SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 215, 8 April 1868, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

HI OH WATER. This Day ... 9.48 a.m.; 10.12 p.m. ARRIVAL. April 7 —Murray, s.s., from Nelson. DEPARTURES. April 7—Bruce, p.s., for Hokitika. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Nightingale, from Melbourne Northern Light, from Melbourne. VESSELS IX PORT. Cutter—Dart. Schooners —Ada. Ketches—Mary, Constant. St earners—M u rray. The Bruce left yesterday for southern ports, and may be expected to return on or about Wednesday night or Thursday morning. The s.s. Murray arrived in port Inst night, at 8 p.m. She left Nelson on Saturday, at 5 p.m., put into Tonga on Saturday evening, left again at 11 a.m. on Sunday, put into Tautcranui; left again at 0 p.m., but had to put back; left again Monday morning, anchored oil' Cape Farewell, and left again at 6 p.m. on Monday, arriving off the BulLer bar at 2 p.m. yesterday. She brings ten passengers and a general cargo of merchandise. CHARLESTON. ARRIVAL. April 7 —Waipura,s.s., from Hokitika. SAILED. April 7—Waipara., s.s., for Westport. VESSELS IK POET. Schooners —Fanny, Fairy. Cutters—Flora M'Donald, Wairoa. IMPORTS. Per Waipara—23 packages ironmongery, Nashelski; 2 parcels, Lofty ; 2 parcels, Marney; 1 do, Isaacs ; 25 half-chests tea, 15 bales chaff, C'hing and Russell; 17 packages maize, J. Bridson ; 3 do, Taylor and Co. ; 8 half-chests tea, Maginn and Co. ; 4 cases jams, Allen Brothers ; 1 tin sundries, Lewis ; 1 dray and piping, Maco and Dixon; 17 packages merchandise, 2 cases hams, Henderson ; 1 case drugs, Price; 1 parcel, J. R. Neale; 1 bale corks, 1 keg, M'Carthy; 63 packages ironmongery, Forsyth and Masters ; 1 bale merchandise, Mulligan and Co. The heavy sea which dashed into the a, on Sunday night, caused the lines of the Fairy to break, involving a collision between her and the Fancy, whereby the latter's bulwarks on the starboard bow were carried away, and damage done to her spars and rigging. The bar yesterday was sufficiently smooth to allow the Waipara to steam in. She only remained about an hour to discarge about 15 tons of cargo and then took her departure.