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Evening Star, Issue 3645, 28 October 1874, Page 2

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HITE WATER. To-morrow. Heads | Port Chalmers j DimEDTH 5.27 p.xnu 1 i.6.2 p.m. | 6.47 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. October 28.—Beautiful Star, s.s., 14G tons, Peterson, from Omani. Wanganui, s.s., 176 tons, Eraser, from the Bluff. Passengers : Miss Barnes, Miss Lumsden, Messrs Brown, Fishenden, Thomson, W. Williams, Walter Hawson, Connell, Matheson, Kicol, M. Anderson, Rees, Lewis, Calder; and fourteen in the steerage. SAILED. October 27.—Bruce, s.s., 205 tons, M‘Farlane, for Lyttelton and intermediate ports. Tararua, s.s., 560 tons, ■Clark, for Melbourne, via Bluff. Passengers : For Melbourne —Messrs Rattray, E. C. Strode, Thomson, Comrie, Brown, and Secular. For Bluff—Mr Niclow; and twenty in the steerage. spbojkoted departures. Alhambra, for Bluff, November 5. Craigellachie, for Bluff, October 29. Easby, for Newcastle, November 5. Helena, for Auckland, early. Jfessie Henderson, for Auckland, early. Lizzie Guy, for Hokitika, early. Maori, for Timaru, October 30. Otago, for Northern Ports, November 10. Samson, for Oamaru, October 30. Taranaki, fjpr Northern Ports, November 3. Wanganui, for Bluff, October 28. The s.s. Beautiful Star arrived from Oamaru early this morning, and passed up to Dunedin. The schooner Dunedin wall be taken into Murray’s floating dock tomorrow for repairs. The ship Invercargill was removed from the Quarantine Ground alongside the railway pier, and she commenced this morning to discharge her cargo. _ The ship Christian M‘Ausland was removed from the railway pier afternoon, and taken into the Graving Dock this morning to be cleaned, and have her bottom re-coated with anti-fouling composition. The brig Wave called at Oamaru for orders on Sunday last, on her way from Newcastle, N.S.W., to Timaru.- She made one of the quickest passages ever known from Newcastle to Oamaru, having left the former port on the 18th instant thus accomplishing the run across in seven days. The s.s, Wanganui arrived from the Bluff at 11.30 this morning. She left Port Chalmers ©n Wednesday aftemon last with a stroug S.W. wind, which increased to a heavy gale, and came to anchor at Waikava on Thursday morning, where she lay until midnight, and again got under way, on account of the wind moderating. The wind again increasing, she bore up and came to anchor at 5 a. in. on Friday, where she remained until 2 a.m. on Sunday, when she made another start, and reached the Bluff at 8.30 a.m, discharged and took in a full cargo, and left for her return trip at 7 p.m. last night, and arrived as above. Captain Fraser reports the s.s. Wallabi, which left here oh Thursday, as having arrived at the -Bluff on Sunday night. The following testimonial was presented with a purse of sovereigns to Captain Fraser on his arrival at the Bluff : “Wn, the undersigned passengers by the s.s. Wanganui, desire to express our appreciation of the able manner in which you handled your vessel during the late severe gale. We attribute our safe arrival in port this morning, under Divine Providence, to your skill and excellence as a seaman.”

RIVERTON HARBOR. The following are the salient points of the report of the Engineer in Chief on the above: —“ There would be no engineering difficulty in considerably improving the Port. A solid pier run out from, the east jbank of the river would be required so as to guide the flood and tide waters, and give them greater power to act on the bar than they have at present. In theabsoence of plans showing the depth of water in the roadstead outside the bar, any estimate of the additional depth of water which would be gained by this means must be taken as only approximate, but I believe two and a-half to three feet would be gained. There would be very little use in getting this extra depth on the bar unless at the same time the interior of the Harbor were improved. The effect of tho greater depth would be to increase the height of the waves which would enter the Harbor, and thg lower basin would become on this account less serviceable than it is at present, while the ug:>per basin is too small even for ships of the size now using the Fort. A new basin would thewjtore have to bo dredged, and this could only be done above the bridge on the west side of She lake, and out of the reach of shingle brought down by Jacob’s River. There is already a considerable depth of water at this point, and the necessary amount of dredging would not be great. I have however no plans shewing the depth of water. The cost of the improvements suggested would be about L 35,000 as nearly as I can estimate in the absence of proper surveys. ” In the issue of the ‘ Western Star,’ in which was published Mr Carruther’s report, appeared the following letter by Captain Oreig, of the James Paxton:—“The James Paxton, after beingjienighted for three days at the now jetty succeeded in getting away from it on Sunday mornfcg, after heaving and straining all her warps to pieces, _ That speaks volumes for the new jetty, especially as the vessel was only drawing Aft 9in. Before, she could always get away from the old jetty when drawing Bft and upwards. The new jetty about to be constructed above the bridge will, I believe, cook it altogether.”