THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1862. Shipping Intelligence.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21977, 12 June 1933, Page 8

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1862. Shipping Intelligence.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

/ Some of the Port Chalmers boats and boatmen have been engaged by Messrs. Cobb and Co. to convey passengers across Lake Waihola during the winter months, in connection with their coaches. Yesterday a suitable whaleboat was taken to town, to be conveyed overland to Waihola, and others are expected to follow to accommodate the traffic, under the direction of H. Bush, waterman. THE FLOATING OF THE S.S. VICTORY. As previously reported, Mr. Scott, engineer, has arrived from Sydney with his appliances for the removal of the steamship Victory from the strand at Wickliffe Bay. The following particulars of the means to be employed by Mr. Scott are given by the Sydney Morning Herald of the 21st ult.: — “It will be in the recollection of our readers, that this vessel ran on shore in Wickliffe Bay, about seven months since, on her passage from Dunedin, and where she has been lying imbedded in the sand ever since; but we are happy to state that there is every prospect of this fine ship being again • afloat. The difficult task of removing her from her present helpless position has been undertaken by Mr. Scott, whose skill and perseverance has on previous occasions been successfully tested. Mr. Scott is well known in this city, as connected with the laying down of the A.S.N. Co.’s Patent Slip at Pyrmont, and also for the strenuous exertions he made in endeavouring to float the steamer William Denny, which vessel got on shore near the N. W. Cape of New Zealand. The means employed on that occasion consisted iof a series if hydraulic blocks, which principle will again be resorted to, only differently applied, Mr. Clark, acting manager for the Intercolonial Mail Company, on receiving intelligence of the accident to the Victory, was most anxious to purchase the vessel and endeavour to get ' her off for the company, but,, in consulting Lloyd’s agent in the matter, found he could not do so; she was therefore abandoned, and ultimately sold to parties in Dunedin for £570. . . . The Victory, as before stated, is lying on a sandy beach, perfectly free from rocks. for a distance of half a mile with a six feet

rise of tide. . . . Fortunately, the steamer lies in a well-sheltered position, the wind, during the winter months, being off shore. Mr.-'Scott anticipates being enabled to commence operations in about a month, and should his plan prove successful, of which he appears sanguine, it will reflect the highest credit on Ida, skill and ingenuity. It should be stated that the ship is perfectly sound, not a single rivet having been started.”

A match of billiards, for £SOO a-side, has just been arranged to come ’ff the first week in August, between a gentleman amateur who plays under the noni de guerre of Mr. W. Townsend, and Mr. John Lamb, of Victoria, hitherto reputed to be the best player in the Australian colonies. ... The same week as the billiard match above referred to, there is to be a match for £6OO a-sidc, between Mr. Julius’ Kauri Gum and Mr. Townsend’s (the same gentleman above referred to) Falcon, over §Uie course used for the last Dunedin races; the distance to be three miles. Both horses arc in active training, and .opinions are divided as to ■their relative chances. A new era in the history of this Province is to be initiated on Saturday by the launch of a new steam boat near the Pelichet Bay Jetty. This steamer, which is the first ever built in Otago, has been constructed expressly for the Taieri River and Waihola Lake Navigation. . . . ___