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Evening Star, Issue 3446, 9 March 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER. Ta-MOBKOW. Heads I -Port Chalmers | Dunedin 6.52 p.m. | i 7.27 nm. | 8.12 p.m. -j PORT CHALMERS. ' . ARRIVED. jMarch 8. —Samson p.s., 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. Passengers : Messrs J, B. Thomson, W. daird, Nahvin, Gay, Hedlie, and 11 in the teerage. Claud Hamilton s.s., 580 tons, Bowden, from Melbourne via West Coast and Northern ports. Passengers : From Melbourne—Mr and Mrs Barr, Miss Kelly, Messrs J. Tyrell, J. Reid, Coleman. From the Coast—Professor Sale, Miss Sanders, Mr and Mrs Forsyth, Messrs Bathin, M'Farlane, Oleve, Grieson,. Couly, 0. C. Bowen, Neil, and five in the steerage, Wanganui s. s. , 179 tons, Fraser, from the Bluff. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Matherson, Messrs . Rollinshaw, Brown, Matthews (2), Hyams, Moss, Dowell, Morrison, Miss Watson. Mr Syritt, and 10 in the steerage. Bangatira, 174 tons, Edwards, from the North. Passengers : Dr J. M. Hocken, Sergt. Watson, Capt. Clark, Messrs Bracken, Murphy, Harker, Briggs, Ward, Buterwart, Hardy, Graves, Robertson, Smith, Canon, M’Donald, and six in the steerage. Coomerang p.s., 150 tons, Hughes, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports. Lady of the Lake, 66 tons, Urquhart, from the Molyneux. March 9.—Mongol s.s., 2500 toss, Flamank, from Wellington. Passengers: Messers Duncan, Crawley, Ward, Haines (2), Stobe, Smith, Whitley, ar.d Miss Carl. ... SAILED. Claud Hamilton, 587 tons, Bowden, for Melbourne. Passengers—Mr and Mrs Morse, Misses Morse (2), Mr and Mrs Mirams, and 2 children, Rev. Dr. Copeland, Miss Watson, Mr and Mrs Edwards, Messrs Braham, Paterson. Shaw, and SevilL For Bluff —Messrs Seward and Livingston, and 6 in the steerage. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Mongol, for San Francisco, March 10. Omeo, for Newcastle, via Northern Ports, March 10. Taranaki, for Northern ports, March 10. The Harbor Company’s barque Bohycito sailed yesterday morning for Newcastle. The p.s. Comerang, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports, arrived at 5,30 a.m. yesterday, and passed up to Dunedin. . The Harbor Company’s p.s. Samson, arrived ftom Oamaru at 5 p.m. on Saturday, having left there at 10.50 a,m M with strong S.W. wind/ The s.s. Wanganui arrived at noon yesterday from her southern trip. She called at Gatlin’s River on thelrip down to land passengers, and Reports that the sea was breaking clean over the Surat. The twin screw Lady of the Lake arrived at 11.50 a. m, yesterday. She left the Molyneux at 6 p.m. on the 6th, went up the Taieri to the Bridge and discharged sleepers : and left for Port Chalmers at 7 a.m. yesterday. The horses by the s.s. Omeo were safely landed yesterday morning in the horse punts, at the new road in Carey’s Bay, which has lately been made by the prisoners, for landing stock, on account of it being dangerous to land stock at the railway pier. The 5.8.. Beautiful Star, in getting away from the hulk Henbury yesterday afternoon, by Some mishap got her stern line round the shaft of her fan, ahd was compelled to be towed in on the ground between the two jetties, and consequently could, not sail yesterday, as advertized. . JThe handy little fore-and aft schooner Mary Van Every, which has been trading on our coast for some time, has come to grief. She was leaving the Molyneux early last Thursday morning, and the tide being at half-ebb, got the steamer Lady of the Lake to tow her out of the river, but unfortunately the schooner took the ground on the bar, parted her tow-line, and went on to the rocks, where she soon became a complete wreck. The crew were all saved. Messrs M'Meckar, Blackwood’s s.s. Claud Hamilton anived at 5 p.m. on Saturday from Melbourne via West Coast and Northern Ports. She left Melbourne at 2.30 p.m. on the 21st; passed Pori; Phillip Heads at 6.30 p.m., Wilson’s Promontory at 10 a.m. on the 22nd, and arrived off Hokitika at 3 p.m. on the 27th; at the various interprovincial ports, and arrived as above. We thank her purser (Mr Grotty) for report and files. The Australasian and American royal mail steamship Mongol anchored at the Port at 6.30 this morning' with the San Francisco and Northern mails on board, which were transhipped to her from the s.s. Ladybird at Wellington. She sailed thence on the 6th, and discharged the pilot at 10,55 p.m., with a fresh N. W. wind; arrived at Lyttelton at 2.40 p.m, on .the 7th left again for Port Chalmers at 6.53 p.m., with a strong southerly wind, sudden squalls, and heavy rain. At midnight a regular gale was blowing, with heavy sea; ’the ship pitching heavily, and her engines were cased. The gale continued till 4 a.m. on the Bth. The ship was off Oamaru at 4 p.m., and was at the Heads with the pilot on board at 7.45 p m., and came to anchor at 8.5 p.m.; got under weigh again at 5.45 this morning and arrived as above. We are indebted to Captain Flamank for report and Northern papers, THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE, We learn from a letter received from London, says the ‘ Sydney Morning Herald,’ that the four ships for the permanent mail service between Sydney and San Francisco, which have been ordered to be built with all the latest improvements and regardless of expense, are progressing rapidly. Two of these ships are being built by the well-known firm of John Elder and Co. who have engaged to deliver them in October and November of this year. The other two ships are being built by the eminent builder, James Laing, of Sunderland, who has engaged to ddiverone on the sth of December, and the other in the latter part of January, 1875. Itis believed that there will be no delay whatever in the completion of these contracts. THE DETENTION OF THE PHOEBE AT .LYTTELTON, The following letter appeared, in the ‘ Lyttelton, Times ’ of March 2 Sir,— We, the undersigned passengers from Dunedin by tho Phoebe, having been, as we consider, unjustifiably placed iu quarantine, beg to lay the following facts before the public, in order to snow the looseness with which the quarantine regulations are carried out in tbis port, and' the consequent unnecessary loss and inconvenience sustained by both the ship and the passengers. The Phoebe sailed from Port Chalmers on the evening of the 98th ultimo, having on board a large number of passengers (mostly business men) including some ofthe immigrants by the Mongol admitted to pratique by the authorities at Dunedin. These immigrants came from Dunedin to the Port as passengers with us in the train. We had a splendid 4 Passage, and fully expected to reach Cimstchurch by the 4 p.m. train to-day. You can imagine our astonishment when, after the captain had given the words “ stop her, easy uSm,” 6 u me t h j? P r D 9 nald ’ this xlealt hUffice, in a boat, who immediately sung ® ut T ,|? o3 ? * y° u see me coming ? If you don’t stop 111 give you a ro onth’s quarantine. ” The immediately stopped, and the Health Officer stepped on board. In answer to a question, Captain Worsp replied “We are all well on board” Then the examination . of immigrants commenced, which was conducted in this way. Dr Donald held in his hand a list of the names of those immigrants booked for Canterbury, They were called up singly, and after a few questions to each, the Health Officer stepped into his boat, at the same time telling Captain Worsp to hoist the yellow flag and wait for further orders, as there was “ a very bad case, a child not yet recovered from the measles. ’’ In a short time the boat returned, and the ship was ordered to the quarantine ground to discharge the Canterbury immigrants- and their luggage, the ship to remain m quarantine for further investigation. After our astonishment had subsided we began to look round for the sick, and at last thought T® ™9 cause of our detention in the pertom diarrhtda, hut, hpon further inquiry, discovered that there was

a child who had suffered from measles six weeks ago, and, on the authority of Dr Alexander {a passenger by the Phoebe on this occasion, and who was a member of the Board of Health at Dunedin for about five years) was free from the disease, and no longer a source of infection, as was also evident from the fact of the child having been considered—both by Dr Davidson, the medical officer in charge of the Quarantine Station at Port Chalmers, and by Professor M'Gregor, the medical member of the Board of Health at Dunedin—safe to be released. From the above statement of facts, we think it will appear that it is highly necessary the General Government should cause an immediate inquiry to be made into the circumstances of this case, in order to prevent the recurrence of such arbitrary conduct. If coasting steamers are to be subjected to this kind of detention, it will seriously impede the business traffic of the whole of the Colony.— Your obedient servants, E. William Alexander, M.D., Henry Blundell, jun., Charles F. Cooke, Richard William Fereday, G. W, Granger, W. Dayman, A. C. Hastings, M. Hayman, S. Johns, R. M. Robertson, George Robertson, W. W. J. Spreat. Joseph T. Strange, George Woods, Mrs Campbell Robertson, Emily Toombs, Mrs M. A. J?. Fereday, K. Robertson, Emma Holden, Lea Collough, Mrs Spratt, Mrs C. F. Cooke, George Alfred Back, Mrs Ward. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. Bluff, March 9. —The barque Omega, 91 days from London, arrived here this morning, with railway plant and general cargo. She brings no passengers. Auckland, March 9.—Arrived Norham Castle, from London, 94 days out. No passengers. Pretty Jane, from Napier. Star of the South from Fiji. The yacht Winona leaves for Dunedin on Monday with a fresh crew. Lyttelton, March 9.—The Helen Burns sails for Dunedin with the first fair wind. She is chartered by the New Zealand Shipping Company. Hokitika, March 9.—The Luna, from the Sonth, passed this port yesterday 'afternoon - all well.