SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 644, 12 April 1870, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. inuu WATER. This Day ... 6.47 a.m., 7.11 p.m. To-morrow 7.•'15 a.m., 8.0 p.m. ARRIVALS. April 10—Wullabi, from Greymouth. April 11—John Penn, from Auckland and "Wanganui. Murray, from Hokitika. DEPARTURES. April 11—VVallabi, for Nelson. Jolm Penn, for Hokitika. Maid of Erin, schooner, for Melbourne. Murray, for Nelson. PASSENGER LIST. Per John Penn, from Onehunga and Wanganui—Messrs Dick, Seaton, Hunger, Adder j 47 in the steerage ; also 7 in the cabin and 24 in the steerage for southern ports. IMPORTS. Per Wallabi; from Greymouth—so tons coals, Freetl) and Greig ; 4 do flour, order. Per John Penn, from Onehunga and Wanganui—ll casks fruit, 1 ease fish, 17 bags oysters, 40 head cattle, 200 sheep, 12 calves, 4 lons potatoes, 4 horses, 8 kegs butter, 7 eases fruit, Dick and Seaton. The s.s. Wallabi left Greymouth on Saturday at 2 p.m., and arrived at Westport at 4 p.m. on Sunday. She encountered very severe north-westerly weather, during which she had the misfortune to lose her main topmast. Owing to the fresh in the Buller river, and being early on the tide, the Wallabi experienced some difficulty in crossing the mouth of the river, but successfully stemmed the strong current prevailing. She left for Wauganui yesterday at 4 p.m., towing out the schooner Maid of Erin.

The s.s. John Penn, M. Carey, commander, arrived off the Westport bar on Sunday evening at 10 o'clock, and alongside the wharf yesterday morning at 6 o'clock. The Penn left Onehunga on Tuesday, the sth inst., at 4 o'clock p.m., and arrived in Wanganui on Thursday at midnight. Experienced strong head winds and very heavy sea throughout the passage. Shipped a full cargo of stock, and.sailed for West Coast ports on Saturday, at 3 p.m., arriving as above. The Penn will leave for Nelson, Wanganui, and Manukauon Thursday next, at 6 o'clock p.m. The s.s. Murray returned to port yesterday afternoon from Hokitika direct, bringing a considerable number of passengers. On the same tide she sailed for Nelson. The Prosperity is still on " the hard " at Hokitika getting her copper repaired. The p.s. Yarra has been launched off the Hokitika spit, and is now moored in the river. She has been bought by Mr Vernazoni. The schooner Crest of the Wave, Captain Gom, which got stranded at the Fijis, lias arrived at Auckland with a cargo. Not one American steamer is now running between Europe and America. The number of large ocean steamers which sail from England to different ports is 364. Up to this time, Messrs Mackay, Baines, and Co. have alone carried upwards of 40,000 emigrants from England to the colony of Queensland.

JIY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. . ARRIVALS. Nelson.—April 10 —Rangitoto, from Wellington. GimrMOUTii. —April 11 —Tararua, from llokiliku, and Melbourne. THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL ROUTE. The Wonga Wonga left Auckland on Saturday, the 2nd, with the English mail via Honolulu. The Governor, Mr Vogel, Mr M'Lean, and several members of Parliament and leading citizens of Auckland lunched 011 board. Toasts were proposed and congratulatory speeches made. Mr Vogel, in his speech, said the project was due to the late Mr Crosbie Ward, who said that there must, ere long, be direct steam communication between Australia and San Francisco, Auckland being made the port of call. Mr Hall said the fact of Auckland being made the port of call was due to Mr Vogel's persuasion. He had otherwise intended the route to hare been by the Bay of Islands and Sydney. The "Wonga Wonga took 170 passengers, and nearly all the berths are taken up for the next boat. The Wonga Wonga is a fine vessel of 1000 tons. She is commanded by Captain Real, who was formerly in command of the Panama Company's steamer Ruahine, and consequently is well known in New Zealand ; Mr Shuttleworth, the chief officer, is quite an old friend, having been formerly in the A.S.N. Company's employ, and having brought out the N.S.N. Company's steamer Ahuriri from home. The following are the names of the passengers from New Zealand : —Saloon : Mr J. Campbell, Emily Ball, Thomas Ball, W. D. Sutherland, J. F. Nickson, George Harper, D. Murphy, C. Cunard, G. E. Allen, Captain Baldwin, Mr Grey (mail agent), Wm. Handyside, Mr and Mrs John Roberts, Rev. L. Murphy, Mr W. Turrell, George Harper, John Campbell, Hugh Craig, J. H. Lowe, Thomas Taylor, W. Synion. Steerage: Messrs J. M'Donald, W. Conner, R. Punch and family, T. Lymott, M. Carey, Mr and Mrs A. J. Eyes, Sir W. K. Ferris, J. Murphy, Margaret Ward, Mr J. T. Knokes, Mr T. Kellock, Mr J. Brueston, Mr J. Fraser, Mr S. Bevan, Mr and Mrs A. Butler and family (6), and Mr and Mrs Meany. The flag adopted by the new Mail Service Line is appropriate and effective. It consists of the Union Jack in an oval, surrounded by thirteen white stars for the United States, the whole in the centre of a blue ground.