PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVIII, Issue 4697, 12 September 1872, Page 2

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

' ARRIVALS. , , , ! Go-fthead, 01 torn, McGllUrray, from Whangtnul PMMDger— Messrs. Smith, C. Brewer, Campbell, MoQulre; Hom»n; »nd 1 'OWnaubtn.— A. Bmrnes,

IMPORTS.— Sm-EMBfeR 11. Per s.g. , Go-ahead, frois,f roi$, ]sVfaariga'nui : S 36^ hood cattfe, 20ft sheep, 8 pigs, 47 sacks potatoes, Brewer ; 16 kegi better, Combes and D»ldy j 1 tobacco, Weller.

Th 6 T.S.NrOo.»s">'.i;Gp' r aWd; Captafcj MoUilliyray, arrived in the_Manu'kau yester-^ day, iaprpipg,, at *JjpQ a.m. She left Wnangattuj at 21.30 a m^on >thd'9fcbi.or6»sed' the; bar: at O.3o ! p.raF.i • aqdHarriyed.dff t£e l Croued the bar at u s^,.m. t arrivinKaiiJlpne* ■ honga as above^ .|^pj»rienced fresh woi^erjy breezes as^far.i'ae ' "tfte Cape; from thence light ioathorly air«; with>"<!offtftlsM' s^a' throughout. • areindebted tq Jtfr^NeVman, thepu^dft for our files, 4o^.,'J.v.J.- . .'.:

The Stomk.ltyn&Bsm— TKe Bniarii at well as the" American* shipping interest "has had its up« and|<l& ( w'ns'. In 184Sf,' feefdr© tHe repeal of ftifc tfavig&tio'n laws, Briliishjwqntge performed 69jper «e.nfo of the carryingtitfdde' of the tTmted Eujgdoin, and irt' r l^3 ontajrf per cent. JThft proportion'47?pr"ls7l . hare not botitjia believed that there wffitillifoiljritvro'pfcr cBnfc; M yef»'W; be gained in ordefr^to place th^ BritjisEflag dii not been for wq jntr jauction of screw iteam*^ chipiin tke foreign trade, nbthiM?bjl!ri ; tbe'' more self. &Mss& that BMi^/Mnuagei maflt hayi decr^iied;'to the advaDtager of foreign flags. ■.-., Thpitwmt action of 'Cotiitlw 1 , in nf^nc^lMt^x^i^^m^i^^S .„ a good§ign^|!iffi^j^epdm>ntto thegenerab tariflf;bUlihi%ife&4*u^ttfiei Wam^r|e% ■toreiand bnUdiajz Materials' aotaallMo^ in tha co^tftttfbiott l^ butfit of Am^P»o;> ,; prpjrcotttip^ %_^trade#

ateairers may also have the benefit of free foreign materials, is the first practical step taken towards the revival of wooden shipbuilding. In this connection, 1 the iact that England is returning to wooden ship-building In consequence of the high price of iron and the advance in wnges, and also'th*t there is ft steadily.growing demand for medium-steed wooden vessels, would seem to show that Congress is disposed to view the shipping situation in its true Jight and vender it proper aid and encouragement. The power of a nation depends more upon the size of its merchant marine than upon its naval strength. — Ameiican paper,