PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 374, 4 December 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

Iliau Water Tnw Day.— 7.16 a.m.; 7.11 p.m.

AJIHIVKD. December 3. — Rungatira, b.s., Grainger, from Nelsi>n. Morison, Law <L Co., agents.

SAILED. December 3. — Hope, cuttor, Black, for Greymouth.

Bruce, p.s., Kerley, for Grcv, Pakihi, and Buller. Raugatira, s.s., Grainger, for Sydney. Jane Elkiw, ketch, Priest, for Greymouth. Aurora, schooner, Weir, for Pieton. ENTEKED IX.

Ballarat, 60 tons, E. Cody, from Greymouth.

Mary, 162 tons, J. H. Gill, from Melbourne. Passengers — Mrs Rutherford, Mr and Mrs Anderson, Messrs Wiggan, Dickson, Cowdery, Sharp. Grimschaw, Collins, Woods, Sellars, Maud, Rcntai.

Bruce, 95 tons, Jas. Kerley, from Greymouth. In ballast. 5 passengers. Dispatch, 38 tons, H. B. Macmeickau, from Greymouth. In ballast. 29 passengers. Rangatira, 460 tons, H. Grainger, from Nelson.

CLEANED OCT.

Elizabeth Curie, 76 tons, F. Keenan, for Dunedin. Hope, 15 tons, Jas. Black, for Greymouth. Aurora, 42 tons, A. Weir, for Picton. In ballast.

Bruce, 95 tons, Jas. Kerley, for Buller via Greymouth. Persevere, 28 tons, A. Robertson, for Greymouth.

Bangatira, 460 tons, H. Grainger, for Sydney. Passengers — cabin : Mrs Cowloy ; 5 Btperage. Jane ElMn, 29 tons, H. Priest, for Greymouth. In ballast. EXPECTED AItniTJXS Gothenburg, s.s., from Melbourne, 15th instant. Canterbury, schooner, from Lyttetton, early. Kangitoto, from Melbourne, IStli mst. Jason, from Sydney, early. Tararua, s.s , from Melbourne, early. , Egmont, 9.5., from Nelson, 10th inst. Ocean Wave, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Eliza Blanch, schooner, from Auckland, early. - Francis, schooner, from Ileathcote, early. Mary Van Every, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Alexandra, schooner, from Melbourne, early. Hector, scbooner, from Melbourne, early. Alma, from Melbourne, early. Elizabeth, cutter, from Sydney, early. Jane Lockhart, from Sydney, early, Leouidas, from Melbourne, early. Jolin Bullock, from Melbourne, early. . Flying Cloud, schooner, from Lyttelton, j daily. ritOJECTLD DEPAETCHErf. • Elizabeth Curie, for Bruco Bay, to-day. Bruce, p.s., for Okarita, sth instant. Claud Hamilton, s.s., for Sydney, sth hist. lona, schooner, for l r ox's River, Gth in&t. Gothenburg, s.s., for Melbourne, 16th insl. VESSELS IK PORT. Brigantiue— Elizabeth Cuvle, Mary. Schooners — Jane Auue, Elfin, lonn, Moyne. Cutter" — Volunteer. Steamers— Challenge, lui-ra, Persevere, Dispatch (ashore). TXPOETS. Per Bangatira, for Sydney— sol3gr3 7dwls 22grs gold, Bank of ~New Zealand. Por Bruce, for Buller, via Grey— For ]>.ill . ei — 36 easeß porter, 22 mats sugar, 10 caseß bacon, 4 boxes soap, 2 cases pickles, 6 cases sardines, 6 half-chests tea, 10 kegs butter, 2 cases coffee, 2 cases cheese, 4 cases whisky, 10 do claret, 6 do champagne, 3 do sarsaparilla, 6 do bitters, 3 kegs nails, 4 eases jams, 4 do oysters, 4 do lobsters, 6 boxes candles, 10 cases geneva, 4 do ginger wine, 2 bdls bags, 20 cases brandy, 1 do tobacco, 6 do salmon, Cassius & Co.; l"ea3C, lcask, 5 bars iron, Gorm ; 2 boxes, Billet ; 1 case, 1 bale drapery, Hennelly & Miller ; 150 sheep, order ; 2 bdls spouting, 1 pkg locks, Eae & Haworth. For Grey— 6 casks apples. Abbott & Clarke, 3 cases, MoriBon & Co. ; 2 bdls spouting, 1 pkg locks, Rae & Haworth.

Per Persevere, for Greymonth — 1 case, 1 pkg, 1 parcel, Royse, Mudie, & Co ; 2 cases gal. iron , 1 do bacon, 1 parcel, J. White. Per Elizabeth Curie, forDunedin— 3o bales empty bags, order. Per Hope, for Greymouth— 3 doz buckets, 6 cases porter, 5 casks ale, 5 cases geneva, 1 qr-cask brandy, 2 cases kerosene, 6 boxes candles, 10 cases brandy, 3 cases coffee, 11 cases fish, 4 cases jams, 4 cases bacon, 4 cases sardines, 2 cases hams, 10 kegs butter, 46 bags sugar, 4 half-chests tea, 3 cases sundries, 6 cases tobacco, 2 cases whisky. 6 bags sundries, 1 case picks, 1 champagne, 1 jar acid, 1 cask soda, 2 do shovels, 1 case ling fish, 6 keg nails, 5 ease claret, 3 cases old torn, 1 cask currants, 1 case lamps. 1 parcel saws, 1 doz gold dishes, 2 tons flour, 64 pieces lumber, 125 sheets iron, 4 pieces ridging, 5 bags potatos, 4 mats sugar, 3 cases brandy, 50 pieces timber, 1 ton flour, 15 pkgs sundries, order.

Very little shipping business was transacted yesterday, as on the morning's tide nothing ■was done in the way of towing vessels in and out of the river. * Attempts were made on both tides to release the p.s. Dispatch, in which the p.s. Challenge assisted, and for several hours tugged most perseveringly at the stranded vessel, but without success. The bar was worked in the evening by the Persovere, which towed out the cutter Hope, bound to Greymouth, and the ketch Jane Elkin, ■with the same di stiuation. Tho Challenge conveyed the schooner Aurora through the surf, whilst the work performed by tho Yarra con • sistod in tendering the s.s. Rangatira. Tho A.S.N. Co.'s s.s. Rangatira, H. Grainger commander, left Otago Heads at 6 p.m. on the 26th ult., and arrived at Lytteltou tho following day. Put to sea again at 6.30 p.m., and anchored off . Wellington at 4.30 p.m on the 28th. Left again at 4 a.m. the next day, arriving at Nelson at 4.30 p.m. Sailed for the West Coast on the Ist inst. at 7 p.m., and anchored hi Greymouth roads at 4.30 p.m. on the 2nd, and lay there until the next d»y, when eho steamed for Hokitika, and eanie-lo uli" the bar at 10.30 a.m. on the 3rd inst. The Rangatira brought nineteen passengers and four tons of cargo for this port. She sailed for Sydney, via "Greymouth, yesterday evening, with oue saloon and four steerage passengers, and 5013 oz. 8 dwl. of gold dust, which was shipped by the Bank of New Zealand. We aro indebted to the courtesy of the purser for late files of Nelson papers. The attempts made yesterday to heave the p.s. Dispatch into the channel, wero not attended by success, and she still remains on tho North Spit, in (we fear) a naobt desperate plight. It cannot be said that the elements have fought against her, as, sinco sbo stranded the weather has been evorything that could be desired, with little or no sea on to knock her about. Yet, notwithstanding this, tho Dispatch is terribly shaken, and her present condition oflere convincing proof of the flimsy manner in which she was hovo together. Had her lot been cast in waters less troubled than thoso of Westland, we doubt not that sho might havo pursued a very useful and profitable career for years, providing, of coxirec, that she was kept off the ground ; for we aro convinced, from a personal inspection of the ill-fated craft, that she was not constructed to stand bumping upon cither a hard or soft bottom. As we are not marine surveyors we don't consider it justifiable in the present stato of affairs to publish a detailed report of the damage sho has already sustained ; but at the same time may etato that ehe is terribly •baken, and makes a great deal of water ai th« tide flows. Her starboard paddle-box, irad those gingerbread houses forward and

abaft it, were washed away during Sunday night ; and to a casual observer this would appear to bo about the extent of tho duinngo bho has , sustained. Yesterday momiug the bcrviccH of the Challenge woro again culled into requisition, and for a couple of hours Iht efforts were unremitting to move tho Dispatch. Sho succeeded in bhiftiug her a few foet ahead, and then rust off, as tbo tide commenced ebbing. During the day a gaug of men were employed in clearing away portions of tho wreck of tho Ballarat from underneath tho bhirboard bilge of the steamer, whilst the Harbor Master 1 * crew ran out a warp to tho South Spit, for tin. 1 purpose of heaving her ahead at high water. In the evening the Challengo again fastened to the Dispatch, and the warp was brought to the windlass, and by diut of hard heaving and tugging tho stranded vessel was moved about her own length ahead, clear — wo aro glad to say — of the remains of the Ballarat. The sea, however, hove her further up on the bank, where sho still remains hard and fast. We are fain to hope sho will yet be saved, but there is no blinking the truth that her fate is entirely cependent upon tho weather, for should a heavy sea set in, it .will make short work of a vessel of her slight build.

In tho New York "Tribune" of September 29, we find the following telegram, dated Port au Basque, Newfoundland, Friday, September 23, 1566 :— " There was a fearful gale of wind on Saturday last on the Eastern coast of Newfoundland, and a great many wrecks have been reported. A French frigate was lost at St. Pierre, and several coasleis were wrecked. Over 150 dead bodies wero picked up at St. Pierre, on Sunday which were lost from the different vessels."