SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4288, 17 December 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON Hioh Watbr, 10.18 a.m.; 10.61 r.H. ARRIVED. December IC—Ruby. 24 tons, Wm, Dalton, from Waipapa. Betlmne and Hunter, agents. Marrnion, 92 tons, Bowden, from Ivatpara. Master, "*ldwin Bassett, 414, J. Salmon, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. ~ ~ . Unity, 44 tons, Urvin, from East Coast. Krollana Co., agents. Canterbury, schooner, from Westport. SAILED. „ ,„. , December Ifi.—Taranaki, 5.3., 299 tons, E. Wheeler, for Northern ports, Passengers—Saloon : Mr. Justice Richmond, Mrs. and Miss Richmond. Mrs. and Master Gavin. Mrs. Brunner, lire. Brewer, Miss Stephenson, Miss Manson, Messrs. Haigb, Atkinson, McMillan, Berry, Robinson, Bond, and Fitcairn: 2in the steerage K. S. Ledger, agent. ENTERED OUTWARDS. December 10.—Star of India. 1045 tons, Holloway, for Guam. Johnston and Co., agents. CLEARED OUT. December 16.—Sea Bird, 155 tons, J. W. Garth, tor Hokitika. T. W. Pilchcr, agent. Herald, 53 tons, R. Hamilton, for Ohonga Station. G. Thomas, agent. Falcon, 87 tons. Fisk, for Wairau. PassengerMaster O'Neil. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., agents, IMPORTS. Ruby, from Waipapa : 53 bales wool, 3 cases rabbit skins, 3 pkgs saddlery, 1 pkg hardware, 1 pkg glassware, 2 pkgs ironmongery. Marrnion, from Kaipara : 65,000 ft. sawn timber. Edwin Bassett, from Newcastle : 050 ton 3 coal, 5420 felloes, 30 pairs naves, 170 pieces timber, 1000 trenails. Unity, from, East Coast: 82 hales wool, 1 bale skins, 1 bell do, 4 hides, 1 cask tallow. EX FORTS Taranaki, for the North : 11 bales, 2 boxes, 4 pkjs, 2 pairs wheels, 4 pieces iron, 20 cases, 10 kegs butter, 1 pel, 2 lifting jacks, 0 kegs, 1 crate, 1 pump, 1 trunk, 4400 bricks, and original cargo from the South. Falcon, for Wairau: 15 oases, 6 boxes candles. 4 cases geneva, 100 cases brandy, 90 mats, 41 pkgs sugar, 1 box tobacco, 15 hhd3 ale. 2 casks sulphur, 2 cases galvanised iron, 5 kegs nails, 32 bars, 9 bdls iron, 2 drums, 1 bdl shafts, 1 bag, 11 sheets, 15 lengths pipe, 1 keg staples, (i camp ovens and covers. 17 half-chests 12 boxes tea, 10 boxes soap. 11 bags rice, 4 pkgs sundries, 06 eases groceries. 10 pkgs crates, 1 music stool, 7 cases chairs, 1 caso cigars, 10 cases stout, 12 boxes glass, 5 kegs treacle, 1 cask carraway seed, 9 pkgs buckets, Ac, 2 pkgs washboards, 2 pkgs spades, 2 trusses, 3 pels, 0 bdls. 1 cask, 3 pkgs, 1 box. Herald, for Ohonga Station : A quantity of station Sea Bird, for Hokitika : 50 water race pipes, 1 cask beer. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Avalanche, Hindostan, Langstane, Carnatic, Jungfrau, Berar, Humboldt, Avalanche, and City of Vienna. New York.—Sunlight, barque Geoorai-ue Bay.—Grace Darling. Mki.boorne, via hie South.—Claud Hamilton, s.s. this day ; Albion, s.s., with Suez mail, 20th inst. Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Tararua, s.s., ISthinst. Northern Ports. —Wellington, s.s., this day. Wancanci.—Stormbird, s.s., this day. Foxton.—Napier, s.s., this day. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London. —Adamant, in December; Jessie Readman, early ; Howrah, in January; Soukar, about 7th Fefrruary. Melbourne, via the West Coast. Claud Hamilton, s.s.. this day ; Albion, s.s., 21st inst. Northern Ports. —Phoebe, s.s., 21st inst. Melbourne, via the South. —Tararua, s.s., with Suez mails, 20th inst. Wanuanui. —Manawatu, p.s., this day ; Stormbird, s.s., this day." East Coast Ports (North Island). —Rangatira, s.s., 21st inst. Hobarton. —Malay, about 19th inst. Foxton. —Napier, s.s., this day. Kaikoura.—Ruby, to-morrow. Newcastle. —Cordelia, to-morrow, BY TELEGRAPH. EYTTELTON, Wednesday. Arrived. —Pleiades, from London, 109 days out. Sailed.—Claud Hamilton, for the North, at noon ; Luna, for Dunedin, at 1 o'clock p.m.

The barque Edwin Eassett, arrived from Newcastle yesterday with a cargo of coals. &c. She left that port on the same day as the Neptune, which arrived here j several days ago. The Taranaki sailed early yesterday afternoon for the North. She had on board a large number of passengers. Several Vessels Missixo.—The Auckland Star says:—When we said a few days back that it was possible we had not yet heard of all the disasters caused by the late fearful weather round our coasts, it will be seen that we did not speak -without warrant for our words. Of the non-arrival at their respective destinations of the barque Eleanor and the schooner Ivanhoe, our readers are fully aware, as they are also of the small hope which exists of either of them turning up safely. Two other vessels are now missing, and their long detention beyond their due dates 13 beginning to cause grave apprehension in the minds of the owners and friends of the crews. The barque Helen Malcolm left here on the 21st September, for Sydney, and had not arrived there on the 21th October, the day on which the Macgregor left for this port: this makes her at least thirty-three days out. The last missing vessel heard of i 3 the Speedwell, a fine iron barque, which left Lyttelton nearly six weeks ago for Kaipara, and according to latest reports had not yet arrived. HixaviAß Disaster at Sea. —The captain of a small vessel called the Catherine, bound from Cork to Portsmouth with a cargo of butter, has just met with a singular adventure at sea. The crew consisted of but three persons—the captain, whose name is Parkins, and two seamen, one named Finch, belonging to Plymouth, and the other called " Paddy," a native of Cork. The Catherine had left Cork, and when about twenty-five miles from Queenstown the two men were engaged in shifting the jib, when a sea struck them, carried them away, and no more was seen of them. The same wave swept the captain off the vessel, which was thus left without a hand. Fortunately, however, another wave washed him into the rigging, and he succeeded in regaining the deck. Throughout the very heavy weather which prevailed during the last few days the captain stuck single-handed to his post, and brought his vessel safely into Portsmouth harbor, — Glasgow Herald, Oct. 17. FIUGHTFT/I. COLLISION IS THE EXOLISH CjtIANN'EI.. —Eleven LrvES Lost.—A terrible collision occurred near the Lizard, by which eleven lives were in a moment lost. The Candahar, an iron ship of 1418 tons (Capt. Jonghin), belonging to Messrs. G-. Crawshaw, of London, for Melbourne, laden with a colonial cargo, left London for Melbourne, and the Kingsbridge, also an iron ship, of 1197 tons (Capt. Symonrts), belonging to Messrs. Brocklebank, London, left London for Sydney. They both had a good passage down chrjinel, with a light wind from the southwards. About half-past seven in the evening, when they were about 1-1 miles south of the Lizard, the Candaliar was seen bearing down on the Kingsbridge on the port tack. The chief mate (Mr. McDonald) was on the forepoop, and when he saw that a collision was inevitable, he called out to the man at the wheel to port the helm, but before the ship answered the Candahar was down upon her, Etriking her amidships. At the time of the collision, many of the crew were in the rigging. One of the topmasts came down, and in no small measure added to the confusion. The crew of the Candahar did all they could to save the struggling crew. Unfortunately, some of the ropes were not long enough, having been broken in the collision. After a time, longer ones were obtained, and by this means some of the crews and others were enabled to effect a rescue. The chief mate saved himself by one of the sails. At the time of the collision, the captain's daughter was playing the piano in the chief cabin. With her mother, she was immediately called on deck. The mother made an attempt to get over to board the Candahar ; but the daughter, as the captain was getting out a boat,'prevented her. In three minutes the ship went down, and the captain, his wife, and daughter, were drowned ; and also eight of the crew, out of a total of thirty-one. The crew of tho Can? dahar state that tho weather was fine but hazy, with a moderate breeze from the south-west. The vessel wa3 under topgallant sail 3 and main-royal on the port tack, heading W.N.W. by W., the Lizard bearing E.S.E. Nothing was seen of the Kingsbridge until immediately before the collision, when a light was observed and the helm put down. Before, however, the vessel conld answer her helm she ran into tho Kingsbridge just abaft the mainmast. Immediately after the collision, the carpenter was directed to examine tho Candahar, and reported her forward compartment was full of water, and that she couldn't carry sail. Falmouth was then made for. The stem of the Candahar i 3 crushed in, and nothing but her forward bulkhead saved her.— Ibid. The s.s. Suevia.—The official trial of this splendid new screw-steamer, built and engincd by Messrs. Caird and Co., Greenock, for the Hamburg-American Steamship Company, took place down the Firth on Saturday, when the results achieved were considered most satisfactory—a speed of 12t knots having been easily attained. The Suevia is a brig-rigged vessel of 3823 tons, and is of tho following dimensions : Length, COl feet; breadth, 41 feet: and depth, 31 feet. She is propelled by engines (inverted cvUnder) of 450 horse-power and Ave feet stroke. Accornmodationjis provided on board for 92 first-class, 82 second-class, 850 emigrants, 100 of a crew, besides carrying a largo cargo of merchandise. The internal arrangements of the steamer are very complete. It may be stated that the Suevia is the twenty-second steamer of large tonnage built by Messrs. Caird and Co. for this company, and when it is further stated that the value of tho Suevia will probably be about £120,000, some idea may be formed of the large amount of capital employed. On Saturday the engines worked with great smoothness, and notwithstanding that the vessel was in light ballast trim the vibration on board was barely perceptible.— Glasgow Herald, October 17.