PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 314, 25 September 1866, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

-"If io.i Watkii This Dat.— lo.ls a.m. ; 1Q.&) p.m. .

AUHIVKI).

; September -24. — Win. Miskhi, 8.8., Hepburn, from Duncdiii. Boyse, Muclic, and Co., Agents.

SAILHO.

September 21. — Elfin, ketch, Milne, for Dunedin. ' s Elizabeth, ketch, Stevenson, for Hateloc-k. Kennedy, s.s., Whitwell, for Nelson. t enteuei> is. '

Kennedy, 125 tons, Tho3. Whitwell, from' Okarita. 67 passengers; ' Win, Miskin, 115- tons, F. Hepburn, from Dunedin. Passengers — Mrs Berrin, Messrs Ains worth, Grifliu, Fail-burn, Am worth, Kirk, Gillford and Bowen. x OLEARED OUT. i

Kennedy, 125 tons, Thos, Whitwell, for Nelson. In Ballast. Passengers— cabin : Mrs Ross, Messrs M'Lean, Davis, and Mace ; steerage : 1. ■* Elfin, 45 tons, Gr. Milne, for Dunedin.

Lioness, 25 ' tons, Jas. Leys, for Dunedin. In Ballast. *

EXPKCTFD AJIBtVALS. Nelson; p.s., from Nelson, early. Phoche's.s., from the North, to-day. Francis, schooner, from Heathcote, early. N , Elizabeth, cutter, from Sydney, early. Albion, s.s , from Melbourne, via Dunedin, early.

Dunedin, Schooner, from Dunedin, daily. Aurora, schooner, from Dnnedin, early.

Cymraes, schooner, from Dunedin, daily. t&farpYau- Every, schooner, from Dunedin, early. - Julia, schooner, from Dunedin, early. Isabslla, schooner, from Dunedin, early. , Lady Darling, schooner, from Melbourne. Pilot, schooner, from Melbourne. , Jane Lockhart, from Sydney, early. Lizzie Coleson, from Sydney, early. Claud Hamilton, from Syduey, to-day. Alhambrn, from Melbourne, eariy. 1 G-othenbjirg, from Melbourne", early. Bruce, p.s., frora Dunedin, 29£h inst. Koera, s.s., from Dunedin, to-day.

Turauaki, s.s., from Wellington. PKOJITCTED DKPAUL'UIIES

Phoebe, for Bluff and Duhedin, 26th iust. Taranaki, s.s., for Melbourne. Albion, for Melbourne, early. '

Otngo, for Wellington, eavlr. VES3ELB VS PORT.

■ SchoQiiers — lona. Mary Jane, Tiger, John Mitchell. , Steamers — Yarra, Lioness.

iuroitxs,

Per Kennedy, from Okarita — 2000 ounces gold, Bank of New South Wales ; 2309 ozs 2 dwts gdld, Bank of Now Zealand ; 37 o;?§ 16 dwts 6 -.grs, O'Dolnn ; 1 case vestas, 6 kegs butter, 7 boxes raisins, 1 case lobsters, 1 box tobacco, 4 doz shovels, 6 forks, 6 saws, 1 doz fryingpans, 8 kegs butter, Loutitt, Reid, and Co ; 2 cases glass, order ; 6 packages, O'Connor; 1 case drapery, J. E. Byrne & Co -, 1| half-chesfs tea, v 10 sheets iron, Chesney and Co ; 4 cases dr«pery ; 2 spring cartk, order. Per William Miskin, from Dunedin — 29 caskß ale, Morison, Law, and Co ; 20 halfcho3ts tea, 200 cases geneva, ovdtH.-; 1 case, 4 baws, S. Samuels ; 8 rolls lead, order ; 6 cases, llall,*" Fmluy, & Co ; ' 3 cases wine, Royse, Mudie, & Co ; 31 bags bats, order ; 2 bales, J. Holmes; 2 bales, Gr. Moss; 3 cases, White & Pirie ; 4 cases, J. P. Byrne; 1 case, S. W. Alcorn j 3 cases, C. Higgins ; 3 bales, 2 cases, M'Beath ; 2 cases, Isnacs ; N l bale, Chambers & Millar ; 1 bale, Kirkpatrick : 3 pkgs drapeiy, C. Brown & Go ; 3 ciibes drapery, W. Glynn ; 1 case» Thorn and Jjul.eu ; 4 trunks, 1 case, 1 truss, J. F. ByriK and Co ; 1 truss drapery, Brown and Co ; 2 cases cheese, Bailie and Humpiirovaj 1. voll xuic, 3/ t buu(]les,. sp.Quting, T. J?i>{{o ; 22 ' cases , Inuns, 8 cases , cheese, M'Landress k Co; 115 bags oats, order; 2o bags oats,. 6 casks butter, «5 cases cheese, T. Pringle ; 97 kegs nails, 14 boxes pipes, 125 boxes candles, 15 cases salmon, 15 ban-els barley, 22 dp oatmeal, 5 kegs sago, 19 bales paper bags, Morison, Law, & Co ; 63 bags potatos, A. Boyle & Co ; 1 case-, Sloan ; 1 box, Morgan ; 1 box, Cassidy j 33 boards, -Pizzey & Arkel ; 1 case, Chesney & Co ; 1 case eggs, Bailie & Humphreys, 14 packages luggage, 33 boxes soap, order.

EXPOBTS

Per Elfin, ifor Dunedin — 10 bundles bags, A. Boyje & Co. _ '

The s.s. Win Miskin left Port Chalmers 'a 7 p.m. on fho 20 hist., with strong 5.2. winds . and thick weather, and reached Bluff Harbor next day at noon. After a short stay she left again at 3 p.m., with- a continuation of the* same weather, which attended her round ihe West Cape to the latitude of Milford Sound, where the winds -full light and variable, and the weather cleared up. She ran into Bruce Bay and anchored at 12.30' p^m. on the 23rd, and aftor landing some provisions for the miners located there. Sailed for this port at" 2 a.m. the following day, crossing the bar on tie morning's tide. The Miskin brings a * full general cargo, twenty-two passen"gers. ' ' # Tho prompt despatch of the s.s. William Miskin yesterday is one of those instances that it is pleasurable to comment upon, as affording'proof of the excellence of the port arrangements. She arrived at the wharf at 8.30 a.m., and at 6 p.m. was again ready for sea, haying in the meantime discharged ninety tons of cargo, and rocblvcd on board ten tons of cargo for Greymouth and 4en tons of ballast, sailing for Nelson, via (.'reymoulh, at 9 p.m. A smarter day's work we have not had the pleasure of recording in the columns of this paper. We may mention that whilst in J)unedin the Miskin underwent a thorough overhaul, and received such trifling repairs as the mishap which attended her previous visit to this port rendered necessary. Mie was strictly examined by the Government engineer, who passed a most satisfactory verdict and renewed her certificate. Tho importance of the Westland trade is daily becoming more fully recognised abroad, and we quite expect that during the ensuing

summer West Coast waters will be < ploughed 1 by the keels of nearly every ocean > steamer trading to New Zealand ports, many of which, have hitherto held aloof from the trade. Their advent is to be heralded by the N.Z. Co.'s fine'new s.s. Taranaki, which. \yo expect will arrive to-morrow from the "Empire City," and on the succeeding day is to take her departure direct for Melbourne We understand that it is the intention of the company to place her permanently in the trade between Hokitika and that port.

A fatal collision has occurred iv the English .Channel. About ouc o'clock oa the morning pf July- lQth, Her Majesty-'s ship Amazon, Captain J. E. Hunter, bound from Portsmouth to "Halifax, North America, and the Cork Steam Packet Company's passenger steamer Ogprey, Captain Bertridge, bound from. Liverpool to Antwerp, came hi collision about thirty miles off Start Point. At' the time the vessels struck each other it was xevy calm and not dark, and as both parties allege 1 , they had their proper signals hoisted ; it is at present a mystery as' to who is in fault. Within three or fclur minutes after the collision the Osprey sunk. The Amazon being a much larger vessel, v did nof receive such serious damage as the Ospivy, tfhd the crew instantly lowered their boats, and used every effort to save as many of the Osprey's crew aud passengers as possible. The whole of the

crew, twenty-one in number, were saved, but tho stewardess, Mary Ann Keating, and nine t - others, including four todies ( ono a captain's wiity tfwe ' drowned, Captain Bavfcridge's

wife v, s snvM, but lie lost Ins fc^^^^^^^| aud son. It was soon discovercC^H^^HP Amazon was making water, arid, thffß^Wu the pumps were set to"' work, sho filleoj^o fasc by half-past two o'clock that Captain Hunter , ordered bouts to* bo lowered, aud all hands speedily transferred themselves iulo them, their wViglit^mnging tho bo.its dawn within an iueir of tho \yuteiy At half-past two the Amazon' waa observed to b"o sinking fast. A hcivy fag now came ou, and she wa_s scon lost sight of. Tho steered for tho English coast, and'*afely arrived at Torquay at four o'clQi-k in the nf>ornoon. Among those lostj were Mrs Hubbard, tho widow "of 'a .barristeriu Dublin, and two daughters, aged twentytwo and fifteen respectively ; Mrs Captain Wrey and two daughters, of Edgnill, Liver.pool. — vi Court-martial wws subsequently held at Portsmouth upon the captain and ollicers of tho Amazon. Commander Hunter Was honorably acquitted, and • the president returned him his $word in tho motet cpmpliuientary manner. The court ascribed the collision to a grave error of judgment on the 5 part of Sub-Lieutenant Lovcridge, the officer of the watch, in having the helm put to starboard ana\not to port, uccording to tho regulations, and sentenced that officer to be dismissed the service, tit the samo.timc recommending him \9 mercy. The exortions of the officers and crew of; the Amazon to save life after the callision'Trero the subject of warm panegyric on the part of tho court. Tho boats of tho Amazon, it appears, were all lowered in thirty-two seconds. They. -wore fitted with Kynaston's patent lowering apparatus. » ■• On- the 12th instant, at tinge a.m., the screw steamer Wallaby, -while conveying cattlo from Wanganui to tho West Coast, ran on shore at the Sandspit, about three miles fo the westward of Bush 1 End. The weather was thick at the time with a fro-h breeze from the northward. Her cbuvse lay S.W. by W., and she was steered west, and for three hours, bafore she went aground, she was kept half a point to the northward of her course. , She was going eight knots, with all sail set at the time of the occurrence. On the 15th instant, Captain Ferguson of the Tararun, exchanged signals ivitli her, and received " not much damaged " in answer. The p.s. Nelson -was despatched by the owners on the loth inst., with every appliance to release her if practicable. — " Nelson Colonist." [We have since 1 heard that^ the Wallaby is high and dry on tho spit, "and to re-launch her an overland journey of two miles must be made. It is also sr-jk'd that ' sho has suffered serious damage.] Yesterday morning the steamer Tha\ie sailed from the quay at about seven o'clock, for Melbourne, but when crossing the bar a heavy sea struck her bows and slewed her out of the proper course, tmd befqro sha could right herself another roller camo up and she drifted to tho northward. It then --became evident she was in. danger of> going ashore, and every effort was made to Bteauvout, but without avail, ami she drifted ou to the North Spit, where she now lies high and dry. It js said that one of tho fans of the screw was broken, and that thus sho was crippled. Slip is not in a good position should a heavy sea come on, as she is/ almost in exactly the spot where the Wouga Wonga went to pieces. On Wednesday a' heavy westerly galo and high sea prevailed at Hokitika, raising so heavy a surf on the bar as to render it unsafe to cross. — " Grey River Argus," Sept. 22. Iv ks shipping summary for the month the " Otago Daily Times" has the following :—: — " The fiuc paddle steamer Bruce, of the West Coasttraders, has, during ttie month, undergone a v most extensive overhaul, on Messrs M'Kinnon and Murray's slip, both to, hull smd machinery. Hcv bottom lias been ro-rivoted throughout, and her passenger accommodation enlarged and improved. Her painting and decorations are being propeeded with rapidly, under the management of Mr J. B. Taylor, painter, &c, of tho Port." We are glad that our old friend tho Bruce is in such a forward state of 'preparation ; and this is confirmed by an advertisement in •another column, announcing her departure for this port on the 27th inst.