SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4827, 11 September 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POM 0» WELLINGTON. ■, / High Water.—B.l4 a.m. , 8.41.,*.m. -■_ SzPTrMBER9.-Kiwl, ■!.«.. 133 tons, Campbell, from Napier. Passengers-Cabin: Messrs and Martin; lin steerage. Levm-and Co., « J«. - Falcon, ketch, ST tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents. „„,,.. ~._ Ssptkmbkr 10.-Otago, 5.8. 643 .tons. Calder from Melbourne and Hoharton via the South I assensera -Saloon : From Melbourne : Miss M'^""-.?. 1 " 5 "- Maunsell and Johnson. FromHobarton: Mr. Wthem. From Coast: Mrs. Davidson, Messrs. Larnach, Kennedy and Sliam. Bishop, agent. «..»„ plikan, schooner, Hanning, from Oamaru. Master, agent,

SAILED. 4 . „ v September <>.-H»rald. schooner, 53" tons, McKay, ,or K?wrss. T s^to n forJFlaxboumo. Doito.for Wanganui. Pa»-,engeS-C»Wn: Mrs. O'Brien, Hrs Phillips and two children. Turnbull and Co., agents. " September 10.-Canterbury, schoonar, 37 tons, Pvke for Pelorus Sound. Master, aijent. Julius VogeJ, schooner, 58 tons, Johnson, lor Kaltons, Thompson, for the East Coast. Pearce, agent. «LEAKED OUT. ..- . ' , September 9.—Saucy Lass,' schooner, 39 tons. Callow, for Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. _■ --•-- Wave of life, schooner, 7S tons, Sopwith, for Hayelock, Master,. agent. IMPORTS. V ' Kiwi, from Napier: 79 bales wool, 29 casks tallow, 7 sacks maize, 6 bales leather, levin and Co. , 'EXPORTS. Unity, for Wa'rganui: 351 bars railway iron. Saucy lass, for Pelorus Sound: 1 cask vinegar, 1 case brandy, 7 gunnies sugar, 4 pkgs sundries, Young: 1 pkg, Robertson; 1 pel; 2 cases, Dawson. • \Vave of life, for Havelook: 2 tons po atoes,2 do flour, 2 bags onions. 1 do carrots, Brownell;19 sacks produce, Pliramer. Tr«ot„r.. Wellington, for Picton: 14 gunnies sugar, Heaton, 1, trunk, Hunt; -1 roll,! Levy;-'-1 pel, p °?^',f cases. Telegraph department; 4 do o pkgs 4 kegs Mills. For Nelson: 12 cases, 7 bales, 1 - cask. Levin and'Co.; i box. Backhouse; 2 bales, 2 trusses, 1 sack Hirst; ibdl, Reader; 2 cases, Telegraph department 1 do, Crease; 20cases geneva, Turnbull and 00. JTor Taranaki: 21 case.. 9 bales, 20 casks; 10 kegs 2 drums, 8 pkgs, Turnbull and Co.; 1 pel, 1 bale, Hirst; 3cases, Allan; 2 cases. Reader; 1 do, Stuart . Stormbird,:fof .Wanganui: 1G bales. 80 drums 5 casks. 2 bdls netting, 124 bars iron, 50 bdls do, 12 do H. do, 9 bdls, 83 cases, 40 sacks 0at5,.91 pkgs. 9 tank lids, 1 octavo whiskey, : 1 box tobacco, 2 qr-casks brandy 1 do rum, 13 bags salt, 1 Turnbull and Co. ;■ 2 cases, 20 pkgs, Levin and Co.; 40 pkgs iron, Mills; 1 case. Whittem, Kicholson. and Co.; 7 cases, 5 do brandy, Dransfleld; 5 cases drapery, 1 truss do, Stuart ana co. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. • . ■ London.- Waimea, ship, early; -Zealandaa, snip, arly. - . , ' Lytteiton.—Star Queen, barque, early. Newcastle.—Madura,, barque, early; TVoodlark, brisr. early: Malay, barcrae, early. ' ' "" ~,., MELBbribiE, YiATHESocTn.-Alh»mbra, s.s., 14th in poBT • Chalmers.—Ada Wiswell, barqie, early. MELBOUB>-E,-SarahPUe, brigantine, early; Albert -%uTnE^ ig 'pS 1 5.-Hawe»; s.s.; 13thbit; LadyIhor'thesn Ports. Taupo, s.s;, this day; Taranaki, s.s., 12th inst.' - . JTapier.- Bangatira, «.».,< this day. , . Flaxboi-rne.—Kiwi, s.s., 13th inst. . "VYanqanui.—Stormbird, s.s., 12th mst. ' PROJECTED DEPARTUItna. Melbourne via- the Sooth.—Alhambra, s.s., 15th inst. - ',-• . ' . . ■ . - . FoxTON.—Tui, s.s., this day. . i ■ Sydney, via West Coast.—Otago. s.s.. this day. ' San Francisco.—Dunbritton, ship, this day. Soothers Ports.—Taupo, s.s., this day; Taranaki, *'Northern'Poßis.—Hawea, s.s., 13th, inst.; Ladybird, s.s., 18th inst. ■un,i„.t Kaikoura andlyttelton.—Matau,s.s , 14thinst. Wanoanoi —Manawatn, p.s., this day; Stormbird, ■. S.S., 12th inst. ' ~ Napier and Poverty. Bay. Rangatira, s.s., 12thinst. . - . . . - ' ' .' .. ; __;_'__. BY TELEQRAPB, . L ' ■:' ONEHITNGA, Saturday. Sailed: The Taranaki. Passenger for -Wellington— Mrs. Pollock. . AUCKLAND, Saturday. The Llewellyn left on her first voyage.to Sydney to-day. She does not include Melbourne in her round trip. The Nightingale has arrived at Kaipara from Melbourne. . ; , j . - • ■ ~ -NAPIER, Satnrday. : The Rangatira left fair Wellington at 9.30 a.m.today. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Parrow and three children. Miss Tonet," Messrs. Woodall, Riddiford, Jobberns, Levy, Hill, Woodhouse, and Tonet. ' LYTTELTON,; Saturday. Arrived: 8 a.m.i Albion, from Picton. , : . :: _ PICTON. Saturday. Arrived: 10.20 a.m.,-Wellington; from Wellington. ' '■ /■' '; i NELSON, Saturday. Arrived: 11 am., Wellington, from Picton. Sailed: 10.30 a.m., Taupo, for Picton.. WESTPORT. Saturday. A' board, 7ft. long, painted blue with sunk gilt letters KEBROID, was picked up near Cape Toulwind. It has evidently been part of some vessel, and has been a long time in the water. WEATHER AT 5 P.M. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland.—3o'lo—Calm; fine, ' _; Castlepoint.—29-95^.8.W;, light; gloomy. Sea smooth. Wellington.—299s Calm; gloomy. Hokitika.—3oo3 S.W., fresh; fine.- Par rough. WESTPORT.— fresh; fine. Bar good. Timard.—29-97—N.E., light; fine. ~. Sea smooth. Oamaru. smooth. ~ - ! • ; Messrs. McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co.'s steamer Otago, Captain Calder, arrived here at 10.30 a.m. yesterday. The Otago on her present trip has initiated the new line from Melbourne via Hobarton, and as regards cargo she has been well patronised, some. 70 tons being secured at the latter port, while her freight. from Melbourne has been unusually large. She left Hobson'B Bay at 5 p.m. on the 30th: cleared the Heads at 8 p.m., and carried fine weather until the following day, when it came on to blow from the westward, and held until, her arrival at Hobarton at 1 p.m. on the Ist inst. Shipped cargo, and left at 10 p.m. same day, the Ist, weather heavy from S.W., which continued during her run across, with,occasional heavy rain and squalls. The Solander was passed at 4 a.m. on the sth inst., and the Otago drove through Foveaux Strait before a terrific gale, attended by biting squalls of hail and snow, arriving at the Bluff at 10 a.m. Passage from Hobarton, 3 days 10 hours. Landed four passengers and 40 tons of cargo, and left at 6 p.m. same day. Experienced a strong westerly gale along the coast,-and arrived at Port Chalmers at 7 o'clock on the morning of the 6th. Landed 16S tons cargo and 39 passengers, and left for Lyttelton at 5.30 p.m. on the 7th, arriving there at 11 a.m. on the Bth. Discharged 73 tons cargo, and left for this port at 7 p.m. on Saturday, arriving as above. We thank Mr. Birch, purser, for report and delivery of our Melbourne, Hobarton, and Southern exchanges. The Otago brought 16 passengers'for this port and 120 tons cargo. She is announced to sail again for Sydney via the West Coast this afternoon. The steamer Kiwi, Captain Campbell, from Napier, reached this port at 2 a.m. on Saturday. Reports leaving there at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday with a strong W.S.W. gale blowing; arrived off Castle Point at 8 o'clock the following morning, where she intended to load cargo, but owing to the heavy sea running was prevented from so doing. Stayed for a few hours, but the wind and sea increasing, proceeded on her voyage. On rounding Cape -Palliser the wind settled well into the westward and moderated, and continued so till arrival. She made a special trip across the Strait as far as riaxbourae at 11 o'clock on Saturday night, taking with her about 50 tons stores. She may be expected to arrive here late to-night or to-morrow morning. She is advertised to sail for Castle Point and Napier, taking cargo for Poverty Bay, on Tuesday. The s.s. Stormbird sailed for Wanganui at 7 o clock on Saturday night. ■ . ! The topsail schooner Pelican, Captain Manning, from Oamaru, arrived here on Sunday morning. She left Oamaru on Wednesday last, and experienced strong variable weather up. She brings a full cargo of colonial produce. . - , . The steamer Rangatira, from Napier, may be looked for here thi3 forenoon. She will sail for Napier and Poverty Bay to-morrow at s,oclock in the afternoon. . '_ •- , , The schooner Herald, Captain McKay, sailed for Picton on Satnrday morning* The ketch Falcon, Captain Fisk, arrived hero from Blenheim on Saturday night. She left there same morning, and carried a heavy N. W. gale across. She brings a full cargo of produce. The sailing of the p s. Manawatu for Wanganui has been postponed till to-night at 8 o'clock. The schooner Canterbury, for the Pelorus got away yesterday morning early. ' . The schooner Aspasia, bound for the East Coast, sailed at 6 o'clock yesterday morning: but owing to contrary winds brought up in Worser Bay. The schooner Julius Vogol, for Kaipara, got under way at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. A slight accident has happened to the machinery of the s.s. Taupo on her trip from Nelson to Picton. She arrived at the latter port all right, and as she -was expected to leave there at 4 o'clock this morning, she may be looked for here about 9 or 10 o'clock. ' The s s Easby was to have left Port Chalmers for this port'via Lyttelton on Saturday. She'should arrive here to-morrow or Wednesday. We have had an opportunity of Inspecting the worktog drawings of Isbister's great sectional unsinkable ship, which have been prepared byCapt. C. H. Welch, marine architect, Port Chalmers, for Mr Isbister. The various drawings show the whole of the details necessary for the construction of a vessel 320 ft. long by 44ft. beam and 2Cft. depth of hold. Tho vessel is intended to be built with five bulkheads, forming thirty watertight compartments, each 66ft. by 22ft by 7ft. These plans include the working designs for tho construction of the several decks, and show both the deep load and longitudinal lines, position of spars, depth of hold cabins, hatches, pumps, and flooding valves, and show tho whole of intended passenger compartments, housing of crew, store-rooms and other necessary alliances. The drawings, which aro by far the most complete of their kind we have yet seen are so accurately prepared as to be ready to the builder s hands"without delay. Every frame of the ship is shown with a tabulated scale and index for immediate reference The midship and longitudinal sections I

are most complete in all4tjelr detalK 'and whole method of construction at a glance. The moae by means., of -suspension girders seems to SiipfbuUdlng; giving additional strength to the vessel Wtb|cdmparatlve lightness of build.• W« 'lsbister wfl) meet with tho';succeßs he toerits, and an%U bringlnkhisinTentlot to etapleUo£ »nd we must-say the elaborate drawings prepared for him by Chptatil Welch are worthy of the highest commendation, showing as they do.that an enormous amount of skilful calculation has been bestowed upon them by the artist.— Otago Guardian.

ACCIDENT TO THE SCHOONER SHEPHERDESS. A telegram was received here yesterday afternoon by Captain Halliday from the man in charge o -the outer signal station to the effect that the topsail schooner Shepherdess was ashore in Worser Bay On receipt of the Information steam was at once got upinMe«srs. Mclntyre and Co.'s steamer Moa, and about 3 p.m. she left tho wharf for the scene of the accident On arriving there the Shepherdess was found to be almost high and dry on a sandy patch in front of the pilot station. The Shepherdess left this port in ballast about 9 o'clock yesterday morning bound for Pelorus Sound, with the wind light from the southward. Beat out of the harbor all right, but when going about off Barrett's reef the vessel refused to stay, and taking a leeboard on her she struct forward. She afterwards backed off, butseeingthat she was m»king water she was turned round and headed for Worser Bay, where she was beached on a sandy patch" a little after ebbtide On examinationitwas ascertained that the vessel's fore-foot was gone bu^ no other injury could bo found. On arrival of theMoa as above mentioned, the-schooner was lying broadside on with a cant towards shore Pilot Holland his men were there, who. together °* ° schooner Aspasia. which vessel was at the time lying in WOrser Bay. did all in their power to get the schooner to rights, but without avail. The services of tho s.s. Moa were offered to pull the vessel off, but owing to some misuuderstanding were refused. It is thouiht that if the Moa-had got alongside the vessel, which we understand, .could have been easily acconfplished and'a few chains had been passed underneath the schooner to prevent her from sinking, and made fast on board the s.s. Moa, she could have been got off and brought up to Wellington. As it is she is in a rather dangerous position, and if the wind should happen to blow strong from the southward she stands a chance of getting knocked to nieces. Yesterday the sea was perfectly calm. The water flows in and out of her as the tide , rises and falls. An anchor has been got out and taken on shore, with which it is.proposed to haul her up on the beach for the purpose of stopping the leak, rhe Shepherdess .is a very old vessel. She has been trading on the New Zealand coast for the last thirty years, and during that time has been wonderfully froe from accident. She was owned by Captain Cochrane, who was not on this occasion in command, we understand she is not insured. There will probably be an inquiry at the Customs to-day into, the cause of the accident. '