SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1754, 3 October 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF LYTTELTON. ■Weather EsronT— October 3. 0 «.m.—Weather, clear, blue sky. Wuxi. N.L Ibtht. Barometer, 29.41; thermometer, 50. High Water—To-morrow. Horning. 6.15; eraning, 6.33. Arrived— October 3. .... Oleander, barque, 3413 tons. Joass. from Hobart Town. P. Cunningham and Co., agents. Cleared— October 3. Cleopatra, brigantine, 83 tons, Clarkson, for Greymonth. C. W. Tnrner, agent. Sailed— October 2. Waitaki. s.s., 228 tons, Edie. for Dunedin, via AVaroa. E. Puflett. agent. Passengers—saloon, f,r Aknroa —Me and Mrs Edmonds. For Dunedin —Mrs Bowron. Wellington, s.s., 279 tons, Anderson, for Wellington, Nelson, Taranaki, and Slanulcan. E. Puflett, agent. Passengers—saloon, for Wellington—Mr Armitnge. For Nelson—Misses Bourne (2.) For New Plymouth—Hiss Harris, Messrs Brown, Eoid, and Williams; steerage, 9. The Oleander, barque, arrived this morning from Hobart Town, consigned to Messrs Cunningham and Co. „ ... , The barque Italy. Captain Brown, with a cargo of timber and palings from Hobart Town, arrived yesterday. She left there September 15th, and had a succession of easterly winds and continuous thick weather for fourteen days, when Dog Island was passed. The barometer was extremely low, from 29.10, to ns low as 28.96. At midnight tho wind came from the southward, and increased in strength with heavy squalls. Nugget Point was fussed next diy, and Otago Heads at midnight on he Ist current. On Wednesday made Banks’ Peninsula at 8 n.m., with strong sontherly wind and thick weather. At midnight anchored off Pigeon Bay, and yesterday morning got undorweigh and towed into port. Was berthed at Peacock's Wharf. Messrs P. Cunningham and Co. are agents for the Italy. . Tho e.s. Waitaki, Captain Edie, arrived from Wellington. Nelson, and Pictou yesterday, and soiled lor Akaroa and Port Chalmers.

THE S.S. WELLINGTON. Yesterday the Union Company’s s.s, Wellington, Captain Anderson, arrived from Port Chalmers, after having undergone a complete renewal in tne dock there. As she lay at the wharf, the vessel might readily have been taken for a newly-built one just fresh from the yard, and as a matter of fact, tho moat symmetrical steamer on the coast as the Wellington is considered—may wear some of the now ones out yet in all probability. The company have certainly spared no expense in having the v Teasel put through the various mechanics’ hands. After being cleaned and coated in the dock, all her upper plates were chipped, and ©very particle of painted woodwork in her thoroughly cleansed with caustic soda and emery paper to the bare boards. ■ This application was adopted forward and aft, in tho steerage as well as in the saloon, and tlm vessel throughout was then repainted and grained in oak, and in imitation of marble. The main saloon was yesterday a perfect picture of comfort and elegance, and would suffer no disparagement by a comparison with the saloon of any of the company’s vessels. In proportion to her tonnage also, the Wellington haw perhaps more space allotted for the accommodation of passengers. Her steerage is very roomy and has fifty berths in it, including pine berths in the ladies' private compartment, latter being fitted with marble lavatory, &c. Adjoining the main steerage compartment there is a pantry, a bar, and a cabin for the stewards and assistants. MrW. Walsli still occupies the post of steward for this •deportment. Aft, where Mr Win. Grant has charge of tho comfortable saloon, there is accommodation for a large number of passengers, the berths being enclosed ns in any of the larger boats, and in this part of the vessel everything conducive to the comfort of the passenger has been provided. The ladies’ cabin is exquisitely furnished, and is a spacious compartment for the number (fourteen), for which it is designed to accommodate. During her stay at Port Chalmers, as has been said, every portion of the steamer was cleaned and overhauled, and the engineer's portion of course shared in the general renovation. Without going into details of tho improvements made in that direction, it will bo accepted as sufficient to state that the Wellington averaged lit knots on her run up from Dunedin, Under tho arrangements made, the steamer will in future he a frequent visitor to Dyttelton in the trade between Port Chalmers and tho Monukau, tho service into which, she, with the Waitaki and the Taiaroa, has been placed, making alternately a trip between Wellington, Nelson, and Piet on. Tho Wellington sailed for Wellington at 3.30 p.m.

PORTJOF SUMNER. Arrived— October 3. Tonprariro, p.i., 38 tons, Ransley, from Le Bon’s Bay, with timber, Catherine, ketch. Ware, with firewood, SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Port Chalmers, October 3, Arrived —Waitaki, from Lyttelton.