SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 641, 5 April 1870, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. HJOU WATKII. This Day ... 0.40 a.m., 0.54 p.m. To-morrow 1.10 a.m., 1.24 p.m. ARRIVALS. April 2—Maid of Erin, schooner, Agnew, from Melbourne ; in the roadstead. April 3—Excelsior, schooner, 35 tons, Bell, from Dunedin. VV. J. Patterson, agent. April 4 —Wallabi, s.s., Daniels, from Nelson. IMPORTS. Per Excelsior, from Dunedin—B casks stout, Powell and Co.; 10 chests candles, Bailie and Humphrey ; 5 chests candles, 4 qr-casks brandy, 2 eases cigars, 3 qr-casks wine, 10 c.'ecs stout, 10 casks ale, 1 qr-cask whiskey, W. J. Patterson ; 6 eases pickles, 1 do groats, G <lo fish, Powell and Co.; 5 casks stout, 4 eases mustard, 1 do hams, 2 firkins herrings, Bailie and Humphrey ; G cases jams, 10 boxes maizena. 1 case hams, Stitt Bios.; 5 bags barley, 5 caseß mustard, 2 do hams, 5 do fish, 3 firkins herrings, 5 sacks oatmeal, 400 bag flour, 11 cases coffee, W. J. Patterson ; 20 bars, 8 bdls iron, 2 kegs nails, 2 coils rope, 3 cases, 2 pkgs, Thomas Field ; 153 bars iron, 30 bdls sheet iron, 1 pkg screws, Hunger and Meldrum ; 20 sacks oatmeal, 12 eases coffee, 40 bags bran, IGO do flour, G do pollard, 8 cases fish, 1 do jujubes, 5 boxes pipes, 2 bales paper. Bailie and Humphrey ; 2 cases, 1 bale, Strike ; 6 cases sauce, 1 do jujubes, 50 bags oats, Powell and Co.; 40 bags oats, W. J. Patterson ; 6 ash oars, 1 case, Field.

The schooner Excelsior. Archibald Bell, master, from Dunedin, arrived at Westpm't on Sunday with a fall cargo of merchandise. She cleared Otago Heads on the morning of the 25th ult., encountered light baffling winds until passing the Buff on the 28th ; made the South-west Cape on the 30th, with dirty south-westerly weather, attended with heavy squalls, got oil' Bald Head on the morning of the Ist inst.; hove to 12 hours, and the weather moderating bore away for the Buller, and anchored oil' the port, on S.iturday, at 4.30 p.m. Captain Bell reports no vessels loading at Dunedin for this port. The schooner Maid of Erin arrived in the roadstead on Saturday, where she has since been delayed waiting a tender, the wind being unfavorable for crossing the bar. The p.s. Lioness was expected from Hokitika to tender her, but was unable, ive believe, to leave that port owing to the stranding of the brigantine Prosperity from Melbourne. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ARRIVALS. Wellington.—April 2—Gothenburg, from Nelson. Bluff. —April 2 —Rangitoto, from Melbourne. Nelson.—April 3 —Murray, from Westport. r icton.—April 3—Storm Bird, from Wellington. Lyttelton.—April 3 —Gothenburg, from Wellington. DEPARTURES. Wellington.—April 2—Om'eo, for Hokitika. Nelson. —April 3—Wallabi, for Westport.