Port of Riverton.

Western Star, Issue 50, 24 October 1874, Page 4

Port of Riverton.

entered outwards, Oct. 19 —Comerang, p.s., 159 tons, Best, for Dune.lin,-via. Bluff. October 23—James Paxton, schooner, 61 tons, Gray, for Dunedin. V* ‘ . “ IMPORTS. ’ .. t Per Comerang, from Dunedin—l 9 pkgs. 4 kegs nails, 1 bbx boots, 135 boxes soap, 5 eases claret, 5 drums oil, 15 eases, 7 bales. 1 parcel. 5 bo\»s, 1 truss, 4 bales, 548 bdls. shingles, Whittingham Bros. &.In|tone ; 10 boxes candles. 19pkgs. Rc-ke. Lvon*& Co. ; 10 kegs ammunition. Cant. Daniel ; 2 boxes ploughs, M'Callmn 1 parcel Bank of New Zealand; 1 bag charcoal, W. A. Bews ; I box. Rev. W. Oldham; 1 case, Robertson Bros.; 1 hhd. ale, Jr- Mills. .Prom Bluff—2 qr.-casks rum, 2 cases, 4. kegs butter, 40 bags flour, 5 casks tar, 19 eases oranges, a fill sundry packages, and eases, Whittingham Bros. & Instone ; 3 pkgs. Murdoch ; 2 trunks, Haucock ; 1 trunk, Wilson. i i EXPORTS, Per Comerang, for Dunedin —SO bags oats, 20 hags barley, 50 bags bran and sharps, Whittingham Bros. & Instone; 112 bags oats. Rock, Lyon 6 C 0,35,000 ,f£. timber, Petchell & Co.; 30 pkgs. sundries. Per James Paxton, fer Dunedin—2l6 bags oats, 6 casks tallow, 23£00 ft. timber, Whittingham Bros, and Inston&Ji-- , Port op Bdttfp Habbopb. • * ARRIVED. Oct. 15—Wallabi, s.s.. 101 tons, Levs, from Dunedin. .Passengers: Mr and Mrs Ajrce, Mr and Mrs Vincent, Messrs Kelly, Val Vose, .Smith, Saunders, Turner, Verletti, Brown, and 16 in the '' Oct. 15—Record, barque, 437 ton?, Jenkins, from'Wellington. Oct. 16 —Swatara, s.s., man-ef-war, 1,300 tons, Chandlsr, from Hobart Town, . Oct. 16 —Comerang, p.s., 152 tons, Best, from Dunedin. ' Passengers : Messrs Thompson, Croft, Andrews. Esther, Cowan. Chapman, Fraser, Capt. Havwood, Fletcher, Bridge, Brown, Mr and Mrs Holmes, Mr and Mrs Oswin and family. Rev. Oldham. Rev. Tanner, and 20 in the steerage. Oct. 20—J. A." Thompson, ship, 1,245 tons, Thompson-, for Wellington'. Oct, 20—Albion, s.s., 591 tons, Underwood, from Melbourne. Passengers ; Messrs Tankard, Black, Hogan, Hale, M'Laren. J. Maloney,, T. Maldney, Gillias, Collins, M'Donald, Simpson, Buck, Carr, Fraser, and Miss Buckhara.

Oct 21 — Comerang, p.s., 139 tons, Best, from Riverton. Passenger Mr Inatoae. " - - SAILED, October 15—Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Leys, for Riverton. Oct. 17 —Swatara, s.s., 1,300 tons, Chandler, lor the Chatham Islands. Oct. 19—Craig EUashie, brie, 226 tons, Joss, for Dunedin. Oct. 20—Albion, s.s., 591 tons, Underwood, for Dunedin. Oct. J 20—Comerang, p.s., 159 tons, Best, for Dunedin. The s.s. Wallabi sailed for Dunedin, via Bluff, on Saturday night. The schooner James Paxton still lies in the stream* not being able to get out on account of the stopcgiy weather which, has prevailed during the week'. The p.s. Comerang, from Dunedin, via Bluff, arrived at this port on Saturday night, with a number of passengers and a large cargo of merchandise. During her absence she has had a thorough overhaul-in the Port Chalmers Graving Dockland particular attention baa been devoted towards making her passenger accommodation replete witli every comfort aLd convenience, and we have -no doubt, she will soon become a favourite both >to passengers and shippers. After discharging, She took on board a quantity of timber and farm' produce, and sailed for Dunedin on Tuesday. A commander in the Royal Mail service found bis stermer 40 miles out of her course. He was .f: ..aorely-troubled, and could not account" for the local attractions that had sent him so far out of

ithe way. 'lnstruments and. calculation appeared equally'_fratilffi£fe. '3SlucH perplexed, and having passed' a sleepless, watchful night, the captain Vrspt'. on'd<&£ after, breakfast. Seeing a lady (as was her custom) and working near the -3yMW>iWyiß Occurred to him that probably the scissors were resting on the ledge of it. Detecting nothing of the sort, and bent on closer investigation, he discovered that her chair had an iron frame. It also quite reasonably flashed across his wind that the Iddy’a ample crinoline was extended by steel hoops. So, mustering all his faculties, hd'exclaimed with as much forgiveness and .as lijttle wpwacb io hie tones aaf possible* “ Madame, you hard by your local attraction caused my ship to, deviate 40 miles from her course.” .