SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5390, 6 July 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. CALENDAR AND TIME-TABLE, 1878.

“ : High Water. Apparent Time. Mean Time.

‘ PHASES OF TUK MOON. First quarter.— Seventh <Uy at 50p m. past 7. i moon. 10.25 p.m. of the 11th Last quar eT. II.W p.ra. of tho 22nd. No>v moon, 0.10 a.m. of tho 30th. IIKIII WATER CONaIANTf). To ascertain high water at Tory Channel add Sh Ijmin. to Wellington/ Picton add sh. J add 3h. 20min. Nelson, add 4h. 50min.. Wanganui, add sh. SOraln. Foxton, add 6h. Porima, add 4h. Altftivun. ' July 5.-Talaroa. 223 tone, 'Wl.oclor, from tho South. Pawcngers- Saloon: Mrs. Cham and son. Site, MounHord and son, Messrs. Bourko, True, Vincent. Kutland. Holbort, Hold, O Donnell Mcßae. Urey, Sullivan, Dranstleld, and lirown. Levin and Reliance, schooner, 65 tons. Swede, from Kaipara. Mooter, agent. ' 0 U tTT un

SAILED. , ' . July b.—'Talatoa. e.s., 223 tons. Wheeler, for Nelson. Passengers—l steerage. Levin and Co., agents. IMPORTS, Talatoa, from Dunedin: 2 cases, Joseph: 1 qr-herce, .1 pkg, Bishop ; 2 do, Helyer; 35 do. Order; C pkgs. Bishop: B do, Felton and Co; I do, Hayes . 1 do, Lovin; 1 truss, Gamble : 1 case, Lang; 1 do, Burn*: 1 , do, Power. From Lyttelton : 1 horse, Reid; 21 pkgs, Order; SOpkgs, Thomas; 2 do, Lindsay: Ido, Hannan, 5 do, Crawford. ~ . « , Reliance, from Kaipara; 50,000 ft timber. Order. EXPORTS. Taiaroa, for Nelson: 2 pkgs, Rutherford; 1 do, Turnbull; X do, Levin; 1 do. Defence Department; 2 do, Felton and Co. * For Taranaki: 1 pkg, Moeller; - do. Hirst; 31 do. Dawson; 1 do, Kanson; 4 do, Defence Department; 1 do, Felton and Co ; 04 do, Heaton . - do. N.Z.S. Co; 23 do. Levin and Co. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Lowdok.—Craigie Lea, ami Caltloch, early; Abcona, Medea, Orarl, Zealandla. , r m , , New Yonic, via Dokkdin,—G- M. Tucker, early. , New York.—Star, In August, Alma, Mercury, and Southminstor. _ , . „ , , Auckland, via East Coast.—Taranaki, this day. Pictom and Nelsok. —Wellington, this day. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. London.—Choaca early: Chaudlere, 20th. . Southern Ports.—Taranaki. 7th; Ringarooma, lO'.h; Arownta, 26th. Picton and Nelson.— Wellington, Btl[. Casxlkpoint and Hatier. —Kiwi, this day ; Oo.Ahead. oth Wanoandi.—Manawata, this day. Foxton. —Tnl, this day : Jane Douglas. Bth, Auckland, via tiik East Coast.—Taupo, 11th. Sydney.—AVakatipu, Hth. Napier and Poverty Bay.—Rangatira. early. Nelson and West. Coast Ports. -AVallace, Bth. Blenheim and Nelson.—Lyttelton, Bth. Nelson, —Riugarooraa, 7th. BY TELEGRAPH. NAPIER, Friday. Arrived; 6 a.m., Go-Ahead, trom Wellington. : NELSON, Friday. Arrived: 8.50 a.m., Wellington, from Picton and Wellington. BLENHEIM. Friday. Arrived: 11.40 a.m,, Napier, from Wellington, TAURANOA, Friday. Arrived : 12 30 p.m., Wanaka, from Auckland, with 'Frisco mail. LYTTELTON. Friday. Sailed: Rlngafooma, for Wellington, at l Albion, for Port Chalmers, at 4 p.m. Tho repairs to her shaft have been completed. Letterpoune, for Oamam. Saxon, for Auckland. Jane Anderson, for Stewart's Island. PORT CHALMERS, Friday. Arrived; Wakatipu, from Lyttelton. AUCKLAND, Friday. .Arrived; Hero, from Sydney. Sailed: Australia, for Sydney. Wanaka, for the South. Aurora, brigantine, for Noumea. Woodville, for Newcastle.

Tho following vessels were in harbor last night H M S Nyraphe ; steamers. Government Stella ana Hine'moa, Wanganui and Manawatu; ship Pleione. barques Chaudiere, Chasca, Craigmullen, Whittington, Firth of Forth: brigantine Poneke. Tho Union Company’s steamer Taiaroa. from the • South arrived in harbor yesterday morning shortly before 10 ten o’clock. She left Dunedin on the 3rd at 5 p in., and arrived at Lyttelton at noon the next day • left again the same evening, arriving as above. She left here for Nelson during the afternoon. The slUp Pleidhe commenced discharging yesterday. The barque Firth of Forth was hauled alongside the wharf yesterday. , _ ' , , ... The steamers Ringarooma and Taranaki are both due here to-d»y. , w _ r „, , , , We underst md that Mr. E. W. Mills has the tender for building the new steamer, a description of which v we gave ft fortnight ago. ' Tho schooner Reliance, from Kaipara. timber laden, arrived in port yesterday afternoon and hauled alongside tho breastwork. Captain Swede reports leaving last Tuesday evening, in company with the brig Derwent, which was unable to beat ont over the bar. The brig Is timber laden.' and has been at Kaipara for four weeks. On Wednesday night It came on to blow hard from the W. From Tues lay night until Wednesday night the glass fell from 25)1)0 to 23*80. At midnight It blew very hard from tho West. with heavy sea. There was al*o very- vivid lightning, accompanied with load peals of tb under, with blinding showers of r*in. During one of these’squalls a heavy sea broke on board, flooding the decks; stoving in tho boat, and carrying away portion of the bulwarks. On Thursday there was a shift of wind to the southward. Saw the brigs Wave and Derwent in the Strait, bound to Lyttelton; also, the fore-and-after Maud Graham, timber The steamer Ringarooma is due here to-day. She left Lyttelton yesterday evening. She sails again for Melbourne via the South on Monday. Disasters at Sea.— The steamship Lisbon, Captain Hall, from Cadiz, with passengers and a cargo of wine, Ac.. put into Plymouth on April 10 to land a portion of her cargo before proceeding to London. She had on board Captain Southern, the chief officer, and seven of the crew of the ship Vermont, of Liverpool. 123(J tons, which f sundered in the Bay of Biscay, . while on a voyage from Cardiff for Rio Janeiro, with a cargo of coals.* The ship sailed from Cardiff on March 25. On the 29th she encountered a very heavy gale from the N.E., during which she sprang a leak. All hands were engaged at the pumps for forty hours, when the pumps became choked. On the 3lst one of tho spars on deck got adrift, seriously injuring a carpenter who endeavored to secure it. Five of the crew , were washed from the pumps, thrown from side to side of the vessel, and much injured. At 9 a.m. on April 1 the crew were taken off by the brig Patra, of Brixhara. While they were leaving on© of the boats was dashed by the sea against the ship’s side and capsized, one of the occupants, Ncilson, a Russian Finn, being drowned, and the second officer and boatswain narrowly escaping with their lives. The Patra stayed by the Vermont until 2 p.ra., when she was fastset- * tling down. The crew, twenty-two in all, were landed at Vigo, where some of them remain in the hospital. The remainder of the crew am proceeding Home in another vessel —Kuroxntm Mail, A new torpedo boat, designed to work under water, has just been brought under the notice of the Admiralty, and a model 4ft. Sin. long has been made. The boat was originally designed by the late Lord Milton, who was well-known at Wentworth Wood house for bis skill as a mechanic, assisted by Mr. Turner, of the same place, and recently improved by Mr, Councillor White, of Thorpe, near Rothcram. The new torpedo boat is intended to work underwater by means of compressed air, and In every respect rcsembles.a huge lish. In the fore-part or head there are two large eyes, from which radiate a strong electric light that will exhibit the keel of an enemy’s vessel for a considerable distance, while a powerful ra’M is placed just above, capable of penetrating an armor-clad. In what may be termed the nostril, there is a revolving-gun worked by hydraulic power and fired by electricity with a new explosive, one pound of which, in a recent test, displaced 137 tons of ironstone in silu. The tnil plays an Important part, for It is not only the propeller, (but being perforated on either side serves to expel either water or fonl air. There are no masts, (he deck being level, while inside the boat Is divided Into ccmpartmanls, charged with compressed air. • The boat is sank to the depth required by taking water in at the bottom, and she then could remain under water, Me. White states, from three to nine hours, while in attacking a vessel the speed would be abotft 1(3 knots an hour. The gun, which was the in- • vent ion of Lord Milton, differs from all others. It is rotary, but has four chambers, placed like the spokes of a wheel, so that while one shot is being fired, a second Is being charged, a third sponged, and a fourth cleaned, so that the shots can be fired in rapid succession. 3uchi* a brief outline of tho latest invention connected with torpedoes, the inventors of which state that they can prove that it. can accomplish all that has been said It was capable of doing. —European Mail.

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