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West Coast Times, Issue 555, 5 July 1867, Page 2

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Per Cymraes, from Pakibi — 10 tons coal, Spcnce Bros; 120 hides, 700 sheepskins, Cook; 1 bundle saws, Lewis ; 2 boxes-, Cohen; 1 box, Munson. EXPOBTS. Per Tasmanian Maid, for Fox's Hirer and Buller. For Fox's River — 117 sheets galvanized iron, Waller and Co ; 4 pkgs, Isaacs ; S casks, 4 eases, 3 rolls paper, Millard ; 1 bale, Prosser; 2 retorts, 18 pipes, Bank of New South Wales ; 18 sheet 3 iron, 1 boiler plate ; 1 pkg, A. Shaw ; 2 bales, chaff, Clarke ; 2 casks glassware, 1 case, Weir Bros ; 12 cases, 2 bags fruit, Brocklehurst ; 2 chests candles, Ecelesfield Bros. For Buller— 2 kegs butcer, 2 boxes tobacco, 1 case hams, 1 box, 1 case pickles, 2 cases oil, 5 boxes candles, 1 case jams, 6 nests billies, 15 bags sugar, C. Tullen ; 2 bdls ridging, 3 bdls, 23 bars iron, 25 sheets do, J. Lewis ; 2 swags, Heriot ; 2 boxes, 2 bdls, 1 tub, Mrs Duff; 23 bdls timber, 1 do ridging, 1 doz doors, 1 bdl sashes, 20 sheet! iron. 1 pttioal, Ha worth ; 1 case, Falconur ; 1 hhd ale, Pizzey ; 30 bags flour, Lockhart ; 1 bdl buckets, 2 cases, J. B. Clarke; 6 mats sugar, 1 halt-chest tea, 1 box matches, Pringle ; 4 kegs, 1 case geneva, 2 do brandy, 2 do stout, 2 do claret, 1 de kerosene, 1 case, 1 bnle, 1 parcel, Evans ; 3 kegs nails, 1 parcel, fi bag« salt, 1 keg, Cowlisnaw and Co. ; 1 half-chest tea, 1 pkg sago, 1 bag bran, 1 case salmon, 2 boxes candles, 1 case, G. Blythe; 1 trunk, White and Pirie ; 20 pkgs, Thomson ; 2 pkgs tobacco, Marks and Fuerst ; 2 cases hams, 4 half-chests tea, 2 chests tea, 2 bdls ihoreli, 1 case pickles, J. Solomon ; 7 cases whisky, 1 case coffee, 1 caso chocolate, 2 kegt nails, 1 case, Powell and Co.; 5 pkgs paint, Holmes; I pkg, Driscoll; 2 cages coffee, 1 case pepper, 1 cask soda, 1 case sardines, 1 case pickles, 2 casw jam 1 catk barley, 4 ease, M'Farlane; 10 boxes soap, 2 brls barley, Chesney; 7 cases oysters, E. Reeves; 1 ease drapery, White and Pirce; 1 qr-caak rum, 3 cases whisky, 1 ease milk, 6 cases soap, 1 case oysters, 2 bags salt, i bdl handles, 2 kegs nails, 1 pkg picks, 3 cases, J. Solomon and Co ; 29 sheets iron, 1 cask soda, 1 case stationery, Bailie and Humphrey; 2 halfchests tea, 1 caseacid, 20 bxß,Morison,Lawand Co ; 2 hhds, 4 casks ale, Pizrey and Co. ; 24 slits iron, 7 pkgs, Cowlishaw and Co. ; 1 bag harness, Cook ; 142 sheets iron, 1 bdl buckets, 1 case hardware, 1 ense glassware, 1 bdl, Cowlishaw and Co. j 1 case, 1 cask, 1 keg, 2 bdls iron, 1 bdl handles, Forsyth and Masters; 10 cases kerosene, 12 nests billies, 1 case, 1 keg nails, J. B. Clarke ; 1 saddle, M'Caughan ; 2 parcels, Brown and Lisson ; 20 bags onions, A. Boyle'; 3 bdls fryingpans, 2 bags handlei, 3 cases, 1 pkg dishes, 2 bdls shovels, 2 kegi nails, Forsyth and Masters ; 5 eases kerosene, C. Tullen.

We are delighted to hear that the little

Bruce is once more afloat, news having been forwarded to Mr Greer, from Greymouth, of her relaunch from the North Spit, and lafe arrival at the 'wharf at ten o'clock yesterday morning, where she immediately commenced to load up for Hokitika, aad may be expected here on this morning's tide. We see by advertisement that she is laid on for Okarita and the Haast, and will leave the river on Saturday afternoon at one o'clock. The ketch Cynmes was delivered from her disagreeable position on the South Spit on Wednesday night, and hauled into the lagoon and anchored. Yesterday she got under weigh and sailed up to the wharf. We aro glad to hear the littlo ve߻el ii not damaged. The fleet outside received on addition today by the arrival of the brigantine LeonMas from Melbourne, the schooner Matilda from Okarita, and a topsail schooner whose name we were unable to ascertain, her number not being down in the signal book. She ii sup* posed to be from Hotart Town. A rery heavy turf lashed the coast yesterday, and prevented any communication with the roadstead excepting in the case of the p.s. Tasmanian Maid, which shipped her.passengers early upon tide, and with a full cargo on board left for the Buller. She is a smart little boat and cleared the break safely, but not without shipping several tremendous seat that must have flooded her decks nearly rail high. There was a very good tide, the ipace between Gibson's Quay and the beach on the south bank being occupied by an almoit unbroken sheet of water which very nearly covered thi middle bank. We were unable to ascertain the depth of the channel, but should imagine there could have been little leu than

nine feet — towing through such 5 surf, how- _ ever, was impossible. The tide was not passed in idleness in the river, as the Challengecompletedthoworksbeonly^balfperformed the previous day, by towing the Annie Moore \o the wharf. Toe undertaking was rather

risky, but being cleverly parformed, the brig--antino only grounded oace, aud that oil the edge of the North Spit> holding tike pdsitioil a minute or two only as the next %6as washed her into deep water again. We are very glad indeed to sec this fine vessel moored at the usual discharging place. • The Challenge afterwards fetched the steamer Lioness from tho Lagoon, where she has been lying since her relaunch on Saturday last. The good tug is undergoing extensive improvements in boiler and machinery, and her wheels have been inceased te their original circumference, which cannot fail to produce good results by economising steam. A meed of praise is due to Messrs Spraggs and Maddison who contracted to launch her,. as the work was performed in a safe, smart, aud most creditable manner. We never saw a vessel better handled.

Whale Fishing ijt Queen Charlotte Sovsii. — The " Marlborough Press," of tho 19th instant, says : — We last week chronicled the capture of the first whale of the season. Since then the crows of tho different boats have met with extraordinary good luck, having captured five more fish, yielding about eighteen tuns of oil. The largest whale of the lot escaped them, carrying off harpoon and line. Some more fish were seen and there i» every probability that the amount nettod by the whalers of .Queen Charlotte Sound before the cloie of the season will prove a small fortune to the enterprising and hardy men engaged. We are informed that already this is accounted the best season they' have ever had. May it prove better still, and the forerunner of many more as good. Twin Scbew-Steamek Tattranga. — This vessel, builfc for the Tauranga trade, and entirely the work of Auckland artisans, proved herself on her trial trip a very fast vessel. Her lmll was built by Messrs Nicol and Son, and her engines and machinery by Messrs Frazer and Finnic, of the Phoenix Foundry. Tho Tauranga on her trial trip, after leaving the hulk, proceeded round tho North Head, steaming down to the South Head of the Wade, in the teeth of a heavy N.W. and W.N.W. gale, accompanied by heavy sqnalls of rain, tho fierce^ known for some years past. Notwithstanding this tho Tauranga displnyed herself admirably, shipping scarcely any water. Captain Smith, of the ship Warwick, kindly furnished one of Walker's patent logs, by which, during this trial, in the very teeth of the- gale, the distance run in one hour was eight and a-half miles against wind and tide ; upon the return trip the same distance was done with only one screw at work, a distance was achieved at the rate of seven and threequarter knots an hour. The dimensions of the Tanranga are : — 101 feet length of keel, 17 feet beam, 8 feet depth of hold, 120 feet overall, 175 tons register (including engine space), and to carry 90 tons dead weight ; she is topga\l schooner rigged, with wire rigging, patent steering apparatus and windlass, and fitted with the latest improvements. Site is a twin-screw boat, propelled by a pair of direct^ acting inverted engines, each engine working on its own shaft, 21-inch cylinder, with an 18inch stroke, 40 horse-power nominal, but working up to 120 ; the diameter of the pi%opellors will bo five feet. — Auckland paper. Fast Stexkek. — A New York engineer has planned and is about building a river steamer, constructed entirely of Bessemer steel, the length to be 450 feet, the breadth 45 feet, and the displacement 1760 tons. By constructing the steamer upon a peculiar model which ho has planned, the engineer claims that with a thousand horse-power he can secure a speed of at least thirty miles an hour. The boat will accommodate 1000 passengers, and is to run, if successfully built, between New York and Albany, making the trip in five hours. — " Albany Argus."