IMPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 688, 16 June 1870, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Murray, from Nelson, &c.-- Shipped at Wesfcport . 14030z lodwt 4gr gold, Bank of New South Wales. From Nelson : 2 hhds ale, Taylor ; 55 kegs butter, I qr-cask eggs, 4 cases bams and bacon, C Woolcock and Co; 2 hbds ale, Clarlc ; 1 keg butter, 1 case, Ryan Bros ; 1 truss, 1 bale leather, 1 package 1 truss, Glonnon ; 2 bales leather, 1 truss, 1 trunk boots, 1 box nails, Shaw ; 20 kegs butter, Glenn Bros ; 1 case, Wick ;2 do confectionery, A Cleve ; 15 bags malt, Strike and Blackmore ; 3 pockets hops, Nsmcarrow, Henderson and Co ; 2 packages glassware, 12 cases hams and bacon, 20 kegs nutter, M Levy j 5 cases hams and bacon, Kennedy Bros ; 2 coops fowls, 2 wheels, 1 horse, 3 case 3 seeds, 1 package plants, Mackley ; 11 cases fruit, 3 packages bacon, 4 bags onions, 5 cases eggs, 6 kegs butter, 7 coops fowls,-; Hunter. From Motueka:' 1 bag bacon,. 1 . package canes, Greenwood ; 1 package bacon, 2 boxes eggs, 12 bags potatoes, 7 do onions, Orr and Co ; 24 bags potatoes, D Maclean and Co ; 5 coops fowls, order. The s.s. Kennedy is announced to leave this port for Westport and Nelson to-night, at 12 o'clock. ... . . The schooner Canterbury, for Lyttelton, with a cjirgo of coal, was towed to sea by the p.s. Dispatch on Tuesday morning. The s.s. Murray, Captain M'Gillivary, arrived yesterday morning from Nelson and Westport, with a large general cargo, a good passenger list, and a box of gold from Westport. She leaves again this morning on her return trip. ' The s.s. Gothenburg is expected to-day from Melbourne direct. On arrival, she will, take passengers. for all New; Zealand ports and Melbourne via tho Bluff. The ketch. Constant, arrived at Westport: on the. 7th last, and reports that on tlie 6th. about 7.30 a.ni., while setting mainsail, lost i a man overboard.. The master furnishes the ' following pa.viieuia.TS oi tbe accident. Ifc appears that lie went to the halyards for the purpose of hoisting the sail, and instructed the deceased to gefc ii clear of the gafley-, and keep live weather side.. In place of dom« so he kept to leewaTd, and tbe sudden jerk of the boom pitched him overboard. The helm was immediately put down, and the vessel hove to, but it -was impossible to afford him ; any succour. The unfortunate man was seen* buffeting the waves for five or six minutes, and . when last visible was swimming on his back. The accident occurred about.tweoty miles Bouth-west of the Steeples..— Deceased had but recently joined the vessel, having received his discharge from the Northern Light while in Westport on her last trip from Melbourne. According to the discharge the name of the deceased is Thomas Cutliffe, and we are informed that he was a native of Barnstaple, Devon, and aged about 20 years. Mr Allison, formerly chief officer of the s.s. Wallabi, basbsen placed in command of the s.s. St. Kilda. Tlie latter boat has been recently purchased by a Wanganui resident, I and is destined to be. placed in the Wanganui and' West Coast trade. The ship Mallard left Auckland for London on 2nd June, with a cargo, of, New Zealand produce worth over L 20,000, chiefly gum and fhx. . , , . . The Hertha, a German man-of-war, is about to visit Melbourne, via the, Suez CahaL . On May 28th, the ship Mary Shepherd arrived at Auckland, from London, after a passage of 107 days She brought 35 passen- : gers. During the passage there was no sickness of any kind. One birth occurred on March 19, Mrs Allander being safely delivered of a daughter, who was christened "Jane Mary Shepherd," by the Rev. C. M; Nelson, who was also a passenger. • On May 22ud, the barque Huasquina arrived at Auckland, fmm Liverpool, after a passage of 113 days. She brought 17 passengers. On April 13th, in latitude 43i leg S., 17deg E. longitude, Johu Smith, a nath-e.of Donaghadee, Ireland, married, aged 48, died from natural causes. The schooner Isabella Jackson, William Watson, master, left Wellington on the 28th April f bound for Lyttelton, but no tidings of her an ival have yet been received, and little hopes are now entertained of her safety. . Besilcs the master, she had a crew of three seamen on board. Captain Watson was also part owner, and he intimated previous to lif departure that this was to be his last trip in the vessel, as he inteuded to run a line of coaches between Christchurch and Kaiapoi. Captain Watson has' been trading on the coast for n number of years, was & steady aud imlasfccious mats, aiw.l much respected. We understand that he leaves a wife and family to mourn his loss, who are at pTesent residing in Canterbury. Her cargo consisted of 20 tons of coal, and she was proceeding to Lyttelton for a. return freight of grainr*— Wellington Independent. On March 15, at a meeting of the ltoyal Humane Socjeiy, several eases oi gaUan try id Baying life from drowning in various parts of the world were brought under the notice of the society and rewarded. The silver medallion of the society was voted to Lord Walter Kerr, commander of her Majesty's ship Hercules, for saving John Cochrane, ordinary seaman, under the following circumstances. The man fell overboard in the river Tagus in 19 fathoms water from the main rigging, striking his head against the ship's side, which rendered hi in perfectly helpless and insensible, and the danger of the position was much enhanced by the fact of the strong tides and eddies in the river, which have tbe effect of keeping under the surface whatever falls in. Lord Walter Kerr, who was standing on the deck at; the jtime, observed the man fall into the water and that he made no effort to save himself, aud was evidently fast drowning. Without a moment's (hesitation he sprang overboard from a height. of 30ft, and succeeded in reaching the man and supporting him for fully 10 minutes, until a boat, which Imd piit off to their assistance from the ship, reached them and picked them up both much exhausted. — European Man.. ... , . ;. .. . „.*■. : A case, of some, importance to the owners and officers of merchant ships was heard in the Sandridge Police Court yesterday. ; Win. Carlton and Bernard Bennett, the first and

second officers of the British ship Glenshee, were charged by James Patterson, the owner of the said ship, with committing a wilful neglect of duty on the night of the 12th May, by leaving the vessel contrary to the expi'ess orders of the captain. From the evidence taken in the case, it appears that the captain left the vessel about seven o'clock on the evening of the day named, she being then safely moored alongside the ship Bolton Abbey, for the purpbseof transhipping a cargo of coals. On leaving, he gave strict orders to the first officer not to*leave the ship, or allow any of the hands to do so, as the night was squally and there was a heavy sea on. Soon after the captain left the chief officer went .ashore, leaving the -second officer- ai.d three men on board. . About twelve o'clock, the second officer and the man keeping watch went on shore to bring the first officer on board, leaving only two men on board, both in bed asleep. During the absence of the second officer the ship broke from her moorings, and came into collision with the ship Anne Jane, carrying away her main and mizen topmasts, and doing grtat damage to her rigging.- The bulwarks and deck houses were also much injured by the falling spars. The Anne Jane had her bowsprit broken off, and her head-gear greatly damaged. It was estimated that the cost of the repairs would amount to over LSOO. In his defence, the chief officer said that the captain had given him liberty to go on shore any time be liked, so long as he left the second officer in charge. He denied that be had been ordered to remain on hoard the night of the collision. The second officer said that he had gone on shore to bring Carlton on board at his request. It was a fine night when he left the ship, but a squall sprung up during his absence. It was proved that had anyone been at hand to let go the anchor, the collision would not have taken place. The Magistrates thought it was a case of gross neglect of duty, and sentenced the first officer te three months' imprisonment and the second officer to two months' imprisonment, both with hard labor.- -Argus.