PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

Southland Times, Volume VII, Issue 524, 23 July 1866, Page 2

PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR.

AttRTYATS. July 20.— William Miskin, s s., 151 tons, Henburn. from Hokitika and Grey River. W. Waddel. agent. July 21 — "tlbion, as, 453 tons, Kidney, from Dunertin. Morison, Law & fV>, ngents. July 21 — Rangitoto, s a, 440 tons, Farcio, from Dunedin. T. G. Tanton. agont. x>kp.vrttot:s. July 20.— Kate, 40 tons, for Eirerton, in ballast. July 20.— Ellen, 5 tons, West, for Ruapuku, with two bouses. July 21— Albion, 453 tons, Kidney, for Melbourne. Morison, Law & Co., agents. July 21 — Rangitoto, s s. 444 tons, Farcio, for Melbourne. T. G. Tanton, agent. July 21 — Straggler, 40 tons, Wishart, for Invercargill, with railway material. TSTPOKTS. July 20.— Per Wm. Miskin, from the Grey— l case, harmonium, 4 eases, Order. Per Rangitoto— 3 eases boots, Waddel ; 3 do, order. ' Per Albion — Shipped at Melbourne — 3 trunks boots, R Sloan * Sons ; 11 pkgs. Whittingham Bros ; 1 case, M'Donald ; 1 case books, Longuet & Co ; 1 bale sackcloth, T. Murphy ; 4 pkrjs boots, Thos. Sloan ; 1 ease. Gellately ; 2 pkgs, Goodwillie ; 20 cases jam, Whittingham "Bros ; 3 cases books, L. Rod sera ; 1 case books, K Rose ; 1 sack seeds. Hatch & Hayes ; 1 ease, Moeller & Co ; 1 parcel, Rev W. Tanner ; 1 do. Mrs. J. Stock ; 1 do, A. M. Macdonald. Shipped at Dunedin— 6 cases cheese, J. Stock &Co j 1 cask tar, L. Longuet & Co. EXPORTS. Per Albion, for Melbourne — 10 bales of wool, Dalgetty, Rattray & Co. PASSENGER lIST. July 20. — Per Wm. Miskin — Two in the steorage. Per Albion, for Melbourne — Messrs. Clark, Hewie. Pearson, and Mr. and Mrs, Heine. Per Rangitoto, for Melbourne — Mr. and Mrs. Martin, and two in the steerage. The Wm. Miskin left the Grey on Sunday, 14th inst ; Hokitika, same evening ; experienced strong head winds all the passage ; arrived at the wharf at 11 a.m. on the 20th, and sailed for Dunedin same day. The " Lyttelton Times " writes — For tho information of those interested, we publish the following particulars, obtained by our shipping reporter from the Captain of the three-masted schooner, the Storm Bird, now discharging timber from Stewart's Island. On March 3rd, the Storm Bird anchored at Murray River, Stewart's Island, bound to Newcastle, N.S.W. ; the mate and two of the crew went fishing, and when returning called on board a schooner, lying at anchor, and found her to be the " Jessie," of Dunedin, from Tnvercargill to Hokitika. The Captain stated that he had several times tried to get to the westward, but had always been driven back. A>t 2 a.m. on March 4th, the " Jessie " and Storm ±$ird got under way, and proceeded through Foveaux Straits ; at six o'clock p.m., sighted the Solander, bore south 11 miles, and the Jessie bore at five miles ; the wind at E. increasing at 4 a.m ; blowing strong, the barometer registering 2870 and falling, was obliged to take in all light sails ; at 6 a.m. the wind suddenly changed to N.E., blowing a hurricane, clewed up everything, but the sails were blown to ribbons before they could be furled, the vessel almost on her beam ends without a stitch of canvas on. Nothing more was seen of the Jessie afterwards : since then the Storm Bird lias made a voyage to Newcastle and back, and on returning to Stewart's Island for the cargo to this port, it was ascertained that a life boat had been picked np near to Mason's Bay on the west side of the Island, marked Jessie, Punedin ; also a small cask marked James Allen. The parties who picked up the above state that they saw distinct traces of the wrecks of two vessels. One appears to have been a large vessel, her lower mast having been cut away by tha deck.