IMPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1217, 22 June 1872, Page 2

IMPORTS.

Per Mary Van Every, from Dunedin : Ex Warehouse, tinder bond— 2 cases tobacco, 5 chests candles, order. Under Arms Act — 40 kegs powder, 1 package fuse, Collector of Customs. Free and doty paid— B bars steel, 7 cases furniture, Cook ; 160 bags flour, 36 do oatmeal, 239 do oats, 57 do bran, Kennedy Bros ; 20 boxes pipea, 30 do sauce, 2 <do biscuits, 1 cask soda, 6 cases milk, Griff en ; 6 boxes pipes, Hunter ; 10 cases sundries, 33 boxes pipe*! Hamilton and Co ; 3 cases biscuits, lAVV j 1 do do, Orr and Co ; Ido sauce, 2 do sundries, Whitmore ; 10 sacks oatmeal, I tombstone, Glenn Bros; 4 sacks oatmeal, 10 Cases oysters, 9 do lobsters, 98 bags oats, order. Per Canterbury, from Lyttelton : 80 bales chaff, 300 sackß oats, 200 do bran, 40 kegs butter, 40 bags flour, 80 cases cheese, 41 sacks wheat, 10 cases bacon, Nancarrow, Henderson and Co. By telegram from Westport we learn that a very heavy sea was running on the bar, sufficient to detain the Kennedy from proceeding to Nelson and prevent the Charles Edward from coming south. It is probable that they wilt get away this morning. We do not know whether the latter vessel calls here firtt, bat if so she may be expected, by this evening's tide. The Sydney Morning Herald of the 29th ultimo has the following in reference to the new Cape line recently proposed :— A few days ago we published the first part of a preliminary prospectus for the establishment of a company bearing the above title, to which was attached names of great prominence in England. The promoters of the company lay the following scheme before the public :— Arrangements Save been made for the construction of three steamships, especially designed to meet the requirements of this servicfl, and to carry, in addition to the large coal supply requisite for the purpose, two thonsand tons of general cargo, and numerous first, second, third class, and steerage passengers. It is considered that for the efficient performance of the lunar monthly service six ships will be required, and with this object it is proposed, when the Government subsidy is obtained, to offer L 200.000 of the capital of the company for subscription in tne colony. These steamships will be designed and built under the chief constructor of the navy, and will embody, as far as practicable, all those improvement*, both of design and structure, which have made the later iron ships of the Royal Navy, by the same designer, so remarkable for stiength and safety, in combination with lightness of construction in the hull. The saving in weight thus effected will materially improve the carrying powers of the ships. The latest improvements in the marine engine, and especially those which reduce consumption of fuel, and promote the regularity of steam services will also be carefully embodied by these ships. The directors feel assured that such ships will prove fully capable of maintaining an average speed of twelve knots an hour, and of accomplishing . the direct passage between Plymouth and Melbourne in forty-five days. The accommodation for passengers will be ample, and specially adapted for* the voyage to Australia. In point of time there will be a gain of ten days over the present postal route via Southampton and Suez— a matter of no small moment to the commercial world. Passengers will be saved all wearisome detentions at coaling stations, all tbd miseries of frequent changes, and many other inconveniences, as well as the unavoidable risks of the Suez and Red Sea route, whilst on the homeward voyage they, will not be exposed to the tedioußness and uncertainty of the passage round Cape Horn, with its well-known dangers from icebergs and other causes.