SHIPPING NEWS

Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 201, 4 October 1854, Page 5

SHIPPING NEWS

ARRIVED. Oct. 2, schooner Palinurus, Johnston, from Akaroa. Same day, brig Prima Donna, Sproul, from the Chatham Islands. .Sept. 25, at Akaroa, British brig Onkaparinga, from Wellington. Passengers, Captain Armstrong and Mr. Henry Sagur. CLEARED OUT. Oct. 1, schooner Wellington, Ferguson, for Tituaru. Passenger, Mr. Tribe. • IMPORTS. In the Palinurus, —timber, flour, bran, and butter. In the Prima Donna, —slops, paint oil, pipes, liqueurs, wines, sugar, mustard, boots and shoes, blankets, saddlery, chairs, timber, thrashing machine, plough, rick cloths, girths, potatoes, wheat, &c. In the Onkaparinga, —Under Bond—sacks, geneva, brandy. Foreign Goods, duty paid— sherry, port, champagne, brandy, .tea, coffee, spices, sugar, dried apples, raisins, currants, dates, salad oil, stationery, clothing, paper, oil, slops, glassware, ironmongery, millinery, hardware, beer, drapery. EXPORTS. In the Wellington, —tea, tobacco, gin, sugar, rice, soap, flour, &c.

The Captain of the Prima Donna informs us that on the 7th ult., about 7 a.m., the brig: Triumph, from Sydney, chartered by Mr. Bayer, a missionary, was wrecked off Waitangi, Chatham Islands, during a gale of wind from the N.W. The wreck was sold at the Islands for the benefit of whom it may concern, and realized £303. It was purchased as a joint speculation by some maories and Mr. Buyer. The Prima Donna escaped damage, having been dismantled ami. all,,,the,_yards having been on deck before the gale came; on.

The James Gibson sailed from the Chatham Islands to Pitt's Island for cargo on the 25th ult. • . ■ ■•-. • . • •. ■ ' ' •■ ■-.-■'