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West Coast Times, Issue 697, 18 December 1867, Page 2

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Per Glencoe, from Newcastle — 57 head cattle, 14 bales hay, 2 crates poultry, 1 cask tongues, Riis3cll and Co. Per Phoebs, from Sydney — 1 case, order ; 4 cases, Bank New South Wales ; 1 case, 6 trunks boots, 1 bale leather, W. Barnett ; 3 cases boots, M'Beath and Co. ; 30 cases onions, Tho3. Peak ; 1 caso, Bank of New South Wales ; 34 cases onions, 97 cases fruit, order ; 12 cases oranges, 4 bags oysters, 2 cases plums, Wheeler. Per Kennedy, from Nelson— 3 cases cigars, 10 casks stout, 250 bags sugar, 11 crates bottle 3, 4 keg 3 apples, 1 case acid, 1 do soappowder, 1 do raisins, 5 cask currants, 5 cases salt, 3 drums oil, N. Edwards and Co. ; 2 bags potatoes, Wickman; 7 kegs butter, J. Solomon; 1 truss leather, Miller ; 2 coops fowls, order j 6 cases fowls, 6 pkgs vegetables, 3 cases eggs, 1 box butter, I bag leather, Pickard ; 9 pkgs, Marshall ; 1 boat, Ogilvie ; 1 pkg, Rochfort ; 12 bags potatoes, ordef ; 12 casks sugar, N. Edwards and Co ; 1 bale leather, Rouse ; 10 bags lime, Clark ; 100 sheep, 4 head cattle, order. EXPORTS. Per Tasmanian Maid, for Westport, &c. — For Brighton — 1 bale, Prichard and Co. ; 1 case, Bank of New Zealand ; 6 cases champagne, sdo whisky, Cassias and Co. For Westport — 3 cases hams, 12 boxes tea, 2 cases bittera, J. Solomon and Co. ; 1 case, Bank of New Zealaud ; 1 case, Susman, Behrend, and Co. ; 4 cases jam, J. Solomon and Co. Per Phoebe, for Lyttelton— 3 boxes, 1 bundle, Sinclair ; 1 box, Isaacs ; 1 box, J. R. Anderson. Per Elizabeth, for Charleston — 20 casks but f er, 6 lihds eggs, J. Duff; 5 chests tea, 2 boxes soap, 1 case cigars, W. S. Lockhart ; 10 cases claret, 4 boxes raisins, 1 do maizena, 6 cases old torn, 2 bags rice, 4 cases sherry, 1 do matches, 1 bag saltpetre, 20 cases geneva, 2 boxes tobacco, 2 packages twine, 2 bags peas, 1 cask barley, 16 mats sugvr, 1 cask 1 caso cheese, Bailie and Humphrey ; 50 bags bran, 1 box raisins, 2 cases pickles, 1 caso sauco, Chesuey and Co ; 10 cases porter, Spcnco Brothers ; 1 cask currants, 1 qr-cask vinegar, 1 case fruit, Ciiestey and Co ; 1-1 sheets iron, 2 coils rope, A. Shaw and Co ; 2 qr-easks brandy. Spence Brothers ; 1 pacKage, Bailio and Co ; 2 cases cheese, 1 case oil, 2 cases pickle 3, 113 cases brandy, 1 case fruit, 10 cases porter, Spunc-e ßrothers; 10 boxes tea, 2casc3 vinegar, 6 cases whisky, 4 roams paper, 20 boxes candles, 10 half-chests tea, 10 cases champagne, 6 cases whisky, Chc3iioy and Co ; 20 casks ale, Pizzey and Co j 1 coil rope, 2 bars steel, 1 parcel, Lewis ; 9 bundles iron, Forsyth and Masters j 6 cases ale, 4 qr-casks brandy, 1 package paper, 2 casks ale, 32 bags sugar, 1 parcel cigars, 20 cases claret, 5 cases sarsaparilla, 33 bags sugar, 10 cases old torn, 20 cases stout, Churches and Co ; 1 bundle copper, 8 truck-wheels, 1 bottle quicksivcr, 1 bundl shovels, 4hhdsale, Allen Brothois ; 4 hhd3 ale, 6 packages machinery, 2 bottles quicksilver, 1 case tools, 4 hhds 31 qr-casks beer, Pizzey and Co.

The P.N.Z. and A.R.M. Co.'s s.s. Phcebe, E. Wheeler, commander, cast off from the Grafton wharf, Sydney, at 12.45 on the 12th iust , passed tho Heads at 1.35 p.m., and arrived in Hokitika roadstead at 6 a.m. on the 17th, after a clipping run of 4 days 16 hours. Light easterly winds and a confused sea were experienced during the first two days out, and winds from S.W". to S.E. during tho remainder of the passage. The Phcebe brought 8 steerage passengers and 12 tons of cargo for Hokitika, and 1 saloon and 40 steerage passengers for other New Zealand port 3. She sailed again yesterday afternoon for Nelson. 30 pnssengei-s joined her here. Tho s.s. Kennedy, Captain Carey, arrived at Gibson's Quay yesterday from Nelson, touching at Westport on her way. Slio roiinded tho Boulder |Bank at 1 p.m. on Friday last, ran- up to the Buller in exactly twenty-four hours, and entered the river at once. Disembarked passengers, but the hatches were kept closed until Monday, when 30 tons of cargo were landed, and having snipped a few passengers, tho Kennedy left again afc 1.30 a.m. en Tuesday, and arrived at this port at 1 p.m. She brings 30 passengers, 35 tons of cargo, -a milch cow, 70 sheep, and 40 pigs, besides a quantity of poultry, which wer»»agcrly bought up in anticipation of tho coming Christmas. Captain Carey reports that the Coomeraug, p.s., arrived at Westport from Sydney on Monday— she left with 500 sheep on board, but lost three-fourths of them during the passage. Tho talented Nathan Troupe arrived by the Kennedy yesterday. We notice that her departure for Nelson, via Buller, takes place to-day. The stcitner Coomerang is expected to arrive hero from tho Buller on today's tide. She is consigned to Mr W. S. Lockhart.

Sydney papers of the 10th, 11th, and 12th inst., have come to hand by tho Phoebe.^ Tho shipping intelligence tiiey contain is tpiimportanl. Under tho head of Melbourne Tele • grams, we observe that a vessol named tho Waterman, arrived at that port from Clarenco Rivor on the 9th inst. Wo belicvo tho port of departure given is a mistake, and that the Waterman is Messrs. Spence Brothers' brigantine, which left Hokitika bound direct to Melbourne ou the 18th ult. By tho Phcobo yesterday, Messrs. Royso, Mudie and Co. received advice of tho intended departure of the s.s. Alhambra, from Melbourne, on the 12th inst. She comes direct here, and may bo hourly expected, and is under orders to return direct to Melbourne. Her sailing day is fixed for tho 19i.h inst. The steamer Bruce returned to head-quar-ters yestorday from another coasting trip to the Northward. She left the river shortly after noon on Saturday, and arrived at Fox's River at 9 p.m., and having landed a few passengers and some cargo, pushed for Westport, and crossed the Buller bar at 1 a.m. next day. Discharged cargo on Monday, shipped a few passengers, and a racehorse named " Golden Cloud," and left the Buller at 4 p.m. ou the return passage ; called at Fox's at 4.30 p.m., and received a few passengers on board, and then Bteamed for Greymouth, arriving in tho roadstead at 1 a.m. yesterday. Crossed tho bar three houi-3 later, ran up to the coal-wharf and took in fuel, and having seciu*ed a few more passengers, sho left for this port at 1.30 p.m., arriving at Gibson's Quay at 4 p.m. Twenty-fivo passengers landed from her. The Bruce leaves again for Buller and other ports this afternoon.

Another mob of cattle, numbering 104 head, arrived yesterday in the barque Eucalyptus, and the 'deck-load, about 40 head, was landed before sunset; the remainder will be discharged this morning between tho hours of three and seven. Considering they were bred in the Twofold Bay district, which is rather noted for wild cattle, this lot turned out remarkably quiet, and looked very well after their _sea-voyage. In respect to the barque's passage, Captain Riddle reports having left Twofold Bay on the 6th inst., with moderate N.E. weather, and experienced a continuation of winds from East to N.N.E. during the run across. She thus hit the land some distance, Soutli Cascade Point being first sighted ou the 14th, and strong N.E. winds still prevailing, with much rain, she made but little headway down the coast until the 15th, when she was favored by a slant from S.W., ami gained tho roadstead next day. Tho Challeugo towed her to the wharf yesterday.

Now that the river is so much exposed to the send home of tho surf the utmost caution is necessitated on the part of boatmen plying between the wharf and Lagoon Town to avoid accident, for when the sea is afc all lumpy the passage from the stair 3to tho wreck of the Frederic is rendered extremely perilous by the ugly curlers that sweep tho river during the two hours that immediately precede and follow high water. We are very glad to see that the danger is recognised in the proper quarter, Captain Turnbull, the harbor-master, having issued notices to the effect that when the signal-master considers the roll in too heavy to be faced by watermen's boats the rendezvous flngwill be hoisted at the signal-mast. It was hoisted for tho first time yesterday. The bar was in good working condition yesterday and well-covered with water — ten feefc l behigrthe least deptli found by the tug Challehge.' Tho Yarra. and Favorite also left', the river to tender the Phoebe — her mails and cargo being landed by the Yarra, the passengei'3 and luggase by the Favorite.

It is seldom that we have had to chronicle the arrival of a foreign trading vessel -on one day, and her departure upon the next, and although instances of uncommonly smart. despatch hays come uuder our notice on several occasions, we believe that used in the late case of tho barque Glencoe is without a parallel in the port's annals. The Gleucoc was towed iv on Monday, but was not allou ed to land her cattle until yesterday morning. The disembarkation commenced at 3 o'clock, and by six o'clock the cattle (57 head) were landed. She was ballasted and leady for sea by seven o'clock, and a,t two o'clock in the afternoon left the river behind the tug Challenge en route for Newcastle, to ship another mob. We may remark, that tho United Company of Carters were engaged to "whip " the bullocks out by horse power, and ballast the vessel afterwards. The work was performed very smoothly.