PORT OF TON

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 39, 14 January 1881, Page 2

PORT OF TON

Liddell, agent. January 11— Clematis, schooner, 6. tons, » Johnson, from Xyttelton, in ballast. Master, agent. *"~ P«rTui— UndjU^bond-»6a y pkfß sugar, *SB&^®BlWHl OdDVmae -3 pkga. Honor*. ; 3 pkgs, Anderson & Janson ; 6 -■pifcga** At"Qieyi 10 pegs, M.'intasKST^^' pkgs, other^enalneafe Fer StorMrMMes, Bank N.Z. ; 3 S^ s > Th 3^9^MH__» Co; 7 pkg8 ' An * er. on & _$^HVW*pl|> ;20 boxes, TompkinlT *6^?-T flßnore ; 54 pkga, >^wd||nrw-;<80 ttkgs'j Marsh:; I <*a|e; Jiig"fcin; 1 anchor, Hidrabad; 65 pkgsffarr and Beii^ett j . *$ pkg?, o-bt*r.co£aigaces. * * SAILED. Janua»y J i v ltl',"..lJuij:9a,if«r Wellington. Passengers :— Mr Ziman. • 12—Stormbiitl, 3s,for WeHu-g---toiw * Wtesinwrs : •— -. Mesara . Anderson, Hickson, and Oglesby . Liddell, agont, ~~"" ..J .. "^*""***trL'EAKßD. .... ; ■. ' jauuary ; 12-"Bee,* schooneirf,, 31' tons, ' Green,, foir Lyttelton. Master, agent* • A- f „. . ' ' Exro iwi. > . A Per'Toi-rr6lss. f<?et timber, Freeman k Wyltfs; 4 bales wool, Rowlands; 9 pkgs, l^ean k King ; . \§. pkgs, other shippers. „ - Pbs -,600, feet, timber, Lid-»:.tje-l^t4 kM** wool, N/A-L". vKeM.A. Go ; 34 hides, l\l**>xj Dea^«nd/»King. „ ;PclifKee-T719,07'2,fcpt. timbe_y Bailey,'

*<y* -.j.- -L-i ■• m '■■- Th** steafcer. Stormbird arrived ' from Wellington' early ott Wednesday morning, ' imd. s^led k eni .the tethrn ' trip the same Evening. Q '"'' — • V - ' v 'Tha s'chootier Bee completed he. .loading ori Wednesday, evening,, and. yesterday 'morning started to_aii down the river. The schooner Spec is taking in a cargo pf timber at the, Paiaka • mil), y ■ '■The. schooner* Clematis arrived from •Lytteltcjtt otf Tuesday • evening, - and will probably sail for the same port with a cargo ! of'timMr. j • A .Liverpool vessel on a 'teceht date j - passed, fprough ten miles of deal boards floating Jin the Atlantic It is bblicved that ft large timber laden ship has been lost. Sbi&e of .the boards were picked up, but no jnark was found .on them likely to lead to their identification. The ghastly discovery of ? British vessel afloat with a dead crew is reported by the NewYor^&JaiL, J_. pilot boatpn the 220 d Ootober reported tnat two days' sail from Now Yorie^ehe encounterd the British schooner Gladiator bottom np. -She was in the? track of vessels. A' boat's crew were sent to scuttle her. The terrible' stench of decb mpqsingbodies from the cabin compelled them to desist, and in moving round the ship they found a sailor* hanging to a rope from the bowsprit. The effluvium was so overp©wfring"thit the pilots had no doubt thas the-dead bodies of- the crew were in the ship. ■ ■■'"■ ■ - - ' Ajb shpwin^-the' capabilities of .the Buller -urp'safe-and convenient port for .the coal tirade, We may mention that the ' baique ' Examiner, 360 tons,* Captain Keeble, sailed iptofthelikrbor on Monday last.'- She will loud; a.' otfrg<*'..-of Westport Colliery. Compapy's coal foe Dunedin. • • A fleot*of vegSels of .the Examiner class ..trading- out ofthe por.t wquld soon wofk up our coal trade to the .importance it, deserves.— Westport Times., • ." s'? ■•'•*•' ••'"' .A^very: :re*narkable • soi*ewstei«aev r . is aboiat to be builfon . the Clyde for the Compagnie de Navigation - Economic ue (Limited) of Glasgow. and Paris. . This vessel will have no" funnol of- any kind, burning hec own smoke, and' her four mast-j^-ill be placed in. pairs ■ on 'the gunwale pn^ projecting brackets to Keep them clear of the v rails, boats, dayi|;s,, etc. ,. when folded* j 3flwn, this' 'being 'done when the vessel' i-' going head' to wind,. so as to lessen the resistance, offered, by the mas^s, spars, sails;'' eta Oa each mast wjll be placed a larg^'lttoA and ga#, and ..befevveeu the masts a -lirge sqnaresail and topsail running on jacks f teys, „The( t Qtal wfdth-of sail set on each*jßalM.; rf ri-a|t9'when running before the win-Pft.!? be I*7 feet in width and 127 feet in height. The effective horse-powr will be 1500, so as to give the vessel a high rat^- of ppeed., and jth^ fuel- required wUf ne traly one-half that of an ordinary compound marine engine, a result which iB obtained by supe^heatujg thetwater in the boiler by the introduction of. a substance which jieed not be named,, and which substance is variable according to substances. The space oocupied byjbhe boiler^, engines, and coal b#__»-I fcwnl^W- only one-half that of an ordinary steamer of the same power. , >*. ■A%, , ■ r V-f