SHIPPING.

Globe, Volume IV, Issue 428, 27 October 1875, Page 2

SHIPPING.

POR I’ OF LYTTELTON, ARRIVED. Oct 27 —Lady Bird, s.s., 286 tons, Andrew, from Northern Ports. Passengers —Messrs Francis Kennedy, Forster, Thompson, McMasters, Nash, Barker, Lethbridge, Frillogn, Davies, Nees, Hutchinson, Bowman, White, Robertson, Mr, Airs, and Aliss Cockburn. Oct 26—John Knox, barque, Davis, irom Sydney. Oct 27 —Maiden City, schooner, 27 tons, Prescott, from Laverick’s Bay. CLEARED. Oct 27 —Forest Queen, ketch, Johnston, for Dunedin, in ballast. Oct 27—Australian Sovereign, barque, 353 tons, Birch, for Newcastle, in ballast. SAILED. Oct 27 —Jannett, ketch, 41 tons, AlcDonald, for Okain’s Bay. YESTERDA YU. Oct 26—9 a.ra : Calm weather, clear and blue sky. Barometer, 29 80: thermometer, 55. High water — Morning, 1.18 j afternoon, 142. ARRIVED. Oct 26—Sea Spray, 296 tons, Grant, from Newcastle. C. W. Turner, agent. Cargo—Coal. Oct 20—Courier, ketch, 31 tons, Sinclair, from Pigeon Bay. Master, agent. CLEARED. Oct 26— Unity, schooner, 44 tons, Irvine, for Picton. in ballast. H. Dunsford, agent. Oct 26—Marmion, schooner, 92 tons, Bowton, for Kaipara. Matheson’s Agency, agents. Oct 26— XXX, ketch, 21 tons, Clark, for Kaiapoi. Master, agent. IMPORTS. Per Sea Spray—soo tons coal. Consignee—C. W. Turner. Per Esther—3s,ooo feet timber. Consigned to order. Per Reward—3s,ooo feet timber. Consignee— Goss. EXPORTS. Per Marmion—s tons potatoes. Shippers—Clifford and Roper. Per XXX—33 tons co«l. Shipper—C. W. Turner. The Sea Spray arrived in port last evening from Newcastle. Captain Grant is in command. She had a tine weather passage. She brings 500 tons coal, consigned to Air C. W. Turner. The topsail schooner Flying Cloud is on Messrs Flett and Co.’s slip, undergoing a general overhaul. She will probably be launched to-day. Hence she goes to Picton, for a cargo of timber for her owner. The fine topsail schooner Marmion, Captain Bowton, cleared at the Customs yesterday for Kaipara with cargo. She sails immediately. The Marmion will return from the Kaipara with another cargo of timber. The Riugarooma. on her stay in port, discharged 100 tons of cargo and took on board 130 tons, and the Albion discharged 800 chests of tea over the deck of the Riugarooma, and 15 tons general cargo, sailing at her advertised time. It will be seen by this that no less than 300 ; tons were shipped and landed from these two steamers on Monday, exclusive of 200 bales of wool put on board the Lutterworth—a nood day’s work for the Gladstone pier. The Lutterworth will complete her loading to-day. Messrs Grubb and Co. have nearly completed the construction of a ketch, to be launched in eight or ten days, to float with forty tons weight or 20,000 feet of timber, on five feet of water. She will be, therefore, well suited for river or other trade requiring shallow draught. Her dimensious are : Length of keel, 52 feet; extreme length, 58 feet; beam, 14 feet; depth of hold, 5 feet. She is built of kauri throughout, and fastened with galvanised spikes. Messrs Grubb and Co. have just launched the Courier ketch oil 1 their slip, alter repairing, and hauled up the Flying Squirrel ketch, to put in a new deck and otherwise renovate. On August 19th, Messrs Palmer launched from their ship-building yard at Jarrow, an iron sailing vessel named the Otaki, built to the order of the New Zealand Shipping Company. The vessel is sister ship to the Orari, which capsized a week ago at Palmer’s. The following are the dimensions of the Otaki .-—Length, 195 feet; breadth, 31 feet; depth, 21 feet l inch; 1073 tons register, and classed 100 A at Lloyd’s. LYTTELTON HARBOR WORKS. The works in connection with the harbor improvements in Lyttelton are progressing satisfactorily, the contractors displaying energy and zeal in pushing the works forward. On the Officers’ Point breakwater about 18,000 yards of rock have been tipped over the end for the mouth, besides quantities of large rocks placed on the side of the embankment for protection from the easterly sea, thus bringing the entire length of the embankment a distance of from 1300 to 1490 tcet from peg A. The wharf is likewise being pushed forward with vigor, about 140 feet of piling having been completed, so that by the New Year the waling braces and decking will be in a forward state, and an additional berth supplied at the Gladstone wharf for steamers and ships. The Western Breakwater is likewise in a very forward state, 11,000 yards having been tipped over, and large quantities of heavy material placed on each side of the bank for protection. Taking every thing into consideration, the whole of the works are progressing well, and the good effect of the whole improvements are now being felt at the other wharves, for work on the wharves can now be carried on with despatch, notwithstanding an easterly sea setting in, a thing which could not be done eighteen months ago.