IMPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1211, 15 June 1872, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Tararua, from Melbourne : 11 cases fruit, Jones and Co. For Hokitika : 1 case plants, Christian. Per Florence, from Melbourne : 1 plough, 10 cases jams, 2 bales paper, 1 case lamps, 5 cases sance, 174 mats sugar, 10 cases salmon, 12 boxes tea, 10 cases maizena, 10 do oysters, 10 do sordines, 40 boxes raisins, 6 cases lobsters, 5 do ling, 2 do lemon peel, 5 do cocoa, 3 do chocolate, S do pickles, 5 do mustard, 2 casks soda crystals, 6 cases castor oU, 3 do salad oil, 10 cases milk, 4do vestas, 1 do blacking, B<> packages sugar, 550 bags flour, 30 half -chests tea, 9 quartercasks currants, 5 cases stein wine, Kennedy Brothers ; 100 half-chests tea, 1 bale paper 4 cases sauce, 1 do groats, 10 casks currants, 1 case 3 casks blackwg, 3 cases jolly, 10 do pickles, 120 packages sugar, 3 quarter-tierces tobacco, 3 cases meats, 10 bags flour, Hamilton and Nichol ; 200 coses kerosene, 1 bag . chain, 2 coses, 2 ploughs, 1 cask hardware, 4 casks Bbot, 1 cask sad irons, Forsyth and Masters; 20 cases stout, 1 do Epsom salts, 5 quarter-casks brandy, 102 mats sugar, 4 cases castor oil, 1 bale paper, 5 quarter-casks brandy, Levy ; 8 quarter-casks, 32 packages, 4 boxes starch, 20 cases kerosene, 3 do ling, 10 do milk, 4 do sardines, 20 bags salt, 16 packages sugar, 40 boxer soap, order ; 6 cases pickles, 2 do cocoa, 1 do peel, 1 do' jelly, 1 do groats, 1 do barley, 2 do onions, 2 do • chutney, 1 do sauce, 1 do ox tongues, Orr ; 1 do sance, 2 quarter-casks port, 4 coses starch, I do sheep tongues, 1 quarter-cask sherry, 10 coses kerosene, M'Leau ; 40 bags coke, 1 cask E fire cloy, Bank of New Zealand ; 3 cases beer, order ; 2 boxes 5 kegs nails, 3 boxes pegs, 1 bale buckets, 1 case axes, 2 cases, 1 block and chain, 1 bale paper, Cowliahaw and Plaistcd; 131 halfbags flour, Glenn ; 9 bales 3 cases merchandise, 55 bags potatoes, 20 do onions, Hamilton ; 72 bags potatoes, 18 do onions, order ; hone work and chaff cutter, Forsyth and Masters. The schooner Florence, Captain Abson, from Melbourne, was sighted in the offing yesterday morning. Early on ihe tide the p s Dispatch ran out to sea, fastened on to the scnooner, and, although there was a heavy sea running on the' bar at the time, brought her safely to the wharf. She brings a large general cargo, and is consigned to Messrs Kennedy Brothers. The details of her cargo will be found stated above*. Tho Kennedy, from Nelson, is expected here to-day, and also the s s Waipara, from Hokitika, with the Greymouth portion of the Tarawa's cargo. Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood, and Co.'s steamer Tararua, from Melbourne, via Hokitika, arrived in the Toadstead yesterday afternoon. Captain Pearce reports leaving Sandridge Pier at 2 p.m on the Bth inßt, and passed the Sisters Island at 9 a.m on tho following morning. From thence experienced strong S. and S. W gales, with high sea, until nearing the land ; then fresh N.E breeze and thick weather ; Btopped engines at 3 o'clock until daylight, and arrived at Hokitika after a splendid passage of four days 19 hours. She was tendered by the 8 b Waipara, on Thursday afternoon, and again yesterday, then came on here. Although late ou the tide the p s Dispatch - ran but and tendered tho Tararua, so that she was not delayed a single hour at this port. The inward passengers were landed at the wharf at 7 p.m.