SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 246, 15 May 1868, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF WESTPORT. man water. This Day ... 3.31 a.m., 4.3 p.m. ARRIVALS. May 14—Kennedy, s.s., Whiiwell, from the South. N. Edwards and Co., agents. DEPARTURES. May 14—Kennedy, s.s., Whitwell, for Nelson. N. Edwards and Co., ngonts. May 14—Waipara, s.s., for Mokihinui. A. Beauchamp and Co., agents. PASSENGER LIST. Per Kennedy, from Greymouth—Mr Macfat'lane, in the cabin. Per Kennedy, for Nelson—Mr Paul, in the cabin. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Northern Light, from Melbourne. Florence, from Melbourno. Mary, from Melbourne. Nelson, from Hokitika. Bruce, from Hokitika. VESSELS IN PORT. Ketches—Mary, Young America, Sea Breeze, Constant. Schooner—Louisa. IMPORTS. Per Kennedy, from Greymouth —1 box tobacco, Alcorn and Co ; 2 trunks, Hamilton, 1 parcel, Shulhotf. EXPORTS. Per Kennedy, for Nelson —1G cases drapery, 1 bale drapery, 3 cases lobsters, Paul. Per "Waipara, for Mokihinui—2o Imgs flour, G mats sugar, 6 half-cases porter, 2 do ale, 4 boxes candles, 3 cases geneva, 1 do milk, 1 do pickles, 1 do matches, 1 bag currants, 1 keg vinegar, 4 bags oats, 5 bags potatoes, 1 case sarsaparilla, I box tobacco, 2 kegs butter, 1 case kerosene, 21 sides bacon, 1 do cheese, 2 kegs brandy, 1 pkg drapery, Stitt Bros; 1 qrcask ale, 2 bags potatoes, 2 cases* porter, 1 keg butter, 4 bags oats, 6 pkgs, Brown ; 3 bags potatoes, 1 do onions, Watson.

The s.s. Murray left this morning for Greymouth, having effected all the necessary repairs. The s.s. Kennedy returned this morning from the South. On leaving here it was intended to proceed to Hokitika, but on arriving at the Grey instructions were received by telegraph to return, as the bar at Hokitika was impracticable. The Kennedy came back accordingly, stopping to discharge some cargo at Fox's. She sailed yesterday, the same tide, again for Nelson. The s.s. John Penn may he hourly looked for, as it is scarcely possible she would risk an attempt to cross the Hokitika bar in its present condition. Mr Thomas Redmayne has had a plan lithographed of what he terms a " surf jetty," which has the advantage of having been found to answer in loading vessels with guano, at lehaboe. It consists of a number of shears of strong spars, securely lashed together in pairs by a stout cable at the top, and each pair "P'"s*"»S °°"=itl<«*»bl3r at tKo bottom Ora> find of the cable is firmly anchored in the sea, and the other attached to a windlass on the shore, so that tli ' ••able can be tightened after the manner of drawing up a tight rope. The shears, whon thus bound together, stand exceedingly firmly, and a platform can, with very little difficulty, be laid upon cross pieces lashed to each pair. Mr Redmayne has addressed a letter to the Superintendent, accompanying the plan, which he recommends to the notice of his Honor as specially adapted to loading vessels in open roadsteads, as, when properly coustructed, such jetties have been proved capable of withstanding the heaviest rollers. " Their great recommendations," says Mr Redmayne, " are cheapness, facility of construction, and durability ; and I believe such erections would be, at the present time, a great boon on many parts of the New Zealand coast, especially to such open ports as Oanmru, Timaru, Taranaki, &c. — Otago Daily Times.