SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5157, 2 October 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. High Water—7.3s a.M.; 8.0 ARRIVED. . . October I.—Canterbury, schooner, 32 tons, Uko, from Pelorus Sound. Master, agent, - - Spec, schooner, 33 tons. Pope, from . PclOnis Sound. Master, agent. , „ Australind, barque, 319 tons, Oliver, from Newcastle. Williams, sgent. . „ „ Napier, 8.5., 48 tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin; Messrs. Simonds, Fulton, and I ox. Turnbull and Co., agents, SAILED. October I.—Ringarooma, s.s., 023 tons, Mlutburn, lor Melbourne.- via the South. Passengers for Melbourne—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Misses Brown (2), Messrs. Christie, Iggelden, Walpole, and 2 Italians. For the Coast; Mrs. Crawford and son, Misa Anderson, Messrs. Anderson. Steadman, Draper, AU -oy, and Plants and son. Di-shop, agent. Isabelle, brigantine. 12G tons;Barnard, for Kaipara. Master, agent, _ , , . Keward, schooner, *45 tons, Johnson, lor licton. Master, agent. Stormbird, s.s., 69 tons, Doile, for M anganui. Plimmer, agent. CLEARED OUT. October 1. —Unity, schooner, 53 tons, Thompson, for Pelorus Sound. Thomas, agent, IMPORTS. A special charge is made for configures' names inserted in this column.] Spec, from Pelorus Sound; 23,539 feet sawn timber. Canterbury, from Havelock: 30,000 feet sawn timber. Ringarooma, from Nelson : 3 coops fowls, 4 cases eggs, 32 bales tow, 9 pkgs furniture, 8 turkeys, 2 boxes, 2 do soap, 1 trunk. EXPORTS. Riugarooraa, for Melbourne : 60 bales pliormiiim, IS tons potatoes, 1 cask tallow, 4 pels. Stormbird, from Wanganui; 1 case ink, 20 do eneva 2 pels, 40 pkg merchandise, 24 cases do. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London. —Zealandia, Sehiehallion, Wairoa, and St. Leonards, early. New York, via Dunedin.—Silos Fish and Herbert Black, early. , . ... Northern Ports.—Taranaki, 4th. Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South.— Albion, 13th. Southern Ports.— Taupo, this day : n anaaa ith. Auckland, via the East Coast. —Hawea, 7th. Melbourne, via West Coast.— Claud Hamilton, llth ’ • PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Northern Poitm-Taupo, 3rd. Auckland, via the East Coast. \» anaka, St u. Nelson and West Coast Ports,-Murray, 4th. Souturrn Ports.—T.ianaki. 4th. ■ Melbourne and Hobarton, via the south. Claud Hamilton, llth. Kaikoura and Lyttelton.—Tui, this day. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Monday, Arrived: Wild Wave, from Newcastle; Stella and Hawea, from the South. Sailed: Hauraki, for Waitara.—'Taranaki, for the South a 3 p.m. Passengers for Welliuton —Messrs. Bamsl’ord, Scott, and Parker. LYTTELTON, Monday. Sailed: Taupo, for the North, at 5.30p.m. Passengers tor Wellington—Mrs. Wright, Messrs. McClemand. Philips, and McGowan. FORT CHALMERS, Monday. Arrived : Ship Jessie Readmauy 88 days from London. She brings. IS passengers and 1810 tons of Ca The ship James Nicol. Fleming, with immigrants from Glasgow, cleared Foveaux Strait this afternoon. She will probably arrive to morrow. A Press Agency telegram from Dunedin states that the 3.3. Rotorua arr veil at Sydney yesterday morning from Auckland, after a remaikably smart run of 4 days 20 hours from wharf to wharf. The brigantine Isabelle left yesterday for Kr.ipara. Just before she started, a summons was served on the captain to appear, .before the Court and answer a ch.rgc if not having a riding light burning while at anchor in harbor on Saturday morning last. The case will be heard on- the return of the brigantine to this port from Kaipara. ■ i '' The agents for , Messrs. McMeckans' steamers m town have received a telegram from Melbourne stat-. ing that the Tararua, which broke down and was towed into Port Philip by the Claud Hamilton, will be unable to come over to New Zealand this month. The Albion was leave Melbourne to-day for Hobarton, Bluff, Ac., and may be expected here about the 12th inst.; and the Claud Hamilton expected to sail from there to-morrow for She is timed to arrive here on the 10th inst. ... The s.s. Stormbird sailed at 10 o clock last night for Wanganui. The schooner Spec came over from Pelorus Sound yesterday, with a strong northerly wind. She anchored off the breastwork at 10 a.m. The s.s. Ringarooma left the. wharf at 3.15 p.m. yesterday for Melbourne via the South. The Kiwi went round to the Slip yesterday to have her bottom cleaned and painted. The s.s. Napier left Blenheim at 11 a.m. yesterday, and arrived here at 6 o’clock last evening. Experienced strong N.W. breeze across. Reports seeing the brigantine Isabelle standing into Cloudy Bay. The Napier will sail for Blenheim this evening. ; The schooner Reward left for Picton yesterday with 40 tons of coal on board. _ . At present the shipping business in the port: is almost at a standstill, there being only one ship and a few schooners a: the wharf. However, before the month has passed a better state of affairs will exist, as there are several vessels oa the road, which should turn up shortly. The Zealandia and Sehiehallion, from London, are expected to arrive at any moment, and the Wairoa and St. Leonards should put in an appearance about the middle of the month. The May, from Foochow, is now 65 days out, and U she makes an ordinary passage of it, should arrive next week. The two Yankee vessels, Herbert Black and Silas Fish, which are now discharging part of their cargoes at Port Chalmers, are expected up here in about a fortnight. The barque Australind, Captain Oliver, .with a cargo of coal from Newcastle, arrived in port at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and was berthed at the wharf an hour afterwards. She left Newcastle on the 17th ult., and experienced light easterly winds across to Cape Farewell, which was sighted at G o'clock on Sunday morning; thence had very light N.W. wind, and at 10 o’clock same night was abreast of Stephens Island. The wind held light till coming through the Narrows, when it freshened up, and took the ban:no off the Heads at noon yesterday. Against a strong head wind and the ebb tide she beat into port, and arrived here as above stated. She was. in company with the brig Neptune and barque Bobycito, bound to Lyttelton, and the barque Melrose, bound to Nelson, shortly after leaving Newcastle. From the Melbourne Argus of the 19th September we take the following paragraph, which, if correct, shows that most inhuman conduct on the part of a ship's captain has been perpetrated:—" Some very strange rumors have been current during the last few days relative to the ship Macduff, from London, the majority of the crew of which were only released from q arantine last Saturday week. It has been stated that when running down the English Channel the Macduff came into collision with a fishing smack, or some other small craft, and notwithstanding that cries of distress were heard, the ship was kept on her way with a strong breeze, and no attempt made to ascertain what damage had been done, or whether life had been ei da gered. The Government, shippingmaster has been making Inquiries into the matter during the past few d yn, and the ship’s logbook, together with the statements made by some of the officers of the ship, have been forwarded to the Crown law officers, who are now considering whether the matter shall bo inquired -into by the Steam Navigation Board or by the police. The officers of the ship are naturally very reticent, and as the crew have been paid off, and the majority of them have reshipped, it is somewhat difficult to obtain information as to the alleged disaster, which, supposing it to have taken place as described, must have been similar to that caused by the ship Oakwortb about three years ago. The passengers are also scattered ; but perhaps they will now come forward and make public what they know of the occurrence It is singular that the Government—it they intend making any inquiry into this matter —should have allowed the bulk of the crew to leave the colony without obtaining their evidence. There are now in Victoria only the captain and officers, three seamen detained at the quarantine station, anti one seaman who is about to leave town for one of the up-country districts. The occurrence is said to have taken place a couple of days after leaving London, so that it must have been somewhere in the Downs, The Macduff left the docks on a Thursday, and was towfd down to Gravesend, where she remained for the night, proceeding on her voyage next day. The collision is reported as havi g taken place some time on Saturday night or Sunday morning.’