CUSTOMS ENTRIES. INWARDS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3936, 28 September 1874, Page 2

CUSTOMS ENTRIES. INWARDS.

Jane Hannah, 52 tons, Mason, from Catlin's Kiver, With cargo. H. Guthrie, agent. . ■

OUTWARDS.

Mary Ogilvie, 72 tons, Falconer, for Greymouth, with cargo.. Keith Ramsay, agent. Margaret Sivllay, IB tons, Pratt; for Kakanui, with cirgo. Keith Rsuusay, agent. : Defianlv, it tows, tinrfce, for Moeraki, with cargo. Keith Rar.xsay, ageut*. IMPORTS. Per ts«y «sf £h« fcaJw, frwni Port M&lyneux: 822 bags^OFßciA; W2 &\ Brawn; lease, Banks; 131 bass, 55 empty <*&«, kvi.sttwdrics, xir4<sr. Per Bagtnar, from Hokitika: SsjOOoft timber, Findlay and Co. Per LloytTs Herald, from Catiirfs River: 25,000 ft timber, Guthrie and L&rnach.

Per Wallabi, from the Muff: 42,500 ft timber, Guthrie and Larnach; 1 carriage, 1 package, 10 bags, order; 2 kegs, Maekerras; 1 case, Keith and Wilkie; 1 bag-; M'lntosh; 2 packages, Mathcson Bros. Per Albion, from Melbourne: 17 packages, 7 bundles, Distillery; 5 casks, Baxter; 7 cases, 3 packages, Hayman and Co; 6 cases. Beaver Bros ; 3 dp, hogg aud Hutton ; 3 do, Ross and Glendining ; 1 do, 10 packages, Marshall and Copeland; 20 boxes, 14 bales, 10 cases, Neill and Co ; 9 packages, Moonton ; 1 case, Kerr; 4: do, Livingston; ldo, 5 packages, Isaacs and Marks ; 1 do, Baker arid M'Keiizie; 2 boxes.

J Mackay; 1 do, Coulls and Culling; 10 bales, H S Fiah i ; 152 bags, 5 hhds, 45 .casks, 86 cases, order ; 2 eta'es^'North and Scoullar; 15 do, Walcott; 1 package, 1 bale, 1 truss, 2 cases, Hallenstein Bros; 2 cases, Wise; 3 do, Reithiand Wilkie; 2 bales, Fergussoh and Mitchell; 5 do, 1 case, Sargood, Son, and Co ; 5 casks, W 6 Turnbull; 4 ba'es, Reeves and Co ; 5 cases, M'Leod Bros; 15 do, Bardsley ; 1 truss, 1 package, Kirkpatrick and Glendinirg; 1 case, Thomson and _ Gray; 7 bale*, Guardian; 5 cases,; 1 bale, 1 box, Daily Times; 1 cask, Robins and M'Leod; 10 casks, W and J Scoular; 9 cases, Bagley aud Son ; 23 cases,

18 casks, 2 bags, 2 bales, 12 boxes, Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co; 29 packages,'Spedding; 4 bundles, Fiudl ay and Co ;13 cases, Aldrich ; 2 do, Mackerras; 12 do, Murray; 3 bales, Firquhar; 5 casks,' 1 case, A and T Burt; 25 bars, Reid and Gray; 2 cases, Fraser; 1 dp, A and Tlnglis; 2 casks; Proudfoot; 1 parcel, Hobbs ; 1 case, 1 bale, Knott; 1 case, Benjamin Brothers; 1 do, Guthrie and Larnach; 1 bundle, 1 package, Prosser; 10 cases,- M'Landress and Co; 7 trunks, Harris; 1 ease, 2.springs, 'Briscoe and Co; 10

cases, 5 kegs, Gregg and Co; 10 cases, Pedlani; 10 do,

Pernman.; 60 do, Jessep Bros; 193 do, .17 bags, Dun♦Tnrigßros; 1 ba<j, G Matthews ; 1 parcel, Watson; 1 do, Russell, Ritchie, ; and Co; 1 do, T.Allan; 1 do. Secretary Victoria Insurance Co; 1 parcel/ C Begg; 1 do, Wilson ; 1 case, Barton ; 22 Casks, 2 boxes, Dalgety, Nichols, and Co; 1 box, Archibald; 2 cases, Heyraanson, Low, and Co;. 1 package, Gibbs; 4 cases, Lange and Thoneman; 1 case, Bagley and Son ; 1 do, Wilkinson and Co; 1 parcel,.Ratherfelt; I do, Wateon; 6 packages, Kemp; 7 packages, 5 bags, 5 casks, Oliver and Ulph. ; Per Maori, from Oamaru: 18 bags, Cargills, Gibbs and Co; 5 bales, Driver, Stewart,' and Co; 52 bags, Houghton aad Co; 4 hags, Nixon ; 2 portmanteauaTarrattjl.bpxi'Ariderson; 1 bag, Dalgety, Nichol^, and Co ; 4 cases, Mackerras and Co ; 53 hnds, 9 bags, Bridgman; 505 bags, Anderson and Co. " '

EXPORTS Per Margaret Scollay, for Kakamii and AUday Bay 17 packages, Russell. Ritchie, arid Co;, 3 bhds, Keast and Co; 6 tanks, 1 hhd, Copeland ; 9 packages, Wilson and Co; 4 do, Briscoe and Co; 7 do, llacfarlane; lot timber, Black, Thomson, and Co; 1 do, Edmond, Forsyth, and M'Neill. :■;,...•■ v: Per Mary O^ilvie, for ;Greymouth: 66 packages, Lange and Thon».nian;: 80 do, Royse, '■ Stead, and Co •■; I do, Manning; 1 do, Buttervrorth Bros; 2. do, Gregg and Co; 92 do, M'Leod Bros ; 5 do, G F Reid ; 6 do^ Bardsley; £L.do,, Law, iSomrier,: and Co.;' 695 bajjs^ Anderson and Mowat; 102 do, Neill and Co; 1 do; Seoular ; 14 do, iratheaonßTOs ;-ll>oxr,-Brocfelcj-. ' Per Defiance, for Moeraki: 15 packages, Wilson; 83 do,Mackerras,; 4do, Briscoe and Co; 6hhds, Keast|; 3 do, Joel; 3.do,, Copeland; 3 do, Butterwbrth Brosj; II do, Gunn arid Ross- Ibag, Allan ; !2do, Matheson Bros; 30 do, Oliver and Ulph; lot timber, Findlay and Co; do, Black, Thomson, and Co; 1 do, Becking «ale. '■■:'■'..'.' ■."".■ ' . ' ■.;■'; !

ARRIVAL OF;THE.ONECA^

The American-barque Oneca,-Captain J. B.Henrique, arrived at the port in tow of the steamer Samson yesterday afternoon;: She: is from; New- York, and brings a lull'cargo-of miscellaneous goods, of which one-third only is consigned to this market, the re^mainder being about equally divided between Nelson and Wellington. The Oneca is on hersecond visit to New Zealand, having made a voyage to this port about eight years ago. This time she has been somewhat long on thg way, having left New York on the sth June, and thus occupied 114 days in doing the 'distance. She left •with westerly winds, which held until she fell in with the N.E. Trades on the 20th June, in lat: S2 48. They were lost on the 6th:>July,in Lat. 7^15 N., and had pioved but a moderate Trade, hanging much to the! eastward A spall bf doldhnn weather then followed; and continued iuntil the barque: reached 2 N., when the S.E. Trade was picked up. The Line was crossed on the 13th. July, in:long. 30 west, on'the 39th day out with a strong: steady Trade, that stuck to the vessel to 28.50 S., and then gave out on the 27th Julyj Thence to the meridian of Greenwich, which was crossed in l&b.'3S 62 South: on the 9th August, strong sonth and S.E. weather was experienced. On the 2nd August it blewa tremendously heavy gale from S.E.y and compelled the barque to heave to, and 'she lay by the wind for two days, part of the time under bare poles. The tgale was-followed yby the steady Westerlies, which continued to the meridian of Desolation, Island, and . gave place to vari-i able winds—northerly .prevailing;--that...field until the Oneca was abreast of Tasmania,., on the 15th iust. Thence she met' with nothing but easterly weather until-the Snares .were sighted on the 25th inst. From the 18th to 'the 22nd she "was headreaching under low. canvas in a heavy N.E. gale; A moderate westerly; wind caught . her at the Snares, and brought her down the coast to Cape Saunders by midnight of Saturday, and there she lay becalmed until'ycsterday; and then fetched the Heads,' and being promptly attended to by the steamer Sam-* son, was towed into port. One vessel was- signalledduring the passage, the barque D. S. Carlton, on the! sth June, lat. 8.11 N., long. 27.30 W. -' She was 34 days out from New York, and was bound to Melbourne. Captain Henrique reports that John Green, an able seaman, fell overboard on the 17th day of September and was drowned. \

Supposed Tragedy ,at Sea.—When we. boarded the barque Oneca yesterday, we were startled by sinister! rumours respecting foul play in the case of one of the sailors named John Green, who was lost overboard on> the 17th of September. One of his shipmates had, it appears, stated that the unfortunate fellow wasknocked down with a belaying-pin by the second mate1 of the barque, and then thrown overboard. Before leaving the vessel,'we interrogated Cap'ain Henrique on the: Eubject, and he informed us that he feared all was uotf right, but declared that he knew no more about the] occurrence than we did. as he was below by the side ofhis wife at the time it happened. He had, however,; found it necessary to arrest the second niate'and place: him in close confinement, and proposed consulting with the American Consulat Dunedin to-day as to the: proper steps to be taken with the cast*. He declined toenter into further particiilara until lie had done so,; and as the case is now to all intents and purpose sub\ judice we shall withhold any comments upon it until! further and reliable details have been elicited. ;

Since writing the above we have ascertained that the i captain of the'barque has communicated with the po-: lice and placed-the matter in'their hands, and that; Sergeant Neil wid Constables Nickle and Coffey pro-! ceeded on board for the purpose of obtaining evidence, and also to place the second mate under the surveillance of a constable for the night. The Sergeant had' not returned by the time our Port despatch closed last' night. -.■•-. ;

Messrs M'Meckan and Blackwood's B.M. s.s. Albion > Capt. Underwood, with the New Zealand portion of the^ Suez mail onboard, arrived at the Poit Chalmers Railway Pier at 6 a.m. yesterday. To ensure the early transmission of the mail to Dunedin arrangements to run a special train had bsen made by Mr Conyers, the general manager of the railway. The train was despatched - from Dunedin shortly after seven o'clock, and having > received mails and passengers left the Port at eight, i Thirty saloon aiid twenty-two steerage passengers ar- > rived with the Albion, also sixteen fine draught horseßii and mares, seventeen rams, and 170 tons of cargo. The Ii horses were lauded at once, and appeared to be in ad-1 mirable condition, and were despatched overland to j Sunedin. Since the Albion was last here she has en-> countered a very grave peril, and survived it, under '■ Providence, by the aid of the good seamanship of Cap- i tain Underwood, Mr Corbett, the chief officer, and the' other officers and crew of the steamer. We alluded to i the circumstance in a former issue, when we stated i that she had lost her rudder, and that in commemoration of the escape the passengers had presented hand-, some writteii and monetary testimonials to the captain and chief officer. Details of the occurrence, as supplied by,the Argus of the 11th inst., are now to hand, and we hasten to place them before our readers. The Argus«ays:—

" The Albion, prior to leaving New Zealand, was guaranteed £200 if the mail was put on board the Hubia in/time, and being a splendid sea boat, it was considered a certainty that she would be able to accomplish this, if not with ease, at least that she would save the mail. The weather was most forbidding when she left the West Coast, and knowing this, the chief engineer, MrMathieson.had everything in readiness in the engine-room for the extra demand which was to he made on the steaming capabilities of the vessel, and right well the engines performed their work, driving the Albion a good seven knots fair in the teeth of a strong gale. The steamer left Hokitika at 6 p.m. on the 2nd inst., and steamed away at once against heavy westerly gales, which continued until Sunday, the 6th inst., when the wind increased in force, and raged with hurricane violence until 9 p.m. on the Bth inst.

At 2 a.m. on Monday, the 7th inst, while the hurricano was at its worst, and the stemncr was hammering away her hardest at it, the rudder-shaft broke, and she fell off the wind. This was in: latitude 40deg: 20min. S., and long. 151dey. E., about 350 mile 3 from Port Phillip Heads. On account of the unusually tempestuous weather, it was altogether impossible to get her round, and she lay helplessly in the trough of the sea, which was running' at a fearful height. Had' the Albiou been deeply ladon if would have fared ill with her at this juncture, but having little or no cargo on board she was light aud buoyant. The gale moderated on the night of the Bth inst., and strenuous exertions were made to connect steering chains with the after part of the rudder. There was great risk to life in the attempt, and Captain "Underwood and his passengers give great praise to Mr LJorbett, the chief officer, and, indeed, to all'the officers and crew, for their noble exertions. The-efforts, however, were unsuccessful, and when the yards had been sent down, there was nothing for it but to let her drift until the wind shifted or the weather abated. Fortunately the gale, which had moderated, shifted more to the southward, and the vessel's head having been got round, she was steered by her canvas, easing and hauling' on the jib and main sheets as required. In this fashion Captain Underwood got the Albion for about 170 miles, and just as he got within a mile of Flinders Island the wind fell light, and he had to drop anchor. A raft was then made, and chains fixed to the rudder, and with the help of a spar, temporary but very effective steering gear was rigged up, and the Albion resumed her voyage, leaving Flinders Island at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 9th inst. After a quick run across of 20 hours, "she arrived in llobson's Bay. The passengers,-with regard to their estimate of Captain Underwood and his oiiieers during the emergency, have expressed themselves strongly, as will bo seen by, an address in our shipping advertisement columns, the' wording of which has been followed up by a substantial expression of opinion in tho shape of a purse of sovereigns." During her stay in Melbourne, tho Albion was docked, and had her rudder shaft welded, and was otherwise looked to. When tho English mail arrived, she tra - shipped the New Zealand portion of it, and left on the 21st inst., cleared Port Phillip Hauls at (i p.m., and passed Swan Island at 2 p.m. the following day. Light variable winds were experienced during the run across Solauder Island was passed at 1 a.m. on tho 2o'th, and the Ifluff reached at'7.3o a.m., the trip thus having been made in the remarkably smart time of four days liSi hours—the quickest, wo believe, on record. She lauded passengers, mails, and cargo at the Bluff, and left at 5.30 p.m. ; had light S.W. weather until midnight, and than met with thick drizzling rain and calm. She hove to off tho Heads for an hour or so until daylight was fairly in, and then ran \ip harbour, and moored at the wharf as above. We have to thank MrNorris, the purser, for our files and the report. The Albion will leave on her return to Melbourne, via Cook Strait, this afternoon. "; . .■■: '\>- -.

During the Albion's run from tho Bluff, she passed the. brigantine Sea Gull off the Nuggets. The Sea Gull is bound here, and will no doubt show up to-day. ; The schooner Daginar, timber laden, from Hokitifca, arrived at the Port yesterday forenoon, and proceeded on to Dunedin with the flood tide. She made.tht passage northabout, and left Hokitika on the 12th inst. with a fresh S.W. breeze that stuck to her down the coast, and carried her through the Strait on the Kith. It there died away, worked round to the S.E., and increased to a heavy gale, sending the schooner into Wellington Harbour for shelter. She lay there until the next morning and then put to sea, but met with a recurrence of the gale the same night when off Cape Campbell, and weathered it hove-to under close reefed foresail. 'I he gale broke on the following day, and thence to tho Heads, which were readied on Friday night, very unsettled but moderate weather was experienced. She is consigned to Messrs Findlay and Co. ' ■■'■ - . '•■■'■■•:■ ■■• :•■''■' ■■■■~:■; \

The ketch Lloyd's Herald came in yesterday forenoon, and went to Dunedin on tho flood tide. She is from Catlin's River with a cargo of timber consigned to Messrs Guthrie.and Larriaeh, and left Catiins- on Friday morning:. S. W. weather prevailedduring the run. Captain Halford reports that the schooner Friendship and ' ketch Eliza M'Phee arrived at Catlins on Friday morning1. . .-...-.•.-, :

The little steamer Result, how Government property, is undergoing, considerable repairs. Her boiler has-been taken out to be inspected, overhauled, and, where possible, improved. It is to be bedded ac a higher level, and some" alteration in the tankwork oh each side ef it is to be effected. ;

Messrs H. Houghton and-Co.'s steamer Wallabi, Captain Leys, arrived from the Bluff at noon on Saturday, and, passing the Port, went.on to Dunedin. She had been absent since the previous Tuesday evening, and hence has made very good time of it. At the Bluff she discharged a full cargo, shipped another, and left on Friday at 5.30 p.m., and had fine moderate S.W. weather along\ttie coast; We notice that she is to leave for the South again to-morrow. > The last of the American t ship; Bunker Hill's cargo will be discharged to-day, and then, after a little more ballast has been taken in, this fine vessel will be ready for sea." There are several points of resemblance beY tween her and the barque Colusa (also American), notably in their frames,- both being of oak, mid in the capacity of their 'tween decks, only the Bunker Hill's exceeds the Colusa's in height at least, her ftween decks are nine feet in the clear. They are also abun: dantly provided with side ventilators. Peculiar provision for the storage of fresh water is made in her case. She is fitted, with circular tanks thai rest on the keelson and reach to the upper deck.1 The Bunker Hill is a grand ship, natheless her age of twenty years, and is as staunch almost as" when she left the shipwright's hands. ■•■••'.■.■;.-... [

The brig Pakeha put to sea on Saturday afternoon on her return to Oamaru. ; t

The new schooner Isabella Anderson. was taken alongside the thip Corona on Saturjay, and there stepped her masts. :

. The Harbour Steam Company's s.s. Maori left Port Chalmers at 6 p.m. on the 25th, and arrived at Oamarii at 11 on the same night. She commenced to discharge cargo on the morning of the 26th. and after taking in cargo and passengers proceeded to Dunedin. She left at 6 p m., and arrived at the Heads at 10 p.m., and, in conisequence of the tide, waited in port. till 2 a.m. She then proceeded to Dunedin, arriving at the Rattray street Jetty, on the morning's tide. j The s.s. Lady of the Lake arrived from Port Molyneux yesterday morning and went on to Dunedin.;.. j The brig William Cundall arrived at Newcastle'from this port on the 17th inst. ;

■ ■'- A late telegram in the Melbourne Argus informs us| that the mate and a seaman belonging to the schooner Reine Hortensehave been murdered by the Natives of Apii, one of the New Hebrides islands. i

The Argus reports thearrival at Melbourne, on the 20th inst., of the s.s. Durham, the latest addition to .MesqrsJipnex. Wigram and Uo.'s fleet of Australian liners. She ma'ae wtc-ruii out iti's4raaya, -c«»a-ia do^ scribed as a very, fine vessel, of 163S register, and of the following dimensions -—Length 'over-all, '305 ft: beam, 39ft; depth' '■ of hold, 2flft !)ih.' Her measurement tonnage is 2300. She h.s first-class machinery,l comprising a compound direct-acting engine; cylinders, the low-pressure 80in diameter, and high-pres-sure 86iu ; length of stroke. -4ft; • nominal horsepower 300, ahd ; indicated 1500. There are four boilers^ weighted to,a pressureof SOlbs the square inch, but the run out was made.uiider drily 571b. The con-i sumption of coal was at the rate of 12J tons per diem,5 and with this.a speed of 10 knots was attained. ' The propeller is twp-bladed,'and 16fc diameter, with 22ft ! pitch; The Durham is lightly rigged as a barque,1 with iron iriasts and' lower-yards, the lower masts and topmasts being m one, whilst the topgallant masts fitf into them. A peculiarity of her rig is that she does not carry a mainsail. -The distance traversed during the run out was 12,202 miles; greatest day's work,----310 miles, and least, 145 miles ;: average speed, 9 knots;