EXPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume 21, Issue 3099, 22 July 1878, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per Luna, for Wellington— l6o toni coal. Shippers— Brunner Coal Co. Per Wwpara, for Hokitika— 6o ton* coal. Shippers— Girdwood Lahman and Co. v : Captain Edwin telegraphs from Wellington on Saturday afternoon, as follow* :—" In* dications show strong winds from^ northeast, round north-west and west, ■with fall* ing glass aud increased sea.'*' : . A schooner, supposed to be the Mary Ogilvie, J'from Nelßon, ihowed up in the roadstead yesterday at tide time, and the Dispatch ran out to brine; her in.- but found the sea: too i heavy for : towing, and returned to the wharf. The schooner was signalled to proceed to sea. The s.s Kennedy sails for the North today,at 3 p.m, the Charlea Edward on Friday, 26th inst, and the Murray on Monday, 29th in«t., ■" '■■■' ' ' ::' " ■ ■■",-. ■ ■ . /The p.s. Luna left Greymouth on Saturday'i 13th inst; experienced moderate weather until 9 p m., when Bhe met with a terrific northerly gale, and was obliged to lay-to until 4 p.m. on Sunday, when the wind ' chopped round to the N W,, the steamer being then off Rock's Point. In less than an hour the wind increased to a violent gale, and this, with the very heavy sea from the proceeding gale, caused the vessel to have bad weather. At 8 30 p.m. shipped a heavy sea right over her atern, ; completely .^swamping the. ship from stem to Btern ; made the land off Patea, oh Monday morning, where the gale had driven her ; arrived off the bar at Wanganui at 1.30 p.m., and croated at l6pm? Di'Hoharged her cargo of coal, took on board 400 sheep, and left for Westpnrt on Wednesday night, arriving there at 3 a.m. on Friday, experiencing fine weather oh the ran down. Left Westport at. 4 p.m. on Friday, reached the wharf, here at midnight, discharged cargo took in 160 tons coal, and nailed for Wellington direct at 2.30 p.m on Saturday. Captain Bascand informs us that on the up trip he experienced the heaviest sea for 16 years. The p,s Dispatch had quite a field day on Saturday. She left the whart at 3am ,on the look ont for inward hound vessels, but non«> of them turned up till noon, when the Elibank Castle: hove in sight, and was taken in tow shortly afterwards, about 12 miles to the northward,' reaching the wharf about 3 p.m. Other four vessels being then in Bight, the Dispatch returned to the roadstead, .and by 4 a.m. on Sunday had them safe alongside the wharf. The vessels brought . in were the Elibank Castle, from Duhedin and < >amaiu ; Dunedia, from Pieton j Cleopatra and Sarah and Mary, from Lytteltonj and the T. B. Taylor, from Wanganui. The Cleopatra has made the smartest run, all the other vessel* having been detained more or less on their passage by the recent heavy weather. The p. 8. Lioness ran up from Hokitika on Saturday with the schooner Zephyr in tow. The tug left the same evening for headquarters, and the schooner will load with coal for Melbourne. Thes.s Kennedy arrived from the North, vi* Hokitika, on Saturday. Amongat her cargo was a steam turning lathe, imported by the Railway Department, for the purpose of re-turning the tires of the railway loco motives, waggons, &c. We (Wellington Poit) learnlthat the wellknown whaliiig brigantine Isabella, which underwent* thorough overhaul on Messrs Coffey and Dixon'B alip, being stripped, caulked* re-coppered, aud re-fastened, _is about to be put into the timber trade, having been purchased by Thomas Rcott and Co, timber merchants. Taranaki Place, add will be under the command of Captain John Qrubb.' Itinay interest readers (s&ys the Westport Times) to know that notwithstanding a statement made by certain interested parties that a light was hauled up to the roastheai of the signal staff at the Karamea, at the time the p.s Eeeult was trying to cross the bar there, the fact, as averred by passengsrs •board ..the steamer, who inspected the signal staff after landing, is that there were no haulyards to haul the light up vith, but only the blocks, hanging useless, and thfit even if » light had been put in the window of the signalman's house there, it could not be Been from seaward, as the rayß would spread directly acroßs the river, ' and not down the stream towards the bar. The statement made by our correspondent — we quote the premie words from hisietter it "Dolphin knew Bhe was coming, and, instead of putting a light at the masthead, ho stuck one in the atere window, which they could not ace," — is fully confirmed by the statement of the passengers who returned by the Kennedy, Captain Riley, too, although reticent in the anticipation of a probable official enquiry, says : ."■ It is my firm belief they did not show a light at all. " <,