SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4384, 8 April 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. High Water, 5.53 a.m.; C.ll p.m. ARRIVED. April 7.—Otago, s.f., 042 tons, McLean, from Melbourne, The Bluff. Port Chalmers, and Lyttelton. Passengers : Saloon—Mrs. J. Burge, Miss Goudy, Messrs. Miller. Goudy. Billing, Truckle, and Hernight; S steerage. William Bishop, agent, Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Evans, from Wanganui. Passengers: Saloon—lSlr. and Mrs. Collins and child; Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Hogg, Major Nixon, Messrs, Nixon, Bryce. PirieJPlampice, Johnston, Turncock, Gowcrn, Meek, and Mundrer. R. S. Ledger, agent. Egmont, s.s., 52 tons, Irvine, from Foxton. Levin and Co., agents. Spray, schooner. 50 tons, Buxton, from Lyttelton. Passenger-Dr. Wilkin. Master agent. SAILED. April 7. — Southern Cross, s.s.. 130 tons. Holmes, for Napier. Poverty Pay. and Auckland. Passengers: Saloon —Mr. and Mrs. Atkin and Mr. Bridge. William Bishop, agent. Otago, s.s., 042 tons. McLean, for Nelson, Grcyrnouth, Hokitika, and Melbourne. Passengers: Saloon - -Miss McCarthy, Mrs. Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. Barrows. Mrs. and Miss Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Carter, Messrs. Staples, Wise, Wade, Coleman, Lee (2). Clark, Nelson, and Uterhart. William Bishop, agent. AustrnUml, -481 tons, Oliver, for Newcastle. N.S.W. Passenger—Captain Southgate. Captain Williams, agent. IMPORTS. Otago, from Melbourne via the South: From Melbourne— 3 eases. Levin and C 0..: 1 case. Bank of New South Wales ; -4 cases, Hon. the Colonial Secretary ; 30 cases almonds. Duncan; 1 parcel. Allen ; 1 box. Carter ; 1 pkg. Case ; 13 cases fruit, Laing. From Port Chalmers—l box, Trucker. From Lyttelton—--4 cases. Preston. Manawatu, from Wanganui: 10 bales wool, 10 casks tallow, Krull ami Co.; 123 hides, Hirst; 1 case, Burrett. Egmont, from Foxton: 4200 feet sawn timber, Levin and Co. Sprav, from Lyttelton : 22S half-chests tea, 1407 boxes do, Levin and Co.; 3SO sacks wheat, Order. EXPORTS. Southern Cross, for the East Coast: For Napier—--10 bales hops, 140 pkgs sugar, 5 cases, 1 parcel, 5 trunks, 35 pkgs sugar: 2 cases, 5 bales, 4 cases, 2 sacks seed, 1 parcel (transhipped ex Alhambra, from Melbourne). Bishop : 1 case, 2 parcels (transhipped ex Omeo, from Melbourne), Bishop: 2 bullock drays, 1 dray and fittings (transhipped ex Easby, from Sydney) Turnbull and Co.; 10 eases brandy, 227 sacks seed, Turnbull and Co.; 1 parcel, Peters ; 100 coils wire, 8 pkgs sundries, 10 boxes tea, 1 qr-cask brandy, 2 qr-casks port. 1 case, 23 boxes tea, 1 qr-cask brandy, 2 qr-casks sherry, 15 halfchests tea, 72 boxes tea. 2 chests sago, 3 cases, Turnbull and Co.; 1 case, Thompson, Shannon, and Co.; 3 pkgs, Gibson ; 1 pkg, Turnbull and Co.; 2 kegs butter, Logan. Otago, for the West Coast and Melbourne: For Nelson—l truss (transhipped ex Alhambra, from Melbourne), Jackson ; 5 cases salmon, 3 cases sundries, Turnbull and Co , 1 case, Thompson, Shannon, and Co.; 2 bales cornsaeks. 3 cases, Turnbull and Co.; 4 cases (transhipped ex Easby, from Sydney). For Greymouth—l case, 3 bales, Turnbull and Co.; 1 case. National Bank. For Hokitika—l parcel, Miss Anderson ; 2 bales, Turnbull and Co.; 7 kegs butter, Mclntyre ; 1 truss, Turnbull and Co, For Melbourne—23 bales phormiura, 90 sacks oats, Bishop. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. Hindostan. Hudson, Dalran, Edwin Fox, Kingdom of Italy, and Wennington, Mauritius, via Adelaide. —May, three-masted schooner, daily. Auckland and East Coast Pouts.—Luna, p.s., daily. Northern Ports.—Taranaki, s.s., 10th instant. Southern Ports.—Phcebe, s.s., to-morrow. Memiournk, and West Coast Ports.—Albion, s.s., this day. Poverty Bat and Napier. —Rangatira, s.s., 11th. • Auckland and East Coast. —Southern Cross, s.s., this day. PRO.)ECTED DEPARTURES. London— Carnatic, Sth April. Southern Ports. —Taranaki, s.s., 10th inst. ; Star of the South, s.s., this day. Northern Ports.—Phcobe. s.s., to-morrow. Melbourne via Southern Ports. Albion, s.s., to-morrow. Napier and Poverty Bay.—Rangatira, s.s.. 14th instant. Wanganui. —Manawatu, p.s., Egmont, s.s., and Napier, s.s., this day. BY TELEGRAPH. NELSON, Wednesday. Arrived. —Albion. She sails for Wellington tonight. LYTTELTON, Wednesday. The Ladybird sails South at ; the Phcebe North at 6.30. The Hudson is signalled outside from Napier. Cleared.— The Medora, for Auckland. Cargo—--IS7O sacks of oats, 550 sacks grass seed, 1560 sacks wheat, 32 tons bran, 11 tons sharps, 5 tons oatmeal, 90 tons flour, 1 ton cheese. PORT CHALMERS, Wednesday. Sailed. —The barque Mary Blair, for Auckland; the ship City of Dunedin, for Point de Galle. No tidings have yet been received of the schooner Jessie Nichol, which was sent in search of the Euphrosyne. The Carnatic, the last wool ship of the season, has at present on board 1100 bales of wool, a large shipment of tallow, hides, preserved meats, and bones. About 400 more bales of wool are required to All the ship, but it is not probable at this late pe lod of the season, that the requisite quantity will offer. Eighteen passengers have secured berths in this comfortable vessel, and the whole of her passenger accommodation will without doubt be applied for. Canvas will be sent aloft and bent on Friday, but it is not likely Captain Moon will leave these waters for London before the 15th instant. The ship Dallam Tower is turning out her cargo in excellent condition. Mr, Gannaway is at present discharging for the General Government several large and cumbersome packages, containing railway carriage fittings. The Manawatu arrived yesterday morning from Wanganui, the run down occupying thirteen hours. Fair weather prevailed in Cook Strait. This handy steamer will leave for Wanganui to-day. The schooner Spray, Buxton, master, arrived early yesterday morning from Lyttelton, with a cargo consisting principally of tea transhipped ex the barque Medora, from Foo Chow. The Spray left Lyttelton on Friday evening last, and has beat up against strong N.W, winds. The barque Australind, Captain Oliver, left the harbor for Newcastle yesterday. Captain Southgate, who brought over Turnbull and Co.'s new schooner, was a passenger by her. The steamer Southern Cross left last evening for Napier and Auckland with a cargo of transhipped goods, principally for the former port. The steamer Egmont arrived yesterday morning from Foxton with a cargo of timber. She will leave for Wanganui and Rangitikei this day. Messrs. Turnbull and Co’s schooner the May, for Wellington, from Port Louis (Mauritius) via Adelaide, is now seventeen days out from the latter port. She discharged a large parcel of sugar at Adelaide, and filled with flour on her owners account. She may be looked for hourly. The ketch Falcon left Blenheim yesterday morning and arrived at this port at 6 p.m. Had strong northerly wind across. Sighted the brigs Neptune and Wild Wave, and schooner Herald at anchor in Cloudy Bay. The steamer Otago, Captain John McLean, from Melbourne and the South, arrived yesterday morning at 9 o’clock from Lyttelton, after a fair passage of nineteen hours against atrong northerly winds. She brought a small cargo for this port, and 3500 bags of oats, which were shipped at Lyttelton for Melbourne, The Otago left again last night for Nelson, West Coast, and Melbourne. New Pilot Schooner for Auckland, — The work upon the new pilot schooner being built by Mr. T. Niccol at the North Shore having arrived at the decking stage, we are enabled to form a pretty good idea what kind of a ship we are going to have. It is at once apparent that the importance of an extra strong frame in a vessel intended for such work has been fully recognised. She is certainly the strongest framed schooner it has fallen to our lot to examine. In the first place, all the wood lias been most carefully selected, and none but the best used. The frame is what is called a double one throughout, that is, all her timbers are in duplicate from stem to stern ; they are also unusually close together, not above six inches intervening between each pair. But the chief scat of strength is in the knees. These are also doubled—a precaution not often taken in such small vessels—the arm of each one being lodged in the bosom of the next. There are sixty-four knees all told, an exceedingly large number. They are of the finest pohutakawa. The through bolts are all of copper, and are of a slightly larger size than required according to the specifications; a circumstance which is explained by the fact there were none of the exact the to be procured at the time in town. The planking is of heart of kauri, and 2? inches thick, of ample strength for bo small a craft. In appearance the schooner is very taking to the eye. To gain all the length possible she has been built with raking stem and stern-post. Her entrance is rather fine without being too yacht-like for rough surface. Her lines aft have evidently engaged all the attention of the modeller. She has a pretty stern, something after the style of the Lurlino, a schooner she will not be unlike when finished, except that she will have far more power. She has a good rise of floor, with very straight sides from the keel to the bilge. Fore and aft her lines arc graceful, the greatest breadth of beam being placed well for’ard, the best position for imparting the greatest power. The waterways are now being laid. The work is being proceeded with under the supcrintcndency of Captain Burgess, who prepared the specifications. The launch is likely to take place In about a month.— Star, April 2. The Wreck or the Blkncathra.— Another consignment of cargo from the wreck of the barque Blencathra has come across from King's Island in the schooner Victoria, which arrived yesterday. The salvage on this trip comprises bulk and bottled ale, case whisky, cordials, paints, and canvas. The drapery portion of the cargo is by no means yet exhausted, there being still about 100 > tons in good condition, piled on the rocks opposite the vessel. Should favorable weather continue, it is expected that the remainder of the cargo will be out in about six weeks. The wreck holds well together, and It is the opinion of Mr. George Frederick, who has some experience in these matters, that the barque can bo floated off from her present position. The schooners Margaret and Secret were at the wreck, loading up as rapidly as possible, and would leave in a day or two. On Friday and .Saturday the wind freshened considerably, and sent in a heavy sea, but the barque’s position was unaffected by the weather. The ketches Secret and Royal Charlie were at Currie Pfarbor, waiting to load with cargo from the wreck of the British Admiral, but operations were delayed by the rough weather. Mr. Bernard Shaw, the police magistrate, sailed from the island on Thursday last, for Launceston, in the ketch Kangaroo, which bad been seized some time ago for having pillaged goods on board. Snakes abound just now on the island, and in uncomfortable proximity to the camps. — Melbourne Argus, March 23,

Another Wreck on the Queensland Coast* The possibility of another wreck having taken place on the north-eastern coast is intimated by ing paragraph, which appeared in the Port Venison Timas of the 12th inst.:—" The Diamond picked up a lifeboat about twenty miles north-east of Cape upstart. Though from the accumulation on the bottom it must have been a long time in the water, strange to say, after all this deluge of rain, there was very * , water in it. A board, with the name Blue Bell scratched on it, was loosely fastened to the boat, but beyond this there is nothing to show whence she Home.— An ocean race commenced yesterday morning, three first-class clippers having sailed for London. They were the Norfolk, the Loch Maree, and the Belfast, and they had an admirable start, as thev all passed through the Heads between half-past seven and half-past eight o’clock. The commander of the Norfolk is on his mettle, as it is his first voyage as captain. The Belfast is on her maiden run home and the Loch Maree has the reputation of a youthful lino of sailing ships to maintain, so that it may be supposed that the three skippers ami their officers will leave no sail unset to win the race. Melbourne Talcitroph, March 22. . . Lo<s on the Barque St. Magnus. — A barque measuring about 130 ft. long, newly coppered with a yellow streak and blue covering board, which, from inquiries, leaves no doubt as to its being the Magnus, from Adelaide toCapeMoreton. with a cargo of flour, has been seen bottom up thirty miles S.S.E. of Cape Moreton. She arrived at Cape Moreton on Tuesday night, but was compelled, # through boisterous weather, to go to sea again. Portions of wreck, consisting of bags of flour marked "John Hart," were passed by the Lady Young. The vessel must have turned over during a gale.

THE VOYAGE GF THE CITY OF MELBOURNE. (From the Southern Cross, March 29.) This fine steamer arrived in harbor on Saturday morning, after a splendid run throughout. The following is the report of passage, obligingly furnished to us by the purser, to whom we are also indebted for prompt delivery of our files; —As will be remembered, she left Auckland with the outward English mail via San Francisco, at 3 p.m , Friday, 22nd January. The pilot left the ship at 4 p.m., and she then proceeded on her course with light S.W. winds, clearing the south end of Great Barrier at 8 p.m. On Sunday, 24th, 'sighted Raoul Island (one of the Kermadee group); wind still moderate, S.W. On the 25th, 4 p.m... sighted smoke, supposed to be the mail steamer Mikado ; the wind Jnow having shifted into the N.E. 27th, 4 p.m., wont close past the Island of Tutuila (one of the Navigator group) ; the natives coming off, sent on shore some newspapers. The weather now became a little squally, Avith the wind still ahead. After passing the island, continued to steer to the northward, crossing the line on the 31st with a nice temperature, the thermometer not ranging above 85 degrees on the hottest day. During, this part of the voyage from the island to Honolulu, or between the, tropics, the weather seemed generally to be fine, and only varied from the steady N.E. winds which seemed always to blow on the upward passage by a few hours ,of. occasional squalls and rain, which soon cleared off, and cooled the atmosphere and rendered the voyage plea- ; sant. At 10.36 p.m., February 5, after a splendid run of fourteen and a-half days, arrived off Honolulu, and, after receiving coal, cargo, and passengers, left again on the evening of the 6th. The breeze increased into a fresh gale from the westward, with a very heavy cross sea, which lasted for two days, then settled down into fine weather and smooth water until the day before arriving at San Francisco, when the weather became thick and foggy, and only cleared off within about two miles of the land. "We entered the Golden Gate, at 1.30 p.m., Sunday, 14th February, having made the passage from Auckland to San Francisco in twenty-three days, inclusive of all stoppages, and delivered the mail at that port four days under contract time, it being the quickest trip up ever yet made by any steamer. The English mails as usual, not coming up’ to time across the Atlantic, caused the colonial steamer not to leave San Francisco until after that specified by the contract, say three days, for leaving ’Frisco on the 3rd of March equals the 4th March in the Australian time, on which date the pilot left the sliip outside the harbor at noon. She then proceeded on her voyage with a moderate head wind (and as usual in that part of the world) thick foggy weather, with a long westerly swell; this lasted for two days. The wind then hauled to the Southward and S.E. with moderate fine weather, and gradually worked round to the N.E. trades, with occasional showers, and after a splendid run of 7 days 214 hours arrived at Honolulu on the 12th, when, after going through the usual duties of coaling, Ac., left again at 1.30 a.m., 13th March, and with the ship’s head pointing to the southward, homeward bound, made good speed through the tropics, doing never less than 114- knots per hour, although N.E. trades were lost in 11 north latitude, the wind then coming S.E. light and scant. The line was crossed 17th March, five days from Honolulu, with light winds and fine weather, the highest range of the thermometer S2deg. The island of Tutuila was passed on tire 21st, eight (lays eight hours from Honolulu, beating the fastest voyage by two hours. From that point of the passage the wind has kept persistently in the S. and S.E., blowing moderate and fresh at times ; but after leaving the tropics it veered round occasionally to the S.W., sometimes to a strong breeze with high swell, which considerably retarded our progress in consequence of the wind hanging so scant; but against all scant and head winds the little vessel, the smallest of the mail fleet, has proudly cut her way through, passing the Little Barrier at 2.30 a.m. on the 27th, and arriving in port at 8 a.m. of the same day, making her voyage from San Francisco in 22 days 20 hours, and landing the English mail 28 hours under contract time.