BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Issue 3154, 22 July 1878, Page 2

BLUFF HARBOR.

;;;;;A«»rTtl>i:X-7 Glimpse, i#tob>l&tibatj Wares,from Oamedin. ' '■'''kk^M&w^T. UlvjajjßatteTfjJbiej,from Stewart's Island. .-■•'" fcii/ T ;■> ' ttx r^r-" "" Per Kestrel-66 tons coal, Railway Department. .-,--r-r-^- . '• Per Glimpt*-W ton* etonev Stewirt. n '2' jfjg-3-jM ;-iO^- ;--,35f1&.3a,e; :/t<;Kv.say?-JoT-a . The ketch Kestrel, Capt. Mason, left' Port' OhalmertOT'the^ 6t%st.,! lor with a car^o'df cdak v 'Chj r fgettmi%ownnb^^ heads she met 'a^ 1 s^ng^;s*on%ester^'which* forced her tSeoie 1 to an- anchor. At a p.m. on the 1 Ts't^th» wind shifted round to the N.W., with~i?hieh.,«he gof^^wway-aSr sailed down ta'fa/' as Gc^kVP^ok, at J aim. on the 2nd. when the v bro^ sndfJenly shifted to the 8.W., and blew hard, so that she was forcedikoofteari apl for ttht heads again and anchor.- iLay* there^nntil.6 swrnii on thw 6th, wheni the r wind agamr shiftedLs^fo the.N.W^ and another start was made, only however faX return to the anohdrage again at 8 p.m. same day. .At same day sailed again, and at 11 pOTrgotrdown^inVfi-jiig^Poin^to'bw^zsr freßhening^from the Westward; and at 8 a.m. on tbe 6th bore up for fchjelNafgets before • heavy gale, with.equals of snow and haU. tbere^nntil^the 11th at 6 a.m., when anchor wae, weighed; with; a; light N. wind.V.As noo^offT^ngiPointjWindiS.W. light, but graduaUy^increased to a gale, which again forced .her to take refuge under the Nuggete.--*On -the-13th--eailed-again-at-1-1-p.m., and at 3 p.m; off] Long Point, and at 6: a.m. Chasland'a Mistake . At;;noon was offv the Brothers, and at 1 p.m. Weipapa Pojnt was reached with a fresh 'breeze from the N.W. At 3 p.m. the wind, shifted to the S.W., and-at 7 pm. blew so strong that the Eestrel was foroed to heave to. At 10 p.m ran into Tautuku Bay for shelter, and remained there until the 16th, when the heavy sea Tolling in, foroed her to get under way and put to sea. Stood off and on close reefed against a strong S.W. breeze^ntil the 19tb, when the wind decreased and' veered round to" the N.W. light, and ultimately to the eastward, with which she ran up to the Bluff, and at 2 p.m. moored alongside the wharf. .She brings a cargo of coal for the Railway Department.' -: ' •' *•'. ■"■"■ ■■*■■■ The ketch Glimpse, Capt. Wares, with a load -of "st<Jne? from-- Oamaru, entered the harbor at the same time as the Kestrel.' She experienced iniuch the same weather on the passage up. Left Oamaru on the 25th ult.; and oh the 27th was off Otago -Heads, from whioh time she kept company with the" Eestrel. -■ . - - - - .