SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4908, 14 December 1876, Page 4

SHIPPING.

PORT OK , , i ■ ai'dE Waiie.—2.S9 A.M.: 3,2f.M. : ARRIVED.' ■ ;, ■ ■ : f. DiuKMEEr 13.—Ocean 1 Mai!, ship,, Joeii Wat-, son, from London. Passengers—Saloon: Lieutenant Douglas, Mrs. Douglas;,infant, .and nurse;,Commodore Eastlier. Mrs. Easther, Hears. .Stewart A. TU P 'Field' Sydney Chancellor, Mrs* Arouipaiu SJI two Mes.f» v M. S. Wsley'and Sydney Abelo. , Second Cabin: Messrs. E. Dossottor. F..&. Tlirippl'eton, Paget K. H. Jones, Clement .Cartwright, Adolpli Lpurie, John Nethan,, Daniel .Jacobs, Strickland Mrs. -Tofts and infant, Intermediate—Lachlan McLean and Mark Marriott. Steerage—James Healey, Patncl^HeaJey- l^° scn ‘ berk; Fhbmas W. Tuffneli, Julia Costelloe. Margaret Costelloe. Frederick J. ■ Adnams, Richard Bulling, Sarah Maugham, John' Hoglund, nah Lunaberg. and Robert Henry Thomas-Gilbert. N.Z.S. Co., agents.r . ‘ *• i - .. v Taranaki, a.s., 327 tons, Andrew, .from the South. Passengers—Saloon: Mrs.McKeovan and family. Captain Bower, Messrs CUriater. Shannon, Marks, ■ and Buttle; 9in the steerage; r Levin ahd:Co., agents.» ; ’ ■ SAILED... ‘ December 13.—Murray, s.s., 78 tons, Conway, for Nelson and -West Coast. ' Passengers—Cabin: Mrs. Alien and) six children. Misses ‘Costello (2), Messrs. Anderson, and Haley (2). ; Anderson,' agent.: r , • • laranaki, a.s., 327; tons,; Andrew, ■ for the North. Passengers—Saloon: ‘Mesdames Reid"and Wilton, Hisses • Bartlett/Holmes/ and Cook, Messrs. McHut-’ chqon.Dayis/ Connor, i Mathias/ Valance; Boardmary Hamlin, Dunstan, Thomas, Mason, Lucas, andMulli-; gan.' Levin and’Co., agents. ’ . _; J .... i Napier/ s.s., 48 tons; Holmes, for Foxton., Turnbull andCo.,.agents. ‘ 1 ' j- . Stormbird, s.s., 69 (tons, ifor. .Wanganui, Turnbull and Co., agents., •, ~...... •* . - Wuimoa, ' ship, 854 tons, Dovilt, Mr Lyttelton. NiZ;Bi‘ Co.j agents. . »Neptune,-brig, 290 tons. Yule; for Newcastle. Williams, agent- , „ , ■ VRangatira, a.s., IDC tons, Evans, for Napier. PUmmer/ agent/ • * • . Lyttelton, ps.; 88 tons, Scott, for Blenheim. Anderson, 'agent. ...i■ 1 . CLEARED OUT. : DeckMher 13.—Kobln Hood, brig, 297. tone, Baton, for:Newcastle. ■ iPassengers—Cabin:-Mr. 1 and Mrs. James;(Williams,, agent.- - ‘ , • " , ! Thames,.ketch, 22 tons, .Hunt, for Polorus Sound. • MasteiV’agent," ■TVaihbpai, schooner; 43 tons, Reardon, for Polorus Sound.. (Master; agent, i. •> 1 - 1 ■■ ' Wspecial charge is made for consignees’ names inserfrd id* this column.] : ; ' - ~; ■ -Kiwi, from the East Coast: 240 bales wool. .-.Tslauaki, from Dunedin:!.lSO bores tea,. 23 oaf os, 30,000 feet timber, 4 casks, 136 pkgs, 1 keg, 12 boxes, 8 baleSi' ITS boxes. .18 planks. 50 sacks, 1 pci, From-, Lyttelton: 22 cases;'32pkgs. 20 drums, 1 pole, 1 platform, 1 pel, 4 blocks stone, 10 pkgs. . ; EXPORTS. -• -Aspasia. for East Coast: 4’ pkgs sundries,:? sacks flour, 1 hhd ale, 2 pkgs furniture, 4 cases beer, l qr 7 . cask -brandy, 13 cases wines (and spirits, 2S pkgs gro(casks ale, 18 pkgs sundries, 10 coils wire, 1 trunkboots, ,2.pcls;6 pkgs, 1 sack grass seed. . Napier, . for Fqxton: 5 ' oases,, 10 sheets gal. iron; 0 hart" grain, 1 pel scrim; 4 kegs nails, 3 cases kerosene, Ssheets iron, 2 coils wire; .6 camp ovens and covers,, 34 pkgs groceries; 3 tanks, 29 cases groceries; 7 gunnies sugar.lo pkgs do, 4 oases kerosene. 3 do jam,lo sacks flour, X hox sundries, ,1 bdi spades, 2 cases axes, 1 qrtierce tobacco/ 4 hhds* ale, Tease'drapery, 1 dp iron; mongery, 5 crates bottles, l qr-oask brandy; 1 hannonlum, ! 1 roll rise, 1 pkg. tobacco, 3 oases lemonade, .2 bales leather, 3 hhds ale, 1 case, cheese, 2,d0 bacon, 1 (for-Nelson: 3 Cpky. 'l case, 1 box. For Groymouth: r 10 cases schnapps, ,1 truss, 1 case, 1 anchor plate. ' For Hokitika. 6 pkgs, 2,casks, l ease; 2 pkgs... For \Vestport: 1 pkg,-1 bale, 1 case. 'Thames,- for Pelorus.Sound: 1 sack nuts, 1 cask sugar, I’do ale, I do,brandy. 1 '■ - ’

/ < ' KX PK(JTISI> ARRTVALS.i. London. Hurunui, i; early •/•Himalaya, early; Leicester, early. v ' • • .-. • Southern Ports.—Zcalaudia, 15th inst.; Hawea, iSthihst. ‘ v "v-'■, " ■'/ ; */, ~ • ' ' Northern’ Ports.—-Wellington, 16th inst,;.Taranaki; 21st inst.

HobartoN.—Young Dick, daily,, , Melbourne,.VlA tiie.South.—Arawata, IstJi mst, WanCanui.—Manawatu, this day: Stormbird,-15tb inst; ;‘ f ot -’i''.".! l: • '■ •- . r : PROJECTED DEPARTURES. . i f ; Lombok.-- Zealandia, this day; Waikato, 15th inst.: Jessie Headman, this month; St. Leonards,"Jan. 5, ■ • Wanganui.—Manawatu, - 15th inst.; Stormbiru, lOthinst. , Northern Ports.—Taranaki, this day ; Hawea, ISthinst.. Southern’ Ports. —Wellington, 15th inst.; Taranaki. 21st inst. ’. < b ' • Napieb-and Castlbpoint.—Kiwi, this day. Foxton.'—Tu!, this day; Napier,. 16th inst. CAan/BPOiNT. —Aspasia. this day. MklboOrne and Hobahtos via the Sooth.— Albion,'2oth inst. •• Napikr, Auckland, Kandavau, Honolulu, and San Francisco.—Zealandla, 15th inst. Newcastle.—Easby ,15th mst. Melbourne, viATHs South.—Arawata, 18th mst. Nelsonl—Arawata, 16th inst. • - Kaikouba. —Lyttelton, this day. • ' BY TELEGRAPH ■ < . . r i BLUFF. Wednesday. , Arrived : Arawata, from; Melbourne, at *4 a.m. She left Hobson's Bay on the’morning of the Bth, and anchored at the Heads until the arrival of the B.M.S. Assam, at 6 p.m., when she transhipped mails and passengers, and sailed at 1 7 p.m., ; Experienced light winds and line weather up to the 12th, when a fresh, S.E. wind was met; and prevailed till arrival. Saloon passengers for Dunedin: Mesdames Harvey,’ Maitland;; and Howorth, Misses Harvey and Leary,: Captain , Walker, Messrs. Harvey, * Leary, ( Co wall, Ferrier,; McLean/Hcpbnrn; Boss: 10 in the steerage; 145 tons cargo.- 1 For Lytteltons Mrs, Carter, Misses Cleveland, and Gough,'Messrs. Oorigh, lOln.the steerage; 62 tons cargo. - For Wellington; Misses PaStCn and Bntherford;. Mr. and Mrs. Cowper, Mrs. Daniells, Messrs.'Borlase, and Shelpter; 12 in the steerage: 70 tons cargo. For Nelson:'Mr.and Mrs. J. Smith- Messrs. Nicholand Norman; Sin the steerage; 8 tons'cargo.' JFor. Auckland: Mesdames White and Stevenson; sin the steerage.’ , " . , - Sailed: Arawata, for Dunedin, at 9 a.m.

V - ; , : AUCKLAND, Wednesday. . Arrived: Kenilworth and Minneh, from Lyttelton.

LYTTELTON, Wednesday.'

Sailed ;. Taupe, for .the South* at 3,45 p.m,Passengers—Mesdames Struthers. Johnston, and Sheehan, Messrs. Cotterill, Edwards, Tanner, Tome, Field, Strode, and McKenzie. ' • • -

PORT CHALMERS, Wednesday. Sailed; Easby, ior Lyttelton. . » .

- WEATHER AT 5 p.m. YESTERDAY. . Barometer corrected for height only, re , . Auckland.— 29*70—5.5.W., light; fine; Napier.— 29*7s—South; fresh; fins. Bar consider* ableswell. —•

Caatlepoint.—29*o7—S.B;W;, fresh; .gloomy. Seft heavy....; .- u .. 1./wi Wellinoton.— 29*76-South, light; fine. Horitika.— 29*7s—S.K; light; fine: Bar gnod.*' Westport.— 2972— West, light ; fine/ Sea smooth; Timaru.—29'63 —N.E., light; cloudy. ; ( Heavy; easterly swell. • - . Oamabu.—29*73 N.E., . .fresh ; fine. Heavy easterly sea. ' * • * * !j * * ** Bluet.—29*67~East; light; fine. Heavy, easterly ..swell.-, . rr -- : v - v.jfiV /■:’ * 4 . Barometer falling In South.--ARRIVAL OFiTHE SHIP,OCEAN Daylight yesterday morning revealed, a rship lying snugly at anchor down closet to Soiqea Island, and of course : she was generally srt .down to be the Ocean Mail, from London, and on the Moa proceeding down to her in the forenoon she proved: to .be that;vessel, which had come into port with-the fresh southerly wind, having come south, about. Her passage out has been a long one—lol days from anchorage toanchor-age-nfor such a smart sailing ship; but still it must be taken Into consideration that every.; vessel .must depehd more or. less upon, the wind .which she.experiences to make a good passage. * The'Ocean Mail has-been . most ■unfortuhate* this particular,- for during/the'first portion of. her/.vbyage:nothing was experienced but the. most provoking weather/strong! head winds and calms, which lasted till after crossing the Equator, which she did " after a very long'trip of forty-nine days,'*"- J Fhe s> Oceanr fc Mailfiar*.under the command, of Captain John Watson, who was formerlyher first officer, and the passengers, ’ of whom there * were shlrty*elght; have, preseprtd:/hinlMth^aj : testimonial, which speaks in terras of, praise of His kindly, manner and cxcellent seamanship/ ; The passage out has .been uneventful, and the health of tbe.passengers r and crew excellent; ,however, there wa-s'pne death,; that of an ,able seaman, whp'died from dropsy and liver complaint on the Sth December. He'*was buried same'day. He was a native ;of Hamburg, and was 83 years old. Ffom ’the captain’s, and chief, officer’s log we ex--tract a few particulars of the voyage out :—She left, London'on tno‘2sth August,* and went down to Gravesend and took in powder' and:passengers/ Left there on the 27tb, and, anchored,ln the Downs at 4 p.m. - got Under ;way again on the>*29th, with a: moderate S.W. wind and fine weather. 'That day it' -camp on to blow strong from the Westward, Increasing to a- gale. and the vessel had to come again to an an- ‘ chorkge.in J>ungeness. Remained there till 2nd Sept/, when the wind'moderated.' and'the vessel proceeded on her voyage with'the wind S.S.W., fine. Afterwards head winds, which cbntlriuedall the way/down the Channel-. On. the 4th September the pllotwas landed off Start* Lighthouse... Had strong winds and cloudy-weather/ varied frequently with Btroijgr f S;W;^wlnds,'to the'l9th/iwhen? Madeira was sighted. The wind-here : fell>yery*light and-variable,* and the Island was not lost sight of for, four days; As to wheh'any N.B. trade? Were tnet wlth lt la hard to. say, as there were not three subcessive days on* which : the wind blew: steady from, that! quart4r; 7;l£owevcr, J what, was experienced of ,them 7 waa .very ,light;j ,Onthe 23rd September bbardeflAirship r Greeadck, from Swansea to Valparaiso. 14 days out. 1 On theßrd Octobefesightod the lsland of Sad'Antonlft, - Cape, de Verde/, The N.E. .trades may be said to have, given out on th'e Cth October, and with light winds and calms the Equtltbr was crossed on the IStii. The S/E: trades were found next They‘proved to be light, apd vert lost .-a/few days afterwards. 'Crossed; the meridian ofrGjccnwich. on the 7th. November, and with' strong westerly winds ‘ rounded r she Cape of GoodTTopeonthe llthNovpmb'er.; Hod strong gales in niDDing'dowh lat. 47deg. long. 84deg., with a aterrific north-west.galo was cncountered, accompanied with a higli .raging.sea. The upper maintopsall was blown away, and the vessel was sent scudding before the wind apd'sea under closo-reefed malntopsail and. foresail; *At. ; .X . .p.m;,;sho , waß..popbed>by a tre-. mencfously heavy. Aea/ /almost appalling in volume and 'force*.",' It /‘stove f.ln, the . front, of. -the saloon; /aUd ,-smashed.., in .the skylight, of, the eccortd and third class passengers noippartments, flooding them/ and eventually swept, the, deck, carrying away -all. loose, lObjects., ; The hatches, had ‘ then, to bo : battened down,. for, eighteen

hours, during wWch before j thewind; o At6p.m.wgale commenccdt,aklne oft. The 'sea'Was high* -and'more canvaps tfAs.putjori her ta/preveht her belngagaln pooped Fortunately such did not happen, au £pu9 ; an,dj g gtUJwUy v %ent dowpr' Rteezes more or wero'^xporlericeaHin : ’oii i iecenibbr, witm, abbiiti4(bSiles> gate, only falling,from 29’50jtp )> 29;,48,; aud before sail could bo reduced, the'jibboom, mainsap, ; foretopsail;* foretogallantsail/ and all the head sails wore carried jaway. ; Thei vesisol had! .to be :biought reefed sail while the wreck was. , cleared away. Strange to sayj the* wind, which was .accompanied with a high‘sea, only lasted for .six hours, and departed as quickly as /it ’ came,-leaving a calm sea behind, On the.loth a temporary- j ibbopm was shipped, and the sarao'day Stewarts Island was sighted, bearing W,N,W.‘35 miles. Had strong S.W. wnd, accompanied with foggy'weather, up the coast. Was off Kaikouros at 4 p.m. on the:l2th, C p.m. was abeam of Cape Campbell. .She-came across tliQ Strait in fine time, and saw Tencarrow light at,9 p. m. Then she ran Into port, and having no pilot on board she-just came in straight; and without attempting to come, up the bay, anchored off Somes Island at II P*” l * on Tuesday* The passengers were all lauded by the s.s. Moa, which steamer made two trips to her, At 6 p.m. the Ocean Mail again gotundcr way under the charge of Captain HilL and sailed.up to an anchorage off the wharf. She will be berthed at the wharf today/and the usual notice of the agents, the Company, regarding the cargo, appears elsewhere, She will commence to discharge to-morrow. ~ Th 6 time-ball may be used to-day for rating clirpno- : meters. A chronometer true on Greenwich, time would show 12h.’ 30min. when,the ball drops. : Any difference is error, plus or minus, of the chronometer*,

The ship Waimea got under way yesterday,afternoon at S. 15; and beat out of the harbor. f She isbound 1 for Lyttelton, and will probably bring,up in Worscr brig Neptune left her anchorage between Ward Island and Somes Island ■ yesterday,, und; beat out close to Worser’ Bay, where she was taken in tow by 4he s.s/Eangatira and brought outside^Hie Heads. ‘ ; The a.s. Murray fori Nelson and West Coast sailed ‘yesterday at 3,80, p.m. . . : • i.! i_ ?' ‘ . ! The Homo correspondent of 4 the Otago Daily Times 1 says:—A-flne iron clipper ship,' of 1120 tons, and classed 100 A 1 at Lloyds, was launched' at Aberdeen on. October 7th, for Messrs. Shaw, Savill,: and Co.'s New Zealand line. She was christened the Hormione.. Her builders 1 aro Messrs. A.’ Hall and Co., And her dimensions are—Length. 210 ft.; breadth, 85ft.; depth, 21ft, The s.s. Easby will arrive hero to-morrow from Southern ports, and sail again same day for Newcastle. The Tul/it is expected, will sail to-day. for Foxton. The s.s. Arawata, with the Suez mail on board, may be expected to arrive here on Saturday morning next. ■ i The s.s. Stormbird for !\> r anganui, nndtheßaugatira, for Napier, sailed yesterday at. 4 p.m. . The steamer Napier left' the wharf at 6 o clock last evening for Foxton. ; She was fitted with a new foremast yesterday by Mr. Woods. I ’ : - s .The s.s.'- Taranaki,. Captain Andrew,, arrived here from Southern ports yesterday at9.3oa.‘m. She left Tort Chalmers at 6.30 p.m/*on Saturday, and had a strong N;E. wind up the coast as far as the Long Lookout, thence.till arrival at Lyttelton at 5 p.m* on the 10th S.E/; wfis detained there owing to the inclemency of tithe weather till 6 tf/ml-on'Tuesday, when she sailed, from! port with :a-fresh southerly wind, which continued till arrival here as above. Wo notice that Mr;Edndatoh, so long knowhfn .connection with the Taranaki as purseir, i$ oh board her filling the same position, s and to 5 hiih‘ we 1 are indebted for Southern plea. The Taranaki's new machinery works very well,and sho mades the run down from here to. Port Chalm’ers last timeih 32hoiirs/' She sailed north at midnight. , . j The departure of the' 3 Kiwi for the East Coast has been postponed; till 2 p.m : to-day., r // -!* i The arrival of the Josephine off 'the Heads was telegraphed from; the 'pilot station on the afternoon of the-7tk' inst./ 5 and'shortly Afterwards she crossed the bar, and sailedup to the anchorage off' Mansford |Bay at 415 p.im. M The Josephine is a fin© barquentine of , nearly 600 tons’ register, and is comparatively, a now vessel; having been built in 1874 at Waldaborough, State of. Maine/ and. since that- tirae been employed in;the trade to the; Mediterranean and South America ; this being.her first trip; to the..colonies,; She brings ’& * large * assorted cargo,. fully 1100 * tons in 1 mcasurementi about- half being for' this port; and the for .Lyttelton and Wellington. W© thank -Captain Stahl for/the ;following -re-' porti—Leh New York!August 14, and: experienced easterly winds for the first 45 dayspf the passage, thence sho had the winds > from S.W. to S.E. (getting no north-east, trad?s), and picked up the first of the S.E. trades in latitude 5 N* on September 24;. crossed the Equator.in longitude 30 W/on September 27, then 44 days out/experienced v good ; S.E. trades after passing the Equator,; and lost them in latitude *26 S.; after losing the trades she had baffling winds for a few days/fbllowed.by light N.E.’ winds tp latitude 39 S., longitude 10 W.; picked up the westerlies ‘on October. 17,.and .crossed, the meridian of Greenwich oh the 19th-in'latitude 40 S.rounded the/Cape of Good Hope oh r October 25, and experienced a continuance of with one or two heavy gales, : running through-them 1 all; November 9, in lat. 42 S./long, .68 E. v , slie had .the: wind from the westward. aud kept it till making the land. She crossed, the meridian of Cape Lettwin on November 22, and still keeping the wind from the westward, passed the Snares at 8 a;m. oh the sth instant, and came up the coast with S.W. to S.S.W. winds and rainy weather. Sighted the Heads at 6 a.m. on the 6th instant, and sailed up' as above: The casting was run down in lat. 42 S: No ice was sighted, and the only vessel spoken after'crossing the Equator was the ship* Tobago, from London for Melbourne,; on November 20.—Otago .Guardian, Bth inst.. .....