SHIPPING.

Evening Star, Issue 4760, 4 June 1878, Page 3

SHIPPING.

High Water. TO-MOEEOW. Hkabs. I Pt. Chaxmbes. DmrvDizr. 5.24 p.m. I 6.04 p.m. 6.58 p.m. Port Chalmers.

1BBITKI) June 4.—Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Jones, from Oamaru. Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Berneck, from Timaru. BAILJSD. June 4.-Shag, s.s, 81 tons, Wing, for Shag Point and Moernki. Waitaki, s.s., 228 tons, Edie, for Oamiru. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson, for Timaru.

The Maori arrived at Port Chalmers this morning with cargo from Timaru. She experienced thick, rniny weather down the Coast. The ketch Mirgnret, left Lyttolton seven weeks ago for tho Amuri Bluff, returned to port yesterday. Siie was driven otf tho laud, and experienced a succession of pales. The crew endured great privations. The allowanceof food was reduced to two potatoes audancgg-cupfullof water each daily for ten days. For five days they were without food or water. On Saturday the schooner Cora, of Dunedin, gavo them provisions, ond on Sundny the schooner Spray sighted them. Captain Buxton stood by the ketch all night, and towed her into harbor (his morning. The Margaret is not damaged at all. The only loss she sustained was that of her head sail.

An accident hefoll HenTy Price, second cook of the s.s Easliy, yesterday. He was proceeding to descend tho aftor-hatchway by moans of a ladder, when the ladder, which was not secured, fell into the hold and ho on top of it. When piched up be was apparently suffering very much, and Dr Diver shortly afterwards examined him, but aid not detect any bones broken. Better provision ia required on board the Easby for communirafion with the steerage, as at present the passengers (including tho wowen) in that part of the vessel

can only get mp and down by means of an almost perpendicular Indder, unsecured, and without Landrails.—' New Zealander,' May 30. Captain Whitby, of the ketch Emerald, reports that on leaving Wellington for Ticton on May 13 the Emerald experienced a terrific nor-weßt gale and was forced to anchor nt Barrett's Eeef, Port Nicholson Heads. At 11 a.m.. May 15, she broke the flukes of her anchor with sixty fathoms of chain down, and dragged towards the rocks. There being too much sea to put a buoy rope over the bows, the anchor was slipped to save the vessel. The storm ]ib was set to cant her head to sea, but it was blown away as soon as it was set. Tho peak of the close reefed uwKwil was then set, and tho ketch just cleared the rocks. She was then run under bare poles till daylight. May 16 At 8 a.m. the wind shifted to the southwurd, and blew a hard gale for three hour*, the vessel reaching Pieton next day.— 'Lyttelton Times.*

Snipping Telegram.

Bluff June 4.—The Ringarooma Mt Melbourne at 430 r.m. on the 29th ult.; passed the Heads at 8 p.m. and Swan Island at 2.15 p.m. on the 30thCape Pillars at a.US a.m. the same day ; left there at 4.-W p ni., and experienced a succession of fresh S.L. winds until arrival her» at Ipm to-day. She brings twenty-nine saloon and twenty besides -150 tons of cargo for all ports. ai,e sails at G p.m. for P.,rt Chalmers. Passenparfi .»•• Dnuedin.- Mrs Leary and cWIil, Mtssrs 8.m.H0 and Donoghy, Misses Hill, Donoghy, Mr and Mis Atchison mid child, Rev A K Fitchett. Mrs Pilehors, Mr Wilson : ten in the steerago; also 111 tons of cargo for Dunedin