PORT OF HOKITIKA.

West Coast Times, Issue 680, 28 November 1867, Page 2

PORT OF HOKITIKA.

High Wateb, This Day.—ll.4o a.m.; 12.5 p.m. November 27.-6 a.m. : Wind, West, light; barometer, 2958; thermometer, 56. —1 p.m.: Wind, W.N.W., moderate; barometer, 2^30 ; thermometer, 52. —Weather dur'ig day fine, with constant rain. ARRIVED. . November 27. —Nil. SAILED. November 27. —Ome:>, s.s., Mackie, for Melbourne. ENTEEKD IK. Omeo, 605 tens, H. Mackie, from Mcl- ' bourne via Duuedin. Passengers —saloon : . Mr and Mr 3 O'Hara; Mrs CrD.«ley j Misses Ryder and Ashton; Messrs Bartlett, Dunn, Ashton, Allen, Forster, Johnston, Jack, Jones, Grinley; and 35 in the steerage. Olaud Hamilton, 530 tons, J. V. Hall, from Sydney. Passengers—cabin: Mr Cooper; and 8 in the steerage. CUEAEED OUT. Omeo, 605 tons, H. Mackie, for Melbourne. Passengers —cabin : Mrs Davis, Mr nnd Mrs Shadwell, Mr and Mrs Prince, Miss Eraser, Messrs. Perriman, Hitchcock, Walsh, Home, Craig, MansoD, Harris, Nees ; aud 101 in the steerage. Claud Hamilton, 530 tons, J. J. Hall, for Nelson, &c. EXPECTED AEEIVAIS. Alhambra, s.s., from Dunedin, to-dry. 10, schooner, from Melbourne, daily. Ean^ifcoto, s.s., from Melbourne via Dunedin, to-day. * Lord Ashley, s.s., from Nelson, to-day. Beautiful Star, s.s., from Dunedin, cavly. PUOJKCTED DEPAIU'tJBBS. Claud Hamilton, for Nelson, to-day. Nile, schr., for Fox's, early. Alhambra, s.s., for Melbourne and Sydney, to-day. Rangitoto, s.s., for Melbourne, to-day. Lord Ashley, s.s., for Sydney, to-day. Bruce, p.s/,'for Bnller, to-day. Tasuianian Maid, p.s., for Fox's, Buller and Mohikinni, fo-morrow. From Wellington, for Panama, R.M. s.s. Eakai. Airedale', s.s., for Nelson, Northern Ports, Bluff Harbor and Melbourne, Dec. 1. vessels is- tort. Schooners—Sea Ripple, Nile, Dart, Bessie, Aurora, Mary Anne Christina. Ketches—Brothers and Sister, Jane Anne, Enterprise. Cutters—Hope, Harry Bluff, Elizabeth. S|i>iu>iers — Challenge, Golden Land, Yarra, Favorite, Dispatch, Enterprise, Bruce. IS THE KOADSTEiD. Anne Moore, brgt., from Melbourne. Claud Hamilton, s.s., from Sydney. Mary, brigantine, from Melbourne. ■ IMPOSTS. Per Omeo, from Dunedin —64 bags potatoes, 283 sheep, Royse, Mudie and Co. Per Claud Hamilton, from Sydney —lo casks butter, 9 hhds eg™, order; 4 packages, Mrs Bennett; 15 kegs butter, 1 case, J. White; 5 hhds eggs, I cask butter, Bailie and Humphrey; 25 cases fruit, Peck; 18 bullocks, Ross. EXPOfiT3. Per Omeo, for Melbourne—BOOßo2 15dwt 7grs gold, Bank New South Wales; 37000z gold, Union Bank; 1 case boots, 3. Colfar; 4 cases, F. Josephs. j

We learn from the " Lyttelton Times" just to hand, per Cobb's coach, that the Panama Mail steamer Mataura arrived in Wellington punctual Io date on the 22nd. She brought .upwards of sixty passengers, of whom three are for Hoki'ika, viz., Mr and Mrs Cheffings, and Mr Whitten. It is gr.il ifying to find this line growing so much in favor. That the Panama route is a pleasant and agreeable one for homeward bounders seems pretty clear when we find those who have gone home that ■way returning "to this country by the same route. Such is the case with the passengers whose names we have given above. The Bangitoto, expected here this morning, will bring on our English mails and passengers for Hokitika ex the Mataura. The next homeward steamer via Panama is the Rakaia, leaving Wellington on the Bth proximo, and it is expected she will take a large number of passengers for Panama, New York, California and Southampton. Those from Hokitika will require to leave here in the Airedale, which sails for Wellington to meet the Rakaia on Sunday next. The Panama Company's steamer Rangitoto left Nelson for the West Coast at 7 p.m. on Tuesday last. She is likely to arrive here this morning, and if in time for tide, will be immediately despatched to- Melbourne direct. We notice by advertisement that in the event of the Lord Ashley not arriving to-day, those persons who have taken passage in her can, if they choose, proceed in the Rangitoto to Melbourne, and will be forwarded to Sydney for that port without extra charge upon fche fare they paid to go direct by the Ashley. Tbo departure of the Claud Hamilton fo Nelson and Northern Ports was unavoidably postponed until to-day, as there was not time on yesterday's tide to land the 17 head of fat cattle she brought over from Sydney. The steamer Bruce will again tcnvlcr her this morning.. In reply to a telegram forwarded by him to Nelson, Mr John White received answer to the effect that the s.s. Lord Ashley, together with the s.s. Alhambra, had been seen at anchor under Bush End (Capo Farewell Sandspit) on Monday last. They are ndfc in sight from Hokitika last night, but we certainly expect them to-day. The M.A. and N.Z.S.S. Co.'s s.s. Omeo, Hugh Mackie, commander, left Port Philip Heads at 5.30 p.m. oa the 16th inst. Passed Swan Island at 1 p.m. next day, and made the run across before strong S.W. and West gales, which helped her to within sight of Solander's Island by 3 a.m. on the 21st inst., and to Bluff Harbox by 8 a.m. She thu3 made the passage in 4 days 15 hours. Discharged 37 horses at the Bluff, and left for Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. same day, arrived at 5 a.m. on the 22nd, and having landed 160 horaes and a little cargo, she put to sea for this port at 5.30 p.m. on the 23rd - r strong S.E. winds attended her to the Straits, the run through them' and along the coast being marked by light S.W. airs. The Omeo was abreast the port on the evening of the 25th, but the weather coming in thick, she hove to for the night, and anchored next morning at 8 a.m. Yesterday she was tendered by the p.s. Bruce, which transnipppd 14 tfaloon and 35 steerage passengers from her, leaving on board 265 sheep and 60 bag 3 potatoes, which will be landed atGreymouth, where the Omeo left for in the aficrnoou en route for Melbourne. We have to thank Mr Norris, the purser, for file 3of Melbourne and Dunedin papers. Twenty saloon and one hundred steerage passengers left for Melbourne yesterday in the O:Vreo. Her gold freight shipped here amounted to 11,7050z, of which quantity 7 boxes, containing 8005oz were shipped by the Bank of New South Wales ; and 4 boxes, containing 37000z by the Union Bank. Tbo schooner Dancing Wavo arrived at Lyttelton from this port on the 23rM inst. The p.s. Nelson arrived off Greymouth yesterday morning, but was unable to enter the river owing to the bar and bad channel. We presume she will run back to the Buller, there await the arrival of the s.s. Kennedy. The East as well as the West Coast seems to have been visited by bad weather of late, a3 the Chri3tchurch papers tell of heavy S.W. .gales, of which one swept over the port of Lyttelton on Sunday last, and did some damage on sea and land. In the harbor the ships Melita and GHenmark dragged their

anchors, and the brigantine Raven and V/g Hebe carre into collision to the serious injury of the "aiter. The yacht Annie Ogle was also damaged. On shore a portion of the Mole at Officer's Poiut was washed away by the heavy sea, whilst the new look-out house was swept away altogether. A great many fences ■were blowr. down. Telegrams received at Christchurch from Timaru tell of the stranding of the brig Highlander at Oamaru during a severe gale on Friday last. She became a total wreck ; all hands saved. The ship Red Rover was also in great peril at Oamaru, but escaped. The s.s. Airedale, which arrived at Lyttelton on Sunday last, reported a heavy S.W. gale off the Kaikor.i. Guided by the Omeo's report, wo imagine that the severe weather did not extend to the Southern coasts, as she tells of ft strong S.E breeze only from Dunedin to the Straits, and light westerly airs during the rest of the run. Considering that yesterday's tide was the highest of the springs, we cannot report a first-rate bar, tor in the first place there was only ten feet upon it at high water, and secondly the channel rait with too sharp a sweep to the northward. Tha smart little Bruce, however, worked it admirably, and by so doing did the port good sen ice, arshe despatched the Oiaco on her Melbourne journey, and brought on shore her mails and passengers from Dunedin, and also those from Sydney that arrived in the Claud Hamilton. Tendering these steamers should have been performed by the Yarra and Favorite, and in justice to the former we must say that she hud steam up ready for a start, when a leak was discovered in the boiler. It proved to be exceedingly trifling, but, with his usual prudence, Captain Nichol objected to run the slightest risk where passengers wera concerned, and so the services of the Bruce were called into requisition to tender the Omco. £he also did the auiiable for the Claud Hamilton, as there was ratfyer too much sea on the bar for tho Favorite, aud moreover the depth and position of the channel were somewhat uncertain, as the p.s* Dispatch, with commendable smartness, dropped down the river an hour previously to sound the entrance, i and returned with the report that it was closed up, she having grounded in the channel in fire feet of water. It appears, however, that the Dispatch kept too far south, and so missed the proper outlet, in which tho Bruce found ten feet. The Bruce returned to Sfae river quite one hour and a half after the tide turned, and got eight feet soundings. The bar was not in towing condition, the sea being too heavy, therefore the brigantinos Annie Moore and the Mary are still outside, but wo hope will fetch the wharf to day.