SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5327, 24 April 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POST OF WELLINGTON. AKIUVKI). . ; B-Ai tai. 2:i —Lana, p.s., 247 tons, Bascand, from Greymouth ami Westport, Passengers—Cabin: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, Mesdames Owen, Dent and lour children. Campbell, and snow nn,i two children. Miss O’Keefe, Mr. Matthews. Williams, ayeiit. ■ Toi, s.s., 04 tons. Mills, from Foxton. Bishop, a ® tnt \ IMPORTS. . Luna, from Greymouth : 15G tons coal, Order. Prom Westport: 5 tons coke, W. R. Williams. Manawalu, from Wanganui: GO sacks potatoes, ° Emma Juno, from Clarence Elver; 257 i-ieccs ironbark Umber containing 63,000£t., 2-lb spokea, Dransfili Bmigatira, from Napier: 1 boiler, 1 engine. Hobertson; 1 case, Kieble; 100- pocketa w0.d,.7i baits do, -1 tallow, Murray, Common, and Co. ■A from Fo.xtou : CO sacica potatoes. Zohvab, Knocker, and Co ; 12 hides, 7 bales sains, Murray. Common, and Co ; 550 sleepers, Muut. Murray, from Grey mouth ; 20 cases scdmappsTurnbull and Co. From Nelson : 1 case, nolmes , 1 box Pell; G bales wool. Deacon; 1* cases fruit. Locke , u do, Chisholm ; 20 sacks lime, Scott = C?,u.LLn 11, Stephens: 10 cases fruit, 1 coop poultry. ClutUnden. Stormbird, from Wanganui: 100 sacks seed, 30 do P °NapL\ 0l frmn Blenheim : 100 bags malt. Staples : 100 do bran, Beauchamp and Co : 20 tons flour, imnbUIInm4CO'EXPECTED AKIU VAf.S.. ‘ _ London. —Leucadia, Canrnore, Craigie Lea, Craiginul'.eu, Fleione, and Frith of forth, ear:y. Hiiw Youk, via Dunedin,-— bophia E. Luar, early ; G. M. Tucker, early. New York, via Lyttelton.—blar, early. Clarence Uivku.—Darcy Pratt, early. Sincjatoue.—May, early. Northern Ports. —Taranaki, *->tu. Southern Ports.—Wunaka, this day. Melbouisne. v.at.iu Wusr Coast. -Mb on, 2»lh. Auckland via Last Coast.— laupo. Melbourne and Hobarton, via the .south. Tararua, 20th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London. —Itialto and Carnatic, early. Napier and Poverty Bay.— Rungatira, tins da>. Picton and Nelson. —Wellington, this day. Southern Ports - Taranaki. 25th. or . a Tir'irr »md \ia the East coast- —Y/anaka, -oth. ■ MKLEObT.NE, VIA THE IVest COAST.— I Tararua, ’'Nelson' asp West Coast Foists. -Murray, this ? VA vi: \N u I .—Stormbird, this day. NonTUERN Foists. -Taiaroa’, 25th. PoxroN, —Jane Douglas, this day. Blenheim.— Napier, this day. , Castlei-oint and Napikss.—Kiwi, -flth. SYDNEY AND NEAVAASTLE, -busby. 27th. Kaikoshsa and Lyttelton.—Fill, this day. Mni.UOl 1 UN E AND HODAKTON, VIA TIIK SOUTH.Albion, 25th.

by telegraph. BLUFF, Tuesday. Tlie Tararua left Melbourne at6p.ni. on the 16th, passed Swan Island at 6.30 p.m. on the 17th, ami arrived at Hobarton at 4 p.m. on the 18th ; left again at midnight, and experienced fresh head winds, wita heavy fojr, until arrival off the Solanders at lOp.jn. on tho 22nd. when she had Bne weather till entering the Bluff at daylight, this morning. She brings 34 saloon and 24 steerage passengers and 460 tons cargo for all ports, she sails at 4 p.m. tor Dunedin. Fas. Bengers for Wellington—Miss Boss, Mesdames t alentine and Clark, Messrs. Valentine and beck, o steerage ; 23 tons cargo. HOKITIKA, Tuesday. Arrivbd ; Albion, from Melbourne, at noon. She is now being tendered. She left Melbourne on the 17th. There are no later items cf importance, iho following are the passengers for Wellington Messrs. Madman and Macdonald ; 6 steerage : 230 tons cargo. LYTTELTON, Tuesday. Sailed : Hawea. Passengers—-Messrs. Tnrton and Nation.—Wanaka, for North. Passengers tor Weilington Messrs. Doyle, Halse, Koskruge, Miss McKinnon and child. ONEIIUNGA, Tuesday. Saxled : Taranaki, for the South. Passengers for Wellington—Miss Cox, Messrs. Paul, Firth, and ■Wilson. NICLSON, Tuesday. Arrived: Chaudiere, from London, yesterday; 114 days out. „ , Sailed : Wellington, at noon, for Picton and Weilingtvn. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull, Mrs Pascoe, Mr. and Mrs. Gale, Miss Severn, Mr. and Mrs. -Murphy, Messrs. Smith, Alexander, Aitken, King, Tovey (2), and Seed. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. Sailed: Acadia, for Napier; Taranaki, s.s., for the South. H.M. Conflict has gone on a cruise. ENGLISH SHIPPING. _ ... The Merchants Shipping and Underwriters Association telegraph as follows:- Aprillß . Arrived : Ship Waipa, from Dunedin.

The barque Carnatic, now loading in part under the anspices of the N.Z.S. Co., it is anticipated will be ready to sail for London about the beginning of next ■month. She has now on board 1200. bales wool, 800 casks tallow, 40 cases tallow, a quantity of meat and sundries, and several hundred tons of car 0 o shipped at Lyttelton. She will be full of passengers. The company have decided to place another vessel on the berth te load here after the Carnatic. She will be the barque Chasca, 633 tons, now dud here from Auckland. She has on board for London, shipped at Auckland, about 200 tons magnesia. The N.Z.S. Co. have received a telegraphic advice of the safe arrival at London of the following ships ; —Dragon, from Napier ; Eangitikei and Bakaia, from lyttelton ; and Waipa, from Tort Chalmers. The s s Tui arrived here at 9 o clock yesterday morning from Foxton, with a cargo of potatoes, hides, skins, and sleepers. She left Foxton at lo’clock the previous night, mid experienced northerly s°Wanaka, from the South, will arrive here tr.-day, and sail again for the North to-morrow at barque Eialto has now on board about.3ooo baS woS bales flax. 000 casks tallow, 300 cases meats, and a quantity of bones, &c., for London. It is anticipated she will sail early next montii. A number of passengers have already booked for Home Luna, with a cargo of coal and coke, arrived here from the West Coast yesterday at 12 o’clock. She left Greymouth at noon on Sunday, and reached Westport at 11 p.m. same day; sailed again _at 2a.m. bn Monday, and arrived here as above stated. Experienced fine weather to Stephen Island, thence to arrival here heavy N. M. I gale and fea. The Xararua, which arrived at the Bluff yesterday from Melbourne and Hobarton, is expected up here 01 The d stcamer Kiwi went round to the Patent Slip yesterday to receive a thorough overhaul. Ihc alter water-tight bulkhead is to be removed forward i several feet, so as to aUow of a passage round the back of the boiler, and all the ballast in her is being shifted and the flooring underneath it coated with tar. Altogether this hard-worked little steamer is to be thoroughly renovated throughout during her stay on the Slip, which will be for about a week. , A •strong N.W. gale, accompanied with thick blinding rain, prevailed in port during the greater part of yesterday, and brought shipping matters almost to’ a standstill. The departures of- the following steamers have been postponed till to-, dayKangatira, for. Napier and Poverty Bay ; Storrnbird, for Wanganui ; Jane .Douglas, for Poston ; Tui. for Kaikoura and Lyttelton; Murray, for Nelson and "West Coast ports ; and Napier, for Blenheim. ~, . . The following shipping intelligence is supplied by the Underwriters’ Association,' per Tararua, at the Bluff:—London, April 9.—Arrived ; Salado, from Brisbane ; Lodi Garry, Superb, and Trui Briton, from Melbourne ; Dunbar Castle and Damascus, from Sydney; Helena and Mena, from Freemantle; Ethel from Hobarton ; Barossa and Stadt-Amsterdaui, from Adelaide, via Suez Canal; barque Brave, via Lacepedo Islands.