IMPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1602, 23 September 1873, Page 2

IMPORTS.

(A special charge is made on consignees' announcements inserted in this column.) Per Sea Bird, from Melbourne : 209 bags, 314 packets sugar, 5 half-chests tea, 50 qrcasks brmdy, LiO cases do, 10 qr-casks rum, 1100 bags fiour, 12 dray shafts, 100 felloes, 200 spokes. 5000 palings 312 bags potatoes, 20 bales chaff, 1 express-waggon. 1 buggy, 3 cases furniture, 4Hhds ale, 150 bags sugar, 60 boxes soap, 1 bag, 25 kegs, 1 bale waste, 5 boxes tin, 129 cases kerosene. 1 case cocoa, 8 reams paper, 8 qr-casks brandy, 1 case Hams, 2 boxes almonds, 5 barrels, 1 package stationery, 5 cases jams, 10 do stout, 1 engine, 1 corn-crusher, 2 cases cocoa, 1 box blue, 2 cases soda, 6 cases, 10 cases vinegar, 1 bag nutmegs, 23 boxes, 9 Half-chests, 1 qr-cask, 16 pockets, 12 boxes glass, 1 do lathj 1 box gold leaf, 10 cases sarsaparilla, 2 trusses merchandise, 15 cases, 1 buudle spades,' 1 do shovels, 1 bale oakum, 4 pieces tomb-railing, 6 bales paper;. 3 cases, 1 bos glass, 1 case varnish 2 qr-casks, .1 HHd brandy; 339 cases, 23 bales, 12 : kegs, 7<i boxes general merchandise. Included in the above is the following -con.Sigumeat : — 6 sacks Royal Prince Regent seed potatoes DUNCAN MCLEAN.

The steamer Wallace, bound . for Wesfcporfc, did not sail, as intended, last evening The Zephyr, from Melbourne to Westport, passed this port yesterday, exchanging signals with the shore. The Waipara had difficulty in getting into Okarito, finding only four feet ou the bar. She proceeds south. The Alhambra from Melbourne, is now hourly expected on the Coast. The Rangitoto having gone to pieces, the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company have lost the well-deserved reward of their pluck. As it was to be so, it happened just at the right time before they had accepted the contracts for the pontoons which were to be used in raising her, and they have recovered sufficient from her already to cover all expenses hitherto incurred. As she has broken up in shallow water, it is just possible that the engines may yet be saved, but nothing definite has been decided as to whether this will be attempted or not. The Wellington correspondent of the Dunedin Guardian says, regarding Captain Daniells :— "Had it not been for the very High character which Captain Daniells had Hitherto borne, and the high esteem in which He is universally Held as an able, steady, and trustworthy seaman, the sentence would most, probably have been a more severe one. As it is,' I understand it will not affect him much, inasmuch as he Has expressed his intention of quitting the sea and retiring into the 'public' line, Having become, or about to become, mine Host of an Hotel in town Here, where doubtless He will Have many sympathising friends to condole witH him. " The Ladybird shortly resumes her trips under the command of Captain Andrews; Commander Hepburn, being in bad health, temporarily resigns command of the Raugaiira. Mr. Lloyd succeeds Him. .Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood and Co. Have jpr^sented a valuable diamond ring to Captain Fiiirchild. The ship City of Auckland, which has arrived at Auckland from London, reports that'Mr Hewlett, third officer, while setting a studding-sail, fell overboard. Prompt but unavailing measures were made to save Him, but it was believed that He was Hurt when falling. A new route for the niuch-talked-of Darien Canal has been fonnd by Cap Sain Self ridge, by which the -iistance has been considerably abridged, the construction of the canal rendered feasihle,, and the cose reduced to about L 14,000,000.