SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5435, 28 August 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POET OF WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. August 27.—Eiwby, a ... 099 Sv.lnev Passengers—Saloon ; Misses n aim ana McLaufflilan : U steerage, and 15 for Southern ports. T £S! ps.’lOllone, Ilarvey lrcm Wanganu! SLrWWteflaS a fi!Sd "K'ShiSSS'VC »«*•»«».«»» Lyttelton. Master agent. SAILED. , Afovw 2T.-Jano Douglas. a.a.. 76 tons. Fraser, for Foxton. Passcngers-Cabln: Misses 1 tiller and Barber Messrs. Light, Harris, Cook, ami 4 Maoris. Martin, agent. IMPORTS. Mnnd Graham, from Lyttelton : SSSsacks flour, COO do oats, 23 do bran. Order. . . • Ma'.awatn. from Wanganui : 4 bags potatoes. Order; 100 sheep, Woods, Crosble, and Co. Easby, from Sydney: 2 cases, Pilcher; 3 do, Whitak'C Bros; 3 do. Hooker; 2 pole. Dutton;S oases, Bowden; 1 do. Watt; 1 do. Hughes; 1 do, Wilson and Hatton; 2 oases toba'-co. 1 qr-tiorco do, 1 case cigars, Lnhning; 10 cases fruit, Order; 1 pel. Brown and Campbell. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. New York.—Star, in August. Southminstcr, e.arly. Sydney.— Walcatipa, Sept. 3. .... Picton and Nelson. —Wellington, this day. Wanganui.—Manawatu, early. Castlepoint and Naviku.—Kiwi, early. Melbourne.—Claud Hamilton, early; Kingaronna. September 1. 4 ., . douTUBUN Ports.-Howea. this day. Auckland, via East Coast. —Wanaka, 30th. London. -Cralgie Lea, early; Orari, Zealand!*, St. Leonards, and Rakaia. projected departures. Nelson and West Coast Pours.-Charles EdWird, early. London. —Chasca, early. Melbourne, via the South,—Rmgarooma, SepWanganui —Manawalu, this day; Stormbird, this AND Poverty Bay—Rangatira. this day. AUCKLAND, VIA THE EAST COAST.— Hawed, tills Foxton, —Jane Douglas, 20th. Picton AND Nelson.— Wellington, 29th. Soutuehn Ports.—Taranaki 30th_ Oastlepoint and Napier.—-Kiwi, 30th, Nbwcvhtle. —Now Brunswick, early. Westport and OnuvAioUTii. —Luna, early. Kaikoura and Lyttelton.—Tni. September 2. Newcastle. —Robin Hood, early. BY IELEdIiAPH. WANGANUI, Tuesday. Arrived: Stormbird, early, from Wellington. NELSON, Tuesday. AnmvpD’ Wellington, at 5 a.m„ from Picton and Wellington Blfe sailed again for Picton at 8 a»ra. ___ LYTTELTON', Tuesday, AnnivßD : Taranaki, at 0.45 a.m„ from Weilington ; Garibaldi, from Hokitika. • u Va,, m • Richard and Mary, for Wellington ; Killearn ship, for Napier; Felix Stowe and Malay, for Newcastle; Taranaki, for South, at 4 30 p.m.: Hawea, for- North at 8 p.m. Passengers for Wellington . MUsis Anderson and Pratt, Mr. and Mrs and Miss Tames Messrs. Dixon, Smith, Baird (2), Lyons, J.tcornbs, Crammond, Robinson, Waterhouse, sergeant, and Fuller. PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. The cutter Mermaid has just arrived from Parakanul The master. Captain Farms, . r eP°. rts half-past 5 this morning the vessel Jibed, an " . the boom, striking a man named Christian, “Norwegian, aged between 35 and 40. earned him overboard. He sank rapidly, and nothing afterwards was seen of mm. Captain Farnia lowered the boat and went in search without avail. BLUFF, Tuesday. The Rtngarooma left Melbourne on the 21st, Hobarton on the’23rd, and arrWo 1 off the Solandora at 1° last night; steamed slowly through the Strait, arriving hero early this morning. Experienced strong westerly gales, with high seas, for the first two days, after which fresh southerly winds to arrival. She brings 31 saloon and 12 steerage passengers, and 400 tons cargo for all ports. She sailed at 4 P-m. for Dunedln. Passengers for Wellington: Mr- »nd JJJ”: Tippler, Messrs. Gerard, Pickersgill, Kelly, and 8 steerage. ' WEATHER REPORT. Weather at 5 p.m. yesterday; barometer corrected for heiglit only:— . , , Auckland—3o-03, S.S.W., fresh; gloomy. Napier—s 9 95. N.N.E.. light; fine. Slight swell. Castlopoint— 29*71, N.W., gale, fine. Sea moderate. Wellington—s 9-81. N.W., light, cloudy. Hokitika—29 93, W.S.W, fresh, gloomy. Moderate B °Westport— 2997, S.W., light, gloomy. Much sea, Lyttelton—29 (15, West, light; threatening. Bluff—29'so, West, fresh : clondy. Barometer falling generally. R. A. Edwin.

Tlie clock may be used to-day for rating chronometers. A chronometer trite on Greenwich time would show 12h. SOmin.wlien the ball drops. Any difference is error, plus or minus, of the chronofollowing vessels were In harbor last night: — HM S. Nymphs ; steamers—Hlnemoa, Btngaura, and Easby; ships—Caltlocb, Abeona and Medea; barnnes—Chasca. Whittington, Elizabeth, G. _M. Tucker. Anne Melhuisb, Courier, New Urunswick; brig—Robin Hood ; brigantines—Endeavor anclO. M. TluTsteamcr Rangatlra will leave the Queen’s wharf for the Slip at 11 a.m. to-day, returning to the wharf at 5 in the afternoon for pavengers, as advertised. The steamer Manawatu. from Wanganui, arrived at the wharf at 9 30 yesterday morning after a fine run of 12 hours. She returns again to-day. .... The steamer Jane Douglas, bound to Foxton, left at 3 p.m. yesterday. , . xr The barque Sophia K. Luhra left to-day for >ewCl The new blade to the propeller of the steamer Rangatlra will be fixed to-day. She leaves during the evening for Napier and Poverty Hay. • The Wellington is due to-day from Nelson and pjeton. The steamer Hawea is due here this morning from the South- She leaves again during the afternoon for the North, The schooner Ellerbon, which went ashore at \v anganni, and haa since been launched, is to come to Wellington to be taken on the Slip. , . „ The steam collier Easby arrived at the wharf at halfpast 5 yesterday morning. She reports leaving Sydney at midday on the 10th, and cleared the Heads with light southerly winds, which gradually increased to strong breezes, which lasted until the 23rd. The weather then changed to the south-east, with fine cast and north-east winds, to Capo Farewell, which was* passed at 8 a.ra. on the 2Gth. and Stephen Island at 4 p.m., arriving hero as above. On Monday passed eight barques and two schooners bound west. The barque Mary Ann Annison wished to be reported. The schooner Maud Graham, from Lyttelton, with a cargo of colonial produce, arrived in harbor yesterday morning. .