SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4821, 4 September 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF WELLINGTON. Hisu Water. — l.lo a.m. ; 4.33 t.H. ARRIVED. September I.—RcUanco, ketch. 05 tons. Hart, from Felorua Sound, Thomas, agent. Rose ol Eden., schooner, 30 tons, Gillard. from Havelock. Compton, agent. Aspasia, schooner, 45 tons, Thompson, from Aaiparft. Pearce, agent. ' ' ' t ,•' • \ September 3. —Taranaki, s.s., 299 tons, Andrews, from the South. Passengers—Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Donald ami family (0), Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and child, Mr. and Mrs. Davidson, Mrs. McLean, Messrs. Walters, Woodward, Thacker, Jack. Prior, Stobo, - Massey, Gordon, Nathan, Farr, Parker, Holmes, Box, Peacock, Lowe, Turner, Eoskruge, Roberts, Marks, Hallenstein; and five in the steerage. Levin and Go., • * g FMcon. ketch, 37 tons. Fisk, from Blenheim. . Passengers—Cabin: Mrs. Pratt and 0 children Messrs. Welch. Kells, Burn, and Vincent. Turnbull and Co., agents. , > Hannah Barratt, schooner, 37 tons, Eenner, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Julius Vogel, schooner, 56 tons, Johnson, from Pelorus Sound. Compton, agent. Shepherdess, schooner, 37 tons, Cochrane, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. . Matau, 5.5.,164 tons, tlrquhart, from Lyttelton and Kaikoura. Passenger: one in the steerage, Bishop, ’ s.s., 960 tons, Kennedy, from Newcastle and Sydney. Passengers—Saloon : Messrs. Piifen, Donald, Pringle, Boardman; and 2 in the steerage: 12 salotm and 3in the steerage for Southern ports. Turnbull and Co., agents.

SAILED. ■ September 2.—Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Miss Kemp, Messrs. Bridge, Field, Bell, Suisted, Nancarrow, Davis, Petherick, Parkes; and 6 immigrants. Plimmer, agent. , Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doilo, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Mrs. Burnos. Messrs. Mason, Stephens, Long, and Kelly. Turnbull and Co., Hood, brig, 297 tons, Patou, for Newcastle. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Bonehiil, Jones, Charles, and Gallagher. Williams, agent. CLEARED OUT. September 2.—Zior, schooner, 67 tons, Norman, •for Westport. Master, agent. IMPORTS. Rose of Eden, from Havelock: 22,000 feet timber, Compton. , ■ _ Aspasia, from Kaipara: 20,000 feet timber, Pearce. Reliance, from Pelorus Sound: 40,765 feet sawn timber, Greenfield and Stewart. EXPORTS Zior, for Westport; 489 bars railway iron, General Government, Manawatu, for Wanganui: 4 casks, 8 cases, Jacob Joseph and Co.; 2 pels, Levy; 33 pieces timber, 1 pkg, J bale. Levin and Co.; 10 bales woolpacks, 23 pkgs, Kiull and Co.; 1 pci, Lyon and Blair; 12 cases, Griffiths; 1 cask, Venno.U; 1 do. Mills; 2 pkgs, Dawson; 23 do, Samuel, Ladd, and Co. .BXPKOTKD ARRIVALS. Kandavau, Auckland, and Napier.—City of Sydney, s.s., September 13th. London.- Waikato, ship, early; Wannea, ship, early; Zealandia, ship, early. Lyttelton.—Star Queen; barque, early. Newcastle.— Madura, barque, early. Melbourne and Hobarxon via the South.— Otago, 8.5., 6th inat. Port Chalmers.— Ada Wiswell, barque, early. Melbourne. —Sarah Pile, brigantine, early; Albert the Good, early. Napier and Poverty Bay.—Rangatira, s.s., this day. Sydney, via Wbht Coast. Albion, s.s., Cth, inat.

Southern Pouts. —■Wellington, s.s., 7th inst. Northers Ports. —Hawea, s.s., sth inst.; Taupo, s.s., 9th Inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne via the South. —Alhambra, s.s., 15th inst. Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika.—Tm, 1.5., 4th inst. Castlefoint and Napier.—Kiwi, s.s., this day. Melbourne and Hobarton via tub South.— Albion, s.s,, Bth inst, Foxton.—Matau, s.s., this day. Sydney, via West Coast.— Otago, s.s.. lllhinst. Napier.—Rangatira, s.s.. sth inst. San Francisco. —Dunbritton.ship, 11th inst. Southern Ports. —Hawea, s.s., sth inst.; Taupo, s.s., 9th inst. # Northern Ports. —Taranaki, s.a., this day; Wellington, s.s., Bth inst.

BY I’BLEORAPB PORT CHALMERS, Sunday. Arrived i Hadda, barque, from Newcastle; Frederick Bassett, barque, from Newcastle; Wellington, s.s., from Lyttelton. Sailed : Canny Scott, barque, for Newcastle. ONEHUNGA, Saturday. Arrived : Taupo, from Taranaki, with Suez mall, at 8.50 a.m.

The s.s. Easby, Captain Kennedy, arrived here last night at 10 o’clock from Sydney and Newcastle. She has made the round trip from here to Newcastle and back by way of Sydney, in the short space of 19 days. She left Wellington on the 15th ult.; arrived at Newcastle on the 22nd; transhipped 200 tons of cargo for Sydney; took in her cargo of coal, and sailed for Sydney on the 25th at midnight; arrived the following morning; cleared Sydney Heads at 9 p.m. on the 28th, and experienced fresh W. and S.W. winds on the passage; passed Cape Farewell at 7 am. yesterday, and had a fine run . down the Strait, arriving at the wharf at 10 p.m., thus doing the run ia «U days. We are indented to Captain Kennedy for report and late Sydney papers. She brings 1600 tons coal for all ports. The Union Company’s steamer Taranaki, Captain Andrew, from Southern ports, arrived here yesterday at noon. She left Port Chalmers at 3.30 p.m. on the Ist, and arrived at Lyttelton at 11.15 a.m. next day ; sailed again at 7.20 same evening. Strong N.W. and W. winds with head sea were experienced throughout the trip. The Taranaki will leave here to-day at 1 p.m. for Northern ports. The ketch Falcon, Captain Fisk, arrived here at 12.30 yesterday morning from Blenheim, She crossed the bar at 6.30 the previous evening, and has thus made a very rapid passage of six hours. A strong gale from due west with a heavy sea brought her across. She made the run from Blenheim to the lighthouse—a distance of about 37 miles— in three hours and a half. The little vessel seems to be very well patronised as regards passengers and cargo. On this her present trip she has brought eleven passengers and a full cargo of produce. She will return to Blenheim tonight. The brig Robin Hood left here for Newcastle on Saturday morning at 7 o'clock. In ballast. Mr. K. Pearce’s handsome fore-and-aft schooner Aspasla, Captain Thompson, arrived here on Saturday morning from Kaipara with a cargo of timber for her owner. She left Kaipara at 4 p.m. on the 26th ult. with the wind strong from the northward, it lasted till next day, when she was muzzled by a stong gale from the S.W. The wind kept that quarter till Thursday last, during which time the vessel was scarcely making any head way, when a strong gale from the westward sprang up, and continued till her arrival in harbor as above.

The p.s. Manawatu and the s.s. Stormbird sailed for "Wanganui shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday. The schooner which arrived here on Friday night last, whose name we were nnable ta obtain, turns out to be the Kose of Eden from the Sound, The s.s. Kangatira is expected here to-day from Kapler. She will soil again for Kapler to-morrow at midnight. The steamer Kiwi, Captain Campbell, arrived here on Saturday at 1,30 p.m. after a rather protracted passage from Kapler and Castle Point, caused by heavy bead weather. She left Napier at 1 p.m. on Thursday, had light N.W. winds down the coast, and arrived off Castle Point at 3 a m. on Friday; got in at daylight, landed and shipped passengers and cargo, and left at 11.30 a.m. same day. From Castle Point the wind freshened up to a strong W.N. W. gale, increasing in violence till Cape Palliser was reached, where it blew with almost hurricane force. The steamer had to be kept dodging about inshore, the wind coming In terrific squalls accompanied by a very heavy sea. At about 10 o’clock same night the gale was at its height, the steamer having to be kept tacking about with only the mizzen close reefed. At U o’clock a heavy squall struck the vessel and the mlzzenboom was carried away right in the centre. At 3 o’clock on Saturday morning the wind went down to a fresh breeze; got round Palliser at 8 a.m.. and arrived here aa above. She brought 47 bales of wool and a quantity of limestone. She will leave here for Castle Point and Kapler at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The s.s. Matau left Lyttelton on Saturday at 8.16 p.m., and arrived at Kaikoura at 6 a.m. on Sunday. Landed mails, and sailed again at 8 a.rn., arriving in harbor at 4.46 p.m. yesterday. She will sail for Fozton this afternoon. Captain Kennedy, of the s.s. Easby, Informs us that Mr. Fulton has purchased the brig Woodlark, to be used here as a hulk for storing the Easby's coals. She was expected to leave Kewcastle with a cargo of coals on Tuesday last. The schooner Hannah Barratt, Captain Benner, arrived here at midnight on Saturday from Pelorus Sound.

Tbo topsail schooners Julius Vogel and Shepherdess arrived her© from the Sound yesterday afternoon. They ran across the Strait in quick time with a strong breeze from the westward. The schooner Colonist cleared out at Lyttelton for this port on tbo 31st August, with a cargo of 643 bags colonial produce. According to a Christchurch paper, the schooner Wave of Life, Captain Sopwith, sailed from Timaru for this port on Thursday afternoon last, with a cargo consisting of 834 sacks colonial produce. The 0 ayo Daily Times says :—Of the whaling Teasels off the Solander, the barque Chance Is said to have achieved success lately. She is reported to have gone into Port William with a whale In tow, and would cut in and try out there. Relative to the towing into Lyttelton of the wrecked schooner Clematis the Times has the following:—“The Heads were, cleared by the steamer Akaroa at C. 30 a.m. on Thursday, the weather being fine. A course north-north-east half east was steered, and held on for twenty-five miles, nothing being seen of the wreck. The steamer then hold on her course for about five miles fnrther north, and. nothing being visible from that spot, she stood for the land. When about eight miles in to the westward the wreck was discovered. At 11 a.m. she was taken in tow line having been made fast to the lower rudder gudgeon. The weather at this time was beautifully calm, with only a slight swell on. About 2 p.m. a strong breeze sprang up from the south-west, and the wreck getting broadside on to the wind, no headway was made. The steamer, however, held on until the breeze moderated, and then made for Lyttelton. About 4 p.m. the screw-steamer Matan spoke the Akaroa, and offered her assistance, which Captain McLean declined, requesting the. captain to leave word at Lyttelton for a steamer to bo sent down to the Bays In his stead yesterday morsing. This Capt. Urqnhart refused to do. The Matau> lay alongside for about twenty minutes, and the wind dropped away about 6 p.m. to a dead k calm. The Akaroa towed the wreck

along at the - rate'of about ond.and a half knots per hour through the night, arriving inside the breakwater shortly after 0 a.ia.j on Friday, i Here the i wreck grounded, as U Was near low water, and the steamer let go of her, Captain McLean leaving men in charge to.ensure the safety oLthe vessel until such tiraeaa she should be taken over by the owners or underwriters. The whole of the work of getting the wreck into harbor-was accomplished most successfully, not a line having parted. In the afternoon, she took the wreck further in shore, and made her fast to the transporting buoy. We may mention that, upon the Matau arriving on Thursday, no mention whatever wds made of their having spoken the Akaroa. They only reported having passed a steamer further in shore than they were. k At the South West India Dock, says a Home paper, several experiments were made with’ M. Boisseau’s new machine for cleaning ships under the water down as far as their keels, without having them docked, and also with his submarine telescope, by which it can be ascertained whether or not the bottom of the ship has been properly, cleansed. The experiments have been tried at Havre and Marseilles recently with much success, and reported favorably upon Admiral Paris, of the Institute of France. The machine for cleansing Is fixed on a raft, and is composed of several rows of brushes mounted on an axis provided with,a cog-wheel, which receives its impulsion through another wheel fixed on a second faxis and ; moved by machinery, which is exceedingly simple. A long chain joins tne two wheels and is fixed on a wooden frame, which, by means of a wire, allows the brushes to glide over all the parts of the hull of the vessel and to clean it thoroughly by removing all seaweeds, shellfish, and other matters without in the least degree injuring the copper sheathing or the painting of the ship. The submarine telescope is a conical tube 24ft in length, and provided at its extremity with an interior mirror, placed at an angle of 45 degrees, to reflect to the eye, through a glass parallel to the instrument, the objects which it is proposed to examine. The telescope, notwithstanding its great length and size, can be managed by one man. The advantages claimed for the inventions, which have been patented in England, France, and other countries, are that by their means vessels of any tonnage or degree of foulness can bo thoroughly cleaned at a fractional part of the cost of the present system, and that by obviating the necessity of placing a vessel in dry dock they effect a still further saving to shipowners, as the process either of unloading or taking in cargo can bo proceeded with whilst the ship’s bottom is being cleaned. In fine weather the machine can be used at sea, and the cost of it and telescope varies from £l2O to £2OO. The cost of docking a ship and cleaning her ranges from £2OO to £7OO. ’ . The following is from the Otago Daily Times of the 30th August: -“Mr. J. Mills, manager of the Union Steamship Company, received atelegram from London yesterday, bearing date 19th inst. The s.s. Wakatipu left London on the 17th July, and not on the iOth os it was expected she would, so that her arrival at Melbourne may be looked for about the sth September. The s.s. Waitaki sailed on the 7th July, and will come out by way of the Suez Canal.”