PORT OF WANGANUI.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 9662, 7 November 1882, Page 2

PORT OF WANGANUI.

HiuH Water.— Morning, 7.41; Evening, 8.4.- ■ ABEIYAIS. November 6— Wallace, s.s., 85 tons, Bruce, from Nelson. Passengers— Miss Clausron, Mrs Hugo, Meisrs Hngo, Washbouine, Lash, Clauson, Erne. Egeers, Myers, Gibbs, Brownlie, and White, Novembor 7— Manawatu, s.s., 123 tons, Hill, from Wellington. November _7-?Huia, s.s., 90 .tons, Berriman, from Wellington. OIEABBD. November 6— Stormbird, s.s,, 70 tons. Murphy, for Westport. November 6— Wallace, s s., 85 tons, Bruce, for Nelson. November 6— Clyde, s.s , 31 tons, McLaren, for Patea. November 6— Clyde, schooner, 97 tons,- Sawyers, for Nelson. EXPOBTS. Per Stormbird, for Westport— loo sacks chaff, Walker and Hatrick; 25 head cattle, Order. Per Wallace, for Nelson— l Ihorse, Lightband ; 1 do, Pollock; 3o sacks potatoes, Brownlie; 9 kegs butter, Railway ; 2o head cattle, leo sheep, Keith. ■Per Circe, for .Melbourne— 6s,3oo feet (timber, C. S. Cross. . PEOJEOTED;DBPAETTTBK3. Manawatu, for Wellington, to-day, Hnia, for Wellingt'-n, to-day. ' Kennedy, for Hokitika, to-morrow. The Manawatu left Wellington for this port at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon The Hnia left Wellington for this port at 3.30 pjo. yesterday. The Kennedy left Gr^ymonth for this p»rt at 6.80 yesterday evening. The Wallabi got away for Westport and Gre - mouth on yesterday morning's tide. The Manawatu ai-ived from Wellington on this morning's tide with a full general cargo. The : Huia arrived from Wellington on this morning's tide with a number of passengers and a fall general cargo. The Kennedy should arrive from Greymouthon this evening's tide.' ' The Clyde left for Patea last night with a full general cargo. The Manawatu will sail for 'Wellington at 7 P.m. to-day.' " - The Hnia will leave this port for Wellington at at 7 o'clock to-night. The .Hauraki arrived at Wellington from this port early yesterday. . Ihe Manawatu willtuke 115 bales of wool from the new store of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, this evening. The Circe will complete her loading up with timber for Melbourne to-morrow. Tho schooner Clyde cleared for Napier yesterday with a full cargo of timber. , She will soil for that-port the first opportunity. The Wallace arrived at this port from Nelson yesterday, morning. ," The Hauraki will leave this port for Opunake and Waitara at 7 p.m. ,to-mouow. • The Kennedy will- sail for Hokitika, weather' permitting, at 7.30 p.m. to-morrow. Tb.9 Wallace left for Nelson-lost evening with a cargo of livestock, .. "^; - The Stormbird cleared for Westport last evening with to cargo of live stock. The Huia will arrive from Wellington on this" morning's tide, and after landing her passengers at the wharf she will [return down the river for the.lpurpose of towing the Mary Bannatyne to sea* // The master of a ship which arrived at Dundee recently, reported that when his vessel was in latitude 51 degrees south, and longitude 80 degrees west, or immense meteor of amazing brilliancy fell into the sea within a few cables length of the ship. Ab it plunged into the water it made a roaring, hissing noise, jnst as a great m«SB of redhot iron would when extinguished. The second officer, Air John Veitch, took particular not cc of this remarkable appearanc- 1 , and of the noon-tide effulgence which the fiery body cast v; on a broad Bpice of the sky, and supplemented the entry of the occurrence in the log-book by saying, " ptssibly some' ships that had gone amissing may have been struck and sent to the bottom by such meteors," Since then a similar case had been reported from America. A great and brilliant meteor was seen to fall into Muskegon Like, the Harbour iof Muskegon, Michigan, near the shore of the lake of the some name. The torolite strnek 3ooft or 4ooft out from the shore, causing a great commotion ia the watei. Tho shock was heard thioughont the city, arousing those who had not been startled by the glare. (PER BUTTED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ." ." ■ Aucexamd, November 6, Arrived— Hero, from Fiji. ... ..- Bailed— Loch Awe, for ' Adelaide, ' During a Bqnall the cutter 1 Spray, at anchor in the harbour, sank. A Kanaka in charge swam ashore. . . - . • " ' • ' ' ' ■ - Wellthgtou, November 6. Sailed — Tairoa, for Pioton and Nelson ; Kahlnaptm, for Westport and G'eymouth; Jtfanr.pouri, for Melbourne, via the South. Arilved— Ship Waimate Captain Mosey, from London, 99 days out. Soiled— Seabird, for Auck-' land. Lytteltos, November 6. Anived— Wairarapa, after a smart passage from Melbourne of 3 days and 15^ hours. r ■ -' . (eedtbe's teleoham.) (BY ELECTRIC TELECFArHIC— COPIBIGHT,) Received November 6th, 8 p.m. London, November 6. The V, and O. Company's steamship Peshawur, with the inward SueE mail, which left here on the 22nd September, arrived in Kiog George's Bound hist evening. ; ■ STrsET, November 6. Arrived, this evening — Bingarooma. from Auckland. '