SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5446, 10 September 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. AURTViU>. T . ... September 9.—llawe**, 8.8., 402 to Kcnne from Auckland via the East Coast, AT P *® sen £f n i ir Saloon: Miss Williams. Mrs. Scott Messrs. StoUr, Fallot, Ormond. Be Castro. 'Mitchell. Bowden, Ingles. Innis, Levin, Rainie. Raker, Holder, Hall, Hunt. Professor Scott: Star Tlieatrical Company Mi^ea Hooper. Nye, ao.l Howard.Hooper, and Huntioy, .Messrs. 1 r '; l ,/ nr^ l l l| r !-vn' Huntley, Wvkes. Roile, Aleiaiirtor l.ollinioro. Uowo, Bamtord : 10 stierago. L-vlis and Co., a o oms SAILED. . . „_ . SEPTEStOBK !).— Wellington, "S®?"'. for Nelson and Picton. Pnvonjwc.-.-Saloon . ; JloS3rs. •Furncrand Llddle. Levin ami Co., agouti. IMPORTS. , , , Jane Douglas, from Foxton : 4 pk», P.d, Mrs. Turnbull; 1 box. Hoby : Spk*». Moeller. Stonnblrd, from Wanganui; Lsroaeh; I bn*. Kirkealdls no! Stains, 0 cases, Onthrie: 1 pel. Hughes; 00 sicks, O Brlon , 40 do, "howm?from the North :13 pieces timber, Jamieson : 2 boxes, Telegraph Department: 2 bales. .Hannab - 4 pkg*, Riilway Department; 100 pk£», 27 a cks. 200 bugs, 24 cases, 1 jar, Order; 8 sacks, Oat ton; 6 pkgs. Defence Store. • , Wellington, from Nelson : 31 pkg?, Order ; 13 do, 1 eoop. Price : 3 pkgs. Llchtachelndl; 9 do. Logan : 1 box, Biss: fi bales, Calmer; 3 cases. Angard ; 1 pkg. Cooper; 1 box, Leo; 1 do. Williams and Co ;1 pkg. Hall. From Picton; 1 piece iron, Russell Brothers. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. New York.—Star, early, Southminster. early. Bordeaux via. Pout Chalmers. —St. Louis, early. Sydney.- Wftkatipu, 27th. Picton and Nelson. —Wellington. 11th. CASTisBi’otNT and Nai'iru.—Kiwi, early, Napier and Poverty Bat.—Rangatlra, 15th. Melbourne.—Claud Hamilton, early ; Alhambra, 15th. , „ „ London.—Cralgle Lea, early ; Oran, St. Leonards, and Rnkaia. ~ * , Auckland, via East Coast.—Taranaki, 13th. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. this day, Jano Douglas, early. Southern Forth.—Hawea, this day. Sydney.—Eaaby, 12th. . , Oastlepoint andNapibr.—Kiwi, this day, London.—Cliaaca, 11th. Melbourne, via tub South.—Alhambra. 15th. Melbourne, via tub West Coast.—Tarawa, Sept. 13. , • Napier and Poverty Bay—Rangatlra. this day. Auckland, vr* tukEaht Coast.—Taupo, 11th. * Picton and Nelson.—Wellington, 12th. ' Newcastle. —New Brunswick, early. Wknitoht ani> OiiKVMDimi.—Luna, 17th. Kaikouraand Lyttelton.—Tui. 12th. Wanganui.- Stormbird, thto day; Manawatn, 11th. Nelson and West Coast Ports - Kennedy, 14th. BY TBLBORAPH. MELBOURNE, Monday. The Underwriters’ Association report the arrival at Hongk-ngon ths 4th of August of the three-masted schooner May from Wellington. She sailed for Wellington on the &tb September. •LYI’TELTON, Monday. Arrived : Albion, from Wellington. Sailed : Easby, for Wellington, at 3 p.m.; Rotorua, for Port Chalmers, at 3.40 p.ra. The Taupo and Hincmoa sail for the North to-numt with the members and oHior* from Dunedin. The Albion sails South to-morrow. AUCKLAND, Monday. Arrived : Mweppi, from Rnrotongi; Rose, from Levnka ; Ware of Life, from Suwarrow. PORT CHALMERS, Mondoy. Arrived : Agues Jessie, from Hobarton. WEATHER REPORT. Weather at 6 p.m. yesterday; barometer corrected for height only Auckland—29-93. N.W., light, rain. Napier—3o*lo, N.E.. light, gloomy; sea smooth. Castlcpoint-30‘06, W.S.W., light, cloudy; moderate sea. , , Wellington—3o 07. S.S.E., gale, rain. Hokitika— 30*03, S.E., light, fine; sea smooth. •Westport-30'05. W.N.W., light, floe: sea smooth. Timaru—3o*37 S.W.. fresh, rain ; much swell. Oamara —30 35, S.S E.. fresh, floe ; slight swell. Bluff—3o*4o, S.E., fresh, cloudy. Barometer little movement since 9 a-m. R. A. Edwin. The following vessels were In harbor last njglifc Steamers-Hiwea, Stormbird. Rangatlra, and Kiwi; ships—Abeona and Ze dandia; barque?—Courier, Chasca, Whittington, G. M. Tucker, Anne Melhuisu, Now Brunswick, and Kvik. , . ' . The boisterous weather of yesterday completely put a stop to all business on the wharf. The usual discharging of vessels had to bo stopped. The Government steamer Hinemoa is due here tins morning from Lyttelton. . ' . The steamer Tanpo, from the South, is due here this morning. She leaves again for theNojrth tom The steamer llawea, from Auckland, arrived here at 9 o’clock yeiterday morning. She left the Walte- ' mata on Thur day at 4.30 p.m. Called at Gisborne and Napier. Left the latter p0rt.at.12.30 p.m. on Sunday, and arrived here as above. .She sails South "Timara” writes to the local Herald as follows * From observations made by myself. I am strongly of the opinion that the recent heavy sea m the roadstead was not canned by any gale of wmd or by baa weather in the offing, but by a tidal wave raised by some convulsion of nature in the south polar regions. My reasons for this belief are that there have been no barometric indication? of a gale within sufficient distance to cause the sea to rise in such a manner as it did on Sunday morning; that had there baen a gale outside, the sea would have got up gradually, and not in the very sudden manner that it did ; that during the course of the day the strength and force of the waves varied (this was particularly obs rvable In the afternoon): that the sea. instead of breaking on the beach as 'if driven by a gale, regularly swirled,up the coast. lam confirmed in my opinion by a paragraph, in which it is stated thv a tidal wave was obs *rvcd •at Sumner on Sunday; and I have not the least doubt but that wo shall learn ia good time that other places have been visited in a similar manner. Under date of the 26th nit. the Newcastle correspondent of the Sii.lncii Momin't Herald write? There is very little to report in the way of shipping matters for the past week. The tr de has fallen away to such an extent th it business has drifted into an almost nominal state. Our harbor la nearly bare of shipping, and if the present at Ue of affairs continues, it is extremely probable that .a few days will see us in posses ion of an empty port, idle cranes. ftiwU general state of stagnation. The effect of the slackness of trade is particularly perceptible in the mining townships, where several of the pits have been lying idle for the greater part of tho time of late. The only vessels that have loaded for foreign ports during the week are the French barque Mirla, for Manilla, with 547 tons coal, at 16s Cd; and the C. J., for Amoy, with 560 tons coil, at 20s. There have not been any foreign arrivals in the same period, but several are expected shortly to arrive, including the British Queen, MUchless. Cavaliero, S. Polimexe, Firth of Forth, and St rah Scott, rep >rted lost week, and the ship Bedfordshire from Sydney, to load for Tuttcorm, on Home charter; and barque Guy Minnoring, from Sydney, t?load forMidra? Coast, on Home charter. The colonial barque Caberfeidh has been taken up for six trips between t'd? port and Oaraaru. N.Z.~ Nothing is doing in charters, and little change has taken place in the freight lists since my last. The following rates are quoted : —Foreign : San Francis o, «*; Hongkong. KM; Shanghai. 21?; Bombay, 18«; Manilla, 16s; Singapore, KM ; Saigon, 13*; and'Bstavia. 10j. Intercolonial; Melbourne, bay, I*2? (M; do, wharf. 13* Od ; Adelaide, 13s; Dunedin, 13* 6d ; Nelson. 15s (M : Bluff, IS* Cd ; Wellington, KM : Auck- ■ Land, ISs; Lyttelton. 18s.