SHIPPING SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5147, 21 September 1877, Page 7

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

TOUT OF WELLINGTON. ■ . T ~ . ARRIVED. ,

August 29.—:Elsinore, barque, CSS tons, from New York via Port Chalmers. Bannatyhe and Co., agents.: August 30.—Wakatipu, s.s., TIBS tons, Cameron, from Sydney. Levin and Co., agents.’; ! 1 Ringaropma, s.s.,' 023 tons, Whitburn, from Aidbourne.via the South; -Bishop, agent. i September B.—Robin Hood, brig, 297 tons, Baton, .from Newcastle: - ' Williams; agent. | ' September 9.—Tararua, s.s., 591 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne and Hobarton via South. Bishop, agent. ' 1 ‘ • " 1 Orari, ship, 1011 tons, Mosey, from London ; (7th June). - Bassengers—Saloon : Messrs.; Thomas Dew, Arthur Henry, : Richardson, Offley, and Muuihy. Second cabin : Mr. and Mrs. Jolmson, Messrs. A. Woodbouse, Walter Stuhlman, James W. Willan, G. E. Bristow, Abraham, Soloman, Henry Goldwater, and William Clark. Intermediate: Mr. and Mrs. Laorday, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, Mr. aud Mrs, Eothcnbergandfamiiy (41), Messrs, T. A. Cos, Thomas James, Joseph Walton, John Higgins. Thomas Harris, Samuel Higgins, aud Thomas Hopkins. N Z.S. Co., agents. September 13. —Easby, s.s., 969 tons, Anderson, from Sydney. Turnbull arid Co., agents. Claud Hamilton, s.s., 629 tons, Clark; from Melbourne via the West Coast. Bishop, agent. September 10.—Eotorua.s.s., 670 tons, Macfarlane, from Sydney, via Napier and Auckland. Levin and Co., agents.

August 24. —Arawata, s.s., 023 tons. Underwood, for Melbourne via the South. Bishop, agent. Easby, s.s., 909 tons, Anderson, for Newcastle and Sydney. Turnbull and Co., agents. August 25.—Rotorua, s.s,, 570 tons, Macfarlane, for Sydney via Napier and Auckland. Levin and Co , agents. Ceres, barque, 455 tons, Finlay, for Newcastle. Kennedy Bros., agents. Oarlottn, barque, 310 tons, McDonald, for Newcastle. Beck and Tonka, agents. August 20.—Anne Melhuisb, barque, 344 tons, Johnson, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. September 2. —Eingarooma, s.s., 023 tons, Whitburn, for Melbourne, via the South. Bishop, agent. September s.—Glenlyon, ship, 055 tons, Reid, for Valparaiso. N.Z.S. Co., agents. September' 6. —East Lothian, barque, 349 tons, Brabham, for Newcastle. Turnbull and Co., agents. September 7.—lSndymion, ship. 769 tons, Richardson, for Newcastle. Turnbull and Co., agents. ' ■ Elsinore, barque, 688. tons. Fosberg, for Auckland. Bannatyne and Co,, agents. , September 9.—Brimcra, barque, 597 tons, Sherwen, forlondon.' Bassengers—Saloon; Mrs. A. W.McGregor and two children, Messrs. Ernest Bucbolz, Henry, Bruen,:Swindells; and Capt. John : Graham. N.Z.S. Co., agents. , SeptemberlO.—Wakatipu,s,s.,llsßtous, Cameror. for Sydney. Levin and Co., agents. 1 Tararua, s.s., 503 tons, Sinclair, for Melbourne, via the West Coast. Bishop, agent. ~ Septekber 14.— Robin Hood, brig, 279 tons, Baton, tor Newcastle. Williams, agent. ‘ September. 15.—Claud Hamilton, s.s., 530 tons, Clark, for > Melbourne, via Southern ports. Bishop, .agent. ~ September 10.—Taranaki, ship, 1120 tons, Wight, for Astoria. Mills, agent. : BY TELEGRAPH. ; , ; AUCKLAND, September 7. The barque Caherfeldh, from Lyttelton, went ashore on a mud flab off the North Head, when-en-tering. Sue is not expected to bo much damaged. She is insured in, the New Zealand for £3OOO ; Standard; £IOOO. ' The cargo is insured in the South British and’ other offices for £4OOO. _ Tho City of New York has arrived with tho English and American mails, after a passage of twenty-two days four hours. New Zealand passengers: Rev. Charles Clarke,- Mr, Mrs. and Master Buchanan, Messrs. - Kennedy" and Hennebory. Freight : !For Auckland—l2oß pkgs, 834 toris ; for Wellington—2o3 pkgs, 08 tons ; for Lyttelton—7o pkgs, 24 tons; for Fort Chalmers—4oo pkgs, 15 tons; for Sydney--12 780 pkgs. 488 tons ; for Melbourne—6oo pkgs, 20J tons ; and 281 bags irialhpfor New Zealand. ... : September 12.

Arrived : Ishmd Lily, from the Chathams. .'She reports 800 bales ol wool as lately washed, ashore from the Ocean'Mall. The ship has gone to pieces. s Sailed : The, barque Spirit of the Dawn got away to-day, with a cargo valued at £52,000. , September 15. The Belle Brandon,: from Savage Islands, brings cotton, copra, and fungus. ! The schooner Active, from Samoa, brings the; following whaling news;—The Alaska was atVauvau on X4th August, with two humpbacks trying but. The Splendid, of Dunedin, had taken four humpbacks. The James Arnold was at Hopoka Uapai on 22nd August. SUo had 300 barrels humpback and a large quantity of sperm; she caught three whales ■while the Active was there. The Magellan Cloud, of Auckland, was at Tongotahoo on the 27th August; had captured 5 fish, and has got 300 barrels. On the 2(Jth August she made fast to a cow and calf, but the

second mate in lancing accidentally cut the line, and the fisli escaped*. The.-Isabella, or jVellington, has. been unfortunate througlTdefective equipment. The boats had fastened to 14, whales, all however escaped .but two. .Atone time.the crewran short of .provisions and had not any money to buy more ; but they got a fi?b, when friends and money were found in plenty. ; i - , - • September 17. The Sam Mendel, ship,-arrived from Lon don'after a passage of 10S days. Shd-brings several saloon passengers. 5 ■*

• LYTTELTON. Septembers. Arrived : N. 2.5; Company's ship Waimate, Captain Peek, from London, with 25 passengers and S 9 immigrants for Wellington, nominated by the Immigrants and Colonists’ Association, all well. The Waimate cleared the Wizard on June 11, and had moderate and variable weather. She crossed the Equator on July 11, and the meridian of the Cape on August 4,and thence had strong southerly weather until making the Snares at noon on : Friday. She experienced a terrific southerly gale up the coast, and was driven past the port on Saturday night. The immigrants for Wellington proceeded by the Wanaka. • ' ■ September 10. , Shaw, Savill, and Co’s ship- Langstone, from London, is signalled. She passed Deal on the 17th June.

PORT CHALMERS, August 28. Sailed ; Pomona, ship, for. Portland, Oregon. September 3.

Arrived : Barque Dragon, 78 days out from Calcutta. She brings 1000 tons cargo, 200 tons of which is for Lyttelton. She reports the ship Inchgreen loading at Calcutta, it is supposed for Melbourne. September 6.

Arrived : The barques Memento and Frederick Bassett, from Hobarton.—Tarawa, from the Bluff.— The Albion Company’s ship Timaru, 85 days from Glasgow, with 59 passengers and 1600 tons cargo. She experienced a series of terrific gales from the W.S.W. to S.S.E., attended with hail, snow, and squalls. While running down her easting she spoke the ship Bengal on July 7th, inlat. 7T6 N., long. 24 - 26, bound from Liverpool to Calcutta, 26 days out; and the ship Bramblettyrs, from Amsterdam to the Sir Edward Pellew Islands, 28 days out.

Septembers. Sailed : Lady Ruthven, ship, for Calcutta. September 9.

Arrived : Helen, Denny, barque, from London, with 1200 tons cargo and, 10 passengers. A third of the cargo is for Napier, She left London on the 10th June, and encountered a series of heavy gales efter passing the Crozets, which she sighted on the 13th August. She had to behove-fco four times, and shipped several seas, carried, away bulwarks, and one of the crew named Richard Day, ordinary seaman, fell from the mizzentopmast tb'the deck. ‘He.was shaken severely, but no bones were broken, and he was soon afterwards able to work on deck.

, • • September 12. Arri ved: The Martin Scott, 94 days from London, with *2400 tons of cargo and 18 passengers. She had exceptionally fine weather across the Southern Ocean.

We have been infermed r on very reliable authority that the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company are having now prepared in this city, by a Well-known engineer, plans of a new steamer, which it is proposed to send Home and have a vessel constructed therefrom.. She will be about 200 feet long, and register between 100 and 200 tons. Her average speed is exp cted to be 16 knots, and she is J to- be employed in the coastal trade. • ;

The barque Primera left;the;harbor on;September 9th, bound to London,'.with a'strong fair wind. The following is a summary of her cargo *.—1039 bales wool and skins, 194 qr-do do,' 972 casks'and 414 cases tallow. 370 cases preserved meats, 28 bales and 48 sacks 'leather, 129 bides, 30 cases sundries, and 4 tons spelter.* The value of her cargo is estimated at’£32,909, Messrs Krull and Co., N. Edwards and Co., Murray, Common and Co., Pell Pros., Kinross and Co.> and James Gear being the largest shippers. The Primera takes a full complement of passengers,.via., six adults and three children. -

The following copy of a telegram'has been forwarded to us by the Secretary of Customs from the Collector of'Customs at Auckland, relative to the search for ,wreckage on,Motmoa Islands.near North Cape:—“Grey has. just returned; ..reports having searched Moturoa Islands; no appearance wreckage ; .landed at Ohora r saw: some planks and deck-seats painted brown, about 12 feet long; Soubitzky, resident there, informed Grey a few oranges had beer washed on ' shore quite fresh; also some - candles, short and thick, marked * Mission,’ these they burned; part of a vessel’s mast of: say 60 tons, head broken off. AVas up the coast 12 miles, north, but nothing to identify the vessel i nor is there any more wreckage as far north as Paringaringa. I believe that candles similar to those found are manufactured in San Francisco ; the wreckage all kauri.” The barque Elsinore came into port on August 2Hth from New York via' Port Chalmers. She is a good looking barque of nearly 700 tons register, and brings 300 tons cargo for this port. She-left New. York on the 6th April, and 1 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 2N. Thence, sheiran‘right,into- the S.E. trades, and:crossed the Equator on the 7th May in ; longitude 27. AV. The S.E. trades were brisk," and carried her. to latitude 23 S., giving out on the 22nd May, when the wind' hauled round to the southward -and westward. She crossed •the meridian of Greenwich on the Ist of June, and rounded the Cape of Good Hope four days later, in latitude 38 S. Thence she had steady westerlies from. AV.S.W. to AV.N.AV. right across the Southern Ocean, .running down her easting hr 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 on the 26th July; discharged 500 tons cargo, and sailed on the 17th inst. • Light head wi-ids a <d calms characterised the;trip up the coast, tilharrival off the Heads on the 27th, when a strong N.AV. breeze was felt. At 10a.m. on AVednesday Pilot Holmes boarded her, and brought her into port as above-stated. The Elsinore on discharge of her cargo here will go to Auckland, for which port she has about 200 tons cargo. Messrs* Bannatyue and Co. are her agents. ' ’ . The Government steamer Stella left the Queen’s wharf at 10 a. m. on Monday, Sept. 3rd, and arrived at The Brothers at 5.30 p.m,, landed some cargo : and took on board Dr. Bradford, who was sent there by the Government to ascertain the nature of the accident which led to those on the island signalling for a surgeon to the ketch Reliance.. lie reported that on the 29th ult., two men, one a lighthouse-keeper and ■ the other a carpenter, named respectively Gilpin and Wilson, w ? ere riding on a (ruck'which is used for hoisting stores, etc., from the bottom of the island to ; the top, and which is worked by means of a winch and a rope. They were being lowered down at the time, and when about 150 yards from the bottom the rope gave way. AYilson, the carpenter, on ascertaining what had happened flung himself off the truck, but, unfortunately, on coming to the ground his head came in violent contact with several large boulders, cutting it severely and rendering him insensible. The other man held on to the truck until it came in contact with the buffers at the bottom used for stopping it, and of course was thrown forward violently amongst the rocks. «On being picked up it was found that his thigh was broken. . Dr. Bradford on arriving at The Brothers in the Kennedy immediately attended to the wants of the sufferers, and succeeded in setting Mr. Gilpin’s thigh; The other man’s wounds he did not consder oi a serious character, being only flesh deep, and consequently did not think it necessary that he should be removed from the island. On the Stella’s arrival off the island the surf was found to be to© heavy to ship Mr. Gilpin, 'and she went up Tory Channel, and anchored. At flood tide. 11 o’clock, she came up to the island again, and the boat was sent ashore, but the sea was found still too heavy to land. The boat went ashore again in the afternoon, and succeeded in taking the patient off, and the Stella immediately headed for this port, and ' arrived here at five o’clock on Tuesday evening. Mr. Gilpin was taken up to the hospital shortly after-, wards. •

The sad news has Just arrived of the total loss of the hrig Blanche, Captain Willett, through missing stays, on the 17th July, upon the reef at Malocolo Island. On board of her as passenger was Captain Woods, formerly of the steamer Lord Ashley, and now part owner of the Blanche. Much sympathy is felt for him in his misfortune, for though the vessel is insured, the loss is still very heavy upon him and bis family. The rescued crew and forty-three South Sea Islanders arrived here at five this evening in the cutter Ann Ringdove, 22 tons; master, Proctor. Between sixty and seventy souls, cooped up for about three weeks in such a tiny craft, were in a position far from enviable; they must have at times sat down on one another. On arrival here, they had also arrived at the bottom of tlie rice bag. Fortunately, at the time of the wreck, and subsequently, the weather was not stormy, or life would surely have been sacrificed. Malocolo being a large, densely populated, island, it was not deemed prudent to land upon it, so, in two boats, the captain, crew, and passengers went fifty miles to the nearest place (Aoba Island) where they could hope to obtain succor. In the meantime the position of the natives on the wreck was a most critical one, thanks to the gormandizing psopensities of their near neighbors. Ere being left, each one was furnished with a gun, and. all advised to remain by the vessel so long as she held together ; but the islanders came down to them and gave them to understand that if they did not leave the vessel they would kill them—“Me fight ’em you,” as they express it. Thousands against tens were too great odds, so ashore the poor wretches had to go, and, arrived there, were stripped of everything, even to the last rngaround their waists. One-third of theshipwrecked natives were from Malocolo, and found themselves at home; the remainder, thanks to one or two words of English upon each side, told the islanders that the boats “ go look out man-of-war ship.” This probably saved their lives, for they were given very plainly to understand that if a.ship did not soon come, “mo fight 'em you - .'’ Then would have followed “ baking,” &c. Glad enough were the fortythree poor wretches to see the 22-ton vessel arrive; although so far from being a man-of-war. There is an old proverb that says, “ Tis an ill wind that does n#t blow good to some one.” £2OO, the sum paid, seems a windfall for a 22-ton boat making a run of tvyo or three weeks; ,but possibly the services have been rendered as a work of love, and'at nluch-personal loss to 'the boat; owner.—From the Sydney Morning Herald, August 0. , ARRIVAL' OF THE ORARI FROM LONDON. Shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12th, a ship, from, the North .was f signalled, and soon 'afterwards her numbers wore run. up, which,announced that the ship outside was the N.Z.S. Company's Orari, from Loudon. There was a nice breeze from the north blowing at the time, and at 3 o’clock Pilot Holmes boarded her, and immediately commenced to beat her up the entrance. She was very smoothly handled, for at 7 o’clock she had come to an anchorage at the powder although by that time the wind had fallen very light. The Orari is as deep as a sandbarge, and no wonder,* for she has on board 700 tons railway Iron stowed, ia the bottom of her hoi' and about 1000 tons general cargo, and consequently her passage of 05 days from" anchorage to anchorage must bo considered as a fair perform nee, although the weather at the outset of the voyage was anything but favorable for making a “ run. The Orari is on her first voyage to this port, but she needs no description

here, as she is a sister vessel to the Hurunui and other .splendid ships .of that clasaowned by theN.Z.S. Company. Her skipper, Captain Mosey, Is a stranger to Wellington, but he is well known in other parts ollhe colony, and he has during the passage out established himself a general favorite amongst the passengers. Regarding her trip out, we find from Captain Mosey’s log that she left the docks. London, on the sth June; went down to Gravesend and took on board 35 tons ammunition, and left there on the 7th and the Downs on the Sth. Light easterly winds, with thick weather, were experienced down the Channel, and on the.l2th the pilot was landed at the Start. After leaving the’ Channel the vessel was beset with light variable winds, and on the 21st June the Island of Madeira was seen, which lay in sight for two days owing to the very light and baffling nature of the wind. Three days afterwards the Canaries hove in sight, and off these islands she lay almost becalmed for two days, when the first of the north-east trades was experienced, which proved moderate. The ship Zenlaudia, bound for this port, which was sighted off Madeira, kept in company with the Orari all through the trades, until they were lost in 9deg. north. Thence the ship was beset with strong southerly wind ; and on the Hth July she bowled across the Equator, and into the S.B.‘trades in 3deg. south same day. This trade proved to be a fine wind, but it only lasted for 8 days, and left the ship in a calm in lat. 23deg. S. long. 34deg. W. After disposing of a week of this doldrum weather, she encountered the first of the westerlies in the shape of . a fine N.W. breeze, which took the ship across the meridian, of Greenwich on the 2nd August, and five days afterwards she rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Between the parallels of 42 and 45 she made her easting, but from tbe Cape to the meridian of Tasmania very unsteady weather was encountered, and not a whole twelve hours continuous wind from the same quarter was experienced all the tima. A tremendously high sea was also met with, and as the vessel was : very , deeply laden heavy volumes of water frequently came on board her, but she sustained no damage of any kind. On the Ist instant a very heavy gale sprang up from the S. W., with high sea, and while running before it the topsail yard was sprung, and the foresail split. On the 4th inst. she passed the meridian of Tasmania, and from there experienced fine, warm weather, with favoring breezes from the v;estward, which continued till the light on Cape Farewell Spit was sighted at 9 o'clock on Tuesday night, and through the Strait she drove before a strong N, W. wind, which took her off the Heads at 2.30 p.m. on'Wednesday, where she was boarded by the pilot, and arrived in harbor as above stated. The Orari comes into port in excellent style, both aloft and on deck.

NOTICES TO MARINERS. Discontinuance of Mana Island Light and Exhibition of Flashing White Light on the Brothers, Cook - Strait.— Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, 3lst August, 1877. Notice is hereby given, that on and after the evening of Monday, the 24th September, 3877, a light will he exhibited from a lighthouse which has been erected on The. Brothers (Northern Islet), Cook Strait, the characteristics of which are as follow The tower is 28ft. in height, built of wood and painted white. The light will be a second order flashing white light, visible-all round, showing a-flash every ten seconds. The light will be elevated, about 258ffc. above the sea, and, allowing 15ft. 'for the, height of the eye. will be seen at a distance of 22 nautical miles in clear weather, and at lesser distances, according to the state of the atmosphere. From the lower part of the tower a fixed red light, having an arc of ,sdeg., will be shown in the direction of Cook Rock. On the same night on which The Brothers light is exhibited, the Hied white light on Mana Island will-be discontinued.— Geo. McLean* . , '