EXPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume 21, Issue 3046, 21 May 1878, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per JMartha Reid, for Oamaru : 105 tons coal; ' Shippers -G.W. M oss and Co. Thep.B Luna, which .arrived on Sunday morhing, discharged her cargo yesterday and' then took in a full cargo of coal, coke, and fireclay. She sails .at noon to-day for Westport, Wellington, and Lyttelton. Our -readers will be glad to learn thit a telegram haß been received from M elbourne by7_Viesßr.< Kennedy Bros, announcing the arrival of the schooner St. Kilda at that port. The vessel wi 1 rective a thorough overhaul there, -and will then be placed in her old trade between Melbourne and Greymouth. -iThe s.B Albion, which left Melbourne for the West Coasfc on Thursday lasfc, should arrive here to-day or to-morrow. Sh3 eails for Melbourne via Nelsoa, immediately after arrival. ■ :-.■"■. The ss Maori arrived at Westport yesterday, and Bhonld.be alongside the wharf .today.. , .She; sails; for Dunediu via Southern ports to-morrow. ? During the recent gales off the Coast the schooner* Sarah and Mary experienced the fullforceof them, her decks being continually deluged with water and no leBS than seven of her sails being split or blown from the' bolt ropes. The other vessels wbich were in her company while off the roadstead have'not yefc -put in an appearance. Prom the Australasian Shipping News we learn that the cutter Prospect, of (Jook town, ] has been laid on as the pioneer boat of a regular trade (if ii can be done) between that port and Port Moresby, New Guinea. .. • ; . t -lt^was found recently that the lighthouse (a wooden erection) at Cape Bowling Green,. Queensland, waa being gradually undermined by the action of the sea on. the sand which forms j its, .foundation. It therefore became necessary to shift the lighthouse back to a more secure spot. A platform on which to rest the building was then built about 350 ft fartherback, and the lighthouse, which is about 50ffc high, was safely transferred to its new foundation. The Pall Mall Gazette says it is stated to be the}intentiori of Sir Allen Young to have the Pandura refitted, with a view to another Btart.for the Arctic Regions next spring. Sir Allen will most' probably try the Spitzbergen route, in preference to Smith's Sound, which has now been so fully explored. Another expedition is also projected by the Swedish txplorer, Professor Nordens? Tabid. Be proposes to leave Sweden in July, 1878. in a steamer specially built for the purpose. Tt is expected that Nova Zembla can be reached during the first half of August, and the mouth of the River Jemsei JCiittle: liter. .The steamer is then to rpuad the most northern point of Asia, called Tschieljuskin, and then proceed to the Sound- of-Behring, which it is hoped may be reached before the end of September, and the expedition, will then pass round the Chinese coasts, India, and through the Suez jCahal, .returning home through the Mediterranean. ' > The crime of drunkenness, so oft»n committed by masters of vessels and officers in charge,-, though frequently overlooked in these) Colonies or leui.ntly punished when through it some accident more or le-s serious has happened -to the vessel- of wbich they are in command, is likely to receive a check under the Btrict ■.-. measures lately taken in England, where, we learn from the Trade Review, "the Board of Trade have dii ected .proceedings to bs taken against all the officers of merchant ships guilty of misconduct through drunkenness, anion the 22qci Febiuary two cases were brought before the Marine Board at Bristol. Captain Jamieson, master of the ship Caroline, Liverpool, for drunkenness, misconduct, and delaying the ship by carrying insufficient sail, had his certificate suspended for twelve months : and the master's certificate held by George Mercer Moon, the mate of the same ship, was cancelled. It was given in evidence that a voyage to Ease London, Africa, had taken 115 days instead of 70 days, the ordinary passage," — Australasian Shipping News.