SHIPPING.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5786, 15 October 1879, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POl?T v/bll; N'JTON AR RIVED October 14.—Taiaroa, s.s.. 22H fon*, Pietersen. from Lyttelton ami f’ort Chalmers. Fassont" “ -Sa-oon Aliases Shariaml ami SuthorianJ Mrs. 1' Captain Klva, Jonlinn, WMtford, V.'ak, Smith, Di'tk’ Silver, anrl Mays. D. Mills, agent. # Stella, Government s.s., l. r ,G tons, McKcrsic, from Font,hern liylithou-cc Amelia Ro.-;s, :’AA to ns. Thoms, from 2sew York. Bannatymi and Co,, agents. tSAILKD. OrTorr.p. 14. Jluia, s 3.. 00 tons, Wills, for Wanganui. Turnbull and Go., agents. EXPECTED A rt’R.TV A T.S. r.o'inov—Zunlun-lin. .Till .- n : Lodmngar, .July 13 : Wnirra, .'nlv2s; Arcthnsa August 29; Opawa, Allyn.it 22 ; llcbinyton. Anyuit 12. Foochow— Alox/i. 'hiily. Poston—Hawkhopo and Atlanta, daily. Msuioiu:vie vr\ mu Sooth— Arawata, ICtli ; AlMon* 2Hh: Ringaroorna, 28th. Sviinuv vr v K vst Coast- -Rotomahana. 3Lst. Auckland via the East Coast—Penguin. 17th; Hawea, 24th. Wellington, 21st. Blenheim—Napier, this day. Patka —Patca 10th. Pjcton. Nelson*. Tarana ki. and Manokau — Waitaki, 18th. PrcTON asm.) Nelson— Wellington, this day. CAHTLKrOrVT AND Napier—Kiwi, IBHi. Wanoash —Manawalu, f-ldsdav; Hnia, Iflth. Kajkohra and Lyttelton.— Jane Douglas, 17th. Foxtun—Stonnhird, this day. BY 'IELKHII4PJI. LYTTELTON. Tuesday. Arrived : 7.40 a.m., Tanirua, from Wellington. TARANAKI. Tuesday. T'i,- s*/arner Waitaki arrived off the port at 1 p.m. yesterday, hut owing to Dm be »vy sea running bad to pro eed to the Alanukau without communicating. 'Dm >'an Francisco mails and passengers have therefore been left behind. N ELSON, Tuesday. Arrived: 0 a.m., Wellington, from Plcton. WANGANUI, Tuesday. Arrived: 7 a.m., Manawatu, from Wellington. KOXTON, Tuesday. Arrived : 7.30 a.m., Stormhird, from Wellington. NAPIER, Tuesday, Arrived: 8.45a.m.. ITawea, from Wellington. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. The mail steamer City of Sydney arrived early this morninv from Sydney. The City of Syrlnev sailed for San Francisco at 2 o’clock, and the Rotomahana has sailed for Sydney. PORT CHALMERS, Tuesday. Arrived: Arawata, from the Bluff; Wanaka. from Lyttelton. Sailed : Free Trader, for Hoharton ; Wanaka, and Arawatafnr Lyttelton. The Calypso, ship, from London, is at the Heads. CASTLEPOINT. Tuesday. Arrived: 11 a.m., Kiwi, from Wellington. KAIKOTJRA, Tuesday. Arrived : 8 a-m . .lane Douglas, from Wellington, The following vessels were in port last night:— Steamers—Samson, Rangatira, Hinemoa, Tui, Taiaroa, and Grafton. Ships—Rakaia, St Leonards. Pareora. Barques—Chaudiere. lone, Sophia K* Luhrs, Amelia Ross, and G. M, Tnek-r. Three-masted schooner — Ellerton. Britrs —AVild Wave and Neptune. The Union Company’s steamer Taiaroa. with the inward Suez mail, ex Arawata, arrived in harbor at 3 p.m. yesterday. She left Port Chalmers at 2 p.m. on Sunday; reached Lyttelton at 8.30 p.m. on Monday; took tho mail on board and sailed at 11 p.m. for Wellington. arriving as above. The Taiaroa leaver, for Manukau and Intermediate ports at 4 o’clock tomorrow* afternoon. The Governm nt steamer Stella, from Southern lighthouses, arrived here yesterday afternoon. The Union Company’s steamer Wellington is due this morning from Picton and Nelson. She sails again for Lyttelton and Port Chalmers at 2 o’clock in tho afternoon. Tho steamer Wallace should arrive this morning from Nelson. She returns again to Nelson and West Coast ports at 4 p.m. Tho barque Chaudicrc sailed for Loudon yesterday evening. The steamer Manawatu will arrive i‘' ■ afternoon from Wanganui. She returns to the sa;.* ’>ort at 4 p.m. to-morrow. The steamer Stonnhird may bo expected !• *mt in an appearance from Foxton this morning. ‘m is advertised to leave for Wanganui and Picton at midnight. Tho barque Amelia Ross will haul alongside the wharf early this morning. She will be entered at tho Customs ami probably break bulk to-day. The steamer Huiadid not leave for Wanganui on Monday night as expected. She, however, got away at noon yesterdav. The ship St. Leonards having discharged her inward cargo wilt be placed on the berth for London. Tho steamer Tui will conic off tho Slip this evening. She loaves for Wanganui to-morrow. The bauinc which Captain ITnlmcs. of the brig Neptune passed hove-to outside tho Heads on Sunday night, was not the Alcxa. as expected, but the Amelia Ross, from Boston, which arrived hero yesterday afternoon. ARRIVAL OF THE AMELIA ROSS. Tho barque Amelia Ross arrived in harbor at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, after a protracted passage of 120 days from New York, She is a smartlooking little iron vessel of 350 tons register, under the command of Captain Thoms, and contrary to expectation came up the harbor flying tho English ensign. She is a British bottom, owned by Messrs. Ross and Co., of ilnverkeithing, chartered by the firm of Cameron and Co., of New York, for the present voyage. The ra'hcrlong passage for a vessel of her class must bo attributed to the severe weather encountered during tho previous, and the prevalence of calms throughout the latter portion of the voyage, tho barque having barely steerage way. When about three weeks out the chronometer broke down, and for the remainder of tho voyage Captain Thoms had to trust entirely to dead reckoning for the navigation of tho vessel, whhh must have entailed an amount of anxiety and careful study on his part, only dispelled on making the New Zealand const. The Amelia Ross comes consigned to Messrs. Bannatyne and Co. with a cargo of notions, the principal portion of which is for this port, and the remainder for Auckland. She left New York on the 14th June ; experienced fine weather till the 24th, when it set in squally from the E.S E. t (luring which she carried away the main topgallant yards in the slings!; thence moderate weather until sighting Cape Lugallas, on the 18th August, when the correct longitude was obtained (the chronometer having Jbroke down on the 11th July). On the Ist September she encountered a fierce gale from the north-west, several heavy seas breaking on board, smashing the port bulwarks, besides other slight damage. .Sighted the islands of St Paul and Amsterdam on the 9th, and passed between them. Again corrected longitude. She had then very severe weather from tho W.N. W. to the 29th, when the wind shifted to tho westward, and blow with hurricane force for twenty-four hours, the barque running before it under closed reefed foresail, when the wind shifted into the south-west. Mowing as hard as ever, with squalls of hailstones. (From the dead reckoning the vessel was supposed to be to the eastward of Tasmania, which turned out to be correct. She then hauled to tho northward for the latitude of Cook Strait.) In latitude 40'44 south the weather moderated, and then fell calm, continuing so till making Cape Farewell, on the 11th instant. Was off the Heads on Sunday night, when site hove-to. At day. light she was found to be a long way to leeway. Picked up the southerly wind at 10 a.m. yesterday ; took the pilot on board at 3 p.m., who broug’nt her into harbor as above. J