SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4597, 14 December 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. Hiaa Watek- 5.35 a.m.; 5.56 p.m. ARRIVED. December 1° -Cynthia, schooner, 56 tons Swede, UECEMEEB i-. i & Stewart, agents. fr K^t^Ha^fohoon e r « tons, Hutchinson, from Havelock. Master, agent. SAILED. T>FcEMBEBI3-Halcione, ship, 843 tons, Crocker, . ?S?n Passengers-Saloon: Messrs. Cornish KSp. /hfsnX N. Pearce, Jclass : Messrs. Carrington, Quick, Mrs. and MiS Garrett Third class : Mr. Harnett. Levin and C schooner, 42 tons, McFarlane, for Pelorus Sound. Mclntyre and Co., agents. . IMPORTS . . . "Julius Vogel, from Dunedin : 320 sacks chaff, BrogNapier and East Coast: 250 sacks wool, Elibank Castle, from Oamaru: 800 sacks flour, 100 sacks oats, TO sacks beans. Order. Cynthia, from Havelock: 42.000 ft timber, Greenfield and Stewart. ... Kuby, from Kaikoura: 20 bales wool, 1 cases suns levin and Co.; 1 bale wool, 97 sacks oats, 17 sides ta Kchari?lnd Mary, from Havelock : 34,000 ft timber, ° Aground, from Newcastle: 720 tons coal, 7 tons coke, Williams; 30 sheep, Buchanan. EXPORTS. Kiwi, for Teawaiti and Orongorongo: 11 bags, a cases. Krull and Co. , ~ ' ~„,.,, Haicione, for London: 40 bales skins 461 bales wool, and a quantity of bones arid horns, Pearce: 19 bales wool, 15 cases tallow. Watt Bros.; 9 bale* Graham and Co " 21 bales, 2 cases, 1 cask, Turnbull and Co 14 ba?es wool, 1 do skins, 1 box, Taylor and Witt;VcLses taUow, 571 bales wool, 13 do skins Edwards and Co.; 4 cases, McKay; 1 box, Liardet: 157 casks tallow, 174 bales wool, 3S do skms 2 bag Krnll and Co.; 331 bales wool, 5 do skins. 1 case. Fell Eros • 1 case, Taylor: 1 boiler, 2 saucepans, 1 pump, 1 pkg. 1210 hales wool, ISI do skins. .79 cases tallow, 87 casks do 20 tins, 1 chronometer, 2 cases 100 bag, LetlWhora, 2 casksbrass, 211 plates Levin and Co.; 16 bales wool, 1 do skins, Reid: lease, Gibson; 2 do. Bishop, 2 do, Tollemache; 8 bales wool Wyvill; 25 bales, McKae; 4 cases, 1 trunk 1 pel, Brogden and Soas; 52 bales, Young; 27 casks tallow 13 sicks, S4pkgs, Hirst; 5 bales, New Zealand Loan and. Mercantile Agency Company; 40 casks tallow6o cue!Tmeat, Gear; 102 bales wool, Bethune and Hunter; 1 case, Pilcher; 1 do. Colonial Museum. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London'.—Pleiades, Otaki, Shakspere. Noktheks Ports—Wellington, s.s., this day; Hawea, s.s., 18th. Wangano—Stormbird, s.s., this day. Foxtos.—Napier, this day. Soothers Ports— Taranaki, s.s., 15th mst., Taupo, s.s., 18th inst.; Cyphrenes, s.s., 16tn inst. Hokabtos.—Malay, barque, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES London.—Chile, ship, and Boeder Chief, early; Howrab, ship, January next .Newcastle.—Annie Melhuish, barque, this day. Neptune, brig, 16th inst. Castle Poist and Napier..—Rangatira, s.s., tins Waxgantji.—Stormbird, s.s., this day; Egmont, S.s., 15th inst Foxtox. —Napier, s.s., this day. BY TELEGRAFB. AUCKLAND, Monday. Arrived : Hawea, s.s., from the South. HOKITIKA, Monday. •Satled ; Alhambra, s.s.. for Melbourne, at noon. LYTTELTON, Monday. Arrived: Taranaki, s.s., from Dunedin. Sailed : Taranaki, s.s., for North. Passengers— For Wellington: Messrs. Commings, Wright, Atkins, Briggs, Warren, Belby, Thacker, Mr. and Miss Nees. Mr and Mrs. Page and family (3), Master Williams. For Nelson: Mr. and Mrs. Thorburn, Mrs. Fisher, Mr and Mrs. Hadfield and child, Mr. and Mrs. Milne and family (6), Master Walcott. For Mannkau: Misses Armitage(2), Messrs. Howe, Nicoll, Marcroft. The ship Waikato cleared to-day. Passengers: Dr. Oscar Jennings, Mr. and Mrs. D. Townsend, Miss Dieken D. S. Montague, Messrs. Watt, .Tilley, Bro<* kelL Pittman, Tattam, and Mathie. Cargo: 3730 bales wool, 460 tons tallow: value, £82,300 BLUFF, Monday. The Taiaroa has just sailed for Dunedin. She has been temporarily repaired. Lloyds' agents granting a certificate, the Customs allowed her to sail. At an inquiry held this afternoon re the stranding, it was decided :to have a judicial inquiry when the vessel arrives in Dnnedin. Captain Logan, Captain Sinclair, and the Dunedin Harbormaster are passengers, WEATHER YESTERDAY.—S P.M. Ar/cuiXAND.—3O-30—N.E., light; fine. CastlePoxst.—3ol7—N.E. fresh; fine. Sea moderate. _ Wellington.—3o.l7—N. breeze; fine. breeze; fine. Bar good Wesiport.—3o2o—S.W., fresh; fine. Bar good. TraAßiT.—3ol3—Calm; fine Sea smooth. Oamabtt.—3ol3—Calm; fine. Sea smooth. Blvff.—3o-08—W.S.W., light; fine. Barometer downward tendency. The time ball may be used to-day for rating chronometers. A chronometer true on Greenwich time would show 12h. 30m. when the ball drops. Any difference is error, plus or minus of the chronometer. The sailing of the s.s. Rangatira for Castle Point and Napier has been postponed till 5 p.m. this day. The s.s Kiwi left the wharf at 2 a.m. this morning, and took" the ship St Leonards in tow to the Patent Slip and then proceeded to Paffiser Bay for a cargo of wool, instead of Castle Point and Napier, as adverThe fine ship St. Leonards, Captain Tod, completed her discharge of inward cargo yesterday, and turned out everything in first-rate order. She proceeded to the Slip at an early hour this morning, in tow of the s s Kiwi, to get her bottom cleaned and painted and returns to the wharf after that to load wool for The schooner Cynthia, Swede, master, left Havelock on Saturday evening, and made a smart run across, arriving in port on Sunday at 9 p.m. Experienced fresh northerly winds throughout. She leaves again on Thursday for the Pelorus to load for Lyttelton, the captain doing his best to be there in time for the regatta which takes place on the Ist. From the wellknown sailing qualities of the Cynthia, she will stand a good chance of first show. We wish ber success for the credit of Wellington coasters. It would be interesting to know when the Union Steamship Company and the New Zealand Steam ShippingCompanyintend to issue their time tables for Uie month of December. .Half the month has nearly gone, and as yet there is no sign of its being issued, moch to the inconvenience of those that go down to the sea in ships, . The old flagstaff at the end of the wharf was unshipped yesterday and a new one replaced, and being seven feet longer, wai prove a great convenience for Sera coming to the wharf. For instance steamers like the Easby, laying at the wharf at the outer T, obstructed the lights from being seen. . ~...,„ We learn from a private telegram received that the barque Malay, owned by Messrs. Beck and Tonka, of this city, was to leave Hobarton for this port on the 10th inst, and may be expected shortly, The schooner Florence sailed yesterday afternoon for Pelorus Sound. , , Th> fine ship Haicione, Captain Crpker, left yesterday at 1.30 p.m. for London, with a fur wind, and Sfees a viable cargo to the extent of £61,733, comprising 3183 bales of wool, 330 bales of skins, 500 packages of tallow, 91 of leather, 410 of sundries and 50 cases preserved meats, and a large number of passengers; and being in excellent trim, we may expect to hear she made a smart run Home. ARRIVAL OF THE CLIPPER SHIP MELBOURNE AT PORT PHILLIP. , The majority Of the ships forming the fleet of Green s BlackwaU line are copper bottoms, the exceptions being the Carlisle Castle and Superb, and the latest addition to the iron clippers is the Melbourne, which arrived yesterday. When this ship was laid down, it was intended by the builders, who are also the owners, that the should not only be a model of modern marine architecture and a sightly vessel on deck and aloft but that she should be an attractive ship f orpassengers, and that her saloon should possess all the requirements to render ocean voyaging both pleasant and easy. The ideas of the Messrs. Green seem to have been well carried out, and a flnervessel than the Melbourne for carrying a very large cargo, and also accommodating passengers, could not well I be devised. The ship has been named after the capital city of Victoria, and the account of the ceremonial which attended her launching has already been given in the columns of this paper. The particulars with regard to the ship have also been recorded, and without reproducing them, it may be mentioned that the laudation bestowed on the Melbourne by the Homj papers is not without good show of justification, both as regards her appearance and also her equipment Thorough light and ventilation, as well as space, are secured for the passengers, and officers and crew are also well cared for. The ship may be said tofaarly bristleTfith improvements, mechanical and otherwise, for the carrying on of work in a simplified and economical manner. One item worth special mention is an iron rope, which is intended for towing purposes, and whieh can be wound and unwound as easily as a hempen rope. The saloon i, a splendid apartment largelnd lofty, and well lighted and ventilated, and rSngers will be difficult to pleaseif the style to which SfSSna are fitted up fails to satisfy them The poop deck forms a large and very nice promenade for passengers and on the main deck there is also plenty of room for passengers to exercise themselves. The ship i°m potato is wen finished, and there is no doubt but that she will be one of the most popular passenger ships coming to Melbourne. The command of the new vessel l has Ueen given to Captain R Marsden, f<£nerly of the Agamemnon. Of the maiden voyage of the ship, he reports leaving London on August 17, and meeting with light westerly winds all the way down Channel, so that the Lizard was not paaed until Ausrust 24. Madeira was passed on September 10, and when in lat 16deg. N., the prospect of making a rapid passage out was greatly frustrated by the foretopmast, SndlSso the fo?eand main topgallantmasts carrying away and some considerable detention took place before the damage was made good. This accounts for thelonepassageto the equator, which was not crossed £>til 28, toW-aSdeg. W. The B.E. Sades were fallen in with in lat 1 deg. S., but the Stod" proved light, and.were also well southerly. Strong favorable winds afterwards set in, and from the Utitude and longitude of Tristan D'Acunha the *ip made some splendid running, and the meridian of the C»pe of Gosd Hope was passed on October 22, in lit 44dez S. The easting was run down in nearly the same pf "ral el, and the longitude of Car»Leuwin , was Soused on the Bth inst. In crossing the Southern and S.W. winds from moderatei to. SroSr prevailed Several icebergs were passed after rounling the Cape. The best day's run made by, the ship wis M 0 miles. Cape Otway wa, passed early yesterday morning, and the ship «adored In the bay fißt pvenW On the voyage out, while sne was oecalmedl is? northern latitude, the Melbourne was in

company with the St. Vincent, for Adelaide ; Duntroon and Duke of Sutherland, for Sydney ; and the Yorkshire, for this port. The Melbourne will be berthed at the Sandridge railway pier, and the public will have an opportunity of inspecting her.— Argus, Nov. 17.