SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5045, 25 May 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. Hxuh Water.— 3.4 a.m. : 3.26,1* >1 ARRIVED.

May 24 —Robin .Hood, brig, 297 tons, Raton, from Newcastle. ‘Williams, agent, Neptune, brig, 299 tons, Chadwick, from Newcastle. ■Williams, agent. Luna, p.s., 247 tons, Eascand, from Greymouth. Passenger Mr. Keneally. Franklyn, agent. Stonnbird, s.s., 09 tons, Doilc, from Wanganui. Passengers —Cabin ; Mrs. Jones and 3 children, Mr. Jobberns. Turnbull and Co., agents. Mamvwatu, p.s., 103 tons. Harvey, from Wanganui. Passengers -Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Erlggs, Mrs. Taylor. Messrs. Dixon, Woods, and Rooney, Plirnnier, agent. Southern Cross, s.s., 175 tons, from Raglan. Jacob Joseph and Co,, agents. Dido, cutter, 30 torn. Shilling, from Blenheim: Turnbull and Co., agents. SAILED. May 24— Margaret Scooley, cutter. 1G tons, Scoones, on an oyster cruise. IMPORTS. Buna, from Greymouth : 200 tons coal. Neptune, from Newcastle : 500 tons coal. Robin Hood, from Newcastle : 500 tons coal. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London'. —Wennington. early ; Queen of the West; Robina Dunlop ; City of Madras ; and Broomhall, early. Southern Touts. — Wellington, 20Hi; Hawea. oOtli. SoimiKitN rouTw.—Taranaki, 2sth ; Taupo, Ist June. Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Albion, this day. Melbourne. —Eagle Wing, early. New York.—Ocean Chief, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.- Carnatic, early ; Chaudiere, early. Melbourne, via Horarton and tiik Sooth.— Albion, 26th. Napier, Poverty Bay, Tauranoa, and Auckland.— Wanaka. 30th. Northern Ports. —Wellington, 26th ; Hawea, 31st. Wanganui.— Manawatu, this day: Stonnbird, this dur. Southern Pouts.— Taranaki, 2Stli; Taupo, Ist June. Foxton.—Napier, 20th. NeI.SOS. WkslT-OUT. OUKVMOUTIt, AND HOKITIKA. —Kennedy, this day. Westport and Greymouth. —Luna. 20th. Castletoint and Napier.—Kiwi, early. Napier. —Southern Cross, this day. Napier and Poverty Bay.— Raugatira, this day. Sydney.—Wakatipu, this day. Kaikoura and Lyttelton.—Tui. 26th. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Thursday. Sailed : Hero, s.s., for Sydney, with twenty saloon passengers; Transit, schooner, for Wellington, LYTTELTON, Thursday. Arrived : Flora, from Kaipara. Sailed ; Wakatipu, for Wellington and Sydney, at 12.30 p.m. ENGLISH SHIPPING. The following vessels have arrived at London : From Wellington : Jessie Readinan. From Dunedin: J. N. Fleming. From Auckland: Rapido. From Melbourne : Loch Carry, Loch Lomond, Toowomba, Doretta. and Isabella. From Sydney : Agent, Murray, and Cairnbally. The s.s. Stonnbird arrived in port from Wanganui at 5.15 a.m. yesterday. She sailed from there at 5.15 D.m. on Wednesday, crossed the bar at 5.40, and experienced N.W. wind down. The Stormbird will sail for Wanganui this afternoon. The brig Robin Hood anchored in pore from Newcastle at 9.30 a.m. yesterday, after a good nm of ten days. Captain Baton reports leaving there on the 14th with a light northerly wind, which changed round to the E.S.E. and blew hard for three days, accompanied with thick weather. Afterwards the wind came again into the northward, and blew strong till bringing the vessel down to Cape Farewell, which was sighted on Wednesday afternoon; came through the Strait with a N.W. wind, and made Pencarrow Head at an early hour yesterday morning; worked in against the tide, and arrived in harbor as mentioned above. Thick rainy weather, with vivid lightning, characterised the trip throughout. The Robin Hood's cargo consists of 500 tons coal. While in Newcastle a new topmast and foretopmast were stepped in the brig.

The cutter Margaret Scooley resumed her oyster cruise yesterday afternoon. Yesterday was kept as a strict holiday amongst the shipping in port. The Custom House was closed, ami there was no work of any kind carried on among the shipping or on the wharf. The s.s. Wakatipu will sail for Sydney to-day. The s.s. Rangatlra will sail for Napier and Poverty Bay to-day. The p.s. Manawatu left Wanganui at 5.45 p.m. on "Wednesday, crossed the bar at 0.15, and arrived in port at G. 15 am. yesterday. Experienced fair wind throughout. The Manawatu will sail again for Wanganui this afternoon. The brig Neptune, captain Chadwick, from Newcastle, did not reach port till noon yesterday. She left Newcastle on the Htli instant and experienced strong E. and S.E. winds, with thick weather, which, after the vessel had worked against them for a week, went into the S.W., and the brig was then only about 800 miles from Newcastle. For the remainder of the passage to the Heads the winds were favorable, blowing from S.W. to W. Cape Farewell was sighted at noon on Tuesday last, and she was off the Heads at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, where it was blowing hard from the N. W.; beat in to Heads, but owing to the extremely thiekweather and the strong gale blowing had to dodge about till yesterday morning, and then she worked in with the flood tide. The Neptune has 500 tons coal on board. The p.s. Luna, fmm the West Coast, with a cargo of 200 tons coal, arrived in harbor at noon yesterday. She left Greymouth wharf at 5.10 p.m. on the 22nd instant, crossed the bar at 5 30 p.m., and experienced light N.E. wind to Rocks Point, which was passed at 10.30 a.m. on the 23rd, when a strong northerly wind, with heavy rain, was experienced. Hounded Cape Farewell at 7 30 same evening, when the wind went into the westward and continued till arrival. When between Greymouth and the Duller River was in company with the p.s. Charles Edward, and the two steamers had a sfiin together. Deep as the Luna was she held her own well, and when they separated neither had gained any advantage. The Luna will sail for Westport and Greymouth on Saturday afternoon. 'ihc a.S.P. Co.'s s.s. Southern Cross arrived in port last night it 11.15. She came here from Raglan after finishing a contract for the eonveyance of sheep from Canterbury to that place. The Southern Cross has carried out her contract faithfully, and has delivered her sheep without a single loss, which speaks well for the care that must have been bestowed upon them. She made rive trips altogether, the first having commenced on the 4th of April last. The Southern Cross left Raglan on Tuesday last at 4 p.m., and experienced strong wind varying from north to south, with heavy rain. She will sail for Napier this afternoon. The captain of the s.s. Southern Cross has informed us that the schooner Kaiuma, which had put into Raglan River, having lost her mainmast on a voyage from this port to Waitara, has again resumed her voyage, the old mast having been spliced. The Kaiuma had a very narrow escape from becoming a total wreck after she had lost her mast. It appears that in n very heavy gale from the westward her mast carried away in a sudden and very severe squall. The wind afterwards changed into the W.S.W., and in her disabled condition it was found to be impossible to get into the Waitara, owing to the very heavy sea. She was accordingly headed in a northerly direction, and it was then found Impossible to keep the vessel off the land. She was driven along in an almost helpless condition, all the time nearing the shore. When Raglan River was opened up. Captain Maule saw that it would be impossible for him to keep his vessel in the direction in which she was going without being driven ashore, and therefore lie determined to make an attempt to get into Raglan River. It was a hazardous undertaking, as the sea breaking on the bar of the river was simply apalling ; but it was the only chance of saving the vess-J left. The people residing in the vicinity of the river, seeing the dis.bied vessel, assembled to watch her proceedings, as it was thought by them to be almost next to impossible for her to get over the bar. However the old schooner did take the bar, and crossed it without the least accident occurring. In Raglan it was found impossible to secure a new mast, amt it had to be remedied as mentioned above.