SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4981, 10 March 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OF WELLINGTON. Hion Water.—o.sla.m. : 1.35 r M 2 4 A.M. ; 2.32 P.M. ARRIVED. March 9.—Arawata, s.s., C 23 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne, via the South. Passengers—Saloon: From Melbourne: Miss Amy Jordan, Messrs. Taylor, Collins, Hutchison, and Smith. From Coast: Mr. and Mrs. Ollivier, Messrs. Buchanan, Hill, Giant, Steinfield, and Baton ; 8 steerage from Coast, and 5 from Melbourne. Bishop, agent. Wellington, s.s., 279 tons, Lloyd, from the North. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Elliott (2) and Bergenhoff, Mr. and Mrs. Capel. Mr. and Mrs. Hadtield, Messrs. Passmore, Bergenhoff. Macrae, Jack, Lnckey. Bristow, Whurr, and Humphries ; 10 for South. .Levin and Co., agents. Rangatira. s.s., 19G tons, Evans, from Napier. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs. Carter, Mr. and Mrs'. Matthews, Misses Matthews (2). Messrs. Levien, McCulloch, Craig, Davis. Cathrell, Grierson, Martin, Dawson, Wall, and Harris ; 9in the steerage. Pliuiiuer, agent. Tui, s.s., 64 tons, Bonner, from Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Passengers—Cabin : Lydia Howard Troupe (12), Mr. Nees; 3in the steerage. Bishop, agent. HAILED. March 9. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Hadfield, Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson, Major Nookes, Capt. Gudgeon, Miss Jordan; 4 in the steerage. Plimmer, agent. Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, for Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs. Bushell, Messrs. Allan and Barry. Tvtrnbull and Co., agents. Arawata, s.s., C 23 tons. Underwood, for Nelson. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Fisher, Messrs. Shannon (2). Bishop, agent. Kennedy, s.s., 13S tons. Palmer, for Nelson and West Coast. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Bentley, Marks, Johnson, Williams, Rubens, and Mclsaao. Deacon, agent. IMPORTS. [A special charge is made for consignees' names inairted in this column.] Arawata, from Melbourne: 50 cases, 11 do tin plates, 80 boards, 18 planks, 7 bales, 2 hf-chest 3 tea, 1 box capsules, 10 pkgs, 12 cases clarat, 2 cases coffee, 41 bags pepper, 1 pkg boots. Merlin, from Lyttelton: 157 sacks grass seed, 255 sacks oats, 28 bales chaff; Wellington, from North : 2 pels, 14 cases mustard, 60 pkgs soap, 33 bags potatoes, 2 bales, G cases, 7 bales woo), 1 box fruit, 1 bdL EXPORTS. Manawatu, for Wanganui: 4 qr-casks, 21 bdls hoop iron, 50 cases schnapps, 20 do whisky, 290 cases kerosene, 84 pkgs, 42 cases. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. —Fleione, early; Northampton, early. Southkks Pouts.—Rotorua, 10th inst. ; Taupo, WtU inst. Melbourne.— Anthons, early Hoktbebs Poiu».-Hawea, ISth inst. Melbourne, via the South.—Bingarooma, 14th Sydney.—Wakatipn,-13th inst. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Londoh.- Ocean Mail, this day; Avalanche, this flay. NoninisitN Forts.—Tanpo, 14th inst. Sootiiern Fours.—Wellington, this day; Hawea, 13th inst. Wanoanui.—Manawatu, 12th inst.; Stormbird, 12th Melbourne, via the Souin. Arawata, 11th Foxton.—Napier, this day ; Tui, 12th inst. Sydney viaTaranaki and Manukau.—Rotorna, this day. Napier and Poverty Bay.—Rangatira, this day. Nelson.—Arawata, this day. Castlepoint and Napier.—Kiwi, 12th inst. Lyttelton and Port Chalmers.—Wakatipn, 14th inst. .Blenheim.— Lyttelton, 14th inst. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Friday. Arrived : Dayspring, from South. Sailed: Go-Ahead, for Napier.

CHHISTCHURCH, Friday. The New Zealand Shipping Company have received London telegraphic advices of the arrival of the thiee first wool ships—Waitangi, from Lyttleton, passage 80 days; Waikato, from Wellington, 73 days; Columbus, from Napier, 82 days. LYTTELTON, Friday. Sailed : Benclengh and Cliopatrick, for Dunedin. —Rotorua, for North and Sydney. Passengers for Wellington—Messrs. Fenton and Sellig. For Nelson: Mr. and Mrs, Webley. For Manukau: Mr. and Mrs. Dutton, Messrs. Hanling, Merson, Cholmondley, and J. Studholme. WEATHER AT 5 p.m. YESTERDAY. Barometer corrected for height only. Auckland.— 30'40—E.N.E., fresh; gloomy. Napier.—3of>o—N.E., light; cloudy. Bar modeCastlepoint.—39's3—S.S.E., fresh; gloomy. Much swell. Wellington.—3oso—E.N.E., light; fine. Hokitika.—3o-50—W.S.W., light; fine. Bar good. Wkstfort.—3o-38—S.W., light: fBB Sea smooth. TIMAItD.-30'4S—N.E., light; fine. Slight S.E. rwell. Oajlaru.—3o'so—N.E., light; fine. Considerable 6.E. swell. Bum-.—30-48—W., light; fine.

Captain Rose, agent for the New Zealand Shipping Company at this port, has kindly furnished us with the following information received by him yesterday: —The N.Z.S. Co.'s ship Waikato, from Wellington, has arrived at London, after a passage of 73 days; the Albion Co.'s ship Invercargill in 74 days from Dunedin; Shaw, Savill, and Co.'s Zealandia, 80 days from - Wellington ; N.Z.S. Co.'s Columbus. 82 days from Napier; and the N.Z.S. Co.'s Waitangi, 90 days from Lyttelton. All these vessels left within a few days cf each other, and, as will be seen, the Waikato won the race, and has made one of the smartest passages Home ever yet accomplished. The brigantine .Hannah Broomfield has come off the \: Patent Slip, after being repaired and overhauled throughout. Unfavorable winds detain the ships Avalanche and Ocean Mail from sailing for London. arrived in port yesterday evening at half-past 6 o'clock. She left there at 1 p.m. on Thursday, and experienced fresh head wind and sea to Cape Falliser; thence till arrival as above light westerly wind and fine weather. -• The Rangatira will sail for Napier and Poverty Bay on Monday. Messrs. McMeckan," Blackwood, and Co.'s s.s. Ara- ' wata, Captain Underwood, from Melbourne, via the South, arrived in port yesterday at 7.40 a.m. She left Hobson Bay at 3 p.m. on the Ist, and had fine weather - with variable winds across the middle ground, arriving "Jat.the Bluff at 11.30 .p.m. on the sth; discharged 100 tons cargo, and received 181 sheep on board; sailed at 8 p.m on the 6th, and got into Port Chalmers at 6 a.m. on the 7th; discharged 160 tons cargo, and shipped ; 40 tons for coastal ports; sailed at 5.30 p.m. same day; got to Lyttleton at 9 a.m. on the Bth; left at 5 p.m., and arrived here as above. Experienced fine weather and variable winds on the coast. She was to sail for . Nelson at 6 o'clock this morning, ~ The. Union Company's s.s. Wellington, Capt, Lloyd, arrived in port from the North at 9 a.m. yesterday. She left the Manukau on the afternoon of the 6th; got to Taranaki next morning, and sailed two hours afterwards : left Nelson on the Bth, and Picton at 3.30 p.m. yesterday. She went round to the Patent Siip at 11.15 a.m. to have her bottom cleaned and coated with patent anti-foullng composition. She will leave at 6 o'clock this evening for the South, instead of on Sunday as was previously announced. The p.s. Manawatu sailed for Wanganui at noon yesterday. The Kennedy left for Nelson and West Coast ports at 6.30 p.m. yesterday. The cable steamer Agnes left the harbor yesterday afternoon, and anchored in Worser Bay for the night. She will, if the weather is favorable, commence to lay the remainder of the cable to-day. . The s.s. Tui left Lyttleton at 6 p m. on the Bth; arrived at Kaikoura at 6 a.m. on the 9th; sailed at 9 a.m., and arrived in harbor at 9 o'clock last night. Had fresh N-.E. breeze throughout. The Tui will sail for Foxton on Monday. THE KETCH OTAKI. Mr. McKellar, the Collector of Customs, held a preliminary enquiry yesterday into the cause of the stranding of the above vessel. The evidence of the man in charge at-the time of the occurrence, A. J. A. Malmrose, was taken as follows :—I was left in charge of the Otaki by IT. 3. Bilby, the master, who cleared her at the Customs. He agreed to give me two- • "thirds'of the freight on the cargo for Otaki for taking the vessel there. I hold a Swedish certificate as Master, first-class, granted In 1872. On the morning of the 26th January we set all sail from Worser Bay, the wind northerly, drawing from the westward; but when we cleared the Heads it freshened up and settled . into N.W., and we reefed the mainsail" and foresail. About thia time our jib was blown to pieces, and we had to make our mainsail fast, the wind increasing, and at interval* blowing a perfect hurricane. We were trying to make Port Underwood. About 8.30 p.m. we had a bearing of Cape Campbell light, S. by E., Disaster Point W.S.W. J W. Then we : headed to the N.K., and had sight of Cape Campbell till about 10.30 p.m. The vessel although heading N.E. was drifting to the eastward. At 1 o'clock our forestayaail went to pieces, and at the same time I got a bearing Of Pencarrow light about N. by E. I saw then by the way we were drifting we should be brought up by the rocks at Cape Falliser. At 1 a.m. we saw those rocks; the sea was running very high, and our foresail was going to pieces.* I tried the pump at 4 p.m. on the 26th, but was unable to get any water, and at 8 p.m. I found that the pump was out of repair, and the water rising in the cabin. We could not mend the pump. It was a patent, and we • dared not open the hatches on account of the heavy sea's, We cut a hole in the cabin and baled her from that; the hatches were in bad order. When at Cape Falliser we tried to reach White Rock Bay to anchor in, but were unable to " do so on account of the whirlwinds and bad sail, and we had to drop our anchor in a bay about 4 miles ; eastward from Cape Palliser, in 5 fathoms; but at the time of doing so a whirlwind caught her and parted our port cable. We immediately dropped our starboard anchor In 7 fathoms. An hour after, during which time we were drifting a little, the second cable parted from the same cause. We set our foresail in its damaged state to keep us on the coast; but an hour afterwards it went to pieces. I then consulted with my mate as to what was best to be done under the circumstances. We were drifting down to the rocks at Cape Palliser, and we had no other resource than to run her ashore In order to save our lives and possibly the vessel and cargo. We succeeded in landing her on a sandy beach, and with the assistance of the station bauds succeeded in landing the cargo. We made several attempts to launch her, but always unsuccessfully, as our warp parted and we had no aniChor. .The owner came down and promised to send :, a steamer, but none came. The chain on board was , not good.. The sailii appeared to be In good order .when we left Welllnirton. We had no reserve sails: ' Ido not know the value of the vessel. She was not Insured. I had a chart on board.