MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3208, 28 October 1867, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

H.M. s. Chabybdis. — We understand the departure of H.M. s. Charybdis to Sydney has been postponed in anticipation of the arrival here of H.M. b. Falcon from Melbourne. Thbs.3. Tatjranga.— The s.s. Tauranga, Captain Sellars, returned from Kauwaeranga, Thames, shortly after midnight on Saturday, having made another smart passage to and fro. She left the Queen-street Wharf about 11 a.m. on Saturday, with passeogers, and left Kauwaeranga in returning at half-past 7 o'clock, with 50 passengers, making the run both ways and landing and receiving passengers in little more than 12 hours. She also brought up 600oz. of gold in possession of Mr. Hunt, from whose claim it was crushed. The p.s. Enterprise No. 2.— The paddle-steamer Enterprise No. 2, Captain Scon, arrived at the Queen-street Wharf shortly after midnight on Saturday from Kauwaeranga, Thames, with 82 passengers, and 90oz. of gold. She reports having left at 4 o'clock, and had strong winds all the tray. The little s.s. Gemini was about to proceed up the Thames river, with his Honor the Superintendent. The cutters Diamond, Alarm, Kate, Harriet, Emma, Sydney, and Pearl were all lying off Kauwaeranga when the steamer left. The Enterprise will leave again for the Thames this morning, and continue to fun regularly, her owners having no intention of making her a tender to the other steamers for the purpose of landing passengers and cargo on the beach at Kauwaeranga. The s.s. Gemini left Kauwaeranga for Kopu, Upper Thames,' with his Honor the Superintendent, on Saturday afternoon. *sf v The barque Bella Mary, Captain Copping, sails this morning for Hobart Town, with a small generafceargo and the following passengers : — Messrs. W. Riddle, C. Barne.*, Salfcer and son ; Mr. and Mrs. Kenny and three children ; Mr.jrad Mrs. OBrien and three children. 'I he schooner Onward sails for Napier to-day, with cargo and passengers; and thei.s. Star of the South to-morrow. The cutter Harriet has taken a cargo of sawn timber from Kikowhakarere to the Thames. The s.s. Taurangaand a.s. Midge steamed for Kauwaeranga on Saturday, with sundry, cargo and 100 passengers. The schooner Elizabeth Mary, Gomez, master, arrived yesterday morning from the Hot Springs, with a cargo of crooks for shipbuilding purposes. The cutter Glance, Dixon, master, arrived on' Saturday night from Matakana, with a cargo of settlers' produce, and a number of passengers. The schooners Elf from Fuhoi, and Julia from Waiheke, arrived yesterday morning, with cargoes of firewood. The cutters Cornstalk and Catherine arrived on Saturday afternoon from Kauwaeranga, Thames, in ballast. The cutter Kate has conveyed a cargo of timber from Kennedy's Bay to Kauwaeranga, Thames, and was leaving again as the p.s. Enterprise sailed on Saturday afternoon. The schooner Mapere, Shepherd, master, sailed on Saturday night for Kauwaeranga, Thames, with 20 head of cattle shipped at the Custom-house-street Wharf. The cutters Hero and Wangarei sail to-day for Whaugarei, with cargoes and passengers. The cutter Waterlily, Allan, master, arrived yesterday morning from Tauranga, via the Great Barrier Island, with a cargo of nrewood (50 tons) from the latter place. The cutter Henry and schooner Mary arrived yesterday morning from Maraitai, with cargoes of tire wood. The schooner Helen, Wallace, master, arrived yesterday at noon from Whangaroa, in ballast ; and the cutter Alabama, Brown, master, from Kopu, Thames, with maize and other produce. The Schooner Mavis. — The schooner Mavis, D. Stuwt, master, arrived yesterday morning from Whangarei, with seven passengers, 1 ton butter, and a large quantity of other settlers' produce. She reports having left Whangarei at 11 o'clock on the previous day, and made the run in 12 hours. There were no vessels lying there when she lefr, The cutters Mary Ann from the Great Barrier Island, and Clyde from Mahurangi, with cargoes of firewood, arrived on Saturday evening. The Alarm has taken produce and cattle from Mangawai to the Thames, having arrived there before the steamers left on Saturday. The schooner Tawera, Captain Kennedy, sailed yesterday morning for Poverty Bay, with a full cargo of building materials, general merchandise, and the following passengers :— Messrs. Walvh, Lane ; Mr. and Mrs. Jamei, and five natives. The cutters Hero for Wbangarei, and Four Sisters and Alacrity for the Wade, with general cargoes, sailed on Saturday. The schooner Sea Breeze, Captain Norris, sailed on Saturday evening for Russell, Bay of Islands, with a general cargo. Passengers : Messrs. Greeaway, Rogers, and Vickers. The cutter Severn, Downes, master, sailed on Saturday for Kauwaeranga, Thames, with timber, &c, and six passengers. The schooner Neva, Captain Toung, sailed on Saturday evening for Tahiti and the South Sea Islands, with a full general cargo and the following passengers : — Mrs. Stewart, Robert Stewart, James Stewart. The cutters Willie Winkie and Doady sailed on Saturday morning for Kauwaeranga, Thames, with timber, shiogles, and sundry merchandise. The schooner Enterprise, Captain Pollard, entered outwards at the Custom-house, on Saturday, for Richmond River, N.S.W. The schooner Saucy Lass, Captain McKenzie, sailed on Saturday evening for Napier, via Mercury Bay, to load 25,000 feet of sawn timber, Ac, at the latter place. The cutter Victoria, Major, master, arrived on Saturday morning from Kikowhakarere, Coromandel, with 17,000 feet of sawn timber. The cutters Stag from Omaha, and Tay from Matakana, with cargoes of firewood, arrived on Saturday morning. Accident to the Brio Clarendon. — We regret to hear that a serious disaster hai befallen the brig Clarendon at Greymouth, m we are informed by a gentleman, who arrived in town on Saturday, that she broke her back through grounding in the Grey River on Thursday last. This statement is, to a certain extent, confirmed by the Grey paper, which informs us "that she was brought in by the Dispatch, and, n hen crossing the flat in the river below the Government Township, she took the ground, and as bhe tide was fast ebbing she was allowed to lie there bill the evening's tide, when, having been lightered of some of her cargo, the Dispatch hauled her up to bhe usual mooring place. She must have got on a Log on the river, for many of the bolts are started, rod she is strained considerably about the main batch. Consequently during the last two days of * bad weather a quantity of water has poured its way into the hold, and damaged a portion of the cargo. She brings a large general cargo of merchandise." — > West Coast Tm&, October 14,

The sets of rocket apparatus for the assistance of shipwrecked vessels on the ooast hare been imported in the ship JRed Rover by the Canterbury Provincial Government. One i« for nse on the Weit Coast, and the other for Tinnru —Qrey River Argus. Tmt Hoxiitka Bar.— We have little or no improvement to report in shipping matters, for although fhe bar was workable yesterday, as proved by the -yery dashing exit made by the Bruce, steamers with vessels in tow, or inward-bound with passengers, would not have been justified in crossing it, as a very bad surf ran in, and the channels moreover Were both narrow and intricate. We say channels, for the entrance is again faced by a semi-ciroular ridge of sand that well nigh extends from spit to ■pit, »nd through which the river has out two welld' fined outlets. This ridge is the very essence of the bar ; and to us seems to have oorae to the »urface for the set purpose of poking fun" at the many ■ea captains whose vessels are imprisoned in the river, and who daily haunt the spit, and ruefully speculate upon the probabilities of that long-wished-for change in the weather occurring that will bring their term of idleness to a close. It is an ugly obstruction truly, and yet promises good to the port by forming that much-needed south spit that will con* fine the river to legitimate bounds where it joins the sea,and so tendto the creation of a substantial channel that will stand good during periods of heavy surf and freshet The above ridge all but joins the south beach, as a very 'shallow and narrow gut way alone peparates them, and we believe tkat a stiff S. W. surf of a few days' oontinuance would be sufficient to Close this gap, and make up the ridge to the respeotable proportions of a bona fide south spit. — West Coast Times, October 15. Thtep.s. Tasmanian Maid.— The p.s. Tasmanian Maid steamed up from the northward yesterday forenoon, but being late on tide she gave the bar a wide berth,' and came to an anchor outside, and apparently close to the Gothenburg, with which she teemed to be in communication. She afterwards dropped astern, and took up- a position olear of the rest of the fleet;' Captain Souter having on more than one occasion displayed a great deal of dash, and •mart leamanehip to boot, we quite expect to see him rush his smart little vessel at the bar this xnorninp,and think it not at all unlikely she will bring in the Egmont's mails and passengers, who, ire feel assured, must be heartily weary of the long and enforced sojourn in the roadstead. — West Coast Times, Octoberjlfi. Paper Boats. — It begins to be evident, according to the Dublin Evening Mail, that paper bas been put to but few of the uses of which it is otpable. The principal demand may continue to be for printing, writing, wrapping, and paper collars, but experiments now in progress show that papermakers will soon find extensive uses for their product outside of these present principal sources of consumption. It bas already been found that paper can be used advantageously for making water-pipes and tanks, and in the construction of fire-proof buildings ; it is' almost certain that it can be made to take the place of leather for machinery belting, and George A, Waters, of Troy, New York, bas demonstrated that paper makes the best material for shell boats, by constructing one thiity feet long, which weighs only forty pounds, and is in every respect superior to boats made of wood. It is quite thin, lighter than a wooden boat, is rendered impervious to water by a coating of oil and other compounds, and it is asserted that it is more durable, and that it will stand shocks which would destroy a wooden shell.