SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 51, 20 June 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF OAMARU. INWARDS. Samson, p.»., 12* tons, £die, te Dunwim. «- QCTWAEDS. Jctjts 20. Defiance, kaech. Binlt. for tmncuin. Master, agonPsllican. schoonw, Wanning". tor itoiulika. m. Alton., .wne. t3 - WRT . Jl.-SB 20. Stßiunw-Siwnson. BarqUß—William tVifford. BiftgantJn*—SwowJtish. EXPORTS. Psr P»lican. for Kokitika,-3W sacks Hour. 2ti> ditto wh«n«. 2SW ditto oats. SW ditto btun, Pratt and to. S?«t Doilancu. Eur Dunedin—W tons stone, PoaK. —«- Th« schooner Pelican, for Uokitilca. sailed lor her destination eurly this morn tnar. , Thu kutciv defiance took Uer departure for Duneum uc divylitfht this mominjr. ♦ specwl smmstt temxjkamsi. fPKtt mem Aoicscr. 1 Wklun'OToj. Tuesday. TDu City of 9an Francisco arrived here last n'ujht. at 9..".(). She-loft at tt -fcl p.m. Th» schooner .fnliWM Voj.<et armed from VVathar* under jurymusts. Who will 15b offered at auction thu wsefe. TELEOKAFEI NVtttX F.»Atvl>. MiniVAtS. .funw 20.-Auckland. 3.yi> a.m.-ttfcTo. s.s.» from Syilimy. AOVA.VCE tfOTER. Th» advance note Is u"iven i>y Mi" owner, and is payable- only on the conditions named—that is to say tnut the seaman jfous on hoard and serves tur (three} Hay. Th« crimp, or amie of his fraternity, often p-vtr casli. or more L-euerally otter bad clothes or bad spines -or somuof the men's own. clof.es -lor the advance note. and as they would not t&it payment unless the seaman Is «o« on board somehow. th«y have to exert t lem»ttlv«i» to (tut ftrni (?n board, and 11 they are douhcud about him,, and fear that hi- will run. away it he ho allowed to remain sober,, they keep hmi drunk ,*t nis own expense) until they are ready to east turn on hoard. tn this thoy render service to the .--hip-owner tn setting thu man on hoard: at all. We are sorry tn. say that many wspsctsablu ship-owners regularly employ crimps. and thuv sava the ship-owner* the cost ol a pippins attune to do thu work at each ports. For service and tronblu thu crimp has soneralty assisted m spending the waires thu seaman hud earned in his previous ship. and cashes his note at a a'ood discount., or irets tuto atops (sometimes the seaman's own. that he had previously brought ashore), for which the crimp charges doubtu vaiuu. or he provides spirits with which to keep Shu seaman drunk. —"• >fautieat Masf-wdne."