Shipping.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 247, 24 October 1872, Page 5

Shipping.

JPORT CHALMERS.

■-, In the afternoon of Thursday some excite* meat was felt for' the Bafety of the brig Heather BelL which, from the heavy swell on the sea and- the wind blowing in the direction of the shore, began to drift-beach-wards. The Harbor Master signalled to put iosea. .This was done, and the example was followed by the Bohoimew Jessie, Fanny, and another whose name we have not ascertained.

— Oamaru Tinies. " < •' The' ketch Fiying Squirrel, from Preservation Inlet, arrived to-day, and passed up to Dunedin. The cutter Advance, "with a cargo of produce from Waikbiiaiti, arrived yesterday, discharged part cargo at Port Chalmers to-day, and afterwards proceeded to Dnnedin.

'\h& ship E. P.'BouTerie, 95 days put from London, is hourly expected. A mystery still hangs over t^e fate of the missing clipper ship Ariel, which sailed from

October^ 14.

'London for Sydney in January laefc, and ha 4 not since been heard .of. It is thought, however, that some clue to the missing vessel, or the fate of some other ship, has been discovered on Kind's Island. One of the hunters on the island some time, in the course of his rambles after game, cameacroas the remains of a bo it, . at & spot, between thirty and forty mites from" wn~etfe~ the Netherby was -wrecked. The particulars having been given to Mr A. J. Johnson, stevedore, who has hid a good deal to do" with King's Island lately, he, after communicating with the chief harbour- master and Messrs J. H. "White and Co., had several articlf s ef mounting removed from the wreck of the boat and broui^ht on to Melbourne. The boat it may he mentioned, was teak-built, and such as might have belonged to an India or a hina clipper, and had barnacles adhering to it. There was also a quantity of butter, about 101 b, adhering to one of the seats, leading to the supposition that there had been provisions in the boat. The articles of mounting wrre brought over last week by the cutter Gem from the island, and .comprise two circular opper plates of the same size as are' generally fixed on either side of a boat's stem, with the ship's name or some character on it. On one of these plates there is a gilt initial, resembling as nearly as possible the letter "a "in German, 'and a heraldic device over' " w," like a setting sun, also in gold: The different articles are to be 'sent h'6me to the a. ents of the Ariel for identification,—Argus, Sept. 23. October 15. ' The seventh' report of the Marine Department, accompanied by the wreck chart of New Zealand, has just 1 J been panted. From it W6/learn that there have been 38 casualties oa the New .Zealand coast during the paw year. i--* ;r . October 16. The..s.s. Strtßa Bird, for Inveircargil sailed at 7.30 last evening. The s.B. Maori nai'ed for Lyttelton, &c, last night and arrived at Oamaru early this .morning. The s.js. Phoebe, Captain Worsp, left Onehnnga wharf on the 10th, at 1.30 p,m ; crossed the bar the same tide — strong southwest winds and heavy sea ; anchored off New Plymouth next day atS.3O a.m.; discharge.!, and sailed at 11.20 a. m ; had liv-ht 5.3. W. winds, fine weather, and smooth water to Nelson, arriving t'ifre on the 12th, at 4.30 a. m. ; proceeded s '. me afternoon at 3; 30 ; had strong N.E. w itßls and heavy sea in feliiid Bay. remainder of passage to Picton strong winds and hqoally ; reached Picton at midnight ; sailed from thence at 1. 15 op Sunday morning ; had fresh N. W. winds across the Strait, arriving at Wellington at 645 a.m. same day ; leftf t Wellington on the 14th, at 2.45 p.m ; arrived at Lyttelton on the 15th, at 10730 a.m.; left at 4 p.m., towing to sea the ship Napier, bbund to Newcastle ; arrived at I'ort Chalmers at 1.15 p,m. to day, having experienced light variable winds* and dense fog on the passage. Oc obt r 17. The master of the br'g Wave, which arrived at Oamaru yesterday trom Newcastle, reports passing on the 13th insfc., a' small uncoppered coasting vessel, bottom upwards, in Foveaux Straits. ' . October 18. ' The brig Chanticleer, from Hobart Town, passed the Heads to-day, bound, northward. The ketch Fanny sailed last evening for Catlin's River. The brig Ocean Monarch arrived in port this forenoon, with 345 tons of sugar, consigned to Cargills and M'JLean. Captain Carre reports leaving Port Louis on August 29 ; experienced a succession of heavy rotatory gales on the passage, during which the foretopsail was split ; and ou September 3rd and 4th the decks were swept by several heavy seas that broke on board ; sighted Stewart's Jaland on the 16th mat., and aaijecl U£ to & convenient discharging berth at noon, to-day. (J.ipt. Carre also reports that the Southern BeU sailed from Mauritius for Sydney on August 28th ; the barque Sea Queen was loading for Hobart Town ; aad that the brig Architecte Renaud had not been chartered when the brig left for Otago. Octo er 19. The s.s. Tararua, from Melbourne, via Northern ports,, arrived early this morning. The B.s. Alhambra left Hobson's Bay on the 12th, at 2.30 p.m., cleared the Heads at 6 p.m., sighted the land on the 17th; arrived at the Bluff on the 18th, at 5 a m , left Bluff at 6.30 p.m., and at rived early this morning, experienced strong westerly winds four days from Melbourne, then bead winds to Bluff. The ship Dover Castle, for Lyttelton, in ballast, was being towed to sea at 2 o'clock this afternoon.