SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

Westport Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1969, 24 January 1882, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE

PORT OF WESTPORT. HIGH WATER A.M P.M Monday 12.11 12.38 Tuesday 1.3 1.23 Wednesday 1.38 2.6 Thursday 2.35 2.50 Friday 3.14 3.40 Saturday 4.9 5.16 Sunday 0.0 0.44 ARRIVALS. January 20—Merksworth, s. s., 165 tons, Fraser, from Port Chalmers. Powell and Co., agents. St Kilda, s.s., 174 tons, Flowerday, from Wangunui. J. Munro, agent. Grafton, s.s., 242 tons, Johnson, from Wellington. Powell and Co., agents. January 22—Urrafton, s.s., 242 tons, Johnson, from Greymouth. Powell and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. January 19 —Westport, for Wellington. Kennedy, for Hokitika. January 20—St Kilda, for Greymouth. Grafton, for Greymouth. January 22—Prosperity, for BlufF. Grafton, for Nelson. PASSENGERS. Per Merksworth —Messrs Dickson and Twining. Per Grafton—Captain Williams, Messrs George, Davidson and others. Per Grafton, for Nelson and Wellington—Mrs Soloman, Captain Williams, Messrs George, Baird, Thompson, Soloman, and Sheary. IMPORTS. (Advertisers' imports only.) Per St. Kilda—l7 pkgs, 2 cs, Corr ; 8 pkgs, 2 cs, Stitt Bros. ; 1 cs, Whyte ; 10 cs, 20 bgs rice, 6cs salmon, 10 cs jams, 15 cs starch, 22 mts sugar, 11 bis, 3 cs, 1 csk, 1 bx, Munro ; 2 sks lime, 10 drms oil, Field; 6 cs ling, 10 bgs oatmeal, Powell. Per Grafton—l cs, Field ; 1 pel, Rev. Monro ; 20 bgs chaff, Stitt Bros. ; 100 bxs, Munro ; 5 qr-csks, 20 sks wheat, 100 sks oats, Corr ; 24 pkgs, Kr.ranui Co. ; 1 cs boots, Peterson ; 1 cs, 50 sks wheat, 150 sks oats, Bailie ; 4 kgs butter, 50 bxs candles, 1 cs, 45 bgs bran, 3 cs cheese, 1 cs bacon, 00 bgs wheat, 150 do oats, Powell. Per St Kilda—4 cs biscuits, 2do lollies, 20 do jams, 2 bis paper bags, 9 cs starch, 2 csks soda crystals, 20 cs salmon, 20 bgs rice, 2 cs vestas, 4 do ling, 22 mts sugar, 1 cs sago, 2 cs tapioca, Ibx sundries, 15 cs brandy, 5 do claret, 3 do vinegar, Munro. Per Grafton—loo bxs candles, 3 cs bacon, 3do confectionery, Munro. EXPORTS. Per Grafton—2 bxs gold (17450z5. 10 dwts.), Bank of New Zealand ; lbx, 1 bg, gold (10620z5. lOdwts.), Bank of New South Wales. Per Westport—33o tons coal, Westport Coal Company ; 9127 feet of timber, YV. and J. Marris. Per Prosperity—lso tons coal, Westport Coal Company. g Captain Fraser, of the Merksworth, obligingly furnishes the following report: The Merksworth left here at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of January 12th, with a cargo of coal for Port Chalmers, and arrived there at noon on Sunday, 15th. Discharged the coal and left for Westport at 2 o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, 17th, and anchored off the bar at 1 o'clock this (Friday) morning, thus making the passage from Port Chalmers to the Buller in 59 hours. Experienced line weather all round. The barque Celestia, from Westport, arrived off Manakau Heads on Tuesday, crossed the bar on Wednesday, and arrived at Onehunga on Thursday night.