IMPORTS.

West Coast Times, Issue 290, 28 August 1866, Page 2

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tityof water found its Way below. Tt was ttot the first occasion of Iho muster's sullering ia, similar inishup, and having great conlidenco that she would ultimately right herself, tho spars not cut aw.iy ; but after nine hours she recovered her position, with five feet of water in the pump-well. As soon ns the weather moderated, damages were temporarily repaired, nnd having lost tho sea stock of fresh water, every advantage was taken to collect a supply from tho copious showers which fell. The weather remained unsettled till reaching Cape Bordn, when tho westerly gale set in, and has blown uninterruptedly ever since. — " South Australian Register," July 27.

The Lady Dautano. — tt is with mingled j feelings of annoyance and ivgMt that W8 have for a third time to record the sinking of the Lady Darling. It might have beeji imagined that, alter the first disaster happened to hor at Binua, more care would bo exorcised, and that her owners would not have further risked the safety of the boat in tho faeo of tho lowstate of the river. But this was not so, and after, with infinite trouble, she had been raised by the Melbourne and Wardell, the voyage was resumed, and the Lady Darling again snagged and sank near Tocumwul. By the exertion of Cook's party she was again suocossfully raised and repaired. Only in our last issue wo published a private letter from Wuhgunyah, which announced that the Lady Darling was not expected to resume her voyage uutil she could do so with safety, but it seems that the information of tho writer was incorrect, for, with what we can only suppose to be perfect \?eckl«4stte9S, steam was again got up, and tho vessel reached Collendina. Hero s>ho hvy-to for the night, and on Wednesday last was let down stream to wood pile, for tho purpose of taking in wood, when she encountered a snag which penetrated her, and she again sank. By what means it is proposed to raise her now wo are at a loss to 9fcys out \VG hope whan she is again afloat that more care w ill be exercised Over her. It is a melancholy tiling that so fine a boat as the Lady Darling — one of the very finest of tho river fleet — should be so grievously knocked about. She left the Eehuca Wharf on the 14th June for Wnhgunyah, and has been now' sunk threo times before reaching her destination. — " Riverine Herald," August 8.

Per Aii-edale, from Dunedin — Transhipped feom Melbourne under bond : 1G packages. Shipped at Dunedin for Hokitika, duty paid and free : 1 case, Angus ; 1 bale paper, Reid and Co ; 9 pkgs castings, Pizzey and Co ; 15 bales chaff, order ; 1 case, Tait ; 96 bags oats, Boyle ; 1 parcel. Bank of New Zealand ; 1, parcel, Hepburn and Co

The agent for the B.N\& Oo.'s boats received a Nelson telegmm yesterday, which informed him t\taX the s.s. Tararua would leave for the Grey ivnd Hokitika this morning. She will (weather permitting"* »«•»- • * - *• * urow morning, and be despatched fbv Melbourne the same evening.

Tmmi a private source we nave aenvcu '^he information that the o^ner of Hie iSr-iated schooner Oamaru, which "is n'owweeKs overdue at this port, has abandoned her to the underwriters nnd claimed the amount she is instfred for. He has given up all hopeu of eYev accin^ her again, and fears she •»" * * \ • e fl in Cook's Straits, with all hawebv

The P.N.Z. & A.R.M% €o.'s s.s., Airedale, W. H. Miekleham, Commander, left Wellington on the Ifrtli instant ; arrived at and left Lyttelton the next day, and reached Dunedin ■on Has 19tb. There she was detained two days by heavy Southerly gales, and left for Bluff Harbor on the 23i-d, wheW she arrived ttfoe following morning. Lnnded mails awl passengers, and put to sea the same day bound to this port. She experienced fine weather and a heavy head sea whilst running thvough the Straits, but when off the West Cape fell in with a hard N.W. gale, accompanied by a short, confused sea, which continued for several hours. The remaiuder of the run was characterised by very fine weather. The Airedale arrived oft" Hokitika at 3 p.m. «U the 26th, too late for that day's tide. Yesterday she was attended upon by the Persevere, and transhipped into her 47 passengers aud 40 tons of cargo, which was safely landed. She sailed for Nelson yesterday. Since leaving Hokitika on the 27th of last month, the Airedale has made the following round of the New ZcaltfftA coast. She first called at Grey mouth, thfo^ to Kelson, Tarnnaki, tind Mamifcow, a«& £tVck again to Taranaki and Nelson, le*vil»* l&c last port for Picton Wellington, <uul KnedrHere she doubled, and made Lyttelton - -** then revisited Wellington, from, whicl' S^h returned to Ly ttelton and T> -• p. 04r t she thence to Hokitika via BluC" ' -'ttttedfo^ "£ud , The "steamer South A ~ JiC&rkolN commander, with t 1 John Pain, board, left Ho»- -x« J?<6W Sfeak'nd mirth '<m the 14th ii* Bay 'dn the "morning of at 1p • ..dOUtt;; do&Yed iPdrt 'Philip Hewda da'- .jl.\ sighted Hie West 'Ca"pe *«n Saturj, the lsth, at "noon ; expeMetiued during dae Tqyage southerly winds and cloudy weatther-; at 'iM -p.to. sighted the Solander, with Qnjory squalls of whid and rain ; at 8 p.m. wether very thick, with heavy squalls; slowed tflhe engines i Midnight, hove ship to until ♦daylight; arrived at tho Blutf at T a.m. on (the 19th ; landed mails aud pnssengera ; disoharged 30 tons of cargo, and sailed again at '4, p.ni. ; sighted the Ocean Beach at 11.30 (P.m., and arrived at Port Chalmers at 3 a.m. •on the 20th j left agaiti on the 21st, and artrived at Lyttelton on the following morning 5 iloft again the same day, aud arrived tt WelJington ou the morning of the 2srd 5 sailed •again at 5 p.m., experienced liglit winds, and arrived at Nelson *t V3O a.m. on the 24th, ■leaving for Hokitika at 7.30 a.m. the following dmv, «nd reached the roaiUteud at 5 a.m. on the 26th. Bhe experienced light pleasant ■weather from Nelson, and reports passing the •whooner Spray, hence to Lyttleton, off Cape TTarewell. The South Australian brings a small cargo, and 102 passeugers for this port, which were transhipped into the Lioness; and the Australian then steamed for the Grey. Arrived there, and left again yesterday morning for tin's port, making the run down is lh. 30inia., and reached tlie bar at 11 a.m. Tho South Australian should have left for Melbourne yesterday, but the heavy surf running rendered it prudent to delay her departure until to-day at 8.30 a.m.-

Tho steamer Lyttelton left Hokitika at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, the 22nd instant ; experienced strong S.W. weather, and arrived yesterday morning at 6 o'clock . Captain Scott reports passing the steamers Egmont and Kennedy off Rocks Point. — " Jf ekon Examiner," Aug. 25.

The Rubens, from Gottenburg, experienced a most violent hurricane on Juno 22, when south-west of the Cape of Good Hope. Up to that timo the voyage had proceeded in the ordinary manner, with the usual variety of storm aud calm ; but on the date mentioned the ship was thrown into a most eritioal position. Tho barometer had been ranging at about thirty inches, when it very suddenly declined to 2910. The master having carefully studied the latest authority on tho laws of storms, was rather astonished when it fell again in a short space of time to 28 - 40. This was its lowest, and in the full fury of a terrible cyclonic gule the heavy sea pitched the vessel on her beam ends. All the loose deck gear was washed ovevboard'^-Jiencoopa, harn^B pa»kg, spare spars, &c, The front of the poop wu itQYi in} and °f coving a lai-gs (jujiv