SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4175, 7 August 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

FORT OF WELLINGTON. High AVater, 10.84 a.m.; 0.10 p.m. , ARRIVED. August 6.—Reichstag, ship, Hanschildt, from Hamburg, with 850 immigrants, 87 days out. Napier, a. 3., 44 tons, Butt, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin ; Messrs. Roussell, Carkell, Gannaway, and Thompson. Turnbull and Co., agents. SAILED. August 6. —Taranaki, s.s., 290 tons, E. Wheeler, for Northern ports. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Lewis, Allen, Houghton and Rochford, and 3 in the steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent. Onward, schooner, 09 tons, D. Bissett,for Hokitika. Pilcher, agent. Bonnie Lass, schooner, 33 tors, Gillertson, for Havelock. Master, agent. Kate Brain, brigantine, 118 tons, Henry, for Havelock. G. Thomas, agent. ■ CLEARED OUT. August C. —Aspasia, schooner, 45 tons, Thompson, for Castle Point and Uriti. E. Pearce, agent. Mary Ogilvie, schooner, 72 tons, J. Falconer, for Dunedin via Pelorus Sound. Mclntyre and Co., agents. Cynthia, schooner, C 3 tons, Swede, for Pelorus Sound in ballast. Master, agent. Hannah Broomfield, brigantine, 134 tons, Dawson, for Koipara in ballast. Pilcher, agent. IMPORTS. Napier, from Foxton: 5500 feet timber, 1 cose, 63 sacks, 6 kegs, 1 bag, 1 pkg, 2 boxes, 7 qr-casks. EXPORTS, Taranaki, to Picton: 2001bs. lead, IS cases, 8 pipes, 4 kegs, 1 bdl, 1 truss, 6 quarters beef. 1 body do. To Nelson : 1 box, 1 truss, 4 cases, 1 bale, 24 pkgs. To Westport: 10 kegs butter. To Taranaki: 1 pci, 4 cases. To Manukau : 1 case. Aspasia, to Castle Point: 10 casks, 29 bags, 37 pkgs, 2 kegs, 2 boxes, 13 cases. 2 T sacks, 8 bdls, 1 qr-cask rum, 1 chest tea, 10 mats sugar. 49 pieces timber, 1 jar wine. To Uriti: 21 bells, 2 drays, 34 pkgs, 1 iron tank, 1 bdl. 4000 bricks, 5 casks, Mary Ogilvie, to Pelorus Sound; 20 tons coals. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London’.—Stratlmaver, St. Leonards, Panthea, Euterpe, sailed 2Sth April: Cartvale, Star of India, and Hourah. New York.— -Oneco; sailed 2nd of Juno; Marion, schooner. Liverpool. —J. A. Thompson, ship. Southern Ports.—Ladybird, s.s, oth inst. Melbourne, via tub West Coast—Alhambra, s.s., 10th inst. , Hobart Town. —Free Trader, barque, to sail thence on July 15. Wanganui. —Stormbird, Cth inst. Newcastle. —Result, s’lip ; Malay, Edwin Basset, Camille, Anne and iJaue, and Anne Melhuish, barques. Northern Ports. —Wellington, s.s., Sth instant. Lyttelton. —Florence, schooner. Kaipara. —Marmion, schooner. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne, via the South. —Alhambra, s.s., 10th inst. East Coast Ports (North Island). —Rangatira, s.s., Sth inst. Northern Ports. —Ladybird, s.s., 10th inst. Southern Ports. —Wellington, s.s., Sth inst. Wanganui. —Stormbird, Sth inst. Castle Point. —Aurora, schooner, 7th inst. Auckland. —Waikato, ship, 10th inst. Newcastle.— Frowning Beauty, early. Hokitika,— Strathnavar, early. Uriti. —Aspasia, schooner, 7th inst, Foxton. —Napier, s.s., Sth inst. Grevmouth. •Richard and Mary, Florence, Fiery Cross, early. Patea. —Kate, this day. BY TELEGRAPh7 BLUFF. August O.—A barque is passing, supposed to be the Splendid, bound to Dunedin from Boston. NEW PLYMOUTH. August C. —Arrived: Stormbird, s.s., from Wanganui. Sailed: Wellington, s.s., for Nelson. NAPIER. August 5. —Arrived : Rangatira, s.s., from Poverty Bay, PORT CHALMERS August 6.—Sailed: Ladybird, s.s. for the North ; Clematis, brig, for Hobart Town. LYTTELTON. August G:—Arrived 11.30 a.m.: Phojbe, s.s., from Wellington. Sailed: Phcebe, s.s., for Dunedin, at 4.30 p.m.. Shortly after noon yesterday a ship was signalled at the Mount Victoria Station, which afterwards proved to be the Reichstag, Captain H. Hanschildt, from Hamburg, with immigrants. The s.s. Taranaki, bound for the North, took the ship in tow, and returned with her to the lower anchorage, where the ship was boarded by the Health Officer about five o’clock and passed. The Reichstag brings 350 souls, equal to 280 statute adults. One death and one birth occurred on the voyage. She is 87 days out from Hamburg, IX of which have been spent on the coast, thus reducing the passage from land to land to a short one of 76 days. The late arrivals by the Conflict will have pretty well taken up the accommodation at the Immigration Depot, so that it is probably doubtful U the immigrants will be landed from the foreign ship to-day. The ship Conflict came np to the wharf yesterday, taking the berth at the inner T lately vacated by the American barque Eureka. The favorable wind of yesterday was taken advantage of by several of the small craft to sail The ship Parsee sailed from Glasgow for .Otago on the 9th of June, and the Cathcart from Graves* nnH.fmf Qttofcarhiiry on the 11th of that month. On the 11th Of Ww London for Australia and New Zealand amounted to 61,170 tons, and to India, China, and the Cape of Good Hope was 52,132 tons A Gallant Rescue. —On June 2 the screw steam yacht Cecile, belonging to Lord Alfred' Paget, vicecommodore of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, fell in with a large merchant steamer, the Vulture, broken down, off Beachy Heart. Although the crew of the Cecile numbered only thirteen hands, including her noble owner and a friend of bis who happened to be on board, no time was lost in taking the distressed steamer in tow. But owing to the large size of the Vulture, added to the encumbrance of her broken propeller, five knots an hour was the highest speed attainable, so that fifteen hours elapsed before the gallant little Cecile came to anchor in Itchen Bay.—European Mail. New American Steamers. —They are constructing some giant ocean steamers in America. At Chester, Philadelphia, on the 18th March, the City of Pekin, was launched, and on the 11th of May a sister vessel, the City of Toklo, first entered the water. They were both built for the Pacific Mail Company, and are stated to be the two largest iron steamships afloat in the carrying trade. The New York World gives the following as the dimensions of the vessel recently launched: —“ The City of Tokio, like her sister ship, when loaded to the water-line will displace 8000 tons of water. Her carrying capacity is 5500 tons, with space also for 150 cabin and 1500 steerage passengers. She is 423 ft. long by 48ft. wide and 38ft. deep, and has four decks and six water-tight compartments. Her total cost, exclusive of steward's department, is $1,025,000, and her speed will be nearly 10 miles per hour.” Port Phillip Pilot Service.— Since the loss of the cutter Corsair the pilots of No. 1 Company have been in something of a fix, and have met with a considerable difficulty in being able to procure a vessel lor even temporary service, a craft suitable in all respects not being easily got. The company have decided on telegrajihing to Captain James Deane, of this port, who is at present in London, to look out for a proper vessel for them, and have given a liberal credit for the purchase. In the meantime, it is stated that negotiations have been all but concluded for the renting of the Mimosa, a Hobart Town built vessel, which arrived here on Tuesday. -The Mimosa is a staunch craft, and nearly new.—Melbourne Argus. A Novelty. —An aquatic novelty is describe 1 by the South Australian Advertiser. The Beltana, it says, is the name given to a craft at Port Adelaide, which has attracted considerable attention, and is likely to create another flutter amongst yachtsmen when the craft gets into sailing trim. She is a yacht of 28ft. measurement between the perpendiculars, Gft. 6in. beam, and sft. 6in. depth. Hitherto she has been sailing on the Murray Lakes, where her qualities caused the boat to eclipse all competitors there, and having no more .to conquer, her owner transported her overland to the Port. Some Idea of her shape may be gleaned from the fact that she would not stand upright without ballast. The mainmast is SGft. long, the boom 28ft., and the other spars are in proportion. She is so novel in appearance, and so unlike a cutter, that in describing her a yatchaman said she was a perfect sailing machine. Her advent now is rather inoppbrfcnne, as the yachting season being closed there is no foeinan in commission to raco with her; but doubtless some enthusiastic lover of aquatics will make up a match with the new Beltana.