SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 137, 28 September 1876, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

|| PORT OF OAMAEU. | • ; VESSELS IN PORT. ' September 28. ; Schooner—lsabella Piatt. | INVAKDS. |i Septrmi:f.r 27. ![ Isabella Pratt, fore-and-aft schooner, 71 tons, Cros", i' from Ali tor. J. Lii-tle, agent. IMPORTS. September 27. . PBr Isabella Pratt, from Pieton—42,soo feet timber, I s Fulton, Barrett and Co.; 14,000 feet timber, James i: Little. The smart little fore-and-afcer Isabella Pratt, arrived ' in harbor last evening, at 5.30 from Pieton. Captain il Cross reports that he left Piston last Thursday with a • tkrflt K.W. wind, and carried it as far as Banks Pcnin■i frii*. when it increased to a full gale, and then sud- ' denly chopped round to the southward. The Isabella Pratt run into O'Kain's Bay for shelter, and reniaincd - there till Monday, when a fresh start was mode. ' Light northerly airs then followed the arrival. T.ie schooner brings a cargo of timber, consisting of 50,500 feet. THE TWIN STEAJIER CASTALIA. " Atlas" in the " Globe" writes"l am delighted - to hear that the Casta'ia, which is now running four days a-week between Dover and C'aiai3, is fast t ecoming a general favorite. Captain Pittock has gone back to the London and Chatham Company's steamers, and his "Mace on the Castalia is filled by Captain Cooke, an officer who has had many years' experience in the cross-Channel service. His first officer is Jlr. Milier, ■who had the good fortune to resign his post on the Strathclyde just before that vessel went down oil Dover. The great blemish in the twin-ship is her deficient speed, which makes her unable to compete With the mail-boats. Her spacious saloons and casv motion compensate, however, to some extent for this drawback, though of.course it is annoying to be obliged to wait for later trains now and then at Loth Calais ar.u Dover. I amtold that Captain Dieey's Company has ; given an order.for the construction of a second twin- : B hip at Newcastle, the boilers to be of sufficient power to propel her at a rate which will outpace all existing competitors. If speed as well as comfort is attained, the two railways running into Dover can no longer refrain from giving the new line their friendly sanction ; ant* support. It is an everyday occurrence now for visitors at Folkestone and Dover to ran across the Channel by the Castalia in the morning, luiijh at Calais, and return to Dover in time ior dinner on the same day.