SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5015, 20 April 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

FOIIT OK WELLINGTON. Hum AVatkk,—9.o a.m, ; 0.41 rM AUIUVEI.'. , April 19.—Hawoa, 3.3.. 4G2 tons, Wliooler, from the North. Passengers—Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. Bull, Captain and Mrs, Braddock. Mcsdames Leighton, Duncan, Macc, and Drydcn and son, Misses O Connor and Burnett, his Honor Ciiief Justice Prendergast, Eev. Mr. Bcchhani. Messrs. Ogilvio, Hooper, Burnett, Marks. Hirst, Uiddiford, Berry Burns Giffo.d, Findlay, Manso", Hozans, and Baird ;13 steerage. Levin and Co., agents. Kudeavour, schooner, 79 tons, Dick, from Oamaru. M Wa°nik.a™.s., 27S tons, Malcolm, from tho South Passengers'—7 steerage, and 21 tor North. Levin and o Tiii° C ?3 04 tons, from Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Passongers’-Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Koa and 2 children. Miss King. Messrs. Kenny, Brown, and Irons; U steerage. Bishop, AVanaka, s.s,, 27S tons, Malcolm, for Napier, Poverty Bay, Tanranga, and Auckland. Passengers— Saloon; Miss Bendall, Hon. Mr. Ormond. Messrs. Eeay, Clarke. Huddleston, and Thompson. Lev in ana ° songers—Saloon : Mcsdames Higgins and Lmith, Messrs. AVilliams, Ivory, Kay. Evans, and Duncan ; 10 steerage Levin and Co., agents. Maifawatu n s 102 tons, Harvey, for AVanganni. Passcngers—Cabin : Miss Atchison, ids Honor Judge Richmond and secretary, Mrs. Adams and family, Mrs Allan ; 4 steerage. Phminor, agent, . Stormhird, s.s., 09 tons. Doile, for Wangamu. Passengers—Cabin: Miss Scholes, Mrs. Gleeson. Turnbull and Co., agents. Hannah Barratt, schooner, oG tons, Kenner, for Havelock. Master, agent. , _ , Cynthia, schooner, 50 tons, AA cish, for Pcloius Sound. Greenfield and Stewart, agents. ysH.M.S. Sapphire, 14 guns, 1423 tons, Murray, tor Auckland. _ . , SSHinomoa. Government s.s., 232 tons, Fairchild, for Dunedin and the Sounds. Passengers—His Excellency the Governor and suite (0), Commodore Hoskins. IMPOKT3. Hawea, from Auckland : 10 cases, 35 drain pipes. From Taranaki: 0 boxes, 1 case, 1 truss, 7 bales fungus. Prom Nelson : 1 horse, 23 cases, 2 sacks, 1 pel, 17 hags, G kegs. , AVanaka, from Dunedin : 2 plates iron, 30 pkgs, 6 lihds, 1 octave. From Lyttelton ; 11 cases, 2 ploughs, Endeavour, from Oamaru : 257 sacks flour, 217 half do do, 200 ,ir do do. 112 sacks wheat, 120 do bran, CO pollard, 2G do potatoes, 10 do oatmeal. EX POUTS. Manawatn, for AA'angauui; 20 casks beer. 5 pianos, 10 lulls. 7 bales, 2G eases geneva, 2 horses, 40 pkgs, 11 Ci AVanaka, for Napier and | East Coast: 240 pkgs, 7 Hawea, tor Lyttelton : 34 pkgs, 1 hale, G trusses, 16 casks 10 cases, 1 pci. For Port Chalmers :36 empty casks] 2 horses, 1 buggy, 5 pkgs, 1 pel, 1 box. 110 X PECTED A 11U 1V A LS. Loudon. —Andrew Keid, early ; Bcnledl, early ; AVellington, early. __ , South hum Pours. —AA T ellinston, 2ord ; AVakatipu this day. . , NoimiKitn Pouts.— Taranaki, 23rd: Tanpo, 2oth. Melbourne, via Nelson and this AVestCoast.— Albion, 24th. Mm.HOOKS K AND lIuK-IP.TON. VIA THE SOUTH.— Tararna, 22nd. Poet Chalmers. —May, early. Melbourne. —Wallomai, early. PKO.I EC LTOD DEPARTURES. Hong Kong.—May, 24th. NoimntuM Pouts. —Wellington, 23rd; Hawea, 2/th. Southeun Pouts.—Taranaki, 23rd; Taupo. 2oth. AVasoanui,— Manawatn and Stormhird, 23rd. Nelson, West-tout, Giikvxioutu, and Hokitika. Mnrrav, 24th. Casilepoint and Napier.—Kiwi, this clay. Sydney,— Wakatipu, this day. Foxion.—Tui, this day ; Napier, 21st. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTLETON, Thursday. The schooner Keward, Captain Dalmer, trading between hero and Le Bonus Bay, is missing. She left here for that hav on April 4, and was last seen on the 7th inst. driving otf the land, and is supposed to have been lost in the eale tiiat night. Theship Canterbury sailed for London this morning. POKT CHALMERS, Thursday. Sailed : Brigantine May, for AA’ellington. ONEHUNGA, Thursday. Sailed : Taranaki. Passengers for AVellington; Mrs. AVliiterod, Messrs. Johnson, Gardiner, Norman, Morrison, Lewis, Chalmers, and Slaney, SHIPAVKECK AT TIMAKIT. Timaru, Thursday. The barque Isabella Ridley came ashore at 3 O’clock, right in front of the Government landing service. She had been dragging her anchors all day, and at last both cables parted. The captain made all sail, . and tried to beat out, but had no wind. He then stowed his after canvass, and headed for the beach, flying a signal of distress. The rocket crew had been summoned by a gun from the Harbor Master’s station, and as soon as the barque beached they threw a rocket through her foretopsail, setting it on fire fora time. The line held, and the crew of ten were soon safely landed. The barque crushed her lower limbecs on the rocks and threatened to capsize ■when she first struck. She is now standing stiffly, and the seas do not seem to he doing her much harm. About two thousand people witnessed the whole affair It was a lovely calm sunny day, with a tremendous sea. Tho Isabella Ridley arrived here from Newcastle on March 23, and lias 2000 sacks of grain of outward cargo now on board, insured in the South British. The topsail schooner Rose Anna Rose lias drifted into Caroline Bay, and is in great danger. The French barque Yvonne is in trim for a beat out, and is laboring heavily. The schooner Annie Bow, schooner Young Dick, brigantine Mary King, and the fore-and-aft schooner Onward are riding well to their cables, though much strained. Tho sea is increasing, and lulling at intervals. The wind is dying away altogether. H.M.S. Sapphire left the harbor yesterday afternoon (or Auckland. The Union Co.’s s.s. Hawea, Captain AA’heeler, from Northern ports, arrived in port yesterday forenoon at 11 o’clock. She left the Manukau on the 16th, and arrived at New Plymouth next morning, where a stay, of a few hours was made ; got into Nelson late same night, and sailed at 11 a.m. on the ISth ; made Picton at 9 p.m., and sailed at 5.20 a.m. yesterday, arriving here as above. Owing to the large quantity of cargo she took from this port she was unable to leave here till half-past 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The brigantine Endeavour, Captain Dick, arrived. here 1 from Oamaru at an early hour yesterday morning. She made the run up with moderate southerly wind

Ths barque Adamant hauled away from the wharf yesterday morning, and sailed down to the outer anchorage, where every preparation for sea will be made. The schooners Hannah Barratt and Cynthia sailed for Pelorus Sound yesterday. The Union Co.'s s.s. AVanaka, Captain Malcolm, arrived in harbor yesterday at 9,30 a.m. from the South. She left I’ort Chalmers at o p.m. on the 17th ; arrived at Lyttelton at noon on the 18th ; left at 5 p.m., and arrivedhereas above. Experienced moderate southerly wind with line weather throughout. The AVanaka sailed for Auckland via the East Coast at 3.50 p.m. Messrs. Shaw, Saviil, and Co.’s new ship Pleione is laid on the berth to load for London. She is now ready to receive cargo. While the s.s. AVanaka was lying alongside the wharf yesterday afternoon one of Captain AVilliams’ coal hulks, the Gazelle, carried away her foreyard: It happened thus The Gazelle was being Hauled away with the steam winch from the Taupo to one of the buoys, and in doing so was moving close to the AVanaka. The steamer had her yards squared, and the mast of the hulk just caught the extreme end of the fore yard, and before the braces could bo let go it snapped off in the centre, and also a few feet were broken off the end. The yard did not fall on the deck, being held up by the gear attached to it, and the AVanaka left the harbor with her foreyard like the outline of the gable end of a house. The steamer AVakatipu, from the South, should arrive here this morning about 9 o’clock. She Is expected to leave for Sydney in the afternoon. The steamers Manawatu and Stormbird sailed for AVanganui yesterday shortly after 8 o'clock p.m. The Government steamer Hinemoa, with ids Excellency the Governor and suite and Commodore Hoskins, proceeded to Dunedin and the Sounds on the AVest Coast yesterday at noon.

The s.s. Tul arrived in port at 10 o’clock last night from Kaikonra and Lyttelton. She left Lyttelton at 7 p.m. on the ISth ; arrived at Kaikoura at (la.m. on the 10th, and sailed again at 11, and arrived here as above. .She will leave here for Foxton this afternoon.

The Lyttelton Times thus speaks of the Opawa:— 'Jhe Opawa is a very handsome ship of 1100 tons register, built by the celebrated iron shipbuilding firm of Alexander Stephens and Son. of Glasgow, She has a capital shear, and sits well in the water, giving one the impression of being a regular heeler. Her entrance Is good, and delivery clean, and from what we hear of her, she does not belie her appearance when she gets the wind. Her length is 210 ft,; beam, S4ft. Gin.; depth of hold, 20ft. Sin ; the ’tween decks taking 7ft. Sin., which is three inches above the height required by the Government for immigration purposes. The X’iako and Wanganui, the two other now shl;s of the company, were built by tho same firm, and in the same style. She is excellently arranged on deck, and admirably fitted. The forecastle is light, dry, and roomy, and contains one of Emmcrson and Walker’s patent windlasses. Her house on deck is well appointed, and in it are tho quarters of the subordinate officers, all of which are very comfortable. A very roomy galley and engine-house occupy the after part of the house, the latter being fitted with one of Winchester’s latest condensers, which has worked beautifully. A very powerful steam winch is situated just forward of tho main hatch for working cargo, &o. One very noticeable feature on tho Opawa is the absence of tho house on tho quarter-deck forming tho officer’s quarters. As in the case of tho Otaki, &c., this is a great improvement, as it gives a very clean appearance to her deck. Tho companion ladder to the poop is also a novelty. A straight ladder leads down forward from the centre of the poop, where ft is met by a right and left ladder of a few steps from the deck, tho centre and sides being screened by heavy teak planking, carved and ornamented. The whole effect is very good, and great comfort is ensured by tho new arrangement. The saloon is approached by two alley ways, the one on the starboard side containing the captain’s cabin, tho surgery, and two other cabins. On tho port side arc situated the officers’ rooms and other useful offices, tho pantry also being reached from this side. The saloon is light and airy, and ventilation has been well studied in its construction. There is berth accommodation for 16 passengers in the saloon proper, tile berths being of a nice size, ■well-arranged, and comfortably fitted. The stern of the saloon is open and affords a retiring room for lady passengers.