SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 4525, 30 August 1877, Page 3

SHIPPING.

High Water. To-MOKKOW. Heads. I Pt. Chalmers. I Dukedih. 6.56 p.m. I 7SC -.r«. | 821 p.m. Fort Cuaimor*. SAILED. August 29.—Samson, p.s., 121 tons, Joiie?, for Oamaru. Wanganui, 8.3., 179 tons, Fraser for the IV.uff. August3o.—Edith Eeid, ketc'.i, 75 tons, Baker, for Moeraki. The ship Invercargill is having quick despatch at the railway pier, nearly one-half of her cargo 1 aving been discharged. THE EOBINA DUN'LOP. The following are the grounds upon which the Court of Inquiry based its decision :—(1.) That, whereas Capt. Graham estimated the distauco run at the time of striking at fifty miles, tho actua! distance was sixty-six miles, although the vessel must have been art back seven or eight miles by a strong adverse tide, therefore she must have been going fully 8* knots instead of 5} knots, a difference which any seaman ought to have perceived. (2.) That, although Capt. Graham stated he had hauled m the log several times, the seamen, who were in a position where they could hardly have failed to : ee him, did not see him do it ; ana (3) that Capt. Graham must have been awaro when he hove the lead that if he got bottom at that place the ship must have been in extreme danger. TIIE QUEEN UEE. At a recent sitting of the Essidout Magistrate's Court at Nelson, re the wreck of the nbove ship, Mr Pitt asked whether tho Court considered its decision anything more than a report to the Board of Trade in England through the Governor. He cited the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854 to prove that the Court cruld only suspend a certificate granted by the Board of Trade uutil the decision of tlie Board of Trade upon the report of the Court, if confirmed by the Governor, was made known. His ; easou for mentioning the matter was because Captain Divis intended appealing to the Governor and tho lioaid of Trade agaiast the decision of the Court. Mr Broad said that the decisiou ho had orrived :•.( wj not conclusive, as it yet had to le r. vi-sed i y the Governor, who would make such recommendation as he pleased to the Board of Trade. Shipping Telegram. "Wellington. August 30.—The Hawea sailed for Lyttelton and Dunedin at 2p m. Passengers: Mrs Langton. Mrs Jones and child, Mr and Mrs George Messrs Dillon, G. M. Barr, T. Buckley, J. s' Holmes, C. E. Smith, Harding, Browne, and Jackman.