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Southland Times, Issue 547, 23 August 1866, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. TIDE TV*LE. High Water at Invercargill and Bluff Harbor Wharves for the Month of August. A.M. P.M. Thursday 23 11.40 — PORT OF INVERCARGILL. IXWABDS COASTWISE. August 22.— Nil. OtTTWABDS COASTWISE. August 22. — Aparhna, 22 tons, M'Lean, for Eiverton via Bluff. EXPORTS. August 22. — Per Aparima — 41 packages sundries, 3 bags seeds, 3 casks serated waters, quantity timber. o PORT OF BLUFF HARBOR. ABBTVAIS. August 21.— Albion, s.s., 453 ton 3, E. Kidney, from Dunedin and Northern Ports. Morison, Law & Co., agents. DEPARTURES. August 21. — Albion, s.s., for Melbourne, with English Mail. imposts. Au2. 22. — Per Albion, shipped at Melbourne — 8 pkgs,' J. Kingdand ; 2 pkgs, Thos. Sloan ; 1 case, M'Beath & Co. ; 1 bale, T. Murphy ; 1 case, G. Goodwillie ; 3 cases furniture, L: Longuet & Co. ; 2 cases stationery, Morison, Law & Co. ; 15 pkgs, J. Cooper & Co*. ; 4 pkgs, R. Tapper ; 1 case | boots, 6 pkgs, Thos. Sloan ; 2 crates, R. Cleave ; j 2 parcels, M'Pherson & Co. ; 1 parcel, Morison, Law & Co. From Dunedin— l7 pkgs, Hare, Pratt & Co. ; 1 bale, Harnett & Co. ; 2 trunks boots, Jas. Waddel -, 1 bag oats, Chas. Livingston ; SO bags sugar, L. Longuet & @o. j 30 boxes j candles, J. Stock & Co. i PASSEXGEB XI3T. j August 22. — Per Albion, for Melbourne — Mra W. S. Reid, Mr and Mrs M'Kellar and Miss M'Kellar j and eight in the steerage. The 5.3. Albion left Port Chalmers at 5 p.m. on the 20th inst., encountered a severe gale from W. to S. W., with heavy sea; arrived at the Bluff wharf at 2 p.m., 21st, discharged.her cargo (about 25 tons), took on board the outward English Mail, and in consequence of the severe gale, did not sail before daylight on the 22nd inst. The Pampero, from Chili, arrived in port yesterday for orders. She reports light winds the greater portion of the passage, but on the 4th inst. she encountered a violent gale from the eastward, followed by calm winds and light winds, but in making this coast the wind increased in force, and heavy gales predominated. The Ashburton was loading, and would leava Tome about the end of April, and the Summer Cloud was on the berth, both for Sydney. — " Sydney Morning 'Herald," July 28. POSTAL NOTICE. 3IATLS CLOSE FOB— Riverton and Orepuki, this day, 23rd inst., at 10.15 a.m. Dunedin, Mataura, Long Bush, Gore and Swifcz- j er's, this day, 23rd inst., at 7 p.m. The Northern Provinces, per overland, this day, 23rd inst., at 4 p.m. E. D. BUTTS, Chief Postmaster" Southland, 23rd August, 1866. COMMEKCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Southland Times Office, Wednesday Evening. The following are the Custom Returns for — Wednesday, 22nd August. Brandy, 27 galls £16 4 0 On her last Toyage to Melbourne, the Otago, b.B. Company's mail steamer Albion made one of the fastest, if not absolutely the fastest, passage on record. She left Port Chalmers at 8 p.m. on | 20th July, and arrived inside Port Phillip Heads at 4 p.m. on the 25th, thus making the passage in four days and twenty hours, including three and a half hours' detention at Bluff Harbor, having been only four days sixteen and a half hours xmderweigh. On the first day, after leaving the ! Bluff, with a strong S.E. breeze, she ran 340 knots, fully 14 knots an hour for the run. — "Otago Daily Times," 20th August. » ■ ■■- • NOTICE TO MARINERS. (From the New South Wales " Government Gazette," 20th July.) The late heavy gales have damaged the lighttowers on the Newcastle Breakwater, and rendered | it impracticable to exhibit the leading lights for ; taking the North Harbor. | The leading lights for entering the port will continue to be shown, and the Breakwater lights will be repaired as soon as possible. Fbastcis Hixsox, Superintendent. OJSce of Superintendent of Pilots, Lights, and Harbours, Sydney, 13th July, 1866. 'notice to mariners. Mobetos" Bay — Bbisbane Ritee. — On and after this date, a light will be exhibited from Lytton, which will be visible from the beacon immediately above Luggage Point, — eastward to the Fishermen Islands. Vessels passing up the river should keep Luggage Point witlnn two ship's lengths, until the small gap through the mangroves above the point is opened ; they should then haul up and steer direct for the iiglit at Lytton, until the large black buoy off the Boat Channel is sighted, after passing which, they can shape a course up the river as usual. Vessels steering up the river, towards Lytton ! will — while keeping this light in sight — be clear of the bank, and the two red buoys on the west side of the channel. j By order of the Marine Board, G. P. Heath, Lieutenant R.N., Portmaster. Port-office, July 10th, 1866. InifJEß Rotttb to Tobbes' Stbatts. — The following Beacons have been erected for the Queensland Government by H.M.S. Salamander, for the guidance of vessels taking the Inner Route viz: — d. Reef, Princess Charlotte's nay — Latitude 14-7:30 S., on the S,W., end of the sand bank, a beacon facing east and west, with large D painted white on a black ground. y. Reef, off Cape Direction— Latitude 12-40 S., a black rectangular beacon is placed on the western edge of this reef. The sand shown on the chart is covered at high water. d. Reef, off Monkhouse Point. — Latitude 151030. A 6c/ew pile — on which a beacon i 3 about to be erected — is placed on the western edge of this reef. Mariners are cautioned that two coral patches have been reported as lying between Nos. 1 and 2 Claremount Islands and the shoal off the mainland, — in the neighborhood of the course laid down on the Admiralty charts as that which should be used at night. It is recommended, therefore, tha<- at nighfc a course should be steered so as to pass to the eastward of the above islands. G. P. Heath, Lieutenant, R.N., Portmaster. Port Office, IBth July, IS6B. Yesterday we visited Mr Thompson's ship.yard, and was somawhat surprised to find that the new vessel which has been some time on the stocks is rapidly approaching completion. It is we believe the largest yet built ia Southland, and reflects credit on the owner. It is to be hoped that shipbuilding will soon become extensively carried out. Invercargill offers great facilities for the prosecution of this branch of industry. The vessels that hive been built in Southland have all proved tight and smart crafts. There is no reason why shipbuilding should nofc become an important institution. Mr Puettelkow is progressing in the construction of another and larger vessel than the Denzig.