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N<s&^^* Jot Hokjtika. __________i^^\' ; V <O™ Hokitika. 12— Otago, s.s , 540 tons, SyMelbourne. G W Mqsa, agent. 12— Gothenburg, s.s., 400 tons, from Melbourne via Southern D Girdwood and Co, agents. 12— Sarah Barr, schooner, C 4 5 > J ew i l rom Melbourne. Kennedy Bros, 12— Enterprise, ketch, 27 tpns, from Charleston. Master, agent 13 — Wild Wave," schooner, 39 ' O'Brien, from Lyttelton. Kgnnedy rp > agentsr" 13A-Perseyepe, p.s., 27 tpns, D i for Hokitika. E) Girdiyofld and W 13— Murray, q.s., 5§ tons, NeUpn via Wfstpprt, {^erby, 13— Flora Macdonald, cutter, Wi}son, from Bal^ihi. Cardno, 12 —Otago, s s., §50 Sy- : elip^/&c. G \v" Moss, agent, Enterprise, ketch, 27 tons, Hokitika. Master, agent. Gothenburg, s.s., 400 tons, titr Melbourne. Passengers ; Mastcra, aq4 51 iv steerage, fl agent, r 12— Perse vepe, p.s., 2f tous, Hokitika. T) Gjfdwood anf] schooner, 27 tons, Kennedy brothers, <Uy. day, Melbourne : 1 case 2 dp port, 1 do Tuiyis and ( Smith and IQO firebricks, :i cases, 1 bale, 12 hardware, 1 ca^e do, M brandy, 20 cases moselle, Cassius and Co 5 chestq da P Grin?e.n ; 6' I Bnuen and Co ; ' 1 bundle. Grey ' coils rope, 2 kegs 7^ buudles sheets, aud Masters ; 7 case?, 20 half -chests, 20 boxes milk, 86 cases kero50 cases milk, 10 qrcherry, Hamilton and 1 cask currants, 2 hhd \Q cases jam?, 2 case boxes yaisina, 20 casks 2 wheels, 1 case -is Tayler ; 29 cases, 3 kegs, 2 tanks malt, Kenbrandy, 9 qr-caska do, 1 currants, half-tierce 7 casks sugar, 99 boxes malt, 3 pockets, hops^ ; 5 cases curry, 20 cases 1G hales chaftj 25 hags Bros. Melbour.ie : 2 bales, Smith and M'D.owell; oa^ e > addressed; 1 Keogh aqd Co '; 3 cases 1 tr^nk, Smith^ and a potatoes, J&ngofnn ; IDO M Levy ; 2 parcels, Ashton. from Wellington, : 15 from Lyttelton : 2Q tons n tter, 17 bags oats, 40 do 8 ton 8 potatoes, o/der ; <-and Qo ; 1 cask cheese, 2 n b bacon, Hamilton ; 136 cheese, 12 do bacon, ojjgage, 6 paj>s, 10 pa^rs Nelson and "\Y es tp.o,rfc : KilgQur; 8 qricasks Wilkie ; 6 b^ga potatoes, 2 : 2 cas.e9 Itoots, 1 ilc order ; 43 sheep, . 27 cased sto^t, 20 bacon and hams, 1 case 15 boxes raisins, '3 sherry, 1 cask currants, 21 hags salt, 20 cases claiet, 10 do Lraacly, 10 do tobacco, 4 Dases sa\mon^ 8 Ao 5 half-chests tea, peel, 5 cases colonial wine, 1 candles. 1 case pannikins, . toilet soap, 5 cases old Bros. : 35, tons tug Dvspa.tch Sarah Barr, service to the Yeshaunp^ for x\\'gx early on gave the ketrh'Enin, she being under her. out again haying taken , for 'many months channel in the bend township, and so as tp, indicate its fairly in the middle serious obstacle to , tJiat the

will be given to-day, to effect its removal. It is expected |hat the united power of the two steamers will be sufficient to, lift.it. Another steamer has been laid Qn fqr the West Coast trade. The new screw steamer Go-ahead sailed from Melbourne with, a full cargo for the Buller on the 2nd \ ust. The schooner Mary Stewart, concerning which news has for some time been anxiously looked for, has safely reached Melbourne, after a stprmy passage of forty-six days. The Florence, from Hokitika, has, also arrived, after being sixty days at sea. The s.s. Murray left Nelson ?t. 3 p.m. on Tuesday, and arrived off Mokikinni at 3 p.m. the next day. Entered the riyer at 8 pirn., and discharged 120 sheep, some cattle, and other cargo, and left for Westport at 10 a.m. on Thursday! Arrived at tie Buller at 1 p.m., and left again at mignight, arriving ia the Grey roadstead at 7 a.m., and cros:ed the bar at 10 o'clock. Thes.s. Gothenburg, whiph arrived qffthis port on Wednesday evening, brought 4C passengers fpr the Grey, and on the following morning left with over 50 passengers for Melbourne, most pf wljom, however, had taker return tjgkets, having merely left the district for a pleasure trip. The 'Pahamj}. Company's steamer Ofcage arriypd jn thp roadstead on Wednesilaj nigpt, aad wss at once tendered by the Persevere. %c sailed again at midnight foi Melbourne via Northern ports. The p.s. Persevere has ilone good worl during $ie last few <laye[. On Wednesdaj evening she went ou£ and took on bpard thi passenger^ by tbe Gothenburg, and later ii the night she went out to the Otago anc transhipped the passengers to and from thi: port. On Thursday, at 0 a.m., §he took «ni t^e passengers for the Gothenburg, and w^u qn Hokitika, returning yesterday morn ing. T§e ship Chile, frqm London, arrived a Port Chalmers on the jst inst, after a splen did passage of §Q days, from land tp land and §9 days t(\ tqe Heads. Passengers al yr&l\. ware, however, four deaths and two passengers lost overboard. Th< paiticu^rs of tb-ea^i saxl casualties are thui 4e?cribed in the Baily Ti-p>es:— "On ttv 24^h NoVember, at 0.3,Q a.m , in lat. 47 tleg S., long. 141 deg. E., when she was runninj under siugle-ree fed topsails, with main top gallant sail over, a tremendous spa broke oi b,oard, and completely filled the <lepks, carrier away statbftaTd qutvr.ter-.ti,o,at, k«qcke<l o« stern of port quarteV:bQat, tore away bul warks, fir^t and second companions, binnacle hencoops, meat safe, hfpke the skylight win dows, flooded tbe cabin to six feet, tore th bulkheads down \x\ tlve <xa.b\u -, qud \\ r oi-sb a aX\, washed one of the boys, belonging to th chip's crew, named Arthur feller., pyei board, as also washed/ the twfl men at th wheel forward. Sails were got up tq sepur tae uafc^svay^. For the yreserva\io.n oi _ on board, baling aud pumping out of th cabin skylight was the onjy resource left which was vigorously done. At lQa.ra., th ship bejug |o, much the stem thrqqgh th I weight, oj water the cabin, sh^ppei another sea, -washing 'all hani{s, pivsseuger crew, about th.c decks ; and one second named Augustus Porter, c carried overboard- by the sum the time was running at th an hour, and neitt\ev th wa^ missed until th the safety of th be bored in th i{ of th Zea has earrJDti TuWl^i^iattle and over 3000 sheep, and without the loss r . either a, hoof or horn. — Nelxon Colonist.