SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1888, 12 March 1880, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF LYTTELTON. Weather Report—March 12. 9 n.m.—Clear, blue sky. Wind, S.W., light. Barometer, 29.42; thermometer, 55.00. High Water—To morrow. Morning, 5.40 ; evening, 6.08. Abutted —March 11. Wave of Life,., schooner, 60 tons, Herbert, from Keueperan. Master, agent. Sarah and Mary, brigantine, 154 tons, Deuuhrass, from Bluff. Cuff and Grabam, agents. Cleared—March 12. Howard, scbooner. 41 tons, Westlake, tor Pictira. Master, apent. Sailed—March 11.' Ttiaroa, s.s., 286 tons, Pietersen, for Dunedin via Akaroa. K. Puflett, agent. Passengers, for Akaroa—Commissioner Smith, Mr Billens. For Dunedin—Miss Collins. Steerage—Six. ~ . B : ngamoma, s.s., 623 tons, Ohatfield, for Svdney via Worth. K. Puflett, agent. Passengers, for Wellington—Mrs Reynolds, Messrs Lame, Gill, Henderson, Maccioui. For Gisborte—Mr Sibbald. For Auckland—Messrs Creei, Davis, Kail, Britten, W. H. Lance, Miss McLean. For Sydney-Dr. Dunkley, Rev. W. Duukiey, Mr Armitage, Mr Poie. Steerage— Twenty-five. Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Leys, for Wanganui. Eoj3c, Stead and Co., agents. Sailed —March 12. Eio Logs, brig, 241 tons, Walker, for Adelaid;. C. W. 'iurner, agent. Tbe Wave of Life, Captain Herbert, arrived from Keueperan last ovenir-g, with a cargo of timber for Mr J. Gosb. The Union Company's s.s. Ringarooma, Captain Chatfisld, arrived yesterday, at 10 30 a.m. from Melbourne and way ports. She left Melbourne at 2.45 p.m. March 3rd, Hobart Torm at 6 p m. on the sth, Bluff 5 p.m. March 9th, and Port Chalmers ou Wednesday. The steamer proceeded North aud for Sydney at 8 p.m. . ■ , The Pacific Mail Company having recently proposed to substitnte the magnificent steamships City of Tokio and City of Pekin for the City of Sydney and City of New York on the San Francisco line, the following details regarding them will be of interest:— The s.s. City of Tokio, commanded by Commodore Maurry, veteran captain of the Pacific Mail S.S. Co. s fleet, waß bail*; in May, 1874, by Messrs John Boach and Son, at cheater, Penn. She is an iron propeller, having four masts, four iron decks, six iron bulkheads, and is 423 ft loug at water mark, with 48ft beam and 27.8 ft depth, tonnage being 5080. Her engines are compound vertical direct acting, ten boilers, with three furnaces each. Saloon amidships, with Revolving chairs, &c. Registered at New lork; signal letters, jpnck Rated first class for twtmty years. The City of Pekin the same, with the exception of having been lannched by the same builders in March, 1874, her signal letters being jpni l . They wore both built for the trade between San Francisco and China and Japan, where they hive baen running since their arrival in the Pacific, bringing over at times cargoes of nearly 5000 tons of tea and silk. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Auckland, March 11. flailed—Waitaki, for the South, this morning, with the English mail. Passengers, for New Plymouth— Mr Geddes. For Nelson—Mr Wnrren, Mrs Hereford. Arawata, for the South. Passengers, for lijttelton—Mrs and Misses Wilkinson (2), Charles Martin. For Dnnedin—Mrs Crnmp, Misses Roskruge (2), Mi3S Gillies, Messrs Roskruge and Foley. Barque Elmiranda, for New York, with a valuable cargo of wool and gnm. Zealandia, moil steamer, for Sydney. The Ger mania sailed from New York on January 27th, for Dunedin and Lyttelton, with a cargo of 1200 cases for the former place, and 150 for the latter. Wellington March 11. Arrived—Josephine, schooner, from Oamaru; Hinemoa, from Taranaki. Sailed— Wellington, for the North.