Shipping.

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2534, 31 March 1871, Page 2

Shipping.

POUT CHALMERS OBSERVATORY. Latitude, 45.48.55 south ; longitude, Uh. m. 66seo. east. . Time Ball drop* daily (Sundays excepted) at I p.m. Port Chalmers mean tune, or ■«. 37m. 23seo. «.to, Greenwich mean time. HIGH WATER, TO-MORROW. - Heads I Pout Chalmers I Dunedin 11.53 p.m. j 0.26 p.m. I 1.8 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. Phoebe, from the Bluff. Rangitoto, from Lyttelton SAILED. "Wallace, for Oamaru CUSTOM HOUSE.—DUNEDIN. This Da*. ENTERED INWARDS. Phoebe, 41C tons, Worsp, from the Bluff. Driver, Stewart, and Co, agents. CLEARED OCTWAUDB. . Nil. __ PASSENGER LIST. Per Phcobe—Mr and Mrs Quinn, Mr ami Mrs Dalgleish, Messrs Moodie, Mountfoit, and 7 in the steerage. „ Por Rangitoto. Mrs M J Bawdcn, Mrs Jones, Mrs S Palmer, Rev W. H, Beck, Messrs R Bright, J M'Kellar, A J Bums, T M'Kellur, Geo Pogson, A Burt, F Pogsen, S Palmer, Kelly, Geo Thovuton, J E Denniston, H Marsu, W Palmer, Salomon, and 8 in tiie steeragA EKPP.CTT.D ARKIT*!J». From Hong Kong—lV, Clowes From Newcastle -Magellan Cloud From Glasgow -Heknsles, Yokohama From New York Annie From Melbourne—Robert !• in >1 ifOTi c i 11 >’!> \ KTU HER Beautiful Star for Lyttelton, early Caledonia, for Greymouth, early Cora for Invercargill early City of Dunedin for London, April 5 Dagmar for Hokitika, early Edward for Invercargill, early Excelsior for Napier, early Jane, for Wanganui, early Lapwing for Levuka. i’iji, early Maori, for Timimi, April 6 Pioneer, for Invercargill, early Ph'die for Northern Ports, April 1 Planet for Fijis, April 1 Rangitoto for Melbourne, April 3 Storm Bird for Bluff, early Tararua for AVellington, April 1 Tairoa, for Molyneux, March 60 Wallace for Oamaru, April 6 Warrier Queen, for London, April 2(1 Wanganui, for Northern Ports, April 1 The barque Acacia, in being towed up today, struck the ground off the end of the training wall, and sustained some damage through coming into contact with the buoy. The-s.s. Phcehc left Bluff Harbor yesterday afternoon, and arrived at the Port early this morning. Fine weather was experienced during the passage. The brigantine Li more got under weigh on the morning’s Hood, and proceeded to Dunedin. The a s. Storm Bird, which sailed on Wednesday evening for Southern Ports, loft the Heads yesterday evening. The ketch /• pariina, for Gatlin’s Fiver, heat out from the Heads this for. noon. The s.s. Rangitoto, from Melbourne via Northern Ports, arrived at 2 p.m. The barque Premier, 29(5 tons, from Mauritius, arrived at and was signalled from the Heads at 2 p.m. She was sailing up cross channel when our despatch left. WRECK OP A VESSEL ON THE RIVERTON BEACH. On making his look-out early yesterday morning, Captain Clare, pilot at the New River Heads, discovered a vessel lying mi the Riverton Beach a few miles from the Heads. Information of the circumstance was despatched to Captain Thomson, Har-bor-master at the Bluff, who proceeded at ■once to town and communicated the fact to Captain Elies, Collect r of Customs at this port. Captain Thomson immediately set out for the scene of the disaster, followed during the afternoon by several parties, making the, beach by the Riverton road. Three or four miles below the point where the road shrikes the beach, the object of their search was found lying st anded about four cables length from high water mark. The unfortunate vessel proved to be the Norwegian brig Hindoo, from Foo-Chow-Foo, with a cargo of tea for Dunedin. From information gained by our special reporter at the scene of the accident, wo are enabled to furnish the following particulars The lung was chartered by Messrs Jardine and Co., and consigned to their agents in Dunedin. She was commanded by Captain Sandberg, and manned by a crew of thirteen. About 10 p.m. on the evening of Sunday, she sighted the Solauders, from which a course was shaped through the straits. About 4 a m. yesterday morning, the weather being boisterous, accompanied with squalls of hail and rain, those on Hoard wore surprised to find themselves surrounded by broken water. Before anything could be done to haul off', the vessel came upon the beach, sticking hard and fast mi the sandy bottom, the mainmast going by the board when she struck, and in that position she now remains, watcrloggcd to tic gunwale. '1 ho scene of the accident is situated within a short distance of the Maori kaik. When daylight broke a half-caste resident at the kaik, named Harry West, discovered the mishap, and in company with a lot of Maoris belonging to the place, proceeded at once to the spot where the vessel was stranded. On seeing assistance at hand, the brig’s crew dropped their boat over the stem, by means of which a line was secured between the beach and the wreck. This rope was used by the parties for hauling the boat between the brig and the land, a few passages of which brought the whole of the crew ashore in safety, the captain being the last man to leave the ship. At low water a quantity of the ship’s furniture was landed, besides a few more articles of a portable nature. Acting under the instructions of Captain Flics, a number of Maoris were engaged to remain by the ship last night, with tlic view of landing cargo and whatever other articles they can conveniently lay hold of at low water, Scrjrt. Fox and a constable also remained on the spot to look after the wreck. The crew of the Hindoo were provided with accommodation for the night in the huts of the New River fishermen.

Wc may mention that along, the beach

towards the New ilivcr Heads arc scattered portions of a teaiklhuilt iron fast nod vessel of perbhps 400 to 500 tons burthen. They show marks of lire, and apparently have not keen exposed more than a icw months to the action of the sea. The fact may, it is thought, afford a slight clue to ( thc fate of some missing vessel. —Southland Tone*.