SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1662, 18 June 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

FORT OF LYTTELTOH WaiTnsa R«:pokt—Juuelfi. 9 a in —Weather, overcast; wind, S.W., light. Barometer, 2950; thermomoter, 45. High Water—To-morrow. Morning', 3.09; evening, 3.37. Sailed—Junol7. T. B. Taylor, schooner, 54 tons, Smi th, for "VVaiiganni. Cnffnud Graham, agents, y 4 Albion, s.s., 591 tons, Tozer, for Mel on 0 via Dunedin and Bluff. R. Pnflett, agent. Pcssongers —For Melbourne.—Mr McGuire. For Danediu— Messrs Dalgleish and Kelly. 4 steerage. Splendid progress was made in discharging the barnuo Rialto during Monday night and yesterday. f'TPnSf 500 tona of coal had been landed from her main and after hatches yesterday afternoon, and the vessel had lifted in oonsequenco fnlly two feet and a half amidships. About half the damaged portion of her plates is now above the water-line, " sad, the. leak is easily kept down by tho pnmp3 working at intervals. It was intended to pnt on another night shift last night to continno discharging cargo. The Union Company's 3.5. Albion, Captain Tozer, arrived yesterday at 8 a.m., seventeen hoars from "Wellington. Hud a fresh fair breeze leaving Wellington, followed by thick weather and rain. She sailed at 4 p.m. for Port Chalmers, Blnff, and Melbourne. , The barque Bells. Captain Burch, arrived last night from Newcastle. She left there June 2ud. The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Tararna is due to-morrow, and is to sail for Wellington, East Coast Potts, Auckland, and Sydney to-morrow evening. t Thebarque G. 8.5., Captain Jamoß, cleared yes"terday for Cork or Falmonth, for orders. Tho barqpentine Hebe, Captain Whitbnrn, cleared for Oamaru yesterday. She will there complete her loading for Natal. The s.s. Jane Douglas, for Kaikonra and Wellington, is announced by Messrs Edwards, Bennett, and Co., to Friday. ■ The New Zealand Shipping Company, Limited, has received cable advice of the arrival of the s.s. Stad Haarlem at St. Vincent, on tho 14th inst. FIRE ON THE VOLUNTEER. Between three and four o'clock this morning a blaze was observed on board the schooer Volunteer by the men employed at the Rialto, lying at ■ -No. » wharf, and three of them pnt off to the vessel. flChe galley of the schooner was found to be on fire, the flame reaching to the boom and gaff of the foresail. The men thoughtfully first entered the cabin of the schooner to ascertain whether anyone was on Board, and there found H. T.arsen, the master, and his mate, Frank. Thore. These they at once aroused from sleep, and returning on deck commenced to put ont the fire. The foresail had by ■Jhiff" time been burnt up, ard it was with the • iitinost exertion, on the part of the firemen, that the mainmast and mainsail were protected. The damage done is confined to the foremast, with the gaff, boom, and sail, and to the galley. The combings of the hatch, with one corner of tl • haf «lies and A portion of the deckimmediately beneath the galley, are also dnanged slight'y. Mr Smith, of Le Bon's Bay, is tho owner of the Volunteer. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, June 17. Sailed—Wanaka, s.s., for the South. Wellington, June 17. Tho Merchant Shipping and Underwriters' Association report under dato London, June 13th, " Arrived—Avona, barque, from Napier." Port Chalmers, June 17. Tho barque N»nporiel, from Newcastle, is at the Heads.