CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1172, 4 October 1865, Page 4

CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

INWAJIDS. October 3—.Nil. OUTWARDS. October 3—Nil. IN WAfiDS-COASTWISE. October 3 —Wonpa Wo"ga, 104 tone, Seymour, rnafttcr, from Lyttulton mid Northern Ports, with c.irgo find 11 pa&stiigers. Lloyd, Taggart and O, Hg-*nts. Octobers —Wellington, 2GI tons, Francis, master, from the Bluff, wish cargo find 19 passengers. Lloyd, Taj/gairt and Co, aeents. October 3—Alhambra, 497 tons, M'Lean, master, from Ilokitikn, with 15 passengers and ballast. Jluyse, Mudie and Co, agents. OUTWARDS —COAST WISE. October 3—Wonga Wonga, 104 tonn, Seymour, master, for Lyttelton in ballast. Lloyd, Taggart and Co, ag*nti>. IMPORTS. Per Wonga Wongn, from Lyttelton and Wellington : 4 casks butter, Tlios Field ; 1 case merchandise, De Cirle ; 8 bags beans, W Gregg and Co; 1 pkfr, '2 iron bed-tea'is, M'Pherson; 1 pkg merchandise, Sargood and Co. Per Wellington, from the Bluff: 1 case, 1 bale merchandise, Anderson, Mowat and Co; 1 cage, Bing, Harris and Co. The barque llialto, with coal from Newcastle, arrived at the llotids at 2 p.m. She is consigned to Messrs Bright Brothers and Co. The barque Clara, irom Sydney, also arrived in the afternoon. Both sailed before the English Mail was telegraphed. -Tl'.esehoosu-r JsimfisDuly, which hasforfievcral,years been employed as a lighter in Port Gt&ga,. nn>l which, during that time, by her p'imitive build and the predilection Jor idling upon the banks, became a distinguished feature of the Bcenery, sailed to day for Wimganui, with a cargo of produce. S!ie recently underwent an extensive overhaul, rec ived new masts aal sails, and has now quite a shipshape appearance. A steam vessel under sail, and without smoke apparant, was seen (rum the dicks of the brigEuimn, off the river Waitaki, on Saturday'monii'g lust, shortly after sunrise*. ... She hoisted alfjri'ilsi.and the requen was made from ..the bri^ to mike the signals more visible;, but, from the position of the vessels, they could not be read. There is little doubt that the steamer seen was the Ludy Bird, ■which is since ascertained to have broken down, and to have arrived at Lyttelton under canvas. On the same day, a steamer under steam, and standing to the northward, was sighted by the Emma. She was, no doubt; the Star of the South, which was afterwards Been by the Wonga Wonga, to the northward of Banks's Pcninsi'la. The steamer Wonga Wongn, which only arrived from the North, late on Monday ■ evening, was despatched .it mid-day lor Lytteltoit, with the intention of proceeding r ""afterwards' to Wellington with the '■"Lady Bird's mails and passengers. It was intended to place her on the berth for Ilokitika, but, under ,the circumstances, Messrs Lloyd, Taggart and Co, the agents, resolved to change- her destination, and the utmost promptitude was used in , expediting the departure of the vessel for Lyttelton. The Lady Bird broke her crank shaft, and that daninge is of too pcrious .anature to bo readily repaired tit Lyttelton. The s.s. Wellington, which left this port a few ruinutts before the Otago, on the 29ih inst., reached the Bluff at 8.15 a.m. on the following day. Tbe Qtugo was three miles ahead at s»a m., nnd reaclitd the Bluff at 9 n.tn. During the night it blew a strong head ■wind, with a heavy Bea. The schooner Elizabeth .Curie has been launched from Isbister's Slip, after a thorough overhaul, and is now on ihe berth for cargo for Bruce and Jackson's Buy. The steamer Geelong, after receiving new paddle-boxes and other extensive alterations, was towed down to Port Clulmerson Monday, by the Golden Age, and now goes on the slip to be painted and coated with Borthwick's preparation. An impudent imposition upon the public is being attempted by the erection ot « wooden shanty upon the principal thoroughfare in Port Chalnurj, fur the accomni; dalion of a stevedore aud shipping master, and by the leave, it in snid, either i.f the Government or of come Government official of very limited discretion: The contemplated building is hotonly an eyesore, by the peculiar prominence

ojf"Jts po»!iion, but its erection i» co : obvious 'an injuHtice to other bnsiness; people Who iHiveißJtde* Port Cbalrners their place of residence,1 lhat there is little wonder that objections ; to» it should bo universally exprts«Cfl, and expressed in the strongest of terms. lie-cr-ntly, at public expense, a piece of ground intended to be an open wharf or esplanade, was constructed at the Port, it is approachadand intersected by the leading thoroughfare in the town.. This thoroughfare is presumed to be upheld by the Government, and, ouly the other day, the Town Board af plied for and obtained certain works to improve its condition. Upon the very ground for which 1 his expenditure was undertaken, and v/hich 'is 'the andoabted rij*ht ,of the public to use as a thoroughfare, tiiii miserable shanty is now erected, and importers or shippers of goods, and every one having occasion to use the very iDdifH-rt nt jttty at the Port, are now put to much greater inconvenience th«n they formerly experienced, and the inconvenience to which tiiey have ' bten suljec-'ted has baen at no time small. It is now impossible for drays to approach the jetty-truck, except at one small corner, !nlihongh there is more value represented by one dray load than by all the business which can be tflocted in this shanty within a year. Its conce-alrnint of the frontages of businesses who are paying high taxes is an equal objection, although a-dozen of other objections might be recounted. An aggravation of the imposition is the circumstance of such an erection being perfectly inexcusable. If it were a Government shipping office, it is no pl-ice for it—if a site for such a place, or for iijiplc-sfalis, U desiderated, there is sufflcif-nt ground |foi- the purpose on tbe Harbor Office lU'Etrve, which might be usefully occupied by apple-stalls as it is at present. But it is not a Government shipping office ; it is a shipping office of a very different character ; and how the Government came to grant leave to *>uild upon ground which is a public reserve, but which, if submitted to public competition, might realise hundreds of pounds, is a question which, in the absence of greater topics, now ayitates the public miud at Port Chalmers, and is likely to Kgitute tbe Town Board on Wednesday evening. If, as is slated, this imposture has had ttie sanction of the Harbour-master, it is felt that he has made a very indiffjrent use of his extensive leisure. .

The wreck o£ the D.ilphin, with cargo from the Alhambra, is thus described in the " West Coast Tin'e*s"—" On Saturday morning, the schooner Dolphin was towed out to the Alhambra, to lighter her; shs remained iilrngjiiJe ail dnv, and received on bourd a full cargo; and when tide served in the evening, the Yarra ngain took her in tow and made for the bar, which they crossed safely, although there was a considerable sen rolling at the time. On getting fairly into the channel, and meeting the full force of the current, it was s«n that the Yarra had more than she could manage, and after a quarter of an hour's hard sttsniing, during which time she apparently made not the slightest headway, and the heavy swell petting1 both vessels on to the beach, Captain Nichol, to save the steamer, had to cue the Dolphin adrift, and leave her to her fate. It was soon decided that, as she. was in the breakers, and there being but little wind at the time, her canvas was of no service to take her put agiin. Had there ouly been a " slant" from the south she might have been saved, but as it was, she soon took the ground, arid at low water on Sunday a'ternoon was high and dry tin the beach."

It is with extreme regret we learn that the Emernld Isle (schooner, commanded by Captain Howdm, was wrecked on Saturday last, in Ocean Bay, Port Underwood. It was blowing a vtry heavy gale of wind at the time, hut had there been good holding ground, the schooner would have been saved, as the had two anchors down, both of which were in-gufuci'-nt to prevent her drifting, and eventually become a wreck.

On Tlmridny last, one of the Keenan's engaged on the whaling station, down the S mnd, while- out in his boat, discovered the miinmast of a vessel with mainsail and mainboorn at Inched. There was also a portion of the mainshrouJs nnd chain plate hanging to the matt. Tbo portions of the wreck appear to have belonged to a ketch newly-built. No name w.is branded on any portion of the wreck, but it was quite evident the vessel must have completely broken up. Mr James Kilcy, late mate of the (chooner Emerald Islf, while bringing that vessel's boat round to Picton, on the 19th instant, saw a ve-sel, apparently a barque, resembling tbe Rangoon under jury masts. He was, at the time, off Pullunder Point, the barque evidently making for Wellington. It was blowing much too bard from N.W. to attempt to beard her. She was observed suddenly to shorten Bail, when a heavy squall struck the vessel, and she was lost (tight of about 6 p.m.—" Marlborongh Press."