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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 374, 12 October 1868, Page 2

A share in Smith and party's claim on Ballarat Terrace, was disposed of on Friday to Mrßruun of Messrs Bruun and Sorenson, Caledonian Terrace, for £l2O. It is stated this claim will last for over twelve months.

"We heg to remind those of our readers who are fond of dancing, that Mr Morey's Ball takes place this evening, in the Assembly Room, adjoining Tibby's Westport Hotel, Esplanade. "We have to acknowledge the courtesy of Mr Baton, and Oeptain Bascand, (of the handy little steamer Waipara), in furnishing us with the Grey JRiver Argus of 10th inst., this was the only copy on board, and had been obtained by Captain Bascand for is own private use. The Rev. Mr Porteus, held an open air service on Powell's wharf yesterday afternoon, the attendance was small. Considering the amnvit of nut-fall which has taken place during the past few days, there has been wonderfully little fresh in the river. This may be partly due to the prevailing coldness of the weather preventing the snow on the mountains from melting.

It is expected, says the Grey Hive" Argus, that E. Masters, Esq., Mayor of" G-reymouth, will be gazetted a Justice of the Peace for the colony on an early day. We have to chronicle the stranding of the schooner Ottawa, on the South Beach, yesterday evening. She attempted, under most unfavorable circumstances, to enter the river under sail, and after crossing the bar in safety, went ashore close to the signal staff. The wind, which even had it been dead fair, was too light and baffling for the purpose of sailing in, headed the vessel as soon as she got over the break, and she was very soon drifted by the current on to the beach. The steamer "Waipara came in an hour or two before, and Captain Bascand, we believe, offered to tow the schooner in for the moderate sum of £lO, but her captain declined the offer on the score of want of funds. The Ottawa is from Launceston, from whence she carried a cargo to Charleston. She was very lucky in beiDg able to enter that port, and discharge her cargo the very day she arrived, but it seems she afterwards suffered severe damage from bumping, during the few days she continued there, and it was in order to effect the necessary repairs that the captain determined to enter the Buller. The vessel is reported to be fully insured, but we do not know whether such is really the case.