PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 246, 25 April 1866, Page 2

PORT OF INVERCARGILL.

IITWABDS COASTWISE. April 23— Jane ElMn, 28 tons, Douchra3s, from Dunedin, with cargo. April 23 — Three Sisters, 34 tons, Mortlock, from Bluff, with cargo. * "Apai 23 — Sti-nggler, 39 '"tons, Callow, from Bluff, with cargo. , . imports. . Per Jane Elkin, from Dunedin — 120 cases 4 bales, 19 barrels, 20 barrels tar, Dalgety, Rattray & Co. Per Struggler, from Bluff— s4 bars iron, 68 bdles do, 86 bdles slabs, 325 do. fencing wire, 1 piece iron', Cochran, Granger and Blackwood ; 12 pkgs furniture, 2 pkgs dogs, 1 do rabits, Callow ; 6 pkgs luggage. Per Three Sisters— l36o bricks, 7 packages machinery, 2 kegs merchandise, 1 pair fanners,' 12 pieces machinery, 224 coils wire, 9 do wire rope, 39 bags sheep-feed. 10 ton 3 coal, 36 bags plates Order ; 7 boxes soap, lbri., 13 puncheons seed, 1 chest Cochran, Granger and Blackwood ; 38 pkgs merchandise, 1 parcel drapery, H, T. Boss.; ,-27 bags malt, Dalgety, Kattray & Co. A vessel supposed to be the Christina Thomp son, with a general cargo, from Melbourne, arrived yesterday at the Lower Pool. PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR. ABBIVAiS. April 21 — Marion Rennie, 60 tons, Aikens, from Invercargill, in ballast. April 21 — Kate, ketch, 40 tons, Hutchings, from Invercargill, in ballast. April 24— Pilot, 16 tons, Robson, from Okarita, West Coast, with ballast. * DEPABTUBES. April 21 — Three Sisters, 40 tons, Sherburd, for Invercargill, in ballast. April 21— Why Not, 30 tons, Burke, for Invercargill, in ballast. April 21 — Struggler, 30 tons, Callow, for Invercargill, with sundries ex Airedale. April 21 — Jane ElMn, 28 tons, Duchrass, for Invercargill. . PASSENGEB IIST. April 20 — Per' Airedale, s.s., for Otago — Sa loon : Mr and Mrs M'lntyre, Mrs M'Donald and children, Messrs Eingman; Hunter, Ferguson, Mrs M'Eenzie, Captain Inverarity ; and two in steerage. For Nelson : Mr Murray. For Manakau : Mrs Murray ; and one in steerage For Greymouth : Mrs M'Kinnon, Miss Murphy, Mrs Campbell and child.; and two in steerage. For Hokitika: Mrs Pearce and three children; and three in steerage. EXPECTED ' ABBIYAIS. From Hokitika — Claud Hamilton, s.s., on the 28th inst. From Melbourne — Alhambra, s.s., about the 6th May. From Northern Port3 — Taraniki, s.s., on the 30th inst. From Sydney and Northern Ports — Otago, s.s., on the 30th inst. : PBOJECTED DEPASTURES. For Otago, &c — Taranaki, s.s., on 2nd May. For Northern Ports, Hokitika, and Greymouth — Claud Hamilton, s.s., on 28th inst. For Otago — Ship Maria) about 3rd May. The ship Himalaya is expected to clear at the Customs on Monday next, and will proceed to sea without delay on Tuesday, weather permitting. In addition to v other cargo, she will have about 3,400 bales wool. This ship, since her arrival in Lyttleton, only a little over eight weeks, has discharged 1,000 tons of inward cargo, and within that period taken in her outward cargo. This despatch, will to some extent it is hoped, redeem the credit of the port with owners and charterers of vessels. This vessel is, without doubt, the best and highest classed ship we have ever had in our waters to load for London. The saloon and cabins are large roomy apartments ; unnecessary ornamentation has given way to the convenience and security of her passengers. Captain Cow and his officers have earned the respect of a large number of the inhabitant. — Lyttle~ ion .Times 14th April. A somewhat serious accident befel the topsail schooner Spray, whilst attempting to pass through the swing bridge at Kaiapoi during high tide on Thursday, 29th March. It will be remembered that the wires of the telegraph between Christ- • church and Nelson cross the river on the west side of the swing bridge, and at such a height as to prevent any but small craft from passing under, "unless the topmasts and yards be previously lowered. This entails a considerable loss of time and trouble, and therefore the captain of the Spray resolved to attempt to go through without doing so. To do this, a man wag placed on the topsail yard to lift the wires over the mast as soon as they came in contact with each other. This, however, the man was unable to do, and the consequence was that the wires ran considerable risk of being broken, the breeze being good at the time. To prevent this, the sails were at once lowered- and the progress of the vessel stopped, when the current caught her on the starboard bow, slewed her round, aad sent her broadside on to the bridge, smashing part of her bulwarks, damaging the gear, and doing other mischief. Every effort was at once made to clear her from the bridge,. but this was only just accomplished when our express left, she having then been broadside on to the bridge upwards of fourteen hours. The damage done does not, however, end here, for, with the craft lying across the river, the stream was shunted on to the north bank, which it has washed away in the form of a semicircle for a length of about 40 feet and 10 feet- back. We do not know whether the onus of the affair rests with the captain in not taking the precaution of lowering his mast, which, however, would make his voyage an unprofitable one, to say the least of it, or with telegraph engineer, for placing the wires in such a position as to stop the traffic of the river ; but we rather think the blame can. only be attached tp the latter who can scarcely have the right to close the river west of the. bridge to large vessels, especially when some of the largest stores are on that side, and others about being built. The bridge itself has been severely shaken* and the approach to it is somewhat endangered by the bank being washed away. — Ibid, 13th April. - The Queen of the North, for Auckland, was off Dartmouth on 18th February. * The Ruahine, s.s., which was appointed to sail on 20th February will be detained for some time, in consequence of her requiring some additional fittings. Her passengers and cargo will be transferred to the Kaikoura, s.s., to leave about 28th February. The Sir George Pollock, for Otago, in putting back to Deal on the night of 16th February during very thick weather, got ashore on the main in Margaret's Bay, but was assisted off on the flood and 'anchored. She has since put back to the West India Docks. . The Panama, New. Zealand, and Australian Royal Mail Company's steamer Rakaia waa launched pu 31st January from Messrs Randolph Elder and Co.'s building-yard at Fairfield. This' vessel is intended for the new mail service between Panama and New Zealand. Her dimensions are : .—Length, 265 feet; beam, 34 feet; depth, 26 feet; tonnage, 1504 tons B.M. The engines are 350-h'orte power, and are the builders' double cylinder principle. On 17th February; the screw steamer Mataura,. 1767 tons measurement, was launched at the Mill-,-waU ironworks, Xhis steamer ia to be placed on

the new route to Australia and new Zealand via Panama, and has been constructed for the Royal Mail Company, formed to establish a line of packets on each, side of the Isthmus. The Mataura is 285 feet long between the perpendiculars, has a breadth of beam of ,35£ feet, and is 26 812 feet deep. She will be propelled "by triple screw engines, of 350 nominal horse power, and is intended to carry a large quantity of fuel and cargo at a high rate of speed. Miss Hamilton christened the vessel, which immediately after wards glided down gracefully into the river, amid the cheers of the spectators.