SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4249, 2 November 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

rOKT OF WELLINGTON ■ Hioju Water, 9.42 A.M.; 10.10 P.M. ARRIVED. November I.—Fhcebc, ss., 416 tons, Worsp, from Manukau and Northern ports. 11. S. Ledger,.agent. Blanche, yacht, from a cruise. SAILED. October 30.—Ladybird, s.s., 2SS tons, Andrew, for Northern ports. Passengers—Mrs. Bucholz and 2 children, Miss Eaton, Messrs. Haddock, Bell, Louden, Bartlett, Dodd, Blackburn, Andrews, Menzies, and 5 steerage. E. S. Ledger, agent. Stormbird, s.s., 10'J tons, Doile, for Wanganui. Passengers—Mr. O.rcig, and 45 emigrants ex The Douglas. Turnbull and Co., agents. Tauranga, schooner, CO tons, Gilniour, for Hokitika. Blanche, yacht, on a cruise. Lyttelton, p.s., 0(i tons, Scott, for Flaxbournc. Iv. H. Ledger, agent. IMPORTS. Aspasia, from East Coast: 3 bdls. skins, 49 bales, 3 pkgs., 1 trunk. Anne Melhuish, from Newcastle: 500 tons coal, 200 felloes. EXPORTS. Stormbird, for Wanganui : 2 boxes, 4 pkgs., 12,000 feet timber, 400 spokes, 200 felloes, 1 portmanteau, 13 cylinder plates, 2 do. caps, 1 truss, 2 perambulators. Ladvbird, for Northern ports: 40 bags, 2D eases, 1 pkge.," 1 anchor, 19 bdls., 2 boxes, 7 pels., 3 doors, 1 coil rope, 14 rolls, 2 bales, 11 barrels, 5 kegs, 1 truss, 10 bars iron, 19 planks, 1 drum, 1 cask, 1 tent. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Star of India, flourah. Avalanche, and Hindostan. New York.—Sunlight, barque; Oreca, barque. SovjTUEiiN Ports.—Taranaki, s.s., 7th inst. Northern Pouts.—Wellington, s.s., Bth inst. Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Alhambra, s.s., this day, "YVasoaxui.—Stormbird, s.s., Srdmst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London. —Halcione, early. , Melbourne, via Southern Ports.—Alhambra, s.s., this dav. Melbourne, via the "West Coast.—Otago, s.s., 14th November. Northern Ports.—Taranaki, s.s., (thinst. Southern Ports.—Phcebe, s.s., this day ; Wellington, s.s.. Bth inst. . Wanganui.— Stormbird, s.s., 4th inst. Foxton.—Manawatu. p.s., this day; Napier, tomorrow. Hokitika.—Waipara, s.s., thi3 day. Blenheim.- -XXX, this day. Paiiaua and Castle Point.—Aspasia, 3rd mst. His Excellency's yacht Blanche left the harbor on Saturday morning, on a cruise, and returned yesterday afternoon. _ The Douglas, since commencing to discharge, has met with rapid despatch. Her cargo is appearing without "spot or blemish." The ship Helen Denny, eight days out from Napier, was signalled on Saturday. The prevailing strong N W. wind had prevented her reaching an anchorage late last night. Two barques, probably colliers, were signalled yesterday, and will no doubt put in an appearance in the course of the day. The barques Edith Rose and Eapido are advised as loading at New York for New Zealand ; and the barque Chacola, at San Francisco, for the same destination. „ , „ . , The steamer Cyphrenes, from Sydney, called at Lcvuka on the Oth ult., and landed 40 tons of cargo. She was en route for San Francisco. The steamers Go-Ahead and Waitara, and schooners Garibaldi, Clio, Onward, and Flying Cloud, were lying in the Waitara river on Friday last. The schooner Herald is loading rails at the breastwork for Picton. The ship Countess of Kintore, which left Auckland for London on the 2Gth ultimo, had on board carrier pigeons belonging to the Eccaimj Star. On the 23th two of the pigeons were liberated, the ship having in the meantime succeeded in getting ten miles beyond Cape Colville—a distance of 50 miles from Auckland. One of the pigeons flew the distance in 70 minutes. A barge, capable of carrying 130 tons of coal, was successfully launched by Mr. E. Stone, from his yards at the Thames, on the 27th ultimo. She wa3 built to the order of the Bay of Islands Coal Company. The p.s. Golden Crown, the fastest steamer in New Zealand waters, and the favorite passenger boat between Auckland and the Thames, has been sold to a Svdney firm. 'The American clipper ship J. A. Thomson, one of. the New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered vessels, 1218 tons register, commanded by Captain Thomson, arrived at the Heads on Monday at 3 p.m. She left Wellington on the sth inst., and experienced northerly winds as far as Lyttelton, which she passed after a sixteen hours' run from Wellington. From there she experienced strong south-west winds until her arrival at the Bluff as above.— Southland Times, Oct. 24. The Lady Bird, for Northern ports, and the Stormbird, for Wanganui, sailed on Saturday. The Alhambra may be expected to put in an appearance from Nelson early this morning, and will proceed South in the afternoon. The p.s. Lyttelton sailed on Saturday evening for Flaxbourne. The barque Edwin Bassett and schooners Pearl and Letitia cleared at the Customs on Saturday. All . Laqv»lii.bfilTfl?fc. .„ *~ - . .. —.- The Waipara came round from the patent sup on Saturday morning, and will probably leave for the West Coast to-day. The Stormbird arrived at Wanganui yesterday morning. The steamship Phcebe, Captain Worsp, arrived early yesterday morning, from Manukau and Northern ports, having left Onehunga on the 28th ultimo. She will leave for Southern ports to-day at 4 p.m. A Bad Voyage.—We have been favored with a view of an interesting letter from Captain Vowell, of the ship Undine, dated Foo Chow, August 12, 1874, whence, by permission, we make the following extract:—" We got here on the 31st July, after the most miserable passage I ever had, as master, to comment upon. We had very bad weather on the N.Z. coast. On the 12th June the boat that won the race was smashed to pieces on the davits, and lost her altogether on the 16th. A new link put into the foretopsail tye at Port Chalmers broke, and carried away both topsail yards, and one of the crew, who was on the upper yard at the time, was lost overboard and drowned. On the 29th of June two of the crew knocked me down on deck, kicked and jumped upon* me, and 83 nearly killed me as possible, whilst another one threatened to knock the mate's brains out with an iron belaying-pin if he interfered. I had to bring the three on in irons ; and one has got four months, with hard labor, another two months, and the third man ten days, in addition to the thirty-two days' imprisonment on board. The not having hands enough to work the ship detained me seven or eight days on the passage. As I anticipated, we were too late for the first teas, and we are now loading with second teas at £3 per ton, the detention in Dunedin making a dead loss to the ship of £l2O, as we should have got £4 if we had been here on the 2nd'July.— Otago Giuirdian, Oct. 20. Supposed Loss of the Schooner Ivanhoe.—Very great fears are entertained for the safety of the fore-and-aft schooner Ivanhoe, 72 tons, of this port. She left Auckland on the evening of the 20th of August last for Levuka, with a cargo of timber and merchandise. On the departure of the steamer Star of the South from Levuka on the I3th of September, she had not arrived. When the Belle Brandon left on the 17th, there were no tidings of her. The ketch Pearl arrived yesterday from Levuka, and reports that when she left on the Oth inst., the Ivanhoe had not then arrived. This makes her forty-one days out, and the Xevuka people are beginning to suspect that she had fallen in with some disaster. It is feared that she has foundered at sea with all hands during.bad weather. There is, however, yet the bare possibility of her turning up and her long passage being accounted for by having been disabled or blown out of her course. Nevertheless, the fact remains that since her departure hence, on the 20th of August,' Up to the Oth inst., she has not been heard of. The Ivanhoe Is- owned jointly by Messrs. Cruickshank and Co. and Captain McGregor, of the Rowena. She is valued at £ISOO, and Is insured in the National Insurance office for £SOO, and in the South British Insurance office for a similar amount. Her cargo was valued at £4OO, and is insured in the New Zealand Insurance office for £3BO. The schooner was built at Wangarei, by Mr. Howie, ten years ago. She had no passengers on board this trip—her crew, however, consisting of seven hands, all told.—iVcw Zealand Herald, Oct. 27. The Perils or Laiior Cruising.—The schooner Daphne left Levuka on the morning of the 20th June, with a strong breeze blowing ftom the S.E., and anchored in Taboor Bay on the evening of the same day. Took on board thirty-two laborers, and finally left the group through the Mololo Passage on the 2nd July, with eighty-two natives on board for return to their homes in the New Hebrides. Anchored in Port Resolution after a fine run of fifty hours. Steady winds prevailing, lost three week 3 in effecting the landing of thirty-eight Tanna men, and making a circuit of the island three times before completing delivery. On the 25th July anchored for several days at Apii, windbound, and while there, on the 27th of the same month, attempted the rescue of two white men belonging to the schooner Zephyr, who had been seized by the Apll natives, and ultimately found that these men had been murdered and eaten. On the 16th of August, while working the S.E. side of the Island of Ganna, the natives attempted to seize tho ship's boat, by sending canoes to intercept it at the entrance of the passage in the reef. Experienced light winds during the cruise among tho iilands. On the »th of September anchored again at Apii in company with the schooner Tanna (formerly the Quickstep), belonging to Noumea, and the cutter Emma, belonging to Fiji. Ascertained here that a few days after the Daphne left tho island, on the 28th July last, the Queen Hortcnsc, belonging to Noumea, had several of her boat's crew murdered by the natives, some few miles further up the coast from where the Zephyr had her boat seized, The "Dophno brings sixty-eight recruits, and left twenty-five vessels on the recruiting grounds belonging to Queensland, New Caledonia, and Fiji.— Fiji Times. Privations at Sua.—The coasting schooner iiery Cross, Captain Grundy, arrived in harbor on Saturday morning, in ballast. The vessel hails from Napier, but, owing to disasters, contrary winds, and heavy weather, her passage has been prolonged to twentysix days, having during that timo been driven 700 mile/j from land. As might be expected, her provisions ran short, and very great privations were suffered by all on board. A perusal of the log shows that the master and crew have had a great many misfortunes to contend against. She left Napier on tho 28th September for Talrua. A succession of heavy gales were enaountercd, during which tho rudder was carried away on tho Oth October. This left the vessel almost at the mercy of the wind and the waves. Owing to the continuance of bad weather, it was found impossible to ship a new rudder, and various means had to be resorted to for the purpose of steering the vessel. The provisions running short, all hands were put upon a scanty allowance. No instruments were on board the schooner, and her position win obliged to bo taken by dead reckoning. After many day's hardship and" suffering, the wind having changed, a course was shaped for Auckland, it being considered that sho was 700 miles from land. This was on tiie 15th October. On tho 18th a ship was sighted standing to the eastward. The schooner's signal of distress was not observed. The weather moderating a new rudder was

shipped on the 20th, on which day the baque East Lothian was fallen in with. Captain Norris kindly supplied the wants of the schooner's people. The Mercury Islands wore made next day, and the schooner arrived in harbor as above. In addition to the crew of six hands, there were three passengers on board. Very great credit is due to Captain Grundy, for the tact and judgment displayed by him during the trying circumstances.— N.Z. Herald, Oct. 20. Erkor in Charts.—Captain Carson, of the barque Mary Blair, makes the following statement regarding the positions of latitude and longitude of some of the islands in the Pacific:—" It may be as well to mention that the islands placed on Imray's chart as Simpson's and Lord Howe's Group are certainly not in the position assigned to them, viz., Simpson's in latitude 4-50 S., longitude IGOI7 E. ; Lord Howe's Group m latitude 5-41 S., longitude ICO'IO E. I was in tho vicinity of them for two days, and although I had a good look-out kept from the masthead, nothing could be seen of them, and was on the centre of the position assigned to Simpson's Islands, and on the eastern edge of Lord Howe's Group. I have passed the supposed osition of Simpson's Islands on other voyages to and from China, and could see nothing of them. There are placed on Imray's chart two islands named Rennet's and Bellona—Bellona in latitude 11 "10 S., longitude 15955 E., and Eennel's in latitudo IVI3 S., longitude 100*19 E. These islands are marked in the chart as existence uncertain or very doubtful. I saw them both, and passed about' five miles to the west of Bellona, and tiie position assigned to them by Lieut. Rapcr appears to be nearly correct, if any in error. This, for instance, shows the necessity for every foreign-going vessel to be in the possession of a complete set of the Admiralty charts. Another instance —the loss of the ship Delhi, while on a voyage from Manilla to the colonies, a short time ago, on the Indispensable Eeef—a dangerous reef, forty-one miles in extent, a short distance from these latter-named islands. This disaster could not liavo happened had there been a set of these valuable charts on board. It appears strange that tho authorities are so particular about the lights and other matters connected with the safe navigation of vessels, and not one word said about this very important matter—the Admiralty charts. No foreign-going vessel ought to be without them : if such was tho case, there would not be so many glaring blunders made."