SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5086, 12 July 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

FORT OF WKLLINGTON. High Water.—s. 34 a.m. : 5.55 p.m ARRIVED. July 11,—Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doilc. from “Wanganui. Vassongcrs—Cabin : Mesdamcs Winter and Haslam, Messrs. Malcolmson, Fernandez, Burnes, and Ford ; 3 steerage. Plimmer, agent. Falcon, ketch, 37 tons. Fhk, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin: Messrs. Redwood, Smith, and Watson. Turnbull and Co., agents. Tui, s.s., 54 tons. Wills, from Foxton. Passengers— Cabin : Mr. and Mrs. McCauley, Mr. and Mrs, Suramerhayes, Messrs. Bradford, Widicines, and Euchard. Bishop, agent. Endeavour, schooner, 71 tons, Dick, from Oamaru. Master, agent. SAILED. July 11.—Manawatu, p.s.. 103 tons, Harvey, for Wanganui, Passengers—Cabin : Mesdames Pierce and. Lowes, Hr. Cameron; 8 steerage. Plimmer, agent. ; CLEARED OUT. July Tl.”—Australind, barque, 429 tons, Oliver, lor Newcastle. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Drumfmond. Williams, agent. " i IMPORTS. (A special charge is made for cousignees‘ names inserl'd in this column.) Falcon, from Blenheim ; 83 sacks barley, 20 bales 'jfox, 4 do skins, 36 sacks gnvss seed, 50 bags oats, 100 do malt. Napier, from Foxton : 64 hides, 1 box. Stormbird. from Wanganui: 42 skins, 27 kegs Imtter. EXPORTS. Manawatu, for Wanganui: 5 bales, 1 truss samples, "lO qr-casks rum, 10 casks, 6 drums, S qr-casks port--’wine, 11 cases. 563 pkgs, 1 bale. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. —Robina Dunlop, (M.Y.C. IT.). City of Madras (P.T.K.L), Glenlyon (W.S.P.T.), Orari, and Endymion (J.K.T.N.). early. Singapore. —East Lothian (V.K.J.Q ), early. London, via Otago.—Taranaki, early. SoiJTintitN Foutm.— Taupo, 12th: Wellington, 17th. Northern Ports. —Hawea, 13th instant. Sydney - , via Napier and Auckland.—Rotorua, 20 th. Nsw York. —Ocean Chief (L.J.K.D.), daily: Elsinore. early. Melbourne and Hobarton via the South.— Tararua. 15th. Melbourne, via Nelson, Greymouth, and Hokitika. —Albion. 19th. Nelson. Westport, Greymouth.and Hokitika. —Kennedy, 13th. Napier. Poverty Bay, Tauranoa, and Auckland.—Wanaka. 15th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.- Primera, early. Northern Ports.—Hawca, 13th; Wanaka, 18th. South Kits Port*.— Wellington, 13th; Taranaki, 16th. Blenheim. —Lyttelton, this day. Foxton.— Napier, this da}'. Nki.son. Wkhitout, Giucvmootit, and Hokitika. —Kennedy, 14th. Melbourne, via Nelson, Greymouth, and Hokitika.—Tararua, 16th. Melbourne and Hoharxon via the South.— Albion, 20th. Napier, Poverty Bay, Tauranga, and Auckland.—Taupo, 19th. Lyttelton,— Luna, this day, Kaikoura and Lyttelton.—Tui, this day. BY TELEGRAPH. ‘ PORT CHALMERS, Wednesday. Arrived : Wakatipu from Lyttelton. Sailed : Wellington, for North. Passengers for Lyttelton—Mrs. Gilford, Messrs. Hickson (2), Hislop, and Jobsou. For Napier: Messrs. Haughton and Sherley- For Manukau : Mr. Kenny. For Hokitika: Mr. and Mrs. Gregor.—Benclcugh. schooner, on a whaling cruise to the Macquarie and Emerald Islands. TIMAIUT Wednesday. Arrived : Maori, s.s., and St. Kilda, s.s. The latter resumes trade between Timaru and Lyttelton, which has long been interrupted, the new railway tariff making it cheaper to send goods by sea. LYTTELTON, Wednesday? Sailed ; Stag, for Auckland; Wild Wave, for Wellington. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. Sailed : Wanaka, for South. Passengers for Wellington—Sir George Grey, Dr. Wallis. Messrs. Murray, M.H.R, Bnckridge, deadening, Wilson, Montrose, and Mitchell. OAMARU, Wednesday. Sailed: Dunedin, schooner, for Wellington, laden with breadstuffa. Warnings were issued from the weather department on Tuesday for gales between north-west, west, and south. They were amply verified throughout, and after a stroug north-wester here during Tuesday night, the wind went into the southward yesterday afternoon and had a dirty appearance. During the evening it blew up fresh with very heavy rain, but the weather indications at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon showed some probability of the wind lacking. The schooner Waihopai sailed yesterday morning at daylight for Peloms Sound. The ketch Falcon arrived In port from Blenheim at 6 a.m. yesterday, havingleft there the previous afternoon. Experienced strong N.W. winds across. The Falcon will return to Blenheim this evening. The p.s. Manawatu sailed for Wanganui with a full general cargo at 6.30 p.m. yesterday. The s.s. Wellington, from the South, is timed to arrive here to-morrow.; The s.s. Stormbird arrived here from Wanganui at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. She left there at 8 o’clock the previous evening, crossed the bar at 18.30 p.m., and arrived as above. Experienced fresh N.W. wind down. The Stormbird will sail on Monday next for Napier. The schooner Endeavour left Oamaru on Saturday last, and experienced northerly winds during the first part of the voyage, thence southerly wind till arrival. The s.s. Maori arrived in Dunedin from her usual monthly trip round the South Island on the sth instant ihe prospecting party at Dogherty’s Camp returned by the Maori from the West Coast. She called at Breaksea Inlet on the look-out for Skipper and party, there on a sealing expedition, and after two hours* search found them on Breaksea Island in a very reduced state, they having lived solely on blue cod for five weeks. Skipper took passage by the Maori, and the remainder of the party were supplied with about three months' provisions. The Maori proceeded on, calling at Martin, Big, and Jackson Bays. . A Mr. P. P. De La Sala, a Spanish gentleman, has invented what he terms the Britannia shield, for preventing collisions at sea, and also an impromptu boat apparatus. The shield consists of a pair cf stout metal pectoral fins fastened to the bow of a vessel. When not required they are folded flat back above the water line, but when wanted they are instantaneously canted athwart ships at right angles to the keel, and by their own gravity drop immediately in that position below the surface, offering such enormous resistance that a steamer going full speed is brought up stationary in one and a half times her own length. By dropping only one fin it nets like a bow rudder at right angles to the keel, and a ship at full speed, in less than her own length would turn in the same direction at right angles to her previous course. Tha other invention enables a fairiy-effident boat to bo improvised by means of a few tanks, some planks, some canvas, twine, and a palm and needle, Strips of a plank and a cork of suitable length and width are sewn side by side with short lengths, of an angular form at either end. There is a seam between each two planks, which are quilted into the fabric. The sides tilt up, and the ends pucker together with a piece or two of loose canvas here and there, and what was apparently a long fla* mat, becomes a serviceable boat in an emergency. They lie flat on deck, and can be pitched overboard so as to right themselves.