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Evening Star, Issue 3896, 19 August 1875, Page 3

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HIGH WATER, To-morrow. Heads. I Pr. Chalmers. ) Dunedin. 4.44 p.m.| | 5.24 p.m. \ C.(J9 p.m. AT THE HEADSPrairie, brig, 139 tons, from Hobart Town. PORT CHALMERS. arrived. August 18.—Mabel Jane, schooner, 38 tons, Ramsay, from Gatlin’s River. Samson, p.s., 104 tons, Edie, from Oamaru August 19.-Hawea, s.s., 461 tons, Macforlane, from Northern Ports. Passengers; Mr and Mrs fa™ Mr and Mrs Dougherty, Mesdames Bailhe, Hodgkmson, Eayson. Miss Norton, Messrs Hunter, Norton, Simeon, Thompson, M’Master >- en^ ol )A Sobwartz, G. Sutton, F. Sutton, Mastera North (2), and seventeen in the steerage. Knight of Snowdon, ship, 65G tons, Richardson, from Loudon, Passengers: Mrs and Miss Neall, Messrs Whitcomb, Gregg, Martin, and thirteen iu the steerage. Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian,'from the Bluff Passengers : Mrs and Bliss Williams, Messrs Anl dorson, Burchell, Bell, Pollock, M’MiJlan, Hill Quolch, Johnson, Solomon, Master BelUand three in the steerage. SAIL 3D. August 19.—Bencleuch, schooner, 60 tons Francis, for Hokitika. ' Margaret Scollay, cutter, 16 tons, M’Kay, for Allday Bay. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Albion, for Melbourne, August 27. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, August 20, Comerang, for Riverton, August 21, | |Bruce, for Lyttelton, August 24. Hawea, for Wellington, August 21. Ladybird, for Wellington, August 23. Otago, for Melbourne, -Ampist 23. Samson, for Oamaru, August 20. The s.s. Express, which left tho Bluff at 4.15 p.m. yesterday arrived at 10.30 this morning. The Union Co.’s p.s. Samson arrived last night from Oamaru, and passed the Port to Dunedin. The schooner Bencleuch, which put iu yesterday afternoon with loss of anchor, sailed again t,h : \ morning for Hokitika. b The cutter Margaret Scollay, which put in with . of ber auc hor, sailed this morning for Allday Bay with part of original cargo. The schooner Mabel Jane arrived yesterday afternoon from Gatlin’s River, which port she left on theK.th. Had heavy N.E. gale, with high se along the coast, to arrival, 6

.The Union Co.’s s.s. Hawoa arrrived alongside pier at 8. SO this morning from the Northern Ports. She left the Manukau at 4 p.m. on the 13th, called at Taranaki, Nelson (where sheexchanged captains with the s.s. Taupo), Wellington and Lyttelton. She experienced fine weather during the trip. We thank Mr Ponsonby (purser) for report and exchanges. ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP KNIGHT OF SNOWDOWN, FROM. LONDON. Early this morning the signal at the Heads announced the arrival of the ship Knight of Snowdown, which shortly after entered the Heads and sailed up with a light N.E. breeze, under the charge of Pilot Kelly, as far as the Quarantine Ground. Here she came to an anchor, having on board 100 barrels powder, and was shortly after cleared by the The Knight of Snowdown is a fine iron ship of 656 tons register, owned by Messrs Williamson, Milligan, and Co., of Liverpool, and under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company. She ia commanded hy Captain Richardson, and brings about 1,200 tons of cargo, four second cabin, and thirteen steerage passengers, who have enjoyed good health. She has made a rather long passage of one hundred and eleven days from Gi avesend, which is attributed to light winds and calms during the first part of her passage, she not having arossed the Equator until the fortieth day out. We are indebted to Capt. Richardson for the following report: —Left Gravesend on the 29th of April, and the Downs on the 3rd of May, with a light westerly wind, which continued for five (days, took her final departure from* Start Point on the 9th, with a strong westerly wind until the 11th; thence had light variable winds and calms until catching the N.E. trades in 26 N., which was very light; on the 30th passed the Island of St. Antonia; the N.E. trades were lost on the 4th of June, in lat. 5 N., 25 W.; light variable winds, with a strong current to the N.E,, were experienced until the 10th, and on the 11th she crossed the equator in long. 24 W. ; got the S.E. trades same day, which were light, and were lostdu lat. 191 S., tbouce had light winds and calms until the 27th; in lat. 31 S., long, 28 W., encountered a heavy S.W. gale, with very high sea' which continued until the 29th. During the gale a heavy sea broke on hoard, which smashed two of her boats and carried away a portion of her topgallant bulwarks. On July 1 passed Nightingale Island, the meridian of Greenwich on the 4th in lat. 40, and that of the Cape on the 9th; thence to passing Kerguelenlaud had steady westerlies, and ran down her easting in lat. 45 S.; on the 7th of August she encountered a heavy southerly gale which continued until the 13th, on which day she passed the S.W. end of Stewart’s Island with a strong S.S.E. wind; came through Foveaux Straits on^vlst^ lth ' lli S ht wind > which continued until the 17th, when it shifted to tho N.E. (md increased to a gale, with high seas, unt>’ tVie Ifttb v«“° derat - e!i! Cape Saunders at 2 o clock this morning, and sailed up as above No ships were spoken during the passage. After discharging her powder she will removed alongside the railway pier to discharge her cargo. g