EXPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1132, 14 March 1872, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per Mary Van Every, for Invercargill : 57 tons coal, Nancarrow, Henderson and Co.

The steamship Claud HamUton, from Melbourne direct, arrived off Hokitika early yesterday morning, and was there tendered by the Waipara. She was to come on here during the night, when it was expected she would be tendered by the Dispatch and proceed to Nekon. The Claul brings a large number of passengers _ and a considerable quantity of cargo for this port. Th« schooner Mary Van Every, bound for Invercargill with a cargo of coal, was towed ont yesterday by the Dispatch. The ss Kennedy is expected here this morning, and she is announced to leave in the evening for Westport and Nelson. The steamer Result has been purchased at Auckland for the West Coast trade, and sailed for Westport on the 4th inst. A few minutes after the paddle- steamer Nebraska had come to an anchor in Auckland harbor on the 4th instant, the steamer Devonport went alongside and got just under the sponson abaft the paddle- box. Her bow line was hardly made fast when the' paddle itself began to revolve backwards, and one of the Boats catching against the bulwarks of the Devenport drove that vessel deep into the water, so that the occu • pants for the moment thought she was going under. " Full speed astern," roared out the captain of the little boat, but the bow line had been made fast, and the order could not be obeyed. Round went the big paddle again, catching, its puny sister amidships, and turning her almost on to her beam ends. The ladies on board screamed with fear, the men turned white, and several of them tried to leap on board the Nebraska. One lady jumped incontinently over the bulwarks into the police boat alongside for safety, thinking only of the motto of suave quipeiit. She was speedily followed by another lady and one of the masculine gender. But the storm was soon over ; the big paddle became quiescent; the little boat righted, and nobody was hurt. A waterman's boat alongside the Devonport was, however, swamped.