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Evening Star, Issue 3515, 29 May 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WAT'S R. To-moe Sow. HeabS I Port Chalmers 1 1,52 p.m. | 2.27 nm. 1 3.12 p.m, PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. May 29.—Comerang, p.s., 123 tons, Hughes, from Lyttleton and intermediate ports. Passengers : Messrs Melville, Adams, and Rupert. Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. Passenger : Mr J. Harbison. Buckinghamshire, ship, 1,468 tons, Harland, from London. Passengers: Mr Bristowe; and 505 immigrants. Janet Court, ship, from Glasgow. United Brothers, schooner, 50 tons, Wilson, from Gatlin’s River. SAILED. May 29.—Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, for the Bluff. Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, for Lyttelton and intermediate ports. Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Leys, for the Bluff. Jessie Niohol, yacht, 93 tons, Cleverly, for a cruise amongst the South Sea Islands. Fanny, ketch, 25 tons, Andrews, for Gatlin’s River. PROJECTS n DEPARTURES. Alhambra, for Northern Ports, May 30. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, May 31. City of Adelaide, for San Francisco, June 2. Dallam Tower, for London, May 30. Freetrader, for Auckland, early. Harriett Armitage, for Auckland, early. Maori, for Lyttelton, early. Samson, for Oamaru, June 2. Scimitar, for London, June 10. Syren, for Auckland, early, Taranaki, for Northern Ports, June 2. Tararua, for Bluff, June 8. Wallabi, for Bluff, early, Wanganui, for Bluff, June 3. The schooner Friendship sailed yesterday for Allday Bay. The steamers Maori, forJLyttelton and intermediate ports, and Wanganui and Wallabi, for {he Bluff; sailed last night. The Harbor Co.’s p.s. Samson retured from Oamaru last night, and steamed alongside the ship Dallam Tower to discharge. The brigantine Swordfish, which was aground on the bank below the Islands on Wednesday afternoon, was floated at high water this morning. The p.s. Comerang, from Lyttelton and intermediate ports, arrived at 5.15 p.m. yesterday, and steamed alongside the ship Dallam to discharge. The yacht Jessie Nicol, under the command of Captain Cleverly, took her departure yesterday afternoon for a cruise amongst the South Sea Islands. The ship SUndine' was removed from the railway pier this morning, and hauled across to the Graving Dock, where she will be taken in at high-water. The ship Janet Court, which was signalled on Tuesday night last, and was blown to the northward, made the Heads this morning. She is about ninety-three days out from Glasgow, and reports all well on board. The Geelong was to tow her up this afternoon. ARRIVAL OF THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. The ship Buckinghamshire, which arrived at the Heads at noon yesterday, after a splendid passage of eighty-one days from London, was towed up’by the Geelong at 12.30 p.m. to-day, and anchored off Rocky Point, where she was immediately boarded by the Health and Customs Officers. She is a fine iron ship, owned by Mr George Marshall, of London, and under charter tp the-New Zealand Shipping Company. Upon visiting the different compartments we found them remarkably, clean, considering the number of passengers on board, which reflects great credit upon those in charge. The women are in the fore part of the saloon, the married couples with their families in the after part of the mainhold, and the single men forward. The immigrants are classed as follows 234 male adults, 114 female adults, 69 males between the age of 1 to 12, 66 females between the age of 1 to 12, 12 male infants, and 10 female infants ; total, 505. _ They speak very highly of Lr Welsh for his kindness to them during the voyage, and likewise of the attention paid to them by the captain and his officers. Captain Harland reports sailing from the Downs on the 11th of March ; took his final departure from the Start on the 12th ; got the N.E. trades on the 17th, in lat. 40N., and lost them on the ;31st in lat. SN. ; crossed the equator on the 3rd April, in long. 24.50 W., 23 days from the Downs; the S.B. trades were soon caught, and were lost on the 11th April, in lat. 265. : crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the 23rd, in lat. 4US., and that of the Cape of Good Hope bn the 27th, in lat 425., 46-J days out; variables were then experienced, the wind not lasting for twenty-four hours in the same quarter; the westerlies were very light , her easting being .run down in 48S. ; sighted the Snares at 10.30, a.ra. on the 27th .of May, and arrived off Otago Heads at noon yesterday, seventy-seven days from Start Point, There have been four deaths during the voyage—one adult (Mrs Darling), two children, and one newly-born infant. However, the ship has now more souls on board then when she ailed, as there were seven births -on the passage. The following vessels were spoken On the 27th March, in lat. 12.451 N.. lone 20.45 W., H.M.S. Amethyst; on the 2nd April, in lat. 2,16 N., long. 22.38 W., the British ship Staffordshire, homeward bound, LYTTELTON HARBOR WORKS. As giving a general idea of the plan of the works, it may be stated that the breakwaters are to be run out from Officers’ Point on the east, and Nayal Point oh the west, curving towards, each other, until the terminal points directly opposite, with a space of about 7ooft between for the ingress and egress of vessels. These breakwaters will form an enclosure, or dock, covering an area of 115 acres and should effectually break the swell from either of the two points referred to. A wharf is to be formed along the inner face of the Officers’ Point breakwater, and a jetty is to be nm from the tunnel mouth a distance of 366 ft into the harbor, with a width of 59ft, thus affording space for five separate lines of rails. Not only, therefore, will the works in progress afford protection to vesselsjffom heavy swells* which occasionally prevail in, the harbor, but they will very materially increase the wharfage accommodation. It is now about two months since the contractors were placed in possession of the ground which has to form the basis of their operations in constructing the two jetties, and they have made remarkably good use of their time. The contract price is L 145,000, SHIPPING TELEGRAMS. . LytteltoS,; -May 28.—Arrived •: Natal Queen, barque, from Hobart Town; Varuna, ship, from' Glasgow, 112 days out, with 212 immigrants, all well. Newcastle. —Harriet Armitage, for Dunedin, on the 21st, Wellington, May 28.-The Tahitian barque Chevertt put in here with loss of main-topmast in a gale. She is bound for Otago, coal laden, and has been forty days out. - On arrival she bad not a single boat left, and could not communicate with the shore until the Customs boat went off. She will refit, here. Her passengers are—Mrs Jenkenson, Misses Jenkenson (4), Messrs Jenkenson (3), and Andrew Watson! The barque Earl of South Esk, from Newcastle, with coal, owned by Anderson and Marshall,’ when endeavoring to enter the Heads this afternoon with a light wind and a heavy swell, struck heavily on Barrett’s Reef. The forecastle filled with a breaking sea, and the fore and main masts went by the board. The crew of ten and the captain managed to get into their boat ; and in less than five minutes the vessel slid into twelve fathoms of water. Nothing was saved. The ship Inverallan, supposed to have 300 souls on hoard, arrived this afternoon, with a cargo only. It consisted chiefly of railway material. She was chartered for immigrants, but her ’tween decks being a little too low, she was not allowed, to proceed with hem.