SHIPPING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 300, 18 May 1889, Page 2

SHIPPING.

High Water this day—B.l2 ; 8.38 Sus Bises this day—6.s4; sets, 4.58.

ABBIVALS. The Maitai arrived in the Bay from Wellington and Napier yesterday morning. Passengers :—Mesdames Griffiths, Edwards, Elmers, and Smith; Miss McKee, Master Harris; Messrs Griffiths, Hawkinson, Watt, McMichael, Books, Somerville, McCabe, and Cinguegranna; one native. The Te Anau came into the roadstead at 1,30 yesterday, from Sydney and Auckland. Paaaengers : Mesdames Morrow, Longley and Dongherty. Misses Longley, O’Meara (2), Gibson (2), Bees (2), and Keelan. Messrs Boper, Colegrove, Morgan, Leslie, Burton, Laudie, Kuirine Box, and Masters Murphy (2). The Australia arrived here shortly before six last night, from Auckland, via Coastal ports. Passengers : Mesdames Pierce, Goldsmith and family, Miss Macauley, Messrs Goldsmith, Corbett, and one Native. DEPARTURES. The Maitai proceeded on North yesterday morning, taking—Misses Greene and Hays. The Te Anau steamed for Melbourne via Southern ports last evening, taking Mrs Jaffer and child, Misses Adamson, Allen, Lyford, Hall, and McKenzie, Messrs Davies, Saunders, McKenzie, Crawford, Brassey, Skeet, Simeon, Mullane, Baker, and Alla Box. IMPORTS. Per Te Anau—l parcel, Mrs Browne ; 10J cases fruit, Graham, Pitt and Bennett; 1 pkge, Morgan ; 1 case, Scott; 1 pci, Miss Doran ; 2 cases bananas, Bull and Sons ; 1 bdle pipes, 1 trunk, 2 pels, 10 bags lime, Various consignees. Per Maitai—6o felloes, Humphreys; 1 case, Jones; 1 case (ex Alastoir). Wingate, Barns and Co.; 2 cases, 2 boxes, Pitt and Maguire; 95 pkgs, N.Z. Shipping Co. ; 2 boxes powder, Graham, Pitt and Bennett; 7 pieces pipe, Gilberd; 1 dog, 3 pkgs, 14 cases, 2 boxes, various consignees. Overcarried (ex Tarawera}—s oases, 12 pkgs, Colebrook; 2 bake, Standard Company ; 1 bar copper, Wingate, Burns and Co.; 1 bag, Orr; 1 case, Bull and eon; 1 truss, Jeune; 5 cases, Scott; 2 sacks oysters, Beresford; 1 pel, 3 oases, various consignees, 1 case, Bloomfield, Per Australia—2Bo bags sugar, 3 kegs, 6 cases,.2 crates, Graham, Pitt, and Bennett; 1 bdle rope, Stubbs ; 2 socks oysters, Beresford ; 5 boxes caudles, Adair ; 3 bdles mouldings, 3 doors, Harding; 37 bars iron, 4 bdles iron, Wingate, Burns and Co. ; 8 Iron pipes, Piesec; 1 buggy, 1 boat, luggage, Goldsmith ; 66 bags sugar, 1 pkge tobacco, 1 keg. 16 cases vestas, and several pkgea of samples, various consignees.

EXPOBTS. Per Te Anau—loo sacks grass seed, 46 hides, 12 sheep, orders; 1 horse, Major Porter; 8 hides, Johnston. Per Maitai—Sundry pkge for coastal ports.

TELEGRAPHIC. Auckland, Thursday. Arrived—Omapere, from Gisborne, at 1 a.m. Lyttelton, yesterday. Arrived—Banks Peninsula, at 7 a.m., from Brisbane. Bailed—Notere, for Sydney, at 5 a.m. Pour CmtsißM. Thursday. Arrived— Tarawera, from Lytte'ion, at 8,30 p.m. Arrived—Barque Olive, from Liverpool, at 8.45 p.m. Wellington, Thursday. Sailed—Bimutaka, tor Plymouth, via Bio de Janier o. The Australia leaves for Napier and Wellington this afternoon. The' last launch leaves the wharf at noon. A London telegram announces the safe arrival of the barque Lochnagar. The Mararoa arrives from South early tomorrow morning. She leaves for Auckland and Sydney at 8 a.m. The Centennial is expected to arrive here to-day from Sydney and Auckland. She goes South in the evening. The Bingarooma is due here to-day from Auckland. She leaves for Southern ports this evening. The Union Co.’s Orcwaiti will probably arrive early next week with a cargo oi cement ex Coptic, for the Harbor Board. The N.Z. Herald explains the late arrival of the Centennial in Auckland as probably arising from the decision of the captain to keep off the coast owing to the thickness of the weather. The passengers to Auckland were—Miss A. E. Baker, Mr and Mrs Park and child, Mr and Mrs Broughton and family, Messrs Milne, J. R. Hay, H. W. Dixon, J. Johnson, G. Brown, G. B. Hswitt, and a number In the forecabin.

The following is the list of passengers by the lonic, which had to return to port this week :—Saloon—Misses Bige(2), Sutherland, Thomson, Fulton, and Niederhauser, Mesdames Thomson and 2 boys, Pollard, Williams, Page and boy. Archdeacon and Mrs Clarke, Sir and Mrs W. Goalen, Lord Westbury, Messrs G. Brownell, H. J. Tollemache, M.P., B. Neill, Edward Bage, J. Clemista, It, Sutherland, A, Merck it. Parsons, S. Pollard, John Andrews, J. Sinclair, Thomson, E. Elworthy, E. Honey, W. G, Howard, and G. Maw. Second saloon—Misses L. Cayzer, Crowe, Thurtle, Wbakely, Boulston, 'and M'Donuld, Mesdamea Cayzer, Gawith, Comely, Whakely, Nicholls, M'Donalds, Hutchinson and boy, Bev. E. Bristow, Messrs B. Bodkin, A. Gray, Henry King, 0. Sutherland, A, Siordet, T. Dickons, D, Buchanan. John Bose, W. Comely, C. Evans, J, Gale, W. Goddard, H. Smith, G. M'Ewcn Isaac Seott, John Jones, J. Landlord, H. Nevins, H. T. Hughes, 0. Bobolham, A. Edwards, and F. Maitien ; 34 steerage.

In the Sydney Morning Herald of the 2nd instant a shipping announcement appeared to the effect that a reward had been offered by the South British Insurance Company for information concerning the whereabouts of a barque named the Wandering Minstrel. The steamer Zedandia, which arrived at Sydney on the 3rd instant, conveyed the news (which it is curious was not telegraphed from Auckland) that the master and crew of the vessel were cast away upon an island called Midway Island, in the South Seas, and after a dreary stay of 14 months were rescued. The chief officer, a Chinese boy, and a sailor, six months ago, or eight mouths after they had taken refuge on the island, started away in a boat towarde the Sandwich Islands to seek fcr some one to go to the rescue of the remainder of the crew. In their absence a schooner named the Norma, which, like the lost barque, was employed in shark-hunting, called at Midway, and finding the people there, took them on board, and thence to Honolulu, whero they arrived on the 6th of last month. During the 14 months four of their number died. An interesting it-m in the story, adds the Sydney Morning Herald, u the'fact that the castaways included the captain's wife and four children, The British Consul at Honolulu was making arrangements fcr the dis. petal of the crew when the Zealandia left there on the 14th ultimo.

Writing upon shipping matters, a London correspondent says, it Is freely rumoured in the city that although the shipping “ ring " are bound by all sorts of agreements not to lower freights, the ring is offering differed, till rates to a well-known Melbourne firm of

shippers. The truth is well known to commercial circles that the present high rates of freights to Australis and New Zealand will not be maintained much longer. The slackness of trade in Australia, and the probability of an early competition to New Zealand, will bring freights down with a run, and I should not be surprised to find a reduction of aa much as 20 per cent within the next three months.

Though many were disappointed at the s.s. Centennial being beaten by the Te Anau in the run across from Sydney, such a result was not unexpected, as her machinery being all new, could not be expected to work at its beet speed in the first trip.—N. Z. Herald. The second steamer of the Ellis line that is to run to and from our coast, formerly the Dupleix, of the Messageriee Maritimes’ fleet, has under her new owner received the name of the Jubilee, Captain Hunsby, late of the s,s Hawea, has been appointed commander.