SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5684, 18 June 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POP.T OP WPr.MN’GTOK ARRIVED. .Tun’e 17.—Laurel, topsail schooner, 00 tons, Abrams, from the Bay of Islands. Bendall, agent. IMPORTS. Napier, from Blenheim: 170 sacks flour, 140 bags do, 200 do bran, W. and G. Turnbull: 1 pel, Jacob, Joseph ami (Jo; 35 half-bags peas. Order. Lame), from Bay of Islands: 100 tons coal, Bcndall. BY TELEGRAPH. FOXTQN, Tuesday Tlio steamer Jane Oouglae left Foxton at 7 a.m. with 24 passengers for Wellington, and found a very heavy sea on the bar. The pilot refused to allow the steamer to attempt to get outside. -She Intends attempting it to-morrow. The iiuia got off all right, and reached the wharf at 3 p.rn, to-day, LYTTELTON, Tuesday. A univED: 8 a.m., Albion, from Wellington; Red Gauntlet, 142 days from London. She has 13 passengers, »ill well. No accident involving loss of life occurred on the voyage, but on the 31st May, when off Tasmania, Uio maintopmast broke at the mainmast head and fell overboard, carrying the raainyard with it. Celle, Island City, and Canny Scot, from Newcastle. Sailed: 4 p.m., Albion. Passengers—For Melbourne : Mr McGuire. For Dunedin: Messrs Lalglcish and Kelly. The Now Zealand Shipping Company have cable advices of the arrival of the Stad Haarlem at St. Vincent on the 14th instant. The Letterfourio, 10 day«. and Rialto, 23 day-*, from Newcastle, arrived to-day, and report easterly g.-ilcs off Cape Farewell on the 4th and sth of Juno. The Sea Bird, brigantine, from Oreyraouth toTima,ru, has pat in for repair-*. She had her galley washed overboard. An accident occurred to one of the crew, his leg being broken. An accident occurred to the barque Rialto. Captain Williamson, which arrived yesterday from Newcastle, coal laden. While the Rialto was being towed in from the sea to a berth at the wharf, the Harbor Board’s hopper steam-barge Sumner, loaded with mud, ran into her. the steamer's stern striking amidships. The Rialto's pumps were at once set to work, the vessel making water fast through a rent below the water line, extending across two widths of plating. Shotas been berthed, and the cargo is now discharg* in;; rapidly, the pumps keeping her free. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. The steamer Southern Cross leaves to-day for Wellington via East Coast ports. Sailed; Wanaka, for the South. NELSON, Tuesday. Aiirivkd, early; Wellington, from Plcton and Wellington, PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. The ship Otago, from Glasgow, and the barque Nonpareil, from Newcastle, are at the Heads. Akaivrd: Wanganui, schooner, from Oreymouth ; Otago, ship, 092 tons, from Glasgow, after a protracted voyage of 100 days, caused by the exceedingly fine weather met with, especially from the Capo. Three deaths occurred —one that of Mr Mackny, on the second day out, from acute inflammation of tho brain : on March 21st a seaman named Donald Kennedy fell from the royal most-hoad into the water and drowned; the third death, that of a steerage passenger named John Welsh, from hemorrhage of tho lungs. The ship comes into port in fDsfc-class condition. Sailed: Wanganui, for North and West Coast ports. WANGANUI, Tuesday. Tho steamer Rangatira arrived from Mannkan and Taranaki at 9 last night. She loaves for Wellington to-night. Sailed, early: Manawatu and Stormbird, for Wellington. The following vessels were in port lost night;— Steamers—Napier Orel!. Go-Ahead, and Sampson. Barques—Lodi Kon, Glendovey, G. M. Tucker, Wild Wave, Sophia R. Luhra, and Anne Melhuish. Haigs—Clematis, Jane, and Robin Hood. Brigantine Mary Poverloy. We are sorry to ieam that Captain Newman, who lias been connected with tho steamers Kingarooma, -Albion, and Claud Hamilton, has severed his connection with tho Union Company. Captain Newman has been trading on tho Coast between hero and Melbourne for many years, and was a general favorite amongst tho travelling public. Shipping business was vc-y dull yesterday. The only arrival up to dark was tho topsail schooner Laurel, from tho Ray of Islands. The heavy rain put a stop to nearly all the business on the wharf. The Oreti steamed alongside the barque Wild Wave and took in a cargo of sleepers for AVaitara, She sails tills afternoon.

The barque Glendovey for San Francisco, and the brig Jane for Newcastle, cleared the Customs yesterday. The steamer Rangatira, from the Manukau via Now Plymouth and Wanganui, is due hero to-day. The topsail schooner Martha Reid is loading sleepers for Waltara. Wo understand that she takes the last of the batch of some 3700. contracted for delivery by Mr Kllaby at that place, Mr Ellaby appears to have lost no time in carrying out the work. Owing to the strong southerly gale of yesterday the steamers Oreti and Napier do not sail until to-day. The steamer Charles Edward is duo here to-day from Nelson.

, Tim steamer Wan aka will take the outward San Francisco mall to the Manukau on Sunday in place of the Wellington, which steamer will proceed to Port Chalmers to be docked.

The topwl schooner Laurel, from the Bay of Islands, with a cargo of coal, arrived in harbor yesterday afternoon. She loft the Bay on the 23rd ultimo, and has experienced very boisterous weather on the run up. <JIF the Bast Capo especially she encountered very severe gales. The steamer Wellington, from Picton and Nelson, will not arrive here till to-morrow morning, having missed the tide at Nelson.

The steamer Jane Douglas 1 left Foxton yesterday morning for hero with a number of passengers on board. There was, however, too much sea on the bar to allow her to get out, and she steamed back again.

The Olemlovoy is now ready for sea. She shipped her crew yesterday, and would have sailed had t> 10 wo 1 tlier been at all favorable. She will probably ' e ' e . away to-day. 6

All of Captain- Williams’ vessels charglng yessenlay.

'■ o time has been lost on board tb 0 steamer Go-Ahead in removing her machinery, A 3 we before mentioned, it is the intention of lior or , ners Messrs C .°n h° T ko Bonsi ?«™ w » alterations to the ves-el. All the h<*avy portion of h er machinery has been removed, but the rain of ye' rn ,„i,i er . ablv retarded the removing of other nmtin/s Wo are happy to state that >. h |, steam ; r Hula, which went ashore on the Fox.Vmr . i,,, was safelv vnt off from her uncomfortable W lt \““UTo’cSygestordsy afternoon The agwA here telegraphed flown 1 thr ?, w the cargo if she would not get off any otasr 'way. Fortunately, how«»T r ’ I ’?i w » ,n ' b f ln ß f t»m 1 , he east, did not rise much sea, and Captain .VflK by strenuous exertions, managed to got the steam. jr of f without removing any f ■ ‘ t u c “ r, ; o ‘-, c ?v* at ? ® endall left on Monday night for tho accidout, out the steamer was afloat again at 3 o clock yo'terday r.fternoon, the chances are that ho would fttriiyo m ti mo to see her steaming up tho river, lap Hina lor.vcs Foxton early this morning, and should'arrive du ring the day. ;