SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4393, 19 April 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. High Water, 3 45 a.m.; 4.1 p.m. ARRIVED. April 17.—Zior, schooner, 67 tons. Bell, from Timarn. Mclntyre and Co., agents. , , -■ April IS.—Taranaki, s.s., 292 tons, Lloyd, from Port Chalmers and Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon; Miss Nellor, Mr. and Mrs. Robertson and Son, Mrs Kapley and daughter, Messrs. Harman. Clark, and Matthias: 15 steerage, and 30 for the Isorth. K. o. ISO tons, Griffiths, from Poverty. Bay and Napier. Passengers-Saloon : “r. and lira. Turner, Mrs. Watson, Messrs. Biddle and Vr. Bannerman; 14 steerage. R. 9.' Ledger, agent. Edwin Fox, barque, 535 tons, Davis, from London, with 269 immigrants. Turnbull and Co., agents. Unity, schooner. 45 tons, Irwin, from the East Coast. Krull and Co., agents. Richard and Mary, schooner, 39 tons, from the ■ C °Manawatu. p.s., 103 tons, Evans, from Wanganui. Passengers-Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Case and child, Mr. and Mrs. Mann, Miss Murphy, Messrs. Bull, Gooch, Lett, and Read. E. S. Ledger, agent. SAILED. April 17. Mclaine, three-masted schooner, 13tons. Crcagii, tor Kaipara. Edward Pearce, agent. Marmion, schooner, 02 tons, Bowton, for Kaipara. asOTns. Butt, for Foxton. Turnbull m—Tararua. s.s., 623 tons, Clark, tor Nelson, Grcymoiith. Hokitika, and Melbourne. Passengers—Saloon ; Miss Christian, Rev. Charles Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Tattle, ilessrs. Smythe, Murray, and Chew, AVm. Bishop, agent. CLEARED OUT. April 17.—Julius Vogel, schooner, 58 tons, biinnis, lor Foxton. Thos. Webster, agent. Alert, schooner, 44 tons, .Hayes, for Greymouth. M D.ay'Dlwn; schooner, 24 tons, McLaughian, for Foxton. Master, agent. IMPORTS. ' _ , Zior, from Timarn: 193 sacks wheat, 907 sacks oats, ° rder * EXPORTS. Day Dawn, for Foxton: 21 tons rail joints, 10 tons pail spikes. Plimmer, Reeves, and Co. Alert, for Greymouth: Portions of = steam crane, Minister of Public Works : 5 pairs wheels and axles Mclntyre : 15 sacks potatoes, Plimmer, Reeves, and Co. ;50 sacks flour, Mclntyre. , _ Julius Vogel, for Foxton: 50 sacks oats, George Thomas; 62 sacks oats, 25 kegs powder, John Brogden and Sons. , Tararna, for Melbourne via the Coast: For Nelson —1 hf-chest tea (transhipped ex Albion, from Melbourne), Bishop ; 1 qr-cask whisky, 2 rolls matting, 2 eases drapery, Turnbull and Co. ior Greymouth 1 pkg, Australian Mutual Provident Society; 1 parcel,; National Bank; 3 kegs butter, Trenneman. For Mel bourne —3 casks and 3 cases hides, Krull and Co., 10 boxes gold Bank of New South Wales. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.— Hindostan, Hudson, Dalran, Kingdom of Italy. Auckland and East Coast Ports.—Luna, p.s., *Northern Ports.—Phcebe, s.s., 20th Inst. Raxoitikei.-Egmont, s.s., this morning. Melbourne, via "West Coast.—Alhambra, s.s., 22nd inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London— Carnatic, 19th April. Southern Pori's. —Phcebe, s.s., 20th inst. , Napier and Poverty Bay.— Rangatira, s.s., tins Ackers, early. ~ . , Northern Ports,—Taranaki, s.s., this day, Wanoanoi.— Manawatu, p.s., this day. Foxton.—Egmont, s.s., this day. Melbourne via Southern Ports.—Alhambra, s.s., 23rd inst. BY TELEGRAPH. NEW PLYMOUTH, Saturday. Sailed; Phcebe, for Southern ports. PORT CHALMERS, Saturday. Arrived : s.s. Wellington, from Northern ports. Sailed ; barque Southern Cross, for Lyttelton : Lynx and Fleur de Maurice, for Newcastle. AUCKLAND, Sunday. Arrived: Kenilworth, from New Caledonia: barques Mary Blair and Medora, from Dunedin and Lyttelton. The schooners Melaine and Marmion left on Saturday last for Kaipara. They would doubtless pick up the southerly breeze which carao up on Saturday nignt, and arrive off the Kaipara bar by this morning. In Saturday’s issue we inadvertently credited Messrs. Krull and Co. as being the owners of the new steamer Kiwi, recently launched at Hull. She was built to the order of Messrs. Levin and Co. The steamer Zior arrived early on Saturday morning last from Timarn, with a cargo of grain. The steamer Napier left on Saturday afternoon last for Wanganui, and succeeded in crossing the bar yesterday morning at 9.30. . _ , , ~ ... The steamer Tararua, Captain Clark, left Wellington yesterday morning at eight o’clock, for Nelson, West Coast, and Melbourne. The steamer Rangatira, which left Wellington on Tuesday last, arrived from Poverty Bay and Napier at four yesterday afternoon. She left Napier # at 11.30 a m on Saturday with a light northerly breeze, which continued till midnight, when a strong wind came up from the southward; Cape Palliser was rounded shortly after noon yesterday, and the steamer was berthed as above. She will ship a large cargo, and sail for Napier and Poverty Bay this evening. The steamer Taranaki, Captain Lloyd, arrived at four yesterday afternoon from Port Chalmers and Lyttelton, having left the latter port at eleven o’clock the previous night. Light northerly airs prevailed till Godley Head light was dropped, when a strong breeze from the southward came up, which continued till her arrival in port. She will leave for the North at two this afternoon. • , The p.s. Manawatu, Captain Evans, crossed the Wanganui bar at 7 p.m. on the 17th; experienced light southerly weather until midnight, when it in : creased to a strong gale. She anchored under Kapiti for two hours, when the gale having somewhat moderated she steamed for Wellington; but after passing Mana Island the Manawatu again encountered the full force of the gale. She arrived at the wharf at 9 p.m. last night, after a rough passage of twenty-six A new steamer named the Flinders has arrived in Melbourne from England, to be employed in the trade of Adelaide and Melbourne. Thb Stranded Steamer Norseman.—Mr. Dalton has informed us that his sfcearatug Challenge has proceeded from Brisbane to make an attempt to get the ateamtug Norseman off the Barrier Reef, where she is stranded. Mr. Dalton, jun., the master of the Challenge, states that ho expects to get the Norseman off in about a week, if the calm sea continues. She is lying on her bilge on the reef, and is not much damaged.— C. and R. R. Examiner, March 23. Currents in the Indian Ocean. — In support of the theory of a strong eastern current setting from the Cape .towards Australia, re marks the South jiiustfalian licgiatzT, it may be mentioned that a short time back a colonist picked up a bottle on the south shore of Kangaroo island, containing a document showing that it had been thrown overboard from a French frigate when SCO miles off the Cape of Good Hope. The paper ’ further stated that the ship was taking convicts to New Caledonia, but the date was obliterated. ' The Late Captain RobertNichol.—News of the death of Captain Robert Nichol was received fa Hpkitika yesterday, on the arrival of the steamer Albion, from Melbourne, and, as soon as it became known, respect was paid to the memory of the deceased by the ships fa port and the shipping agents flying their flags half- mast high. C’apt. Nichol will be well remembered by those who wore inhabitants of Hokitika in what we are in the habit of calling the “ early days." He was then commander of the steamer Yarra, since converted into the schooner Garibaldi, and underwent a large amount of rough and risky work of crossing this bar, in attendance upon Messrs. McMeckan. Blackwood, and Company’s steamers. Captain Nichol arrived in the colonies as chief officer of the steamer Alhambra; which was brought out by Captain Godfrey, who subsequently had command of the steamer William Miskin. He continued as chief officer of the Alhambra while she was under the command of Captain John McLean, until ho was appointed to the Yarra, and afterwards he went to reside in Melbourne, making occasional voyages in other vessels to different parts of the colonies. He died at Emerald Hill on the 18th ultimo, of a dropsical affection and disease of the heart. Captain Nichol was a thorough “ old salt,,’’ accustomed to the hard life of a sailor, and conscientious in the discharge of his duty, but withal a gentlonaturod, genial man. who only required to be known to bo appreciated.— West Coast Times, April 7. Wrecks on the Coast of the Middle Island.A communication that perhaps throws some light upon the disappearance of the schooner Buphrosyne was made yesterday to Captain Thomson, the Har-bor-master, by Captain Andrews, of the ketch Fanny. Captain Andrews states that two men named Barker and Lloyd, residing at Tnmai, between Waikouaiti and Sha" Point, informed him that on Tuesday, the JCth March last, three days after the Euphrosyne left Port Chalmers, they, whilst working near the Beach, observed a three-masted schooner—the same rig as the Enphrosyno—standing in shore with a N.E. wind, She reached in until she was inside the rock upon which the steamer Ahuriri was lost. The wind then suddenly chopped round to the S.W., and came down in a heavy squall, with thick rain. The squall lasted about half an hour, and when it cleared off the schooner was nowhere to bo seen. The men took no particular notice of tiio circumstance at the tune, thinking tiie schooner bud run out of sight in the armall but upon subsequently hearing that the Euphrosyne was missing they attached some importance to the facts above stated. The position the schooner was seen in on the ICtli was a most unusual ono for a coaster, as the coast about Xumai is notorious for its foul bottom, and is sedulously avoided by coasting craft. At the sarno time if the schooner had struck upon a rock there we should imagine that vestiges of her would have been seen after the squall passed, for she was within half a mile, or'threequarters of a mile, from tiio shore Mr. Harper, Dcpnty-Harbor-master at Waikouaiti, has been enKaKed for some days past in searching the coast line for wreckage. Still, referring to the missing Euphrosyne, wo may state that Captain Sowell, Harbormaster at Camara, has forwarded to Capt. Thomson a piece of the fringe of the cushion that, with the two beams was picked up on the beach between Kakanul and .Vllday a few days ago. In the accompanying letter lie expresses his unbelief in the cushion being part of the furniture of the Euphroayno. because the beams were evidently part of a much larger vessel, one of them being a boat's skid with the cleats upon it This fact gives rise to further surmises. t Where did the beams come from ? , No vessel of largo size has been lost on this coast since the Surat wont on shore, and therefore the only explanation to be offered is that some vessel off the coast must have had her decks partially swept by a sea, and lost her skids and boats. This view of the question is feasible, Inasmuch as the wreck of a boat was found on the beach about Kakanui a short time before the beams and cushions were picked u p,~~Otayo Daily Times, April 18.

ARRIVAL OF THE EDWIN FOX.. After a long passage of 114 days on ‘, .the anxiously-looked-for barque Edwin box. faiptaln Davis, dropped anchor fa Wellington Ha*°r at 7 o’clock yesterday morning. She is tons built ship (since converted into a barque) of 835 tons register, constructed of teak, with five years, to run on her renewed letter of thirteen years. Her hull, as viewed from alongside, does not present a bright appearance. but the application of a couple of coats of paint will remedy this defect. In justice , to Jp“P ta ‘“ Davis and Dr. Tiglie. the ships d ° c t to l’ ‘‘ ™ s fa a nt said that not a cleaner or more comfortable immigrant vessel has entered these waters Her tween decks are the pink of neatness and cleanliness, and i measure indicate the superior character olherlmmi grants. On the whole, the health has been excellent, although bronchitis “«^ f c^ a / r .? O^ e „ r e e verv prevalent during the first monthtof i the voyage, without-doubt due to the constant foggy and rainy weather which particular marked the early part or the voyage. Diarrhoea—a complaintmore ... fatal on every • immigrant Ju *.ecumbed board the Edwin Fox, and but one adult raccumbed. tn it • whilst another, a male immigrant, oo y age? whofa fading broke his thigh V°“ a ’. a * S pQ l^chiß age and prostration tending to that end. , ( dren died, three of bronchitisi and one o: catarru The bilths. six in number, equalised the deaths. is ample, half of the saloon having been parti Honed off and converted into comfortable, dean and airy anartments for the sick—an arrangement which it is hoped will be more goneraUy adopted m imm^rant vessels. The immigrants number 215 statute adults, or 259 souls. On Monday last, a sailor named Neil Burgess? whilst aloft reefing, fell from the mainstay on to the deck, and sustained a severe fracture of the baseof the skill, but he is said to be well as might be expected under the circumstances. Captain Davis will be remembered as having been in command of the ship Dallam-Tower on her'first voyage to New Zealand in 1873; and Dr. Tlghewas surgeon of the ship Surat when that unfortunate vessel was run ashore on the Otago coast, and more recent still, surgeon of the ship Zealandia, winch arrived at Auckland about six months ago. The doctor proceeded home from that city via San i rancisco, and on the third day after arriving in England he accepted his present appointment on the Edwin following is a resume ol the Edwin Fox’s voyage She left London on November 28, but anchored at Deal, where she lost an anchor and chain. But back, shipped new mooring tackle, and again started on her voyage for Wellington. The vessel was then under the command Of Captain Walpole, and another doctor had charge of the immigrants. The second attempt to get clear of the channel was even more unsuccessful than the first. The vessel collided with and sank a collier schooner, and drifted on the Deal Bank, from off which she was towed and placed in a dry dock, where. repairs were effected. She left the dock on December 23, and was placed under the command of her present captain, who, at that time, was about to proceed to India overland to fetch home a new vessel for Messrs. Shaw, Savili, and Co. Dr. Tighe also on that date assumed the medical supervision of the passengers, and the Edwin Fox once more made a start on the rotti (Christmas Day). The weather being fo ßsy, ri le anchor was dropped the same afternoon off Chapman light, and weighed again next morning, only to bo again dropped in the afternoon off the Nore lightship. She finally left England on the morning of December 27. A succession of S.W. gales, accompanied with rain and fog, were experienced, and were very fresh, .at times, but they enabled the vessel to make good average daily runs. Breezy weather continued till abreast of .Tasmania, where a zone of easterly wind was three days. A continuance of N. and K.b. winds afterwards compelled Captain Davies to- go south about, and the first New Zealand land—the # Snares —was sighted on the morning of the 13th instant. For seven davs previously, so foggy and thick was the weather, no observations could be made, and the vessel was kept on her course by dead reckoning. Light favorable winds brought the vessel to the vicinity of Kaikoura Peninsula on the 16th, where a gale from the N.E. was experienced, which lasted thirty hours. On Saturday last, a light southerly wind came up, which rapidly increased, and Cape Campbell light was sighted at midnight: two hours later Bencarrow light was opened out, the vessel being then under two lower topsails and foresail. Wellington Heads were defined at daylight, and Captain Davies determined to make for port without a pilot. After Barretts reef bad been passed, and the vessel was nearing Point Halswell, Pilot Holmes came on board and brought the snip to an anchor. , 0 , The Edwin Fox is under charter to Messrs, bnaw, Savili, and Co., and comes to Messrs. Turnbull and Co.

THE CRUISE OF THE JESSIE NICOLL. (From the Otago Daily Times, April 10.) As we predicted would be the case, the cruise of the yacht Jessie Nicoll in search of the missing schooner Euphrosyne has proved unsuccessful. The Jessie returned yesterday, and as can be seen from her re P° r l made a close search hence to the northward, well off shore outside the track of the coasting steamers ana thence stood across the Chathams and returned here. Not a vestige of the Euphrosyne was to be seen, neither was anything heard of her, and hence it may be assumed that her name may now be added to tne long list of vessels which have disappeared and leit not a trace behind. Tis another sad incident of sea life, another record of the perils encountered, and not always surmounted, by those whose way of life is upon the mighty ocean. Regrets for the lost. merge into aonte sympathy for the sorrows of the living. J-no seamen constituting the crew of the Euphrosyne hail their dependents. We know of one family, fatol poor Captain Spence, the schooners commander, which is left destitute, and we fear there are others m equally sad plight. However, this fact mil no doubt be ascertained, and what assistance is found to be needed will, we are sure, spring forth spontaneoueiy from the active benevolence of the public of this pro vince. That the Jessie Nicoll was despatched in search of the lost craft must always be a pleasing reminiscence to all concerned, but especially to her kind-hearted owner, Mr. McLean. Pilot Stevens, who was despatched in command of the Jessie Nicoll on her errand of mercy, kept a voluminous log of each day’s doings, a condensed report of which he very kindly placed at our disposal. From it we see that the Jessie Nicoll left here on the 25th of March, and cleared the Heads in the evening with light variable airs. A few hours later a S.W. breeze sprang up, and gave her an offing, and then the breeze went round to the north’ord, and held there for many days. Tiio schooner .'reached off shore until she was well outside steamers’ tracks, and then she commenced to work to the north’ard, traversing on about N.E. and N.W. courses. A good look-out aloft was kept all day, and at night a flare-light was shown every half hour. A course was made from 20 to 00 miles outside the track of steamers. Nothing particular occurred until early morning of the 28th, when a magnificent meteor light was seen, and illuminated the heavens for about fifteen seconds, the light it emited being of all the colors of the rainbow. Later in the day a bottle was observed floating in the water, and was- picked up. It must have been a long time in the water, its bottom being covered with barnacles, and some queer' shell-fish of another kind. -To use the words of the finder, it contained nothing but “ a strong smell of beer," and retained that odor when wo examined it yesterday. At noon on the 28th the Jessie Nicoll was in lat. 44.7, long. 174.4 E. Still worked north, and at noon next day was in lat. 43.44, -long. ,175,4 E,, and at noon on the 30th was in lat. 42.58, long. 170.34. On this day wind veered to tho southward, and held there until the 31st, then backing north again ; and as the schooner was then well to the northward of . Castle Boint, lat. 41.37, long. 177 E, it was resolved not to continue tho search farther fa that direction, but to bear away for the Chatham-Islands. A course was accordingly shaped and a good run made for thirtysix hours, when the wind veered to S.W. and blew a heavy gale, obliging the schooner to lay by the wind under head-reaching canvas. She kept so for twenty-four hours, and then, the gale moderating, made sail and stood on her course. Light baffling weather, however, succeeded, and hence she did not fetch the islands, until tho sth, and then brought up at Bort Waitangi. The shore was communicated with, but not a scintilla of information could be obtained about the missing schooner. As there was absolutely no wind to take her outside, the Jessie Nicoll lay at anchor until the 7th, and then put out to sea, worked across against light westerly winds, thus traversing a great deal of water that was not searched on the outward passage. A sharp look-out was kept, and tho light used at night, but to no purpose, and eventually the Jessie reached the Heads yesterday forenoon, and crawled into port with a light S.E, wind and against a strong ebb-tide. She hod been absent three weeks to the day. Captain Stevens acknowledges the hearty co-oporation and good service rendered throughout tho cruise by Captain Beterson, of the Jessie Nicoll, and tho men under his control.