SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 507, 22 May 1869, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPOKT. HIOII WATER. Tliis Day ... 6:9 :> m,, 6.53 p.m. To-morrow 7.22 a.m., 7.46 p.m. Monday ... 8.15 a.m., 8.39 p.m. ARRIVALS. May 20—Murray, s.s., M'Gillivray, from Greymouth. J. W. Kirby, agent. May 21—Wallabi, s.s., Daniels, from Greymouth. Freetli and Greig, agents. DEPARTURES. May 20 —Murray, s.s., for Nelson. Wallabi, s.s., for Wanganui. PASSENCrER LIST. Per Bruce, from Nelson—Messrs White, Bell, and Grant; sin the steerage. Per Munity, for Nelson—Mr Harrison, M.H.R. IMPORTS. Per Kennedy, from Nelson—9.V tons flour, N. Edwards and Co.; IDS cases fruit, M'Nab ; 1 truss, Fleming, Parry, and Murray; ] trunk, Jackson ; i trus* leather, Roberts and Simpson ; 1 package, Asmu sen ; 106 pieces timber, Bull and Bond ; 1 bale paper, Reid and Co.; 2 cases samples, Evans; 12 cases fruit, 2 sacks, 1 package, King; 1 truss leather, Roberts and Simpson ; 7 coils rope, Rowlands ; C bales chuff, 2 bags bran, West; 6 bales, chaff; 20 sacks bran. Powell; 50 bags salt, N. Edwards and Co.; 1 case, 1 trunk, 2 ('kgs, Evans ; 4 cases apples, Hay ; 7 pkgs, 3 goats, Pickard ; 2 cases, G kegs butter, Lockerby ; 1 pkg, Harris ; 12 bags, Moffatt. Per Bruce, from Nelson—2s bags oats, 100 sheep, order ; 77 cases oranges, M'Nab; 9do fruit, Faila. EXPORTS. Per Murray, for Nelson—9 empty lihds, Hooper and Dodson ; SO empty cases, Drane. The Otago Government arc advertising for the purchase of a tug-boat to be worked in conjunction with the pilot service. They expeet to get a boat for £ 1500. A regulation of the Grcvniouth Borough Council is gazetted, compelling masters of vessels to furnish freight lists to the collector of wharfage rates. A London telegram says that the Mataura, s.s., arrived at London in sixty days. 'i'lie movement for obtaining a mail service, ' via Torres Straits, for Queensland and New Zealand, has been discussed at a large public meeting at Brisbane, when the proposal was eut husiastically received. We learn from telegrams received, that the s.s. Alhambra had got ashore inside Port Chalmers Heads, at 5 p.m. on the 16th. It was not anticipated that there would be any difficulty in getting her off, as she was lying on soft silt. Advices from the Fiji Islands are not of a very favorable character. Severe hurricanes hive devastated B.iu, Ye \va, and Levuka. The barque Ellcsmerc was driven ashore high and dry amongst the cocoa-nut trees. Native outrages continue to bo perpetrated on European settlers in other portions of the group. WRECKS ON THE AUSTRALIAN COAST. There have been heavy gales on the coast of New South Wales. The fine brig Burnett foundered on the 9th inst., near Newcastle, and all on board perished before assistance could be rendered. The lifeboat was manned, and proceeded to the rescue, but it w is driven out to sea by the force of the fresh m the river. The schooner Jessie lias been wrecked. Three of the crew were washed ashore alive, but three were drowned. The schooners Nancy and Oriti iiavc perished. It is much feared that other vessels have also been lost on the coast during the gule. The tug-boat returned with the lifeboat and crew, in tow. The men were completely exhausted. The schooner Britannia has been wrecked near Hannah Bay; crew saved. The captain reports seeing the Don Juan founder! with all hands. The new schooner Eagleton ! is also lost, with all on board. The barque ; Mthose, for Auckland, has put in leaking badly. The Government steamer Thetis has' gone along the coast in search of any wrecks, I and to render assistance in case of need. It j lias been ascertained that only three persons out of twenty-five suppo ed to have been oil board the vessels wrecked have been saved. '1 he barque Duke of Edinburgh, from Dunedin, struck the Cawarra's wreck when entering the port. The extent of the damage is not known. Alarm has been occasioned amongst the shipping interest respecting the sunken rocks at Port Philip Heads. Since the sinking of the ship Hurricane, the steamer Edina struck a rock, and was with difficulty kept afloat.