STEWART'S ISLAND SHIPPING.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 70, 9 November 1864, Page 2

STEWART'S ISLAND SHIPPING.

BAII.SD. ITot. C.^ —^Walljice, ichooncr, for Dunedin, -with timber. Not. 6. — Jolm Bullocfc, •chooner, for Dunedin, with timber. I<ot. 6. — Ethel, schooner, for Taranaki, irith timber. Nor. 6. — Despatch, «chooner, for Napier, frith timber.

Mr. 3. De Beer (Melbourne) in his shipping report of October, 'thus' speaks of the trade with 2«ew Zealand:— " This trade with New Zealand continues in the name stale of depression as noted la»t month. 'She .conveyance of stock, which afforded profitably employment to a very largo amount x>£ tonnage during the two past years, is now reduced to a gmall compass, there being now only a fiyvr shins engaged in carrying . cattle, and ■which, is '.sonutted Between JHeweaslie and AuvklazxL 'IW country heing now pretty well stocked irith ahe&p,ib is questionable it any of thia description of stock -trill tie shipped from this during the present season. Th« coasting trade generally Mtotiautff fci » ftate of deprvtftim, mw<ms any

feature indicative of speedy improvement, an.'l sereral handy-sized vessels owned,, ■.here, and hitherto trading on the. coast, have, been taken up for eastern voyages at low rates. The large number of steamers belonging to this and the other Australian and New Zealand colonies cannot find profitable employment, and should no new trade speedily develop itself, lnanyjof them must be- laid up ; and at present it is impossible to find buyers for. (his .description of. shipping, at any tiling approaching its cost. The tender of Messrs. Bright Brothers and Co.,^for the conveyance of about 150 invalids of the Imperial troops from. Auckland to Spitheai. has been aeoepte.l, but the exact; rates have Jiob transpired.. ... TilQy Will be brought to this port per steamer, and transhipped,, by tho Black Ball liner Royal Dane. On Wednesday afternoon, after a pleasant break of northerly weather, a sudden and violent scmall blew from the -'south- west,- mr.kng it exceeanjly dangerous for rowing or sailing boats moving about the harbor. A', the first of the squall. Mi* East, hull-keeper for the Intercolonial Steam Navigation Company, was trying the qualities'of a newly-built boat among the shipping with a man to assist. when the boat was caught suddenly by the full force of the wind and capsized: As the gale did not slacken. in strength for some time, the boat continued to roll over with its two inmates, and, but for the promptitude of the . chief officer and crew of the ship Commodore, the accident would in all probability have been fatal to Mr. East, and also to his companion. While the crow of that vessel were cutting the painter of the ship's boat, the chief officer threw himself 'into the boat, and with some of the hands, pulled towards the apparently drowning men— acting with a promptitude which Mr. East desires thankfully to acknowledge. A "boat from the lighter Friends also proceeded towards the swamped boat, and rei cbred such assistance as 'was necessary. — -.Olago Daily Times, sth Nov., 1864. * ______