SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5461, 27 September 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. ARRIVED. SGPTRnnEii 20.—Rangatira, s.s., 106 tons, Evans, from Napier and Poverty Btiy. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Samuels anil Walsh, and 3 steerage. Martin, agent. - Kiwi, s.s., 133 tons, Campbell, from Napier. Passengers—Cabin ; Mr. and Mrs. Douglas, Mr.’ Browning, and 3 steerage. Levin and Co., agents. Falcon, schooner, 37 tons, Leslie, from Patea. Master, agent, ' Star, brigantine, 407 tons, Day, from New York, via Melbourne, Turnbull and Co., agents. Taranaki, s.s., 300 tons, Malcolm, from the Manukau and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon ; Misses Carvosa and Watts,Mesdaracs Handy, Ncwbtggin, Hobbs, Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox, Messrs. Chisholm, Dixon, Overton (2). Lorimer, Green, Webster. Gamraell, Watts, George, B.tllam. Roe, Canton, Rev. Paton, Captain Holt, and 5 steerage. Levin and Co., agents. SAILED. Suptesiber 20.—Wellington, s.s., 270 tons. McGee, for Ficton and Nelson.' Passengers—Saloon ; t Mrs, Clark. Airs. Kirk, Messrs. Stubbs, Badloy, Goodman, and Kidman. Levin and Co., agents. IMPORTS. Kiwi, from Napier : 2 bales wool. Johnston, falcon, from t’afcoa : 13 casks tallow, 5 bales wool, 25 sacks hides, W.Z.M. Co ; 7 boxes tallow, 14 bales wool, 01 hides, CO pigs, 73 sseks bran, 11 kegs butter, Oriloi*. , . i Rangatira, from Poverty Bay; 4 pkgs, Anderson , C 5 sacks. Scott; 33 hides, 9 casks tallow, Murray. Common. From Napier: 1 box, Mutchay; 1 pkg, Harvey; 1 trunk, Mitchell and Co; 1 do. Order. Star, from Now York : 500 cases oil, 30 do turpentine, 75 do axes. 1 do forks. 4 do tacks 20 do handles, 60 do oysters, 50 do lobsters, 4 do wringers, 30 barrels plaster, 10 cases tricopherous, 32 do scales, 17 no ladders and steps, 60 barrels rosin, 1 case spades, 2 do shovels, 3do clocks, 121 do chairs, 3do hat racks, - do hammers, 43 barrels apples, 100 boxes clothespins, 3 cases broom*, 30 pkgs washboards, 4 crates broom handles, 120 cases starch, X do machines, 9 barrels shoo pegs. 7 cases blacking, 4 do sewing machines, 4 do shoes, Turnbull and Co; CG oars, 38 coses axes, 1 do hummers, 12 do handles, 2 do trucks, 2do picks, 4 do scales, 10 do saws, II do hardware, 3 barrels rosin, 1 case braces, O do wringers, 0 pkgs washboards, 2 do pails, 2 cases choppers. 1 do hoos, 4 do pumps, 1 cask, 1 case sad irons, 1 do forks, 1 bdl hardware, I cask lanterns, 3 cases shovels, 11 do castings, 3 bdls do, 4 pkgs hardware, 1 case coflln trimmings, 2 do forks, 1 do letter presses, 1 do cutlery, X do brushes, Dawson ; 2 boxes woodware, Reed; 1 case castings, Reed; 300 cases oil, Krull and Co: 3 boxes hatches, 1 do hammers, 1 do flies, 7 do saws, 3 do scales, 2 pkgs mattocks. 16 do churns, 1 case sacks, 3 do tacks, 4 do pumps, Ido clumps, 1 do rakes. 1 do dashes, 7 do pins, 3 do handles, 4 pkgs pails, 1 case woodware, 9 do saws, 4 do machines, 1 do traps, 3 do hardware, X do braces, 2 do castings, 1 do shovels, 24 do axes, 1 do machines, 9do boits. 14 do hardware, 1 do eggbeaters, 1 do paint mill, 1 do benders, 1 do perambulators, W. W, Taylor: 14 packages hardware, 3 cases grindstones, 2 casks glassware, 01 cases handled goods, 2 coses saws, 7 cases tacks, 1 case cheese knives, 3 cases machinery, 3 packages blocks, 3 packages extinguishers, 1 case forks, 10 packages pumps, 3 cases irons. 72 oars, 3 coses hardware, 6 packages glassware, E. \Y. Mills ; 300 cases oil, 10 i-tierces tobacco, 70 cases caned goods, 22 cases slates, 1 case handles, 2 cases clocks, 1 case planes, 4 cases wirework, 6 packages hardware, 1 case egg beaters, J. Nathan and Co.; 81 packages. Order; 244 packages, Baxton and Co. ; 493 packages, Edwards and Co. ; 15 packages, Sclandors and Co. .EXPECTED ARRIVALS. New York, via Port Chalmers.— Southminster, early. Bordeaux via Port Chalmers. —St. Louis, early. Southern Ports. —Wakatipu, this day. Northern Ports —Hawea, 30th. Sydney.- Eosby, early. Picton and Nelson.— Wellington, 20th. Castlbpoint and Napier. —Kiwi, this day. Napier and Poverty Bay. —Rangatira, early. Melbourne. —Albion, 30th. London. —Craigia Lea, early ; St. Leonards, Rakaia, mid Jessie Headman. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Foxxon.— Jane Douglas, this day. Southern Ports.— Taranaki, this day, Sydney. —Wakatipu, this day. Castlbpoint and Napier. —Aurora, thjs day ; Kiwi, this day. Melbourne, via the South..— Albion, Oct. Cth. Melbourne, via West Coast. —Alhambra, October 13. Napier and Poverty Bay— Rangatira, this day. Picton and Nelson. —Wellington, 30th. Kaikoura and Lyttelton.-— Tul, this day. "Wanganui. —Stonnbird, this day; Manawatu, 28th. Nelson and West Coast Ports.— Kennedy, this day. Blenheim. —Napier, this day. BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON, Thursday. Arrived : Claud Hamilton and Wakatlpu, Sailed: Ladybird, for the North, at 6 p.m. Passengers for Wellington; Mr. and Mrs. Harrington, Messrs. Smith, Shepherd, Dempsey, Christian, Paterson, and Kitchen. The schooner Ellbank Castle, from Dunedin to Oreymouth, put in here wimlbound. The Wakatipu. soils North to-night. WEATHER REPORT. Weaklier at 5 p.m. yesterday; barometer correctedfor height only:— Auckland—3oTs, calm; gloomy, Napier—SOTS, N.W., fresh, threatening; sea smooth. Castlopoint moderate sea. Wellington—29 00, N.W., gale, gloomy. Hokitika—29*9o, N.N.E, fresh, cloudy: sea rough. Westport—29’9s, N.N.E., gale, cloudy; sea rough,' Lyttelton—29*7s, NW., gale, cloudy. Barometer rising in the South. R. A. Edwin. The following vessels were in harbor last night Steamers—Hinemoa, Taranaki, Kiwi, Manawatu, Rangatira. Napier, Stormbird, Jane Douglas, Tui : ships —Orari and Zovlandia ; barques Courier, Chaaea, G. M. Tucker, Edwin Bassett; three-masted schooner Jessie McDonald ; brigantine—Star. The steamer Wakatipu is due here to-day from thoSouth, and will leave again daring the afternoon, for Sydney. The Ladybird has been detained South, an (I; will • nob arrive until this morning. The ketch Falcon, with a full cargo of general produce from Patea, arrived off the Heads late on Wednesday, and beat-into harborin the teeth of the heavy north-west gale. She left Patea on Wedneadaymorning at 3 o’clock, and had a fine run down to the Headsof thirteen hours. She got under way'again.yesterday, and brought up off Piimmer's .•vJuvrL and will commence discharging to-day. The steamer Rangatira, from./ Poverty Bay .and Napier, arrived at the wharf at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon. She left the latter port at half-past 11 a.ra. on Wednesday, and experienced light winds and .smooth soa until rounding Capa Palliser; from thence stiff north-west winds, with a heavy sea, until arrival.. The steamer Manawatu, which left on Tuesday for , Wanganui, and which we reported as having put back c at the Heads on account of the north-west gale, I steamed up to the wharf again yesterday morning. Should the weather show any signs of moderating she will make a fresh start this morning. The'Wellington for Picton and Nelson got away shortly after midnight. She returns here again on Sunday. The Underwriters' Association report, under date London, September 17, the arrival of the Malacca « and Western Monarch, from Lyttelton. The steamer Kennedy has been postponed turn account of the heavy weather. w No leas than eight steamers are advertised i«-, to-day. The greater part of them have beer jSJJSJS in port owing to the north-west gale. * acteaneu The steamer Taranaki, with the San Pon board, arrived at the wharf at 7 o’c» S?* after a very stormy and boisteror Nelson. She crossed the Manuka* ■ from on Tuesday, and arrived at Tarar •£ ; i?®! *V* morning. Landed passengers * ftt £ 3O again at 9, arriving off the Bor . the same night; but, owin' aHOoclflck she did not get inside Left avain at g3O vprt' until the nexk morning, here afabove We? morning, and arrived - Q - k Mr. Macfarlane, parser, Ilia now claime' 1 3ay3 an English exchange) that through me A?. .umentality of paper one of the most puzzling prome ms connec t ec | with iron ships has been solved. Leio jj era p| 9 started on her last voyage to India bottom waa coated with piper by means of a peexu 30P fc D f cement, the invention of Captain Warren., it was this officer who first thought of experimenting with paper as an anti-fouling covering for > the 'oottoms of uncased iron ships, but for a considerable time he was baffled by the impossibility of causing the material to adhere to the metal. At last, however, he hit upon a composition which he believed would serve the purpose, and the SerapJs was accordingly coated with paper below water previous to setting forth on herlast voyage. So far as it has gone, the experiment seems to have been completely successful. In addition to her trip to India and back, the vessel had lain In harbor for two months, which, as all naval men know, tries anti-fouling compositions much more severely than ocean sailing. But on being docked it was found that the paper had afforded perfect protection from marine incrustations, except In those few parts where It was rubbed off. Here, then, we have an important step taken towards remedying one of the most serious defects of iron shipping, namely, their habit of folding rapidly in tropical climates, it has been estimated that in the case of iron sailing vessels these incrustations cause an average difference of from one to one andaha : f knots an hour between tho speed maintained in tho outward voyage and that when coming Homo. It is true that fouling could be prevented by first covering tho Iron with a layer of wood, and sheathing this with copper. But the process is very costly, while the invention of Captain Warren has the advantage of being inexpensive. It is certainly noteworthy that paper, of all substances in the world, should bo found the best material for preventing fouling under water. ARRIVAL OF THE BRIGANTINE STAR FROM NEW YORK VIA MELBOURNE. As wo stated, tho brigantine anchored at the Heads lias proved to be t!»o Star from New York, via Melbourne. She left New York on the 18th February, and after being out some little time encountered a succession of heavy gales, during which she sustained so much damage that Captain Day deemed it advisable to put into Rio for repairs, which port ho reached on 12th April. The principal part of the damage was connected with the rudder, which was made almost iwelesa. riho left there again after a month's dura- i tion, and fur,the first pact of her joumev had moderate winds, with fin* weather. Trouble, however* soon came again, and she experienced more sever© weather and more damage. Captain Day then shaped his course, for Melbourne, and arrived there on 2£tth. July, After undergoing repairs, she left again for her destination on September 5, and arrived at the Headson Tuesday night. Here again she was unfortunate, for the weather, which up to that time had boon* fine, suddenly changed, and she was brought up a little, to the south of the lighthouse. As tho wind blow with much violence, she was in some danger of parting.her cables, In which case the consequences would, ha va been most serious. As tho steamer Marvwvntu was' coming back from the Heads yesterday Captain Day with difficulty got onboard, and arrif/ed here at 9 o’clock for tho purpose of obtaining thoacrvices of a steamer to tow his vessel Into port. Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull, tho agents for tho Star, waited on the Government, and succeeded in obtaining tho servicen of the steamer to bring her In. The Hinemoa loft at five o'cl ■;*, and brought the brigantine safely into harbor shortly ah cr ilwrk. Tho Star brings a largo cargo of Yankee notion*, consigned to her agents.