SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVALS. Jclv 12. __ TW ki, *.»., 22S tons, Edie, from Dancl. '•' r . Aitken. agent. DEPARTURES. Jvtt It. p. 9., !2f> tons, Jones, for Dnntd ' itken. agent. h 'iJregor, schooner. 86 tons, r-Pr* , For Greymouth. P. Canningliti n:i- ! i '>>., aeents. JtTLY 12. Franklin Belle, ketch. 3f> tons, Bradsbaw, ioc Dnnerlin. C. Galbraith and Co., agents. VESSELS- IN PORT. Steamer—Waitaki. Barque—Letterfoures, Ulysae. Brig—Fawn- _ . » , « t» »* Schooners— Isabella Pratt. The s.s Waitaki, Captain Edie„ arrived in port yesterday afternoon from Dunedin, with a fair number of passengers and good p.s. Samson. Captain Jones, left the Br-atcwaf. r at the usn.it hour last evening, ■with pa*""'is«*s and cargo, for Dnncdm. _ The f '«.. per Kate M'Cregor, Captain M'Donald. !■ ft for ffreymonth ywteriay. The kKci. Franklin Belle, Captain Brad„haw. .i.tled for Dunedtn to-day with a cargo ° f Th« Schooner Martha Reid has finished loading. an.l will take her departure for WelTinu'ton this evening with a cargo ot breadstuff*., shipped by J. and T. Meek. _ The Isabella Pratt, was berthed alongside the wharf this afternoon, and will commence loading with produce for Napier. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Wellington, July 11. Seven* „f the crew of the barone Elizabeth ••■!-. lined to the Resident Magistrate to-d.a :;- i.o- the unseaworthiness of the ve! .H».'[ *• ' in" t' ■'*•• thev had been ten weeks at'the' pnmpa. They wanted the captain to t>nt in at the &m of Good Hop<% when off there, into Rio. .1 into TlnbartTown On coming off WVitii ;. n. they declined to pump any In- t r. .•« he put » there. An inquiry is »■ -■■*-' "* heM. An r.\nd, July lb. _ Tbesch-"- Jle ~n "... arrived at Kaipara, fron r " -ho reports that while cro ß s : "g tli- ■ .'a bar, a heavy sea W vh~' • - rl named John Mnrphy '.', ii overboard. The sea on j, n ,'..' , . ii--ivy at the time that no atu ••!'' •■onht bo made to rescue them. Th ' schooner bretitia. from the Sonth Sea T»fc>.n<ls. brings the captain, mate, and part <>f the crew of the barque Kedar, owned by Eevl and Co.. Melbourne. The captain reports that the barr(n>: sprung a leak in a hurricane off Cook'.. Hand. ing that the efforts of the crew were uneeasng at the pumps., the vesset became waterand heaw seas broke over her. The »w dun" t<> the wn-efc tilt morning, and m n»I"":i rnft. and tT.iated ashore at l\aw ■ d f, ( . which Kiiv,' George of Tonga was *n vi-ifc. tie rescued them. Alt the ■ .-; saved, except, t'harks Gittfen. a ', ~u n , wtvi was the ship-'* carpenter, -o consisted ..f 4INMNH>''t. of timber bourne. Further particulars obtained " ,„. ..lie crew show that they were 4S days ~ 'i,,.» waterlogged wreck before they d the island. During that time their «.. '', "* were very great, from want of w»n " The crew" could scarcely crawl abou' Thev subsisted on food fi*he-d np from he hold anil water from a condenser made out of an oil can. .Tamieson (the se<-~ .. mate) and M'Gowan (a seaman) were L 'on the island very ill, and were ..-ils missing and not found. The " ; ■' ffjs of MO tons register, and was. ' -vin believes, insured in a Melbourne • r,:?ooi>. ! . Sapphire sailed this afternoon for V, . 'lonia..
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Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 724, 12 July 1878, Page 2
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518SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 724, 12 July 1878, Page 2
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