SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5101, 30 July 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. Hian Water.—7.2o a.m. ; 7.33 p.m ARRIVED. , , June 2S.—Luna, p.s., 247 tons, Bascand, from Greymouth and Nelson. Passengers Cabin : Mrs. Schoolar and child. Captain Moore, Messrs. Gwynneth, Wright, and Williams. Pranklyn. agent. Unity, ketch, 42 tons, Thompson, from East Coast. Thomas, agent. _ „ , Ruby, schooner, 24 tons, Dalton, from Kaikoura. Rethune and Hunter, agents. T> , Herald, schooner, 5G tons, McKay, from Pelorus Sound. Thomas, agent. , Tui s.s., 64 tons. Wills, from Kaikoura and Lytteiton. Passengers—Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Action, Dr. Lemon, Messrs. Hams, Diamond, Allen, Calcutt, Guthrie, and Griffiths: four in the steerage. Bishop. aS JuLY eg.—Rotorua, s.s., 576 tons, Macfarlane, from Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. Passongers-Saloon: Misses Holmes (2), Galway, Nathan (2). Mesdames Stout. Holmes and 2 servants, Rapley, Dennis. Acland and family. Harper and family, Messrs Webster, Stout, Campbell, Holmes (2). Hart, Acland, Dickie, Nathan (2), Spier, Elliott, Oliver, Harper, McGowan Seward; 13 steerage : 41 for other ports. Levin and Co., agents. , ' . „ ■ Napier, s.s., 4S tons, Holmes, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Mrs. Johnston and 3 children, Mrs. Rodney. Misses Levy. Robinson, liae, and Phillips Messrs. Rowe, Green, Nelson, and Millar. Turnbull and Co., agents. . , ~ , , Taupo, S.S., 461 tons, Carey, from Auckland, Tauxanga, Gisborne, and Napier. Passengers—Saloon: Mesdames Bussell and Hart, Misses Russell, Shea. Eliza, and Connell. Hon. Mr. Johnston, < clone! Longiey, Captain Evans, Messrs. CunlifF, Taiaroa, Atchison, Johnson, McKenzie, "Wood, Douglas. Metcalf. McDonald, Roach, Meek, HariHori. haie; IC steerage. Levin and Co., agents. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons, Harvey, from Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Mesdames Hogg, Gibbons, and George, Miss Duncan, Captain Gibbons. Mes«rs;Ashforth. North, Jenkins, Thornier. Evans, McKenzie (2), Hogg, Smith. Finnimore. Carson, Duncan, Brown, and Chalmers. Plimmer, agent. SAILED. July 2S.—Thames, ketch, 23 tans. Hay, for Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. _ , . „ Falcon, ketch, 37 tons, Fisk, for Blenheim. Passen-ger-Cabin : Mr. Mitchell Turnbull ami ‘*o., agents, July 29.—Rotorua, s.s,, 570 tons, Macfarlane, for Sydney, via Naper and Auckland. Passengers— Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. White, Messrs. Matton, Wilson. and Bishop. Levin and Co., agents. Elizabeth, ketch, 33 tons, Short, for Pelorus Sound. Jacob Joseph and Co,, agents. CLEARED OUT. July 2S.—Ocean Chief, barque, 3SG tons, Cook, for Lyttelton. Passenger—Mrs. Cook. Turnbull and Co., agents. IMPORTS. {A special charge i* made for consignees’ name* in sirted in thU column.] • Richard and Mary, from Havelock: 03,000 feet timber. EXPORTS. Elizabeth, for Havelock: 2 hf-chests tea, 10 mats sugar, 1 case currants, 1 do kerosene, 2 do sugar, 1 do cheese, 1 bag barley, 1 ton flour, 1 pkg sundries. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Glenlyon (W.S.P.T.), Oran (P.G.8.D.), .and Endymion (J.K.T.N.), early. Singapore.—East Lothian (V.K.J.Q ), early. Londov, via Otaqo.—Taranaki, early. New York.—Silas Fish, early. - Melbourne, via the South.—Ringarooma, Ist August. Sootitkun Fours. —Wanaka, Slst mst. Napier. Poverty Bay, Tauranga, and Auckland.—Wanaka, Ist August. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.- Primera, early. Northern Ports.—Taupo, 31st. Sotn-lIKUN Pouth.—Taranaki, 2nd August. Westport and Greymouth.—Luna, this day. Napier.—Stormbird, 30th. Napier. Poverty Bay, Tauranga, and Auckland. —Wanaka, 31st. Foxton. —Tux, this dav. Nelson, Wkstport, Gueymooth, an» Hokitika. —Murray, 4th inst. Melbourne, via the South.—Ringarooma, 2nd Castlepoint and Napier.—Kiwi, Ist August. Blenheim. —Lyttelton, this day. BY TELEGRAPH. PORT CHALMERS, Saturday. Sailed : Barque Frederick Bassett, for Newcastle. Sunday. Arrived ; Steamer Ringarooma, from the Bluff; Arawata, from Lyttelton. LYTTELTON, Saturday. Sailed : Arawata, for the South, at 5.10 p.m. Passenger for Dunedin—Mr, Anderson. BLUFF, Saturday. The Ringarooma arrived at 10 last night. She left Melbourne on the 23rd, and experienced fine weather throughout. She brings 34 saloon and 30 steerage passengers and 400 tons cargo for all ports. She sails at 4 p.m. for Dunedin. Passengers for Wellington— Messrs. Margetts, Cuthbertson, Monaghan, and Dransfield. Misses Climie, Halani, and 7 steerage ; 143 tons cargo. The ketches Falcon and Thames sailed on Saturday, the former for Blenheim and the latter for Pelorus Sound. __ „ The schooner Ruby came into harbor from Kaikoura on Saturday. . , . t . _ T . . . , , . The s.s. Stormbird will sail for Napier to-night at 12 o'clock. The ketch Clematis, Captain Bonner, put into harbor on Saturday night tlirough unfavorable weather, the wind persistently hanging to the southward. She 3s on a voyage from Pelorus Sound to Heathcote with a cargo of timber. The s.s. Wanaka, from the South, is expected to arrive here this morning. The s.s. Ringarooma, the bearer of the Suez mail, will arrive hers on Wednesday morning next. The p.s. Manawatu, Captain Harvey, arrived in port from Wanganui at 2.30 a.m. yesterday, with a full cargo of tallow, some 112 casks. She left there at 1130a.m, on Saturday, crossed the bar an hour afterwards, and experienced fresh E.S.E. breeze to Mana; thence light variable weather till arrival. Passed* the schooner Dunedin, from this port, going into Wanganui The Manawatu will sail for Wanganui this afternoon. The s.s. Rotorua arrived in port from the South at 0 a.m. resterday, having left Lyttelton at 3 o'clock the previous afternoon. She sailed from this port, taking the outward San Francisco mail, at 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon. . ~ , . „„ The s.s. Tui, from the South, arrived in port at 11 o’clock on Saturday night. She left Lyttelton at 6 p.m. on the 27th ; arrived at Kaikoura at 6 a.m. on the 28‘Si: sailed again at 10 a.m.; called in at Flaxbourne. landed cargo, and continued her trip at 5 p m., arriving here as before mentioned. The Tui will -sail for Foxton this afternoon. The s.s. Napier left Foxton on Saturday night, and arrived in harbor at 10.30 a.m. yesterday. The Union Company’s s.s. Taupo, Captain Carey, arrived in harbor from her first trip up the East Coast of this island to Auckland, yesterday. She left Auckland on the 25th instant at 6 p.m., and at 6 a.ra. on the 2Cth reached Tauranga, where a stay of two hours was made, and then pushed on for Gisborne, arriving there at G o’clock next morning ; sailed at 5 o’clock *ame afternoon, and got off Napier at daylight on the 2Sth : left again at 1 p.m., and arrived in harbor at 7 a.m. yesterday. Htd moderate weather throughout. The Taupo will leave for the Manukau, via intermediate ports, on Tuesday next at noon. We are indebted to Mr. Barbour (purser) for reports. &c. , A vessel supposed to be the schooner Aspasia from Lyttelton arrived in port last evening. The following has been forwarded to us by MrSeed, which was received by him from the Secretary to the Marine Board, Adelaide : —“A new bright revolving first-order light, having an eclipse every thirty s- conds. will be exhibited on Tipara Reef, Spender’s Gulf, on 20th August. It will be visible about eighteen miles,” The ketch Unity arrived here yesterday afternoon from the Fast Coast, after a very long trip. She left here on the 13th May last; but after managing to land a few boat loads of cargo, had to put back here for provisions on the Cth June, and recommenced her trip three days later; but the weather being very sever-, she did next to nothing in the matter of landing cargo, and after a severe knocking about on the coast, with heavy gales, had to put into Napier on the 20th instant till the bad weather passed over; and then a slant being afforded to her to land her cargo, by a spell of calm weather, she went down the coast and succeeded in putting all the stuff ashore. The p.s. Luna arrived in port on Saturday afternoon, with the brig Albion in tow, from Nelson. Captain Bascancl reports leaving Greymouth on the 25th inst at 10.15 a.m., and arrived at Nelson at 4 p.m next day. On the 2Gth inst wont alongside the bug Albion and put 50 tons of coal on board to stiffen her] and at 7.15 same evening commenced to tow the brig towards Wellington. Came through the French uass, and at 1.30 a.m. on Saturday cleared it, and came down through the Strait against a moderate breeze, arriving here at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday. The barque Elsinore arrived at Port Chalmers from New York on the 2Gth instant, and will come to this port to discharge part of her cargo. The Otago Guardian speaking of her says:-—The American barque K!s ; nr>rc is a fine-looking vessel of nearly 700 tons regi-tor, hailing from New York, and brings a cargo of Yankee notions, 500 tons of which are for this port, 300 for Wellington, and the remainder for Auckland. She left New York on the Cth April, and experienced fresh westerly winds, which carried her into the N.E. trades In latitude 27 N, on 21st April. The trades proved good, and were lost in latitude 2 N. Thence she r*n right into the S.E. trades, and crossed the Equator on the 7th May in longitude 27 W. The S.E. trades were brisk, and carried her to latitude 23 S., giving <‘iit on the 22nd May, when the wind hauled round to tiro southward and westward. She crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the Ist of Juno, and rounded the Capo of Good Hope four days later in latitude 38 S. Thence she had steady westerlies from W.s.W, to W.N, W. right across the Southern Ocean, running down her easting in the parallel of latitude 43 S., and meeting moderate weather throughout. Crossed the meridian of Cape Leuwin on the sth July, and sighted the Island of Tasmania on the 15th. Thence the wind hauled into the eastward, attended •with thick rainy weather, which continued for six days. Passed the Snares on the 24th instant, and experienced light variable winds and fine weather to arrival in Port Chalmers. The ship Taranaki, which arrived at Port Chalmers from Glasgow on Monday night last, and which comes on to this port to discharge cargo, is a remarkably handsome ship. According to the Olago Daily Times, she is a worthy compeer of the other fine vessels comprising the company's fleet, and is full sister to that beautiful ship the Marlborough, which, if not for size, yet in general appearance, symmetry, and moulding may almost take precedence of the others. Thu Taranaki is her exact counterpart. They were built in the same yard—Messrs. Duncan and Go’s.. Port Glasgow—and if they were lying side by H'de in the hi me condition of paint, it would be almost impossible to distinguish one from the other. Tito Taranaki is 1120 tons register, and her dimensions are—fength, 228 ft.; beam, 35ft.; depth of hold, 21ft. Her commander, Captain While, speaks highly of her.

She is a first-rate sea boat, and travels well, as may be inferred from the fact of her having run 4723 knots in 19 days, whilst making her easting south, her best day’s work being 312 knots, and her worst 162. bhe thus averaged 248 miles and a fraction per diem, equal to a little over 10 knots per hour. The ship s maiden passage is decidedly a good one, the time being 82 days from port to port and 78 from land to land, one was not particularly favored by winds, having had light head winds and calms for some days after leaving the land, and very poor trades. In fact, the south-east trade was non est, whilst the acmern trades extended over nearly 13 parallels of latitude. Hence her builders and all concerned in her may be satisfied with her capabilities.