Port of Riverton.

Western Star, Issue 66, 13 February 1875, Page 4

Port of Riverton.

. ■ ENTERED INWARDS.' . Teh. 9—Express,. r.s., 136 tons, Christian, from Dunedin via-Bluff. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Thyrie, Mrs Shepherd and child, and Miss Galloway. ’ '? '' ’ entered outwards. Feb. 9—Express, s.s., 136 cons, Christian, for Dunedin, via Bluff. Passengers : Mr and Misses M'Gillivray (2), Misses Dennistoh (2). , lO --James Paxton, 61 tons, Gray, for Bluff Harbour. ' Feb. 12—-Mabel Jane, schooner, 38 tons, Cowell, for Dunedin. ' IMPORTS. Per Express—l pel, J. Patch ell; 1 brl ale, J. R. Mills j 3 cases confectionery, J; Hood ; 5 do, E. Hppgood ; 2 hales paperhangings, J. M'lnnes ; 1 pel, A. Clode ; 1 case,'Galloway and Son; 7.. cases, 1 bdl, 1 cask, Reid and Sons; 1 tierce, 1 case, J. L. McDonald ; 2 pels, "Whittingham Bros and Instohe ’; 5 cases, R, Rocke; 2 cases, 1. pel, J. W. Chapman; 4 cases, ’2, bales drapery, Robertson Bros ;' 1 pel, J. Seehol; 2 kegs-soap, 2 cases oil, 3 . bags rice, 2 boxes sOap, 2 cases kerosene, 1 bag currants, 1 bag sago, 1 bag soda, l.casffar, 1. case sundries, 2 cases drugs, 1 box raisins, 1 keg treacle, 20 coils wire,. 2 cases wine, 3 cases claret,3 half-chests tea, 18 bags sugar, 3 bags salt, 3 cases 1 truss drapery, 5 cases whisky, 5 do schnaps, 5 do geneva, 5 do salmon, l.do. sundries, 1 case, 1 bdl, 1 sheet zinc, 2 kegs, 1 piece pipe, 1 qr-cask wine, 1 tierce, 3 cases, earthenware, 2.bdls paperhangings, 1 box, 18 tins paint, J. Wilson and Co ;I, bale, Schmidt.—J. Wilson and Co, agents. EXPORTS. Per Express, for Dunedin—3l6 hags wheat, 86 do barlev, order ; 1, bdl ridging, Briscoe and Co. For Bluff, for transhipment on board the Ocean Mail—lo 6 bales wool,,- J, Wilson and Co.—John Wilson and Co, agents. Per James Paxton—62 bales wool, 2 bales, 2 bales sheepskins,' 10 bags fowls’feed, 20 casks bottled beer; 2,000 feet timber, order.—Whitiingham Bros and Instone, agents. Per Mabel Jane—24,ooo feet timber, order.— Master, agent. ' Port of Bluff Harbour. ARRIVED. Eeb. 7—Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, from Dunedin. • . , Pdb 10—Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, from Riverton. , Feb. 11—Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, from Dunedin'. Passengers : Miss Middlemass, Mis* Thomson,' Messrs Webster,' MortonMollison, Cowan, Tennant, Gilchrist (and two men). Campbell. Thomson, R. Brown,' l O’Donnell, Bid Puterie, Cuvanagh, Tuson, Ott, Dunck, Miller, Hume, Inglia, Ross, Gray, Mrs Baxter and-2 children ; and 5 "steerage. SAILED. Feb 6—Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, for Dunedin. Passengers: Messrs Dyer, Gunn, Forsyth, Instone, Kent, Wilson, Wilby, Webster ; &ud 7 ' Feb. B—Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, for Riverton. Feb. 10—Chance, barque, 268 tons, Gilroy, on a whaling cruise. < “ Feb. 10—Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, for Dunedin. Passengers : Mrs Thomas, Messrs Bailley, J, Holmes, Sydney Holmes, J. Harvey, Henderson, Webb, Palmer, M‘Nab, Roskruge, Davidson ; and 4 steerage. Port of Invercargill, arrived. Fob. s—Awarua, 48 tons, Adams, from Greymouth. The s.s. Express arrived at the jetty on Tuesday, about 3 p.m., with a large cargo of merchandise and several passengers. She left Port Chalmers on Saturday' afternoon, about 4.30, and experienced a strong head wind during her passage to the Bluff, where she did not arrive till half-past 2 p.m. next day. Left again for Riverton at 6.30 p.m. on Monday, and arrived off the port about 10 o’clock same night, when, through one of the beacon lights on *thb'north side going out, she took the gromid in endeavouring to make the outer Channel, and had to remain outside till next tide,when she arrived as above. ShesAilfect again for Dtmedin early on Wednesday morning, with a full cargo of wool and grain and a number of passengers. The schooner James Paxton sailed for the Bluff on Thursday morning. ■ There has’ been another terrible disaster at sea. The cable steamer La Plata, from Gravesend, for Rio Grande de Sul, with 250 miles of telegraph cable and apparatus for picking up arid Splicing the cable lost by the Gomez, has foundered off tJshant in a heavy gale. Fifteen of the crew were picked up by the Gareloch emigrant ship. Sixty persons are supposed to have perished with the ship, among them being the captain, doctor, and the whole of the scientific staff.