PORT OF WANGANUI.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 24 October 1882, Page 2

PORT OF WANGANUI.

Hiuii WATEii.^-Movning, 7.43 ; Evening, 8.11. ARRIVALS.' Nil. CLEARED. Nil. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Clyde, for Patea, to-day. Stormbird, for Greymouth, to-day.-Go-Ahead, for Wellington, to-day. -1 Hnia, for Wellington, to-morrow. Tbe steamers Macg.egor and Wallabi, bound r for Onehunga and Westiort and (Troyraouth re- f spectivel , wore still detain- d in port yesterday. It was expected that both vessels would get airay 1 on 1 st night's tide. The Wallace arrived at Nelson from this port at midnight on Sunday. Tho -Tui arrived at Wellington from this port afc 6 p.m. on Saturday, The Go* Ahead left. Wellington for this port at 2,-5 p.m. yesterday. The Mary Bann-fc^ne will loid up with timber on account of Messrs Bartholomew and Bailey Brothers. The schooner Clyde, Captain W. H. Sawyers, 87 tons, which, arrived from Lyttelton on Sunday with 13 waggons and one locomotive for the Kailway Department, commenced discharging yes- r terday. The Stormbird left Wellington for this port at 2.-5 p.m. yesterday, n i he cargo of coal iv the Mary Bannatjne wero put up and sold by publio auction yestorday by \ Mr Joseph Chadwick. ' The Huia will .sail for Welling: ou at 8 p.m. tomorrow. The Clyde will sail for Patea at o p.m. to-day. The Go- Ahead wiU 'cs.ro 'or Wellington at 7 o' lock to-nifrli.-. Return tickets by tbis boat will be available by the Manawatu. *lhe St rmbirdwill sail lor Greymouth at 7.30 o'clock to-night. The splendid iron clipper barque Glenlora, 746 tons, Capta n W. Scotland, is now loading afc Wc[Hygtott for London, i_ is vessel will be the first wool ship of the season, 1 nd will arrive in I ondon in ti mo for the February wool -nies. AU information as regards freight or passage-money can ho obtained from Mr J. P. Watt, the local agent. The advertisement will be found in another column." It will not be long be-ore the ship City of Perth, one of the unlucky ships that went ashore ■* at Timaru some time sine.*, will ngain be in commission, nnd this time with the New Zealand Shipping Company's col urs at tlie main. The J -uuedin Star says, ** Since she has been placed on the blocks over seventy new frame, tna thirty new floors havebeeu put in, mostly amidships; while three new plate-? have also been put in amidships. The old slerupost was taken out ond 12ft welded on to it, md lift of 1 ew keel welded on to that. The new pV.tes in the garb jard streak are of steel, from 10ft to 12tt iv length, nnd |iv in thickness. Altogether thirteen new p ates hay* been put in aft. and 8000 rivets baro been used in the repairs to tho hull. The rudder is almost a new one. The old cement has been broken out and replaced with new ; and 2£in kauri ceiling has been laid fore and affe. The hull has been thoroughly scraped, and painted with three coats of white zinc piint, /.ll the standing and running rigging is being replaced by new." (per tjnited tress associatiok.) Wei-Likotok, October 23. The Ringarooma arrived a*, the Blutf from Melbourne at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Arrived— Rotorua. from Aucfelan-i, vii East Coast. Sailed — Gle-ner, for Greymouth, via South ; . G. M. Tucker, for Newcastle : Kiwi, for Napier nnd East Coast ; Grafton, for Nelson and "W est Coast ; Tui, for Kaikoura and Lyttelton. . 4 " (itEUfcTlt'S TELEGRAM.) (BY.ELECTniC TELEGBAPiriC — COP SB IGHT,) Received October 23rd, 12.15 p.m. London, October 20. Arrived,. yesterday — Orient _te__uship John Elder, from Melbourne, 4th September.