SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4361, 12 March 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON Hioh Wateb. 7.21 a.m.; 7.11 r.M. * ARRIVED. March 11.—Chandiere, barque, 470 tons, i>. l». BrowXEom New York, via Port Chalmers. Tura*stowS£Ti°% tons. Evans, frornWansanui S£^^r^^»»ri X T»ra r r«f"'s .',95 tons, Clark, from Melbourne, Hokit.ka the' Grey ami Nelson. PassengersSaloon • Mr. and Mrs. Jordon, Mrs Anderson. Miss Nichols Captain Colquitt, Dr. Fithol, Messrs WeldmeYe Bak Roberts, Biddle and Armstrong C steerage. William Bishop, agent. Napier, from Foxton. Eight passengers. SAILED. ■ March 11.—Taranaki, b.s., 29G tons, Lloyd, for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Maiiukau. I assen-gers-Saloon : Hon. Mr. and Mrs. William Fox Miss Higginson, Colonel and Mrs. Moule, Messrs. Martm, Bell! ChatfleM, Fox, Keanes, Fitzgerald; 11 in the steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent. Onward, schooner, 69 tons, Blssett, for Wangamu. T 'Ruby, schoon«*24 tons, Dalton, for Waipapa and Kaikonra. Passengers—Rev. Father Iressalet, and Miss Cliife. Bethnne and Hunter, agents. IMPORTS. Chaudiere, from New York: 1 case tobacco, 2 cases turpentine, 2 cases sarsaparilla, short landed at Dunedin ; 1200 cases kerosene, 25 do turps, 35 do axes, 9 do hatchets, 15 do picks, 10 do scales. 30 do milk. S do shovels, 2 casks pumps, 15 qr-tierccs tobacco, 100 oars, IS cases machines, 250 do lobsters, 12 do oysters, 30 kegs apples. 9 cases earthenware, 40 bundles rims, 4 do poles, ti do sweeps and eveners, 8 do shafts and bars 43 pieces plank, 3 cases extract, 2 do hardware, 1 do blacking, 7 case 3 cradles, 7 barrels pegs, 3 cases hardware, 2 cases brooms, 25 sets tubs, 40 doz washboards. 75 boxes clothes pins, 10 doz pails, 20 pkgs tubs, 4 cases trucks, 100 cases sarsaparilla, 134 do chairs, Tiirnbull and Co. : 200 cases kerosene oil, 20 do axe3, 12 doz washboards, 12 do pails. 0 sets tubs. 3 cases picks, 5 do hatchets. 1 do hardware, W. W. Taylor: 40 cases tobacco, 10 qr-tierces do, TurnbuU and Co.: 10 cases, IS do blocks, order: 70 cases chairs, 5 do shovels, 2 do fixtures, 10 do axes, 10 rack churns, 2 cases trucks, 12 doz washboards, 25 boxes clothespins, 2 casks pumps, 11 cases clocks, o do cottonware, 1 do plumbs and levels, 3 do hardware, 2 cases lamps, 2 do wringers, 8 stoves, 1 hearth, 4S oars, E. >V. MiUa. 100 cases sarsaparilla, 1500 do kerosene oil, oO do sarsaparilla, SO do sowers, Bannatyns and Co. ; 100 cases kerosene oil, 10 do turns, 2 do shovels, 24 do axes and hatchets, 2 do picks, 4 do scales, 0 pkgs pumps, 12 Lets tubs, 7 cases hardware, 2 cases agricultural implements, 2do trucks, sdo wringers 12 do cottonware. 22 bundles shafts and bars, 1 parcel heaters, William Gibson • 200 cases kerosene oil, 15 do axes, 4 cases machines, 1 cask pumps, 15 cases oysters 40 do chairs, Nathan and Co.; 2 cases machinery, Order; 100 cases chairs. Bannatyne and Co. ; 200 cases oil, Order ; 150 cases salmon, 100 do lobsters, 100 do clothespins, iO do clocks, L. D. Nathan and Co.; 50 cases axes 26 do clocks, 12 do hardware, 30 do chairs, E. and H. Isaacs; 200 cases kerosene oil, 10 do axes and handles, 200 do clothespins, 10 pkgs axes, 10$ oars. Order : 1 case merchandise, 1 do harness, 4 do hardware, 1 do plasters, 8 racks and churns, 5 cornshellers, 4 pkgs axes, 7 boxes drugs, 1 do faucets, Order : 7 cases cottonware, 8 bundles shafts and poles, 12 barrels shoepegs, 3 cases blacking, 2 do nails, Order: 7 cases chairs. Order. Reward, from Napier: 11 bales -wool. Manawatu, from Wanganui: 1 pkg, 2 cases, 2 kegs, 5 trunks, 1 case fruit, 15 bundles lines. EXPORTS. Taranaki, for the North: 1 cask ram, 20 boxes tea, 6 pkgs, 20 kegs nails, 2 casks, 2 cases, 1 parcel, 11 cases, 2 trusses, 1 pkge, 2 parcels, 15 sheets iron, 2 pipes, 53 cases, 12 kegs, 5 casks, 1 truss, 2 barrels, 1 bale, 100 boxes, 7 kegs, 4 bundles, 10 plates, 1 case, 1 parcel, 3 bales, 1 parcel, 1 trunk, 1 tras3, sundry pkgs machinery, 5 cases, 5 sacks, 2 parcels, 2 bales, 4 tags. Onward, for Wanganui: Ex Ardentinny, from Loudon—32 cases, 20 bundles wire, S grindstones, 1 stone, 3 kegs, 1 cask, C pianos, 2 casks, 2 pairs bellows, 0 casks, 3 anvils, 24 sack moulds, 11 stoves, 2 hhds. 1 qr-cask, 10 grindstones, 5 kegs, 48 campovens and covers, 10 grindstones, 1 pole, 2 pkgs ironwork, 2 pkgs machinery, 1 anvil, 1 vice : transhipped, ex Clematis, at Lyttelton—2 cases ; transhipped, ex Onward, at Lyttelton—l cask, 18 cases ; shipped at Wellington—'o casks and 2 cases biscuits, 15 kegs nails, 2 drays, 8 casks, 20 casks sugar, 50 cases sarsaparilla, 2 bales corn-sacks, 2 pianos, 00 bags salt, 1 keg treacle, 8 casks biscuits. Ruby, for Waipapa and Kaikoura : 1 case cutlery, 1 case harness, 3 do hardware, 40 bundles wire, 11 barrels nails, 1 qr-tierce tobacco, 1 case drapery, 4 case 3 oilmen's stores, 1 bale cornsacks, 2 boxes pegs, 1 cask nuts, 1 coil rope, 1 case groceries, 6 cases bottled beer, 3 qr-casks ale, 2 cases powder, 2 barrow wheels, 4 pkgs hardware, 2 iron tanks, 19 empty casks, 2 bars and 2 bundles iron, 1 cask hardware, 1 parcel ironmongery, 2 cases steel wire, 2 parcels, 2 cases gunpowder, 1 case caps, 1 parcel shot, 4 casks sulphur, 1 pkge matches, 1 case drapery. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Lon-dom.—Uindostan, Hudson, Dalran. Edwin Fox, Dallam Tower, Kingdom of Italy, and Wennington, Mauritius.—May, three-masted schooner, early. Northern Ports.—Phoebe, s.s., this day. Southern Ports. —Wellington, s.s., 10th inst. Auckland and East Coast Ports.—Luna, p.s., daily. Napier and Poverty Bay. Rangatira, s.s., and Southern Cross, s.s., 15th Instant. I'oxxos.— Napier, s.s., this day. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London—Soukar, early ; Carnatic, 30th March. Northern Ports.—Wellington, s.s., 16th instant. Soothers Ports.—Phcebe, s.s., this day. Melbourne, via the South.—Tararua, s.s., 14th instant. Napier and Poverty Bay.—Southern Cross, s.s., 14th instant; Rangatira, s.s., 15th instant. Wanoanci,—Manawatu, p.s., this day ; Napier, s.s., to-morrow. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON, Thursday. ARRIVED. —Fawn, and Transport, from Newcastle. NEWCASTLE SHIPPING. Arrived. —2nd March, Alarm, from Lyttelton; 4tb March, W. Gifford, from Tlmaru. Sailed-.—4th March, Sea Oull, for Lyttelton ; sth March, Mary Webster, for Auckland. NOTICE TO MARINERS. Beacons, Torres Strait and Inner Route. The following additional beacons are now erected in the Inner Route and Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait. Vessels bound eastwards through the Strait, and southwards in the Inner Route, will pass those which are red and triangular on the starboard hand, and those that are black and square on the port hand. Rid and Triangular. Ulaclc and Square. Band Bank dry with rocks X Reef north-west side. E.B.E. 2£ miles from Z Reef west side. Point Lookout. Ipili Reef. N.W. Itcef, Hammond Rock, bearing S.W. Ince Point E. by S. it S. A small red beacon is also placed upon a portion of wreck lying N.N.E. J mile from the Ipili Reef. The beacon referred to in the notice to mariners issued from this office on the 2nd November, 1874, as being placed on r. reef, off the Cole Islands, lias been since shifted to the detached reef lying i mile further to the N.E.

The fine wooden barque ChaudieTe, which was in the offing the greater part of Wednesday, came to an anchor shortly after midnight. She left Dunedin on Friday last, with a fresh and southerly breeze, which, however, lasted but a few hours; the remainder of the voyage being made with light airs, principally froni the northward. The Chaudiere brings about 350 tons cargo, consisting of kerosene oil and "notions" shipped at New York, over 400 tons having been landed at Port Chalmers. The voyage from New York to Otago was made in 111 days, unfavorable weather till the Equator was crossed retarding the - voyage considerable. From the line the vessel made a rapid run. The Chaudiere is. owned by Me-srs. Shaw, Savill, and Co., and is commanded by Captain J>. D. Brown, who commanded the iron barque Glenlora on her visit to Wellington a couple of years ago. The Chaudiere conveyed'a cargo from London to Nelson last year, and thence proceeded to the Bay of Islands, where she filled with whale oil for Kew Bedford. A. freight from New York to New Zealand offering, the vessel did 'not proceed to England, but loaded for Port Chalmers and Wellington. She is now without ordeTS, and, on account of her size, if a fair sum were offered, she would be sold. The vessel entered at the Customs yesterday morning, and was berthed at tho Queen's wharf yesterday afternoon. Messrs. Tumbull and Co. are her agents. The barque Ardentinny finished discharging her inward cargo on Wednesday night, and yesterday relinquished her berth at the wharf in favor of the barque Chaudiere. The steamer Phosbe loft Nelson for Picton and Wellington at 11.40 yesterday morning. She would arrive at .Picton about nine o'clock last night, but, owing to the moon being new. she would probably not attempt to leave the Sound before daybreak. She may be expected to arrive about ten o'clock this morning. The s.s. Napier arrived last night from Foxton, after a fair run of twelvo hours. She left tho river at 11.46 a.m. yesterday. The schooner Onward cleared at the Customs yes ' terday for Wanganui, with a full cargo, transhipped ex the Ardentinny, from London. She leaves thy harbor considerably hampered, there being on her deck a case measuring sixteen tons, containing a threshing machine entire. _ The steamer Manawatu, Captain Lvans, left Wanganui at midnight on Wednesday, and arrived at 12.30 p rn yesterday. Excellent weather favored the vessel dnring the trip. The schooners Clyde, Cora, and Janet O rev were towed over the bar. The Manawatu leaves for Wanganui to-day, with the Wanganui person of the San Francisco mail on board. Preparations for sea are being made on board the ship Soukar. Yesterday the work of sending canvas aloft was commenced. Messrs McMeckan and Blackwood s fine steamer Tararua, Captain Clark, cleared Port Phillip Heads at six on trie evening of the 3rd inst., experiencing light westerly winds the whole run across Arrived off Hokitika at 8 p.m. on the Bth, leaving for Groymouth at midnight; left Greyniouth at 10 a.rn. on the oth, arriving at Nelson at eight o'clock on the following morning. Tho Tararua left Nelson for Wellington at 20 3d yesterday morning, and accomplished the run in eight hours and three-quarters, making fast to the Wellington wharf at 7.15 last evening. Captain Clark has, we are happy to state, again recovered his health, and is once more in command of his old ship. We have to thank Mr. Hart, purser, for favors. The Zephyr arrived at Melbourne, from Greymouth, before the departure of the Tararua. Captain J 3. T. Miles has resigned the command of the barque Free Trader, for the purpose of proceeding to New Zealand to become tho master of a handsome Iron brig of 400 tons burden, named the Eio Logo, belonging to Messrs. Wood and Turner, of Lyttelton, I

and which is engaged in the China trade. Duringthe two years he was in command of the Free "wier Captain Miles obtained a reputation °f ™ ak ' n ,f «??? runVand attending to 'he comfort of those who were passengers by his vessel. The gj New Zealand on Thursday, by the Trader He will bo succeeded in the ™™ m ™?, by VerJohnson formerly of the Clematis.-ffoM) lort Mtr "Tb'stoVw Sunlight has completed the loading of her outward freight of wool for Boston, U.S. A., consisting of 2407 bales of wool, and has hauled into the stream ready for departure. She is not expected to sail before Wednesday next, in consequence of Captain Haynes having been unavoidably detained to answer an action brought against him by one of the consignees of his inward cargo to recover the sum of £3OO sterling for alleged damage to 3ome carriages by salt water. Captain Haynes, on being arrested, deposited the amount claimed under protest, and is taking steps to extend that instrument in order that the .amount claimed may be recovered from the underwriters.— Otugo Guardian, March 6. Wreckers on Kino's Island.—King's Island furnished two arrivals in port yesterday—the ketch Royal Charlie, with railway and other iron and hardware fished up from the wreck of the British Admiral; and the schooner Victoria, with drapery, Jtc, and also sails and fittings, from the barque Blencathra. we recovery of cargo from the Blencathra proceeds vigorously, and no opportunity is lost while the fine weather lasts of getting considerable quantities on, shore. The Ellen and Elizabeth would load next; and the ketch Victoria had arrived. Recently it was surmised that attempts would be made to. convey away furtively from the island to Tasmania cargo which had been taken from the Blencathra when she went ashore, and the conjecture has proved correct. It appears that Mr. Ross, who is in charge of operations at the wreck of the British Admiral, on Ins arrival in the ketch Secret at Currie Harbor on the "oth inst., missed a chronometer belonging to trie Blencathra.' A suspicion was entertained that it might be on board the ketch Kangaroo, which left Currie Harbor the day previous, and Mr. A. bmart Customs officer in charge, along with Mr. Ross, went in the steamer Sarah to Ettrick Bay, where they discovered the Kangaroo quietly at anchor, andl no one on board. On searching the craft they found not only the abstracted chronometer, but also a quantity or goods taken from the barque Mr Smart.seized the ketch, and she was towed back, to Currie Harbor, where for the present she remains under arrest.— Argus, February 24. The AVrecks on King's Island—A register has been compiled in the chief harbormaster's office, of the wrecks and serious shipping casualties on the coast of King's Island or the adiacent reefs from the vear 1535 to 1875. The first wreck chronicled is that of the Neva, ship, from London, with 300 female convicts on board, which ran on the Navarino Hocks, and broke up in a few hours, only fifty females being saved, the master and crew being all drowned. In IS4B the Rebecca, barque, 400 tons, from Sydney, ran on shore between Capo Wickham and New Years Island, but was afterwards got off and repaired, one life, however, being lost. The Catarique, emigrant ship, 900 tons, from Liverpool to Melbourne, ran on shore on August 4, near Fitzvnaurice Bay, during a heavy gale, and broke up in a few hours, the master, crew, and passengers, numbering in all no loss than 414 souls, being lost. In September of the same year, the Isabella, a barque bound from Calcutta to Melbourne, with a general cargo, ran on shore in South-west Bay, near Fitzmaurice, having struck upon a rock while sounding for anchorage : but no lives were lost. The next casualty on King's Island occurred in 1853, when the steamer City of Melbourne, bound from Melbourne to Launceston, ran on shore in a gale, being unable to weather the island. Fortunately, however, the steamer was got off with but little damage. The Brahmin, ship, 650 tons, bound to Sydney, in 1854, ran on shore six miles sonth of New Year's Island, supposed through an error in reckoning, as the weather was moderate. Seven lives were lost in this casualty. The Wa erwitch, schooner, from Melbourne to Sydnev, in 1554. was driven on shore, and became a total wreck ; and a similar misfortune happened to the bris MajTio. at the same passage in the following year. In "this vear also, the large ship Whistler, bound from Melbourne to India, was driven ashore and wrecked, with an estimated loss of £IO,OOO. In the year 1805, the register mentions two vessels, the Arrow and Aurora, as having met with disaster on this coast, but no particulars are given. The next shipwreck occurred in 1806, when the Netherby, from London to Queensland, was wrecked oh the point to which this unfortunate vessel has since given its name. For some days previous to this wreck the weather was so thick that observations could not be taken. In the following year the brig Europa, 100 tons, bound from Newcastle to Adelaide, was driven from her anchors on to the island, and was totally wrecked; and a like fate befel the barque Omagh, in ISOS, when on her voyage from Newcastle to Adelaide, this vessel striking on a reef off Sea Elephant Rock. In 1871. the Ocean Bride, from Melbourne to Adelaide, in ballast, was stranded to savo life on New Year's Island, the vessel having sprung a leak: and in the same year a small schooner, the Martha and Lavinia, was lost on the north end of the island, nine miles from Cape Wickham. It is important to note that for this wreck the official Court of Inquiry could not account, as every care seemed to have been taken by the master. The Mary Anne, a lumber schooner, also sprang a leak and foundered eastward of the lighthouse ; while the large wool ship Loch Lev-en, bound from Melbourne to Europe, was wrecked towards the latter part of 1871, on the north end of the island, under the lighthouse. In this case it appeared from the official inquiry that the master, Captain Branscombe, was below when the disaster occurred, and the course ordered was steered. This wreck, it was believed, arose from the officers being kept in ignorance of the position of the sldp. In 1872, the Katheraw, schooner, from Warrnambool to Tasmania, having mistaken Capo Wickham from Cape Otway light, went ashore, and became a total wreck. The Anna, barque, in the following vear, when bound from Fremantle to New Zealand, mistook the light on King's Island for Cape Otway, and was lost, the master, however, being found guilty by the Board of Inquiry of incompetency in the navigation of his ship. The last wreck on King's Island until the recent disasterto the Bleneathra, and, with the exception of the cases of the Neva and the Catarique, involving the greatest loss of life, was the destruction of the fine ship British Admiral in 1874. This vessel was Jjound from Liverpool to Melbourne, with a general cargo, and several passengers. In the awful calamity of her wreck, involving the loss of seventy-nine lives, the particulars of which most of our readers must remember, the master and chief officer were lost, and the Board ot Inquiry which investigated the disaster therefore found it impossible to trace the exact cause of the loss of the ship. It was generally believed, however, from the evidence, that the wreck arose from an error in longitude, the chronometers, when o(T St. Paul's, having become disarranged. Of the recent wreck of the Blencathra it is needless to speak, as the minutest circumstances connected with it are fresh in the minds of our readers through the investigation held by the Steam Naviga tion Board into the causes of the disaster. In this case, as will be remembered, the Court attributed the wreck of the vessel to the master mistaking Cape Wickham light for that of Cape Otway.—Melbourne Argus.

A NEW PKOPELLEB. MitcliclVs Maritime RerjMcr gives an account of a new propeller, which, from the astonishing results produced by its action, promises to come into general use. The Register says. "Dr. Collis Brown has invented and patented a new form of screw propeller, which differs materially from .all others in use. One of these propellers having been fitted to the steam yacht Cicada, was publicly tested on November 18th, 1874, on the Thames. On looking at a model or drawing of this propeller, it would appear that two independent screws were set on one shaft, to act against eacli other, for'one turns the vessel ahead and the other astern ; but they are so placed in position to each other that the water thrown up by one is projected on the back of tho other so as to give increased force to the one that directly propels. From this explanation, it will be understood that each blade of the four is driving two with their faces and two with their backs. A continuous stream is thrown astern from the centre of the propeller in a direct axial lino. The first impression is that one set of blades must paralyse the power of the others, but when it is seen that the propellers are set back to back it becomes apparent that when one pair of blades drives a-head the others are neutral, and vice vena in retardation ; and the water thrown on the back of the now effective pair increases the collective power. All ordinary propellers have their blades set one way, and this causes vessels to carry a certain amount of helm, according to the turn of the screw. A. double set of propellers completely obviates this disadvantage, for one compensates or balances the other. Tho Cicada is a boat of 55ft. in length, 9ft. 3in. in breadth, and drew at the trial trip sft. Oin. forwards, and a little more than Oft. aft. Her engine is 12 hovse-power nominal, and when fitted with a four-bladcd Grilliths propeller her speed with 300 revolutions was twelve knots per hour on a consumption of llfilbs. of coal per day. With the Collis Brown propeller and the same boiler, her speed, it is said,.was seventeen miles on 240 revo- ' lutions, and with a consumption of 80Ihs. of fuel. The old boiler having become leaky, a new one has heen fixed, and it is so much heavier than tho former, that her immersion has been increased more than six inches. The Cicada was run across the tide several times, with her helm amidships, to show that she would go straight across a current without change of rudder. The next experiments were those of going ahead, full speod, stopping short, and turning astern. This she did in 14,15, and 10 seconds respectively, according to wind and tide. Tile patentee claims this stopping dead in a few seconds as one of the chief merits of his invention, and so far as regards the trials of the Cicada, tho propeller is fully equal to (ho paddle wheel in driving astern. Several trials of tho vessel's speed were made, but only one was timed for known distance. This was from London Bridge to tho six mile point below Greenwich, and back again, with and against the tide. She made the nm down in twenty-six minutes, and back in thirty minutes, including a slight detcntian, or twelve knots per hour, with a pressure of GOibs. of steam, and a mean of 221 revolutions per minute. The boiler primed the whole time, so that the throttlo valve conld not be opened more than half-way. Had the now boiler acted like the old one. the screw would have made 300 revolutions, and this, it is calculated, might have brought her speed tip to seventeen miles. Sir Frederic Arrow was so pleased with the action of the fans in gripping tho water, and the fact of tho vessel being stopped dead in 20ft., that the launch of the Galatea Trinity yacht is to be fitted with one of these propellers, and another is to be applied to a boat belonging to the Thames Conservancy. Mr. Forwood, M.P., Captain Phillips, and several engineers and nautical gentlemen who witnessed the trials, speak highly in its favor mainly on account of the tendency to lessen collision by timely backing astern. Tho Lapwing (s.), the Hawk (s.). and other vessels are already fitted with tho Collis-Brown propeller, and several large stoamers, it is said, will shortly apply it."