SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5417, 7 August 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON ARRIVE;.

August o.—Taiaroa. s.a , 228 tons. Wheeler, from the South. Passengon—Saloon: Miss Goff, Mesdamcs Gunn, Gulliver, and Wilson. Hon. Mr. Buckley, Messrs. Grieve, Christie, Sutherland. McGulhigh, Grey, Holmes, Smith, Joyce, McWhirber, .Samuels, Hill, Walker, Stephenson. Dodson 1 .., Westmacoat, Brigg, Oilllgan, and lUdlostou, Levin and Co., agents. Anne Melhnlsh. barque, 344 tons, Johnston, from Newcastle. Williams, Tarahakl, s.s., 527 tons, Malcolm, from Nelson. Passengers—Saloon: Miss Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse. Messrs. BrodD, Cad nun, King, Yates,: Brammcll, Wanless, Gardiner, McMiun, and Jones: 7 steerage. Le in and Co. agents. Tul, 8.5., 04 tons, Wills, from Lyttelton. Bishop, agent. . SAILED. August o, Rangatlra, as.. 170 tons, Evans, for -Nanier ami Poverty Bay. Martin, agent, ' Mercury, barque, 370 tons, Falconer, for Sydney. Turnbull and Co., agents. Neptune, brig, 200 tons, Chadwick, for Newcastle. Williams, a'ent. Kiwi, 8.8-, 103 tons, Campbell, for Napier. Le in and Co., agents. '' IMPORTS. T«I roa. from Dunedin: 2 cases cigars, Isaacs: 1 bDX,.IbDg, Dodd ; 8 cases, 1 cask. Beacon; 07 pkgs. 20 sacks. Order : 1 crate, George ; 5 pkgs, Schwab© ; 1 piece, Mason: -lObars iron. Mills; 3 cases, lllslop; 0 cases. 2 kegs, Fviton and Co ; 1 pci, Wiggins ; 1 case, 2 stoves, Pcckham : 2 casks, Bishop ; 1 case. Wilson and Co; 20 pkgs, Levin and Co ; 1 case, Turnbull and Co ; 1 case. I keg. Beal; 1 case, Mount: 3 pkgs, Sir F. D Bell; 1 case. I truss, Thompson and Co. Courier, from Melbourne: 1232 pkgs sugar. M l cases vestas, 26 qr-tiercea tobacco. IS cases, 2477 pockets sugar, W. and G. Turnbull and Co ; 2S baskets, Felton and Co : 20 tons iron, 225 kegs powder. Mills; 26 bags guano. Cooper;! case. Palmer; 3 hales, 13 sacks guano, Ellaby and Co ; 110 cases acid, 41 casks soda. 48 drums do, 8 ba-es paper, 1 bale cotton, 7 cases do, 115 casks rosin, 2 ca*es spittoons, 1 case tins, 1 box candles, K tchen and Son ; 81 colonial ovens. Order. BY 2ELEGRAPH: KAZKOUEA, Tuesday. Tui, for Weill .gton via Wajpapa, at 10 a m. NELSON, Tuesday. Arrived : Wellington, from Ficton, at H a m. BLUFF, Tuesday. Arbivkd ; The whaler Celestia, after a two months* cr he. with no oil. The Albion left Melbourne at 2 p.m. on iho 31st, and cleared the heads at 6.45 p m ; passed Swan Island a G. 35 p.m on the Ist. Experienced heavy gales from the south-west, with frequent squalls • f hail and snow and tremendous sea ; shipped largo quantities of water, and blew’topsails away. Passed the Solanders at 5 p.m. on the sth ; stopped engines all night, and arrived at the Bluff this morning. She sails for Dunedin at 4p m. Passengers for M oiling, ton—Miss Findlay, Mrs. Parker and family (2). Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Wales, Messrs. Macassey, Stuart, and Finlay, 10 fttecrage, and 107 tons cargo. The first attempt to float the \nn Gambles was made to-day, and was unsuccessful.- The centrifugal pump kept the water from rising over the 'tween decks for two hours. After the tide flow-d and tho vessel became lively everything seemed likely tom ko the floating successful, when a tank shifted below, ami the water poured in. The Stella attended to assist in lowing off. • Another attempt will be made when tho tide makes again.

BLENHEIM, Tuesday. Arrived : Napier, from Wellington, a-2 p.m.

WEATHER REPORT. "Weather at 5 p.m. yesterdaybarometer corrected for height only Auckland—29**o, S.W. light, fine. Napier—2972, SAY., light, fine ; sc* smooth. CMtlepolnt-29’09, WN.W., light, fine; slight swell, , „ Wellington—2l) GO, W.N.W., fresh, flue. % Hokitika—29*C3. south, light, fins; moderate sea. Westport - 2976. east, gloomy.; moderate sea. Timaru—29 53. S.W., light, tine ; slight swell, Oamarn—29so. S. w. t light, fine: slight swell. Bluff—29'so, W.S.W. gale, squally. Barometer rising steadily. E. A. Edwin.

Tim following vessels were in harbor Inst night HM.S. -Nymphe; steamers Hinemoa, Napier, Ean.atira, and Go-Ahead; ships—Caitloch, Pleione, and Medea: barques—C-mudiere. Chase*, Whittington. Firth of Forth, Elizabeth, 0. M. Tucker. Anne Melhuish,Courier. New Brunswick, Edwin Bassett, and Alma; brig—Jane : brigantines—Endeavor, Sarah Pile. Aratapu, and Enterprise. The steamer Tui arrived at 1 SO* a.m. this morning from Lyttelton. , The Union Company's steamer Taranaki arrived at the wharf at 11 15 last night, with the San Francisco mall. She reports crossing the Manukau bar on Sunday at 2 a.m., and arrived at New Plymouth at 2 p.m.; landed the n ail, and left again shortly afterwards, but had to put back owing to rough weather ; left again at 10 a.m. for Nelson : left th re for Wellington at 2 p.m. yesterday, arriving h re as above. The barques Courier and Alma were hauled in to the wharf yesterday, and will commence discharging today. The barque L’zzie Guy, timber laden, bound to LvtteJton, put into Woraorßay yesterday ;*fternoon. wit - the loss of her wheel and other damage done. The steamer Ta'aroa left Tort Chalmers at 2 p.m. on Sunday, and arrived at Lyttelton at 11 a.m. on Monday .’sailed again at 0 p.m.. and made our bar- or at 11.30 yesterday morning. She leaves for Auckland via the East Const to-day.

The barque Auitralind cleared at the Customs yesterd »y for Newcastle. The Go-Ahead dees not sail for Wanganui until to-day. The Kiwi, for Napier, left last evening. The barque Anno Melhuish is from Newcastle, coal Uden, and like those that have lately arrived has had extremely heavy and boisterous weather. Captain Johnston reports having left-Newcastle on'the 27th ultimo, with the glass at 29 50, and blowing strong from the west During the night the wind changed to the so th v/e-t. with heavy squalls and huh seas On Monday evening hove the ship to, and on Tuesday squared away, still 'blowing hard from the so thwest, with bitter squalls of min and sleet. On Wednesday hud to beave-to again, and n«. t day put the ship before it. On Friday the wind died away almoft to a calm, with the weather looking very bloomy, aud the glass at 29 28 On Satnr.iaj the rale started from the sontu-west. On Sunday the.ship wa« hoveto again, with the glass at 'zS oO When-within CO miles of Cape Farewell she sh pped a tremen *ous sea on the starboard si e, w hich carried awav the bulwarks from the forward of the fore rigging to the main rigging, and 13 stanchions, a-d damaged the water ways. The stme sea smashed the galley. A singular circumstance in connection with this is that cook was inside the galley at the time, and though it was torn entirely from its fastenings and broken to pieces, the cook very mrtnnately was left standing, without Laving received any injury. !-*he made tlje land on Monday morning. During that night she encountered another severe gale f oni the west, and the ve sel was again pat before the wind under her two topsail*. Cap ain Johnston kept bis vessel before he gale until clean out of it. She arrived off 'he Heads at 3 o’clock yesterday morning. She hauled alongside the Hinemoa during the afternoon, and will q ramence discharging to-day.