SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5146, 20 September 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON Hioh Water.— 2.l6 a.m,; 2*38 p.m. ARRIVED. September 19.—Richard and Mary, schooner, 44 tons, Moore, from Lyttelton. Master, agent. Rose of Eden, schooner, 30 tons. Nelson,, from Pelnrus Sound. Compton, agent. . ’ '• , Tni, S.S., 64 tons. Wills, from Foxton. Passengers —Cabin : Miss Port. Mr. and Sirs. Higginson and family (3), Messrs. McLean, Fergusson, and Stowe, 7 steerage. Bishop, agent. •_ Jane Douglas, s.s., 75 tons, Fraser, from Foxton. Plimmer, agent, ■. SAILED. September 19.—Wanaka, s.s., 327 tons, McGillivray, for the Manukau, via intermediate ports. Passengers —Saloon : Mesclames Curtis and Love, Misses Templeton and Martin. Messrs. Cato, Higgins (2). Cox, Hopkins, Harris. Curtis, Willan, Stahlman, Goldwater (2). Gibbs, and Clarke. Levin and Co., agents. Manawatu, p.s., 103 tons. Harvey, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin: Rose Brothers (4), Mr. Latta; 3 steerage. Plimmer. agent. Julius Vogel, schooner, 60 tons, Johnson, for Dunedin. via Pelorus Sound. Compton, agent. Transit, schooner, 8S tons. Hooper, for Dunedin, via Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Canterbury, schooner, 30 tons, Pike, for Pelorus Sound. Thomas, agent. • Star of the Sea, schooner, 33 tons. Turner, for Havelock. Master, agent. CLEARED OUT. September 15.—Thames, ketch, 22 tens, Hunt, for Pelorus Sound. Scott, agent. IMPORTS. Rose of Eden, from Havelock: 20,000 feet sawn timber. Richard and Mac?, from Lyttelton: 250 sacks oats, 125 do pollard, 39 tons flour. EXPORTS. Thames, for Pelorus Sound: *4 sacks oats, 4 do bran, 4 gunnies sugar, 6 boxes candles, 1 case milk, 10 bags flour. Manawatu. for Wanganui: 15 qr-casks brandy, 100 cases do, 5 tanks malt, 1 piano, 148 pkgs merchandise, groceries, etc.. 18 cases do, 1 qr-cask spirits, S trunks, 4 trusses. 4 pels. Wanaka. for Nelson :■ 167 gunnies sugar, 2 bales leather, 4 boxes soap. C cases sundries. 8 bags produce, 1 grate. 12pkgs. For New Plymouth: 1 greyhound, 64 pkgs merchandise, 8 grindstones. 1 drum oil, 1 nest baskets, 2 bdls ovens, 4 stoves. 18 ovens. 2 cover-. 8 kegs' nails, 10 casks brandv. 62 bags sugar, 20 cases drapery. 500 felloes, 39 pieces timber, and 10 pieces timber. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Zealandia, St. Leonards, Schiehallion, and Wairoa, early. New York.—Silas Fish. Herbert Black, early. Northern Ports. —Taranaki. 22nd. Melbourne.—Jane, early. Melbourne, via South. —Arawata, this day. Southern Ports.—Taupo, 25th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Northern Ports.—Taranaki. 25th. Auckland via the East Coast.— TTawea, 26th. Nelson, and West Coast Ports.- Murray, early. Southern Ports -Taranaki. 22nd. Melbourne via the South.—Arawata, 23rd. , Wanoanul—Manawatu, 2lst. Foxton.— Jane Douglas, this day, Sydnkt, via Napier and Auckland.—Rotorua, 23rd. Katicoura and Lyttelton.—Tui, this day. Blenheim.—Napier, this day. Castlepoint and Napier.—Kiwi. 22nd. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Wednesday. Arrived: Bella Mary, from Hobarton.—Stella Marie, with manure, from Brisbane. LYTTELTON, Wednesday. Sailed: Maori, for Nelson, at 11.30 a.m.—Arawata,’ for the North, at 6 p.m. Passengers for Wellington: Mrs. Moffat and child. Dr. Hayes, Messrs. McKay (2). Hawca, for the South, at 6 p.m. The schooner Richard and Mary arrived In port from Lyttelton yesterday morning at 9.30. She, mad* a good run up with a fresh S.E. wind, having Lyttelton on Tuesday mor ing. She has a full cargo of produce, and was berthed at Plimmer’s wharf, w v> re she commenced discharging yesterday. The p.s. Manawatu left for Wanganui at 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The schooner Julius Vogel left the harbor at 6 o’clock yesterday morning for Pelorus Sound. At the Sound she will load with timber for Dunedin. The s.s. Arawata. from Melbourne via the South, ■with the inward Suez mail, will arrive in port about 9 o’clock this morning. She will leave for Nelson in the afternoon. The schooner Transit left the port for Pelorus Sound yesterday, to load with 60,000 feet timber for Dunedin. The s.s. Wanaka got away for.the Manukau, via intermediate ports, at 1.30 p.m. yesterday. She shipped a large quantity of cargo at this port, a considerable portion of which was for Taranaki from Sydney, ex the Rotorua. The alterations to the s.s. Rangatira are now almost completed, and it is expected she will make a trial trip round the harbor to-day. The 5.9. Tui arrived from Foxton with cargo and passengers yesterday afternoon at half-past 5 o’clock. She left there at 6.30 a.m.'same day; crossed the bar at 7.30 a.m., and experienced fresh southerly wind down. The Tui will sail for Kaikoura and Lyttelton this evening. • The ship Orari broke bulk yesterday at noon. Her cargo has been found to be in excellent condition. The s.s. Jane Douglas left Foxton at 7.30 a.m. yesterday: crossed the bar at 8.30 am., and arrived her» at half-past six o'clock last evening. Experienced fresh head wind throughout. The Jane Douglas is expected to sail for Foxton again this afternoon. The schooners Canterbury and Star of the Sea sailed for Pelorus Sound yesterday. The brigantine Enterprise, Captain Mundle, ran into port late on Tuesday night, through stress of weather. She is on-a voyage from Kaippra to Lyttelton with a cargo of timber, and has received a very rough handling since she left. 1 aptain Mundle describes the weather as being unusually severe, and all the time along the coast a very high wssterly sea was experienced, which on several occasions came on board the brigantine with great force, doing sundry damage on deck. On one occasion, when she was in a b ird westerly wind, and all the crew, except the captain who was at the wheel, were aloft taking in sail. ?. huge billow struck her with almost overwhelming force. It completely smothered the vessel up, and the crew from their position aloft thought she was foundering, as nothing could be seen of her below but a mass of seething water: The brigantine, however, managed to come to rights in a short time; but Capt. Mundle was almost drowned, and had, while the sea was sweeping over the vesSsl, extreme difficulty in preventing it carrying him over the side. The Enterprise left TC ipara on the 14th inst., and when crossing the bar with a strong N.W. wind she was struck by some heavy seas, and her head-board and rails, and several stanchions, bulwarks. &c., carried away. At midnight same night the wind was up from the W..’j. W., blowing very hard, and accompanied with a high sea, which carried away a portion of her starboard bulwarks; thence had variable weather till the 17th. when she had to run under Mana for shelter from a strong southerly breeze. At 0 a.m. on the 18th got under way with a light breeze, and when., half-way across the Strait it shifted into the SAY. and blew hard for two hours, and was then followed by a calm. At 5 o’clock same afternoon a stiff S.E. breeze came on, and turning her tail to it she sought the shelter of this port, and arrived as above stated. The Enterprise will resume her voyage with the first northerly wind. Captain Charles McLoon, of the ship Geneva, sunk at Hua-dilos, in the great earthquake on the Pacific coast, tells the story of his experiences. Aside from the frightful rumbling sound, his attention was arrested by the extraordinary phenomenon of a shore mountain above being so much agitated that rocks became detached, and rattled down towards the sea, resembling balls of fire. Furthermore, the water at the anchorage suddenly receded so that ships in eight fathoms touched bottom. At the same time, it was observed that the ships were swinging round and round and in opposite directions, and the anchor-chains becoming entangled beneath the coppe*, and the yards and masts interlocking, while the air resounded with the failing spars and crash of bulwarks. Water also came whirling in like a maelstrom, causing the Geneva to swing round at a rate of eight or ten knots an hour in great circles, until she struck against a rock, which tore out part of her bottom; The ship was forced violently in an opposite direction, and went down. Captain McLoon says it seemed to him from the sulphurous or electrical appearance of the mountains that a volcano was bursting out of its sides. Rocks were tumbling about with frightful noise, and everything was lighted up.