SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5338, 7 May 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF "WELLINGTON. High water .. 7.2 a.m., 7.22 p.m. arrived. May 6.—Wanaka. s.s., 278 ton*. McGUllmy, fron Auckland, via tiio East Coast. Passengers—batoon Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, Messrs. Davis, La Pollen, Cameron, Smith, Oliver, Howard, Bate* Whittaker, Williams, and Fisher; 2 steerage; 12 fo South. Levin and Co., agents. Hannah Broomfield, brigantine, 120 tons, Dawson from Kaipara. Greenfield and Stewart, agents. . Stormbird, s.s., 00 tons, Doile, from Nydia. Lay Plimmer, agent. . ; v . _ . Kiwi, s.s., 133 tons, Campbell, from Napier. Levii and Co., agents. ■ _ Ocean Bird, ketch, from Waltapu, bound-for Nol son. Put In through stress of weather. SAILED. „ „ . May C,—Wellington, s.s., 270 tons, McGee, fo Picton, Nelson, and Colliogwood. Pasicngors- ► Sidoon Mrs^taarkb;n?f::MlUet ■ Messrs. Dalton, Henderson, Guerdon, Collins, Polo and Wakefield; 25 excursionists to Colllugwood Levin and Co., agents." . . ' • .. Wanaka, s.s., 278 tons, McGillivray. for South Passengers—Saloon; Messrs. Bonuott, Duncan, ant Heckle. Levin and Co., agents. _ Tul, B.S.J IU tons, Wills, for Kalkoura and Lyt tclton. Passengers—Cabin; Mr. Short. Bishop agent. it, - Stormbird, s.s., CO tons, Doile, for Wanganus " Passengers Cabin, i Miss Bradley and Mr. Lewis Plimmer, agent. Napieri s.s., 43 tons. Fisk, from Blenheim. Pas senger—Cabin: Mr. I). Montalk. Turnbull and Co. e ' .agents. .. i :. i . , ■ , * ' ‘ lUogatira, s.s.. 100 tons, Evans, for Napier^ant *■ Poverty Bay. Passengers—Saloon: Mr. and Mrs Smith and son, Messrs. Beeves, Rudd, and Symons Plimmer. agent.:; ' Shepherdess, schooner* S 3 tons, Leer, fer Wes Wanganui. Master, agent. Neptune, brig, 291) tons, Chadwick, for Newcastle WlQlams, agent. ‘ ; CLEARED OUT. May o.—Hero, cutter, 20 tons, Davis, for Pelom Sound. Master; agent. • Cynthia, schooner, 50 tons, Creagh, for Peloru Sound. Master, agent. , ■• •• IMPORTS. Tui, from Foxton: 070 sleepers. Munt; 10 bale wool, Stuart; G bags seed, Levin and Co; 1casks tallow, Murray, Common, and Co; 1710 ft Jim ber, Bulla; 15 hides, Hirst; 1 trunk, 1 pel, Whit Jane Douglas, from Foxton: 1 pkg, Naunesfcead ; 1 pkg, Guildford; 3 boxes, Miss Corrigan; 2pcls. Gleeson ; 1 do, Krull and Co; 20,000 shingles, GreenfleU’ and Stewart. Wanaka. from Auckland: 1 bale leather, Lindsay 1 pkg. Black; 1 box, Survey Department; 2 pkgs, Stuart; 3 bales leather, Hannah and Co; IS pkgs, Beck and Co; 1 box. Simeon; 19 cases, Levin and Co; 1 box. Railway Department; 19 sacks oysters, 3 cases, 120 bars iron, 3 jacks, 21 pkgs. Order. • Canmore, from London : 50 bdli wire, 270 cases, 30 barrels; 60 do sugar, 30 qr-casks, 150 casks. Bannatyne anl CO; 208 cases, 10 hlida, Cheymol; 7 cases, 1 box, Levin and Co; 1 case, Jackson ; 1 do, Bennington; 4 do, Bradford; 87 bdls tubes, 1 cask, Danks and Son ; 36 axlearms, 12 bdls spades, 14 ingots metal, 6 cases, 8 plates iron. 1 cask. Mills: 279 bdls fish-plates, 103 cases, 7 pels locomotives, 1260 rails, 420 lots wire, Minister for Public Works; 600 cases cartridges, 10 cases, Colonial Secretary; 161 cases, 88 boxes, 2 tierces, 23 casks, S hhds, 8 range boilers. 8 kegs, 95 do nails, D crates. 23 bdls. iron, 826 bars do, Taylor; 1 bale, 1 cose, Wright, 25 cases, 1 do samples, 100 casks, 10 qr-casks. Johnston and Co ; 5 cases, 4 casks, Felton, * Grimwade, and Co ; 1 case, Brown; 2 do, Webster Bros; 4 cases, 2 c ; «sks, 2 bdls forks, Wilkin; 8 cases, Thomas; 1 do, Rathbone; 10 boxes, 5 casks, 180 cases, * 223 bdls wire, 180 barrels oil, 39 drums, Guthrie and Larnach; 40 kegs nails, 13 bdls spades, 1 cask,. 1 case, Shaw; 2 casks, 1 case,, Stuart and Co; 672 cases, 65 kegs, SO qr-casks,* 1 tank, Krull and Co; 147 pkgs, 346 casks, 200 barrels, 1577 cases, 30 qr-casks, 26 trunks, Nathan ; , 31 cases, 13 bales,. M ilson and Richardson; 32 cases, 15 casks, 17 casks shot, 81 kegs nails, 28 kegs. 8 rolls sheet lead. 32 plates iron, 28 frames felt, 7 bdls spades, 4 hhds, 3 crates, 2 horses. Gear; 2 bdls steel, 2 brls, 17 pkgs pots, Dawson and Co; 35 casks, 30 crates, 3 cases, 6 trunks, 3 hhds. 1 tierce, Anderson; 820 cases, 30 drums, OS trunks, 300 barrels, 107 bales, 2 cases, Sample; 0 casks, 100 bdlg wire, 275 do iron, 873 bars iron, 850 sashweights, hhds, 8 crates, 65 boxes, 13 pkgs, 12 retorts, 6 bdls spades, 1 prcl, Order. Hannah Broomfield, from Kaipara: 101,000 feet sawn timber, Greenfield and Stewart. ; Kiwi, from Napier: 90 casks tallow, 200 bales wool, 100 qr-balea do. Order. , EXPORTS. Wellington, for Picton: 3 coses, Bishop; 1 trunk. Levin and Co;. 10 sacks, Williams; 92 pkgs, ex Tarai naklfor South. For Nelson: 2 cases tobacco, Bcases, : Levin and Co; 4 cases, 1 prcl. Bishop; 6 bags, Darcy; 1 case, Thompson, Shannon, and Co; 3 cases, 9 bales, * I pkg, Driscoll; 1 case, 1 pkg, Felton, Grimwade, and : Co; 1 case. Bank of New South Wales; 150 pkgs ex : Taranaki from South. Hero, for Pelorus Sound: 12 tons coal.Wanaka, for Lyttelton: 12 qr-casks brandy, Dransfleld; 1 bag, Stevenson: 1 pkg, Thompson, Shannon and Co; 1 case; Jacob Joseph and Co; 24 rolls, 3 trusses, Turnbull and Co; 3 bales, Levin and Co. For Oamaru: 2 qr-casks brandy, Dransfleld. For Dunedin; 80. casks whisky, Rhodes and Co; 1 case, Railway Department; 1 box, Levin and Co; 10 bales. Hirst; 45 do* buckets. Rhodes. Tul, for Kalkoura: 4 pkgs. Bishop; 1 parcel, Lyon and Blair; 1 do, 20 bdls jacks. Hirst; 8 pkgs, Evans. - For Lyttelton: 100 casks plaster, BannatyLo and Co; 1 pkg, Defence Office. Stormbird, for Wanganui: 173 pkgs sugar, 1 case cigars, 10 bags wheat, 1 case. Bishop; 1 case, Felton, Grimwade, and Co; 20 pkgs, Krull and Co; 2 do, Lyon and Blair; 1 case, Prosser; 1 do, Stuart; 9 pkgs, Joseph and Co; 3 do, Taylor; 1 do, Huxley; 1 cart. Woods; 131 pkgs. Turnbull and C ). Napier, for Blenheim; 100 boxes candles, 20 casks ale, 20 do geneva, 1 case kerosine, 10 gunnies sugar, Turnbull and Co; 1 case, Moeller; 1 do drugs, Felton, Grimwade, and Co: 4 cases, 1 parcel, Isaacs ; 24 poles, 2 cases. Telegraph Department. ■ Rangatira, for Poverty Bay; 1 parcel, Dutton; 1 Case, Bishop; 2 guns, 500 pkgs, Johnston and Co. For Napier; 6 cases, 1 pkg. Bishop; 4 cases, Thompson, Shannon, and Co; 5 do. Marshall: 1 roll. Levy; 2 cases, Bennington and Co; 1 press, Lyon and Blair; 3 trusses. Hirst; 81 pkgs. Beck and Tonks; 1 case, Palmer ; 31 pkgs, 1. box, Railway Department; 41 coses. Telegraph Department; 89 pkgs. Mills;.4 do, Dransfleld; 1 parce Knapp., , EXPECTED ARRIVALS. London.—Craigio Lea, Cralgmullen, Pleione, and Frith of Forth, early. New York, via Dunedin.—Sophia R. . Luhr, early; G. M. Tucker, early. New Yoke.—Star, early. Clarence River,—Darcy Pratt, early. Soothers Ports.—Taupo, this day. Auckland via East Coast.—Hawea, 30th. ' Sydney.—'Wakatipu, this day. Melbourne, via llobarton and the South.—* Rlngarooma, 9th. ; NoitruteitH Ports.—Taranaki, 10th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES, London.—lUaltoand Carnatic, early. - Picton and Nelson.—Wellington, 13th. Southern Ports —Wakadpii, BthAuckland, \ia the East Coast.—Tair o *x, Nelson and West Coast Ports. tm wart!, this day. - Charles EdWanoandi.—Manawatu ' Blenheim.—Napier Mjildournk vj* ■■ o’ „ Castlepoin- - »"« South.—7Rmgarooma, 11th. North*- •*’ and Napier.—Ki’.vi, this day.. Ports.—Taranaki, loth. WEATHER KE'PORT,' > Weather at 5 p.m. yesterday; barometer corrected for height only:— Auckland—3o‘2s, N.W., light, fine Napier—3o*27, calm, fine; sea slight, swell Castlopoiut—3o*2l, S.S. W„ fresh, threatening; sea much swell Wellington—3o*23, S.S.E., fresh,gloomy Hokitika—3o*3l,S.S.E., light, gloomy; bar moderate Westport- 3018, S.W., light, fine ; bar moderate Timara—3o*3o, south, light, fine; sea smooth Oaraam—3o 31, S.E., light gloomy; sea slight swell Bluff—3o 33, west, light, cloudy Barometer rising very slowly. R. A. Edwin.

BY IELEORAPH. LYTTELTON, Monday. , Abmved: Stella, from the South. Sailed : Tanpo, for North, at 5 p.m. Passengers —For Wellington : Mrs. Wright, For Nelson ; Mr. Eroadhnrst. For Poverty Pay; Hon. John Hall. For Auckland; Mr., Mrs,, and Miss Hamner and Mr. E. Fall.—Victoria, for Newcastle.

POET CHALMERS, Monday. Ajif.ivrd: New Zealand Shipping Company’s chartered ship Glendarefel, from London; 84 days out. She brings 15 passengers and 3000 tons cargo.

The Leucadla. from London, and May, from Hong kong, commenced discharging yesterday, Iheircargoesaro turning ont in excellent condition. The brig Neptune left for Newcastle yesterday morning, but being unable to beat out against the strong southerly breeze, had to run back to an anchorage in Worser Bay. ' . ; The s s. Taupo is expected here this forenoon from Lyttelton and Port Chalmers. She will leave for Auckland via the East Coast at 8 a.m. to-morrow. The s.s. Wellington, for Pieton, Nelson, and Colllngwood, sailed at 1 p.m. yesterday. The ketch Ocean Bird pat into port yesterday through stress of weather. She is on a voyage from Waitapu bound for Nelson with a cargo of white pine, and loft the former place on Monday last. Experienced head winds to Stephens Island, where she met with a N.W. breeze, which carried hero as far as Capo Campbell. There, however, the wind backed Into the southward with every indication of increasing to a gale, and tho captain deemed it prudent to run for this port, arriving as above stated.: The Union Co.’s s.s. Wanaka arrived here from the Bay of Islands, Auckland, and East Coast ports at 7.80 a.m. yesterday. She reports having left tho Bay of Islands at 0.15 p.m. on tho 30th alt., and arrived at Auckland at 7 a,m. next day; sailed on the 2nd May at 6.30 p.m., and arrived at Teuranga at 7 a.ra. on tho 3rd; left at 8.13a.m,, and anchored in Poverty Bay next day at 0.30 a.m.; left again at 5.15 p.m., and arrived at Hawke's Bay on Sunday at 5,30 a.m.; sailed again at 10.46, and arrived here as above stated. Experienced strong north-west winds from Bussell to Auckland, and light variable winds and fine weather thence. The s.s, Napier sailed for Blenheim at 12 o clock last night. • The Jane Douglas will sail for Foxton this evening. Tho Bangatita, for Napier and Poverty Bay, and Tui, for Foxton and Kaikoura, sailed shortly after 6 O’clock last evening. Tho ship Windsor Castle, one of Messrs. Green's Blackwall line, commanded by Captain N. Harrison, 8.N.8., has arrived In London, having made the passage from Brisbane In 78 days, tho fastest on record. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s ship Walpa, Captain Gore, which left Port Chalmers on January 19, arrived at London on April 18, after a passage of Hannah Broomileid arrived here from Kaipara yesterday morning a; 8 o’clock, with a full cargo of kanri timber, Bho left there on Tuesday evening last with an easterly wind, but same night a heavy N.E. breeze was encountered, which lasted all Thursday. Next day experienced a calm; accompanied by a. heavy westerly sea, and on Saturday beat against a south-easter as far as Stephens island ; thence experienced n N.W. breeze, and, reached the Heads on Sunday night, arriving here yesterday as above stated. • She was berthed at tho wharf during the day to discharge. , . . . The Orient Steam Shipping Company's first-class steamer Garonne arxivedal Port Philip on Aprill 24th, ftbm London, via the Capo of Good Hope, after an excellent passage of Uttlo over 41 days, and is stated to bo both externally and internally very much like the steamers that have preceded her in tho newlyestablished Cape route, viz., tho Cuzco, Lusitania, and Chimborazo. She was built at Glasgow by Messrs. Nan'er and Co. for her former owners, and her dimensions are Length, 328 ft; breadth, 41ft 4in; depth of hold, 35ft 71n. giving her a gross register of 3878 tons. Tho engines are also from Napiers factory, and are on the compound principle, with inverted cylinders, and are surface condensing. Tho cylinders are 104 inches and SO Inches respectively, and tho force of tho engine Is

equal to 3000 horso powereffective. The machinery is massive in its proportions, but is wonderfully smooth in working.- In addition to driving the vessel the steam pjwer is utilised otherwise in working the winches, windlass, Ac., and is alsdmadeuseof for hoisting purposes, while, from its being applied to the. steering gear, this colossal vessel is handled as easily; as a yacht. In case of emergency, the Garonne ia.flttea with means and appliances for the extinction of fire; and she is wcli supplied with boats, conspicuous among' which is a handsome steam launch.. She left London: on March 6th, and I‘lyraouth on the Bbh, sighted Cap©: Teneriffo bn the 13th, and crossed the Equator On the,; 10th, hrlongitude 8.17 W.,.and on the 30th ancnoreci in Table Bay, Some good steaming was done nortn ox the Lino, and from the 11th to ,tho 10th B h° logged ; over 300 miles a day. After taking In 1000 tons (j, coal at tho Cape, she left again on the :Ist April, and* she made some excellent running across,the boutnorn Ocean, the best .day’s work being 34V miles. Cape Borda was made on the morning of the 21st ultimo, ami on the evening of the same day the steamer anchored in Adelaide after a passage of “ a y 3 “On* London* .Shodeft > again at A p,m.-'Ontho22na"April, *and arrived at Port Phllfp'bu the 24th.