SHIPPING

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4381, 5 April 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING

PORT OF WELLINGTON. High Water, 4.2 a.m.; 4.22 r.M. ARRIVED. April 3.—Huon Belle, ketch, 42 tons, Currie, from Lyttelton. Master, agent. Napier, s.s., 44 tons, Butt, from Wanganui. Passengers : Mr. James and son. Turnbull and Co., agents. • Southern Cross, s.s,, 130 tons, Holmes, from Auckland, Poverty Bay, and Napier. Passengers : Saloon —Mr. and Mrs. Barron, Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Mr Williams and two Misses Williams, Mr. and Miss Russell, Mr. find Mrs.' Adamson, Messrs. Welstead, Ogilvie, C'ocb, Bridges, Franco, Harding, and Nelson ; S steerage. William Bishop, agent. Egmont, s.s., 52 tons, Irvine, from Wanganui, Eangltikei, and Foxfcon. Levin and Co., agents. April -I.—Wellington, s.s., 202 tons, Carey, from Port Chalmers and Lyttelton. Passengers : SaloonRev. Mr. Bavin and family (4), Mr. and Mrs. Hood, Mrs. and Miss Slater, Rev. Dr, Purchos. Messrs. Purchos, Hedley, Black, Somerville, Hutchm, Grantlcy, Buck, Cornish, Atherton, Higginson, Loughrnan, Giessen, and 5 for the North; 22 steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Evans, from Wanganui. Passengers: Saloon Mrs. Harris and son, Mrs. Hodge and daughter, .Mrs. Watson, Mrs. LibbalJ, Messrs. Harris, Suisted, Bracker, Harrison, and McHugh. R. S, Ledger, agent. Rangatira, s.s., ISO tons, Griffiths, from Poverty Bay and Napier. Passengers : Saloon—Mrs. Hart, Miss Begg, Miss Miller, Hon. Mr. Tollemacho, Messrs. Hart, Colenso, Screwtakcr, Zelman, Turton, Denham, Hathaway, Allan, McKirdy, Yules, Stobbs, and Innes; 7 steerage. R. S. Ledger, agent.

SAILED. April 3.—Forest Queen, ketch, 51 tons, Johnston, for Greymouth. Mclntyre and Co., agents. J. G. Coleson, schooner, 70 tons, Rae, for Picton. T. W. Pilcher, agent. Wild Wave, brig, 147 tons, Kavanagb, for NewApril 4,—Soukar, ship, 1304 tons, J. Adams, for London. Passengers; Saloon —Mr., Mrs., and two Misses Burnett, two Misses Wavburton, Miss Hare, Miss White. Mr.,.Mrs., and Miss Peat, Mrs. Reader, three children, and servant, Mrs. Hale, Mr. Butts. Turnbull and Co., agents. CLEARED. Australind, barque, 481 tons, Ollivcr, for Newcastle, N.S.W, Passenger—Captain Southgate. Captain Williams, agent. IMPORTS. Huon Belle, from Lyttelton; 425 sacks flour, Janies O’Shea ; 187 hides, Hirst; 4 crates, Nathan and Co. ; 20 sacks wheat. Order ;04 sacks oat, Kreeft; 42 sacks flour. Order; 276 sacks flour, Order; 21 sacks potatoes, Baynes Brothers, 21 sacks bran. Order, Napier, from Wanganui; 3 bales wool, 10 casks tallow; 1 box samples, Krull and Co.; 2 kits fruit, Captain Webster ; 1 do do, Archibald ; 1 do do, N. Reid ; 1 do do, A. Reid ; 1 sack fruit. Porter ; 1 pkg, Lusford; 2 boxes. Telegraph Department; 1 dog, Moeller. EXPORTS. Forest Queen, for Greymouth: 8 cases railway carriages, 1 bale, 3 frames, 3 waggon springs, 14 pair wheels and axles. New Zealand Government; 50 sacks flour, Mclntyre and Co. J. G. Coleson, for Picton; 10 cases brandy, 5 cases geneva, Turnbull and Co. ; 4 kegs paint, 2 drums oil, Gibson ; 21 cases furniture. Levin and Co. ; S tons coal, James ; 1 ton ironwork. Mills. Soukar, for London: 33 bales wool, Duthie and Co.; 213 bales wool, Levin and Co. ; 150 bales wool, Edwards , and Co. ; 50 bales wool, Edward Pearce ; 45 bales wool, 27 casks tallow, 190 hides, Krull and Co. ; 27 bales wool, 1 bale skins, Taylor and Watt; 13 bales wool, Krull and Co. (as agents); 215 bales wool, 7 pkgs leather, 5 bales skins, Edwards and Co. ; 46 bales wool, Sclanders and Co. ; 132 bales wool. Sir David Munro ; S bales wool, 1 bale skins, Turnbull and Co. ; 1 bale skins. 1 bale wool, Duthie and Co. ; • 25 bales wool, 1 box, Krull and Co. ; 198 bales wool, Sharp and Pickering ; 2 bales wool,F. O’Sullivan ; 10 bales wool, A. Monro ; 7 bales wool, E. E. Wyvil; 7

bales wool. Fell Brothers; 68 bales wool, Sclanders and Co-; 80 bales wool, Fell Brothers; 230 bales wool, 11 bales skins, 1 pkg basils, Edwards and Co. ; 0 bales and 4 pkgs wool. Kmll and Co. : 299 bales wool, 4 bales skins. Fell Brothers; 41 bales wool. Krull and Co. ; 354 b:iles wool, 8 bales skins, Edwards and Co. : 49 bales wool, KruU and Co. ; 0 bales wool, Edward Pearco ; 7 bales wool, 2 bales skins, Taylor and Watt: 18 bales wool, Krull and Co. ; 1 box. Levin and Co.; Cl bales wool, Edward Pearce ; 24 bales skins, 1 cask tallow, 21 bags bones, a quantity of metal, 3 cases rabbit skins,- 198 hides, 705 bales and pkgs wool. Levin and Co.; 169 bdls hides, 64 casks tallow, ISG pkgs and bales wool, Kmll and Co. ; 4S bales wool, 1 bale skins, Rhodes and Co.; 3S bales wool, G. H. Vennell; 177 bales wool, 2 bales skins, Edwards and Co. ; 34 bales wool, Stuart and Co. ; 25 bales wool, 1 bale skins, A. P. Stuart and Co, ; 03 bales wool, Turnbull and Co.; 1 pkg effects, G. Waller ; 36 bales wool. Bank of New South Wales ; 115 bales wool, TornbuU and Co.; 10 bales wool; R. Bould ; 25 bales wool, Edwards and Co. ; 4 bales wool, H- Stafford ; 20 bales wool, Edward Pearce: 70 bales wool, Russell, Ritchie, and Co. ; 231 bales wool, Edward Pearce ; 17 cases shells, ISO bales wool, KruU and Co. ; 22 bales wool. Levin , and Co.; 71 bales wool, Edwards and Co. ; 3 bales wool, Rhodes and Co. ; 10 casks tallow, Taylor and Watt; 2 cases effects, Edward Pearce : 64 bales wool, T. and W. Young; 21 bales wool, Jacob, Joseph and Co. ;80 pkgs leather. Hirst; 131 bales wool, 12 bales skins, Levin and Co,; Cbales and 3S pkgs wool, Turnbull and Co.; 400 pkgs wool. Edward Pearce; 19 casks tallow, 2J tons bones, James Gear; 8 bales wool, 2 bales skins, Edwards ar.d Co.; 8 bales wool. Levin and Co.; 53 bales wool, Thomas Reid ; 3 cases ferns, 3 pkgs, Edward Pearce; 60 bales wool, 2 bales skins, 1 box, KruU anti Co.; 2 bales wool, E. C. Wyville; 10 bales wool, 1 bale skins. Fell Bros.; 25 bales wool. Sir D, Munro; 0 bales wool, Sclanders and Co.; 13 bales wool, 1 bale skins. Fell Brothers ; 31 bales wool. Sharp and Pickering ; 18 bales wool, FeU Brothers ; 1 case. E. C. Wyville ; 40 pkgs wool, 1 case drapery, 26 casks tallow, TumbuU and Co. ; 35 bales wool, Edwards and Co. ; 22 bales wool, H. H. Stafford, 17 bales wool, A. J. Richmond ; 5 cases effects. Colonel Motile ; 2 boxes effects, D. Hoffman ; 1 box effects, Collector of Customs. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.— Hindostan, Hudson, Dalran, Edwin Fox, Kingdom of Italy, and Wcnnington. Mauritius.—May, three-masted schooner, daily. Auckiakd and East Coast Pouts.—Luna, p.s., daily. Northern Ports,—Ladybird, s.s., to-morrow. Southern Ports.—Phcebe, s.s., 9th inst. Melbourne, and West Coast Ports.—Albion, s.s., 9th inat. Melbourne, via the South,— Otago, s.s., 7th instant. PROJECTED DEPARTUPvES. London —Carnatic, Bth April. Wanoanui.— Manawatu, p.s., this day. Northern Ports.—Wellington, s.s., this day. Southern Ports. —Ladybird, s.s., to-morrow, Melbourne, via tub West Coast. —Otago, s.s., 7th inst. Melbourne via Southern Ports. Albion, s.s., Oth inst. Napier and Poverty Bay.—Rangatira, s.s., this day; Southern Cross, s.s.. 7th inst. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON, Saturday, Arrived : Ashburton, from Western Australia with 13,000 jarrah slepers. PORT CHALMERS, Saturday. Arrived ; The s.s. Otago, from Melbourne via the The Bluff. Sunday. Sailed ; The s.s. Otago, for Melbourne via the Northern ports ; and ship Candidate, for Newcastle. NEW PLYMOUTH, Saturday. The Tarnaki has arrived from Southern ports, and sails for the Manukau at 2 this afternoon. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Sailed : Ladybird, south. The fine ship Soukar, Captain Joseph Adams, got under way yesterday afternoon with a good strong breeze from the N.N.W., and left the harbor in fine style at four o’clock. Sbe appeared to be in excellent trim, and looked remarkably pretty as she stood before the spanking breeze, with royals and staysails set. She has a cargo of New Zealand produce, principally wool, valued (as per export entries) at £105,551 Is. lOd. Messrs. Edwards and Co. (Nelson), have shipper! 1301 bales and packages wool; Messrs. Levin and Co., 1139 bales ; Mr. Edward Pearce, 783 bales; Messrs. Kmll and Co., 577 bales ; Messrs. Fell Brothers (Blenheim), 427 bales ; and Messrs. \V. and G. Turnbull and Co., 276 bales, and a number of minor shippers have contributed 1082 bales and packages, in all amounting to 5582 bales and packages of wool. There are, besides, a considerable number of bales of sheepskins, a quantity of tallow, and a number of hides. Eighteen saloon passengers, including two families from Wanganui, proceed to England in this fine vessel. The p.s. Manawatu crossed the Wanganui bar at 7.30 p.ra.- on the 3rd inst, and arrived at Wellington at 9 a.m. on the 4th. Light S.E. winds were experienced during the passage. Tho Auckland Steam Packet Company’s steamer Southern Cross, Captain Holmes, left Auckland at 4 p.ra. on Tuesday last; arrived at Poverty Bay on Thursday morning at 7.30, and left the same day for Napier, entering the Iron Pot at 1.30 on Friday morning. Left Napier at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday last, and arrived at the Wellington wharf at 5.30 last evening. Experienced moderate weather the whole of the passage. The Southern Cross will be taken up on the patent slip this morning, and will probably leave for the North o» Wednesday next. The steamer Egraonfc arrived from Wanganui, Rangatikel, and Foxton, at 7.30 last night. She will leave for Foxton to-day. The steamer Easby, Captain Kennedy, arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington on Saturday last, after a passage of twenty-four hours. The Mercury, a three-masted schooner, which visited these waters in 1873 with a cargo of American notions, arrived at Port Chalmers from New York on March 31st, having made the voyage in 87 days. She will discharge a portion of her cargo in Port Chalmers and come on to Wellington with the remainder. j

' The steamer Manawatu arrived at nine ©‘clock yesterday morning, from Wanganui, after a moderate passage. .She will leave for the same port again today. The little steamer Napier arrived on Saturday morning last from Wanganui, having made the run down in fourteen hours. She will be despatched to Poxton this day. The steamer Wellington, Captain Carey, arrived at 10.30 yesterday morning from Port Chalmers and Lyttelton. She left Port Chalmers on Thursday last at 4 p.m., and arrived at Lyttelton at eleven the following morning. Remained at that port till 2 p.m. on Saturday, when she left for Wellington. Light southerly weather was experienced between Otago and Canterbury, and strong N.E. winds during the run to Wellington. She sails for Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau this afternoon. The steamer Kangatira, Captain Griffiths, arrived yesterday afterhoon from Poverty Bay and Napier. She left the latter port on Saturday morning ,at 11.15 o'clock, and met with light head winds and heavy head sea till off Capo Palliscr, where the wind changed to the N, W., and blew violently till the vessel reached Wellington. She will take on board a full cargo, andlcave for Napier and Poverty Bay.this evening.

The ketch Huon llclle, which left Lyttelton for this port on Thursday last, arrived early on Saturday morning. She has a cargo ,of breadstuffs consigned to several importers. ... ... The barques Australind and Esk were lying in the fa The schooner Spray, Ruxton, “ as b£. m 3 sphg“ for Wellington on Friday last.,, Sho brings 1030 pkgs tea and 380 sacks wheat. *. R u A „ f rtr Wal The ketch Clematis is to leave Lyttelton for » el linsrton to-dav with a cargo of produce. The brig Wild Wave sailed early yesterday morning for Newcastle.

ENGLISH SHIPPING.. The Northumberland, which arrived in the Thames on February 4, has made one of the quickest passages from Melbourne on record. She left that port on December 6, and has, therefore, been only 6S days at sea She came round Capo Horn, which she made m v-i days from Melbourne, and had. also nmnterniped lino weather. Mr. Ducane the late Governor of Tasmania, and his family, were among the passengers who unanimously concurred in presenting a- handsome testimonial to" the captain. The tonnage loading on the berth at London, on February 5, for India, China, and the Cape of Good Hope amounted to 67,039 tons, and for Australia and New Zealand to 54,019 tons. Freight business continues quiet, and there is little demand for tonnage, either steam or sailing, although disengaged sailing ships are not numerous. , „ . The number of wrecks reported for the present year to date of January SO amounted to 192. The Dunmore, from London to Xelson, is reported to have sustained no apparent damage, and proceeded to the river in tow on January 29 for survey. The barque Perica, belonging to Messrs. Adam Pearson and Sons, Glasgow, bound inwards, with rum and sugar, from the West Indies, was wrecked on the Island of Sanda, off Kiutyro, on Saturday. Five of tho’ crew perished—two were killed in the 1 ship, ouo by falling, another struck down by tho mainmast, and three were drowned in attempting to reach the shore on a raft. . . , TTsseawobthy Sinrs.—The Finance Minister of Belgium has the right of granting licenses to vessels flying tlie Belgium flag to trade for two years without entering a Belgium port; but, considering that-the regulations recently issued by the English Government with reference to nnseaworthy ships might induce the abuse of this system, no license will in future lie granted to toreign-bniit craft unless after production of a certificate; and in the case of vessels bearing tlie British flag at the moment of their becoming Belgian property, the certificate will have to be signed by a Board of Trade Inspector. When Has a Ship Left Port?— Tho Judge of tho Liverpool County Court, on Tuesday, in a shipping case, decided that a ship that leaves her moorings with the intention of going to sea, though she may not get beyond tho geographical limits of the port, must be held to have sailed from the port. Accident to the Steamer Nile. —By the arrival of the Tagus at Plymouth, details are to hand of the recent dangerous accident that befel the Royal Mail Company’s steamship Nile, Captain R. Revett, on her passage from Southampton to tho West Indies, with the outward mails. On December 23, when the Nile had arrived as far as 32'4S W., in 30'35 N., spontaneous combustion occurred among the cargo in her after hold. The fire was first discovered by Captain Revett at 8 p.m.; shortly after volumes of dense smoke floated up the after hatchway, and it was soon evident that a fire of very dangerous magnitude was kindled in that compartment of the vessel. Hoses from the steam and hand pumps were at once brought to bear on tho fire, but although they continued to pour large quantities of water over the ignited cargo, the fire was not completely extinguished until 11 p.m., when the after hold was filled with water. A fire at sea, the most frightful calamity that can threaten crews or passengers, was met on this occasion with great fortitude by all on board. Captain Revett and his officers and crew worked with great courage and calmness in getting.the fire under. Captain Revett was constantly in the fore front, in the closest possible contiguity to the fire, carefully examining the laying of the hoses, to ascertain that they were most judiciously placed for throwing tlie water. On two occasions he was brought from the hold in a state of insensibility, having been almost smothered by the smoke. Fortunately, Captain K. "Wells, Commander C. G. Fane, StaffCommander J. S. Watts, with Midshipmen the Hon. H. Tyrwhitt and L. De L. "Wells, Assistant-engineer "W. L. Brunt, and four seamen of the Bellerophon, 15, flagship in the "West Indies, were among the Nile’s passengers, and rendered valuable aid. Captain AVells and his officers and men were returning from England, whither they had been to give evidence in the action brought against her Majesty’s Government for the allege running down of the steamer Flamstead by the Bellerophon. The passengers on board the Nile, 92 in number, behaved most creditably. The ladies, nearly all English, exhibited great courage, and although the aspect of the fire was for some time very threatening, there was no symptom of a panic. The male passengers, to the best of their abilities, rendered very efficient service in assisting at tho pumps. On the suppression of the fire the damage was found to have been confined to the cargo.—Western Morning Xcivs, Jan. 2S. •