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Otago Witness, Issue 1502, 28 August 1880, Page 14

Shipping.

ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES FOR THE WEEK. ARRIVALS. Thursday— lsabella, from Catlin's River ; Beautiful Star, from Oamaru ; Italy, from Port Eaperance ; 1 Stella, from Northern ports; Jessie Niccol, from a ■ sealing cruise. Friday— Shag, from Kakanui ; Janet Ramsay, from Catlin's River. Saturday— -Taiaroa, from the North ; Shag, from Shag Point. SundayMaori, from Timaru ; Jane, from Quoin Point ; Lapwing, from Newcastle ; Beautiful Star, from Oamaru ; Khorasan, from London. Monday— lno,; from Port Molyneux. Tuesday— Tararua, from Melbourne, via Hobart Town and the Bluff ; Kakanui, from Catlin's River. Wednesday— Maori, from Timaru ; Shag, from Shag Point. DEPARTURES. Thursday — Kakanui, for Invercargill ; Te Anau, for Melbourne, via the Bluff ; Lizzie Guy, for Wellington. Friday— Beautiful Star, for Oamaru. Saturday— Nil. Sunday — Marmion, for Oamaru ; Martha Reid, for Greymouth ; Palmerston, for Invercargill ; Alpha, for Catlin's River. Monday— Maori, for Timaru ;Taiaro», for the North ; Stella, for the Southern lighthouse; Otago, for Invercargill. Tuesday-Shag, for Kakanui; Beautiful Star, for Oamaru. iWcduesday-Tarorua, for Northern ports ; Kakanui, for Invercargill. . PASSENGERS. INWARDS. Per Tararua, 8.5., 663 tons, Muir, from Melbourne via Hobart Town and the Bluff. J Mills, agent. Pas-sengers-Messrs Cleghorn, Harris, Rintel, bmith, and 3 steerage. OUTWARDS. Por Te Anau, s.s., 1050 tons, Carey, for Melbourne, ria the Bluff. J Mills, agent. Passengers : For Hobart Town-Mr and Mrs Martin. For Melbourne— Mesdames Wisnolski and 4 children, Brown, Egan, George, Miss Geoghagan, Messrs Fargie.Shevrock, Gootz, Marks, Wood, Currle, Mitchell, Fitzgerald, Per Taiaroa, s.s., 228 tons, Malcolm, for the North. J Mills, agent. Passengers: For Lyttelton— Mrs Saunders, Miss Cull. For Wellington — MJsb Jano Parker. For Greymouth— Mrs E Crawford. For Wostport— Mrs Joyce. For Taranaki— Mr and Mra • Per Tararua, b.s,, 663 tons, Muhy for Northern ports. J Mills, agent. Passengers : For Lyttelton— Mr Grange. For Wellington— Mr Fraser.' For Auok« land— Messrs Cleverly, Cpnnell, Hayman, Master Cog* nell ; and 4 steerage,

' MONSTER STEAMERS. The hull will be of the best iron, ana in the best man " e £~™?Vlkheads through the hearts and two lon^ udin^L eSs will be of 7500 engine and botlewoamfc J^ engm » 6 high-pressure and three a^^^-SSid s&te.roo P mswill be h T.TyMS« Bteanw in « ieworld - Jm? 1 Lvpsse? will be 7500 tons burden, and 10,000 ? h «»^nJ P r accOTdingto a statement from the LonSK Twiße exceeded in size only by the , City ofßome and Great Eastern. She will have an exto promenade deck, and will practically be a fivedecker being fitted for 460 first-class and 600 steerage n^umeen with accommodation for a crew of 200 SSSfaS men. The hull will be built with a double £X on what is called the longitudinal and b£t system, with water-tight compartments In steel is to le employed instead of ron. '

ARRIVED FROM OTAGO. Canterbury, at Gravesend on June 2«th. SAILBD FOR OTAQO . Durham, from London, on June 26th ; Hieronymus, rom New York, on June 9th ; Lurline, from London, on June 26th.

Considerable trouble was experienced with the Graving Dock on Tuesday night, and •notwithstanding the fact that the pumps were kept going all night, J wasUmpossible to keep the dock free from water. A past being forming in this^art of the harbour.