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Evening Star, Issue 4188, 29 July 1876, Page 3

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HIGH WATEE. To-Moaaow. y-'.r.B. IPt. Csalkfb*. | Dirtncsni. 11.59 pjm. | 0.59 p.m. | 1.24 p.m. MOKTDAT. 0.11 p.m. | 1.21 p.m. | 2.00 p.n. AT THE HKADB. Norval, ship, from London. POET CHALMEES. ABBIYID. . J'jly 29.—Hope, barge, 24 tons, Julier, from Waikouaiti. -r ; Shag, s.S;, 31 tons, Wing, from Shag Point and Moeraki. Norval, ship, 1,427 tons. Young, from London. Passengers: Messrs W: T. Chaldwood, J. Warner, A. Kingsford, E. Mitchell, and E. Philp; twelve second cabin, and twenty-three in the steerage. Wellington, s.s., 262 tons, Carey, from the North v Passengers: Br Dale, Messrs Butherford, Harris, Moss, Carr, Adams, Cameron, Misses Parrell, "Warren; twelve in the steerage. Taiaroa, s.s., 228 tons, Stiewaxt, from tiinaru. July 29.—1n0, s s., 28 tons, Crabb, for Port Molyneux. Woodville, barque, 362 tons, Veal, for Newcastle. The a.s. Shag returned from Shag Point and Moeraki at 11 p.m. yesterday. Captain Wing haa furnished us with the following report or the wieck of the cutter Hope .—The cutter was going between the reefs off Moeraki when the wind suddenly died away, and owing to the heavy sea running she drove on to the r jcks at 12 p.m. on WedWednesday. The crew were unable to land. The wreck being reported early next morning, a boat's crew proceeded towards the scene, but unfortunately got the boat stove in, and they were cimpelled to return. Meanwi.ilo Capt. Wi. g Sr-t up steam and went outside, but owing to r the eavy w still running he was unabl? t> rcn Iprany , assistance, and ran b ick iu'o harbor. He w'lh hi, crew immediately went aloig fie fce ch and suo ceededin ge;.in aline tothuso on board the Hope, and one end of it they made f st- to a door wlich washed ashore. By this means they were enabled to land tho crew safely at 8 30 a.m. on J'hur-day, after they bad been in the surf for oversight hours.

AEEIVAL OF THE NOEVAL, FEOM LONDON

The ship NorvM was towed up last evening by the tug Geolong and anchored in the Quarantine Ground, she having on board thirty tons of powder Btowed in a properly constructed magazine. The Horval-isaflne iron vessel, of 1,127 tons register, and was built at Sunderland i* the year 1878. She Is owned by Messrs Bain and Johnson, of Greenock and brings in addition to 2,000 tons of cargo five saloon, twelve second-cabin, and twenty-three steerage passengers. The Norval is of the followtog dimensions.—Length, 246 ft; beam, 38ffc- and depth of hold, 28ft 7i«t. She haa iron lower masts and lower tops«il yards, and is a sister ship to the Orpheus. She left Londnn on the 2nd May, and cleared the land on the 7th j moderate northerly winds prevailed to the N.E. trades, which she picked up on the 18th May. in lat. 18.29 N.; crossed the equator in lonsr. 27.28 W. on the 2lth: crossed the meridian of Greenwich on June 17th, and that of the Cape on the 2lst, in hu. 46.21 S.; carried fresh westerly winds right across the Southern Ocean, until making the Snares on the 26th isst making the Heads at daybreak on Friday; was bel calmed all day and towed up as above. The only vespel sighted during the voya?e was the William Davie. On July 17th, in lat. 49.27 S., sighted an immense iceberg with a quantity of broken ice. After discharging her powder, the Norval will come up to the pier.