SHIPPING

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 2036, 2 September 1880, Page 2

SHIPPING

PORT OF LTTTELTON. Wjsathkb Rbfobt —September 2. _ 9 %m Weather, clear, blue sky ; wind, xalm 'Barometer. 30.10 ; thermometer, 42.00. High Water —To-morrow. Morning, 2.49; evening, 3.11. Abbitbd—September 2. Hawea, b.s., 461 tons, Kennedy, from Nelson, "Wellington, and Picton. R. Puflett, agent. Passengers Saloon Mesdames Richardson, Watson, and Dodson, Misses Schroder, Stevens. Messrs Richardson, Thsmpson, Fisher, Montffomery, Barron. J. C. Brown, Brown. Hesso, McLaughlin, Riddell, Stephens, Rutherford, McAllister, Garrard. McAndrew, Dransbeld, Brown, Anderson, Broadhurst, Dodson, Allen, Anson. Hempton, Kelly (2), Mathews, Morris, Metcalfe, Deane (2), Dodson, Watson, Silvester, Master Montgomery. Cleared - September 1. barque, 1057 tons, Dunn, for London. New Zealand Shipping Company, agents. Passengers—Second cabm—Mrs M. -&• Park, Mrs Rogeis and child. Miss H. M. */■*"• Messrs L. Nathan, S. Smith. Steerage—Messrs W. Owens, H. Saundercock. Sailed —September 1. Arawata, s.s., 623 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via Hobart Tows and South. 11. Puflett, agent. Passenger*—For Melbourne : Mr ana Mrs Rankin and child, Mr and Mrs Richards and two children, Messrs Rush, Fiu. dence, Grooves, and Atkinson. For Hobart Town : Mr Mcßurney. „.,,. Geraldine Paget, ship, 1258 tons, Wilkinson, for Londoa. New Zealand Shipping Company, cutter, 41 tons, Cameron, for Kaiipoi. Caff and Graham, agents. The Antaraß, from Wallaroo, arrived at Rouen on July 11th. _ , , The Glenlora was loading for Auckland at London on July 16th. . The Willard Mudgett, here some timo since, ■was loading in July at Boston for Melbourne. The Waitangi, for this port from home, was spoken July 9th in 45 N.B W.,and the Crusader July 10th in 47 N. 7 W. The tonnage loading on the berth at London. July 15th, for India, China, and the Cape of Good Hope amounted to 50.195 tons, and for Australia and New Zealand to 54,723 tons. In addition to the two high-clnss steel -steamers Istsly mentioned, the P. and O. Steam Navigation Company have contracted for four more steamers, to be built of steel, of great sine and power. These vessels will be about 4100 tons register, with engines of 750 horsepower, and will be capable of maintaining high speed. The contrasts have been given to Messrs. Denny and Co., of Dumbarton; Harland and Wolff, of Belfast; and the Barrow Shipbuilding -Company. Altogether the P. and O. Company have now building eight steamers, aggregating nearly 35,000 tons and 6000 hor=e-power. THE LOCH CREE. This vessel has come into port in admirable order aloft and alow, and Captain Jones is to be complimented upon having made an excellent run at this season of the year. All the passengers speak well of him and of his officers, from whom they wißh to acknowledge many kindnesses. Their opinion of the diet was not so satisfactory, and the remark was current that the beef was most objectionable, and the life dowa aft, generally, an indifferent one—particularly as to the absence of light in their cabins. As will be seen from the captain'B report, some Heavy weather wa3 met with in running down the easting, and in one of the gal?s one of the junior apprentices was carried overboard and lost. The captain epoke in the most affectionate terms of the poor little fellow, and apparently would have done anything to have # saved his life had it been possible—to use his own words, " had it been his own sou." he could not have rescued him. His report of the voyage Left the dock June 3rd, and went straight past Graveaend, passed through the Downs early next morning. Had north wind and fine weather -down Channel, wind hanging to the north and north-westward until we came to the North-East Trades 28 deg. north. Sighted Madeira 12th June, and carried the North-East Trades to about 8 deg. north, and then ware detained -several days throngh light variable winds and much rain. Crossed the Equator 30th June 29 deg. west, and had very poor South-East Trades Trind from 10 deg. south to 20 deg., the wind hanging between S. and S.S.E. for nine day". Then had good winds and moderate weather till -the 20th July, when w* passed south Tristan D'Acunha ; rounded ihe Cape on the 27th Jnly, ran the Easting down mostly between 42 deg. and 43 deg. On the sth August there was a very heavy gale from the westward, and tremendous sea running; shipped a sea over the forward house over the port side, and ptoveinall "the doors on that side, and smashed the port lifeboat all to pieces, and also damaged the starboard lifeboat, and smashed ring-bolts and spar lashings. The weather continued gale after gale, and on the 11th August blowing a strong gale and terrific high sea running.at 3.5 p.m., shipped a sea over the starboard side, and took overboard one of the apprentices named Whiter. As the Bhip was going so fast he was immediately astern, and nothing could be done to save him. By the name sea two more of the hands were knocked down on deck. Passed the meridian of Cape Leuwin on the 16th August. ■and had better weather from there. Was off Tasmania on the 23rd, but did not sight it, the wind hanging N. and N.W. strong breeze. Passed about twenty, five miles south of the Snares on the evening of the 26tb. The first land that was seen was the light off Nugget Head on the 27th, and tacked about ten miles south of Cape Saunders close in shore on Saturday last, the wind hanging N.E., and fetched in about twelve miles to windward of Ofcago on Sunday. Sighted the Peninsula at 7 a.m. Tuesday, got the pilot on board at 9 p.m. same night, and •arrived at an anchorage at about 11.15 a.m. on Tuesday.