SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5632, 18 April 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON ARRIVED, ucir 17,—Star of the South, s.s., 175 tons, on, from Westport. Passengers—Saloon;••Mr, Ira. Riley, Miss R ley, Miss Macinkore; and 6 in Peerage. W. and G. Turnbull, agents, iagara, brig, 291 tons, Taylor, fr*m Melbourne, vnd O. Turnbull, agents. .'•tea, s.s.. 50 ’ons. Gibbons, from Nelson, Pas- * ■■gors—Cabin: Miss Burke, Messrs. Walker. Brown, ’.cock, Baddeley, and Smith. W. and O. Turnbull, ; en*a. Albion, s.s., 501 tons, Tozer, from Melbourne via lie South. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs. Hickson and 2 - hildren. Dr. Drummond, Messrs. Milne, Durham, and Lucena (from Melbourne); Miss Beamish, Hon. Mrs. Campbell. Mcsdarnes Mason, Wilcox, Hon. W. Robinson, Messrs. Solomon, Hayman, Morley. Norris, Hill, Cooper, Delany, Stafford, Hall, Ward. Huntley, Smith, Mearcs., Gray, Webber Walker, Buck, Thompson, Craig, and Jack (from coast): 24 in the steerage; 8 cabin and 9 steerage for the North. D. Mills, agent; Taiaroa, s.s., 228 tons, Petersen, from Plcton and Nelson. Passengers—Saloon: Misses Burns, Hodder, Mesdamcs McKay and 2 children, Norris and son, Messrs. Blythe, Aocoll, Jackson, Simpson, Trcgre, Canavan, Cornwall, Ehlmann, Shaw, Hilliard, Pickering. Newport, Beauchamp, Dobson, Kearso, Taylor, Quick, Kummer, Boyd, Patterson, Willis, Dr. Rogers, and the Rev. J. Bellow. D. Mills. »g nt.Hlnemoa, s.s., 282 tons, Fairchild, from Taranaki. Passengers: Hon. Mr. Sheehan, T. W. Lewis, Under Secretary; Mr. Thompson, Chief Surveyor: Mrs, Henderson, Mess.s. Henderson, Weston, andSherrin. SAILED. ' March 17.—Taiaroa, s.s.. 228 tons, Petersen, for the Manukau and intermediate ports, Passengers— Kaloon : Mesdames Maxstead and 4 children. Gordon; Halliday, Mr. and Mrs. Luxford. Mr. and Mrs. Keonan and 4 children, Messrs. TavJor. Brisbane, I'hillips, Warner, Gordon. Sawyers; Stafford, Riul, and Constable Lnrrle and prisoner. D Mills, agent Stormbird, s.s. CO tons. Doile, for Wanganui. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs. Blake. Podgouskey, Nearey. Martin,-agent. IMPORTS Star of the South, from Westport; Ibag, 1 case, Clark. Niagara, from Melbourne: 1500 bags flour. Turnbull and Co; 2514 do bark, Order. Patea, from Patea : 0 cases fruit, Farsin; 20 pkgs produce, Alexander; 1 cask beer, Hickson; 6 pkga. Orchard: 10 cases wine, Ord'T. Taiaroa, from Nelson: 1 case, Dixon; 1 do. Dr Lemon; 1 harmonium, Deacon; 27 pkgs fruit, 61 kegs butter. Gandy : 2 coops fowls. Price. From Plcton: 1 case. Garrett and Co. Albion, from Melbourne : 1 case chairs. Peters ; 12 cases, 2 casks. 1 p'<g. Kempthorno. Prosper, and Co: 20 cases genowv. Young: 10 kegs treacle, KrullandCo; 200 packets rice. Johnston and Co : 1 bale, 3 cases. Dalglicsh and Reid; 40 bags tallow. 20* cases. Kitchen and Sons; 14 cases fruit, Ross: 2 cases, London; 1 do, Gibson; 1 p d, Beauchamp; 1 do, Wilson ;l<!o, Whitelaw; 1 do. Hudson ; 1 do, Polo ; 1 case. Paul; 2 do, Smith and Co ; 2 do. McDowell Bros ; 3 pkg /Order; 4 do, Lindsay: 3 sacks seeds. Cooper 4 pkgs, Sou hern. From the Bluff: 187 bags wheat. Meek; I qr-caskbeer. Be-dhara; 1 bale paper, Turubull and Smith., From Thjnedin ; 1 case, Jacob* ; I do. Bonnington ; 1 jar, IT H Co. From Lyttelton: lease. Audur-mn; 6 oa-ses, Hannah and Ci; 1 do, Howard ; 1 pci, Bonnington; 1 do, Delbrldge. B Y TE LEG It A PH. WANGAVTJT, Thursday. Arrived: 7 a.m., Tul ; oa.m., Manawatu, both from Wellington. , ... - NELSON, Thursday. Arrived : 0 a.m., Kennedy, from Wellington. OASTLEPOTNT. Thursday. Arrived: 7 a.m.. Kiwi, from Wellington. LYTTELTON, Thursday. Arrived i Himalaya, from London, after a passageof 91 days. Sailed: 3.30 p.m., Stad Haarlem, with immigrants from Plymouth. FOXTON, Thursday. Arrived : 0 a.m., Jane Douglas, from Wellington. PORT CHALMERS, Thursday. ; Arrived : 6.45 p.m., Ringarooma. The ship Auckland sails for London on Saturday. . AUCKLAND, Thursday. The Rotorua cleared Sydney Heads at 1 p.m. on the 12th. Silo experienced westerly winds and heavy beam seas throughout, and arrived at Russell at 6 a.m. Passengers for Wellington: 2 in the steerage.

The following vessels were in port last night:—H.M-S. Emerald. Steamers—Albion, Star of the South, Samson- Ships—Pleiades, Wave Queen. Barques—Hudson, Natal Queen, Ann Melhuish, and Gloria. Brigs— Jane, Neptune, Niagara. Brigantines—D’Arcy Pratt, Hannah Broomfield, Ethel, and Anthous.

The steamer Albion, from Melbourne via ths South, arrived in harbor at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. She left Melbourne at 5.30 p.m, on the Bth instant; passed ■Wilson's Promontory at 2 a.m. on the 9th; the Solan--dors at 2.30 p.m. onlOth; arrived at the Bluff at 6 a.m. on the 14tb ; left again same day, and after having called at Port Chalmers on the 16th, and Lyttelton on the 10th. arrived here as above. She ex"erlenced light winds and flue weather for three days from the Australian coast, afterwards strong northerly winds and heavy head sea until arriva at the Bluff, from thence hue weather along the New Zealand coast. She will leave hero again o» Sunday for Melbourne via the South. We have to thank the purser for report, flies, *fcc. The steamer Stormbird, for Wanganui, left yesterday afternoon. The Patea left Nelson at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, and arrived here at 4 o’clock yesterday morning,. The Star of the South arrived here at 3.80 yesterday morning. She.experienced head winds and heavy sea on the way up, ■ The Taiaroa .left Nelson at 2 p.m. on Wednesday;, called at Picton/ and arrived here at 8.30 yesterday' morning. She experienced strong head winds across the Strait. She left for the Manukau and intermediate porta at midnight. The Governmentateamer Hlnemoa, from Taranaki, arrived in harbor early yesterday morning. The schooners Laurel and Reward cleared the Customs yesterday. The former goes to Auckland, taking 110 tons of rails. The Reward goes to ricton, ( with a cargo of general merchandise. The fine steamer Omo*>, which was in the trade between Melbourne and Otago when the great goldfields rush commenced, is again abed tq visit .our port.' l The Union Steam Ship Company have taken her over on charter, and she is now making her initlil trip under their flag. Th ■ Oraeo took her departure from Newcastle early yesterday morning, and is expected to . arrive at Wellington early on Wednesday next. She sails South same day at noon. The steamer Star of the South left Greyraouth" at 2SO p.m. on Saturday. Had strong head winds until arrival at Westport at 1 a.m, on Sunday; loft West-, port at 5 p.m. for Wellington, with:steady breezes from the south. Passed Cape Farewell at Cam on Wednesday; spoke the barque Isaac Hall from New York for Lyttelton, in the Strait, at 630 p.m.* all well. Strong winds from the south, with rain, until, Arrival at 4 this morning. The Wanaka is due here this morning from Auckland and the East Coast; And the Wellington from Picton end Nelson to-morrow. , H.M.S. Emerald leaves to-morrow for the Auckland Isles. ■ ' - The brig Niagara will haul alongside to-day and commence discharging. The Anne Melhuish, will probably get away tomorrow or next day for Newcastle. The brig Niagara, from Melbourne, with a cargo of flour and bark, arrived iu harbor, under command of Pilot Holmes, yesterday m ming. She left Melbourne on Hie sth. and experienced fin© weather, with fresh winds, until nearing the New Zealand coast. Dirty weather was then met with, and strong westerly galea. She arrive’ off the Heads on Wednesday' night, and sailed in as above.

THE STAD HAARLEM. The Start Haarlem left Lyttelton at 3.30 yesterday afternoon, and may be expected to arrive here at 7 o’clock this morning. , The following particulars regarding her aro taken ‘ from the Lyttelton Times of the 16th instant The Batch East Indian Mail Company’s steamship Start H«arlem, Captain Boer, under charter to the Hew Zealand Shipping Company, arrived io harbor yesterday morning from Plymouth, having been unable to enter Port Chalmers owing to the state of the bar there. The Start Haarlem is a very handsome model, and an excellent specimen of an ocean-going steamer. She was built on the Clyde by Messrs. A. and J. Xnglis, expressly for the passenger trade, and the style in which she Is fitted up, and the means and appliances at command for comfort and convenience, stamp her as a very eligible vessel for the New Zealand voyage. The Start Haarlem is built of iron, straight stemmed, and barque rigged, and the following are her dimensions;—Length, 850 ft: b*am. 38ft; and depth of hold, 20ft, giving her register of > 2714 tons. Her passenger accommodation is commodious—elegance and comfort ; being judiciously combined. Her saloon will be found to bo a most luxurious apartment, fitted for 70 passengers, while some 200 will find most excellent accommodation in the second and third cabins, with an ample supply of nil necessary sanitary requirements. Her engines, which are on the compound principle, are by the same firm who built her. The cylinders aro inverted, and are 60in and 88in respectively, with a stroke of iSin. They are In admirable working order, and their effective power is equal to 2700 horses, and due regard has been had in f Tmshi ing them with all the newest improvements in marine I machinery. ... 1

Sh® samos amo n P tt® coast under tho'pllotag® of Captain McFarlane, of the Union Steinysfilp Company, and was off tho Heads at 4 a.m,. having made an excellent run. She entered.the Heads, and tiamo to an anchor between Rhodes', Bay and Camp Bay short y before Jain. The manager of the Now Zealand Shipping Company, Mr. if. Selwyn Smith, came np with tho steamer, and landed on her arrival hero, reporting all well on board. The Health Officer (Dr. Rouse) and representatives of the Immigration Department and New ealand Shipping Company went down to the vessid, but owing to telegraphic information from tho Immigration Department," access to the ship was denied td anyone until the officials from that department had boarded her, they bring on their way up from Dunedin. The Health Officer's fla; was therefore kept flying at tho main and no one allowed on board. Our representative went down to the vessel and from tit© surgeon-superintendent (Dr Gibson)’ who is well known here In connection with tho Waipa and other of the company's vessels. learnt that tho whole Of his numerous charge, numbering within a - few of 700. were in good health. Dr. Gibson speaks of tho. steamer as a very fine vessel indeed, possessing every accbmmodatfon for.a jnssenger steamer. Her passage was extended owing to delay in coaling at the Cape, where she lay for five days. The vessel steamed out* of Plymouth Sound on February 15. having on board 703 souls, comprising, the passengers and c t tered a strong gale from the vt’est-south-west, attended by a very heavy sea, which took her across the Bav of Blscav, moderating on th©d7thr. ' Thence very beautiful weather was enjoyed without a break till she pass d Cape Orient, and February 20 saw her off Madeira, which she sighted and passed atS p.m. On the following.da ; at 5 p m. she was within a few inilOH of the Island of Raima, and spoke the ship Rirkan of London, for All-laid®-all wall. -he anchored at S,t. Vincent o February 24. after a fair Sllu ,? av ® houra - but owing to inadequate anil faulty coaling arrangements at that station, • her detention Instead of being confined to 12 hours, »“ extcnrtecl to Sflhours. She left again at 8 p.m on heb. 25. and crossed the Equator on March 2 tn lumritndn 10.12 west. Tile south-east trades were very ‘‘®. “" tl , sh ® flnaUy reached Table;-. Bay on in® *"1 °, ut) at J 8 ,30 P m -‘ '-There, chief! owing to tho great demand for coal for tho Govern! in-nt transports, she ws- detained until .the 18th on which day, at 5 p m.. she left.TaMo Bay on W course to New Zealand. Three days la.or she oncountered a .terrific gale, from tho west-north west to west-soath.west,, attended by a terrific sea •: this having moderated she e periencod fair weather HU getting off Kerguelen Land, when she -met anotherheavy pie. • The easting was run down between the pars Hois of 45 and 47 south, and after leaving Ker- ’ guelen she mot light airs : and calms, and crossed the meridian of Cape Dettwln. at. noon on April 4th, fair.

•weather still continuing; she passed the Island of Tasmania on April 9th, and on the night of the 11th encountered a fresh north-north-east gale, which moderated at 6 p m. on the following day, and at S p.rn- she passed the Solanders. sighting Centre Island light at 11 p.m., and passing Dog Island at 2 a.m. on the 13th, ran through Fovcaux Straits, and cleared them at 5 a.m. same day; pas ed Nugget Point at 10.30 a.m., and was off the Heads at 5.15 p.m. the same day ; the p ssage from Home having occupied 57 days, inclusive of six days and twelve hours, stoppages at St 'Vincent and the Cape of Good Hope; the average ra*e of steaming throughout the trip being set down at 262 miles per twenty-fou-hours. That, however/the vessel is capable of doing more than this has been thoroughly proved on several occ'sions during the voyage, when an average speed of 13 knots per hour has been registered.