BLUFF HARBOUR.

Southland Times, Issue 9280, 27 July 1886, Page 2

BLUFF HARBOUR.

4BBITID. Inly 26— Tt Anan, ba, 1028 tons, Mclntosh, from Melbourne, vim Hobart. Union Steamship Co., agents* Passenger— Mr Bawtian. > aATT.-n. July 26— Te Anau, Wfc, 1028 tons, Mclntosh, for Ettmedin. Union Steam Ship Co. agents. PMsengerß— Messrs Johnstonand Reynolds, Mrs •ad Master Junto, and two steerage. Hananui, cutter, Qilroy, for Ruapukt. Arid, cotter, Spencer, for Ruapuke. Nautilus, cutter. Cross, for Ruapukt. Anna, ketch, Adams, for Ruapuke. Bravo, cutter, Goomes,for Bvapuke. Bima, cutter, Szollay, for Ruapuke. Dolly Varden, cutter, Stroud, for Ruapuke. Raven, ketch, Irvine, for Ruapnke. IMPORTS. (A special charge ia made for consignees' announcements inserted in this column.) Per Te Anau—l pkge, Union Bank ; 7 do, O ~" ~~~_fl'&it D _l_*rweathefc: 1 do, Moir, Johnson and Biordan ; 27 do, A Scott ; 1 do, W T Woodsir ; I do. Fleming andGilkison; ldo, Garden: 30 do, WTodd ; 10 do, Jas Lennie ; 40 do, McArdell and Co j 1 do, E Bodgersexports. Per Te Anau— 2o pkgs oysters; G Williamson ; II kelp bags, J Parker; 22 sacks linseed, J G Ward; 14 casks oysters, J Bobertß; 13 pkgs birds, 30 kelp bags, J Topi ; 122 sacks oatmeal, Fleming and Gilkison ; 3 cases bacoo, T Quinn and Co ; 6 pkgs plants, B Cleave ; 55 sacks oatmeal, Reid Brothers ; 29 casts, 1 bale, F McGill; 1 box stationery, Bank of New Zealand ; 1 box - oysters, J Waddel and Co ; 1 hhd ale, Ido stoat, J T Martin. The Union Go's s.s. Te Anau left Melbourne on 20th inst., at 2.15 p.m. and experienced light ioutherly winds and fine weather until arrival at Hobart on 22nd at 7 a.m. Sailed again same day at 4,30 p.m. ; had Puysegur Point light abeam at 4.30 p.m. on:26th, and arrived at 7.30 ajn. yesterday. From Hobart to New Zealand : had light -variable winds with fine weather. She sailed again for Port Chalmers at 4 40 p.m. The sloop yacht Tkißtle, Mr William Zingler, A.V.C., is hauled out at Babylon, Long Island, and undergoing a somewhat unique operation. Her. bottom is being entirely covered with sheets of so-called " silver leaf ." The process is .entirely the same as tbat of applying gold leaf in gilding, namely :— The yacht/a bottom is first carefully painted over with gold size, then the small 'tissue-like sheets of metal, each four inches square and so light that the fainttst breath blows them away, are placed one by one uppn.the sticky, surface and gently tapped with wads of cotton. Many thousands of the gossamer metallic sheets are required, as the Thistle is a yacht of Borne fifty or sixty tons, and the work can only be done when there is no wind. This is the first veseel ever so treated, and when she turns her silvery bilge out of the water in a regatta she'll be a caution to fishe*. It is said the application costs about £60.— American paper. . fBY Tblbgraph.] Gisbokkb, July 26. The brigantine Aratapn (Captain Boyers),42o tons, came ashore last night at 6 o'clock in a seutherly gale. The crew walked a?hore at low water this "morning. The vessel is on a sandy beach, and is likely to get off in a few days. She belongs to the Auckland Sash and Door Company, and is insured in the South British Ofhce. The amount is not known. Sbe arrived last Tuesday from Newcastle with a cugo of coals. The coal was nearly ail taken out before she ran ashore. The cable parted, and she drifted on to the beach. No damage is done.