SHIPPING

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 342, 24 August 1889, Page 2

SHIPPING

Hton Water this day—3.39 ; 4.3 Sex Rises this day—6.33 ; sets, 5.31.

ARRIVALS. The s.s. Southern Cross arrived from South early yesterday morning, bringing—Constable Pardoe, Mr Chriep, and some other passengers. Shortly after 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the Union Comnany’s steamer Australia arrived in the roadstead, having been delayed on the passage down by a strong northeast gale, which prevented her working the coast ports till yesterday. The Australia brought the following passengers: Mesdamee Talbot and Franks, Master Talbot, Miss Greene, Messrs Cole, Higgins, and Hazemau.

DEPARTURES. Ths s.s. Southern Cross steamed North at 7.30 am. yesterday, taking Mr J. Thompson (tor Samoa), Mrs Steele (torTologa Bay), and Mr A. W. Gordon (for Auckland). The b.s. Australia steamed on to Napier, last evening, after discharging cargo, taking— Messrs Parker, Taylor, and Evinson. IMPORTS. Per Southern Cross—2 oases, 1 octavo, Dunlop and Rourke; 20 J boxes soap, 5 boxes, 70 bags flour, Pitt and Maguire; 1 sack rye grass seed, 1 pci. 4 sacks oats, Graham, Pitt and Bennett; 60 baas flour, 1 sack flour, Kennedy and Evans; 290 bags flour, 25 sacks flour, 12 cases, S pkgs, various consignees. EXPORTS. Per Southern Cross—2 dumps skins, McKay ; 6 bales bay, Bourke ; 23 sacks grass seed, order; and sundry pkgs tor coastal ports, Per Australia—39 hales wool, 5 cases honey, 1 bale skins, 1 bdle skins, 8 drums tallow, 7 cases cheese, 1 horse, orders. TELEGRAPHIC. Wellington, Thursday. Sailed—R.M.S. Arawa, at 5 p.m., for Plymouth via Rio da Janiaro, with outward direct English mail. Auckland, last nigh. Sailed—Te Anau, at 5 p.m,, for Gisborne. ' The schooner Gisborne on her last trip up the coast shipped amongst other cargo 844 sacks maiza for Auckland. Captain Brothers, well known in Auckland from his connection and disputes with the defunct North Shore Ferry Co., has been appointed to the command of the Ellis steamer Jabilea in place of the late Captain Hansby, The topsail schooner Awaroa (Capt. Page) is advertised to sail for Auckland on Monday next. The Awaroa goes into dock at Auckland, for a thorough overhaul. This afternoon, the Union Company’s b.s. Te Anau arrives from Sydney via Rossel and Auckland. She goes on South in the evening, the last launch going off at 5. The s.s. Waihora is due from South on Monday morning. She leaves for Auckland at 8 a.m. It was a gratifying sight to see so much local produce going away in the mail steamer. All through Monday night the Zealandia was taking in flax from the Harbour Board sheds, until she was fall up, and a quantity had to be left behind. It is estimated fully £7OOO worth was shipped. The Southern exports of this article still continue to be inferior to the Anckland prepared article. It was only necessary to go along the rows of bake in the shed in order to distinguish Auckland from Southern prepared flax, by the superior appearance of the former. A quantity of New Zealand manufactured rope, and of tinned mullet from the establishment of Ewing and Co., Kaipara. was also forwarded to the United States.—N.Z. Herald. The Queensland Government appears to be taking great interest in the subject of the valuable pearl-fisheries in Torres Straits. The Commissioner of Fisheries, Mr Saville-Kemt, has left Brisbane for Thursday Island to report on the pearl-shelling and beche-de-mer industries. It is suggested that Government reserves in connection with the pearl shell fisheries be appointed. On the coast of Western. Australia the pearl-shell fishing business is in a very flourishing state. Mr E. W. Streeter, of Sydney, has just bought the well-known old schooner Undine, now named Ruby, of 207 tons, for his West Australian pearl-shelling fleet. The Undine was formerly an Imperial war schooner, "employed in surveying the coasts of Queensland, New Guinea, and the South Sea Islands. She was built as a yacht for Baron L. Rothschild, and afterwards purchased by the Home Government for the purpose of suppressing the slave trade in the Red Sea, in which capacity she showed her speed as a sailing clipper.