SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 67, 8 July 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF OAMARCT. ♦ OCTWARD9. Jcti s. teauon,, p. 9., 124 tons, Edie, (or Ihmedin. H. Al«£«n, agent \TE9SEI9 IS FO&T. Jett 9. Brlir—Wave. EXPORTS. Jttt 9. f«r Samson,, for Dunediu—3* lihds.2 bundles. T half &JUL» W. peet; J small bu*. O. Park : t case. Hou<i ami Shannun •. t parcel, J. K. Brown and Co. : i eaak oil, Altitun; 1 bag, Ireland unci Co. : t ditto (broken coatings)* Raid and Gray : tOO boif* wheat. Andenott ami Cur. 400-ditto. A. it Man*!, for Christchuruh—l imall bo*. T. R. Brown. Fur Wellington—--4 »«*M V 1 bay. J. O. Reid. ♦ The tJniotv Company's steamer Samson teft the Breakwater for Dunedin Shis morning us eleven o-Vfoufc. Tfc« fisllowintf Is the list of paswnifma: Jtssdames Surtfcerland. Hall. Di Booth, i Messrs. Braid. C i«iibraitft,, Jt'Owtfor. Dunlin. If. Aitken. Half, f*- Ander■on,. J. Kennedy. Bruee, R. Kerr. O. Bulloch ; and •bout twelve in, the stßerajfe. Th« number otvaeeaaa vi&ssefo built in Oreat Britain tor the quarter ending Jtareii was no. with a gross tonnaif* ot 04,T3tt tons, airainet 77 vessels of a gross tonnage o* 75,100 lon» for the corresponding period Uvst year. Sailing ships for the. same period showed an increase of 20 veaa»t»„ with a dSHirease of 3,0t2 tons. ♦ A FATAL STRUGGLE. A few days ftgtf wff published a telegram from Ore?moutlV stattnif that a man named Hood had been drowned while Hghtinir with, another man aboard a ketch. The following further particulars are from the "Grey At»w Argue*:—"One of the sailors named Charles Donovan came into the cabin at one a.m.. very drtinlt (where ffood was asleup. having gone li? bed two hours before, perfectly sober) and said to Hood. •What are you kicking up a noise about. JexuxnyT Hood repHeu. * I ant not making a noise at ail.' Donovan continued, acuusinirltiiod of malting a noise, and asked him what miwte liim say that he (Hood). wo«M fltfbt any man. tlooit ajpu'n- told Donovan that he tuivar miMiu any »«ch statement, and at last, beinir grsatly provoksit By Donovaa.and having rupeatediy Mkwi him to jro awiyi to hit* bed. ifood said. * Wen. if yot* don't kaoult off. t wilt jriVa yott a smackin:;. - " Donovan then uomixwneed teurinir off his own clothes-. drajofud tha, blankoto oft Hood and pulled him out of hid. Both man then want on deelt. and a seuttk en•ueil.and hoth men having hold of each other felt over Board between the Slarivh and .Vtaryand the tsabella Andurson, whieh was tyinir afooiiside. Donovan fcilliriijr bitokwarde. and Hood on the top of him. Donovan ij'i>t hold of * rope ftetwuen the two vussels and w:is ifot out. tut Kood iloaCed astern of the schooner towards the two vessels iytiijf further down. Kerr, the mate of the Surah and Stary. threw hinv w rope, but as he did not cMuft. it he called out to Hood to make for the two vessels, and h* apparently fried to do so. but disappenred 3Udduniy. A boat was srot out immediately by Kerr tuidot&eriL anlt a searehnuade.: but wtfhouE avair. Ymtwduy fftn ff«rth' v ßeaiih wiw seifruhed By siervfeant Muitorfor teffl mUes. hut the body was not found. The deeaased wa» a master mariner, about thirty-two years of age. * native of Selkirk. Scotland, where he teaves a wtta and faanily. Donovan was arrested, and is now in the toek-up."