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Evening Star, Issue 3376, 15 December 1873, Page 2

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high water. To-morbow. TTpadS I Po RT Chalmers 1 Dunedin 12.22 p.m. I I*2 P* m - • 1 POUT CHALMERS. arrived. Mwot liiyil™, la-e.l, Bnter. Homy, from W»iko,uiti. s s., 260 tons, Wheeler, from the North Passengers :Mr and Mrs Loyse and servant Mrs Stevens, Major Gordon, Messrs SSmev Smith, Barton, Murray, Kaye, JobS Gow, Barker. Bell (2), Cotterell Genmn, Carmll (2), Webster, Parsons, Levin, Murray s Circus (B'J, and 24 in the steerage. C w«lv±, 363 tmw, Bobycito, -132 tm», ' : hom """ castle Passenger ; Mrs Nai. nnth. Jewess 423 tons, Small, from Newcastle. December 14. -Margaret Scollay, lb tons, !% the Tii it Passengers: Mrs Saunders, Miss 1 ayloi, ‘ Harder Thomson, Hume, Serman, rnn Tavlor Gibbs, Webster, Peterson, H™y Devally, Williams (2), Tompkins, and fi Or^r>fS e Blaney, from Oamaru for ™oyd’s° Herald, 48 tons, Arnott, from Gatlin’s River. SAILED. December 13.-May Queen, 732 tons, Tatchell, for the Bluff. , Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Leys, for the Bluff. Pretty Jane, s.s., 101 tons > * eterson, foi 0 December 14. —Pioneer, 23 tons, Mathieson, for Shag Point. PROJECTED DEPARTURES, Alhambra, for Bluff, Dec. 12Albion, for Northern Ports, Dec. Jt Hadda, for Hong Kong, January 3 Jane, for Moeraki, early Lady Jocelyn, for Melbourne, Dec. L Peter Denny, for London, Dec. 10 Pretty Jane, for Port Molynoux, Dec. 10 Samson, for Oamaru, Dec. 1U Tarania, for Northern 1 orts, Dee. A Taranaki, for Northern Ports, Dec. 10 Wanganui, for Bluff, Dec. 16 Wellington, for Akaroa, Dec. ~U

The Pioneer, for Shag Point, sailed this There are no signs of the ship Caller On, now OV The 'ketch Lloyd’s Herald, from Catlin’s river, sailed up this morning. The schooner Friendship discharged her wool into the Peter Denny this morning. The Grace arrived from W aikouaitx on baturday and passed up to Dunedin. . The schooner Friendship arrived yesterday, from Moeraki, with a cargo of wool and other The barque Hadda was taken out of the floating dock this morning, and sailed up to Dunedin. . . . , The cutter Hope, from loi Tois, arrived yesterday, with a cargo of wool and skins, and passed up to Dunedin. The ship May Queen was towed to sea on Saturday by the tug Geelong. She is bound to the Blutf to load for London, The s.s. Wallabi, after taking on board transhipments from the Jessie Headman, left for the Bluff at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The Margaret bcollay arrived yesterday, from Allday Bay, with a_ cargo of wheat for transhipment to the Christian M Ausland. The ship Peter Denny commenced to bend sails this morning, and will soon leave for London, having nearly all her wool on board. The schooner Oreti, from the Bluff for Wellington, with 4b,oooft. of timber, put in this morning, having left the Bluff on Saturday The twin screw Pretty Jane sailed yesterday afternoon, for Oamaru, with quantity of cement transhipped from the Lady J ocelya to be used for the Oamaru breakwater. The “ Wanganui Herald ” says that the departure of the Malay is delayed owing to the difficulty of obtaining seamen. A heavy bonus is being offered for the run over to New South Wales. The Harbor Company’s p.s. Samson arrived from Oamaru at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday. After landing her mail and passengers at the railway pier, she steamed alongside the ship Otago to discharge a quantity of wool. The s.s. Wanganui arrived at 10 a.m. yesterday, from the Bluff. Besides 47 bales of wool for the barque Columbus, she brings 51,2;i0 feet of timber for transhipment to the s.s. Taranaki. Reports leaving Mokamoka jetty at 3.15p,m. on Saturday; arrived at the Bluff at o p.m. ; left again at 7.30 p.m.. for Port Chalmers, and arrived as above, having had fine weather during the passage. The wind shifting from the S.W. to theN.L. enabled the American barque Jewess to sail up to her anchorage off the railway pier, under the charge of Pilot Kelly. Captain Small reports leaving Newcastle on the 26th November, with moderate easterly weather for the first two days, then northerly winds until the 30th; easterly winds were prevalent until the Ist inst; then moderate S.E. and westerly winds until making the Snares at 3 p.m. on Saturday; passed the Nuggets at 2 a.m. yesterday, with a light S. W. wind, which enabled her to reach the Heads at daylight this morning. Her cargo consists of 67b tons of coal, consigned to Messrs Dalgety, Nichols, and Co. A novelty will be introduced in the large yacht race at our next annual regatta in the form of an iron yacht, locally built. The work is proceeding at Mr Hawkeswood’s Staffordshire Iron Works, and the vessel will be the property of the workmen employed in that shop. The framework has already been finished, and the plates are being riveted, although the work has been delayed owing to the difficulty in procuring suitable material. The yacht is 33ft. keel, 9ft. beam, and 6ft. depth of hold. Her plates are 3-16ths and *th inch. She will be very strong, and her builders hope «he will give a good account of herself in sailing. This venture in yacht building will be watched with great interest.Auckland Evening Star.” At daylight this morning, on the signal being made for a tug, the Geelong proceeded down and towed up the barque Woodville. She was immediately berthed alongside the hulk Cincinatti to discharge. Captain Hodge reports leaving Newcastle on the 4th instant, with moderate O S.E. winds for the first live days ; thence variables were experienced, with fine weather, until making the Solanders yesterday morning, when a strong W.N.W. wind was encountered. The wind veering to the S.W., enabled her to reach the Heads at three o’clock this morning, having made the voyage to Newcastle and back in thirty days. She brings 548 tons of coal for Dalgety, Nichols, & Co. We thank Captain Hodge for a supply of Sydney and Newcastle papers. The barque Bobycito was towed up tlns > morning by the Geelong. Captain Websdale reportsleaving Newcastle on the 26th November with light easterly weather for the first two days, then north winds until the afternoon of the 30th, when the weather suddenly changed to the eastward, and continued so until the Ist inst. ; then modeiate S.E. winds till making the meridian of the West Cape, where she encountered very thick weather, and was hove-tn for thirty-six hours ; sighted tlie Solanders on the 12th, and came through Foveaux Straits with a strong westerly wind, which carried her to the Nuggets by noon yesterday; variables were then experienced till making the Heads at 3a.m. to-day. She was moored alongside the hulk Henbury to discharge 621 tons of coal. We thank Captain Websdale for Sydney papers. _ The New Zealand Company’s s.s. Taranaki, from the Northern Ports, arrived at 5.45 p.m. on Saturday, and immediately steamed alongside the railway pier, her mails and passengers beam conveyed to Dunedin by the 6 p.m. train. Captain Wheeler reports leaving the Manukau at 1 P m. on the Sth ; arrive 1 at Taranaki at fkv'izht on the 9th ; left for Nelson at 9 a.m. ; arrived there at 1 a.in. on tho 10th ; loft for i’ictoa at 1 p.m.; arrived there at 9 p.m. same day ‘ LB for Wellington at 2.30 a.m. on the Utb - arrived there at 8.30 a.m. ; left for Lyttelton ats p.m. same day; arrived there at 1

p.m. on the 12th; left for Port Chalmers _at 7.30 p.m. same day, and arrived as above, haung experienced fine weather throughout the passage. We thank her purser (Mr Edmmston) for report and files. She leaves again tor the North to-morrow afternoon.

SHIPPING TELEGRAM,

Wellington, December 15.- -Arrived yesterday: Patteraou, from the North. Sailed; Wellington, for the North ; ship Queen Bee, tor Napier. —The shipwrights have determined to form an association.

A ’TALE OF THE SEA,

Within the past few weeks (says a London paper of Sept. 7) no fewer than three sharks, two of them of large size, have been captured off the Scotch coast by fishermen, iho hist caught measured eleven feet m length, its captors, after making no inconsiderable sum by exhibiting it to the curious, have presented tin carcase to the Dundee Museum. Here is an account of the discoveries made when its capacious maw was opened. At three o clock the animal opened up to the dexterous kmft of Mr James Dempster, and the curious were soon satisfied. A whole ling, considerably decomposed. first attracted attention ; next, a roan s bonnet was picked up, and was eagerly seized by the crowd; parts of cod and dog fish, and clean bones, with the hind flaffera of a seal were also found ; and towards the close, a sodawater bottle corked and sealed with red wax, with a note in it. The moment the bottle was seen, it was seized and broken to atoms, the note taken out and read aloud to the wondering spectators. The note, which was in a ladys neat hand, read as follows “On board the Beautiful Star,* Sunday, September 1, 1872. . “We have crossed the line, and alls well. Last night the captain’s lady had a pretty liltte boy, “ ‘Heaven bless the little stranger, Hock’d in the cradle of the deep ; Save it, Lord, from every danger, The angels bright their watch will keep. Oh, gently soothe its tender years, And so allay a parent’s fears - A father’s love, a mother’s joy ; May all that’s good attend the boy, “Annette Gordon. * Ship Beautiful Star, at present in Lyttelton. Captain Bilton, of that ship, states _ tha,t the captain in command in 1872 had his wife on board, and she was confined as stated.