SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4255, 9 November 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON Ilian Water. 4.13 a.m.; 4,30 p.m. ARRIVED. November 7. —Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, Carey, from Manukau, New Plymouth, Nelson, and Picton. Passengers: Chief Justice Sir George A. Arney and private secretary. Judge Richmond and private secretary, Mrs. and Miss Richmond, Madame Arabella Goddard and servant, Mrs. Smythe, Messrs. M. Williams, Doeliler, and Harcourt Leo, Miss Poulton, Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Bachelder Troupe <s>, Messrs. Rnssell, Sheath, Bligh, Berry, Calcutt, Little, Ord, Marks;? steerage for Wellington. 20 saloon and 15 steerage for South. 11. S. Ledger, agent., ' ’ , Planter, barque, 263 tons, Capt. Anderson, from Newcastle, N.S.W., with coals. Williams, agent. Unity, schooner. 44 tons, Unvin, from the East Coast. Krnll and Co., agents. Hunter, ketch, 22 tons. Hart, from Havelock. November 8. —Alert, ketch, 84 tons, from Peloms Sound. SAILED. November 7. —Taranaki, s.s,, 209 tons, Wheeler, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau. Passengers : Mr. and Mrs. O’Meara. Messrs. Flanagan, Dowley, Rattray, Galbraith ; and 8 steerage. 11. S. Ledger, a °Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons. Griffiths, for Wanganui. Passengers: Mr. Irving, Mr. Hartnell and family (5), Mr. Lucas. R, S. Ledger, agent* Elderslie, three-masted schooner, 203 tons, Meredith, for Westport. November B, —Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, Carey, for Lyttelton, and Port Chalmers. Passengers: Mrs. Waters, Miss Kinniburgh, Mrs. Hollister, Miss Warburton, Miss Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Liverton. Mr. and Mrs Maltby, Messrs. Wilcox. Smart. Nicholson, Bcrrett, Drummond, Morton, Little. Jackson, Wilkin, Mclntosh, McKenzie, Rosknige, Campbell, Lowes, Collins, Parker, Girdleston, Gower. Cotter, Williams, Thompson, Owen, Holmes, Mullang, Roycroft, Imbury, Buchanan, Tinsley, a number of excursionists who booked on board, and original passengers from Northern ports. R. S. Ledger, agent. IMPORTS. Wellington, from Northern ports : C cases, 2 pels, 1 case, S bars iron, 24 do do, 1 pair bellows, 1 box cigars, 1 map, 4 pels, 150 kits oysters, 1 bale hops, 1 case, 2 sacks, 1 box, 1 case iron, 2 cases, 6-1 bales wool. Unity, from East Coast; 5 bales wool, 1 box. 1 pci whalebone, 2 kegs, 1 cask hides, 44 hides, 107 bales wool, 1 bale skins. Hunter, from Havelock : 17.000 ft sawn timber. Stormbird, from Wanganui: 52 bales wool, 1 pkg, 2 boxes, 10 hf-chests tea, 1 pkg.EXPORT 3. Taranaki, for Northern ports : 3 cases, 1 case, 1 box jewelry, G boiler plates, 50 boxes tea, 1 qr-cask brandy, 10 cases wine, 75 cases wine, 50 casks currants, 1 case, 2 bdls, 1 bale, 1 keg. 31 bars, 2 axles. 2 pkgs, 1 case, 2 cask s, 1 keg, 10 pkgs, 20 cases, 50 boxes, 1 pkg, 17 cases, 1 case cigars, 2 casks, IG9 mats sugar, 1 case, 30 oases wine, 1 bale, 5 bags. 10 casks, 3 cases, 1 bale, 6 bags, 10 sacks, 3 cases, 1 bale, 5 casks, 4C mats, 1 case, 1 box, 7 cases, 1 bdl, 6 pkgs, 1 horso, 3 cases, 1 case, 19 kegs butter, 5 do do, 1 pkg, 457 coils, 149 boxes, 5 kegs, 1 box, 1 case, 2 pkgs, 6 cases, 3 casks, 4 bags, 1 pkg, 3 cases, 1 pkg, 2 cases, 52 pkgs, 1 cask, 3 - cases, I pci, 2 pkgs, 2 cases, 1 bale, 2 boxes. Manawatu, for Wanganui: 6 cases brandy, 4 kegs sugar, 1 case cigars, 3 boards, 1 oven, 2 sacks flour, 2 bags sugar, 1 side saddle, 5 cases, 22 pkgs, 5 do, 50 sacks maize, 1 box, 3 qr-casks tar, 1 pkg, 1 case saddlery, 1 do confectionery, 3 cases, 5 empty tanks, 3 cases champagne, 1 do drapery, 1 case, 1 bale 5 cases drapery, 11 do do. 1 box. 2 cases, 3 bales woolpacks, 1 truss, 20 bags flour, 2 do oatmeal, 12 mats sugar, 1 box soap, 2 cases, 1 bag currants, 4 gunnies sugar, 2 cases drapery, 2 hf-chests tea, 2 bags sugar, 3 cases drapery, G do kerosene. G boxes candles, 2 cases marmalade, 3 casks, 3 boxes raisins, 3 casks, 10 cases, 1 bag, 2 bars iron, 3 axle arms, 2 kegs. 1 pci, 1 roll belting, 1 box, 8 pkgs, 1 bale, 1 pkg, 7 boxes tea,-! halfchest, 402 waterpipes, 6 pkgs, 1 box, 1 pci. Wellington, for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers: 1 truss, 2 pkgs, 1 box, 1 horse, 1 theodolite and stand, 1 chair, 1 pci, 1 pkg. 6 bells picks, 7 kegs, 11 kilderkins 2 hf-hogsheads, 22 cases bottles, 1 parcel. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. Star of India, Hourah, Avalanche, Hindostan, and Soukar. New York. —Sunlight, barque; Oneca, barque. Mauritius. —Zell, barque. Foxton. — Napier, s.s., this day. Wanganui.— Manawatu. p.s., to-morrow. Southern Ports. —Phcebe. s.s., 12th inst. Northern Ports. —Ladybird, s.s., 11th inst. Napier. —Rangatlra, s.s., 12th inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London. —Halcione, early ; Adamant, in December. Melbourne, via the West Coast. —Otago, s.s., 14th November. Northern Ports. —Phcebc, s.s., 12th inst. Southern Ports. —Ladybird, s.s., 11th inst. Wanganui. —Stormbird, s.s., to-morrow. Foxton. —Napier, s.s.. to-morrow. Cape Turnagain.—Unity, 11th inst. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Arrived : Elizabeth Graham, 114 days from Gravesend. She brings 15 passengers, and 7 sheep. NELSON, Saturday. The Ocean Mail, from London, with 400 immigrants, was signalled this afternoon, eighty-one days PICTON, Saturday. Arrived: 8.30 p.m., Taranaki, from Wellington. Sunday. Sailed : 6 a.m., Taranaki, for Nelson. NAPIER, Saturday. Arrived ; Rangatira, from Wellington. A barque, flying American colors, was signalled yesterday. She will most likely prove to be the Oneca, now due from New York via Dunedin. As the wind shifted to the south-west last night, the barque would have no difficulty in making an anchorage early this morning. A brigantine and “a sail in sight ” were also signalled at sundown ; the former probably the Enterprise, from the East Coast, and the latter the ship Star of India, from London, The barque Planter, 2G3 tons. Captain Anderson, arrived on Saturday afternoon, after a rapid run of nine days from Newcastle. Exceptionally fine weather and favorable winds were experienced. She brines a cargo of coals for Captain Williams. The steamer Wellington arrived in port on Saturday morning, from Manukau, Taranaki, Nelson, and Picton, after a moderate passage. She sailed again punctually at ten o'clock yesterday morning for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers, with a number of her original passengers from the North, and seventy excursionists from this port for the Canterbury races. She will probably arrive at Lyttelton at daylight this morning. The ketch Alert, from Pelorus Sound, with a cargo of timber, arrived early yesterday morning. The Napier was unable to cross the Manawatu bar up to five o'clock yesterday evening. The Helen Denny now occupies a berth at the Queen's wharf. The schooner Unity, from the East Coast, and ketch Hunter, from Havelock, arrived on Saturday morning last. The barque Camille cleared at the Customs on Saturday, for Newcastle, N.S.W. The Manawatu got away on Saturday afternoon for Wanganui, with a number of passengers and a full cargo, consisting mainly of water pipes. The steamer Taranaki sailed for the North on Saturday evening last, and made a fine run of five-and-a-half hours to Picton. The barque Anne Melkulsh hauled into the stream on Saturday. The three-masted schooner Elderslie, after effecting repairs to flying jibboora, sailed early on Saturday morning for Westport. The Amateur, from Timam (N.Z.), has had a very protracted passage, owing to a continuance of adverse winds. She is bound for Newcastle, and reached within fourteen miles of her destination on Saturday, but was compelled to bear up for Sydney, owing to. the strong north-east winds. Sydney Morning Herald, . October 19. i The Port ok Newcastle.—As an Illustration of how the want of proper shipping facilities at the port of Newcastle affects the trade of the district, we may mention that the large smelting works at Port Waralah Smelting Company, where 110 men are employed, aro nearly at a standstill, owing to the want of copper ore from South Australia; while on the other hand the extensive smelting works of Wallaroo are unable to work for the want of coal, for the supply of which they have to depend on Newcastle.— Newcastle Pilot, October 12. ’ ■ . , Ship Desertion. —Alexander Ricarde, charged with desertion from the French barque La Paix, at New Zealand, on the 20th August last, pleaded guilty. Mr. Hannell said the Bench had no jurisdiction In the case. The man had deserted in New Zealand, and, under the Foreign Seamans Act, ho must be prosecuted in the colony in which he had deserted. The prisoner was then discharged,,— Newcastle Pilot , October 29. Rope Cordage.— Recently a very interesting experiment was made at Kirkaldy’a Testing Works, Southwark-street, as to the relative strength of hand spun yarn rope, machine yam rope, and Russian yarn rope. Mr. Plimsoll, M.P., Captain Bedford Pim, M.P., and others attended the test, which lasted over three hours. There were nine pieces of rope, each 10ft. long, being three of each of the above classes. The ultimate stress or breaking strain of the Russian rone was H,0991b5., or 19341b5. strength per fathom ; machine rope, 11,6271b5., or 21551b5. per fathom; hand-spun rope, 18,2791b5., or 30201b5. per fathom. The ropes were all of 5-lnch circumference, and every piece broke clear of the fastenings. The prices paid per cwt. wereßussian rope, 475.; machine yam rope, 475.; hand-spun yam rope, 44s. —all described as beat cordage and London manufacture. It will thus be seen that the hand-made was cheaper by 3s. per cwt., and broke at a testing strength of 7180 lbs. aver Russian, and C7s2lbs. over machine made.— Ironnu/n'jer. ‘ The Return Voyage ok the Pearl.— H.M.fe. Pearl, Commodore Goodenough, returned from her cruise.to Fiji yesterday morning, shortly after nine o’clock, bringing with her His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson and party, also Cakobau's second son Ratu Timoci, who Intends spending some three months In this colony. The Pearl left Sydney on the 12th September, and had a pleasant passage to Leruka, calling at Norfolk Island ; left Lcvuka for a cruise to the Windward Islands on the 30th September, H.M.B. Dido keeping company; on the 3rd October one of the blades of* the screw was lost, and another shipped in Its place the same day. The Pearl finally left Leruka for Sydney on the 16th instant, and had fine weather across. On Saturday night a seaman fell werboard -from the anchor, the ship steaming at ten knots at the time. A boat was smartly lowered, and in the space of ten minutes the man was rescued, and was again on board.— Sydney Evening News, Oct. 20.