PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 135, 22 February 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

man water. Thursday .. 2.48 am. .. 8-12 p.m. ARRIVED. Fob. 31-Nil. SAILED. Feb. 21—Wallaby,' Palmer, for Qroymonth. ENTERED I.IWARDS. Nil. CLEARED OUT. Wallaby, for Greymoulh. BXI'ORTS. Per Wallaby— Duty paid and froo : 7 casns, Jones ; 1 cask, 1 cusu bodstoads, Prossor j 10 pnekages do, Kilgour; 2 screw pih-s, Harbor Master; 1 case, 10 packages, Kilgour ; 2 cases drajxjry, Solomon. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ILloyd's Herald, ketch, from Dunedin. Auckland, s.s., from Sydney early Thane, s.s», from Nelson via Grey. . Wiljiam Miskin, *.s., fiom Dunedin. Isabella, from Dunedin. Dispatch, fiom Dunedin. Pearl, from Dunedin. Alma, from Melbournn Amy llobsart, brigantine, from Sydney William, brigautine, from Sydney Spray, schoont-r, from Christchurch Claud Hamilton, 8 s, from Bluff and Dunedin, 26th February Egmont, s s, from Nelson. 23rd February Otago, s p, from Nelson, 2nd March. Storm Bird, a s, from Nelson, daily Kennedy, s s, from Grey, enrly Cosmopolite, brig, from Holmrton Persevere, p a, from Melbourno, early Gothenbnrg, s s, from Melbonrno, Ist Mar. South Australian, from Melbourne, via Dunedin and intermediate ports, 26th Feb. PROJKOrEn DEPARTURES. John Mitchell, for Grey River. Jane Lockhart, for Sydney early Otago, s s, for Sydney, 3rd March Kgmonf, s 8, for Bluff and Dunedin, 24th Feb. Claud Hamilton, ss, for Nelson and Northern and Southern Ports, 26th Fob, Storm Bird, s s, for Nelson, early John Mitchell, for Okarita, early Lapwing, for Grey, early VESSELS IN PORT. Brigantines—Jane Lockhart, Colonist Schooners—Caroline. Meteor, Emma, Eliza, John Mitchell,Kate, Lady Darling. Cutler —Lapwing. i Steamers —Yarrti, Lioness.

Quito a commotion was occasioned last evening amongst the shipping at tho wharf by tho p.s. Yarra breaking adrift from hor moorings alongside tho coal hulk. Tho mishap was caused by an immonso Bnr,g which drifted across her bows, and its weight brought such a strain to bear on tho mooring warp that it snapped like pack threads and as there was a pretty strong fresh on at tho time tho little steainor was whirled into tho centre of tho river almost; before those on board could realise what had happened ; us soon as possible the anchor was let go and her downward course chocked, but. this, although it brought hor up all stand»ng. gavo hor a sheer across tho current, sondSng her smack into tho Colonist, brigant in i, sslern first. Tho concussion occasioned by tho ■shock was folt from one end of tho " tier" to tho other, although nearly every vessel was aground, tho tide being out at the time. On clearing tho Colonist, the Yarra dropped down athwart tho bows of tho Lioness, compelling her to slack up her head lines, and drop astorn out of tho way. Horo tho Yarra brought up with her bows down the stivam, 'and hor stern jammed by tho current against tho schooner Kate, and lines being at once run out she was soon secured and afterwards removed to her former berth, without any serious damage having resulted to her. Her f-torn, however, suffered slightly, part, of the frame being smashed in and one or two stanchions snapped off. Considering tho suddenness of tho occurrence very litllo confusion arose, and it was satisfactory to noto that every man was at his station prepared for the emergency. The p.s. Bnllarat returned yesterday from her trip to Okarita. She hits made a very fair run, having left this port on the 10th instant., at 2.30 p.m , and crossed the Okari a bar at 11 a.m. on the 20th, having been delayed in the roadstead several hours waiting for the tide to serve. She discharged hor cargo and recrossed the bar the same day, leaving the port at 3 p.m. When off Bold Head it cuine on to blow from tho S.W., accompanied by thick weather, compelling hor to round to until daylight, when she stood on her course, andanived s.ifoly at the wharf at 5 .30 a.m. on the 21st.

Late last night we wore informed by a pnvly just arrived from the Urey that a report was in circulation tlioro to the offeet that the p.s. Challenge was full of water and lying in a vorv dangerous position. It was feared hor bottom would fall out when an nttompt was made to inovoher. On communicating with Mr Sponco that gentleman stated ]io had just received a letter from hisbrothor, wliich contained nvthor satisfactory iutolligenco, inasmudi that so far ehe had received no damage and would in nil probability bo very shortly safo in the river. We trust the first report will prove to bo merely a canard.