SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5215, 8 December 1877, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF "WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. , Becemeek 7.—Rotorua, s.a., 57C tons, Macfarlane, Napier and Auckland. Pagers —Saloon : From Sydney: Rev. Mr. Harrington and Mr. Dransfield. From Coast: Mrs and Miss Gannawav Miss Harvey, Rev. Mr. Fraser, Dr. Caro, Master Crombie, Jtessrs. Harris, Mabin, Davie Strachau, Neill. Jones, and Oliver; 4 steerage, and IB lor South. Levin and Co., agents. Taranaki, s.s., 327 tons, Malcolm from thei Nor . Passengers-Saloon: Mr. and Mrs. Staples and child, Mr. and Mrs. Lamb, Rev. Mr. Some-mile, Captain Rowan, Mes«rs. Solomon, Thompson, Seed I'armenter (2), Fordham, Brown, Wigram, and Sclandcrs, 5 steerage. Levin and Co., agents. , T Edwin Eassett, barque. 397 tons,Foster, from Ne.vcastte. Williams, agent. Mary Peverley, brigantine, 100 tons, Sullivan, from Clarence River, N.S.W. Master, agent F. W. Tucker, brigantine. Tucker, from Clarence River, N.S.W. Master, agent. Endeavor, brigantine, 7U tons, Dick, from Oamaru. Master, agent. , , Anne Melhuisli. barque, 3-11 tons, Johnson, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. SAILED. December 7.—Hawea, s.s., IC2 tons, Wheeler, for Auckland via the East Coast. Passengers—Saloon: Miss Williams, Mrs. Hadlield, Mrs. Johnston, Uishop Hadficld, Rev. Mr. Dowsbury, Judge Johnston and secretary, Captain Morris, Messrs. Taiaroa, Williams, and Dean. Levin and Co., agents. Wellington, s.s., 279 tons, McGee, for the North. Passengers-Saloon: Miss Darker, Mr. and Mrs. Rose and servant. Judge Richmond and secretary, Messrs. Lecson, Turner, Rivers, Rogers, Law, Williams, King, Clifford, and King. Levin and Co., agents. Rose of Kden, schooner, 30 tons, Nelson, for Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Annie Hill, schooner, 128 tons, Myers, for Manukau, Master, a^ent. Kotorua, s.s., 570 tons, Macfarlane, for South. Passengers—Saloon: Mrs. Gamble, Miss McNamara, Judge Johnston and secretary, Hon. Captain Fraser, Mr. Rolleston. Levin and Cc, agents. Herald, schooner, 56 tons, McKay, for Terawiti. Thomas, agent. Napier, s.s., 48 tons, Fisk, for Blenheim. Passenger—Cabin : Mr. Allen. Turnbull and Co., agents. IMPORTS [A svecial chanjc is made for consignees' names inserted in this column.} Napier, from Wairau: 129 bales wool. Hawea, from South: 42 cases, 129 pkgs, 45 boxes, 12 hhds, « trusses, 12 bales, SO bags, 20 sacks flour. Taranaki, from North: 2 boxes, 2 hhds, 4 cases, 22 bales, 5 pkgs, 5 tons potatoes. Rotorua, from Sydney: UO9 gunnies sugar, 90 cases matches, 11 ingots tins, 200 boxes candles, 17 crates. 2 cases cigars, 50 boxes tea, 210 cases fruit, 10 bdls willows, 2 qr-tierces tobacco, 41 cases general merchandise, 12 pkgs do. EXPORTS. Taranaki, for Lyttelton: 1 qr-cask wine, 2 bdls, 14 cases, 2 trusses, 4 trucks, 2 rails, 19 pkgs. Wellington, for North: 200 felloes, 20 pair naves, 10 do shafts. 8 pieces timber, 100 cases beer, 22 do .• galvanised iron, IS4 bars iron, 64 bdls do, 4 kegs, 150 cases, 4 rolls, 147 pkgs. 10 casks, 4 trunks, 15 bales, 10 pels, 47 bars iron, 180 pkgs do, 3 drays. Hawea, for Auckland and the East Coast: 25 cases ■ schnapps, 30 cases rum, 25 cases brandy, 40 qr-casks • do, 100 sacks maize, 97 cases, 2 trusses, 7 casks, 2 bales, 24 pkgs. Napier, for Blenheim: 12 bale 3 cornsacks, 29 sacks grass seed, 30 bdls iron, 1 truss, 2 bolts scrim, 7 lengths pipe, 3 cases, 1 truss. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Losdoji.—Hnrunui and Hereford, early. Southern Pours —Rotorua, 14th. Nortukhn Forts.—Wanaka, 11th. Melbourne, via the South.—Arawata, 13th. Melbourne and Hoisarton, via tub South.— Tararua. this day. Lyttelton.—Taranaki, 13th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. . Londox.—Orari, this day ; Zeahmdia, this month. - Picton, Nelson, and West Coast Ports.— Kennedy, this day. Napier, Poverty Bay, Tauranoa, and Auckland.—Wanaka, 20th. ■ Southern Ports.—Wanaka, 11th. Northern Ports.—Taranaki, 13th. Napier and Povemy Bay.—Rangatira, 11th. Wang an ui.—M mawatu, this day. Kekerasou.—Lyttelton, this clay. Blenheim. —Napier, 10th. Westport and Greymooth. -Luna, 15th. Casxlefoint and Napier.—lCiwi, 10th. Toxton.— Tui, 10th. Melbourne, via the West Coast.—Tararua, this day. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON, Friday. Arrived : Elephant Castle, from Hokitika. Sailed: Excelsior, for Wellington; Tararua, for the North, at 3.50 p.m.; Tui, for Kaikoura and Wellington. The New Zealand Shipping Company's ship Waitangi, with a cargo of wool, tallow, wheat, &c, value £193.000. has cleared for London. The Waitangi and Merope sail early to-morrow. AUCKLAND, Friday. Arrived : Letitia, from Lyttelton: Sailed: Hauraki, for Waitara. The brigantine Roderick Dhu sails forKaipara to load.timber for Motueka and Blind Bay. PORT CHALMERS, Friday. Akrived: Calypso, ship, from London. 00 days out. She brings 30 passengers and 1800 tons cargo. She reports signalling an American barque showing H.T.M.F. on November 7, in lat. 42 south, from New York to Otago. "The time-ball may be used to-day for rating chronometers. A chronometer true on Greenwich time would show 12h. 30min. when the ball drops. Any difference is error, plus or minus, of the chronometer. The mail steamer City of New York arrived at San Francisco on November 14. The barque Anne Melhuish arrived in port last night from Newcastle. She left there on the 17th ultimo. - The schooner Herald sailed for Terawiti at 11 o'clock last night. The barque Edwin Bassett, from Newcastle, arrived in port yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, after a passage of twelve days. She left Newcastle on the 24th tilt., and carried a westerly wind the whole way across. She made the land on the 3rd inst., and got off the Heads on the sth, bntwaa unable to beat into port till yesterday owing to the heavy N. W. gale. The Wairoa was towed Tound from the Patent Slip yesterday by the s.s Napier, and berthed at the wharf, ■ where she will loa'l for London. The steamers Hawea, for Auckland via the East -Coast, Wellington, for the Manukau via intermediate ports, and Taranaki, for Lyttelton, left the harbor yesterday afterneon. The s.s. Luna will not sail for Westport and Greymouth till Saturday next, as she is now undergoing a general overhaul. The brigantine Endeavor arrived in port at 6 o'clock yesterday evening from Oamaru, after a protracted passage of ten days. She had to beat up nearly every inch of the ground against strong N. andN.W. winds. The s.s. Napier left at 11 o'clock List night for Blenheim. The p.s. Manawatu, from Wanganui, Is expected here this forenoon, and to sail again for the same place atO o'clock in the evening. The s.s. Rotorua, from Sydney, via Napier and Auckland, arrived in port at 4.30 p.m. yesterday with passengers and cargo. The following is the purser's report:—Cleared Sydney Heads at 7 p.m. of 28th, and arrived at Auckland at 3 p.m. on the 4th; sailed at midnight, after discharging 150 tons cargo and loading 90 tons: anchored in Hawke's Bay at 3 30 p.m. on the oth; sailed at 6 p.m.. and arrived here as above. Experienced light variable winds and fine weather from Sydney to Auckland, had fre3h breeze and smooth sea to Napier, and from Castlepoint to arrival N. W. wind with hazy rainy weather. The Rotorua sailed for the South at 12 o'clock last night. The schooners Anne Hill for the Manukau and Rose of Eden for Pelorus Sound sailed yesterday. The steamers Hinemoa and Stella are expected to get away to-day; the former for the Manukau, and the latter for Nelson and New Plymouth. The number of wrecks reported for the present year to October Bth amounted to 1272. The Taranaki, from Northern ports, did not arrive here till yesterday morning at 6 o'clock, owing to having encountered very thick weather at the Heads, which compelled her to come to an anchorage till daylight yesterday. She left the Manukau at 8 30 a.m. on the 4th, and at daylight next morning was off Taranaki; started away again at 7 o'clock, and at 8 o'clock same night gained Nelson wharf; twelve hours afterwards headed for Picton, arriving there at 3 p.m. on the oth ; sailed at 4.30 p.m., and arrived here as above stated. Experienced strong westerly winds tnroughout. The brigantines F. W. Tucker and Mary Peverley, whi<:h arrived off the Heads on Thursday last, from Clarence River, with limber for the wharf extension, came into port yesterday afternoon between 2 and 3 o'clock. They both left the Clarence on the 22nd ult,, and for two days had S.E. weather; thence moderate westerly winds to the Heads. The two vessels were in company for six days after leaving. Cape Farewell was made on Tuesday last, and on Thursday morning they arrived otf the Heads, hut owing to the very heavy N. W. gale blov/ing were unable to beat up the entrance till yesterday morning, when a lull took place, which enabled them to work into port, arriving as above stated. The Tucker has about 74,000 feet timber on board. Mitchell's Maritime IWjisUr, in alluding to the wreckage found on August 17th, on Farewell Spit. Nelson, marked "Antofagasta," says—" The vessel arrived from London at Bombay, May sth, and passed the Cape of Good Hope August 15th, on her voyage from I he latter port to lircmcn." A correspondent writes to the flouthJfind A'cre.s : " 1 clip the following from Captain Giles's journal of his trin io the Auckland Islands : -On Monday, 3rd September, 1577, one of the overland party got separated from the rest, and in making his way through the bush near the head of North Harbor, came to a projecting rock, near which he found the skeleton of a man lying on tho ground. Near him was a stone with the following inscription on it (apparently scratched with a knife):—'George William Packer, fell overboard in American barque Tradera, 25th December, 1875.' The last figure 6 was nearly obliterated." It seems probable that the remains wero those of some unfortunate sailor who had fallen overboard and then swam ashore, only to die of starvation. THE EMMA JANE. Such is the name of a schooner which left Clarence River. N'.S.W., laden with hardwood for tho Queen's Wharf, twenty nine days ago, and of which nothing has since been heard. Two vessels, viz., the Mary Peverley and K. W. Tucker, arrived from the Clarence River yesterday, which left fourteen days after tho schooner, ami neither of their captains saw anything of her. The weather which has prevailed sinco tho Emma Jane commenced her voyage has been most propitious for making tho passago down, and taking this! fact Into consideration we are forced to believe that allliai not gone well with her. Indeed, Captain Tucker, of the F. W. Tucker, on hearing that the

Emma Jane had not arrived here, gave it as his opinion that she was lost, and he further stated that she was a very old vessel, and not suited at all for the carriage of the heavy timber with which she was laden. She was a vessel of over 100 tons, and it was arranged, if possible, to sell her on her arrival here. Her captain's name is Ward, and besides him she would probably carry a crew of live or six men. She has two passengers on board. ______