IMPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1666, 6 December 1873, Page 2

IMPORTS.

.(^special charge is made on consignees' anonirjaouncemcuts inserted in this column.) -i!j^er : Kennedy, from Nelson. &c: 1 qr- . cask- whisky, 1 trunk merchandise. 5 sacks ;#&tlheali.:2Q cases geneva, 2 qr-casks whisky, 1 c bale, 1 .case, 1 cask, 3 trunks, 1 truss, io •kegs .butter, 2 casks do, 1 case di-apery. 50 bags malt, 1 case boots,l do fruit, 6 casks seedi :1 case groats, 1 cask lead, IS boxes class, 4 calves, 1 bale leather, 1 case, 1 keg butter, 19. lambs. 1 bale, 4 cases eggs, 1 coop turkeys; 2 i cases esgs, 1 do cherries From Hokitika—l 'trunk, 1 parcel, 1 box stationery; .. , : ; The s.s. Kemiedy, drnway, master, from Nelson; .Westport; ami Hokitika, arrived in port- yesterday morning.;. Dnring^the. day she discharged cargo, took in a shipment of coal, and; left late last night for Westport. The s s. Claud Hamilton is expected to arrive from Nelson" on. Sunday morning's tide. She will receive prompt dispatch, aud take'passengers for Melbourne direct. ; Thel brig Carl 'was u submitted to auction at Lyttelton on the 27th. ultimo by AJr C. A. Rich and was • :bought by Captain Macey f-.r LI9OO. iL :. His . Excellency the Governor's: yacht Blanche is receiving an overhaul at Wellington.^ ; The mainmast, which was sprung during the voyage, has been taken out, and a iiew piie will be supplied.. aud^ also- a new main boom. The copper is also to be stripped off -f her Owing to the want of a proper graving ,dopk. the vessel wrill havo.tp proceed tp) 'uneclbu tpreceiye T a final overbaul. -..; v 3se Provincial Government of. have accepted the payment of .X>s<> byjthe Adamant, on account of tho short supplies scry.cd. out to the immigrants. during the passage,,from, London to Xyttcltpn. ...This sum \vill' be, divided amongst : the passengers, and there, will therefore -iiot be any; further steps taken by the Government in prosecuting the ship for a breach of the Emigration Act.' ; o .Tlie Awarua will take-in supplies. at Dnnedin'for Martin's * .Bay, where ahe'wijl : call afier bafeing/w., .oats at .Riverfcon. Site Kas been, f siibsf diser). , for . ,AJiartin -s , <Bay .by , the Otagp P.rpyiucial Goyeniraent. . „..'... The agents of the Albion "^hipping. Company have been advised thai; the William Dayie? is, their, first ship of the London line sailing m November, andtliat the. line will then' T>e coritihiied with .regularity. , : The company have alsoT obtained , the contract ior the O^ago^emigrants fi;6in toriddn^ and this cannot '■faU.tp.be gratifying to the public of Otago) wli6 ! are so well aware of the highly satisfactory way in which the contracts from the Clyde have been carried out by this company, "in additigi^/the^|ix new'ships advertised as buildln*gT we Hear that the keels ©i djflier twd Af J>i«»; Ji««^iioo«ptioii • li«vo jnot been laid down on the Clyde— making eight in course of constmction. — Otago Daily "Timejy* r> ' [ " ■■><'-'■' *''-''' ' '■ \ ■'■•' '-'' [:/ _ A meeting of gentlemen interested in the formation of a Shipping ' 'Company for the proinotipiiof a direct trade between Londo a .and^the^Blnff, was held, on Monday week in .■the .Council .Hallj InvercargiUi;. The attentl-atfce^ftne'-'Southland'''' TirHes ' reports) ,wa9r somewhat ; 'meagre, '• : oily: J about >-l 2 „pr.. 14. persons being presei\t.H~Mr. : ,Harvey having' been.palled. to the chair,. Mr J. W. Mitchell furmsned'som^ particulars, of the probable eafniri{'8 fl bf l a' : vess'el ! -"df : 800 tons trading between London and tho Bluff; It was decided to form a company, the following; gentlemen If(J ! «ciPa^«» £ Pf3vi§i6nal Co ; mnu\ttee c tp.bring.. the matter before- the public : — Messrs Nichol. Calder, M'-PMrson,- H. Wilson, J. W. Mitchelli-Harvey,, Rpse, ; Stock, , Smyth, and Martin. ...-•■■■- .. ;, • The- Herald (Western Australia) of Nov." 1, gives a description of the, removal of the steamer Georgette, the property of Mr Connor,' of Connor and M weir known '■ in Duuedin The Georgette *was purchased by Mr Connor, for the Western .Australian trade, <; and got .isnore at Be'acher ; Point, and there sustained very;. considerable damage, and as, .there was, little, or,, no means of repairing her 'there it 'was i determined to re- : move.her, if possible. :to an island close by, where she could be hove down and repaired. This beings decided, she was pumped dry, and an opportunity for crossing to Garden Island.. anxiously, ;waited for^wheni at. last being obtained, steam was got up, and the steamer started, under charge o.t Pilot Porsyth. Shortly after getting under way. .the most.pt those* oif 'board went to breakfast in'tne,'. cabin,- while the r dthers r were : left to steer the vessel, i which was- at sea without a rudder. But bceakfast wag;, not tp , be; allowed that morning." Soon after they, had r sat, . down , thdy Mere siartle'd "by the sound of Svater rushing in beneath the cabin 'floor. A : H hands Sew to the pumps that could get room to work at them. Those who could not find ; room to work at pumps got buckets. and. other things; and dict_their best to stay the sinking of- the vessel. And there- they kept hard at work all the way to Greening Bay, ior Ah waaJiteraliy patnpw srn'k- ? ; but, 1 fortunately;, manly ;; effprtß' 'preserved' tiie'sbip: fromffeßifag;drtwri^*nd' ; all"yelia;eh\iß'A ! ia6-;iß'lah'd'' inf lsafetyi- //But one ihing ! which ' 'cb'il^ribu ted to'toakettoatters worse \fras ! tha;t; af iex thej'' were va distance 'off the; noils-tb^^aA'lblf behirid?for the ; Bafety : Pf ; the'men' on 'teard '' (numbering. 2o)- broke -th'eir 1 tow line, 'and, had it not been that Mr Forsytb had placed fc&e harbor-master's, crpw in one, of the boats, they woujd.¥avß]been left jri. a, very awkward siin'aSio'n"} i^aria"eyeli J 'hkd the vessel gone down atTthe,itimerduring4which the boats werjß.away,..;hay-would»haver-been*]eft-in-19*l fathoms of waiter,, ati^pnl^ o^ejittleiboat to save 20 metii- "Howeverf'witll alrtne energy . and perseverance with which the pumps and.^ buc6et*\*ere..as9pt f going/ ke|t* gaining rapidly on them) engines werekept working up r to. the. lull^xtent^pf jtheir poweH*an'd tho vessel 'ran 'through we water at a good .rate, .as ,if , self'-cpnscipus.pf her state; ancT'aVlast the shore was.reached,. reached, to the intense relief of ajl concerned, jind when Bhe touched the shoreiill" i elt truly thankful that th.ey.:were?3gain;Bafe from 1 the terrois of 3 watery (grive/;^Had -she' been'ifi ye minutes' longer in reaching the shore, and the water continued to; rise' at the's'ame' fate,! the fires would h>ve jbeen.pat.put. Thus, an ide% maj^be dbfcairiisd o^ tae 5 narrow 'escape, 5 '" A' diwer -was subsequently j*ttplßj*d to fixatnine her bottom, a»d ( foupd that Bhe w.as nob jouoh<^^injuredj tod> Bla^wiir ibß^tfeSworttiy gain in * short time*