PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 6, 14 June 1864, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

atuuvbd. V June 10.~Mary Van Avory, Tongo, from Stewart's Island, with. 3000 feet timber. Captain, ' agent. ' ! -•'■ ■ Juno 11.— Gothenburg, 8.8., 800 tons, Mackio, ■from Duttedin. Henderson, Bonar and Co., agonts. Bailed* Jimb-11'.—Iibrd Ashley, 500 tons, Wheeler, for .Dunedm and Northern ports. J. G. Tanton, agent. . .y- ■■ June 12.— Gothenburg, s.s., 800 tons, Mackio, 'for Melbourne.' Henderson, Bonar and Co., agents. PBOJECTED DEPABTUBEa, ' Ppxia, for Duneciin, early , : BXPECTBD ABRIVAI3. ' Hero, s.s. , from Melbourne. R.M.S. Alhambra; with English mail, on 17th instant. V '""■' Aldinga, from. Duhe'dih, on 19th inst. •Charlotte Jane, ship, from Loudon. ■'"■ '"■"'■'- •" VESSELS .12? POUT. . Paria, barque ;• Electra, ship ; Aphrnsiu, s.b. j Aqtiila,* cutter'} Kate, ketch.; Folly. ".... '.':'■.. PASSEXGEB LIST. Per Lord Ashloy, for Dunedin and Northern Porta — Miss* Abeam, Miss Needham, Messrs. Cargill, Royso, . Reicl, Gray, Sproll, Burgoyne, Hardy, Role, Moir ; and 73 in tho steerage. Per : Gothenburg, for Melbourne — Mr. and Mrs. Hallenstcin, and Mr. Clarke*. Per Gothenburg, from Dunedin — Messrs. Cleve and Lazarus, . V : i EXPORTS. V YPcr'Lord Ashley, for Dunedm and the Northern Ports— l 76 tons flour, ex Scotia i 2 drays, 1 .horse, 40 sheets iron, sundry pkgs. luggage, Fairer]: 2 boxes, Denniston; 1 box, Leo.

Through some misunderstanding, wo did not receive . our usual telegram from tlio Bluff last night, and consequently aro unable to givo tlio arrivals and departures to and from that portyesterday. "We shall havo this rectified in future At the instance of Captain Gay, a second survey has been mado by the following parties on the s.s. Scotia;; viz. : — ■ Captain Thomson, Harbor Master ; Captain Wheeler, of the Lord Ashley ; Captain Nicol, of the Paria ; and Mr. W. Isbistor, - shipwright. Tliey" have recommended a further examination of the' bottom, with a view tojuvnng^ - the two additional holes which the divCTsmp ■■- .covered, stopped." Meanwhile, all that can.^ffi|.. suggested as likely to ease the raising of tho vesself is recommended — such, as floating barrels, tanks} &c., ahd that pumping gear, should be in ro&iness to facilitate tho labors of the divers, should they find themselves unable to completely stop tho holes. .The 'ship Kcw Great Britain sailed from Port Chalmers fbr Melbourne on the llth inst. The e.s. Gothenburg left. Port Chalmers at 4- p.m. on . tho llth inst.. Experienced light westerly winds ..'..during the passage, and arrived at tho Bluff at ' noon on tho 12th. Sho brought a full complement) of passengers from Dunedin, and con- ' sequently, out of a large number of intending passengers for Melbourne waiting at tho Bluff, only, a few secured passages in her. After recioting her mails aboard, sho sailed again for Melbourne. — >

A BATHBR bold experiment in tho way of discharging cargo lias been tried here during the week, and was as successful as it deserved to be. Hie schooner Daring, "'4O tons, from Picton, was bosened . near the boatsheds, at high water, on Tuesday riidriimg. .When the tide had ebbed tlio . .whole, of thft_ .cargo, .consisting of sawu timber, was got out and carried away in something less than *five liours, and when the -tide shad risen j again she was warped out and anchored in the j usual, place. JThere were at the time five other ' small craft and two steamers in, and tho Daring would have -had to wait probably for five or six J days before it could have been her turn to be | .discharged, with the chance of course of having to put to sea in the meantime, and so boing indefinitely detained! The expense of the operation was very' small, "whereas the boating charges for • landing the lumber of 2s. per 100 feet wero altogether saved. The experiment was repeated on Thursday with the ketch Wild Wave, 70 tons reg., ladon with bricks, and with equal success. If carried out with : due- caution, the system is likely to be productive of great advantage to all concerned'.'-— TaranaM Herald, ■ The,- A. S.N. Company's steamer Wonga Wonga arrived in Hobson's Bay at seven o'clock yesterday morning. She left Sydney Heads at twenty minutes ' .paßt'fiye^p.ni.Ypn the 28th ult., in the face of a strong southerlyjgale ancl high sea, which controlled ?: until noon^ of the following, day, during which the Vhgmes hadto be eased to half-speed. Since' then she, "has had strong S.S.W. breezes. Captain Trouton i reports that, when off Green Cape, at twenty minutes past nine p.m., on the 29th, three ■ vessels werq sighted, without side-lights. One of fch'emr— which was ascertained to bo tlie Agnes • Holt — when -the "steamer was only 200 yards , 'distant,' shpwed.a red light, thus barely giving the steamer time .to; cleir her by porting her helm. , .jjfumerous complaints have lately been, made tliat.; coasting vessels neglect to exhibit their lights,, as , directed by the Board of Trade, in consequence of ' which many collisions have taken place. It is to be hoped that, for 'the future, offending parties willbe brought to see the necessity of complying with the reguJatiqns.-T^^r^.iw, Ist ins,t, ,-r- A. ...*- ..;.., ; ;