SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5520, 5 December 1878, Page 2

SHIPPING.

eo»ir wi^LiLtngton. DECEMBER 4—Wellington, *.s., 270 tons, McGee, from PiCloa a: d Velson. Passenger*—Saloon: Mieses Clarkson E v.irt. anil Moore. Mas Lames Sayers and Koblnton, Mr. and Mrs. Roche, Messrs. ueeves, Cairns, Uoore. Owe i, Furness, Dowling, and Leslie ; •Ssloirugw. Levin and <o , agents Oleneig, ».s., 74 tons, Mallier, from Otakl. Mclnjyro, ajpntiisbaiU, brigantine, 82 tons, Craig, from Otakl. Mclntyre, a«eutForesfc Quean, ketch, 61 tons, Watchlm, from OtaUi. Mcl ‘tyro, agent. Kapler, s a., 43 tom, Fisk, from Blenheim. W. and G, Turnbull and Co., agents. Lyttelton, p.s., 83 tons, Scott, fromOtaki; Deacon, agent. Stormblrd, GO tons, Fraser, from Capo CampbelL Passengers: Master and crew of the ship Southminster. Martin, agent. SAILED December 4.—Jano Douglas, s.f., 74 tons, Doile, forFoxton. Martin, agent. IMPORTS. Tul. from Kaikoura: I case cigars, 1 bdl wire. Bishop. From Lyttelton : 17 blocks stone, Davis : 29 bundles spouting. Mills; 2 cases meat, Baillie and Humphries; 22 pkgs reapers and binders, W. and G, Turnbull. Wellington, from Nelson: 1 pkg, Gear; 15 do, lanes ; 1 box. Leo : G bales wool. New Zealand Ship* plug Company: 4 cases. Rothouburg: 5 cases, Hannah ; 3 do. Jones ; 1 case, Parker: D do. Price ; 4 do, 11-ss: 2 do. Ashcroft; I bile hops. Pilcher; 1 box, Ogilvlo; 15 boxes. Jamieson: Cd<», Barlow; 26 cases. Order; 3 do. Jones; 0 do. Lae.yaad Co. From Picton : iSosea. KniM an i O *. BY VtiLmiiAt'ti. LYTTELTON, Wednesday. The steamers Lyttelton and Napier left for Wellington this morning—the former at 10-10. and the latter at 10.30. NAPIER, Wednesday. Arrived : 4 a.m., Rangatira, fiom Wellington. ' BLUFF, Wednesday. The Tararda loft Melbourne at H a.m. on the 27th. called at Uobarton, and arrived at the Bluff at 4 a.m. to-day. Experienced light south-east winds for the first two days, and then easterly winds with heavy sea. She sails at 4 p.m. for Dunedin. Passengers for Wellington: Mrs. Cassey, Captain Holt, Messrs. HUI,J McMeckan. Septon, and O’Moagher; 15-steerage, and 25 tons cargo. « AUCKLAND, Wednesday. Arrived; Hawea, from Russell. Sailed : Avoca, for Newcastle; Taupo, for the South; Transit, for Dunedin ; and Hawea, at 4.30 p.m. Passengers for Wellington : Messrs. McCulloch, Collins, and Montagu. The Malay sails on Saturday for Sydney. The steamer Wellington, from her usual Picton and Nelson trip, arrived in harbor yesterday morning at 8 o’clock. She loaves to-morrow for the Manukau via Picton, Nelson, and Taranaki. The Jane Douglas, under command of Captain Doile, left for Foxton yesterday. We hear by private telegram received to-day that the ketch Falcon, which wo reported as having gone ash *re at Patea on Sunday, was got off yesterday, and was but very slightly damaged. About 20,000 ft. of timber had to be taken out first to lighten her. The steamer Gienelr with the Isab-Ua in tow, from the ship Hyderabad, arrived in harbor at daylight yesterday morning. The Glenelg left Wellington on the 2Gth ultimo, with the Isabella in tow; had strong head winds and heavy hand sea to Kapiti. where she arrived the same afternoon. She remained there in consequence of the strong westerly winds until the m >rning of the 2Sth, when she left with the ketch Forest Queen in tow for the Hyderabad. On arrival at the ship, finding too heavy a sea to work, she came to anchor, and remained so till the morning of the 30th, when fine weather sot in. Left the Forest Queen to load; returned to Kapiti. and brought on the Isabella. Found the Forest Queen loaded, and loaded the Isabella ©n the following day Towed her back to Kap ti on Sunday, Ist instant: transhipped part of the Forest Queen's cargo into the steamer aod Isabella, and returned on the 2nd with the Forest Queen to the wreck. On the following day rollers setting in. and the ketch being half loaded, it was thought advisable to return to Wellington. The Isabella was picked up at Kapiti. and the Glen Ig manifested steaming qualities by towing in both vessels this morning against the tide and a strong north-west gale. The Glenelg leaves this evening for Otakl. The Tui does not leave for Foxton until midday. 9he steamer Lyttelton, from Blenheim, arrived at the wharf at 7.30 yesterday evening. She left the bar at 1.30. The Stormblrd returned last night at 8 o’clock from the ship Southminster, bringing back the master and crew of the wrecked ship. There was too much sea on to ship much carg). Only 43 cases of kerosene and a c >se of sundries were put on board the steamer. sails of the ship are still flapping about the rigging. The bottom of the ship is oond-ierably damaged, and the water flows an-1 ebbs from her hold. Yesterday there wis a gile of win l blowing off the land, so that very little good cou'd be done. Mr. Custom House officer, isstili down at the ship wat-ihicg the cargo. The Stormblrd will return again wVo 'here is the slightest indication of the wind abating, luo steamer Napier, from Blenheim, arrived in port at 7.30 vostentay evening. She left the Wai oa bar at 1.30, and ospeiienced fine weather with heavy beam sea across. She goes on the Slip to-d»y, will remain for a oouplo of days to receive an overhaul. The papers are fall of crotchety suggestions of new rules of the road at sea. which are all ga-ua ntecd to reader collisions impossible in future. It srjeras ro he forgotten that collisions do not occur in consequence of the present rule, bat in consequence of disobedience of the present rule. Nothing could ho simpler than the existing regulations. If two ships are approaching each other in d -ylight and in fine weather, eollis ons can only happen through gross mis Management ana neglect. If it be dark the difficulties, such aa they are. are of course increased ; but even then the lights »»f the two ships indicate with perfect clearness their respective positio ->aand their proper courses, if the present rules were strictly observed collisions would be impossible, and no collision h is overyet occurred except when they have been disobeyed. To mako other roles, therefore, would bo absurd, for they also would be liable to failure through disobedioncy. It w useless to make rules for p?oplo who disobey them, and yet this is what those persons would Y*. . 0 re^orm the existing rules. —Glasgow f Times, of the 29th instant, says:— The end of the Ann Gambles has at last come. Yesterday morning only a portion of the hull, from the foremast forward and from the mizzen aft were visible above water, the whole of the broadside od the starboard side from, the fore to the mizzenmast having disappeared. During Saturday nitrhfc. although there wu not much wind at the Bluff, a hear'/sea was running in from the south-east, and as the 'wreck has been lying: over upon the port side for soro B time, anil on Saturday a large portion of the m'aip deck W™* wl >«° the mainmast fell every hugs surf which rolled in had full play U p on the starboard side from ins.de the vessel, which at last to wS .i hS .p WaT “', Th 3 won/ i« « «»tthß hull baa hang together so long, Thr, mizzenmast is still standing the rigging holding it in positioTbut I 1 the remaining portions can hang *"}“ in * day or two the AnS a 1 '*s® 01 the p«"t. Unfortunately, the 3tc..ra engino and centrifugal pump, which the Uih S nn d.S 0 !?„ ec c f-hrohssed at a cost of £6OO, were SS C hhd of course have now dlsapDoubtless a large quantity of the cargo secured, oa it principally consists of iron f?“ material, which will still lie at tho bottom : bnt *** is questionable whether tho expense of lifting will not ho too great to justify the owners touching it.” IMPORTANT TO SHIPOWNERS. The following regulations under the Diseased Cattle Act, 1871, aro gazetted, and will come Into operation on the first day of January next" 1. No master ot any ship or vessel, or other person whomsoever, shall in any river, port, or harbor in New Zealand, or elsewhere in New Zeal>nd waters, transfer or attempt to transfer, cause or permit to be transferred, or to be attempted to bo transferred, assist in transferring or in attempting to transfer, any imported cattle from any one ship or vessel to any oth*r ship or vessel without the written authority of the Catt»e Inspector •of the district, defined under the said A ct at or near to which such ships or vessels, or ©ithov of them may be. The terra ‘ Imported cattle’ shall, have the meaning given thereto In the said Act as amended by the Amendment Act hereinbefore recited 1. If any such master of a ship, or other persor, whomsoever, shall so transfer any such cattle froou one ship or vessel to another without tho written authority ot a Cattle Inspector as aforesaid, ha shall bo liable for each offence to pay a penalty not exceeding ono hundred pounds, to be recovered In the manner provided by tha said Act; Provided tha* any resident magistrate or any two or more j notices of the peace, before whom any such penalty Is sought to be recovers I, may order Bba!uh?n£ flt pcDalty to bo paid > Who or they