SHIPPING.

West Coast Times, Issue 99, 11 January 1866, Page 2

SHIPPING.

TOUT OF HOKITIKA. IIIOU-WATER. Thursday ... 5.2] a.m. „, C.48 p.m. AIIIIIVKD. QJanuary 10 — Amy Robsart, schooner, (ia the roadstead). CAILIiI). January 10— Rangitoto, 5.«., Harris, for Melourne. 40 passengers, 1815 ozs gold. OtiKAllKn OUT. January 10— Wonga Wouga, s.s., for Nelson. PROJF.OTKI> PKI'AUTUIIKS. Gothenburg, s.s , for Melbourne to-morrow. Bruce, p.s., for Okarita, 10th inst. Claud Hamilton, s.s., for Melbourne, via Nelson and Dunedin, to-morrow. Lapwing, for Grey River, early. Keera, s.s,, for Bluff Harbor and Dunediu, to-morrow. Wong/x Wonga, s s., for Nelson this day. Alma, for Melbourne this day. Mary Ann for Grey River. , Boscarn , for Tasmania. Throe Sisters , for the Grey. Meteor, for Manakau. Dart, for Melbourne. Jane Lockhart, for Sydney, this day. Hector, for Dunedin, early. I\\a.\\fc, s.s., for Gvcy. VXSSMB Iff PORT. / Lockhart, William. Schooners— Caroline, Meteor, Alma, Qem, , Cutters — Star of Tasmania, Lapwing. Ketoh—John Mitchell. , SieamtYs, — BaAuvrat, Yavva, Brace, Wonga ( \Jcroga. IMI'OIITS. Per William : 3 packea ironmongery, 1 stove, 20 tierces beef, 15 tons coal, 20 barrels biscuits, IB water casks, 11 ba/es hay, 2 bugs bran, 0 bullocks, 150 sheep. Moon. "Pet Mtnon — \3ndcr bond : 20 cases tvulfc, 8 bags onions, 3do potatoes, 19 hlf-cases fruit, Duaning and Ross ; 20 bags onions, Boylo , awl Co.

i- The 8. 8. Wonga Wonga left Wellington at 2 ;;i ii.m , on tho 6th inst, with the wind at SE. At 11 a.m., being too late for tide, sue brought up in tho French Pass, ft t G p,.m., tripping hor anchor, aud arrived in Nelson at 9 30 the same evening. She sailed from Ncl&oh at noon the next day, with moderate S.E. breezes and fine weather, but ou rounding the sand-spit she met. a strong breeze from tho S.W., attended with a chopping head sea, against which she contended until abreast of Rocks Point, when the wind fell away, the weather coming in thick and rainy, continuing so until her ariival in the roadstead at 3.80 a.ni, on the Bth. She crossed the bar •ifely the same afternoon, bringing her cargo of twenty-eight bullocks, and one hundred nnd forty sheep to the Wharf, in excellent condition. This smart steamer has been for some time past a regular trader to our port, making her passages with punctuality and dispatch, in this rcspcot beariDg favorable comparison with any of the Now Zealand coasting steamers. She invariably turns her cargo out in first-class condition, and dipt. Mundle, who has been some time in the trade, is much respected for his excellent qualities ns a seaman and a havigator, and gentlemanly bearing to his passengers. The Wonga Wonga leaves for Nelson and Wellington this afternoon.

The R.M. ss., Albion loft Sandridge Pier at 7 p.m., on the 3rd inst., with light northerly winds, and fine weather. She cleared Port Phillip Heads at 10.30 p.m. Passed Kent's Group at noon on the 4th, and after a splendid run of 4 days, \Q hours, 30 minutes ; during wb,ich light northerly winds and fine weather prevailed, arrived of Hokitika at 11.30 a in. on the Bth. This magnificent steamer, which is a frequent visitor to our pott, 'bus this trip made the quickest passage from Melbourne on record, beating tho fastest run hitherto made by 1 hour' 30 minutes. She has a full gonoral cargo for

the northern ports.

'Two schooners, one the Amy Robsart, tho others name unknown, were beating about the offing yesterday waiting' for a tug to bring them inside. The state of tho bar, however, prevented the Yarra attending upon them. When last seen they wero standing out to sea under easy sail.

We havo been informed by the gentleman who owns the machinery once belonging to the Maid of the Yarrn, that he has decided not to send it' per Dart to Melbourne, circumstances having arisen which renders it advisable to keep it in this market a little longer. Tho old Samson's boiler will be shipped instead.

Yesterday ihe river gave evidence of the rain of the past two days, which although it cannot be designated ns other than light showers, 6ent a very tolerable freshet down, which combined with the •• jumble" on the bar. caused by a nasty sea from the olilng meeting it, at first rendered it doubtful whetjier the p.s. Brnoo would leave the river to attend upon the Raugitoto.^ The latter, however, having already been detained a whole day, considered i\, almost imperative tho attempt should be made, so at 3 p.m. the Bruce cast off from tho wharf and proceeded to slue head down the stream. Tin's movement was not effected without some-trouble, for the current setting on to the wharf caught her on the sUirboard bow, rendering for a while all efforts to get her round nugatory, two quarter warps being snapped iv succession, when the power of her engines, turned astern, wero brought to b(>ar upon them. The desired " cant," however, having at last been givou, she proceeded down the river and" across the bar, safely transhipping forty passengers, and 1845 ozs of gold dust into the Hangitoto. Her return, however, to the wharf was attended with no small difficulty and danger, for on attempting to recross tho bar she was met by such a teriitio rush of water on this side of it as fairly forced her astern, although hor engines were going full speed wit h a heavy head of steam on . Her progress was watched with the most intense anxiety by tbos" on the spit, and muttered ejaculations were heard nu the gallant little boat, enveloped iv cloud of vapour that rushed from her escape pipe and safety valve, struggled most desperately to mount that " hill " of rushing water immediately inside the bar. times was she driven back, and three times reached the centre of the rnphls only to meet with a fresh repulse ; and so evenly matched were the two contending powers that it was not until her canvas was resorted to that the Bruce mananaged to pass the " rubicon," literally speaking foot by foot. Right glad wore wo, to sco her safe inside, and nothing but her excellent sailing qualities and power saved her from being slued bnadside on, and perhaps dashed to pieces in the maelstrom which wns raging on the shallower parts of the bur. ■ We feel confident that the current in the rapids was running at tho rate of from eleven to twelve knots an hour ; no some idea may be formed of the capabilities of the Bruce whi»i she is fairly put to it.

_ We regret exceedingly tlie unavoidable detention of the s.s. Wonga Wonga, wbich was advertised to sail yesterday nt 3 p.m., having already been delayed twenty-four hours through the impossibility of leaving the rivei the previous day, the sea breaking at the entrance being far too heavy to face. No reflection uhntevercan be east upon Captain Mundle, who has twice cleared at tho customs, and has all his passengers and freight on board ready for a start ; but it would have been mudnebs to have risked bis vessel on the bar in the undst of yesterday's " freshet " Had the tides been spring instead of neap, he might have "cbunced it," for there would have been "a smooth" at. the top of high witter, but as thoy are, at «o tiuie of tho tido is there anything* Hko slack water, a constant heavy ilow outwards continuing tho whole, twenty-fonr hours. This is the first time the Wonga, has been so delayed, and wo hope for the credit of our poit it will be the hist.

The brig Julia, with a cargo of flour from Chili arrived oil' the Heads on .Saturday, and nn Sunday morning reached tho anchorage. Sho coweß to this port for orders fiom hor ugontp, MossrH Bright, Brother?, ;md Co. ftlio hup iu:ulo a pusnage of wvonty«olcbt' daw fiiiflpwufiilly pacing tho ityftnlgb blsoMding iifn>l< i Hi plio Wt mp\m t? \m ntr port rt w

such hhoit notice that slio came away without co.il, wcod, or any other supply of fuel, and only voiy inadequately furnihhrd with provisions. — Ota«n Daily Times, December 24.

We publish (lie following melancholy tiding of tho ketch Reindeer. It was written in pencil on n smnll pioer of paper which was t ikon out of a bottle picked up yestorday on tho coast, near the Wniongana river, about seven miles from New Plymouth, by a nulivo woman, and handed to us by Mr l'arris, Civil Commissioner: — "Foundered at sou, on tho 3rd of October, bound from* Auckland to Wunganui, tho Reindeer, ketch. Myself loft out of four -no prospect of being picked up' Can just Bco Mount Egmout. — John Si'ikhs.' — Taranaki Herald, December 10.