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Evening Star, Issue 3632, 13 October 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER. To-morrow. Heads I Port Chalmers I Dokedih 4.55 p v ic. J 5.30 p.in. | 6.15 p.m, PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. October 13. Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Eraser, from the Bluff. Passengers ; Mrs Mowsers, Mrs Wicoline, Miss Winder, Miss Wren, Captain Hardy, Messrs Menzies, Harrison, J. 0. Webb, Frederick, Hamilton, Kirkner, Pearson, Webb, Nelson, Manson, Mowsers, J. M'Lean, and three in the steerage. SAILED. October 13.—Maori, s.s., 113 ions, Malcolm, for Lyttelton and intermediate ports. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson, for Oamaru. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Albion, for Northern Ports, October 24. Beautiful Star, for Oamaru, October 15. Bruce, for Lyttelton, October 15. Columbus, for London, October 30. Easby, for Newcastle, October 25. Otago, for Northern Ports, October 15. Otago, for London, early. Peter Denny, for London, early. Parsce, for San Francisco, early. Phoebe, for Northern Ports, October 17. Tararua, for Bluff, October 28. Waikato, for London, early. The ketch Clyde is loading castings at the railway pier for the Moeraki Bridge. A new propeller was shipped on the s.s. Bruce this morning in the Graving Dock. On account of the S.W. wind, there have been no departures to-day. Discharging vessels was almost entirely stopped. The steamers Taranaki, for the Northern Ports; Maori, for Lyttelton ; and Beautiful Star, for Oamaru, sailed last evening. The s.s. Wallabi, for the Bluff, came down yesterday, and moored alongside the old. jetty, where she will remain until the S.W. gale moderates. The s.s. Wanganui returned from her Southern tripat 8.30 this morning, and steamed alongside the railway Pier to land mails and passengers. She left Port Chimera at 4.30 p,m. on Friday, and arrived at the Bluff at 4.30 a.m. on Saturday ; had moderate westerly winds, discharged and loaded, and left for her return trip at 6.30 p.m. yesterday; had strong S. W. gale with heavy snow squalls to arrival The largest vessel yet built at the North Shore, Auckland, was launched from the shipyard of Messrs Sims and Brown, on September 30, for Messrs Watt Bros., of Napier. She will he rigged as a three-masted schooner, having fore and main double topsail yards, and a large spread of fore and aft canvas, her lower masts being very taunt. Her dimensions are:— Length of keel,’ 113 f t; between perpendiculars, 115 ft beam. 23ft 2in ; depth of hold, lift 6in; draught when loaded, lift; of 285 tons builder’s measurement, and 190 tons net register. The new vessel is to be commanded by Captain Bendall, and will run between Napier and the Australian Colonies. THE LUNA IN A GALE. [By Telegraph.] We are indebted to the kindness of a passenger for the following : Akaroa, October 13. The full force of a southerly gale met us butt end just about eight miles from Lyttelton. We managed to make Little Akaroa Bay and held on with both anchors down till midnight. The weather then moderated and we made another start and reached Akaioa at 9 o’clock. It took us three hours doing the last five miles. The Taranaki passed us at 6 o’clock. At 11 o’clock yesterday the barometer was lower than 'Captain Fairchild had seen it for seven years. It is now (11 a.m.) blowing a hurricane and no sign of any change for the better. The sea at Akaroa Heads is breaking across the entrance like a bar.