SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4999, 2 April 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OF WELLINGTON. High Watkr.—-7.3 a.m. : 7.21 p m ARRIVED. March 31.—Pleiono, ship, 1001 tons, Renaut, from London. Passengers—Cabin : A. W. Kolleston, N. Fitzherbort. H. R. Fitzhcrberfc, £. Cassan, J. R. l*\\hy, Mr. and Mrs. Notraan, J. B. Jacob, Emma Jacob, Helena Jacob, and MLs Blanchard. Second Cabin : A. Edge, W. Canning, H. Winnott. E. Miller, and A. Keraber. Steerage; R. Mason, J. Tucker, J. D. Gibant, Mrs. Gibant, P. L. Payno, E. \ oisard, and D. Y. 8 Goddeu. Levin and Co., agents. Hinemoa, ss., 252 tons, Bendali from The BroRose of Eden, schooner, 39 tons, Gillard, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Canterbury, schooner, 39 tons. Pike, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. April I.—Magrie Patterson, schooner, 60 tons, Pet'-rsen, from Timaru. Master, agent. Manawatu, p s., 103 tons, Harvey, from AV anganiu. Passengers -Cabin ; Mrs. Smith, Messrs. Bentley, Bales, Hodge, Caffrey, and Ward; three in the steerage. Plimmer, agent. Ruby, schooner, 29 toiH, Dalton, from Kaikoura. Betlmne and Hunter, agents. 'l'ui s s , Cl tons, B-mner, from kaikoura and Lyttelton'. Passengers—Cabin: Miss Cheno and Major Edwards ; four iu the ste rage. Bishop, agent. SAILED March 31.—Taupo, s.s., 461 tons, Carey, for the North Passengers—Saloon: Misses (’lark and Dixon, Messrs. Poulson, Marriott. Clark, Turnbull, Dixon, Me Hardy. Bacon, Scott, and Cartwright. Levin and Co., agen's. . „ . . Bang'llira, s.s., 196 tons. Evans, for Napier and Poverty Bay. Passengers—Saloon; Miss Clark and Mr Jacobs : three in the steerage. Plimmer, agent. Lyttelton, p.s,, 80 tons, Scott, for Nelson. Deacon, bourne, via the South. Passengers—Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Houston, Messrs. Kennedy and lame; eleven Italians. Bishop, agent. Hinemoa, Government s.s.. 282 tons, Bendali, for The Brothers. CLEARED OUT. March 31.—Spray, schooner, 50 tons, Eixton, for Picton. Master, agent. IMPORTS. [A special charge is mule for consignee*' names inserted in this column.] Eangatira, from Napier: 1 case, 95 bales wool, 9 pockets do, 2 casks tallow, 2 bags wool. Lyttelton, from Blenheim : 1 box. 1 keg, 2pkgs, G pigs, 16 hides, 5 casks tallow, 147 bales wool. Taupo, from Dunedin ; 36 cases tobacco, 10 boxes soar, 50 bags lime, 0 do gra s seed, 2 blocks stone, 20 boxes, 10 cases, 5 hluls; 04 pkgs From Lyttelton: 700 bags salt. 20 cases cheese, 20 do wine, 67 sacks grass seed, 5 cases bacon, 1 do spouting, 40 sacks flour, 2 cases, 3 boxes, 1 pkg, 2 pkgs tubs. 'Thames, from Pelorus Sound: 16,000 feet sawn ■Rotorua, from "Sydney: .2 cases, 1 do boots, 10 crates, i cases fruit. 14 plates iron, 7 bdls tubs, 2 kegs rivets, 16 ingots tin. 2 bags washers, 1 pkg, 1 bear, 1 case books. From Auckland VIOO boxes soap, 400 bags salt 3 pkgs, 2 pels, 14 cases, 6do sewing-machines, 1 box’oil, 60 drain pipes, 1 screw-press, 150 cases ,rl ßoße of Eden, from Pelorus Sound: 22,000 feet Bawn timber, 2 bales wool. . , Nouveau St. Michel, from Freemantle: 239 jarrah piles, 250 pieces sawn timber. Alhambra, from Melbourne: 2 pianos, 20 cases confectionery, 15 boxes tin, 4 do tinware, 10 qr-casks wine, 6 boxes, 20 kegs treacle, 21 pkgs cordage, 2 qr’casks oil. 20 pkgs rope, 6 casks glassware, 20 cases acid, 3 do cigars, 2 do confectionery, 5 pkgs tea. 8 : bOgs coffee, 15 do pepper, 5 hf-chests tea, 43 bags sugar, 2 cases tobacco, 1 pkg ditto. 40 hf-chests tea, 5 boxes do,-5 pkgs, 40'cases, 18 pels, 50 lengths pipes, 20 bdls pipes, 125 bags sugar, 1 case machinery, 9 trunks, 7 plate irons, 13 pkgs boots. , „„ , ■ anawatu, from Wanganui; 214 pkgs, 33 sacks grass seed, 15 hbds tallow, '.’s bales wool, HO sheep. . . EXPORTS, Rangatira, for Napier and Poverty Bay: 23 cases. 34 pkgs, 6 pels, 10 cases spirits, 9 do merchandise, 4 trusses, 30 pkgs sundries. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. —Northampton, early. SouthKitH Pours.—Wellington, 4tb Inst. •a. ..., riKHN Pours. Hawea, this day ; Taranaki, 4th inst. „ Melbourne, via the South. Arawata, 4tb inst. Hobauton.— Malay, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.- Adamant, early : Kakaia, early. NoiiniKiiN Pours. - Wellington, sth inst. Southkkh Pouts.—Hawea, this day; Taranaki, 6th inst. Sydney.— Eotorura, sth inst; Wakatipu, 19th inst. Melbourne via the South. —Arawata. Cth inst. N elson.— Arawata, 4th inst. Nelson. Westport, Orkvmoutit, andHokitika. —Kennedy, 3rd inst. Foxton.— Tui, 3rd inst.; Napier 3rd inst. Wanganui. —Manawatu, 3rd inst; Stormbird, 3rd inst. ' Napier, Poverty Bay, Tauranoa, and Auckland.— Wanaka, 18th inst. BY TELEGRAPE. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Arrived ; The Taranaki. PORT CHALMERS. Saturday, Arrived : The barque Frederick Bassett, from Newcastle. LYTTELTON. Saturday. Sailed: Beautiful Star, for Dunedin at 5 p.m.; Toi. for Kaikoura and Wellington, at 6 p.m.

The Alhambra sailed for Melbourne, via the South, at 10 o’clock yesterday forenoon. She had a tough head wind to steam against. The Taupo took a large quantity of cargo for the Northern ports, and sailed at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The s.s. Kangatira just get out of port in time to - ascape the gale on Saturday night. She left at 12 O’clock for Napier and Poverty Bay. The schooner Rose of Eden, from Pelorus Sound, - with four passengers and a full cargo of timber from Havelock, arrived in harbor at an early hour on Saturday. • _ , The schooner Canterbury, from Pelorus Sound, arrived in port on Saturday afternoon. The schooner Onward ran into Worsei Bay yesterday for shelter. She is .bound South laden with timber. ■ ' _ . / _l ’ The Government steamer Hinemoa, Captain Bendall, arrived in harbor from The Brothers on Saturday afternoon. She was unable to land anything at ■ the island,' with- the exception of throwing a mail ashore.'- he steamer anchored in Ship Cove for the night, and then came on to this port. She sailed again for The'Scthers on Sunday morning. The Tui left Lyttelton at 6 p.m. on the 31st nit.; ■ arrived -off Kalkoura at daylight yesterday; sailed at 9 a.m., and made a very quick run of eight and a half hours, with a strong fair wind. The p.s. Manawatu, Captain Harvey, left Wanganui on Saturday night at 10.40 o’clock; towed the schooner Awaroa down to the brig Mosquito, and took the schooner T. B. Taylor in-tow at the Heads and brought her to sea, clearing the bar at 12.30 a.m. Experienced strong N.W. breeze, with heavy beam sea, ' till 3 a m., when it came on to blow hard from the ' ‘ B.'K.i with heavy head sea. ’ Came inside Kapiti’and Mana. Rounded Terawiti at 3.30 p.m., and found a high sea running, but nevertheless came through it ' without" shipping a drop of water, the little boat ■ making splendid weather of it, and arrived alongside the Queen’s wharf at 7 o’clock last night. The ■ Stormbird came round-Terawiti three miles in ad vanca of the Manawatu but was obliged to turn tail and take shelter in Ohau Bay. ■ The Napier was also there. The Manawatu brings a full cargo of tallow, wool. Government stores, and 110 sheep.

THE PLEIONE. ’ By the arrival of the ship Pleione from London on Saturday we have to welcome a splendid addition to the already justly famed line of vessels sailing under the flag of Messrs. Shaw, Savill, and Co. In model she greatly resembles the Avalanche, but of anything she has finer dnds. Her appearance now as she lies - in port is such that any nautical eye would at once pronounce her to be a; regular heeler, and still her * maiden trip has beenanything but a smart one, as the weather experienced from one end of the voyage to .' the other was most unfavorable for making what is .■ termed “ a run.’,- < In'.the* master also we recognise a * gentleman favorably, and well known here, and we congratulate him on his new command. Gapt. Renaut has been absent from this port for two seasons, h • ving - ‘ made t o voyages to Canterbury in the ship Crusader. On his arrival Horae in August last year lie was commissioned by Ills owners to proceed to Glasgow and there superintend the completion of his present ship, “ then in coarse of construction by Messrs. Alexander Stephen and Sons. Enpussanl it tnay be noted that proof.of Captain Eenaut’s long and varied experience in the New, Zealand passenger trade may be observed ■' in the completeness and comfort of tile' fittings and general equipment-of the vessel. The launch took . place on the -19th October last, the ideasing duty of sponsor being undertaken by Mrs.' Renaut. Even on the banks of the Clyde oar town found an able lepresentative in the-person of Mr. E. Allen, who was thus enabled to be the first in wishing the new ship a long and prosperous life. The stars again provided a name for a Wellington trader, the Pleione being the 'mother of the Pleiades. Most of the stars forming that constellation have been represented In ships trading to this port, the well-known vessels Asterope, Electra, Halclone, and Celseno : 'being familiar names in these columns. The last named craft was under the command of Captain Renaut for ten years, running to this and other ports in the Middle Island. The motto of the Pleione is Mater pfdadim, which is carried at the end of her bowsprit, thus affording.the-student In astronomy a clue to the name of. the ship. . Her dimensions are:-i-Length; 210ft.'from stem to stern- >: post';obeaaij 34ft. bin.! depth of hold, 20ft. 4in., with a poop of 45ft. in> length. Iron has entered largely into her composition, for she has iron fronts to her poop and forecastle, covered witii teak ; iron deckhouse, the deck beneath the house being-also covered with the same metal coated with cement, except the sanctum of the cook, ;who,rejolces in the possession Of a tiled floor. The gutter water ways round both decks and; across the poop and forecastle are unusually wide, their introduction between decks being a speciality which will add considerably.to the comfort of the passengers on the lower deck. The vonti- - latlon, an Important-feature in a’ ship designed for the passenger trade, .gives evidence of careful consideration. Besides the thtee ’usual hatchways, she has been fitted with another hatch, four feet square, abaft the mainmast; six ventilating bits on each side ; and two large ventilators amidships, one going, up through the house on deck, with a dimension of six feet by four feet, and’the’other, fitted with a cowl, between the mainmast and the small hatch before referred to. Ample ventilation Is thus eecured, making the Pleione a very sultable'vessclforcairying wheat. The centre of her main deck, extending to the plank outside the deckhouse, is of teak, so that in the event of the other portion requiring renewal none of the deck work would be disturbed. She has been fitted with Harfleld's patent windlass and pumps, both worked by a messenger chain from a powerful steam-winch, also with

a condenser by Normandy, capable of making 800 gallons of fresh water per day. The lower masts, lower and lower topsail yards, as usual, are of iron. Comfort has been the predominant idea In the arrangement of the saloon, the cabins being lofty, well ventilated and lighted, and rather larger than usual, me woodwork inside the saloon is of polished oak. pannelled with ebonized lines, presenting a substantial and pleasing appearance. The other appointments and conveniencies. Including a commodious bathroom, marble-topped sideboard, large mirror, sc., are in every respect suitable. The Pleione carries four boats, two of them large lifeboats, fitted with Douglas’s detaching apparatus, mast, sails, compass, axe, and water-breakers. She is also fitted with Saunders’ patent cable controllers for riding. This exceedingly valuable invention should be on every vessel, as it minimises the risk of cables parting. Altogether the Pleiono is a vessel eminently adapted for the colonial trade, and we opine that it will become, under its skilful and courteous commander, a favorite, and wo trust a fortunate ship. Captain Reliant has succeeded in a marked degree in obtaining the good will of his passengers, for wo find them expressing in wo measured terms their appreciation of liis attention and kindness. The lady passengers particularly thank him specially for fitting up the vacant state cabin as a sitting-room, and as we were allowed the privilege of inspecting this bower, we can heartily endorse their praise of the taste that planned such a snuggery. With the aid of carpet, cushions, and some remarkably pretty pictures, the " drawing-room" was made charmingly cosy and comfortable. While on the subject of pictures we may mention that Captain Renaut improved some of the many shining hours of the voyage by painting two pictures, one representing the Pleione becalmed in the tropics, and the other the ship braveiy contending against a S.W. gale in the Bay of Biscay. These pietures were drawn for on the art union principle, the proceeds being presented by the captain to the Merchant Seaman’s Orphan Asylum. The lucky winners have thus secured a capital memento of their lengthy journey over the deep waters. During the voyage a fair amount of sport was obtained, but it was observed with surprise that the Capo pigeons, usually so plentiful, were conspicuous by their absence. She left Gravesend at 7 a.m. on 14th December Had moderate southerly winds and fine weather until clearing the * hannel on the 19th. From that date to the 9th January experienced S.W. and southerly gales, during which the ship earned the character of being an excellent sea boat, her decks being comparatively free Horn water even in the roughest weather. i'ii the date last given Madeira was "igli'ed and passed, and from there to the Equator-crossed on 25th January in longitude 27deg. W—bad light northerly and easterly winds. Crossed the meri uan of Greenwich on 14th February in latitude 42deg. S., and rounded the Cape on the ISth in latitude 44deg S. The S. E. trades were light, and held to 20deg. S.; then had moderate variable winds from N. to N.W. The easting was run down on the parallel of 45deg., the wind being moderate throughout. Cape Leuwin was passed on 15th March, and Tasmania rounded on the 20th. From thence calms and light winds, the weather being almost tropical in its warmth and brightness. The. Strait was entered early on the 30th ultimo and she was off the lighthouse at midnight, and heat into harbor on Saturday, arriving at 4 o’clock. j