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Evening Star, Issue 3185, 6 May 1873, Page 2

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W ATER. To-morrow. * Heads i Port (Jhaluers I Dunedin IL3I p.m. 1 12.1 p.m. ! 12.16 p.m.

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ARRIVED. May 6— Frowning Beauty, 366 tons, Black, from Newcastle.

SAILED. , May 6—Samson, 124 tons, Edio, for OamartL

CUSTOM HOUSE, DUNEDIN. This Day. * inwards.

Frowning Beauty, 366 tons, Black, from Newcastle. „ _ , , Jane Anderson, 96 tons, Paterson, from Havelock. Awarua, 48 tons, Gilroy, from Bluff. OUTWARDS.

Claud Hamilton, 530 tons, Clark, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Passengers : Misses Ridgeton (2), Griffiths (2), Mesdames A. J. Smyth, M. Joel, Power, Priestly, Shaw, A. A. Barnett and family (7) and servant, Messrs A. Grant, A. A. Barnett, Matthews, Glendining, Orr, A. Lees, Rev. Mr Shaw; 45 in the steerage. EU» MThee, 39 tons, Peterson, for Catlin’s ** Pretty Jane, 101 tons, Christian, for Port Molyneux,

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. City of Bombay, for London, May 10. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, May 8 Maori, for Lyttelton, May 7 Dunedin, for Napier, May 7 Redcliffe, for Moeraki, May 8 Glencoe, for Auckland, May 10. Lutterworth, for London, May 17 Eangitoto, for Melbourne, May 14 Albion; for Northera Ports, May 14 Stormßird, for Bluff, May 8 Friendship, for Moeraki, early

Vessels in Port Chalmers Bay this day : Ships: Lutterworth, Oberon Wiki Deer. Barones: Hadda and Sydney Griffiths. At the Railway Pier:-Ships: City of Bombay, Euterpe, William Pavie. , Brig : Speedy.

The Samson, for Oamaru, sailed-this morning. She called at the Port Chalmers jetty; her passengers were brought down by the first train* A topsail schooner (name known) passed through on her way to town this forenoon. We hear the Mary Ogilvie is on shore at Oamaru ; the full particulars we have not been able to ascertain. . .. . Measuring ships by miles is rather a nautical novelty, but it was indulged in by Mr W. R. Evans, the manager of a V ictorian Steam Company. Previous to leaving England for Victoria, after the launching of the steamship Otway, that gentleman was so impressed with the large number of steamers and sailing vessels in the course of construction on the Clyde, that he made inquiry as to the dimensions of those then laid down, and the united lengths of their keels measured neatly ten miles—the exact length being nine miles and 1,446 yards. The information was obtained from no fewer than* thirty-two building establishments, the smallest of which had 150 feet of keel laid •down, and the largest 5,019 feet. The next (largest figures of these being 3,895 feet, 3,336 feet, and 2,877 feet. The new bill of lading for the Australian fcnd New Zealand trade came into force on,lsth February, and has the merit of great simplicity. Several of its clauses are fair and equitable, such as that permitting the master to land cargo forty-eight hours after breaking bulk, which gives three full days from the “report” of arrival. Again, the necessity for the declaration of the value of treasure, and the freedom from .liability arising from improper packing, and the inaccuracy or absence of marks, commends itself to all; but we cannot overlook the clause releasing the shipowner from the “neglect and default of the pilot, master, or crew, in the navigation of the vessel.” The responsibility of the master for the acts of his servants is a well-known and reasonable law, which, if once contravened, will open the door to much carelessness and inefficiency. The barque Frowning Beauty, from New- . 'castle, arrived off Otago Heads last night, and sailed up this morning, at eight o’clock. Cant. Black reports leaving Newcastle on the 24th March, and that he was fifteen days trying to get southward with strong easterly gales. He then bore away to the northward, and was sixteen days in Cook’s Straits, with heavy gales from the E. N.E. to K S.E. He passed Wellington last Friday, and had then been a week on short provisions, having nothing to eat but shark and cape pigeons. On Sunday last, at mid-day, off Pompey’s Pillar, he sighted the steamer Beautiful Star, when he hanled up a ■iCTii.l of distress, and got a boat ready. Capt. Hart, of the Star, rendered him every possible assistance, for which Capt. Black tenders him sincere thanks, as well as for the manner in which it was done. At the time the Beautiful Star was sighted, in Capt. Black’s own words, be had nothing on board to eat “ but tobacco and old boots.” There were seven other vessels in the Straits, ships and barq ues > but Captain Black doesn’t know their names.