Shipping.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 242, 19 September 1872, Page 5

Shipping.

PORT CHALMERS.

Sept • The schooner Annie Moore sailed for Timaru latt evening. The schooner Spec, from the coast, arrived and passed up to Dunedin this morning. The ketch, Lloyd's Herald, sailed this forenoon for Catlin's River. The s.s. Wellingt >n for Northern Ports, left the new Railway Jetty at 1.30 this afternoon. The Storm Bird left the Bluff, at 6 p.m.; off the Nuggetg at midnight' arrived at Port Chalmes at 8.30 a.m. this morning. . Discharged cargo alongside ship William Davie, and proceeded afterwards to town. The s.a. Beautiful t-tar, sailed last night for Lyttelton, via intermediate ports. The as. Pretty Jane, for Timaru, via Oamaru, Bailed last night. The schooner Result sailed for Kakanui this forenoon. ' In onr last evening's issue we reported the capture of a four tun black whale, off Waikouaiti, by Bradshaw's party. As they were towing the carcase to Otago Heads, two large whales rose dose to the boats ; and one - of them, estimated to yield about eight tttn* of dil, w»* killed by the same party. '1 he * other was lanced, bnt escaped. The twowhales were then taken by the boats to the Kaik, where they are now being, cnt in preparation to trying out. At a mo- . derate estimate the oil and bone will be. worth LSSO. . The ship, Hydaspes, 2093 tons register, . with immigrants and a- cargo of general mer* 1 chandize for this .port, was to day eighty days.out from London,' , The Hydras pes is com.--manded by Capt. Babot, who was in charge of the ship Water Nymph when drivt-n ashore at Oamaru on February 3, 1868. The following passenger Ijsts appear in the" Eupoptan Mail:— Vet Edward If. Bonverie, from London, June 11 t Saloon — Miss ' McPberson, ' Messrs H. D. and A. E. Mereweather ; also three second class and seven steerage passengers.— Per Hydaspes, from" London; Jane 21 : . w aloon— -Mr and Mrs But; ' ler, Mr and Mrs A. W. Money, Rev. W. H. Homer and wife, Dr CoJterill and two sons, Miss Taylor, Miss Downey, and Messrs Hy; , Pierpoint, R. Wintbrop, J5. 1). Chambers, and A. Bing ; also 171 steerage, most of ' whom are Government env grants. - . > The Atratos.?.. ha? j st been chartered by . the Agent-General fo Victoria to carry the next batch of emigrants pat to Melbourne.^ This vessel is a very large one for this pur-, pose, she, being 3,500 tons burthen. The ] Atrato was formerly one of the vessels of the , Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, and has ( made several successful .voyages to the West -. Indies . She is appointed to lea ve^ Plymouth . for Melbourne in September, and is expected to make the run out, via the Capa, in fifty days. The schooner Pioneer arrived last evening frem the Molyneux and proceeded to Dune- ' din this forenoon. The s.s. Maori was this mornin* taken out of the GraviugDock, and was berthed alongside the barque Helena to coal. The ship Wave Queen is expected .to sail , for Newcastle on Monday next. The ship Wave Queen, for Newcastle, left the railway jetty at noon to-day, and . was towed to sea by the steam tug (Jeelong. ' The coasting schooner, Daginar. sailed . this afternoon. The schooner Oreti, for Oamaru, sailed', this forenoon. On July 3 a screw yacht, named the, , Eclipse, was launched at the East India Harbor, Greenock. She was built by Mr Robert Logan for a brother, to be transhipped short* ly toOtage, New Zealand. The following are the dimensions : — Length, over all, 44 feet ; between perpendiculars, 42 feet ; ' breadth of beam, 8 feet ; d«pth, 4 feet 4 ■ inches, and 2 tons ; two engines (diagonal principle) of 4-h.p. nominal ; cylinders, diameter 5J inches ; length of stroke, 8 inches. PASSENGER LIST. Per Storm Bird, from Bluff-Miss Taylor, Mr and Mrs Davidson, Messrs Taylor, Len, M'Vickers, Deck, and Smith.