SHIPPING SUMMARY.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5710, 18 July 1879, Page 7

SHIPPING SUMMARY.

arrived, June 20.—Tararua, s.s., 517 tons. Muir, from. Melbourne via the South. D. Mills, agent. City of Madras, ship, Houston, from London, Passengers Saloon: Mr. G. Scott, Mr. E. Hall, Mrs. Hall. Roberts. Hall, William Hall. Alice Hall, and’Jessie Hall. Steerage—William Barker, James Findley, William Carradus, Robert Pa.k, Roclol-h Wark, A. Prior. George Gardner, Robert Crowe, Louise Crowe, Samuel Malone, Henry Fell, and Thomas Irvin. Levin and Co, agents, June 22.—Auslvalind, barque, 570 tons, Obiver, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Edwin Bassett, barque, 426 tons, Manley, from £sewcastle.- Williams, agent. June 23.—Neptune, brig, 299 tons, Holm, from Newcastle. Williams, agent. Wakatipu, s.s., 1156 tons, Wheeler, from Sydney. D. Mills, agent. „ _ June 26.—Arawata, a.s., C 23 tons, McLean, from Melbourne via the South. D. Mills, agent. June 27.—Western Belle, barque, 1135 tons, Fish, from London. Passengers—Mrs. Fish and child. N.Z.S. Co., agents. , , - _ June 23-—H.M.S. Sandfly, 120 tons, John J. F. Bell, commander, from Auckland. July s.—Ringarooma, s.s., 623 tons, Chatfleld, from Melbourne, via Hobartoa and the South. D. Mills, ag JuLY 7.—H.M.S. Emerald, 1801 tons, Maxwell, from Auckland. SAILED ■ JUNE 20.—Eotorua, 3.5.675 tons, Carey, for Melbourne via Hobaiton and the South. D. Mills, agent. Tararua, s.s., 503 tons, Muir, for Sydney and Auckland via East Coast. D. Mills, age A June 22.—Anne Melhnish, barque, 344 tons, Jolratou, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. Jane, b Ig, 100 tons, Milman, for Newcastle. Cooper, agent. Giendovey, barque, 559 tons, Williams, for Guam. W. and G. Turnbull, agents. Juke 23 —Beverley, brigantine, 100 tons, Leddra, for Tasmania. Heaton, agent. June 26.—G. M. Tucker, barque, 521 tons, Eoister, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. JrxE 23.—Wild Ware, barque, 237 tons, Cleary, for Newcastle. Heaton, agent. ~ , June 30.—Arawata, s.s., 623 tons, McLean, for Mel bonma via thn South. D. Mills, agent. July 4.—Wakatipu, s.s., 1185 tons, Wheeler, for Sydney. D Mills, agent. ~ - July 14.—Eingarooma, s.s., 623 tons, ChatSeld, for Melbourne via the Sotuh. D. Mills, agent. July 15. —H.M. gunboat Sanddy, 120 tons, John F. Bell commander, for Sydney. . July 16.—Loch Ken, barque, /39 tons, Cummins, for London. New Zealand Shipping Co, agents. BY TELEGRAPH. AUCKLAND. June 23. xVeriyed: Glen Baladb, barque, 103 days out fiom London. June , 7 _ Arrived ; Isle of Bute, from London, after a passage of IX3 days. She was a fortmght beatmg oh the coast. The cargo is valued at £21,501. She brings thirty passengers. One death occurred on board from heart disease. Ju]j- 4 Sailed ; Alastor, for London, with cargo valued at £37,000.

LYTTELTON", Jane 24. Arrived : EioLoge, G 5 days from Batavia. June 2G. Sailed : GP.S, barque, for Cork or Falmouth, for orders, with a canto of wheat. July ID. Arrived : Adelaide, barque, 113 days from * ondon, with 1200 tons general cargo- No passengers. The voyage was an uninteresting one. s>he is consigned to the Shipping CompanyPOUT CHALMERS, June 23. Sailed : Oregon, American ship, I-Cl tons, for Nausumo, British Columbia. June 2G. Arrived : Angerona, from Cardiff. 107 days out. Experienced a frightful gale in lat. 35, long, 110 K. The ship was kept before the wind, heavy seas breaking on board. The captain and all hands were employed for 72 hours in securing the cargo, which :s railway iron.—Spirit of the Dawn, ship, from London. At the Heads: Victoria, barque,.from Newport, N.S.VT.; City of Cashmere, ship from'Xondon. 0 line 30. Arrived: Barque Boutenbeck, from London, 70 days from land to land, bringing 27 passengers and 1500 tons cargo. July 3. The J. M. Burch, 00 days from Mauritius, encountered heavy gales, with terrifte sea the latter part of •the passage and was blown off the land on three occasions. She finally crossed the bar last night, bringing 200 tons of sugar. July S. S:iled: Colombus, barque, for Valparaiso. July 14. The James Stevens arrived at the Heads on Sunday night. She made the passage from London in seventy-eight days. She brings a la ge number of saloon passengers, but is not likely to get in before Wednesday. July 15, Arrived : Valparaiso, barque, 100 days from London. She had fine weather during the passage. She brings one passenger, 1400 tons of cargo, and 20 tons of powder.—James Stevens, ship, fiom London, on April 10. We learn {-*avs the OUry# Daily Tim s) that the Government are makiug satisfactory progress with the erection of the Cape Saunders lighthouse. The framework of the tow. r is now completed, and the lantern and lighting apparatus will probably be fixed in about a fortnight’s time. The loss that would ensue to Melbourne through the transfer of Messrs, McMekan and Blackwood's fleet of steamships to a Now Zealand Company, was pointed out at the time, but I doubt (remarks the Melbourne correspondent of the Aiicerfiscr) whether the magnitude of that loss was adequately estima ed. It is now asserted by competent judges that no less tlian £IOO.OOO. which was formerly spent in Melbourne every year ou accent of the steamships in question, now goes to New Zealand, as the Union Company’s arrangements provide for the purchase of every requisite in that colony. All in Melbourne who are in any way concerned in re-fitting ships, or in provisioning them, or in supplying stores to them, are loud in their censure on the want of enterprise through which Melbourne capitalists allowed so fino a fleet to pass under extra-Victorian ownership. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s chartered barque Loch ICen cleared at the Customs on Tuesday, and sailed for London on "Wednesday afternoon, July 10th. The following is a summary of her cargo:—s bales wool, 326 casks tallow’, 1C rail and Co.; 9 do. Murray, Common and Co,; 21 do, 16 casks tallow, Pearce: 100 bales wool, Edwards and Co; 93 do, 60 casks tallow, Johnston and Co ; 309 boxes, 19 casks tallow, 195 bales skins, 6 do wool, 7 casks tallow, 140 bales wool. 1 case effects, Edwards

and Co; 2 bales skins, Levin and Co; 17 bales, 1 wool. 03 casks tallow, 5 bales skins, 16 cases shells, Krull and Co; 39 bales wool, 132 cases and casks tallow. 1 bale skins, N Zdt and MA Co : 23 pkgs and bales, 2 trusses leather, 4 sacks hair. Hirst; 95 casks tallow, 11 bales wool, 1 do skins, NZI and M A Co; 96 casks tallow. Gear; 23 bales wool, 2 do nosts, 2 do bags. 1 case saws. Hirst ,* GO bales, 41 pockets wool, 4 bales skins, 137 casks tallow, 44 cases shells, 114 bales wool, Johnston and Co ; 39 do. Levin and Co ; 55 casks tallow, 32 bales wool, 93 Jdo. Kinross and Co: 50 bales waste paper. New Zealand Government; 4 bales wool. 14 do skins, 3 casks, 3 cases shells, Bothuno and Hunter: 2S pockets, 5S bales wool, 3 do skins, 0 casks tallow. Murray, Common, and Co ; 209. casks tallow. 63 bales wool, GS do skins. 11 do basils. Levin and Co; 31 bales wool. 7 ca os shells, 02 casks and cases tallow, 5 bales leather, Bdo basils, Edwards and Co. Value, £35,231.

AEIHVAL OF THE SHIP CITY OF MADE AS. FEOM LONDON. The fine ship City of Madras 999 tons registe-, under command of Captain Houston, anived off the Heads at dusk on Thursday, J uno 19. Immediately she neaped the laud .Pilot Holmes boarded her atid brought her into harbor early next morning, and anchoiod her in the powder ground, as she had 50 tons of ammunition on beard. Ber passage lias been a tine weather one ; in fact, as her master says, 4 * too tine. The only thing that marred the enjoyment of the passage was two deaths—one, a Mr. Evans, a second cabin passenger, who died from inflammation of the brain, on the 4th April; and the other JI. R. Wyldc, also a second cabin passenger, died from heart disease on the 25th of the same month. The other passengers and crew have all enjoyed the best of health, and arrive in good spirits. The ship is an iron one. and was he r e two years ago. She will be brought to the wharf on Monday, and berthed at the same place she was when hero last.- She is a handsome vessel, and owned by Smith and Sons, of Glasgow. Her draught of water at the present time Is IGjfv., a littJo more than the Stad Haarlem drew when here, she comes into port very neat and tidv both below and aloft, and has evidently been well looked after by those in command. The following brief report of her voyage was kindly given us by Captain Grainger : —Left London on lire 7th March, and was off tho Start on tho 11th, and landed pilot. Strong east and south-east weather was experienced off the English coast. The north-east trades were fine, and carried her across the Equator, 21 days out. This kind of work was. however, too good t» last, as she then had several days’ calms. When off Tristan D’Achuna she had three weeks' calms; had it not been for this she would have raado an exceptionally quick passage. North and north-east winds carried her across the Western Ocean, during which she logged some very fast going. Off the Cape she experienced several heavy easterly gales, but beyond a few seas breaking aboard, no damage was done She ran down her easting between the parallels of 45. On nearing the New Zealand coast, the wind bc*rg well from the south, she shaped a course south about, and made Mount Lookon to tho southward of Cape Campbell on Wednesday, July 38. Had nasty dirty weather in tho straits, arriving hove as above. _ She has a large and valuable cargo, and comes consigned to Messrs. Levin and Co. ARRIVAL OIT THE WESTERN BELLE, FROM LONDON. The long-expected vessel Western Belle, from London, arrived in harbor on Friday, June 27, after a lengthy passage. She is a fine-looking American barque of 1135 tons, and brings 2200 tons of cargo—one of the largest that has ever been brought to this port. She is wooden built, and far abovo the average stamp of the American vessels that arc in the habit of visiting us. Like most ships hailing Ho l ** b e . r country she is beautifully clean, not a spec of dirt is to be seen about her, everything is in its place : and on board she has the appearance of a yacht more than that of a merchantman. She is very lofty and tautlooking. is supplied with double topsails and topgallant sails, and is able to set on a very large spread of canvas. It is seldom that we are visited with a ship direct from London sailing under American colors. This is the second we believe. At first, as she cams saib'rg up the harbor she waa taken for a New York vessel with notions. Her cabin accommodation is extremely good. The apartments used by Captain Fish and his wife are elegantly furnished, and has far more the appearance of a drawing-room ashore than the saloon of a ship. Her cargo consists of 1020 tons of railway material, the remainder being general. Her lengthy passage is attributed to having experienced very fine weather. It has been an uneventful one. No casualty of any description occurred during the long weary voyage. The following is the account of the passage, which was kindly furnished us by Captain Fish: —Left the London docks cn February 20, passed the Lizard on the 24th. Had good N.E* trades, but well from the south, which fetched her down close to the Brazilian coast. Crossed the Line in 28'55 on March 17- The S.E. trades were fair, but too much from the southward, which caused her to beat right down. Rounded the Cape of Good Hope on April 23; was then only 76 days out. From thence nothing but a continuance of light easterly winds until making the New Zealand coast. Cap.atn irisn. shaped a , southerly course. The first land seen was Cane Campbell. Soundings were taken off Banks Peninsula. Made Cape Palli er on Saturday evening, June 21st, three miles under his Ice with a hard gale from the south. The situation was a most trying one. Orders were given to set the foretopsail and put on all sail to work her off. Every minute it was that the masts would be blown out of her, but tfie good ship weathered the storm out, and by daylight was some miles off the coast in perfect safety. She arrived off the Heads on Friday morning at daylight. Took the pilot on board at XOjand arrived here as above. WRECK of the beiganttne swallow. The brigantine Swallow, which brought a cargo of coals fro-1 Vrwrastie to Lyttelton, was wrecked at the eri.-’ ■ .-j a-.ry Channel on Sunday, June 29th. The Swallow is a vessel of 259 tons register, built m Sunderland in January, 1874, by Messrs Kiohardson and Co., and was owned by Messrs T. Gallop and Co. Her dimensions are—Length, 120 ft; breadth, -pit pm, depth of hold, 12ft 9in. She was commanded by Cap - tain Davis, and left Lyttelton on the 26th in ballast for Newcastle. She passed Cape Campbell on Friday night, at a distance of seven miles, with a soutn-cast wind, and shortly afterwards struck on a sunken rock at the entrance of Tory Channel, the captain a-the time being under the impression that he was oil Cape Padiacr. On Saturday the crew took to the boats, leaving everything on board. They pulled to the south, and at daybreak fell in with some whalers, who showed them the way to Picton, which place they reached on Saturday night. Captain Davis at once made people ashore aware of the wreck of his vessel, and on Sunday morning the steamer Torca went to the scene of the wreck, to see if she could render any assistance. The master and crew accompanied the steamer, but, beyond recovering their money and clothes, could do nothing to Help the vessel, as by this time she was almost a total wreck. We are indebted to the Marine Department for the following telegram" The brigantine Swallow is reported at* dal wreck off Tory Channel, athe entrance. She was bound for Newcast e, ballast. No lives were lost. The captain and crew are here. The captain states that the weather was thick, and ho did not see the coast in time to P;e\ -ut her goin* on to the locks. The cnptsm «tuTn -d f.om the wreck on Sunday morning, and report. thM the ves=el has gone down, and only a small piec. o. .he port rail is out of water.