SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5759, 13 September 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF WELLINGTON , ARRIVED. m , _ September 12.—Rotorua, 8,3.. 670 tons, Tozer, from Melbourne via Hobarton and Soutl.. F p'™* tT ? 2 ) 1 ;,; nnT , . From Melbourne : Misses Fesrce McLechlan.Graham. Asher, MesdamesJloLachUn md Graham, Mr. and Mrs. Meliwood and family (9), Mr. and Mrs, Smith and family (5). Messrs. Hu|hes, Pearce, and Master Pearce; 25 «taer-ge. From Coast: Mosdames Pincott. Lawless, Mr .and Mrs. Tait Sir George Grey. Sir D. Bell. Messrs Dorabram, Kaw, McLaughlin; Fisher. Buckley Jodter, Allic, Reed. Miller. Rotherham, Shrimski. Lawson. Goslin, Cl.ristoj.hers, Hon. Mr. Macandrew and the Pinafore Opera Troupe (27) : 10 In the steerage. D. ■■ ll Wallace?p.a.. 61 tons. Palmer.(rom »lson and West Campbell, Mtv { o.ing, Aldridge, Ilillceoks. Hcnain. Morr.s, Bishop, Celly, Saxton, .Sharp, an<t iootball Team (l-v----,,?Ta‘Sw : ’Douglas. 3 s.. 70 tons," "Fraser, from Cape ','ami.bcll. Matin, agent. • . , . Kiwi H.S., 13:; tons. Campbell, from and •’astiepoint. Passen^ere—Cabin: Miss Campbell and dr Jenkins. Levin and Co., agents. SAILED. r , , September 12.—Tararua, s.a. 503 tons, Muir, lot Melbourne and Hobarton via the South. Passenger* -Saloon: Mrs. Clifton, Messrs. Harper, Camoron, ‘happell, Collins. .McLennan, Hall, Pinker. Webb, \nd 11 original; Bin the steerage. D. Wills, agent. Manawatn. p.a., 103 tons. Harvey, from W anganui. Passengers - Cabin: Miss McNae Mrs. Lawcs, Messrs. Marchant, Mabey, Saunder, Kelly, and Bush, 1 immigrants ex Kakaia in the steerage. Martin, lg .lano Donglas, ss., 75 tons. Fraser, for Kaikoura end Lyttelton. Passengers—Cabin : 5 Immigrants ex Kakaia. Martin, agent. , . . . Rotorua, s.s.. 67(1 tons, Tozer. for Sydney via Auelc'and and . East Coast- Passengers- Saloon ; Misses Ryding Hoyle, and Barton. Mesdames Low. Braitliwaite * Birch and 2 children, Messrs. Mathews, Huctson, Birch. Baylcy, Neal, Bralthwaite, Tycr, and 10 original; 18 in the steerage. D. Mills, agent. CLEARED OUT. September 12. —Endeavor, brigantine, 79 tons, Dick, (or Oamaru. Master, agent. Esther, brigantine, 47 tons, Davis, for I icton. schooner, 45 tons, Russell, for Foxlon. Meek, and Mary, 43 tons, Jones, tot Nelson. Sophia It. Luhrs, barque, 61 tons. Patou, for Newcastle. Williams, agent. IMPOSTS. „ „ Rotorua, from Melbourne: 1 bale, Turnbull, Smith, and Co: 60 cases tallow. 20 do soft snap. Order: 3 qreasks wine, Stevenson and Stuart: 1 bale corks. 1 case Isinglass, McCartiicy; 12 boxes tea. 2 qr-casks sherry, Palmer; 9 cases cheese. Myers; 15 cases. 120 bags rice Waterhouse: 5 boxes, Bsnk of New Zealand : - pkgi, Ilenskilwood; 1 pci, Buckley; 1 do Clark; 1 do. Government Storekeeper; 2 cases. Palmer; 1 pci, n'airarapa Standard : 80 bags flour. 233 pkgs sugar, 700 mats do, 2 cases. Order. From Hobarton. 60 cases fruit. Cato; 103 do. Ross. From Dunedin:! .■aso, Boxall; 1 case, 1 truss, Heaton: 8 cases, Felton Grimwade, and Co : 1 do, Scanlon ; 1 do, Jacobs : 1 do, Lindsay; Ido, Hallensteln. From Bluff: 3 bags birds, Order; 99 sacks oats. Pearce. From Lyttelton. 1 case, Roderick; 1 bag. Crichton; 1 bag, D. Mills; 1 portmanteau, Newman: 6 cases cheese, Preston: 2 qrcasks, Preston and Co; 1 case. Turnbull. Smith, and Go: 1 do, Scanlon: 1 pci, Her. Mr. Habons ; 1 do, N.Z.S. Co. £XPECTED arkivAT-S, London—Zealandia, St, Leonards, and Thames, lone, Wairoa, Opawa, and Arethiisa. early. Melbourne VIA TDK South—Arawata, 18th; c von KY—Tararua, —; Wakatipu, 15th; Rlngarooma, 23rd. „ T , .. , Aucklasd VIA. THE East Coast—Ladybird, this day; Wanuka, 19th.. ■ . . . T) Manukau, Taranaki, and Wxnoanui—Ranga.ira. 14th. _ . Kaikoura, Lyttelton, and (Dunedin Hma, this day. , r . Picton, Nelson, Taranaki, and Manukau— Waitaki, this day. ' . ~, , .Southern Ports —Pengilm, 14lh; Hawea, 21st. Port Chalmers—Coomerang, this day. F’oxton—Storrabird, this day. Wanoanui—Tui, this day.

BY TELEGRAPH. LYTTELTON. Friday. Arrived; 7 a.m,, Wellington, from Wellington. Sailed : Maud Graham, for Tiraaru. The s.s. Wellington put back this afternoon, owing to her forward piston breaking. WANGANUI. Friday. Arrived; Early, Tui,from Wellington. POET CHALMERS, Friday. Sailed : Penguin, for the North.—Passengers : Misses McMill. Allen, and Campbell, Messrs. Fox, Hutchison, Williams, and Campbell. Stella, for Oipo Saunders and the Northern lighthouses ; Dobycito, barque, for Newcastle: Wanganui, for the West Coast. OASTLEPOINT, Friday. The Aspasia, for Wellington, and Saucy Lass for Wellington and White Kock, sailed last night. The following vessels were in port last night:— oteamets —Hineinoa. Patea, Grafton, Kiwi, ana Kennedy. Ships—Haicione, Kakaia, and Pareora. Barques—Chaudiere, Waimea, Sophia R. Luhrs, and Malay. Brig—Neptune; Schooner—Kay. The Union Company's steamer Taiaroa came off the Patent Slip yesterday morning. She sailed for Picton and Nelson during the evening. _ The Napier portion of the Kakaia s immigrants were despatched by the steamer Rotorua yesterday afternoon. ...... , The Union Company’s steamer Ladybird is clue this morning from Auckland via the East Coast. She sails South at 11 a.m. to-morrow, transshipping cargo and passengers to the steamer Tararua at Port Ui The steamers Stormbird from Fortbii, aflfitlii from, Wanganui, should arrive this morning. They are advertised to sail again for the same ports during the evening. . , The steamer Manawatu got away for Wanganui yesterday afternoon. She will return to port on Sunday morning. , The Union Company s Waitaki, from Manukau and intermediate ports, will arrive in port this morning. She sails-for Picton and Nelson on Monday afternoon. , „ , „ The steamer Wallace, from Nelson and >v est Coast, with the football representatives on board, arrived in harbor at 11.30 a.m. yesterday. She returns to the West Coast at 12 o’clock to-night. The steamer Patea is advertised to leave for Patea at 11 o’clock this morning. : The steamer Rangatira from Wanganui, Taranaki, and Manukau should arrive to-morrow. ,

The Union Company's steamer Rotorua arrived in harbor at 8.45 yesterday morning. She left Melbourne at 4.45 p.m. on the 2nd inst.; reached Hobarton at 11 - -a on the 4th ; sailed again at 4 p.m. for the Bluff, lie arrived at 6 p.m. on the Bth : left at 3.15 -lie i)th. and arrived at Port Chalmers at 7 n •'.e 10th ; sailed at 4.30 p.m., reached Lyttelton at am. on Thursday; got away again at 4.45, arriving Imre as ebove. The Rotorua sailed lor Sydney via East Coast ports at 5 p.m. yesterday. , The steamer Kiwi arrived from Castlepofnt and Jfapier yesterday morning. She returns to tho East Coast at 2 o'clock this afternoon. • A number of vessels in tire harbor displayed their bunting yesterday on tho arrival of Colonel Pearce.in the Rotorua. . ' '• The barque Loch Cree sailed lor Portland, Oregon, yesterday afternoon. . . Tho steamer Jane'Douglas relumed to port late on Tharsday night, after an unsuccessful search for the schooner Laurel. Alter leaving iVclllncton thevessel proceeded as far as Cape .Campbell, a good lookout being kept lor the schooner without avail; anchored under tho cape for a' few hours, Captains Kendall, Fraser,' and Swede going ashore and visiting the lighthouse, from tho tower ot which they had a good view 'd the ocean, but could discover no signs of thtfdjmiol; got Under way at 9 a.m. on Thursday, steararatoiar as Waipapa. and then headed for home. Site pfpiffl some floating timber, which Captain Swede recognised as part of the deck load which had been throwa-overboard. '

Tha'ehqulry into the wreck of the ship Ivanhoe on the Tasmanian Cqnst was commenced at the Police Court)* Launceston/ on the 27th ultimo, before the Acting Police Magistrate, with Captain George Oilmore -as nautical assessor, and after the evidence of lthe|caplain, first and second mates, and an apprentice /-Shad been taken, tho Court reserved its decision till " ten a.m. to day. Mr. Adye Douglas, who appeared yesterday on behalf of Captain Cowley, was again present this morning. ' Mr. Meredith said that, after carefully going through the evidence, the Court felt compelled to give a decision adverse to the captain, an ' read-thwfoffowing'fifiaing:—•‘‘We find that the ship Ivanhoe sailed from Melbourne on the morning of the 15th Angdst, and took her departure from the Schanck at S p.m,. which bore by standard compass,due Ni'diitant-nVe railej&that her master gave the course S.E. by S., in which course the ship sailed 2‘ J miles, that the course wjfethen altered to S E.' j r j. > In which coursO She "sTOd 72 miles, when tho course was altered. torlSjß.'» by E.; on which bourse she s<lled 72 miles. That, these said courses and distances brought Jierl'al 2.45 a.m. on the 17th, in sight oftho.Tajmtmian 9©ast, near Ninth Island; when hmd was .teported on the port bo>, and mistaken by the master for the land on the north side of Banksl'-StrallSy thrpugh which it way his desire to take h^stship-iTitotibeing »v mistaken the master rantheAWP towards .the coast of Tasmania until land was sefb ahead, that there, was not sufficient sail on She shlpffb enable her logo round, in stays, and that after three wearings she was close to the breakers, when too go,, both cabli* parted, and the ship wefit ashore. And we further find that tho loss,of the said ship is w. holly and entirely consequent on tho orders of the master, G. Cowley, to steer couifcs that'could pnlv result in taking the ship out of Tier "proper course for the passage through Banks Strait; and we.adjudge the master's certificate to be canoalied'and order him to pay tho costs of this Investigathm, whlfih wefissess,at£2ol2s.—C. Meredith. As nautical ksscsor X■ concur fn this report.—George Gilmore." The -first and second mates' certificates were returned.— Hobarton Mercury.

ENQUIRY into the wreck of the . . .SCHOONER LAUREL.

At an inquiry held yesterday, before the Collector of Customs, the following evidence was adduced Th nms Swede, being sworn, deposed that he was a master mariner, and held a certificate of competency (No. 5024), Sailed from Picton at midnight on Thursday last with a cargo' of, 55,009 feet of timber, bound to Lyttelton. - Noticed ’ the vessel making a little water from leaving piston, but nothing to speak of until Monday morning, when about IS inches of water was fohnd In the Bold.-.' All hands were then called, and kept both pumps going- continually but •were unablo to keep the leak tmder. To ease the vessel the deck load of 2000 ft of timber was thrown overboard. A barque was sighted bearing down en her :—signalled that the schooner was becoming water-logged. The barque, which proved to be the Mary Blair, Captain' Bqon, of: Hobarton, hove to and her captain came on board,.Md on seeing the state of affairs, advised Captain Swede to abandon her. the vessel being full ot water, which was washing over tho deck. The sails wereithen stowed, and the crew got on board the barque about dusk. The Laurel was kept In sight up tofi-p.ni'., when it came on thick, and blew from the south-west, which compelled; tho barque to stand off tho lasd.'At daylight could see no signs of the schooner, and. after.somq hours’ fruitless search the barque resumed, -her voyage. Could * only account for the leak by thji startlng-Of a plank, which must have occurred pseriously.- as there had been no bad weather since .leaving.Plcton. •• The. vessel made waf er so fast that there must have been large hole in her bottom, Whea.last seen the .vessel was twenty miles east of the ■lvnikonras, Captain Boon took the bearings, which .were west' by north 20 miles. "When" taken off by tho barque had no control over the ves.-eJ- tliC wat-r washing over the decks, /hid tiio boat ready-with provisions. Ac., but it would have been impossible for bet Ut have li^bd*through the nigh*, owing to the heavy Sea., Martin- Johansenanti John Kelly, A.B, 3, corroborated.tho evidence of aptalc Swede. , ■