SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4228, 8 October 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

rOP.T OF -WELLINGTON' Hitm Water. 3.10 a.m.; 3.23 p.m. SAILED. October 7.-Kangatira, s.s ISS tons, Lloyd, 'or Napier Passengers—cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Price, Messrs. Smith, Bowry, and Sayers. Steerage : 1. B. S. Ledger, agent. Wellington, s.s., 202 tons, Carey, for Northern ports. Passengers—cabin: Mrs. Beatty, 2 children and servant, Mr. and Mrs. Fleming, Messrs. Mcintosh, Vavasour, Lonegan, Goodman. Butldon, Jackson, Fleming, and Matheson. Steerage, 0. K. S. Ledger, agent.' Florence, schooner, 55 tons, Brown, for Grcymouth. May, three-masted schooner, 237 tons, Plutnley, for Newcastle. In ballast. Passengers—Mrs. Plutnley and 2 children. Tnrnbull and Co., agents. CLEARED OUT. October 7.—Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, for Wairau. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Grimstone, Messrs. Campbell (2), Young. Masters. Humphrey and Hodgson. Turnbull and Co., agents. . Forest Queen, schooner, 51 tons, JSatt, for Napier. Mclntyre and Co., agents. Euterpe, ship, 1107 tons, Phillips, for San Francisco. In ballast. Turnbull and Co., agents. EXPORTS. Rangatira, to Napior: 59 pkgs, 6 grates, 3 parcels, 1 chest, 1 drum, 40 cases, 0 kegs, 202 bars iron. 20 bdls, 2 qr-casks, 3 half-chests, 0 boxes, 25 casks, 1 cabinet, 1 level, 1 chain, 1 staff, 42 pile shoes, 17 bags, 1 trunk, 1 crab winch, 1 coil rope, 1 piece chain, 50 sacks. To Poverty Bay: 3 parcels, 1 pkg, 12 cases, 4 casks, 3 kegs. Wellington, to Picton : 3 casks, 1 qr do, 10 cases, 1 basket, 1 parcel, 1 stove, 4 bars iron, 3 pkgs, 6 boxes, 2 trusses, 2 bags. To Nelson : 1 piece chain, 1 box, 10 cases. 3 rolls matting. 2 hhds, 2 pels, 1 vent piece. 1 spring. To Greymouth : 1 box, 3 cases, 2 bales. To llokitika : 11 bales, 10 cases. To New Plymouth: 0 rails, 8 kegs, 1 bale. 2 rolls matting, 2 cases, 1 sack. To Manukau : G horses. Falcon, to AVairau : 4 sacks, 149 bdls, 75 cases, 3 trusses, 2 tons coke, 1 do coal, 20 pkgs, 24 kegs, 24 sashweights, 2 sets wheels. 3 canvass pkgs, 3 bales, 9 casks, 40 hhds, (i axle arms, 4. gunnies sugar, 2 rolls matting, 2 dozen spades. 1 roll lead. Fore3t Queen, to Napier: 700 sack 3, 2000 Arc bricks, 4 casks, 1 bag, 2 tons scrap iron, 2 pipes, 1 case, 10 drums. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Douglas, 142 S tons, Wilson, sailed from Gravesend July 3 ; Panthea, Langstone, to sail Juno 20; Hindostan, July 15; Wanganui, July 25 : Carfcvale, passed Falmouth June 29: Star of India and Hourah. sailed August 25 : Helen Denny. 1297 tons, Ruth, sailed from Deal July 24 ; Jungfrau, E. P; Bouverie, and Soukar. Northern Ports.—Phcebe, s.s., this day. Southern Ports.—Star of the South, 9th inst. ; Taranakl, 11th inst. Newcastle.—Anne- Melhuish, Camille, Frowning Beauty, Heversham. « Wanganui.—Stormbird, s.s., this day; Manawatu, p.s.. this day. Melbourne, via the South. —Gothenburg, s.s., Dth inst.; Otago, s.s., 17th inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Northern Ports.—Taranaki, s.s., 12th inst. London.—Halcione, early in November. Southern Ports.—Phoebe, s.s., this day. Foxton. —Napier, s.s., early. "Wanganui.—Stormbird, s.s., 9th inst. ; Manawatu, p.s., 9th inst. San Francisco,—Euterpe, this day. ."< Meleourne, via the West Coast.—Gothenburg, s.s., 10th inst. ; Otago, s.s., 17th inst. Napier, Auckland, and Levuka.—Star of the South, s.s., loth inst.

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WANGANITI. October 7.—Arrived, 6.30 a.m.; Manawatu, from Wellington; 7.45 a.m.: StormbirJ, from "Wellington. CIIKISTCKURCH. October 7.—Arrived: Queensland and Hopeful, from Newcastle. Sailed,.yesterday: the St. Lawrence, for San Francisco ; anil the Canterbury, for Calcutta. The s.s. Bruce sails for the South to-night. PORT CHALMERS. October 7.—Arrived : Bobycito, from Newcastle ; Annie Lisle, from Melbourne; the Mary Webster, fromKaipara; and the Gothenburg, from the Bluff, at S a.m.

The Steamer Easby.—The steamer Easby left for Newcastle yesterday afternoon. We do not expect her to return in much les3 than a month or five weeks, as during her stay at Sydney, whither she goes from Newcastle, her passenger accommodation is to be enlarged and improved. She took away six passengers, and some 50 tons of cargo, and cleared the harbor in good style.— Otago Daily Times, October 1. TnE Star of the South.—The s.s. Star of the South was beached in Dampier's Bay on Wednesday forthe purpose of fixing new blades to the fan ; it was found that this could not be accomplished, and the steamer was floated off at high tide and sailed for Dunedin last night, on arrival there she will be docked and receive thorough repair.— T.tjttelton Times, — October 3. The Taranaki.—The s.s. Taranaki, which arrived in port from the North on Wednesday evening, was yesterday brought alongside the ship Haddon Hall, and there had her funnel unshipped, it having become so far worn as to be fit for no further use. She will have the new one shipped, which has been lying at the pier for her for some time past; and before going North again she will be put into" dock to have her bottom cleaned and re-painted, as well as to have other repairs, &c, effected- She will be docked this afternoon.—Otago Daily Times, October 2. A Race Between Four Steamers.—Considerable interest was occasioned at Brisbane on Friday week •by the unprecedented occurrence of four steamers leaving that port for Sydney within a few hours of each other, and "various anticipations were indulged as to the, probable winner .of what bade fair to be a race. The screw steamer Western left Brisbane wharf at 10 a.m., the City rf Brisbane (paddle) at noon, the Alexandra (screw) fifteen minutes later, and the Florence Irving (twin screw) at 1 p.m. The last mentioned vessel was originally a paddle boat, but was lengthened and converted into a twin screw steamer at the A.S.N. Company's works, about eighteen months ago, with most successful results. On the present occasion she fairly distanced her competitors, arriving at the wharf at S a.m. on Sunday morning, followed by the City of Brisbane at ten minutes past ten a.m. The Western came next at twenty-tive minutes to six p.m., and the Alexandra at twenty minute 3to eight p.m. Their respective passages were:—Florence Irving, 43 hours; City of Brisbane, 46 hours 10 minutes; Alexandra, 65 hours 25 minutes: Western, 55 houra 35 minutes, The Alexandra was at some disadvantage, fr m the fact that she lias been away on the Torres Strait mail service since the early part of July.— Sydney Morning Herald.

The New Steam Collier Barraeool.—The following description.is given of a new steam collier for the Melbourne and Newcastle trade, which has just arrived in Hobson's Bay. She is the property of Captain W. Howard Smith:—"The Barrabool'measures in length, 225 ft.; in beam 30ft.; and depth of hold, loft.; giving her a register of M 3 tons, her net register being 588 tons. She is strongly built, and classed Al 00 at Lloyds. The saloon is amidships, and is a spa. cious apartment, richly decorated and furnished, and berthed for the accommodation of fifty passengers. The staterooms are Bft. wide, and thus afford abundance of space in which to move about. The forecabin is roomy and well ventilated, and furnishes sleeping accommodation for eighty passengers. She can carry 400 tons of water ballast, and of general cargo, weight and measurement, she has on board at present 1250 tons. After being launched, she steamed on her trial trip thirteen knots, and the distance from the Tyne to Falmouth was performed in fifty-one hours, with her present cargo, the consumption of fuel being about 14cwt. per hour. If necessity arose this steamer, it is said, would beablcto take coal for the voyage to San Francisco and back, exclusive of cargo, and from her steaming capabilities there is little doubt but that she would make a good show on the ocean voyage. The Barrabool cost close on £31,000. Stranding op the Richard and Mary. —Yesterday morning, although to outsiders there was nothing very threatening in the appearance of the weather, old identities, taught by experience, began to shake their heads, and express the wi3h that the ves- ■ sels in the roadstead, pf which there was quite a fleet, were safe at sea; and by eleven o'clock a chopping sea setting in from the eastward justified the forebodings of the weatherwise. At this time there was no wind, but shortly after noon, a breeze set in from E. and by N., and at one o'clock the signal to put to sea was hoisted at the signal-staff by the Harbor-master. There was at this time in the roads the auxiliary screw steamer f.rnu, the barque Tasso, the three-masted schooner Elderslie, the schooners Janet .Ramsay, Jeanette, Richard and Mary, Friendship, Crest of the Wave, Bencleuch, and the cutter Jane. With the exception of the Tasso and Elderslie, which were somewhat later in making signs of an intention to clear out, preparations were made by all sail to go to sea, and one after the other—the Kamsay, Jeanette, Friendship, Bencleuch, Crest of the Wave, and Emu—making a board to the nor'ard, went about and cleared the point. The ».Richard and Mary was not so fortunate, missing stays twice on her first tack, and drifting close in shore, about 100 yards north of the spot where the brigantine Emnloite lies stranded. Her anchor was let go, but did not hold, and the vessel set gradually in, taking the beach at half-past two, broadside on. Under the direction of Captain Sewell, a hawser was made fast from the masthead to the terrace, so as to keep her canted inshore. Everything was made snug on board, and all cargo safely landed. From the position in which the vessel lies, we do not anticipate that she will be at all injured, and think that she will be got oft' without any difficulty. The Richard and Mary, which appears to be a new vessel, arrived on Saturday from Lyttelton, with a cargo of 30 tons coal and 2000 palings. She is owned by Messrs. Cuff and Graham, Lyttelton, and consigned to Messrs. 3. and T. Meek. The cutter Jane, being light in tlio water, experienced considerable dlliculty in getting to sea, having to tack several times before clearing tho point. On one occasion, indeed, she appeared to bo very nearly on the reef, and had to let go her anchor, but managed, by taking a long board to the nor'ard, to get sea room. She was well handled, and eventually got safe to sea. The Elderslie and Tasso made sad shortly after four o'clock—peremptory signals to weigh having by thi3 time been hoisted—and by five o'clock all tho fleet, with the exception of the unfortunate Richard and Mary, were out of harm's way. —North Otayo Time). Sailors' Homeh.—A correspondent of tho Sydney Morning UtraUl writes as follows on tho subject of Sailors' Homes, and his remarks apply almost as well to Wellington as they do to Sydney :—" With tho increase of shipping and the number of sailors visiting Port Jackson, an organised system of imposition and extortion is fast establishing itself among us, by which shipowners' interests are materially injured, and our sailor is quickly relieved, or, to put it more correctly, cozened and cheated out of his hard won money; and it is to bo regretted our resident shipowners and merchants evince but little interest in protecting Jack Tar from tho harpies that prey and fatten upon Mm. To give an example of what is a'most daily talcing place—a ship sailing from London or Liverpool engages sailors at £3 per month, granting before leaving a month's wages in advance; tobacco and necessaries supplied during the. voyage absorbs

another month's pay, so that on arrival a seaman has little more than a month's pay, say £3 to draw ; but this is lost to him by the wiles and deceptions that come into play directly the ship is moored. The totiter or boarding master makes his appearance, and holding before Jack the prospect of increased wages, secures his confidence to that extent that he is induced to desert, as instance the case within the last month of a Liverpool ship, where no less than nine seamen deserted in one night. These men deserting without a penny put themselves under the-care of a boarding master, who, lodging them some distance in the country, places them bevond the reach of their captain, and often of the police also. Jack remains in hiding, say for three weeks, until his ship has sailed, his fears, in the meantime being worked upon ; the touter then arranges with a captain in want of men to bring forward the deserters, receiving for his trouble a bonus (but which amounts to nothing short of blood-money) averaging £2 per man, deriving an additional profit of 80s. bv cashing each seaman's advance note. I have often listened to the laments of commanders who, after detaining their ships from three to five days m hope of engaging men legitimately, find themselves compelled to accede to the touter's terms, by which tho latter derives a profit of from £3 to £5 per man, while poor Jack becomes demoralised, sustaining a pecuniary loss of froni £9 to £ll by visiting tho beautiful harbor of Tort Jackson The evil exists in many forms besides the foregoing, all detrimental to our sailors, ships, and port; and sailors' homes possessing a powerful influence for good when properly and efficiently worked, I would, with a view to a remedy being found for the evils existing, direct tho attention of the committee of management of tho Sydney Sailors' Home—which I am sorry to say stands in much need of improvement—to the popularity among seamen and the success obtained by the Sailors' Home, Dock Street/London, expressing the hope that our merchants, shipowners,'and their associations, will put their hands to a work materially affecting" their interests and the port of Sydney." Loss or the Guinevere.—The Guinevere, Captain Tidmarsh, left Melbourne on the 17th August, bound for Manilla, having on board 400 bags flour. She was going thirteen knots when she struck on the reef. The second boat, with the third mate and five seamen, arrived at Townsville all well. The Hon. Mr. Service has received telegraphic information from the Colonial Treasurer of Queensland that tho missing boats of the Guinevere have arrived safely—two at Townsville ; the third, with the captain, at Gladstone.—Melbourne Daily Telegraph.