SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4896, 30 November 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WKIiLINGTON. High W*ikr.-1.49 a.s.: 2.3 p.m. ARRIVE!!. „ , November 29.-Tui. s.s„ 84 lons, Bonner, from Ljttelton and Kaikoum Passengera-Cabin ; Messrs. Davidson, Mace, and McKenzie, Bishop, agent. Napier, s.s., 48 tons. Holmes, horn koiton. Paa-sengers-Cabin ; Messrs. Stuart, Nees, Dodds, and Middiemist. Turnbull and Co , agents. Dido, cutter, 38 tons, Shilling, from Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents. SAILED. November 29,—Zior, schooner, 67 tons, Norman, for Dundin, via Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Clio, schooner, 81 tons, Chambers, for MoeraW. Brogden and Sons, agents. _ Tui, s.s., 64 tons, Bonner, for Foxton. Passenger—Cailn : Mr. Busk. Bishop, agent. Ladybird, s.s., 286 tons. Andrew, for Northern ports. Passengers— Saloon: Mesdames Goodwin and Viooman, Revs, Messrs, McKee, Patterson, and Ross, Messrs. Rose, McLean, Brent, and Hind; 2 steerage. Levin and Co, agents. . „ . ~ Kangatira, s.s., 190 tons, Evans, for Napier Pas* sengers—Saloon: Mrs Illingworth and infant. Mr. and Mrs. Jarsons, Messrs. Wylie, Lloyd, Wandrum, Haselden, Kohler, and Bent. Pllmmer, agent. Hinemoa, Government s.s.. 282 tons. Fairchild, for Napier. Passengers—Saloon : Sir D. McLean, Hon. Dr. PoUen, Mr. Sheehan, Mr. Grmdall, and several others. IMPORTS. {A special charge is made for consignees* names inserted in this column. ] Rangatira, from Napier: 83 sacks maize, 1 steamhammer. . , . . Napier, from Foxton: 14,515 ft. timber, 21 bales wool, 07 bdls skins, 11 hides, 3 casks tallow, 6 pkgs, I case, 1 box, 7 pkgs empties. _ Tui, from Lyttelton : 200 bags flour, 2 boxes. From Kaikonra: 34 bales wool, Ido rabbitskins, 2 pels. 6 empties. EXPORTS. Ladybird, for Picton : 8 pkgs. For Nelson ; 7 qrcasks rum, 1 pair springs, 1 pkg, IC7 gunnies sugar, 9 eases. 27 do fruit, 120 bags rice. For Taranaki: 235 gunnies sugar, 112 mats do, 10 casks, 29 kegs, 78 cases, 29 boxes. 40 bags rice, 1 case sugar, 10 hf-chests, 3 hhtls rum, 32 grindstones, 13 bdls, 75 boxes tea. 14 drums, 6 do oil, 26 bars iron, 86 bdls do, 4 kegs nails, 1 bdl spades, 1 qr-cask treacle, 13 drums, 17 cases, 5 qr-casks, 4 bales, 10 brls, 135 pkgs groceries, 50 cases kerosene, 1 truss, 35 pkgs. S2 cases sundries. Tui, for Foxton : 10 hhds ale, 5 kegs nails, 5 cases stout, 6 kegs butter, 10 hhds. 20 boxes, 26 pkgs, 60 bags flour, 100 brls cement, X bag, 3 cases lemonade, i casks do, 1 gunny sugar. 1 pci, 1 trunk, 1 truss, 7 gunnies, 4 cases, 1 bale leather, 1 bar iron, 6 cases castor oil, 1 box tobacco, 6 bags flour, 1 keg powder, 1 do shot. Rangatira, for Napier: 6 cases tobacco, 30 boxes tea. 10 cases brandy, 1 bdl oars. X boat, 3 qr-casks wine, 2 pels, 42 cases, 7 bales, 2 trusses, 198 pkgs, 1 bycicle, 50 sacks flour, 17 gunnies, 28 bags sugar, 25 fathoms chain, 24 rails, 68 coils wire, 60 piles shoes, 19 bolts and nuts. b*prctki> arrivals. London.—Ocean Mail, ship, early; Avalanche, ship, daily; Hurtmui, ship, early: Himalaya, ship, early: Leicester, ship, early. Southern Pouts.—Taupo, 31st Inst.; Wakatipu, Ports.—Hawea, s,s., 2nd December. Newcastle. —Australind, barque, early ; Robin Hood, brig, early: Neptune, brig, early. Lyttelton.—Malay, barque, this day. Sydney, via the West Coast. —Otago, s.s., 30th instant. Melbourne and Hobarton via the South.— Albion, 3.9., 3rd Dec. . Wanganui.—Manawatu, p.s.,this day; Stormbird, s.s., tiiis day. Melbourne via the West Coast.—Alhambra, s.s., 7th December. Sydney via the West Coast—Otago, s.s., this * l * y ' PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.- Zealandia,ship, 13th Dec.;Waikato, ship, 16th December: Jessie Headman, ship, in December. Southern Ports.—Hawea, s.s., 2nd December. Northern Ports. —Taupo, s.s., Ist December. Melbourne and Hobarton via the South. — Otago. a. 5 ,% this day. Sydney, via the West Coaht. —Albion, s.s., 4th December. Nelson, Westport, Grbymouth, and Hokitika. Murray, s.s., this day. Foxton.—Tui, s.s., 2nd December. Wanganui,—Stormbird, s.s., this day ; Manawatu, p.s., Ist December. Napier.—Kiwi, s.s., this day. Sydney, via Grbymouth and Hokitika. Wakatipu, s.s., this day. Rangitikei.—Napier, s.s., this day. Melbourne, via the South. —Alhambra, s.s., Bth December. BY TELEGRAPH AUCKLAND, Wednesday Arrived : The Southern Cross, from Norfolk Island. Sailed : Hawea, for the South, at 4 p.ra. Passengers for Wellington—Misses Duncan, Messrs. Smyth, Duncan, and Gavin. LYTTELTON, Wednesday. Sailed : The Wakatipu, for the North, at 2 30 p.m. Passenger for Wellington—Mr. Prichard.—Wellington, for the South, at 4.26 p m. BLUFF. Wednesday. Arrived : from Dunedin. Sailed : Ringarooma, lor Melbourne, at 4 p.m.

WEATHER AT 6 p.m. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Aucklanti. —3012 —N.N.E., light; fine. Napier.—3o*l4— N.E., fresh : fine. Slight swell. C’abtlkpoint.—3o*ls —N.E., fresh ; flue. Mach swell. Wellington.—3o 15— North, light; fine. Hokitika. good. Westport, — 3o 02— North, light: fine. Bargood. Timaro.—3o*o4 —N.E., light: fine. Sea smooth. Oamaru.—3o*oo— N.B.. light: cloudy. Sea smooth. Bluff. — 29*96— S.E.. light; fine. Barometer falling generally.

The time-baU may be used to-day for rating chronometers. A chronometer true on Greenwich time would show 12h. 90mln. when the ball drops. Any difference is error, plus or minus, of the chronometer. The s.s. Murray will sail for Nelson, Westport, Greymontb. and Hokitika this afternoon. The s.s. Otago will sail for Melbourne and Hobarton. via the South, this afternoon. The s.s. Stormbird and the p.s. Manawatu will arrive here this morning from Wanganui. The former is advertised to sail again for the same port to-day, and the latter on Friday. The s.s. Tui, Captain Bonner, did not arrive here from Lyttelton and Kaikoora till 4 o'clock yesterday morning. She sailed from Lyttelton at 7 p.m. on the 27th and arrived at Kalkoura at 4 a m. on the 28th ; left atft.3oa.m..bnton coming across the Strait avery dense fog was experienced, and afte~ groping about in it for some time sufficiently shallow water was found to anchor In. and the Tui was accordingly brought up till 2 a.m, yesterday, when it cleared away, andrthe place where they had anchored was found to be just off Island Bay. The Tui sailed for Foxton at 3.45 p.m. yesterday. The p.s. Lyttelton, which left the wharf at 5 o’clock on Tuesday evening had, owing to the heavy fog which prevailed, to bring up at Soames Island, from whence abe sailed at an early hour yes'erday morning. The schooners Kaituna and Arthur Wakefield, from Pelorns Sound, arrived here yesterday afternoon. The cotter Dido, Captain Shilling. left Blenheim at 3 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon, and arrived here at 5 o’clock pm. yesterday. Experienced thick foggy weather with light airs till 12.30 a.m. yesterday, when a light breeze sprang up and brought her into port. The Dido brings a full cargo of wool and other produce. She will sai tomorrow night for Blenheim. The s.s. Hfnemoa sailed for the East Coast yesterday. She will make Napier her first port of call, thence she will await orders from Wellington where to proceed to. It Is believed she will visit Cape Marla Van Diemen, for which place she has got a number of iron bark piles to be used in the construction of a new lighthouse there The topvail schooner Clio, for Moerakl, and Zlor, for Dunedin, via Peioms Sound, sailed yesterday forenoon. The s.s. Kangatira sailed for Napier direct yesterday at 0.30 p.m. Prior to departure she was taken up on the Patent Blip, where she received a coat of patent anti-fouling composition. It is stated that the cable steamer Agnes will proceed to-morrow to pick up the cable buoy which bos been reported as having drifted down to the mouth of Pallaser Bav, The other buoy which was attached to the cable has not been seen for some time, and it is now supposed that It has been drawn under the water by the force of the heavy tide which runs, in that portion of the Strait whe-e it was fixed, at the rate of from six to seven knots, an 1 being unable to stand the pressure put upon it has collapsed and sank to the bottom.

The s.s. Napier arrived here yesterday at 4 a.m. from Foxton, which place she left at 0 o’clock the previous morning, but meeting with a heavy fog she was obliged to come to an anchor off the Pinnacle, Where she remained till It cleared off early yesterday morning. Bhe la advertised to sail for itangitikei to.f *The «.R. Wakatlpu will sail to-morrow for Sydney, vU the WeV Coast ’ ’Only about 850 bales more wool is now required to fill up the ship*Zoklandla, pD the arrival at the Heads on Tuesday night, at 6 o’clock, the Napier found herself enveloped in a fog ; shortly after, while, poing dead slow, she touched the ro ck* trhder thW lighthouse, but was at once backed astern. : /At the time the fog was so dense that they could not see three fe*?t ahead. The Napier was taken on fo the slip vesterday. and on being examined by Mews, .Naacacww and. McGregor, the -Government ■ftofeS&Wr, it wrts fontfcl IhatTohly two o r three sheets of copper were grazed.