SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4842, 28 September 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF -WELLINGTON. HIOH Water.—ll.s3 a.ji. ; r-M----AERXVEU. September 27. - Ringarooma. a s McLean, from Melbourne, via the South, laswn «w~Salo<m:‘ Prom Melbourne —Mrs. Smith, .Mr. Sclarff and Mr. Holmes ; 8 In the steerage. Fxom S -Messfs. Hill. Hall Chrysta . and UcLaughlan ; lln the steerage. Bi *®P' h B ?“ t, Turn . Falcon, ketch, 37 tons. Fisk, from Blenheim. Turn '^ U Unity,'schooner, 44 tons, Jlacfatlane, from WanE wlkatTpnTs TuStons, Cameron, from Sydney. Passengers —Saloon : °Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Messrs. Pope, Canon. Marks, and Hawkos ; 26 in the steerage. 7s « from Poxton. P f sengers —Cabin: Mesdames Taylor, Tansley, M “. lnt | t r ® two children, Messrs. Phews. Byrne. Kankm, Stewart Ayling. Walton. Tapham, and McLeod; i m me steerage. Bishop, agent SAI LED. September 27.—'Wellington, s.s., 279 tons, Carey, for Northern Ports. Passengers—Saloon:: Mesdames ■\Vatt. Davies, Jackson, and Justin. Miss Davies, Messrs. Watt, Reid, Simmons, McGolden Daniel, Conway, Domhan, Masters, Connor, Hamilton. Jen, Brown, Monro, Green, Cook, Rush, Gosheb, Ryan, Barraud, Jackson, Wellen, Mills. Jackson. Maxwell, Kelly, Collie, Sullivan, Bradley, Dodd, and McAllen. Levin and Co., agents. _ , „ . Ringarooma. s.s,, 623 tons, McLean, for Nelson. Passengers—Saloon t Mrs. Brook, Messrs. McKay, Rutherford, Calders, and Barr. Bishop, agent. Dido, cutter. 36 tons. Shilling, for Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents, CLEARED OUT. September 27.— Elizabeth, ketch, 33 tons, Johnston. for Pelorus Sound. Short, agent. Star of the Sea. schooner. S 3 tons. Turner, for Havelock. Master, agent. IMPORTS. Ringarooma. from Melbourne : C cases, Palmer, 4 bags. Smith Bros.; 2 cases. Sellar;! case, 1 stone, Johnston and Co.; 3 bags. Dawson; 1 case. Bank of New South Wales: 3 cases. Thomas; I do. Waters, 31 cases, Hcgarty; 8 do. Jacob Joseph and Co; 3 do. Hunt; 4 bales, Kent; 171 hf-chests, Thomas; Strunks, Hannah; 2 pkgs, 1 case, Turnbull and Co.: 1 do, Goulder; 1 case, 1 pci, Jackson: 4 pkgs, Thompson. Shannon, and Co.: 8 cases, Stuart and Co.: 2 cases, 1 stone. Mills; 33 bare iron. Dawson; 9 hf-chests, oO boxes, Jacob Joseph and Co.; 1 case, Goulder; 1 do, Gilmour; 1 do, Adams; 1 do, Lyon and Blair; 1 do, Watt: 1 sack. Wilton; 1 case. Coker: 1 do, Dillon; 2 do 1 pkg, Union Bank: 1 truss, Hunt; 1 box. Buckstone;! pkg, Cohen: 2 rams, Bethune and Hunter; 1, pkg, Sutherland; 1 pci. Palmer: 2 cases, Lyon and Blair; 3 cases. Jackson; 1 do, Bock; 1 truss, Dutton; 1 bale. Barrett; lease. National Bank; 1 do, Burrett; 2do Watt; 1 do. Colonial Secretary. From Lyttelton ; 1 box, 1 pel. .Bank of New Zealand; 20 casks currants. Levin and Co. , . Falcon, from Blenheim : TOO sacks malt. Staples; 200 do barley. Mace and Arkell; 50 do potatoes, 50 do oats. Order.

EXPORTS. Elizabeth, for Pelorus Sound : 2 tons coal, 1 case castor oil. 1 box barley, 1 box tobacco. . Dido, for Blenheim : 10 cases kerosene. Levin and Co.; hf-ton iron, Mills. _ .i „ •Wellington, from Picton : 39 mats sugar, Turnbull and Co • 13 cases, 2 bdls,-Pilcher; 2 cases. 6 boxes, Dutton; 3 do, Krull and Co. For Nelson: 1 box, Plimmer: 1 pci, Kennedy: 3 cases. Wilson and Richardson : 1 do, Reardon; 21 do. 2SG do kerosene, Turnbull and Co.; 3 cases. 23 trunks, N.Z.S. Co.; 1 pci, Lyon and Blair; 1 do, Dawson; 1 trunk, 1 case, Jacob Joseph and Co. For Taranaki: 35 cases. 12 casks, 76 mats, 4 pkgs, Turnbull and Co.; 1 case. Thompson, Shannon, and Co.; 1 pkg. Mill. For Manukaii: 1 pci, Bowden; 16 cases, Ladd; 3 do, Krull; 7-1 sacks barley. Levin and Co.: 1 case. ■Worster; 1 do, Stationery Store. For Auckland ; 25 colls, 13 cases, S bdls. Telegraph department. For West Coast; 1 truss. 2 bdls, Thompson, Shannon, and Co.; 6 cases, 1 keg, Telegraph department; 2 bales, 1 truss, Turnbull and Co. * Star ot the Sea, for Havelock: 2 qr-casks brandy, 7 M-chests tea, 1 case tobacco, <0 gunnies sugar, 40 bags do, 79 cases groceries. 22 boxes candles, 15 bags salt, 15 cases spirits, Trumbull and Co,; lease, Plimmer, Reeves, and Co.: 19 pkgs, 9 bars iron, Mills; 2 cases, .Dutton: 1 pkg, Dawson: 1 hhd ale. Staples: 4 pkgs doors, Jladdell and Co.; 20 do sundries. Smith. EXPECTED ARRIVAL* London.—Waimea, ship, early; St. Leonards, ship 1 (H.D.Q.G.), early; Howrah, ship, early; Ocean Mail, ship, early. Lisbon.—Stella, s.s., early, Adelaide. —Hinemoa, s.s., early. Foo Chow.—May, schooner, early. Lyttelton.—Star Queen, barque, early. Newcastle. —Woodlark, brig, early. Southern Ports.—Hawea, s.s,, 29th Inst. Northern Ports. —Taupo, s.s,. October 2. Westport, Grevmoutu, and Hokitika.- Matau, s.s.. this day. Wanoanhi.—Manawatu, p.s., this day. , PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Melbourne via the South. —Ringarooma, s.s., 29th inst. Southern Ports.—Tanpo, October 2. Northern Ports, —Hawea, s.s , 30th inst. Melbourne and Hobarton via the South.— Otago, s.s., October G. .. ... Lyttelton and Port Chalmers.—Wakatipu, s.s., 29th inst. Sydney, via West Coast. —Albion, s.s.. Oct. 9. Castlepoint and Napier..—Kiwi,_s.s., October 2. Wanganui.—Manawatu, p.s., 29th inst. Napier.- Rangatira, s.s., October 4. Blenheim.—Falcon, this day. BY TELEGRAPH. PORT CHALMERS, Wednesday. Arrived : Ship Jessie Headman, 88 days out from London. She brings 1400 tons cargo, 9 passengers, and some live stock. She encountered heavy weather after rounding the Cape of Good Hope, Sailed : Arawata, with the Suez mail, for the Bluff. ’ LYTTELTON, Wednesday. Sailed; Ladybird, for Akaroa and Port Chalmers, at 4.15 p.m. WEATHER AT 5 P.M. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland.—3o 29—N.N.W., light; gloomy. Napier.—SoT(! N.E., light; fine. Bar slight [ Castlepoint.—3ol7 —N.N.E., light; cloudy.-Slight --swell. Wellington.— 3ol4—N.N.W., light; gloomy. Hokitika.—3o 01—N.E., light; threatening. Bar “good.' Westport.—29’9o-N.N.W., gale; threatening. Bar rough. Timaru.—3o 03—N.E., light; fine. Sea smooth. , ' Oamaru.—3o 00—N.E., light : fine. Sea smooth. Bluff.—29 94—E.5.E., light; fine. Barometer falling generally. The departure of the s.s. Stormbird for Wanganui has been postponed till to-day at noon. The cutter Dido sailed for Blenheim yesterday forenoon, Messrs. McMeckan, Blackwood,; and Co.’s steamer Ringarooma, Captain .John McLean, arrived here at 10 o’clock yesterday morning. She left the Sandridge Railway Pier, Melbourne, at 2.35 p.m. on the 18th inst., and cleared Port Phillip; Heads at 5.20 p.m. same day. Passed Swan island at 6.30 p.m,on the 19th, and experienced light north-west winds Tnd very ’ fine weather up to making the land. Sighted the South-west Capo at 6 p.m. on the 22nd, and passed the Solander at 11.35 p.m., arriving at the Bluff at 7 a.m. on the 23rd. Discharged cargo, mails, and pas-, sengers. and left the Bluff at 4 pm. same day; had light winds and calms along the coast, and arrived at Port Chalmers at 0 a.m. on the 24th; proceeded North at 4.20 p.m, on the 25th, and arrived at Lyttelton at 10 a.m. on the 20th ; sailed again at 4 the same afternoon, and arrived as above. Experienced moderate northerly winds along the coast. We are indebted to Mr. Chatfield, purser, for hies and report. During the Ringarooma's passage from Melbourne Angus McAllister, a stoker, was taken seriously ill with cramp and constipation of the bowls. Although ... every possible attention was shown him he succumbed at 3.30 a.m. on the 20th inst. At midday ho was hurled with all the usual formalities. The deceased ' was, we are told, a member of the Mason'c craft, under the Scottish constitution, and his Master- , Mason’s certificate was sewn up and burled with him r in his hammock. The s.s. Tni left Foxton at 2.30 p.m. yesterday, : crossed the bar at 2.15 p.m., and arrived alongside the wharf at 10.30 last night. Had north-west winds throughout. She will return to Foxton to-day. We are indebted to Mr. Seed, Secretary for Customs, for the following extract from a letter received from - the Sub-Collector of Customs at Waitangi, Chatham, Mauds;—Some portions.of a large vessel were picked ’ up in June last on the northern coast of the island, near Mr. Engst’s homestead, between Tupuangi and Monganni, consisting of a figurehead, some fittings apparently having been used for sheep or cattle, and some very fresh-looking kauri scantling ot various dimensions. One piece was about 9x 14 inches, and probably 16 feet in length. The figurehead consisted T of half a globe on the underneath portion, the upper part being ornamented with a wreath of carved flowers painted blue and yellow. The paint appeared pretty fresh, but the upper portion of the'figurehead was much decayed. There were very few barnacles on the limber or wreck, and no name was visible on either. On the top of the new offices of the New Zealand • - Shipping Company has been erected a flagstaff, upon which it is proposed to hoist the company’s flag when any of their vessels arc signalled at Mount Victoria. The flag will also bo displayed when intelligence has been received of the arrival of one of the company’s .ships at Home. Such a convenience will doubtless ; be.appreciated by the shipping community at largo, as it will enable merchants and others to obtain aecu- , rate information regarding vessels belonging to tiie ' " company, immediately on receipt of intelligence by ' the agents.., The three-masted schooner Ada Wlsweil will sail from this port about the end of this week for Kaipara, • where she will load with timber for Port Chalmers.; ' r , ’ A telegram was received here yesterday by Messrs. Seager and Co. stating that the Matau was strained and making much water, and further that all the blades of the propeller were broken off. The owners ’ sent in a formal notice of their abandonment ot the steamer to the Standard Insurance Co., but the latter refused to accept it. An advertisement elsewhere states that the Matau will be sold by auction for the benefit of those concerned, as she now lies stranded, by Mr. George Thomas, on Friday next, the 29th instant.' The s.s. .Wellington sailed yesterday for Northern ports at 2.20 p.m. She'took a largo number ,of ' diggers from this and Southern'Ports for the West Coast rush. A Home paper says :—The Wolverene, 17,. screw, corvette,' is ordered to bo brought forward for com-' mission at Sheemcss dockyard, and she is now taking ' on board her guns, Ac., from the Ordnance department, at Chatham. , She is intended for service on the ‘ Australian statlon ( and will relieve the Pearl. The ketch Falcon; .Captain Fisk, reached this pbrt from' lilonhelm forenoon. She left there' the previous day. and had a fresh N. W. wind across. ‘ Reports seeing the brigantine Hannah Broomfield, the barque Malay, and the schooner Onward in Cloudy Bay.

The schooner Unity arrived here from Wanganui in ballast yesterday. We are informed that Captain Macfarlane, her old skipper, has’again assumed command, Captain Lambert having resigned. Captain Macfarlane is now a part owner of her, having purchased a half share for £375 from Captain Thomas. The N.Z. Shipping Company have received advices by the last mail stating that the ship Howrah had sailed from London for this port *ria Nelson on 27th July, with 259 statute adult Government immigrants on board; 200 of them will be landed at Nelson, the balance being for this port. The Ocean Mall was to have left London for this port en the 21st August. The schooner Young Dick sailed for this port from Hobarton on Saturday last. The ketch Forest Queen was towed round from the wharf to the breastwork by the s.s. Moa. - Tiie Forest Queen will sail for Foxton with railway material.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. WAKATIPU. The Union Company’s new steamship Wakatipu, Angus Cameron, commander, put in an appearance at the Heads at 7 o’clock yesterday evening, rilot Holmes was on the look-out, and brought the vessel into harbor by about 8.30. The travelling public of New Zealand are greatly indebted to the Union Company for the really first-rat© accommodation tney have hitherto afforded; and by this new additurn to their fleet we understand they intend to open up regular communication wit Sydney and Newcastle. The builders are Messrs. William Denny and Brothers, of Dumbarton, and she was launched from their yards last May. Her dimensions are as follows Length over all, 30jft.. ie PSth of keel. 200 ft. ; beam, 33ft.; and depth of hold, Jolt., giving her a gross measurement of 1796 tons, or without engine space, of 1157 tons. Her passenger accommodation is of a high order, the saloon being amidships and the steerage aft. This arrangement has been adopted with most of the now steamers at Homo, and works admirably. The saloon is quite a feature in the cabin accommodation, being the full length of the vessel, and the skylight, as in the steamers Australia and Zealandia, is carried above the spar deck, giving ample ventilation. No expense has been spared in the fittings, the panelling of polished maple, relieved by gold beading, giving a most handsome effect. The sleeping accommodation is excellent; baths and other sanitary arrangements being amply provided for. The ladies' berths are entirely separate from the saloon, being most elegantly fitted up and furnished, and altogether accommodation is provided for forty cabin passengers. The arrangements for the comfort of passengers on deck are most admirable, a reading-room and smokingroom, fitted in most superior style, being provided. Steerage accommodation is provided for fifty-two passengers, and the cabins are so well planned that intending voyagers will certainly think twice before they book by any other steamer if the time of sailing suits their convenience. Her hull, masts, and decks are all of iron, and, like most modern steamers, she is straight stemmed. She has very fine lines, and although not absolutely “ a; thing of beauty,” it can scarcely be denied that she is very nicely modelled, having a clipper entrance and a clean delivery. The whole of the deckhouses are of iron, built into the ship, so that when the doors ore closed she is’as impervious to water getting below os a tank with the man-hole door fastened. The steamer is steered from the bridge. Ample promenade space for passengers is provided over the house on deck, in which are the captain’s and officers’ quarters. There is a sufficiency of boats on board in case of emergency, and all are provided with Douglas’s patent lowering apparatus, by which all danger of upsetting is avoided. The Wakatipu is propelled by compound engines, possessing all the latest improvements, and made l at Denny Brothers’, establishment. They are of 256 horse-power nominal, .but can work up to 1500, the indicated force, and working a four-bladed screw. They have worked smoothly and well on the way out, and the engineer who is in charge states that during the last few day prior to arrival a better speed has been attained than on the trial trip. The maximum speed is said to be 13 knots, on a consumption of fuel averaging about 20 tons per day, but on the voyage out she was restricted to 10-knot speed, and the result has been highly creditable. She is intended to bo worked economically, and for this purpose is fitted with ’ ballast-tanka capable of containing 300 Urns of water, and the pumpingengines can discharge this in two hours. This is when there is no cargo offering. By means of her many steam appliances she can discharge cargo over both sides from three hatches, there being two powerful steam-winches at each hatchway, with a separate derrick. There is also a steam-windlass. She left London for Melbourne with 1200 tons coal and 900 tons of cargo, mostly measurement goods. On leaving she drew 16ft. of water, and on arrival in Melbourne her draught of water was 14ft. The passengers were so thoroughly satisfied with the ship and their voyage out that an address expressive of their sentiments was drawn up and presented to Captain Cameron just previous to arrival at Port Phillip. From Melbourne she went to Sydney, making the passage in 50 hours, and from thence to Newcastle, returning again to the same port. She left Sydney for this port at 4.35 p.m. on the 22nd, passed through Sydney Heads at 5.30 ; for first few days had strong S.E. winds and heavy head sea, thence moderate N.E. and E.N.E. winds; sighted Cape Farewell at 9 a.m. yesterday, passed Stephen’s Island at noon, and arrived here at 5.30 p.m. She brings 1360 tons coal for all ports, and will sail for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers on Friday. Captain Cameron has with him as chief officer Mr. Houghton, Mr. McKechnie being second, and Mr. Arthur third. Altogether the "Wakatipu is the finest steamer engaged in the intercolonial trade, and we can only congratulate the Union Company on their enterprise, and hope it will meet with the success it deserves.