SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1685, 15 July 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POST OP LYTTELTON. WMini)* EnPOUT— July 13. 9 a.m —Weather, clear, blue sky; wind, westerly, light. Barometer, 29.39 j thermometer. 36. High Water— To-morrow. Tklorninff, 1.91; evening, 1.30. Abutted— July 15. Singarooma, s.s., 633 tons. Chatfield, from Wei; lington. It. Pnflett, agent. Passengers—Saloon • Miss and Masters Jones (2), Messrs “ on n?aner' Holder, Clarke, Cob, Lewisham, Charters, Draper, King ; and 5 steerage. Cleared -July 15. , Eiugarooma. s.s., G 23 tons. Chatflold, for Melbourne, Tin, Dunedin and Blnff. B. Pnflett, agent. Sailed —July Id. _ , - Elizabeth Carle, schooner, 76 tons, Johnson, for Tinmra. J. A. Morgan, agent. The s.s. Eingaroonm arrived this morning from ■Wellington, and was to sail for Port Chalmeis, Bluff, and Melhonrno, at 3 p.m. Tho schooner Elizabeth Carle, for Timara, sailed following is from the ** Bay of Plenty Times” of tho 3rd instant: —Tho contractors for raising tho steamship Taapo finally abandoned tho work on Wednesday morning, their efforts having proved unsuccessful. On Tuesday everything was got m readiness to complete tho work of raising the steamer. A sail was fixed in position, so that it could ho drawn under tho vessel as soon as an opportunity presented itself, and the two centrifugal pumps used in the last attempt were got info •working order. The contractors felt confident of success, and half an hour more would have seen tho Tanpo afloat, when a wrive coming in with tno tide, which had just turned, struck the stranded ▼66861, and carried away a portion of the gear, ana so rendered all the previous work futile. As the contract time expired on Monday last, reluctantly decided to abandon the ‘ Tho contractors have been most unfortunate as regards tho weather, this being the third time that some portion of tho gear has been carried away A large sum of money has been expended in the attempt, and great sympathy is expr ssod i9 r ,*;“s contractors, who, it would appear, have indeed been unfortunate. Tho amount of the contract was £6500, and, had the sea remained calm for halt an hour after the final attempt was commenced, tho contractors would, instead _of losing many hundred pounds, have netted a fair reward for tneir patience and perseverance. The underwriters have decided to soli the wreck at auction on the --no. instant.