PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 310, 20 September 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

High Watbb This Day. — 5.55 a.m."; 6.20 p.m. ABUIVKD. September 19.— Nil. ' SAILED. ' September 19. — Rangitoto, s.s., Darke, for Sydney. ENTEBED IN. September 19.— Elizabeth, 33 tons, J. B. Stevenson, from Lyttelton. CLEARED OUT. Nil EXPECTED ABBIVALS. Francis, schooner, from Heathcote, early. Elizabeth, cutter, from Sydney, early. Albion, s.s , from Melbourne, via Dunedin, early. Dunedin, sehooiier, from Dunedin, daily. Aurora, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Cyinraes, schooner, from Dunedin, daily. Mary Van Every, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Julia, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Isabslln, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Lady Darling, schooner, from Melbourne. Pilot, schooner, from Melbourne. Lord Ashley, from the North, to-day. Jane Lockhart, from Sydney, earlr. Lizzie Coleson, from Sydney, early. PBOJJECTED DEPABTPBES. Lord Asliley, for Bluff Harbor, to-morrow. Kennedy, for Okarita, to-day. Jane Elkin, for Grey Eiver, to-day. Beautiful Star, for Nelson, Lyttelton, and ••Dunedin, to-day. VESSELS IK POET. ' Brigantine — Northern Light. Schooners — Iona ; F.imna Eliza, Mary Jane, Tiger, John Mitchell, Tambo, Moyne, Ketches— Jane Elkin, Elfin, Elizabeth. Steamers — Kennedy, Challenge, Yarra, Lioness, Beautiful Star. ■

IMPORTS. Per • Elizabeth, from Lyttelton — 15 bags si a 'pa, 2 casks eggd, 50 bags bran, 91 bags flour, 10 bags oats, 4 bags biscuits, 18ft bags potatos, 31 bags carrots, order; 295 bags chaff, Johnstono and Co ; 13 cases jams, 1 case salmon, order.

Yesterday morning a telegram from Greymouth was received by Messrs Royse, Mudie, and Co., notifyi"g that tho p.s. Persevere wa3 in a fair way of Uunching, and would, it was hoped, bo once more afloat by six o'clock last night. We trust it may be so, as the services of this useful boat aro much needed at the Gf-i'cy.

A stitf westerly galo blew homo yesterday, attended by severe rain, squalls, and alternate bursts of sunshine. A high sea ran in the roadstead, and' raised so heavy a surf that the bar was pronounced unsafe to cross ; and accordingly no vessel left tho river, although there are several wai'ingat the wharf ready for sea. Tho Kennedy and Beautiful Star, steamers, are thu3 unavoidably detained until a favorable change occurs. The s.s. Rangitoto, with 125 passengers on board for this port aud the Grey, rounded to off tho bar in the morning, but as there was no chance of their lauding during the day, with a probability of a continuance of the same unfavorable state of things for a further period, the agent decided it would be unwise to detain her, and she was accordingly signalled to proceed to Nelson and tranship Westland freight into the Lord Ashley, which was supposed to be lying there and bound hence. Immediate notice was telegraphed to Nelson of the course adopted, and with instructions to detain the Ashley until the Rangitoto arrived, so that there is almost a certainty that her passengers will arrive by the former either tomorrow or the day after.

The " Westiand Observer" states :— " The hull of the schooner Sisters, which was sold for Ll2 10s., was again- put lip to auction on Saturday week, but not a solitary bid was made for it. The same paper also informs us that tne schooners Caledonia and Phccnix both left for Dunedin on the 11th inst, and mailed across the bar in good style. The schooner Wallace ai'rived from Dunedin on the 10th inst. She was discharged the same day, and started on her return trip with the Phoenix and Caledonia, but, unfortunately, grounded. going out, and although released, this same tide, has since been kept inside by unfavorable weather."

A handsome silver vase, weighing 300 ounces, and valued at L 250, was on the evening of June. 6th presented to Henry Kelley, Champion of the Thames, at the Canterbury Hall. About 400 gentlemen sat down to dinner, Mr Thomas Beard, solicitor, being in the chair, who, in proposing the health of Kelley, eulogised the brilliant victory by which he had restored tho championship to its proper home. '

All hopes entertained for the safety of the Monarch of the Seas, freighted with 639 passengers, seem at length dispelled by the discovery of one of her life-boats, which hus been washed upon the Irish coast, near Kerry, together with a number of dead bodies. The Monarch of the Seas left Liverpool for New York oh the 19th of last March, undor the command of Captain Kirkald v, and a crew of sixty men. According to the Custom-house clearance paper, she had 039 cabin and steerage passengei'3 on board. Of theS9*o93 wore »dults, men ;md women, and sixty children. The ship was in excellent trim, and had a fine run clown Channel, when the pilot left her. Since that time nothing has becu lizard of her. The boat picked up ou the coast of Kerry is believed to be one belonging to her. It was found on July 10th, and the bodies washed ashoro appear to have come from an emigrant ship. Identity is said to be utterly impossible, owing to the state they are in. * The prevailing opinion among experienced captains in the New York trade is that the Monarch of the Seas foundered anvong the icebergs in the Atlantic. — " Home News," July 26th. We understand that it is intended to form a floating dock on the North Shore, and Mr Lockhart, of Sydney, yesterday visited the spot considered most suitable for the purpose. The site likely to be selected is a space between the General Washington Hotel and the pile of stores to the eastward, and the clock itself will be about 200 feet long, and 50 feet wide. The advantages of ,a floating dock to Newcastle are so obvious thut they need scarcely be enlarged upon, and we should like to see the object carried into effect. — " Newcastle Standard," August 22.

GREY RIVER. High Water This Day. — 5.40 a.m.; 6.5 p.m.