BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Issue 3291, 7 January 1879, Page 2

BLUFF HARBOR.

if - j , -ARRIVED. - Wamnfoui,> Bisl, J79 Jwns, 'Fraser, from Dunedin. T. 'Brodrick, "agent. Passengers — Mesdames Marks, . Simson, Blacksmith, Captain. v -- McLeod,"" "Messrs Bennett, ■ Teelis, Sherwill, Simson, Alexander,- Connor, Eraser, Arthur, arid Sinclair. SAILED. '' l Wanganui, s.s., 179 tonß, Eraser, for Riverton. T. Brodrick, agent • IMPORTS. Per Wanganui — 3 packages, Jacobs & Moir; ,37 do, Gardiner ;.l do, Kerwau ; 1 do, Juleff Brothers; 1 do, Stamford; 1 do, McEwan; 1 do, Haines; 6 do, Boyne; 3 do, Waddel & Co; 6 do, McWilliam & KUpatrick ; 20 do, Railway Storekeeper; 26 do, Fergussonj'l do, Cargills «_ Anderson; 42 do, Cargills, "Gibbs, <& Co; Ido, Pritchard j 1 do, Devereux ; 1 do, SuUivan ; 25 do. Templeton «fe Co ; 2 do, Sun Loon On ; 14 do, Coad Chan ; 1 do, Dag ; 2 do, Bordeaux ; 2 do, Howarth ; 3 do, Boyne ; 2 do, Kingsland & Co ; 2 do, Sloan & Son ; 3 do, Peters ; 43 do, Reid'A Gray; 10 do, Pollard; 10 do, Christie ; 22 do, CoAvper & Wilson ; 1 do, Hatch & Co ; 1 do, Farnie; I. do, Williams; 1 do, Morris; 95 do, Smith; 1 do/Lamb; 4 do, W.Todd; 1 do, Rogers ; 4 do, McWilliams ; 1 do, Martin ; 1 do, Robertson ; 7 do, order ; 1 do, Hawkins ; 1 do, ' Haworth ; 1 do, Hunter ; 12 do, Guthrie & Larnach; 1 do, Pinkiert ; 73 do, Malaghan ; 15 do, Kidd; 1 do, Taylor;. 9 do, Morrison; 4 do, Gall; 12 do, Haines ;'l doJßoche & Co; 2 do, Golden Age .Hotel ; 95 do, Betts ; 2 do, De Beer A Co ; 3 do, Jenkins ; 1 do, Campbell; 1 do, ■ Lewis & Reed; 1 do, Howell; 91 do, Moore ; 65 do, Mac Gibbon & Sons; 5 do. Ross; 1 do, Coxhead ; 2 do, Surman <fe Co ; 29' do,' BroAvn ; 1 do, McChesney ;.l do, Eliott; 1 do, Bank of New Zealand ; 12 do, Warren ; 1 do, Nichol & Tucker ; 1 do, Gall; 14 do,- Ffaser ; 1 do, Letherby; 1 do, GUbert & Mackay. IN PORT. Ships — Waitara,-Jesßie Readman. Barques — Acacia, Celestia. Brigs^JFirefly, Drover. Schooners— Eliza Mary, Onward. Cutters — DoUy Varden; NautUus. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. .Onward, echodner, from JLyttelton. Western Monarch, ship, from London, Oct. 30. Arawata, s.s.,^from Melbourne. During 1877; the tonnage entered and cleared at the' 'different "ports of 'the United "Kingdom; ... (exclusive of coasters) /was 43,326^980, of which 30,252,481- hailed from British ports and 13,074,499 were foreign OAvned.: Little ."more than » quarter of a ceritury ; ago- ; .(in 1850) the tonnage so entered arid cleared was 12,020,674, ot which there were 8,039,308 of British ownership and 3,981j366 belonging to f orehm ports.— .Anstralian^hmping^News. : , r ; ..-: : -• -; ; ; The Peter Jaitehell, a schooner of about 100 ■ tons register, has 'been chartered in New York to proceed to the wreck of , the \ San .'.Pedro de j Alcantara, a Spanish" vessel which, riiany years irince, sunk •mth ; ';trra'srii%- , ''tb-tHe7--ain'oimt of 6,000,000 dollars on the coast of Vnezuela. The ..Grovernuientof that state has granted a convention to .Captain Follirigsby, the charterer, for the sole priyUege of .searching for the treasure in and around the ; spot of the wreck during a term of sixyears.ori paymentof .a royalty of 5 per cent.' ori the salvage. A South London journal reports astory which reminds. us very much of the Gaffer Hexams ; "and Rogue Hiderhoods of 'the; Thames. A 'droAvningman from the Princess Alice offered a boatman 1 £5 to save him. - The latter caUed out " that he could not do it for the . price. " I'll give you. £10 I", screamed the half-droAvned man. "It's worth more;. than that, guvnor," composedly returned r the waterman. " Fifteen pounds, then," panted the drowner, almost Avith his last breath. " No, but I'll teU yon wot, I'U . . Baye ; you for £20." There was no other alterna--1 tivejior the boatman evidently meant what he Baid; arid the victim consented. He was hauled into the boat and rowed ashore, and directly they got to land the boatman demanded the money. ; Said the late victim, "I would have given you £5 willingly, but since you have shown yourself such . a black-hearted scoundrel yon shall have nothing." The boatman swore and stormed, but Arithout avail, and all that he could get was the name and address of the man, who said he might, if he liked, "take the law out of him." ; The Same authority says the boatman means to go to law, and that a weU-known South London solicitor has the case in hand: (per Press association's special wibe.) ' Wellington, Jan. 6L Safled— Hawea, for Auckland via East Coast. Passengers— cabin : Mesdames Mcintosh ; and Morris, Messrs Tain, Keith, Keany. Arrived— Taiaroa, from Picton and Nelson. . Wanganxti, Jan. 6.; ' The schooner Arthur Wakefield;; from Nelson to Wanganui, went ashore a few yairds south of the Heads on. Sunday night. The sea is veiy calm, and she is expeoted to be got off on tonight's tide, and is in no danger. The ship audi •cargo are fully insured in the South British. Hokitika, Jan. 6. - Arrived— -Schooner Augusta, from Kaipara ; Mary Bannatyne, from Lyttelton. Port Chalmers, Jan. 6. Arrived— Wanaka, from the North ; Glimpse, from Timaru ; Occola, from Lyttelton. Sailed— Waitaki, for Oamaru ; WaUabi, fto Wanganui.