SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5032, 10 May 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POUT OF WELLINGTON. Hioh Watkh.—2.l4 a.m. : 2.38 p m ARRIVED. 9.--Wanaka, s.s.. 278 tons, McGillivray, from *TUjttelton and Port Chalmers Passengers—Saloon: Jtfcsdames Hagger ami Taylor, Miss Taylor, Hon. sMesars. McLean and Gisborne, and Mr. Estall: ten in -the steerage, and fifteen for North. Levin and Co., agents. Canterbury, schooner, 38 tons. Pike, from Pelorus Sound, Master, agent. ■Ringarooma, s.s.. 623 tons, ‘Whitburn, from Melbourne, via the South. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. JDigby, Messrs. S[radian, Moses, Dewsbury. Christie. Stevenson, and Booth ; eleven steerage from -Melbourne, and live from South. Bishop, agent. Tore*, schooner, 78 tons, Gruudy, from Kaipara. blaster, agent. Stella. Government s.s.. 157 tons, Johnst&n, from iCiB Manukau. Passengers—Saloon : Hon. Mr. Mrs. mud Mi.gg Whittaker. Cynthia, schooner. 56 tons, Welsh, from Pelorus JBomul. Greenfield and Stewart, agents. SAILED. May 9. —Wanaka, s.s., 278 tons, McGillivray, for J3Sfopier, Gisborne, Tauranga, and Auckland. Passengers—Saloon : Mr. anti Mrs. Baker. Misses Cheese'3Dan (2X Messrs. Farron, Bond, and Issacs. Levin «ad Co., agents. Itingarooma, s.s., C 23 tons, Whitburn, for Nelson. agent. Enterprise, brigantine, 02 tons, Mundle, for AV anjpuuii. Levin and Co., agents. CLEARED OUT. May 9.—Cora, schooner, 30 tons, Russell, for TFficton, Muster, agent. Dunedin, schooner, 66 tons, Stewart, for Ouraaru. Master, agent. IMPORTS. \A tpeeinl charge ii •mule for consignees' names fn- ■ in this column.] Kennedy, from Nelson : 50 tons coal, 50 bags malt, :1S bales bops, 1 case. Canterbury, from Pelorus Sound: 24,000 ft. sawn timber. Ringarooma, from Melbourne: 2 bales paper bags, S cases bedsteads, 10 do merchandise, 450 pkgs sugar, JSS bags do, 108 pockets do, 96 hf-chcsts tea, 100 boxes Tdo. 4 plates iron. 2 pkgs boots, 3 qr-casks port, 57 boiler tubes, 10 bags rivets, 14 cases champagne, 5 ceases milk, 1 do biscuits, 25 cases fruit, 34 pkgs, 15 : cases, 4 boxes, 2 trunks, 2 hhds. EXPORTS. Dunedin, for Oamaru : 25 tons coal. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London, —Andrew Reid, early : Benledi, early ; Wcnnington, early ; Queen of the West; Robina -Dunlop : City of Madras; and Broomhall, early. South kun Pouts,—Wellington, this day; Hawea, .a4th. Nortiikkn Fouth.— Taranaki, this day; Taupo, McLBOimNK, via Hobarton and the South.— Tararua, 20th. Newcastle.—Phosphorus, early. Melbourne. —Eagle Wing, early. Sydney.— Wakatipu, 13th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.- Carnatic, early. Hongkong.—May, early. TfORTHSRN Ports. —Wellington, this day ; Hawea, 34th. Wanoanoi.— Stormbird, this day; Manawatu, this jday. Melbourne via the South. —Ringarooma, lltli. Southern Forth.—Taranaki, this day; Taupo, 35th. Naptbr. Poverty Bay, Tauranoa, and AucklAMD.- Wanaka. 30th. Toxton. —Napier, this day. Hklhon. Wksti out, Gukvmooth, and Hokitika. —"Kennedy, tliis day. Castlkpoint and Napier.—Kiwi. 11th. Newcastle.— Northampton, early. Hlknhbim. —Lyttelton, early.; Falcon, this day. "Westport and Greymouxh.—Luna, 12th. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON. Wednesday. Arrived : Prince Alfred, from Kaipara ; Waihojpti and Arthur Wakefield, from Waitapu; Julius Vogel, from Picton. Sailed: 12.30 p.m., Wellington, for North. Passenger for Wellington—Mr. Joynt. PORT CHALMERS, Wednesday. Arrived ; 4.20 p.m., Hawea, from Lyttelton.—At £fae Heads, the barque Amateur, from Newcombe. NEW PLYMOUTH, Wednesday. The Kaiuma was off Waitara Bar last night, with -her mainmast gone. A terrific gale was blowing. -She made northward. BLUFF, Wednesday. Arrived : The Gazelle. She is from the Auckland 2slanda, all well. Captain Giles reports finding the supposed wreck of the General Grant, after severe •exertions and risk, in twelve fathoms of water. Diving operations were not yet begun. Mr. Stevens and one man remained by the wreck. The steamer returned for coals and provisions. The captain feels confident of getting the gold on his return. He rejports that the Gazelle behaved admirably in a gale shf experienced since leaving the Auckland Islands. Cabin ; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, from the Auckland Islands.—The schooner Awarua Is still at 4he Auckland Islands, sealing ; all well. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. Arrived : City of Sydney, from Sydney. She has .eight saloon passengers for Auckland, and forty*five saloon and thirty-three steerage for San Francisco. She brings dates from Sydney to 4th. Passengers outwards per City of Sydney- Saloon : Mr. and Mrs. K, Vaile and three children, Mr. Mrs, Miss Hines, Messrs. H. S. and C. E. Blundell, Mr. C. Thorne, Mr. Lowe, Mr. and Mrs. Thomson, Mr. and Mrs. John Reid, Messrs. E. Parsons, George JQniok, and F. Bucklaml. Steerage : Mrs. Reynolds, Misses Barnard (3), Messrs. Jas. Alket Barnard, S. a-Jogue, C. C. and F. W. Hurst, John Hanley and P, freeman. For Honolulu—Saloon : F. Mossman. Steerage: Mrs. John Macalister.

The handsome clipper schooner Torea, Captain Grundy, arrived in port from Kaipara yesterday at 11 ■o.iD. -with a cargo of kauri timber. She left there on -the 2nd inst-, and experienced strong gales from the E.E., S. f S.W., and N.W. throughout the trip, with -very dirty weather. On Tuesday ran through the Strait before a terrific N.W. gale at a furious pace, xsd worked inside the Head* yesterday morningbefore a strong breeze. The brigantine" Enterprise, with a cargo of 120 tons railway material, left for Wanganui yesterday afterThe ship Pleione was successfully launched off the latent Blip yesterday, and beat up Evans Bay, and --anchored off Kaiwarra at 4 p.m. She was very neatly handled in working up to her anchorage. The steamer • Kennedy’s departure for the West Coast has been postponed till this evening at 6 •^o'clock. Owing to the strong westerly gale which was reported as prevailing in the Strait yesterday, the departure of the steamer Stormbird for Wanganui has been postponed till this afternoon. As the repairs to the steamer Napier were not yesterday, her departure for Foxton had accordingly to be postponed. It is expected she will -get away this afternoon. The schooner Cynthia arrived in port last night -After an extremely smart round trip of six days from "I’elorus Sound. She left the Sound at 11 a.m. yesterday, and had a very heavy passage across, with a "Strong gale right out from the westward. Captain ■Welsh reports passing the brigantine Enterprise at Anchor in Woraer Bay. The schooner Canterbury, which was in distress at 4.he Heads on Tuesday morning, has arrived safely in Yort. She is now at the Breastwork discharging her cargo. -Messrs. McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co.'s s.s* TSingarooma, Captain Whitburn, with the Suez mail ■on board, arrived in harbor at 3 o'clock yesterday Afternoon, and was alongside the Queen’s wharf at -3.X5. She left the Sandridge railway pier on the 30th .April at 4 p.m., went through Fort Phillip Heads at Y. 30 p.m., and passed Swan Island on the Ist May at 7.15 p.rn. Experienced strong E S.E. winds, accompanied with high head sea, throughout the passage; but the Ringarooma being in fine fettle, having just .come out of dock, made a good run of 5 days 7 hours Co the Bluff, notwithstanding the adverse weather /experienced. She arrived off the Bluff at 11 p.rn. on the sth, and sailed next day at 2.15 p.m. Made JPort Chalmers at G a.m. on the 7th, and v/as away same day at 5 p.m. Got into Lyttelton at Ip.m. on the Bth, and left again for this port at 11.45 p.rn. same day, arriving as above. Experienced strong northerly •vinds along the coast. Un the passage up from Port Chalmers to Lyttelton the Uingaroorna settled an old score with the s.s. Wellington. It will be re* ■znembered that these two steamers had a spin tor honors on the run from L'ttelton to this port some time a.o, which resulted in favor of -the Union Company’s boat, but those on the Kinjg*rooma complained that their steamer was very 'dirty, and that the propeller was very much injured. "Some ** blow" was indulged in by the victors, and the Uingaroorna people consoled themselves with the •thought that the next time they came across the Wellington they would “ knock spots out of her.” Well, they have met on the passage from Fort Ohalmeis to ■Xyttelton, and this is the way the purser of the Ringarooma rather sarcastically writes regarding the race :—The fast and powerful s.s. Wellington Mt Port Chalmers four hour* before thes.s. ’KingHroGnrt, and arrived in Lyttelton uo hours after her, the Ringarooma t us beating the Wellington by six .hours. ”

Thes.s. Rangatira went up on the Patent Slip yesterday morning to ascer.ain the amount of damage she sustained by her bumping on Napier bar. As as she was drawn out of the water all that could lie found the matter with her bottom was a small jagged hole in the garboard-strake, not an inch in '.diameter at any part, and situated just abaft the for•ward watertight bulkhead. It was soon repaired, and Mr. Nancairow, the Inspector of machinery, etc., pronounced her hull to he perfectly sound in every part. She was therefore launched in the afternoon, and steamed round to the wharf. It ia supposed that the hole was caused by her touching on the sharp point of jirock on the bar. Tim iiangutira will sail fur Napier to-day at noon. The h.h. Wellington will arrive here from the South this morning, and sail North In the afternoon at 2 o’clock. The Government steamer Stella anchored in Worker Pay yesterday at 3 a.m. from the Mamikau, and 4»me into port at Ca.m. She left the Manukau at. 0.30 p.m. on Monday last; arrived off New Plymouth at daylight, but a heavy gale was blowing, and at 0.30 a.m. had to move on without effecting a landing. The gale was from the N.W., and increased in force coming down, blowing something teriffic, and shifting round to the W.. thence S.W., and then back to the original. The Stella was to leave at 7 o'clock this morning for The brothers, taking with her the lantern for the lighthouse, also some stores. t The s s. Wanaka, from the South, arrived in port at 9,30 a.m. yesterday. She left Lyttelton at 1 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, and experienced a strong N. W. gale up to t e Heads. She sailed at noon for Napier, Gisborne. Tuuranga, and Auckland. The barque Australind, from Newcastle bound to this port, is making a long passage through the £trait. She was in company with the John Knox,

which arrived at Lyttelton on Monday last, and it was expected that the fierce N.W. gale of Tuesday and the strong wind from the same quarter which prevailed yesterday would drive her down to the Heads, but up to dusk last evening she could not be cen by the look-out at the outer signal station.