SHIPPING.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 348, 7 September 1889, Page 2

SHIPPING.

High Water this day—3.3l; 3 59 Sun Busks this day—6.ll; sets, 5 42.

ARRIVALS. The e.s. Australia arrived from Auckland yesterday morning. Passenger: The s.s. Southern Cross, from Wellington and }• spier, arrived in the Bay early yesterday morning. Passengers : Mrs Loir.sson, Masters Leisters (2), Messrs husband, Morrison, Greenop, Taylor, and four natives. At noon yesterday, the Union Company’s steamer Manapouri, from Sydney and Auckland, anchored in she Bay. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Bloomfield, Miss Ridley, Messrs Coleprove, HoUm, and Rolfs. The cutter Venus arrived at an anchorage at 3.30 yesterday afternoon, from Napier, after a passage of nine days. The vi-sscl left that pert on Thursday the 23th ultimo at 9 a.m. ; from there she experienced calms with light winds till reaching Portland Island, which was passed on Monday, in company with the brigantine Enterprise. Strong northerly winds were then met with until Wednesday st 2 a.m., when a heavy gale set in from N.N.E., anti at G a.m , she had to bear away for Portland Island for shelter, remaining there all day and night. Left again at 6 a.m., on Thursday last with a westerly wind, and arrived oi? Nicks Head nt 7 o’clock the s’.me evening. The Vonus was becalmed thereuntil yesterday morning, when the wind catre in from the N.E. and brought the cutter up to anchorage in the bay. The Venus brings a cargo of timber, posts and house blocks. DEPARTURES. The s.s. Southern Cross steamed on to Auckland shortly after arrival, taking—Miss Longdell, and two children. The s.e. Australia gleamed on to Napier at 2 yesterday afternoon, taking—Mr Wainwright. The s.s. Manapcuri proceeded on South shortly after 4> last evening. Passengers : Mrs Quinlan, Messrs Searle, Dickson, Brassey, and Wethered.

IMPORTS. Per Southern Cross—s 6 pkgs, 1 stage (ex Coptie), Graham, Pitt, and Bennett; 7 pkgs (ex Wairoa), N.Z. Shipping Co.; 60 Mloes, Humphries; 11 pkgs. 16 pieces timber, Brown and Smail!; 1 b'X, Wingate, Burna and Co. ; 60 pkgs, Pitt and Maguire ; 1 bale wool packs. 1 qr cask, 1 plough, 165 pkgs, 13 Jca.e’, 1 trunk, various ear signees ; 84 pkgs, Telegraph Department. Per Australia-20 boxes candles, Pitt and Maguire; 1 pkg, Caffey, 1 truss, Clothing Factory; 11 bars iron, Brown and Smaill; 1 case, 1 bale, Graham, Pitt and Bennett; 2 cases, Colebrook ; 2 cases, Townley; 10 pkgs, Bow Chow; 2 cases, 4 pkgs, Harding; 11 pkgs, Wingate, Burns and Co. ; 2 cases, 1 bag, Foster; 1 ca?e, East; 211 bags sugar, 1 bag eeeds, 25 cases, 50 sacks, 40 £ sacks, 240 J sacks flour, 5 cases oranges, Topping; G cases oranges, 1 bale, 15 pkgs, various consignee?. Per Manspouri—3 eases. Topping ; 4 trunks, Garrett Bros. ; 10 cases, 6 | cases fro it, Graham, Pitt and Bennett; 2 bale?, Gisbohne Standard Company; 2 pkgs, Bloomfield; 1 case, Colebrook; 10 cases fruit, 1 pci, 5 cases, various consignees. Per Waiapu—l4.ooo feet timber, Harding, 2.5C0 palings, Johnston ; 10 kegs powder, Graham, Pitt, and Bennett ; 1000 feet timber, Humphreys ; 500 feet timber, To^iflsy; 2 kegs powder, 45 tons coal, 5 tons salt, 9000 feet timber, various consignees; 2 cases, 1 bale oakum, 1 bale waste, 2 bales soars, 1 bale canvas, 6 coils rope, Jeune. EXPORTS. Per Australia—l keg butter, 1 bale skins, 1 cask beef, orders; 2 horses. Major Porter. Per Southern Cross—l 6 hides, Garrett Bros.; 2 bags potatoes, Bull and Son. TELEGRAPHIC. Wellington, Thursday. Sailed—B.M.S. Aorangi, at 3 p.m., for Plymouth via Rio de Janiero. Port Chalmers, last night. Arrived— Barque Nancy, from New Yozk. Spit, last nigh*. Sailed—Omapere, at 4.30 pan., for Gisborne. Arrived—Fairy, at 3 a.m., from Gisborne. The Omapere arrives here early this morning’ from South. The Wellington Harbor Board intend to Invite applications for the post of chief pilot, at a salary of £3OO a year. Pilot Shilling is to have charge of Moser’s Bay station, at £2OO. The wreck of the ship Cape Verde, recently sunk by collision in Hobson’s Bay, was sold in Melbourne for £l2OO. The Sydney Federated Seamen’s Union voted £26 to such of the Union members as formed part of the crew of the sunken steamer Centennial. On her last trip to Auckland the s.s. Australia had on board 118 bales of flax, to be transhipped for ’Frisco, and 405 sacks of potatoes for Sydney.