IMPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1174, 3 May 1872, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Wallabi, from Wanganui : 49 bullocks, 250 sheep. Per Charles Edward. From Nelson : 10 cases ale, Nancarrow and Co. Transhipped ex Taranaki— 2 casks geneva, order. Transshipped ex Wellington— l case, Wilkins. Shipped at Nelson— lo cases coffee, Coates ; 15 sacks floor, Jones ; 1 bale scrim, Amos ; 1 case, De Costa ; 1 pkge boots, White ; 3 bags onions, 1 case eggs, 1 keg butter, M*Lean ; I bale leather, O'Brien ; 2 cases blankets, Thompson, Smith, and fiarkley; 4 cows, Taylor ; 12 kegs butter, 25 cases fruit, 1 bag onions, 2 bags herbs, 3 coops fowls, Drane. Shipped at Hokitika— l case coffee, Rudd ;2 cart boxes, 1 parcel, Masters ; 4 bundles sashes, Comfoot. Shipped at Hokitika, for Westport— l ease pepper, 1 oase drugs, Williams; 1 piano, Barker; 6 cases sundries, 1 bellows, Fletcher ; 1 cask, M'Lean; 1 dray, M'lnernay; 10 pkgs sundries, Fletcher. Per Murray, from Motueka: 10 cases apples, 1 cade eggs, 1 keg butter, Gieseking : 1 ease eggs, 3 Teg butter, Bock; 15 bags onions, 12 sacks potatoes, 18 kegs batter, 6 boxes eggs, 3 cases fruit, Woolcock ; 25 sacks, 20case9 coffee, 3 pkgs, 40 kegs butter, 1 case, 1 parcel, Girdwood ; 3 sacks lime, 8 bundles chaff, Kilgour ; 1 bag seed, Fitzgerald ; 200 fire bricks, Williams ; 1 spring cart, 3 bags potatoes, Moutray ; 5 sacks lime, Walton ; 12 cases apples, Herrick ; 7 bags swedes, 7 bags carrots, Nancarrow and Co j 1 box fruit, Greenwood ; 1 case quinces, Franklin ; 2 cases iron, Pony th and Masters ; 3 cases apples, King. The 8 s Tararoa, from Melbourne, is due to-day, and may be expected to show np today or to-morrow. As will be seen by telegram, the s s Kennedy met with an accident on her late np trip. It is not likely, however, that the detention will be long, as duplicate pieces of all the important parts of the machinery are always kept in stock. We are informed that N. Edwards and Co. despatched the ps Lyttelton to bring in the capsized schooner near Farewell Spit, referred to elsewhere. There can be little doubt, however, that it is the schooner Ocean Bird, bonnd from Canterbury to this Coast, and there is too great reason to fear that all hands have been drowned. We may, however, very soon expect to have the < mishap cleared up. The Charles Edward. Captain Whitwell, arrived last night at 6 o'clock from Hokitika, Westport, and Nelson. She left Nelson on Monday last at 3.30 pm ; arrived at Westport at 1 pm; next day discharged a large general cargo, and left again at 3 am on Wednesday ; crossed the Hokitika bar at 3 p m ; left at 4 p m yesterday, and arrived as above. She leaves to-night at 6 o'clock, for Westport and Nelson. On Monday night, whilst abreast the lighthouse, passed a small vessel, bottom np ; went alongside, but the weather being very thick, and a heavy sea on, oonld not lower boat to ascertain name or any particulars of the vessel. The us Murray left Nelson on Monday last at 2 pm, calling at Motueka, and leaving there at 1 am on Tuesday, arriving at the Bnller at lam on Wednesday morning ; left the Bailer at 5 p ni the same day, ard crossed the Hokitika bar at 7 a m yesterday ; left Hokitika about 4 pm, and arrived at the wharf here at 6.30 pm. She will Bail for 'Westport and Nelson this afternoon at 5 p m. The Murray looks smarter than ever, in spite of her rough usage, and is really better, as there is now new work in her. Fears were expressed for the safety of an emigrant vessel, the Dover Castle, bound from London for Canterbury, owing to an Essex paper, the South Eastern Advertiser, of the 27th January, saying— " We notice that a bottle was picked up off Bognor on Tuesday last. It contained a note hastily written on Sunday last, commencing ' Dover Castle.' It appears to show some anxiety on the part of the writers, who were evidently battling with one of the fearful storms which have been so prevalent of late." On this the Lyttelton agents write as follows to the Times of Monday last:- "Sir— Fearing that the notice which appeared in your issue of this morning may cause groundless alarm on the part of those interested in the safety of the Dover Castle, we beg to inform you that in & letter from the owners, dated 26th January, they stats that 'The Dover Castle sailed on the 19th instant; we have had some very heavy gales since then, bat as we heard from Captain Ken- off Plymouth, we hope he has got clear away." According to the paragraph quoted from the South Eastern Advertiser, the bottle referred to was picked up on the 23rd January, off Bognor, the vessel was more than a 100 miles on her way when the pilot left her the day previous, say off Plymouth. We need scarcely point ont that a month's later dates have come to hand, besides still later telegrams, and no anxiety for the safety of the ship.— Your obedient servants, Dalgety, Nichols, and Co, Christchurch, April 27, 1872.