SHIPPING.

Western Star, Issue 352, 26 May 1880, Page 2

SHIPPING.

TIDE TABLE. High waser at Rivertou Jetty full and change 1 o'clock, New Zealand mean time. High water en the Itiverton Be::ch one ■ Lour earlier than at the jetty ; and on the bar, half-an-honr earlier.

POET OF RIVKETOS. ABBIVED. May 23—Sapid, cutter, 19 tons, Newton, from, Mutton-bird Islands. May 23- Maid of Otago, schooner, 50 tons, M'Leod, from Dunedin, via Bluff. SAIIED. May 24 —Sapid, cutter, 19 tons, Newton, for Siewarfc's Island. IMPORT?. Per Muid of Otago, from Dunedin — 50 pkge. G. O. Cassela ; 18 do, Pete-hell Bros ; 7 do, M. Hayes : 50 do, J. R. Mills ; 1 do, J. Collaghan ; I c\o,F. Clode ; 4 do, J. Vauglian ; 2 do, F. Locke; 240 do, WhiMinghain Bras and Instone; 73 do* J. Parry ; 16 do, it. Acheson j 4 do, J. L. McDonald and Co; 6 do, Weir and Co ; 14 do, Reid and Sons. Pout ob Bluf? Hakboob. AEBIVBD. May 22—Te Anau, s.s., 1052 tons, Carey, from Dunedin. Passengerr—Messrs Shields, Marks, Mitchell, Macfaiiane ; 6 steerage. May 24—Arawata, s.s., 623 tons, Sinclair, from Melbourne., Passengers—For Bluff : Measrs'McDonald, Dellridge, Whalcn, Peirie, Mottran, and Barnett. SAILED. -May 22—Te Anau, 5.5.," 1052 tons, Carey, for Melbourne. Passengers—Mr Dickinson and family, Mr and Mrs Bennett; 4 steerage. May. 23—Maid of Otago, schooner, 50 tons, McLeod, for Riverton. May 24—ArawMa, s.s., 623 tons, Siuclair, for Dunedin.

We regret to learn that no traces have yet been found of Capt. S. Tall and two men, who were drowned in the ketch Anna last Thursday. Capt. J. Tall, harbor master of Bivcrton, and brother to the lost owner of the \ Anna, visited the Bluff on. Saturday morning, trith a view to taking steps to render assistance to the crew in the event of the men have reached shore, and being too fatigued to travel to the Bluff, or recover the bodies if drowned. Capt. Thomson, Harbor Master at the Bluff, refused to assist in tho search, or allow the men and boats under his charge to do bo, on tho plea that it was no part of tho Harbor Board's duty to engage in diich a work. In consequence of this refusal, Capt. Tall auarautred a certain sum of money to a number of men to search the coast. This was accordingly done, with the result already stated. Capt. S. Tall arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship Arabia, from Melbourne, in 1861. About 12 months afterwards he took command of the schouer Surprise, and traded to Wuikouaiti for about a, year; at -the expiration of that time he left her and look charge of the cutter Swan, ti vessel ho had formerly; commanded in' Melbourne. In this little vessel he remained fur nearly two yearn, part of which, time he traded to O.iinaru, and put he was employed in the pilot service, for which the cutter ha 1 been engaged. After the termination of frs engagement ho proceeded to Greymouth with the and meeting bad weather she carried away her rudder and was stranded. On his return to Otago he joined"the s.-. Taiaroa as chief officer, under the late Capt. Thomas • Robertson, whom he succeeded in command of tho steamer. After leaving tho Taiaroa he took charge of the stern-wheel steamer Tuupcka, then plying on the river Molyneux, and hero lie suffered severe pecuniary troubles. Aftef tins and during the last few years Captain Tall lias had the command of the schooner Jane Hannah, and several other smn.ll vessels. We are sorry to learn (from a reliable source) that Capt. Tall has left a widow with four helpless children totally unprovided for. We hope the nu'merour friends he possessed will adopt some measures to assist; Airs Tall in her bereojij*' ment. The Maid of Otago is tho latest addition to oiir local fleet ol: traders. Mr D. McLeod, late owner of the Eliza McPhee, is the proprietor. Sho is a strong ronray craft compared with the McPhoe, with less draught, and has the reputation of being a good sailer. Her trip from Dunedin was characterised by very i-ou|»h wea,lher, and she bnroly reached the slultsr ef Bluff Harbor, during the gale iu which the unfortunate Anna foutidered,

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