SHIPPING.

West Coast Times, Issue 116, 31 January 1866, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OP HOKITIKA. HIGII-WA'fEn. Wednesday ... 8-28 a.m. ... 3*52 p.m. AURIVKD. January 30th — Trader, schooner, 1-jO tons, Ward, from Melbourne. Pilot,, cutter, 16 tons, Rabson, from Invercargill. SAILED. January 30th— Tin cc Sisters, Slierbert, for Grey. Wonga Wonga, s.s., Mundle. for Lyttelton, via Nelson. Passengers, saloon— Mr Duncan t C.P., Dr Acheson, Messrs Moore, Thompson Brennn, Green, Harvey, Firland. Mlntyre, and 19 in the steerage. •ekteiu:d inwauds. January 30th— Trader, from Melboupne, Eleanor, from Greyniout'.i. Pilot, from Invercargill . ENTERED OL'TWAIIDS Storm^Bird, for Nelson. lona, for Okarita Lady of the Lake, for Nelson. IMPORTS. Per Trader, under bond — 5 cases mcbdise, Powell and Co ; 4do furniture, Mimchhnuseii; 1 do do, G. S. Sale ; '20 cases oil, 12 ovens, 1 safe, 2 drums oil, 2 bales washing boards, 2 cases shovels, 15 kegs nnil's, d boxes clothes pegs, 1 case hardware, 3 kegs nails, 1 pkge saws, 1 cask nails, 1 case glassware, 1 ca^k hardware, Johnston ; 8000 oft palings, order; 1 case tobacco, 15 kegs horse shoes, 1 barrel ink, 2 bales paper, 5 kegs butter, 2 casks bams, 36 nests tubs, 11 boxes onions, 1 case stationery, 1 case apparel, Munro and Co ; fdihds porter, Louttit and Co ; 10 qr casks brir.t!y : 2 cases hams, 4 do bacon, 20 do pert( r 1 case groats, 20 cases brandy, 12 half barrels apples, Hall and Einlay ; 12 kegs butter, 5 cases cheese, 4 do sardines, 5 do jams, 37 do porter, 10 half barrels apples, 20 half chests tea, 3 cases vestas, 3 kegs soda, 2 cases hams, 30 bags sugar, 30 do do, 1 case acid, 35 do jams, Munro and Co ; 4 casks currants, oO cases porter, 1 case acid, 1 keg poila, 5 eases candles, 1 case lemon peel, 4 do. salmon, 1 csk.eggs, 2 hogsheads wine, 50 eases porter, 20 cases brandy, 10 do. wine, 50 do. geneva, 10 boxes raisins, 2 tanks malt, 3 casks eggs, 3 cases ling v 5 kegs butter, 20 boxes soap, 4 quarter-casks wine, 1 case hams, 1 do. bacon, 50 bags flour, Louttit and Co. ; 3 case acid, 4 cases sardines, Munro and Co. ; 43 bags flour, 25 cases bottled beer, Louttifc and Co. ; 20 cases merchandise, Prosser ; 4 cases merchandise, 2 casks do., Paterson ; 9 cases do., 19 eases do., order ; 3 cases furniture, 1 bale ilock, Miuichbausen ; 6 quarter-casks port, Anderson and Mouatt; 1 cask, 3 cases, 1 package, 2 pair? bellows, 2 kegs nails, 5 coils rope, 1 case iron, 2 casks zinc, 4 anvils, 3 bundles, 12 bars steel, 8 grindstones, 12 sasliweights,l2barrowwhpels, 1 package gudgeons, 1 do. spindles, Fovsyth and Co. ; 2 cases sheet iron, Hawkes and Co. ; 8 bundles mats, Louttit and Co. ; 20 half-chests tea, 20 cases merchandise, 30 cases do., fl. Marks and Co. ; 1 case mhdse, 3 pkgs do, Higgins; 7 I -chests tea, 20 bxs do, 2 cs hams, 2 do bacon, Louttit and Co ; 2 cases beef and bacon, Young ; 11 do do, 4 tierces beef, Pole and Co ; 30 barrels raisins, Morison, Law, and Co ; 1 trunk drapery, Paterson ; 60 cases geneva, Churches andjGo ; 2 cases bacon, 3 do beef, Chesney and Co ; 4do ling, 2 do bacon, 3 do beef. 4 brls currants, McFavlanc and Mackay ; 30 cases bottled beer, 4 do jauis, 1 cask carbonate soda, 1 case Epsom salts, 20 half boxes soap, 6 cases salmon, 17 bales chaff, 3 cases bo'f hams, 4 do bacon, 5 do hams, 5 do bacon, 22 bags salt, 1 bale hops, 1 case tavlaric acid, 1 keg saltpetre, 1 case pickles, Ecclesfield ; 5 cases pilchards, 1 do stationery, Shorthouse; 24 cases mchdise, 3 trunks do, 3 bales do, Bullen and Co ; 3 cases mchdise, 30 rolls do, Graham ; I<J bales chaff, Churches ; 50 bags flour, Anderson and Mouatfc ; 1 bale mchdiie, 3 cases do, 12 rolls do, Louttit and Co. Per Pilot — free and duty paid — 11 packages personal effects, 2 casks merchandise, 17 bales paper, 80 packages machinery, Harnctfc and Co ; 1 case drapery, Young and Co ; 4do personal effects, Potter ; 3do merchandise, Cameron ; 16 packages furniture. Binney ; 9 do merchandise, Anderson, Mouait, and Co ; 1 case personal effects, South ; 1 box do, 1 bedstead, Hunter ; 14 bags potatoes. Eobson. EXPECTED ABBIVALS. South Australian, s.s., from Melbourne, Tia Dunedin and intermediate ports, to-day. Gothenburg, s.s., from Melbourne, to-day. Keera, s.s., from Dunedin, early Phoenix, sch, from Dunedin Lloyd's Herald, ketch, from Dunedin. Claud Hamilton, s.s., ftom Melbourne, to-day. Tararua, s s., from Nehon on the 2nd. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. South Australian, s.s., for Melbourne, to-day. Mary Anne, for Grey lliver, to day. {^ John Mitchell, for Grey River, to-day. t Ballarat, p s., for Okaiita, early. Bruce, p.s., for Okarita, to-day. City of Nelson, for Okarita, to-day. lona, for Okarita, to-day. Lady of the Lake, p.s., for Nelson, to-day. Volunteer, for Manakau, Saturday. Mary Anne, for Grey. Bird, s.s., Nelson, to-day, Lioness, p.s., for Grey, early. Claud Hamilton, s s , for Nelson, to-day. Tararua, a.s., for Sydney on tlie 2nd Feb. VESSELS IN PORT. Schooners — Caroline. Meteor, lona, Matilda, Emma, Eliza, Mary Jane, Mary Ann, Clutiia, Trader, John Mitchell. Cutters— Volunteer, Traveller'sßride. Pilot. Steamers— Ballarat, Yarra, Lady of the Lake, Bruce, Storm Bird, Eleanor. We are authorised to state that in consequence of its having been determined to give tiie s.s Kangitoto a thoiough overhaul she will be despatched from Melbourne to Sydney fnr that pnrpose. The s.s. Claud Hamilton is to take her place on the line and may be expected to arrive at Hokitika to-day. • The Panama.New Zealand and Australian Royal Mail Company's s.s. Tararua will call here on her ■way to Sydney. As .she is under contract with the General Government to leave Nelson on the Ist, her arrival here on the 2nd is a liiatter of certainty, on which day she will be despatched direct to Sydney. The B.s ; Storm Bird lefc Nelson on the 271h instant, with light winds and fine weather, arriving off Hokitika on the 29th at 4 a in., and at- the wharf at 9 a.m. Fine weather and SW winds prevailed during the rur. She brings a . full general cargo to our port. The s.s. Wonga Wonga left Nelson at 6 a.m., en the 29th with light SW winds and fine weather. When of? Separation Point it freshened up from (he SW which induced her as there was a quantity of cattle on bcatd in low condition, a transhipment fiom the Benjamin Heape fiom Sydney, to run into Totaianui. She leftihat shelter the nexb moining and arrived safely at Hokitika wharf on the 20th. Light SW winds and heavy southerly swell prevailed during the passage. The Wonga brings 59 head of cattle and 157 sheep to our port. We call tho attention of our readers to tho launch of the Maria, which is expected to take place to-day, all the necessary repairs having been effected and her top side's caulked from stem to stern. Her departure from the position she has so long occupied upon the Spit will be satisfactory to all of us, as sho is the only vessel left to bring to our recollection tho many fine ci-ofta that camo to grief boforo hop. Long may it be ero another takes hei> wlaod i the hulls of vocsek stripped to Uiojifawn- mMt? bpfng noj; only &lnwiHntto&<ijw

tacle, as constantly reminding us of the dangers of our port, but also anything but ornamental to the beach. The p.s. Lioness left Hokitika for Greymouth on the 25th inst. at 2 p.m. arriving oft' the Grey bar at 430 p.m. She at once fastened to the brig Reliance, which bad been waiting in the roadstead for her arrival, and towed her over the bar, returning outside the same tide and picking up tho Excelsior, schooner, which sho conveyed in safety to the wharf. The next day (Friday) tho weather being tempestuous, and tlic bar impassable through the heavy sea breaking on it, she was compelled to remain in the river, and as tho glass fell very low, with indications of a freshet in the stream, she loft her usual position, opposite the township, and steamed up to the lagoon to safer moorings. On the 27th, the weather still continuing unfavorable, she was kept a prisoner inside. Sunday, tho 28th, was a line day, but being the Sabbath no work was done. The next morning she f*ot slesim up, and towed to sea the cutter Quickstep, anil schooner Constant, and took inside tlie schooner Eliza Simpson. The Lioness left the Grey for Hokitika on tho 30th, at 8 30 a.m., conveying the schooner Maid of Erin over the bar on her way out, and arrived sal'ely alongside the wharf at 10.30 a.m. We congratulate Captain Whitford on his safe return and prosperous trip. The steamer South Australian sailed for Melbourne, via Nelson, Wellington, and Ilokilika, yesterday, at d p.m. ; and the steamship Otago, for Melbourne, via Dnnedin audßlull', at half-past six p.m. — Lyttellon Times, Jan. 26th. The ship Hartleys, on her arrival at Sydney, reported that the Maid of Honor, from Sydney to Ihc Mauritius, was attacked by 200 JSTew Guinea natives in Torres Straits, and compelled to slip her cable. The ship Blackwall hf.s arrived nf Adelaide from Kurraehee, Scinde, with 100 camels. The Atrevida, has arrived at Sydney from California wif h a large cargo of ilour and dates to the 20rd November. The s.s. Tau.yx via. — The Nelson Colonist of the 28rd sins: — Captain Francis of the s.s. "Wellington informs us that before he left Auckland he was informed by Captain Allan, of the Balhvat from London, that the K.Z.S.N. Co's new steamship T.iranaki, had arrived in the Thames from the Clyde after a very rapid passage. Sly* -was considered by all who had inspected her a very superior vessel, including Captain Allan himself, v>\\o spoke of her accommodation and performances in the highest possible style of commendation. There can, therefore, be no doubt that the shareholders of the Company and the travelling public of New Zealand may cougratulate themselves upon having another first -class steamer placed at their disposal in a few weeks. She would leave London for "Wellington under steam in November. The line Al clipper ship Commodore arrived at Wellington from London, on Jan. 15. after a passage of 100 days. She has a large and general cargo, and 10 passengers. An infant died on the passage from diarrhuea and sea sickness. The cutter Pilot left Tnvercargill on the 23rd instant ; arrived oJf llokitika on the 30th, and towed to the wharf the same morning astern of the Yuri a. During the passage lino weather and moderate S.W. winds prevailed. TJic schooner Wallace, which went on slioi'o at the Grey la*t week, is, wo nro happy to bay, in a fair way of being re-launched in the river from off the North Spit. The ways are laid under her, and as she is only three times her own length from the water's edge, there is every probability that in a day or two she will bo once more alioat. The fine schooner Trader left. Port Phillip Heads on the 13th instant, with light easterly winds and fine weather. These she carried with her until the 19th, when it blew up a fresh " biu'slor" from (ho South, bringing lie; 1 down to close-reefed fore and mainsail, under which she ran for several hours, rolling heavily Riid shipping much water over both rails. The next day the weather modem! od, ami sail was again made, but on fhc 22nd and pail of the 23rd it again blew up from the wime quarter, compelling her to shew nothing but storm canvas to the gale. Tho 2Gfh was ushered in by a gale from the W. and S.W., accompanied with a very heavy sea. As the day advanced, -the breoza increased in squalls, one of which struck her and carried away the square pailyard and split the jib. Sail was at once reduced to clo.se-rcefed foresail and slaysfail'only, under which she drove before it. The next morning the galo increased lo a hurricane with a tremendous sea running, and as the schooner made bad weather of it, keeping her decks awash fhc whole time, she was brought to the wind under main trysail and fore staysail, remaining hove to until the 28th, when the gale abated, and hence lo the hind fine weather and moderate breezes pre vailed. The Trader wa-> towed to the wharl by the Yarra on the 30(h. She brings a full general cargo to our port. GREY lUVER. HIGH WA'IIIK. Wednesday .. 752 a.m. .. S 'l9 p.m. NELSON SHIPPING. AKUIVED. January 10th— Eginont, s.s., fiom Sydney. Jauuaiy 2/ith— Thane, s.s., fioiu Grey River. 01/ nAKED OUT January 22nd— E^mont, s.s.; "OS ton 3, Ilagley, for Hokitika. Passenger — Mr Greei . Kennedy, s.s., 125 tons, Wliifcwell, for Grey and Hokitika. Passengers, saloon — Messrs Burke, Whitelaw, Hart, Speckling, Franklyn, Mngofh'n. Lewis, Jackhon, O'Biien, and 21 in second cabin. 4 Lofs op tut: Mission Bkig John Wesley. --The following particulars arc taken from the vessel's log :— "Friday, November 17th, bound from Haabai to Tongatabu. Cleared the group at 5 p.m., at fi abreast, the island of Namuka, afc 10 p.m. reduced all sailfo doublereefed topsails, moderate breeze and fine, wind E.N.E., course S. by E. Saturday, November 18th, am, vessel going easy under two double reefed topsails only ; at 2 a.m saw the island of Eva hearing S.S.W. ; wore ship A-oiuid, head off shore, and lay-to for daylight ; afc i a.m. still laying to, nothing unusual at this time ; at 4.20 suddenly found the vessel in a stiongrace of current ; saw a reef (o Iceward, and ship sweeping down upon it, with great force ; filled on and made sail, but before we could get enough canvas on. the vessel struck on tho reof at i3O a.m. Tt proved to bo the Tan Reef, about eighteen miles from Nukualofa, in Tongatabu. Lowered fhc port quarter- boat, and sent away to Nukualofa for assisfance. This was done ni great risk, as flic vessel was striking heavily at tho time. Watched the opportunity, and got. the st/u-board quarter-boat over to Ihe port .side, and launched her out to land tbe missionaries. Jinfc at this tiDie — 5 a.m. — three tiemcmlous tidal wivrs carried the vessel cWr over the outer edge of the reef, and left her nearly dry ; it being near high water, it was with the greatest difficulty we saved the boat from being stove in or drawn under the ship with the rebound and drawback of the waves ; at length succeeded in getting the missionaries and ship's papers in Lho boats, and landed thorn on the Island o£ Tau, 1\ miles distant. At 6, got the largo boat out and commencod dividing provisions, stores, cargo, &o. At 4 p.m. the Yioe-Oonsul and two missionaries oamo from Nukualofa and roportod a voryKovore shook of carthqimko folt nil u\ov 'L'otwn At high Vflturt ai)ij a voiy Weft Ufa— lftyu-r \.\m tii«

oldcit native cculd evtr renioini>cr— iloinggioat diinii'ge : and at Eva, washing the dead Irxiies out ot the graveyard.". Also, a shock of cirthquake felt the night before. At 6 p.m., all hands went ashore and rigged tents, it I icing unsafe to remain on board ; ship lying on her beam cii'ls, and water flowing in and out with tide. Jami:s WiiiiCir, Master." The big was subsequently stripped, nothing being left in her but the lower masts, and the hull was then sold for £ IS.- Sydney Herald.