SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5238, 7 January 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. January s.—Lyttelton, p.s., 80 tons, Pcott, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin: Mrs. Rush ami child, Mrs. Monro and 2 children, Messrs. Smith and Monro. Deacon, agent. „ , Charles Edward, p.s.. 131 tons, Whitwell. from Nelson. Passengers—Cabin : Mr*. Louisson, Messrs. Denton, Hunter. Marks, and Robinson. Deacon, s.s., 4G2 tons, Malcolm, from the South. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Turner, Halliwell, ■Flanagan, Muckett, Hackworth, Kendrick, and Brandon, Mesdames Love, .'•eager, Flanagan, Ucovc, Morshead and child, Ogg, Arthur and child, and Bennett. Messrs. Royso, Crombie, Johnston, Aikem Gcll, Reeve, .Hastings, McCarthy, McQuarrie, Walton, Brandon. Meddings, Bennett, and Thomas ; three steerage, and forty-three for North. Levin and Co., agents. Rangatira, s.s., 100 tons, Evans, from INapierand Poverty Bay. Passengers Cabin : Mesdames Kebble and Birrirnan, Misses McKie and Gray, Messrs. Kelly, Coolie. Cloud, McDonald, and Le Main ; 5 steerage. Pllrnmer, agent. Lura, p.s., 247 tons, Bascand, from West Coast. Passengers—Cabin : Mesdames Snisted, Graves, Younjr, Alabaster and family (0), Miss Alabaster, Suisted Young. Byron, Sullivan, Cutfen, Braidlaw. and Roberts. Williams, agent. January C. —Tararna, s.s., 070 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne and Hobarton, via the South. Passengers —Saloon: From Melbourne: Rev. Mr. Sidey, Dr. Forbes, Professor Davidson, Messrs. Beck, George, Edwards. Hammond, Swinson. Bocker, Hendy, Willan, and McFagan, Masters Blackwood (2). From Coast: Mr. and Miss Johnson, Mr. am! Mrs. Garrard, Miss Dailey, Captain Brown, Messrs. Myers and Todd ; 3 steerage. Bishop, agent. Nflsoh. schooner, 50 tons, Robinson, from Waitapu. Master, agent. Mar.awatu, p.s., 103 tons. Harvey, from Wanganui. Passengers Cabin : Misses Sims, Taylor, and Brassey, Mesdames Hartner, Turner and child. Travers two children and servant. Captain Todd, Messrs. Raphley, Wardropo, Nicholas, Hughes, Caramel. and Avery. Plimmer, agent. Napier, s.s., 48 tons, Fisk, from Blenheim. Turnbull and Co., agents. Albion, s.s., 691 tons, Tozor, from Melbourne via the West Coast. Passengers—Saloon: From Melbourne: Judge Hackett. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Hackett, Master F. Gibson, Messrs. Cowan and Woodward. From Nelson : Misses Dawson, Franco, Gascoine (2), Spottswood, Percy, and‘Patten, Mesdames Reeves and Graves, Messrs. Dawson, Short, Paschiug, Lee. and Lightband ; 3 steerage. Bishop, agent. SAILED. January s.—Lyttelton, p.s., 86 tons, Scott, for Blenheim. Deacon, agent. Young Dick, schooner, 165 tons, Armit, for Kaipara. Beck and Tonks, agents. Aurora, schooner, 52 tons, Romerll, for the East Coast. Pearce, agent. Australind. barque, 329 tons, Oliver, for Newcastle. Passengers—-Messrs. Petersen, Gaven, and Johns. Williams, agent. Taupb, a.s., 461 tons, Carey, for Auckland, via the East Coast. Passengers—Saloon : Misses Shannon (3), Macallister, and Robertson, Mesdames Waters and child, Foster and Westwood, Mr. and Mrs. Ward, Rev. Mr. Dumbell, Messrs. McLevin, McCullagh, Jones, Edge; Taylor, Stanley, Ghiloni, and Cbristofane: 42 from South, and 13 original. - Levin and Co., agents. January 6. —Wairoa, ship, 1054 tons, Joss, for London. Passengers—Cabin: Dr. A. P. Hamilton, Messrs. Drew, J. W. Woods, W. H., W. Haines, and Hathaway. Steerage: Mr. and Mrs, Webber and 2 children, Mr. Frost. N.Z.S. Co., agents. Hero, cutter, 29 tons, Davis, for Havelock. Master, agent. Clematis, ketch, 65 tons, Bonner, for Picton. Passengers: Messrs. Duncan, Keef, and Henderson. Master, agent. E izabeth Curie, schooner, 65 tons, Johnson, for Kaipara'. Master, agent. Hawea, s.s., 462 tons, Wheeler, for the South. Pas-senger-Saloon ; Mr. Pointon. Levin and Co., agents. Maud Graham, schooner. 80 tons, Jorgensen, for Pelorus Sound. Master, agent. Enterprise, brigantine, 84 tons, Mundle, for Kaipara. Levin and Co., agents. IMPORTS Falcon, from Patea; 63 bales wool, 5 casks tallow, 16 sacks hides, N.Z L. andM.A. Co. Hawea, from Dunedin: 4 pkgs, Martin ; 2 do, Dawson; 2 do, Diraant; 3 do, Till; 1 bag, Drummond. From Lyttelton : 16 pkgs, Stukey; 2 cases. 2 trunks, Hannah and Co.; 7 cases, Thompson and Co.; 2 bales, Aitken. Lyttelton, from Blenheim: 64 bales wool. Deacon; 1 pkg. Mills. Charles Edward, from Nelson: Shales wool, N.Z.S. Co,; 3 cases, McDowell; 1 do, Hannah; 9 bales wool, Turnbull and Co.; 6do tow. Falconer; 47 bales wool, Deacon. Agnes, from Patea: 53 bales wool, N.Z.L. and 31. A. Co. Stormbird, from Wanganui; 125 bales wool; N.Z.L. and M. A. Co. , ... EXPORTS. Taupo, for Auckland and East Coast: 10 qr-casks wine, Bishop;! truss, Thompson, Shannon, and Co.; 1 case, Dawson; 1 do, 1 do acid, 1 cask, Felton, Orirawade, and Co.; 1 case, Stationery Store;, 1 pkg, Bannatyne; 4 cases, Krull and Co.; 100 sacks oats, Levin and Co.; 14 pkgs, Ghiloni; 6 wheels. Public Works; 30 bags bonedust. Beck and Tonks. . . Stormbird, for Wanganui: 100 sacks oats, Mclntyre and Co.; 53 pkgs. Order. Aurora, for East Coast: 44 pkgs stores, Pearce. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Renfrewshire, Hereford, Rialto, Gainsborough, and ArabyMald, early. NouriiKKN Ports.— Wellington, 10th. Melbourne.—Malay, early. Clarence River.—Mary Grant and Darcy Pratt, early. Southern Ports.—'Wanaka. 9th. Auckland, via the East Coast.—Ladybird, Bth. Melbourne, via the South.—Arawata, 10th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.—St. Leoeards and Mataura, in February. Picton, Nelson, and West Coast Ports.— Charles Edward, this day. Napier, Poverty Bay, Tauranoa, and Auckland.—Wanaka, 10th. Southern Ports.— Ladybird, Bth. Northern Ports.—Taranaki, 11th. Napier and Poverty Bay.—Rangatira, this day. Wanganui.—Manawatu, this day. Foxton,—Jane Douglas, this day. Blenheim.—Napier, this day. Melbourne and Hobarton via the South.— Albion, this day. Melbourne, via West Coast.—Tararua, this (Ly. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND, Sunday. Arrived: Rotorua. She brings twenty passengers in the saloon and nineteen in the steerage. She was three days hove-to in a gale. She goes direct from Auckland to Sydney. TAURANOA, Sunday. Fearing bad weather, the Hinemoa anchored at the Heads last night. All to-day it has been blowing a stiff gale, with heavy sea from the north-east, it is now fine. The Hinemoa sails to-night. PORT CHALMERS, Saturday. Sailed ; Barque Pallas, for Newcastle. LYTTELTON, Sunday. Arrived ; Isabella, from Newcastle ; St. Kikla, from Wellington; Alert, from Greymouth ; Shepherdess and Elizabeth Conway, from Pelorus Sound ; Good Templar, from Gatlin River.—The ship L'»ju, under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company. She left London on September 22. She brings no passengers, but a full cargo.—Circe, brigantine, from Foochow, October 20, with a cargo of tea and sundries.—Garibaldi and J. G. Colson, from Hokitika.— Tararua, from Port Chalmers.—Taranaki, from the North. Sailed: Taranaki, for Port Chalmers; Tasso, for Newcastle ; Loch Fleet, ship, for Auckland. The ship Taranaki, from this port, arrived at Astoria f»n the 10th November last. The ship Wairoa. for London, cleared the Heads at 8 o’clock yesterday morning. The s.s. Tararua, from Melbourne and Hobarton via the South, reached this port at 9.30 a.m. yesterday, bringing with her 40 tons cargo and a fair number of passengers. She left Melbourne on the 24th December at 4.30 p.m.; arrived in Hobarton on the 26th at noon, and left on the 28th at 6.30 a.m. Experienced fine weather throughout the whole of the passage across, and arrivedinMilfordSou.ndontheSlst at midnight. There Christinas Day wasspent, the passengers in the meantime enjoying themselves thoroughly in admiring and sketching the grand, wild scenery with which that renowned place abounds, and also in fishing, shooting, &c. Hailed at 11 a.m on the 2nd January, ami arrived in Bluff harbor on the 3rd; left same day, and reached Port Chalmers on the 4th at 5 a m.; left at 4 p.ra., and arrived in Port Lyttelton on the 6th at 8 a.m.* left same day at 4 p.m., and arrived here as above stated. Experienced fine weather throughout the whole of the passage along the coast to Lyttelton, thence till arrival strong head wind. We thank the purser for flies and report. The Taranka will sail for Melbourne via the West Coast this afternoon. The steamer Albion arrived In port at 6 o'clock yesterday evening, with 110 tons cargo and 25 passengers for tins port, from Melbourne via the West Coast. She left Handridge at 5 p.m. on the 27th; cleared the Heads at 8 p.m.; passed the Sisters at 7.20 p.m. on the 28th. Experienced fresh easterly winds with head seas first part of passage, thence had light airs and calms. Arrived at Milford Sound at 2 p.m. on the Ist January, where a pleasant time was spent in company with the Tamnu. At 5 p.m. on the 2nd started for Hokitika, and arrived there at 1.15 p.m. on the 3rd; left at 3 pin. on the 4th, and arrived at Westport at 3.30 p.m.; left at 9.30 same night, and arrived off Nelson at 11.30 a.m. on the sth; sailed at 9 a.m on the 6th, and arrived in port yesterday as above stated. We thank the purser for report, elc. The Albion will sail to Melbourne and Hobarton via the South this afternoon. The ss. i.’angatira arrived in port from the East Coast at 3 o'clock on Saturday, afteruoan. She left Poverty Bay on Thursday evening last, and arrived at Napier early next morning. Sailed for Wellington at 4.45 p rn., and experienced light head winds and fine weather, arriving in port as above. The Rangatira will go to the East Coast to day. The steamer Kiwi came off the Patent Slip on Saturday afternoon after being cleaned and repainted She will sail for the E>*«t Coast to-day. The s.s Stella Is now on the Patent Slip having her bottom cleaned. She will bo launched to-day. The barq"c Australind for Newcastle, the Young Dick and Enterprise for Kaipara, and Aurora for East Coast, sailed on Saturday. The Clematis for Ficton, and Maude Graham and Hero for Pelorus Sound, sailed yesterday. The p.s. Luna arrived In port from Nelson and West Co »st ports on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Bho left Nelson at 6 p.m. on Friday, but as she arrived too late at the French Pass for the tide, she had to anchor till yesterday morning, arriving here as above stated. The Luna is announced to leave again for Nelson and West Coast ports to day. fc The s.s. Napier, from Blenheim, produce laden, arrived In harbor at 1 p.m. yesterday.

The s s, Hawea, from the South, arrived in port on Saturday morning at 7 o'clock, having left Lyttelton at 4 o’clock the previous afternoon. The Hawea returned South at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. The p.s. Manawatu arrived in port from Wanganui at 12.15 p.ra. yesterday. She left there at 10.30 p.m. the previous day, and experienced light variable winds throughout, with heavy beam sea to Kapiti. The Manawatu will sail for Wanganui to-day. The Taupo got away for Auckland via the East Coast, with the outward San Francisco mall, at 11 a.m. on Saturday. The p.s. Lyttelton arrived in port from Blenheim on Saturday morning, and sailed again for the same place that evening. The p s. Charles Edward arrived here on Saturday morning, after a passage across under the twelve hours. She will leave for Nelson and West Coast ports to-day. , , . Messrs. Cormack and Co. will despatch their schooner Jessie Niccol to the South Sea Islands today (December 29). Her destination (says the Otago Daily Times ) is the Macquarrio Group, and she takes, in addition to her crew, a *'shore" party of nine men. under the command of Mr. Cormack, for the purpose of hunting the seals and sea elephants which abound in the islands. Six fine donkeys are also on board, designed on landing to carry the blubber across the island- from the beach to the try works. The Jessie Niccol has been thoroughly overhauled and refitted, and is under the command of Captain John Wilson, a most experienced mariner. She takes a large quantity of stores and clothing for the men on the islands, and will bo employed in cruising from the Macquarries to this port. We hope Messrs. Cormack and Co. will prove successful in their new venture.

DEPARTURE OF THE WAIROA. TWs splendid ship, belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company, cleared out at the Customs on Saturday mornning, and as it was anticipated she would leave for London during the day, the Moa was chartered to convey to her the live stock, passengers, &c. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon the little steamer left the wharf, with about forty gentlemen on board, principally the friends of Captain Joss, Ids officers, and the passengers, to wish those on board the gallant ship good-bye and a safe, quick, and pleasant passage Horae. When the Wairoa was reached it was found that an excellent dinner had been arranged for the visitors, and after partaking of the good things provided, the health of Captain Joss and his officers and crew was proposed by Mr. Billings, and druuk with enthusiasm in bumpers of champagne. Captain Joss responded to the toast in a few well-selected words, and then the company broke up. About 5 o’clock the Moa cast off from the side of the ship, and as she did so three hearty cheers were given by those on board her, whi-’h were as heartily responded to by those in the Wairoa. When the Moa left the wind was blowing heavily from the N.W., and as all things were not ready on board the ship, it was decided to postpone her departure till yesterday. Accordingly all being ready by yesterday morning, the Wairoa started on her homeward voyage with a moderate N.W. wind, which however as the day progressed fell away light, and when the Manawatu sighted the Wairoa at 11 a.m. yesterday, about ten miles off the Heads, she was making but little headway. In the afternoon the wind came up from the southward, which would be against the ship, and consequently she has not had such a favorable start as her rival the Zealandia had. The Wairoa is in good trim, perhaps a little tender, and floats nearly on even keel. . She is drawing seventeen feet of water. Her cargo, which consists of 4GCO bales of wool. 133 casks of tallow, and several packages of sundries, is made up as follows:—2 bales wool, 23 casks tallow, 1 case curiosities, value £3lo—shippers, Murray, Common, and Co.; C bales wool, 63 bags ore, £194, Welford; 125 bales wool, £1847, Smith ; 16 bales wool, £252, Jacob Joseph and Co.; 7 bales wool, £135, Taylor; 9 bales wool, £134, Gibson; 74 bales wool, £IOB2, Sclanders and Co.; 431 bales wool, £7242, Fell Brothers; 164 bales wool, 3 cases skins, £2832, Sharp and Pickering; 11 bales wool, £124, Nathan and Co.; 139 bales wool, £3009, Rhodes and Co.; 13 bales wool, £l3O, Thomas; 612 bales wool, 37 casks tallow, lease, £11,762, Johnston and Co.; 1171 bales wool, 16 bags do, 4 dumps do, 44 casks tallow. 1 box, £23,325, Krull and Co.; 1860 bales wool, 30 casks tallow, £39,985, N.Z.L. and M.A. Co.; also 69 pkgs sundries. Total value, £92,459. ,

THE HAWEA’S EXCURSION TO THE SOUNDS. From an extract from the Hawea’s log, placed at the disposal of the Dunedin papers by Mr. Scott, her purser, we gather-the following'particulars regarding the recent excursion to the Sounds:—The steamer sailed from Port Chalmers on Sunday, the 23rd ultimo, and arrived at her first port of call, Preservation Inlet, the following afternoon, casting anchor in the cove known as "Otago Retreat.” After landing a few tons of supplies at the lighthouse for the benefit of those whose duty it is to attend to the beacon, the anchor was weighed, and the vessel went as far up the Sound as Cattle Cove, where she remained for the night. Early next morning a trip was made to the head of the Sound, and, after a short’stay there, during which the excursionists were enabled to stretch their legs ashore, the steamer was again got under way and headed for Chalky Sound, arriving about tea-time. The following forenoon was spent in cruising about the inlet, and after dinner a start was made for Dusky Sound, which was reached at seven o'clock, the anchor being cast in Supper Cove. Heavy rain set in during the night, but the morning of the 27th broke fine, and as soon as breakfast had been discussed the engines were started. Half-an-hour afterwards the vessel was brought up to give the passengers a run ashore, and at 1.30 they embarked again and were taken up Wet Jacket Arm and Broughton Arm, the steamer eventually anchoring in Beach Harbor for the night. At the first peep of day on the 28th a start was made for Snug Cove, which was reached in time for breakfast, after which Smith Sound and Bradshaw Sound were explored. The vessel lay at anchor in Deas Cove all night, and early on the morning of the 29th she sailed for Caswell Sound. George Sound and Bligh Sound were also visited during the day. The bustle caused by getting under way roused all hands from their bunks at four o'clock next morning, the Hawea’s destination being the famous Milford Sound. A couple of hours’ steaming brought her to the entrance, and then the engines were slowed until Freshwater Basin was reached, which was three or four hours later. Here every facility was given to the tourists to enjoy themselves, which was taken full advantage of. Some took the chip’s boats and whiled away the time catching fish ; others struggled through the thick undergrowth in search of something to get a shot at, while others found pleasure in sketching the wonderful scenery of the inlet. At four o'clock in the afterdoon of the 31st the passengers were recalled on board, and after a brief stay in Anita Bay the Hawea steamed out of the Sound, and a course was shaped for home. The weather throughout was generally fine.