SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 664, 28 May 1870, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. HIGH WATER. This Day... 8.50 a.m., 9.17 p.m. To-morrow 9.35 a.m,, 954 p.m. Monday ... 10.11 a.m., 10.27 p.m. ARRIVALS. May 26—John I'enn, 125 tons, Carey, from Wanganui. It. D. Gellion, agent. Kennedy, s.s,, 126 tons, Whitwell, from Nelson. W. J. Willcocks, agent. Murray, s.s., 56 tons, M'Gillivray, from Nelson. J. Paul, agent. Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Daniels, from Wan ganui. Freeth and Greig, agents. DEPARTURES. May 26—John Penn, s.s., Carey, for Hokitika. Murray, s.s., M'Gillivray, for Greymouth. May 27 Kennedy, s.s., Whitwell, for Hokitika. Wallabi, s.s., Daniels, for Greymouth. PASSENGER LIST. Per John Penn, from Manukau and Wanganui—Cabin : Mrs Jungkeikel, Mr and Mrs Clark, Miss Brown, Messrs Dick and Seaton. Steerage—Mr and Mrs Parsons, Mrs Morgan, Mrs Christian, Miss Eason, Messrs French, Thomas, Nodil (2), George, O'Brien, Cloren, Neponi, Jungkeikel, Jones, Roberts, Atkins, and 19 saloon and steerage passengers for -southern ports. Per Wallabi, from Wanganui—Mr Palmer; and two in steerage. Per Kennedy, from Nelson—Mr and Mrs Galland and family, Messrs Pearson, Jackson, Staite, Herman, Franklyn, Pickard, and Moller. Per Murray, from Nelson—Mrs Ferguson and 3 children, Mrs Roberts and family, Messrs Roberts and Hunter. Per Murray, for Hokitika —Mr and Mrs Roberts and family. IMPORTS. Per John Penn, from Onehunga and Wanganui—l6o kits oysters, 20 head cattle, 300 *>heep, 50 pips, 12 horses, 4 calves, 3 tons potatoes, Dick and Seaton; 20 kegs butter, 3 kegs honey, order. Per Wallabi, from Wanganui—43 head cattle, 3 cows, 4 horses, 250 sheep, 3 tons bran, 3 do potatoes, 20 pigs, Freeth and Greig ; 8 kegs butter, 1 case cheese, Walters 10 kegs butter, Stitt Bros.; 10 kegs butter, 3 bags bacon, order. Per Kennedy, from Nelson —Transhipped ex Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne : 3 cases drapery, 1 bale do, Thomas and M'Beath; 3 do stationery, Munson ; 3 do drapery, 1 bale do, Whyte and Pirie; 2 parcels, Munson. Shipped at Nelson —38 bags sugar, Bailie and Humphrey ; 20 kegs butter, 20 cases cheese, Duff; 5 trunks boots, Mailer; 32 cases apples, 1 keg butter, I box eggs, Thompson ; 60 bags salt, 8 bales chaff, 4 kegs nails, Bailie and Humphrey : 1 pkg trees, Carter ; 1 truss drapery, Fleming; 5 eases axes, 1 do sundries, 1 pkg, Field ; 22 cases fruit, 2 do eggs, 1 keg butter, 1 bag bacon, Carpenter ; 1 bale leather, 1 case grindery, M'Neil; 1 parcel, Dollman ; 1 case, Union Bank; 10 cases stout, Walters.

Per Murray, from Nelson —10 kegs butter, 20 bags onions, Bailie and Humphrey; 8 bales chaff, 2 cases fish, Falla ; 1 bag bacon, order; 1:2 cases fruit, King; 2 hhds ale, 1 ease, Touks and Hughes ; 1 box, 20 cases cheese, l'owell and Co.; 1 cask, Martin; 27 pieces machinery, Jackson.

EXPORTS. Per John Penn, for Hokitika—l box gold, Bank of New Zealand. tShort landed at Westport —60 bags oysters, 1 head cattle, 2GO sheep, 70 pigs, 3 tons potatoes, 10 horses, Dick and Seaton. Per Wallabi, for Greymouth—loo sheep, Maclean and Co.; 1 piano, Gilmer Bros.; 10 kegs butter, -3 bags bacon, Nancarrow and Henderson ; 8 kegs butter, Walters; 8 pair fowls, Maclean and Co.

The s.s. John Perm, Captain Carey, left Onehunga, on Thursday, the 19th inst., and arrived off Wanganui bar the following evening at 7 o'clock, and alongside at 2 a.m. on Saturday. Sailed again on Monday at 3.30 p.m. for West Coast porta. In consequence of very strong head wind and heavy sea anchored under the Sand Spit for shelter ; left the anchorage on Wednesday morning at 10.30, and arrived off the Buller on Thursday morning early. The Penn will leave here for Dunedin and intermediate ports on Sunday morning. She will remain in Dunediu lor a week or ten days, and then return to the West Coast, via Lyttelton and Wanganui, and thence to Mannkau, resuming her usual trade. The s.s. Murray left Nelson on Wednesday at 4 p.m., and arrived at Westport the following afternoon. Discharged cargo, and proceeded to southern ports the same evening. She will call at Westport to-day on her return trip to Nelson. The s.s. Kennedy, Captain Whitwell, left Nelson on Wednesday, shortly after the Murray, and arrived here, under easy steam from Eock's Point, on the afternoon of Thursday. She sailed for southern ports last night, and will call at Westport on Monday, proceeding to Nelson on Tuesday. The s.s. Wallabi, Captain Daniels, left Wanganui on Monday, at 3 p.m. Encountered strong head wind and very heavy sea, which necessitated her running for shelter, and protracted her passage to this port. She arrived alongside the wharf on Thursday at 7 p.m., discharged her cargo of stock and produce, and sailed for Greyuiouth yesterday evening.

The brig Van Galen, laden -with gin, from Rotterdam, arrived at Dunedin on the 10th instant.

The s.s. Gothenburg passed this port at mid-day on Thursday, en route for Nelson from G reymouth. The steamship Beautiful Star has been drifted up the VVanganui river and moored along-side the Government wharf; all the water has been pumped out of the vessel, and the. hole, which is under f he boiler, temporarily repaired In all probability the vessel started for Dunedin about Thursday or Friday last.

The wreck of the schooner Challenge, as she now lies stranded outside the Manukau Heads, has been purchased at Onehunga for £■2o. The purchaser anticipates a large profit.