SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 464, 11 February 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. J HIUH WATER. This Day... 9.35 a.m., 10 0 p.m. To-morrow 10.25 a.m., 10.50 p.m. ARRIVALS. Feb. 9 —Beautiful Star, b s., from Greyr&outh. Charles Ed.vard, p.a., from Greyinouth. Feb. 10—Kenna y, s.b. from Nelson. Murray, 8.3., from Greymouth. Bruce, p.s., fro n llokitika,. DEPARTURES. Feb. 9—Beautiful Star, for Wangatai. Charles Edward, p.s., for Nelson. Feb. 10—Kennedy, b.s., for Greyinouth. Murr:iy, s.s., for Nelson. PASSENGER LIST. Per Kennedy, from Nelson—Messrs Broad, | Pickard, Moller, l.oekerby, and Jervis, Mrs Chard, and two children. Per Murray, from Greymouth Messrs Hewitt, Smith, Cook, M'Burke, Tookley, Mrs Cam thers, and Mrs Cook. Per Murray, for Nelson —Mr Ingham, Mr Smith, Mr and Mrs Cook. Per Bruce, from Hokitika —Mr Criswick. IMPORTS. Per Kennedy, from Nelson —20 kegs whitelead, Field; 20 bags salt, 8 bags malt, N Edwards and Co.; 1 bale leather, Smyth and Co.; 1 truss do, 1 trunk boot.'', Roberts and Co.; 7 cases fruit, Moller; 6 bags potatoes, Pickard; 2 bales paper, Jackson; 5 sacks lime, Freeth; 15 pels pumps, N. Edwards snd ( o.; 2 cases fruit, Carpenter; 1 pkg leather, Roberts and Co.; 1 barrel cement, r-omner ; 46 cases fruit. 3 kegs butter. 2 cases eggs, Pickard; 1 case onion , 2 cas s f-u.it, 2 do eggs, Collins ; 1 keg butter, iNeiison; 1 cs.se drugs, White. EXPORTS. Per Murray, for Nelson —15 tons coals, Kilgour ; 150 empty bags, Smith ; 24, empty casks, Allen. The s.s. Kennedy arrived yesterday morning from Nelson, having made a rapid passage, though only dead-slow from Bocks Point. The ss. Murray, from Greymouth. entered the river shortly afterwards, About the same time the s.s. Alhambra passed in the offing, bound from Greymouth to Cook Straits. The p.s. Bruce returned direct from Hokitika last evening. She is to make another trip south, and about Monday next is expected to sail for Auckland. The Farewell Spit lighthouse, for the erection of which tenders are to be sent in in March, is to be on the Bush End Spit, and the structure, with apparatus fixed and ready <•,» i;rr!,t;,.rr i - 0v.,„r.f0/l tn Ym nnm r»l otnfl

The Farewell Spit lighthouse, for the erection of which tenders are to be sent in in March, is to be on the Rush End Spit, and the structure, with apparatus fixed and ready for lighting, is expected to be completed about July or August. The tower, which -iTilI be 100 feet in height, is to be open woodwork built of Austnliin timber, and the apparatus, which is first-class dioptric revolving, showing all rou id the horizon, will be visible at a distance of ab.mt 20 miles, when the observer's eye is 2o feet above the level of the sea. The Great Britain has arrived at Melbourne from England in fifty-eight days.