SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5017, 23 April 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. High Watkb.— o.32 a.m. ; 1.12 v m ARRIVED. A rniL -1. —Napier, s.s., 4S tons. Holmes. from Poston. Passengers —Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Pluton and four children, Mrs. Trim, Messrs. Smithson. Bolder, Jackson, Hill, Hickey, Bisson, Garrick and child. Turnbull and Co., agents. Stormbird, s.s., CO tons, Doile, from Wanganui. Turnbull and Co., acents. Mauawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs. Palmer, Dr. Smith, Messrs. Hansard, Langdon, Laing, Calopy, and Brown ; 4 steerage. Plimmor. agent. April 22.—Wellington, s.s., 270 tons. Lloyd, from the South. Passengers- Saloon •. Misses Dish, Thompson, and Graham, Mrs. Slater. Mr. and Mrs. Ashton, Hon. Mr. Rcitl, Messrs. Creigh, Brown, Hill. Wilkin, and Te Kloot; S steerage, 15 for North. Levin and Co., agents. Murray, s.s.. 7S tons. Conway, from Nelson, Westport, Greymonth, and Hokitika. Passengers—Cabin; Mesdamcs Brown, Kershaw and 3 children. Troadea and 8 children, Messrs. Stevenson. Inlleld. Waller, Short. Kev. Mr. Latcn; 10 steerage. Deacon, agent. Tui, s.s., C 4 tons, Bonner, from Boston. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Kinpsborough, Toxward and J children, Lester and Bull, Messrs. Johnston and Beck. Bishop, agent. Lyttelton, p.s., SO tons, Scott, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Draper and family, Mrs. Rhodes and family, Mrs. Ramsay, Messrs. Luxford and Wattcrson. Deacon, agent. SAILED. April 21.-—Endeavour, schooner, 79 tons, Dick, for Oamnru. Master, agent. Napier, s.s., IS tons. Holmes, for Foxton. Turnbull and Co., agents. Herald, schooner, 50 tons, McKay, for Belarus Sound. Thomas, agent. IMPORTS. {A special charge i,< made for contigneei' «nm« inserial in Mis coiunm,] Napier, from Foxton : 39 casks tallow, 0 cases samples, 3 pels, 102 sheep. Murray, from Nelson and "West Coast: 1003 ounces gold, IS tons coal, CO bags coke, 100 sacks malt, 50 bales hops, 10 bags fireclay, 93 pkga fruit, etc. 10X POUT*. Napier, for Foxton ; 25 tons flour, 5 bags do, 1 do salt, 1 sofa, 2 bugs seed, 4 pkgs groceries, 1 case wine, 0 pkgs groceries, 3 sheets iron, 1 boiler. 1 pkg sashes. 35 bags flour, 5 do salt. 45 pkgs flour, 8 do groceries, 1 caso, 10 sacks oats, 1 box tobacco, 30 sacks flour, 90 pkgs do, 2 casks vinegar, 1 box pegs, 14 gunnies sugar. EXPECTED ARUIVALS. London*. —Andrew Reid, early; Benledi, early; Wellington, early. Southkrn Bouts.—Hawca, 27th inst. Noutiikkn Bouth.—Taranaki, 23rd : Taupo, 25th. Meuiouunk, via Nelson and tub WkstCoast.— Albion, 21th. Melhournk and Hobakton, via xiic South.— Tararua, 24th. Pout Chalmers.—May. early. Meldovrne.—AVallomai, early. PROJECTED DEPA RITTERS. London.- Adamant, this day; Rakaia, 2Sth; Pleiono, in May. Hong Kong.—May, 2Sth. Nortiikun Pouts. —Wellington, this day ; Hawea, 27fch. Southern Forts.—Taranaki, this clay ; Taupo, 25th. Wanganui.— Manawatn aud Stormbird. this day. Nelson, Wksttort, Guuymoutii, and Hokitika. Murray, 24th. Castletoint and Napier.—Kiwi, this day. Svdnky.—Eaiby. 28th insfc. SFoxton, —Napier, 25th inst. Blenheim.—Lyttelton, this day. Lyttelton and Kaikouka. —Tui, this day. UP TELEGRAPH. PORT CHALMERS, Saturday, AUbived : 8.45 a.m., Hinemoa, from Wellington. Sunday. Sailed : Is.'A. Co.’s ship Hurunni. with 14 passengers and the following cargo 3016 bales wool. 21 do rags, 192 casks tallow, 14 cases drums, 10 bales glue, 18 bales horns, 14 cases stationery, 10,700 ounces gold, 20 tons sundries ; total value, £131,372. The ship Fcrnglen, from Napier, passed the Heads this morning, steering south. There is a strong N.E. gale blowing. LYTTELTON, Saturday. The ship Margaret Galbraith, from London, (’apt. Fergusson, arrived last night, having made the passage in 87 days from the Lizards, which were left on 23rd January, and had strong westerly winds and heavy sea running down her easting; passed the Snares on 17tU April. She brings 10 passengers, and a large cargo, part of which is for Nelson. Sunday. Abrived : Tararna, from Port Chalmers. AUCKLAND, Saturday. Arrived ; Taupo. It is feared that the vessel wrecked at Palliser Bay is the Kate Brain. HOKITIKA. Sunday. Arrived : Albion, from Melbourne. She left on the 10th, and experienced light northerly winds, with fine weather, throughout. She brings the following passengers—For Wellington : Messrs. Kleinzcnder, Brandon, Robertson, Florence, and Chapman, Mr». Chapman child and nurse, Mrs. Fay; 1 steerage, and 100 tons cargo. The news by her is unimportant. The May, from Dunedin, ought to arrive here today. The p.s. Iytti lton left Blenheim at 7 a.m. yesterday ; crossed the bar at noon, and arrived here at S o'clock last night. She will leave for the same place to-day. The Albion, which arrived at Hokitika yesterday, from Melbourne, may be looked for item to-morrow. The steamer Tararua. from Melbourne, via the South, will arrive here to-morrow morning. She is expected to leave for Melbourne, via Nelson, Groymouth, and Hokitika, in the afternoon. The steamer Napier arrived here at 1 a.m. on Saturday from Foxton, and left again for the same port at midnight. The steamer Taranaki, with the English mail, arrived at Nelson at 3 a.m. yesterday, but must have somehow missed the tide, as she did not leave there till 2 p.m., consequently she could not arrive hero sooner than 3 or 4 o’clock this morning. The barque Adamant will finish clearing at the Customs to-day, and sail for London with the fhst fair wind. There were 1004 ounces of gold brought for her yesterday by the Murray. The ketch Unity arrived at Lyttelton on Friday from Te Awiti, East Coast, in balla t, after a long and boisterous passage. She will load at Lyttelton with produce for this port. The s.s. Tui arrived in port from Foxton at noon yesterday. She left there at 2 a.m., and had fine weather down. The Tui will sail for Kaikoura and Lyttelton this afternoon. The favorite West Coast trader, the p.s. Murray arrived in harbor yesterday forenoon at 11 a.m. She left Nelson at 10 o’clock on Saturday night, and had fresh southerly wnd across. The Murray will sail again for Nelson and the West Coast at 10 o’clock tomorrow night. The Union Company's s.s. Wellington, Captain Lloyd, arrived from the South yesterday at noon. She left Port Chalmers at 2 p.m, on Friday last, and arrived in Akaroa at 7 a.m. on Saturday; sailed at 9.30 a.m.; reached Lyttelton at 1 p.m., and left again at G. 30 p.m. same day, arriving here as above. Expeperienced fine weather, with light winds throughout, we are indebted to the purser for the report and the safe delivery of our files. The Wellington brings 80 tons cargo for this port, and will sail for the North at midnight to-night. The p.s. Manawatn and the 3.3. Stormbird arrived from Wanganui on Saturday afternoon, the former at 8 o'clock and the latter at 3.15. The Manawatn left there at 2 o’clock that morning, and had fine weather, with light variable winds throughout. We thank the parser (Mr. Dougherty) for files and report. These two steamers are announced to sail again for Wanganui this afternoon.

Referring tc the wreck in FaliUer Ray, a nautical gentleman at the Heads, well acquaintefl with the tide and winds of Cook Strait, gives it as his opinion to be portion of the schooner Theresa, which was lost in Cloudy Bay some short time ago. It is iris belief that the strong south-west gale wh ch blew a week or so hence, together with the ebb tide, would set any drift wood from Cloudy Bay over towards Palliser Bay. The Theresa was painted black over green, which answers to the description given in the Wairaro.po Standard of the pieces of wreck found, but her timbers were not of such a size that would warrant her being called a vessel of 80 or 100 tons. The Canterbury Press of tiic 21st, speaking of the wreck, says:—“There is very groat cause to fear that tile wreckage spoken of in yesterday's issue as having been found in Palliser Bay is a portion of the schooner .Edward, so well-known here as a regular trader between Lyttelton andjsomo of the bays. It is true that tire planks found are described as being probably those of a schooner of from 80 to 100 tons, whereas the Edward was only 32 tons, but the Edward’s planking was unusually wide, and in speaking of the fragments the HonnO.v.rO. says:—‘The vessel had been painted black over green,’ and the Edward had once been painted green and latterly black. The Edward left hern last on the 4th April, and lay in Little Port Cooper till Saturday, the (ith, when a S.W. breeze sprang up and she sailed for her destination, which that trip was Lo Bon’s Bay. She was flying light, having only 2J tons of ballast aboard, and was seen that afternoon off the Long Look Out trying to work in under the land under short canvas, by Captain Clarkson, of the Lady Lon. This was just before the gale began to blow furiously, and since that lime nothing lias been seen of her. In all probability, finding it impossible in such a light vessel to beat against the wind, her bead was put before it and slio drifted across into Palliser Bay. No other vessel is reported missing, which of course renders it still more likely that the fragments are those of the illfalcd Edward. Site was commanded by Captain Lalmcr, who has a wife and several children resident in Lyttelton, and carried, besides die master, two seamen named f,'forgo Williamson and Benjamin .lohnson, who were both unmarried,” We Hunk some action ought to he taken by the I iovernmeut to ascertain what the wreck really is, and set the matter at rest. [Wince writing the above, wo have received a telegram from Auckland, stating that the vessel in Palliser Bay may be tire Kate Oram.l