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Evening Star, Issue 3520, 5 June 1874, Page 2

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HIGH'WATS R, To-morrow. UfcAJIS 1 SortT Chalmers j Dunemn 6.52 p.m. | 7.32 p.m, | 8.17 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. Jane s.—Mermaid, 12 tons, Forman, from Waikouaiti. Dauntless, 25 tons, Jones, from Waikouaiti. SAILED. June s.—Seagull, brigantine, 122 tons. Best, for the Bluff. United Brothers, 50 tons, Wilson, for Gatlin’s River. Lloyd’s Herald, ketch, 48 tons, Arnott, for Gatlin’s River. Eliza M‘Phee, 39 tons, Paterson, for Catlin’s Biver. Pioneer, 22 tons, Mathieson, for Shag Point, PROJECTED DEPARTURES, Albion, for Northern Ports, June 6. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, early. Durham, for Newcastle, June 8. Freetrader, for Auckland, early. Hadda, for Auckland, early. Himalaya, for Newcastle, June 12. Ladybird, for Northern Ports, June 7. Lady of the Lake, for Balclutha, early. Mikado, for Northern Ports, June 30. Maori, for Lyttelton, early. Samson, for Oamaru, June 9. Hcimitar, for London, June 10, Tararua, for Bluff, June 8. Wallabi, for Bluff, early. Wild Deer, for London, June 15. The schooner Pioneer sailed'to-day for Shag Point. The p. s. Samson sails for Oamaru this evening. The s.s. Ladybird is discharging her grain into the ship Wild Deer. The Dallam Tower, for London, will be towed to sea to-morrow. The coasters Mermaid and Dauntless arrived, this morning from Waikouaiti. The schooner Friendship is loading coals from the brig Emily, for Allday Bay. The three-masted schooner Euphrosyne was taken on Isbister’s slip yesterday for repairs. The coasters Lloyd’s Herald, Eliza M‘Phee, and United Brothers, for Catlin’s River, sailed this morning. The brigantine Seagull, for the Bluff, came down from Dunedin this morning and proceeded to sea. The Undine, for China, with thirty Chinese passengers, will be towed to sea by the tug Geelong this evening. The s.s. Maori, from Dunedin this morning, coa’ed alongside the hulk Henbury, and will leave for Lyttelton via intermediate ports this evening. The s.s. Wallabi came down from Dunedin and steamed alongside the railway pier to take on board a number of immigrants. She sailed for the Bluff this afternoon. Perilous Position oe the Barque Kassa. —A good deal of excitement was caused on Sunday evening, a few minutes after seven o clock, by the firing from Allan’s Hill of alarm guns for the lifeboat, and ascent of signal rockets from a vessel in close vicinity to Nobby s. The vessel in distress turned out to be f.he barque Kassa, from Dunedin, N.Z., to this port. While making tor the entrance to the harbor she drifted in shore, and finally struck on the southern extremity of Big Ben Beef. Fortunately the sea was almost a dead calm, with the wind N.E,, but the barque’s position was still a very perilous one, and she • remained for a considerable time bumping heavily on the ouler edge of the reef. A tug was sent to her assistance, and after a few • efforts the Kassa was floated, and brought safely into port. The Kassa was thirty-four days from Dunedin, and after experiencing very , heavy weather off the coast, made Newcastle to Sunday evening. Having got rather close in, there was not sufficient wind to enable the vessel to weather Nobby’s, and this, with the strong current running, caused her to drift on to the reef.—‘ Newcastle Pilot,’ May 13,

A PRINCELY PEARLING COMPANY. The Western Australia correspondent of the Melbourne ‘Argus’ writes Many of the vessels employed at the north-west pearl fisheries are too small in size, and insufficiently tnasned, to command success, their owners being hopeful that hard work and good luck Will carry them through, but this month we have had a sample of a totally different system, showing that it is possible to err by rushing to the opposite extreme. The schooner Flower of Yarrow, 111 tons, arrived here on the 11th May. This vessel, which was formerly a noted member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, came from England via Madeira and Tristan D’Acunha, and now forms one of the Royal Pearling Squadron, the management of wliich is not merely figuratively, hut actually, on a princely scale. Besides being fitted on the most extensive scale with everything required for the fishery, she carries two 201b Armstrong guns, and a steam launch of considerable size. It is said that her captain, who is a lieutenant m the navy, receives LI,OOO a year, and a share m the profits, and that the sailors, who are all Naval Reserve Men, have L 4 10s per month and a share in the profits. The men are, lam told, on a three-years’ engagement, and are a fine-looking set of fellows. The Yarrow has sailed for the north-west coast, and will there lom the other vessels of the Princely Fishing Company. Whether the company has arranged with the King of the pearl banks that only the largest pearls and soundest shells are to request admission to the company’s baskets, X do not know, but unless some such treaty has been concluded I should think the profits of the company must be rather problematical.