SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4433, 4 June 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OF WELLINGTON. Hion Water. 4.43 A. 51.; 6.3 p.m. ARRIVED. „ T|..." 3 Vanicr ss.. 44 tons, Butt, from Wan £ ,™ui Passenger—Mr. Marctant. Turnbull and Tailor ’ Airs Fmker Nelson —Mrs, Ledbury, Misses’ Duncan (2), Miss Cross, Captain Holmes, Messrs Bunny (2) Mr. Garwood, Mr. Rutherford, and 1 steeragl 1 Twenty passengers for other ports. W. Bishop, agent. SAILED. Juke 3.--.Australind, barque, 4SI tons, Ollivcr, for Newcastle. Passengers—Messrs. Woodhousc, Heath (2). T. Talmer. W. R, Williams, agent. ’Napier, s.s., 44 tons. Butt, for Foxton. Passengers —Mr. and Mrs. Grace and family (5), Mrs. Johnson, Messrs. Rogers, Gawith, Jones and Garrick. Turnbull and Co., agents. , ~ . Malay, barque, 328 tons. Hill, for Newcastle. Beck and Tonks, agents. „ , Tr . Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Evans, for >\ auganui. Passengers—Miss Mason. Messrs. Baker and Sinclair, and si immigrants ex Edwin Fox. R. S. Ledger, barque, 442 tons, Cleyland, for Newcastle. Mclntyre, agents. EXPORTS. Napier, for Foxton: 21 boxes soap. Gaby and Co. 3 cases, 2 bags groceries, &c., 3 gunnies sugar, 1 box barley, Mountain: 1 bale, 2 pkgs, Hirst: 2 cases Storekeeper New Zealand Railway; 2 pels, Poulson: 1 case. Levy;. 31 pkgs-groceries, 1 cask currants, J. Nathan and Co.; lease, Jennes; 1 bale tents, R. O. Knight: 1 dray, 1 register grate, 1 case kerosene, 44 pkgs iron, 1 case, 2 colonial ovens, 1 plough, Mills ; 19 sacks oats, 1 qr-tierce tobacco, 12 pkgs. Thomas : 2 pels, Kirkcaldie and Co.; 10 sacks flour. Port: 4 pkgs drapery, 5 bags flour, 23 pkgs groceries, A. P. Stuart and Co.; 2 pkgs. 1 case, Whittem and Co.: 51 pkgs, 20 sacks flour, Whitehaven; 1 tank and tap, Staplery; 1 box, Olander; 123 pkgs. 2 kegs herrings Turnbull and Co.; 2 cases furniture, Johnstone and Co. Manawatu. for Wanganui: 61 pkgs. Ledger: 2pkgs, Hirst; 3 sacks grass seed and 1 box, Dixon; - coils pipe, Johnston and Co.: 1 case, 1 pel, Bowden; 1 bdl belting, Mills; 5 cases, Stevenson and Co.; 4 cases, 1 bdl, Gandy; 6 trusses, 1 roll, Whittem and Co.; 13 pkgs, O’Shea; 1 trunk, A. P. Stuart and Co.; t theodolite and legs, Public Works; 1 bdl, Easby; 2 cases 'chairs, Turnbull and Co. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Hannibal (via Nelson), Halcione, Dalran, William Fruing, and Collingwood. Northern Ports. —Ladybird, s.s., 4th June. Newcastle,—A. J. Spence, William Ackers, and Ellen, shortly. Melbourne and Southern Ports. —Tararua, s.s., 6th June. Southern Ports.—Wellington, s.s., 4th June. New York. —Crusader, barque, left 10th March ; Jessica, barque, left about the end of April. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Southern Ports. —Star of the South, s.s,, this Northern Ports. —Wellington, s.s., oth East Coast Ports (North Island), —Rangatira, s.s., Bth insfc. Wanganui.—Manawatu, p.s., 7th inst. Castle Point and Wanoaeuu.—Aurora, schooner, sth inst. , Melbourne via the Bluff. —Albion, s.s., (with Suez mail,) 4th June. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON, Thursday. Arrived: Wellington, from South; sailed North at 6.16 p.m. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Hodge, Bishop Redwood. Messrs. Dunn, Bridges, Beaver, Briggs, Wilkies, Gatrid, Franks, Joice, Piquent. Milne, Moore, Johnston. Nichols.—Fiery Cross from Napier. OAMARU, Thursday. The William Gifford has arrived from Newcastle. PORT CHALMERS. Thursday. Arrived : The ship Earl of Zetland, from London, 77 days out, with 287 statute adults ; all well. Sailed: The s.s. Wallobi, for Wellington and Wanganui. HOKITIKA, Thursday. The steamer Otago has sailed for Melbourne. She took about 7000 ozs. of gold from Westland. THE BLUFF, Thursday. The passengers per Tararua for Wellington are: — Rev. Mr. Morley, Mr. C. G. Knight, ex R.M.S. Nubia ; 6 steerage. She has also a few tons cargo. The Manawatu sailed yesterday afternoon for Wanganui, with a general cargo and several passengers. A portion of her freight consisted of transhipments ex Hindoutan, Kingdom of Italy, &c. The Star of the South did not sail for the South as advertised, os she did not come off the slip until a late hour last night. We sec, however, that she is • advertised to sail to-day. The s.s. Wellington was to have left Lyttelton at 6 p.m. yesterday, she therefore may be expected about noon to-day. Messrs. McMeckan,Blackwood, and Co.'s s.s. Albion arrived from Nelson last evening at 5.45, having made the run from Nelson in nine hours and a quarter, we believe the fastest passage but one on record. She brought 140 tons of cargo, principally tea and sugar, and a large number of passengers. The following is the report of her passage from Melbourne to here: — The s.s. Albion, T. Underwood, commander, left Melbourne on the 27th May, cleared Port Philip Heads at 2 p.m. on the 27th May, passed the Sisters at 7 a.m, on the 28th, and arrived off Hokitika at C p.m. on Ist June. Owing to a slight accident which happened to the machinery at noon on Ist June, the Albion, although within 30 miles of Hokitika, was unable to reach that port until the late hour named above. Discharged cargo, passengers, and mails into s.s. Walpara and departed at 10 p.m.; arrived off Greymouth at midnight and left for Nelson at 2 a.m. on the 2nd June, arriving at 7.45 p,m.: left Nelson at 5.30 a.m. 3rd June, and arrived at Wellington at 5.45 p.m. same day. Experienced easterly winds and fine weather throughout the entire voyage. The Albion - made a fast run from the Grey, averaging over 12 knots the entire way. She will sail to-day for Melbourne, via The Bluff, carrying the outward Suez mail. Wellington as a seaport town cannot lay claim to shipbuilding as one of her industries, but she can boast of possessing a number of fine coasting craft, which are a credit to any port. Amongst the recent ■ additions to our mosquito fleet we have to note the purchase of the smart Hobarton built ketch the Reliance, which arrived from Lyttelton on Monday last. She has been bought from her owner, Captain Smith, by our enterprising citizen Mr, Thomas, who intends employing her in the coastal trade, for which she is admirably suited. The Reliance Is a new vessel of 64 tons register, her gross tonnage being 90 tons, and when loaded draws 6ft. of water. She is 75ft long. 19ft. 6in. beam, depth of hold 6ft. 61n,, and is classed A 1 for ten years. When the Queen of the South left New York the barque Crusader was almost loaded with a cargo of Yankee notions for Dunedin and this port. Per advices received we learn that she left New York on the 10th of March last, and if she has ordinary luck she ought to put in in appearance at Port Chalmers about the beginning of July next. Another fine Aberdeen clipper built barque of 546 tons, called the Jessica, was announced to sail about the end of April last for here, via Port Chalmers. The Jessica Is an iron vessel, expressly built for the China tea trade, therefore we can expect to hear of her making a good run from New York. Messrs. Turnbull and Co. are agents for both these vessels. The barque Queen of the South Is turning out her cargo of Yankee notions in first-rate order. It is expected that she will have discharged her Wellington freight by to-morrow at the latest. The Hindostan’s cargo is being delivered to the different consignees in excellent condition. In all probability the Wellington portion of her cargo will be all out In a fortnight from hence, which speaks well of the facilities for discharging and loading vessels at this port. The schooner Elibank Castle, which left this port forTimara on the 22nd ultimo, arrived there after a very stormy passage of ten days, having encountered very severe B.W. gales on the voyage. The s.s. Napier arrived from Wanganui yesterday morning in ballast. She left Wanganui at 9.30 on the 2nd, and had fresh S.E. winds during the passage. The Napier sailed yesterday afternoon with a general cargo and a number of passengers. The following barqnes took their departure for Newcastle yesterday:—The Sunbeam, Malay, and Australind. Considerable excitement was manifested by the owners of the two latter vessels, as each were anxious that their vessel should get the start of the other, os once outside the Heads they would get a splendid slant, the wind blowing fresh from the S. E. The owners of the Malay, however, had got to windward of Captain Williams, they having secured the services of the p.s. Manawatu, which towed tho Malay to sea, that vessel having beat from the fairway to windward of Bomcs Island before being taken in tow by the Manawatu. The Australind sailed from the wharf shortly before the Napier left, that vessel, however, went in chase, and came up with tho Australind os the barque was abreast of Halswell Point, with the intention of giving her a tow out, but the Napier was presently seen to leave the Australind, and to proceed on her course, her proffered assistance having been declined by the captain of the barque, who, no doubt, thought it would bo too great a tax on the steaming powers of tho Napier, as well as “ paying tho piper,” for a fruitless attempt. At dusk the Australind and the Sunbeam were standing on towards the Point, on the port tack. No doubt theyclcared tho Heads last night, as they had the tide in their favor. The Intelligence of the arrival of these three barques at Newcastle will eagerly be looked for by those interested in shipping matters. A melancholy and fatal accident occurred on board the s.s. Napier when she was lying alongside the wharf at Wanganui, after her last trip. It appears that one of the seamen, who goes by the cognomen of “Scotty,” and who had only joined the ship two days, having previously been working on tho Egmonfc, had imbibed rather too freely, and it is supposed that whilst suffering from tho effects of his carousal he caught his feet in the wheel chains, and, overbalancing himself, fell over the taffrail into the rive/ and was swept down by the current, which was flowing very rapidly at the time. This took place about 3 a.m. on tho 2nd, when all on board were in their bunks. Captain Butt, however, was awoke by the sound of a splash, and he immediately rushed up on deck, and, having aroused the purser, lowered the boat and sculled after the deceased, but, unfortunately, before they could get up to him.he was ace n to sink, just by the first beacon. When the Napier left Wanganui yesterday morning the body had not been recovered.