYTTELTON. Yesterday afternoon the gentlemen comprising the Harbor Board, accompanied by the members of the press, made the official trial trip of the Birkenhead-built new steamtng Lyttelton. The trial was made immediately after the adjournment of the regular meeting of the Board, and occupied altogether about two hours. The broad substantial looking tug was made fast alongside the Arawata, and her shipshape, trim appearance and scrupulous cleanliness elicited general approbation among a somewhat large number of spectators. Captain Fox the worthy master who piloted the tug from Birkenhead out to Lyttelton, very courteously received the party on board. Before the order was given to “go astern," an exhibition took place, showing the comple eness and power of the steam Are engine apparatus on board. The giant pump was set to work, and almost simultaneously with the word of command a magnificent stream of ■water was thrown fully 200 ft. over the vessel’s quarter, reaching almost as many feet in height. Judging from the immense power of the force pump, this fire extinguishing service, with a good supply of hose, is capable of doing effective work, not only in cases of fire among the shipping, hut in the event of a conflagration occurring at any of the warehouses or stores situated near the wharves. The members of the Harbor Board expressed themselves highly pleased with this part of the day's exercises. Captain Fox then proceeded down the harbor to the place measured off for steaming the “measured mile." Two runs were madeone against a strong tide and fresh N.W. wind, and the second with the tide and wind in favor. Upon both trials the steamer behaved splendidly, exhibiting a degree of speed and susceptibility to the motions of the wheel quite extraordinary for a boat whose speciality is strength rather than speed. As will be seen from the following record of her performances, the Harbor Board have good reasons to be proud of the success of this their first tug boat: first mile against wind and tide, smin 39sec, With 73 revolutions per minute and 601bs of steam. Second :,on the return trip, was done in exactly five minutes, with 44 revolutions, and the same pressure. When it is considered that this last rate of speed is equivalent to travelling a distance of 1200 feet per minute, or in geographical measurement 13.6 miles an hour, the gratification expressed by the gentlemen upon whose shoulders the responsibility of securing a suitable boat rested will be readily understood. The steamer having been brought inside the Breakwater, the company assembled in the saloon, and the Hon. E. Richardson said he had to ask them to perform a most pleasing ceremony, which was to drink the health of Captain Fox, who had safely brought the g od tug they were now in the long and dangerous voyage from England. He thought that they must have all been extremely pleased at the very successful trial they had witnessed, and not only at that but at the splendid order in which the tug had been handed over to them, and at the able manner in which both Captain Fox and Mr Wood, the chief engineer, had superintended the placing the boat in such capital working order. Ho regretted that neither Captain Fox nor Mr Wood, the engineer, had elected to remain in the employ of the Harbor Board, but they had resolved to mark the services of those gentlemen by giving them a gratuity. He bogged to propose the healths of Captain Fox and Mr Wood, and wished them every success in the future. Captain Fox replied—He said he was very thankful for the manner in which they had drunk his health. He had not thought, at the commencement of the voyage, it would have been so entirely successful as it had been. He could hardly find words to thank the Harbor Board sufficiently for thenvery kind treatment of himself and his officers, and he hoped the steam-tug Lyttelton would have a prosperous career. [Applause.] Mr Wood, the engineer s, health having been drunk that gentleman also returned thanks. He was much obliged to them for their kindness, and he believed the Lyttelton to be an excellent vessel, both her hull and machinery being excellent, as had been well proved on their passage out. He regretted not being able to remain in the colony as he had first intended. Mr Kichardson having stated that the second engineer would also receive a mark of the Board’s favor in the shape of a gratuity, the meeting dissolved, and the party landed much pleased with their pleasant excursion in the p.s. Lyttelton.

SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, December 12, The Fameuoth takes a considerable quantity of Copra to London. Arrived— Hiuomoa, from Hawaii, at four this afternoon. Wellington, December 12. The captain of the ship Zealandia has had to give £8 per month before he could obtain seamen to take his vessel home, and experienced some difficulty in getting them at that price. e Blenheim, December 12. The examination of the Torea shows that she has only a small hole in her port side neat-the keel, and is lying on a sandy beach close to where the Taranaki sank in 1867. The damage is only slight. *rhe cargo has bccu landed, and the captain expects to get her off in a few days. b Bluff, December 12. Sailed—Birchgrovc, barque, |for Dunedin; Wave, brig, for _