BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Issue 3331, 22 February 1879, Page 2

BLUFF HARBOR.

" arrived. tons, SmitS^m Gfrejmoutt v r Jas. , WadSel & Co., agents. ~ - ••< - *•< - Sarah Jane cutter, from Stewarts Island. ' IMPORTS. l '- c Per -Sarah .and Mary.— 2oo tons coal, Jas. Waddsl A; Co. - , l . Perlttngavooma.— l tr.urik, 1 case, D. McLeoaj 1 case,, A. Ridlandj J B ; packages, U.S.S., Co. ' Captai'j ? Smith, of the brigantin'e Sarah and Maryj leports le^jng Greymouth on the 12th < instant, with a liglit iherid wind| and stood off and on for two" days -when alight breeze came in from North, but did Jnot last. On, Saturday; the 15thj jnet heavy, S.Y{. gale, ?-nd hove to for 36 hours, jfollo. wed jj>y light variable winds, up to arrival? The Sarah -and Mary brings a, full cargo of 200 tons "coal, for" Gasworks," consigned to Messrs Waddel & Co. ' , ' Mr Henry Slierwill purchaser 'of the wreck of the Ann 1 Gambles, yesterday presented the large • bell belonging" to that vessel; to the newly erected rPrimitive Methodist' Church at Bluffi. This building.is nowxapidly approaching completion,'and besides proving of gi eat .convenience to the .inhabitants of jCampbelltown, will also be a considerableorsament to the town. A discription will be furnished as sopn as" the building is completed. The bell referred' to above is admirably 'adapted for the purpose fox which Mr Sherwill ha3 designed it, and will prove a valuable acquisition to the cmvrch. ' The s.s. Wahganui, Captain {FraseT, arrived at the Bluff at 11 a.m. yesterday, and after discharging her&argo for thejEHufE, sailed at 4 p.m. for Ilixerton and lavercargill. , , ■ The 8.5., Ringaroomay Captain Chatfield, arrived'at ' the' Bluff yesterday at 5.4^ p.m. 'She left liunecj'n,at 5 v a.m. and .expeiienced fine weather on the" passage down. f lM The brigs Dioyer'and,Akbar. began discharging ballast yesterday. " ' : ' Messrs Cargills/Gibbs, & Co., have received a telegsam fromt Messrs M'Meckam, Blackwood & Co., Melbourne, to the effect that the >Tai\irua left there on t iTuesday>'aftfcrnoon, the 18th inst., with live stock^and i2 tons of cargo, for the Bluff, where she is due to-morrow afternoon. '- - I ' l VESSELS IX POET. S ' ' ! -ii^n ( , < , , Ship — Hurunui. Barques — Celestia, Hopeful, Dahlia. Brig— Drover.' ' - . ' Brigantines — Akbar, Sarah 'and Mary. '' •- (BV BLEOTWd'TEtEGBAPH.) ' ' 'MELkdmttfE, Feb. 21. Arrived— Arawata yesterday. ; Sailed-^Claude Hamilton to-day. Auckland, Feb. 21. Tigeroiis efforts aie to be- made to float the Taupo at Tauranga. "Experts are of opinion that it can be done, and centrifugal pumps, engines, and other; appliances, have been forwarded to Tauranga^ ' Mr xoule and other experienced men have alsp ( gone up there. Abundance of labor cari'be.TiacL at Tauranga". ' ' f> f