Shipping.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 248, 31 October 1872, Page 5

Shipping.

PORT CHALMERS. October 21. The Storm Bird left the Bluff at 5.30 p.m , on Saturday, and arrived at Port Chalmers at 9 a m. on the 20th. A private telegram from Auckland, is to the effect that no arrivals of New Zealand vessels are reported. The Charlotte Gladstone was still out on September 2. The Conquest sailed from Boston for Dunedin on the 15th September. Her cargo includes 2,000 cases oil. October 22. The Nevada reached the Port at 5.5 p.m. The ss. Maori, sailed at 7.45 this moming, with passengers and cargo for Lyttelton and intarmediate ports, ana al*o conveying intending visitors to the show at Timaru. The barque Waratab. sailed this forenoon for Melbourne.

The passengers per ship E. P. Bouverie, from London, that arrived at the lower anchorage last evening, were this forenoon conveyed to Dunedin by the p.s. Golden Age. The American mail steamship, Nevada, left Lyttelton at 7.15 p m. yesterday, was due at Port Chalmers this afternoon with the San Francisco mails.

The E. P. Bouverie left Gravesend on the 13th of July ; took her departure from Beachy Head on the 15th, during thick hazy weather. Had exceedingly light and variable weather to the K.E. Trades, which were indifferent. Crossed the Equator on the 22nd of August, in long. 26 W. The S.E. Trades were fresh, but only held till lat. 22 S. Variables were then met with, and the Meridian of Greenwich was not passed until the 16th of September. Strong westerly breezes were then the order of the day in running down her easting, on a general parallel of 47 S. Sighted the Sounder at 8 a.m. on the 20th inst., passed Dog Island at 2.30 p.m. same day, and had a rattling breeze along the coast to arrival at the Heads, which were reached yesterday morning early. The Bouverie brings but few passengers, all of whom have enjoyed good health throughout the voyage. October 23. The s s. Storm Bird sailed for the Bluff at 8 o'clock last evening. The schooner Mary Cumming, from Allday Bay for Melbourne, passed the Heads this morning, bound southward. The barque Waratab, that sailed for Melbourne yesteiday, left the Heads this morning. The Helen Burns sailed from Glasgow on August 13, is consigned to Messrs Cargills and Al'Lean, and brings the following passengers : — Mr Geo. Findlay, Rev. J^eil M'Callum and wife, Mr Henry Cape Williamson, and nine steerage passengers. The Peter Denny left Greenock on July 9, is consigned to Messrs Geo. Gray, Russell, and Co., and brings Mr Hugh Wallace and Mr John Walls, and eleven steerage passengers. Captain Renner, who has given up the command of the Rangatira, was yesterday presented with a handsome timepiece by the officers and men of whom he was superior officer for a considerable time. This token of the esteem of his late associates came upon Captain Renner as pleasan.ly as unexpectedly. As he was unaware that they had. any intention of presenting him with a souvenir, aud probably *as entirely unconscious that he had engendered such a feeling of respect for himself in the minds of all belonging to the vessel, it was no wonder that he was taken " all aback " on this occasion. This little incident, simple as it is, speaks volumes for the sterling worth of Captain Renner. October 24. The iron clipper ship May Queen, 733 tons, Capt. Leslie, with 104 immigrants and a cargo of general merchandise, consigned to Messrs G. G. Russell and Co.. left London on July 29, with westerly winds in the Channel. Took her final departure from Start Point on August 2 ; then had a week of westerly winds, afterwards favorable breezes, and a splendid run was made to the equator, which was crossed on September 2. A rapid passage was then made to the meredian of the Cape, which was passed on the 25th. Strong boisterous winds, accompanied by an unusual quantity of rain, snow, and sleet characterised the remainder of the passage to the land. Her easting was run down in 45deg. S. Stewart's Island was passed during a thick fog oa Monday last. The chip was hov&-ht> && Cap© S&uncUrs last evening, and this morning wa<* towed by the Geelong to a discharging berth in Deborah Bay. Shortly after arrival, thepassengers, whe have been under the medical supervision of Dr Besley, were mustered, and all being in good heauh, an inspection was then made of the passenger accommodation and the food supplied, the result of which was highly satisfactory. No sickness of a dangerous character having occurred, the ship was cleared, and the passengers, who express themselves highly pleased with the treatment they have received, were, under the care of Mr Allan, the Immigration Officer, conveyed this afternoon to Dunedin by the Golden J Ago.

The s.s. Pretty Jane arrived last night from Lyttelton, and passed up to Dunedin.

October 25.

The s.s. Storm Bird sailed from the Bluff last night, and was due at the Port this afternoon.

The s.B. Pretty Jane, for the Molyneux, sailed last night with a large cargo of general merchandise.

The cutter Jane, that sailed hence for Shag Point on the night of the 23rd inst., arrived and passed up to Dunedin at noon to-day. The Cora, with a cargo of produce for We'lington, put into the Heads this afternoon to land anchors and chains.

The brig Our Hope, which left Oamaru this morning, reports that strong northerly winds with a heavy sea rolling in at Oamaru, where there were loading the Crest of the Wave, for Hokitika ; the Emulous, for Melbourne ; and the Maid of Otago, for Wellington. From the report of the Marine Department of New Zealand, we learn that the number of shipping casualties for 1971-72 was thirty-eight, of the aggregate tonnage of 3104, being considerably in excess of the tonnage casualties of the previous year, during which there was twenty-seven casualties representing 2173 tons. The los 3of life, however, was less, being only eleven, against twenty-seven in IS7O-71. Of these six belonged to the unfortunate schooner Rifleman, which sailed from Lyttelton on the 10th October last, and has never been heard of since ; three were of the Ocean Bird, which capsized off Steven's Island, in April last. The severe gale which was experienced in Taranaki and Nelson, from the 10th to the 12th November, added several to the list of casualties for the year. Appended to the return is an excellent wreck chart, on which are marked the various marine disasters.

Twenty years ago Hobson's Bay presented an appearance of great activity. The bay was alive with square-rigged ships. The number of vessels was not, however, altogether evidence of commercial activity. Many of them had their anchors in the mud for months, because the crews had run, and the cash wasn't always forthcomings to pay each A. 8. , LSO (in gold, on the capstan-head, before sailing, for the run to Calcutta or Callao. Occasionally there is despatch, now-n-days, which miizht compare with Liverpool or Glasgow. About noon of one day laßt week the first tea ship of tho season was at the Heads. By the following morning the samples were in the hand of the trade ; by noon nearly half the cargo was sold ; before sun-down the ship had a swept hold, and about a hundred tons of her cargo had been transhipped, and was on its way to ISeyr Zealand. Commercial activity such as this gives character to the port, and help 3, in part, to account for the scarceness of ships in the bay. And noticing tea ships reminds me that the captain of a first vessel, and who was to receive a douceur for his successful voyage, was asked by the consignee's clerk for a candle, by the light of which he could identify the samples in the hold. But the master was of the same nation as he who, after desperately fighting a couple of garotters was overpowered, and found to have been defending a sum of money considerably under 6d. This canny captain declined to lend a candle to his consignee without a i prior deposit of half-a-crown as a guarantee that a whole candle vould be returned !— i Australasian. October 28. i The Cora arrived fram Oamaru yesterday with the anchor and chains of the stranded brig Our Hope, and sails to-day for Welling* ton. PASSENGER LISTS. Per Storm Bird, from Bluff. — Mr and Mrs Swale, Mr and Mrs Cook, Messrs M'lndoe, and Saddler, and 3 in the steerage. Per Tararua, for Melbourne. —Mr Marryatt, Mr Henry Abbott, Mr Gordon, and 34 in the steerage. For the Bluff. — Miss Martin, Mr Holmes, nnd Mr Nutter. Per Alhambra, for Northern Ports. — Missea Birah, Lucas, Dick, Hutchison, Mrs Rattray, Mrs Robertson, Mrs Dick, Master 1« at tray, Messrs Bagley, Hutchison, and 5 in the steerage. Per Phoebe, for Northern Ports. — Mrs Williams and family (4). i Per Nevada, from Honolulu, via Auckland and East Coast ports.— Mrs Maitland J and 2 children, Mrs Bradshaw and servant, ; Hon. Dr, Mrs, and Miss Buchanan, Hon. Captain Fraser, M. L.C.; Messrs Macandrew, M.H.R.; W. H. Calder, M.H.R.; Messrs J. Simpson, Johnston, Shield, Hardy, Garwool, Inhiman, Mr and Mrs Richards, Mrs Burly, Messrs J. M 'Donald, Hoani Wetere Korako, one other Maori, and Master Macandrew.

Per Nevada, for Auckland : Mr and Mrs M'lntyre, Mr M'Ewan. For Wellington: Messrs Beetham and A. Hobson. For Lyttelton; Messrs A. Solomon and if. A. Douglas. For San Francisco : Messrs Smith (2).