SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2287, 1 August 1881, Page 2

SHIPPING.

£*OBT OF LYTTELTON. WstTHaa Export—- August 1. 9 a.m, Weather, bine sky and cloudy. Wind, calm. Barometer, 30.36; thermometer, 42. High Water—To morrow. Morni=a, 3.22 ; evening, 8.15. Aebived— August 1. Prosperity, brigantine, 134 tons, Cowper, from Invercargill. Sailed— July 30. Duke of Athol, ship, 963 tons, Brown, for Falmouth or Queenstown, for ordara. Royse, Stead and Co. and P. Cunningham and Co., agents, Hawea, s.s., 461 tons, Kennedy, for Wellington. .''assengers—Misses Duncan, Beauchamp, Mrs Mills, Mrs Meredith and child, Mr and Mrs Barbery, Hon. Geo. McLean Mr Downie Stewart, M. 3.E, Messrs Venn ell. Howies (2), Brown Paton, Holton, Stokes, Brooke, Tuson. Union Steamship Company, agents. Tl.p Sarah Scott was cleared for the United Kingdom on Saturday by Messrs P. Cunningham and Co. and Royse, Stead and Co She has a full cargo of wheat. The Duke of A thole, loaded by the above firms, sailed for Falmouth on Saturday. Tfa E WAIPA. The southerly wind prevailing on Saturday brought up the New Zealand Shipping Company's well-known ship Waipa. She was signalled in the Co.er.oon, and came to an anchor soon after n on. rhe tng Lyttelton towing her in. Befo'e :-bs made tfco Heads it was noticed that her fl iga were at half mast, and upon arrival Mr Bunguard, the chief ofiicer, reported that the master, Captain John Gorn, had died on the 17th of June from chronic lumbago and sciatica. The pilot, Captain Galbraith, upon the ship’s arrival, fonnd that an apprentice named Winchester had been suffering from smallpox during the passage, and when MrChilman, representing the Customs, wont off, tie pilot sent for the health officer before he would permit any person to communicate with the vessel. Dr. House want off soon after, and . fonnd that everybody on board was in good health, and that the apprenti ?e had recovered from his attack of smallpox more than two months’ prior to the ship’s arrival. All his clothing and effects had been destroyed. The health officer therefore admitted the vessel to pratique, and the passengers, of whom there were twenty-two, and who were in dread of being quarantined, had tho satisfaction of putting their feet once more on terra firma, aeon after the ship anchored. The pilot, in denying admission oi board to the officers of Customs, probably took upon himself a responsibLity of his own. It was a duty, however, which, under the circumstances, admits of no statutory technicalities, and the bare fact of a case of small-pox having occurred was a sufficient reason for the step ho look. Indeed, it would bo well for the public safety that every ship having passengers on board entering the Port should be visited by tho Health Officer, irrespective of the bare requirements of the Passenger Act. The apprentice Winchester had in this instance shown symptoms of small-pox a few days after leaving homo. The probability is that he contracted the disease ashore. On the 24th of May he was convalescent, having been attended by the auMroon of the ship. Dr. Davies, and on the 14<fc of June he was at work, and continued at his duties up to arrival. Too much care cannot, of course, be taken by the authorities in guarding against the introduction of small-pox, but as six weeks had elapsed since the apprentice had been moving amongst bis fellc-w mates and the passengers and crew on board, and no fteah cases had occurred, the admission of the ship to pratique can scarcely be objectionable. The death of the master was almost expected, he having suffered severely from the fatal complaint for some time before the ship left London. It is reported that he had written to hia wife and family, who reside at Dunedin, that he was afraid he would not survive another voyage, a fear which unfortunately was sadly realised. Tho late Captain Gom had been formerly a pilot at Port Chalmers, and was afterwards in tho Union Company’s service. He had been in command of the Waipa for some years, and has consequently a great many friends in the colony. His officers who have travelled with him speak in the most affectionate terms of his qualities, and the company in ■whose service he spent the last of his life highly esteemed him. He was buried at sea on the evsning of the date of his death. The report of the passage of the Waipa is, from a sailing point of view, remarkable when compared with that of the St. Leonards, which arrived on Friday. There was a day or about a day difference in time between the voyages of the two vessels, the Waipa having the advantage. The Waipa left London on the 29th of April, and arrived on the 30th of July ; the St. Leonards left on the 27th of April, and arrived on the 29th of July, The two vessels, though at no time within actual sight of each other were probably in each other's company the whole voyage, the Waipa close upon the heels of tho St. Leonards. When the distance that they travelled, and tho uncertainty of wind and weather are considered, the result, from a navigator’s point of view, is creditable to both commanders. The sailing particulars in connection with the passage of the ship are : —Left London April 28th, the Nore on the 30th, and was off Beachv Head at 8 p.m. tho same day. Cleared the Channel on May 4th, and fell in with tho N.E trades in 36 N. on May 12th. Crossed the Equator on the 30th May, in 30 West longitude. The S.E. trades were carried to 24 S-, 37 West, and the meridian of tho Cane crossed in 42 S., June 27th. From the Cape to passing Tasmania on 23rd July, strong Westerlies prevailed, the best day’s work with them being 285 miles. Sighted the Snakes at 1 a.m. on July 28th, and had fair winds np the coast. The personnel of the officers of the Waipa are as follows :—Chief (acting master), Mr Bungnard ; Mr Syerett, second ; Mr Tonng, third. Mr H. Hooper is on his fifth voyage in the ship as steward. SHIPPING TELEGEAMS. Bluff, August 1. The Te Anau left Melbourne on the 27th at 3 p.m.. experienced light SE. winds and fine weather throughout the passage, arrived at tho Bluff on the Ist August at 7 a.m ; sails at 4 p.m. for Dunedin. Passengers for Bluff— Messrs Knight. Pelbridge, Newberry, Mrs Weldon, Parson. For Dunedin—Mr and Mrs Maxwell, Messrs Cowan, Eattray, Mrs and Mias Logan, Messrs* Logan, Glendining, Meinratb, Berries. For Lyttelton Messrs Andrews, Mathew, Barkas, Miss Palmer, Edwards, Mr and Mrs Davis, Mr and Mrs Hind, Messrs Pearce, Webster, Donkin, and Ivey. For Wellington—Mis Pone and family (7), Messrs Lindsay, Harrison, Mr and Mrs Sawers, 2 children and 2 servants, Messrs Hole, Clark, Miss Eutland, Mr and Mrs Holey, Mr and Mrs Edwards. For Napier—Messrs Beatson, Duncan, Kenne ly. For Gisborne—Mr Clark. For Auckland —Mr and Mrs Marshall, Walker, Bailey, Blaikie, Taylor, Mr and Mrs Waterhouse, Mr Carter, Miss Master, Messrs Carter, Reni, Eigenschenck, Curring, Chalmbers.