SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 4296, 28 December 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF WELLINGTON Hina Water. 8.1 A.M.; 5.21 r.M. ARRIVED. December 25.—Langstone, ship, 746 tons, Mitchell, from London. Passengers—Saloon: Messrs. AUtin, Mackay and Bates. . „ , „ „ December 26.—Jane Elkin, schooner, 25 tons, P. Leslie, from Havelock. Master, agent. . . December 27.— Taranaki, s.s., 296 tons, Wheeler, from Northern ports. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. ana Stephens, Mr. and Mrs. West, Messrs. Capper, Rawson, Griffiths, Bettaney, Bunny (2) ; about twent} excursionists from Picton : seventeen in the steerage. R. S. Ledger, ageiit. . . .. Wellington, s.s., 2GI tons, Evans, from Southern ports. Passengers—Saloon: Rev. Mr. Moir, Messis. Nancarrow, Douglass, Crklland, Stringer. Nathan, Smith, Hewitt, Turner, Pracd, and 11 for Inorth. Steerage ; 15, and 1 for North. R. S. Ledger, agent. Alhambra, s.s , 709 tons, W. C. Sinclair, from Melbourne via West Coast. Passengers—Saloon, from Melbourne: Mrs. and Miss McDonald, Mr. ihomas McDonald, Mr. H. S. Smith, and 1 steerage. Jrom Coast: Mrs. and Miss Johnston. Messrs. A. Loyes, Lightbaml (2), Cameron, Thomson. Richardson (2, Bothambv. Buddie. Scott, Tushen <2l, Beatson, C. de Coster and son, E. Seager, Snow. T. u^ c . rbl o Wiggans, Duncan, Hall, Holmwood and Wakefield , 8 in the steerage. Forty passengers for other ports. W. Bishop, agent. - . ~ . Rangatlra. s.s.. 185 tons. C. Lloyd, from Last Coast Ports. R. S. Ledger, agent. „ tl f . Elizabeth Curie, brigantine, from Lyttelton. Crest of the Wave, schooner, from Napier. SAILED. December 27.—Strathnaver, ship, .1018 tons, J. Dev«y, for Sydney, in ballast. Johnston and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Jane Elkin, from Havelock; 21,000 feet of sawn timber, EXPECTED ARRIVALS. # London. —Avalanche, Hindustan, Carnatic, frau, Berar, Humboldt. Avalanche, City of Vienna, Ardentinny, Inverene, and Hudson. New York.— Sunlight, barque ; Ossea. Oeograthe Bay.—Grace Darling. Southern Pori'S. —Ladybird, s.s., to-morrow. Northern Ports. —Phcebe, s.s,, 3rd January. Melbourne, via the West Coast. —Tararua, s.s., ICth January. • Melbourne, via Southern Ports.— Otago, s.s., 3rd January. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London. —Adamant, about oth Jan.: Jessie Rcadman, early; Howrah, in January; Soukar, about 7th ieoVIA THE WEST COAST.— OtagO, S.S., 4th January. .„ Melbourne, via the South. —Alhambra, s.s., this day. . Northern Ports.— Wellington, s.s., to-morrow. Southern Ports. —Taranaki, s.s., to-morrow. Dunedin.—Easby, s.s., about sth January. Wanoanui. —Stormbird, s.s., this day; Manawatu, p.s., this day. Foxton. —Napier, s.s., this day, • East Coast Ports (North Island).— Rangatira, s.s., this day. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Saturday. _ Arrived. —Ship Assays, from London, with immigrants, all well; Otago, barque, from Dunedin ; Phcebe, with San Francisco mail, from South. GREYMOUTH. Friday. Arrived. Albion, from Nelson; Xno, from Patea, . ■ , , r Sailed, 9 a.m.—Albion, for Melbourne. LYTTELTON, Saturday. Arrived, yesterday.— Coq du Village, Isabella, and Transport, from Newcastle ; Wave, from Sydney. The ship Strathnaver, after her long detention in Port Nicholson, went to sea yesterday, from the outer anchorage, with a fine north-westerly breeze. She is bound for Sydney. The s.s. Taranaki arrived in the harbor yesterday morning from the North, after favorable run. Favoring winds were experienced during the whole of the passage. , „ ~ . The s s Wellington arrived from the South yesterday at 8.20 a.m. She left Otagoontbe 24th instant at 11 30 a.m, ; arrived at Lyttelton at 3.30 p.m. on the 25th: left at 11.30 on the 26th, and arrived here as above. .... The Alhambra, Captain Sinclair, has put in an appearance this time, owing to the holidays, without the public being advised from Hokitika of her appearance off the Coast. She left Hobson’s Bay at 3 p.m. on the 19th ; cleared the Heads at C. 45 p.m. ; passed Wilson’s Promontory at 4.50 a.m., and the Sisters at 12 noon on the 20th. The Alhambra exchanged signals with the Claud Hamilton at 8.50 p.m. on the 22nd ; experienced westerly winds and fine weather for the first two days of the voyage, and northerly winds and cloudy weather fox the remainder. Arrived in Hokitika roadstead at 7.15 p.m. on the 24th ; left at 12 p.m.; arrived at Greymouth at 2 a.m. on the 25th; left at 11 45 a.m. : arrived at Nelson at 10.45 a.m. on the 2Cth ; left at 11.15 p.m., and arrived here at noon yesterday. The Alhambra has 120 tons of cargo for Wellington, and 40 tons for other ports. Loss op a New Ship and All Hands.—A short time since two fine new clipper ships, the Lochee and ' the Maju, left Dundee for their respective ports of Shanghai and Rangoon. As it was known that they could not be far on their voyage when the late dreadful hurricane came on, the gravest fears were entertained for their safety. The worst of these apprehensions, so far as the Maju is concerned, have unfortunately been realised, intelligence having been received of her total loss with all hands. The owners received a telegram from Stornoway stating that a large ship, supposed to be the Majn, of London, was ashore on 4he Hebrides. Later the same day another telegram came to hand as follows: —“Ship sunk. Boats stem driven ashore with name ‘Maju, also binnacle with name ‘Feathers, Dundee.’ Crew perished.” The wreck took place near the Butt of Lewis, the extreme north point of the Island of Lewis, and the Maju had been caught in the hurricane and driven ashore, while running for shelter to the Pentland Firth ; only one corpse was washed ashore, and there is no doubt that all the crew have been drowned. The Maju was on her first voyage to Rangoon with coals. She was launched a few weeks ago at Dundee, and was owned by Messrs. KilUck, Martin, and Co., shipbrokers, of London. Her crew numbered from twenty-four to twenty-six men, most of whom were shipped at, and belonged to, Dundee. She was commanded by Captain John Smith, and was intended for the China trade. The Lochce, clipper ship, which left Dundee at the same time as the Maju, has put back to the Pentland Firth through stress of weather. —Horne Xe it's, October 30.

NOTICE TO MARINERS. BEACONS—In'NF'R. EOUTE TO TORRES STRAIT. Beacons'are now erected upon the followingreefa and islands in the Inner KonteVessels bound southwards are to pass those -which are red and triangular, on the starboard hand ; and those that are black and square, on the port hand. Ked and Triangular. Black -.nd Square. Hope Islands. a. Beef north-west end Jb. Keef west end c, ~ north end I e. ~ west side d. ~ centre I Cole Islands and Howick Group. r. Eeel I s. Beef west side Pipon Islands. j S.E. extremity of reef Claremont Islands. d. Beef east end ,c. South-west extremity c. ~ centre g. », ~ f. „ centre 1. West aide Heath Bocks centre m. ~ Chilcott „ „ Ho. VI. reef south-west end Ho. VII. islet west side Beef in 15" 18" 30'S. Bat. west side tt. Beef west aide j v. Keef south-west end A detached reef, about a quarter of a mile long and sixty yards wide, lies a quarter of a mile north-east of the r. reef marked on the chart as lying off the Colo Islands, and upon which the beacon is placed. Hpon the eastern end of the d. reef, to the westward of the Hinders Group, Is a second smaller beacon to the northward of the beacon now erected, which will assist in distinguishing the reef. G. P. Heath, Commander E.H., Portmaster. Department of Ports and Harbors, Brisbane, 2nd November, 1874. " Harrington Sugar," Inner Boute. The following is the position of the south end of “Harrington Shoal," as fixed by Captain Hares, of 11.M.5, Challenger, „ Bight summit of Turtle Island .. South, left summit of Albany Bock .. N.W. Summit, Albany Island ~ ~ N.W. by W. The shoal patch is of small extent, and the least water upon it is two fathoms. The western extremity of Adolphus Island, kept just open of Albany Bock, gives a mid-channel course past this danger. 1U p. Heath, Commander, K.H., Portmaster. Department of Ports and Harbors, Brisbane, 12th November, 1874. “Three Books,” Cumberland Group. Captain McClemcns, of the schooner Heath, reports the existence of a shoal extending a considerable distance to the north-westward from "Three Hocks;' and also that the reef off k 2 island extends further to the north-west than Is shown on the chart.