SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 640, 2 April 1870, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPOIiT. HIGH WATER. ThisPnj ... 11.13 a.m.. 11.28 p.m. To-morrow 11.42 a.m., 11,57 p.m. ARRIVALS. M'irch 31 —Three Friends, schooner, from Char.eston. April I—Murray, s.s., M'Gillivray, from Hokitika. J. Paul, agent. DEPARTURES. April I—Murray, s.s., for Nelson. A horse's head and the skeleton of a woman were lately found on the Auckland Islands. The following is suggested by Mr Charles Hadtield, Wellington, as a solution of the discovery. Writing to the Independent, he says:—About six years since a ship named the Burmah sailed from London, bound for Lyttelton, containing a quantity of live stock, including some thoroughbred horses under the charge of my brother. She was spoken by some New Zealand vessel within two days' sail of her destined port, but was not afterwards heard of. Is it not possible she might have been drive on to the Auckland Isles, and that some of the crew and stock got on shore, where they eventually perished? South Australia is to have her national flag as well as Victoria and New Zealand. The flag finally approved by the South Aurstalian Government, and recommended for adoption, resembles that of Victoria, except that in addition to the stars composing the Southern Cross, the pointers which form at all events a means of identification for this stellar sign are displayed. The adoption of the flag is subject to the approval of Her Majesty. Messrs M'Leod and Atkinson, proprietors of the Bright-street wharf, are now well advanced with preparations for the ■construction of a similarly serviceable wharf at the end of Kennedy street. They have re-constructed their pile- driving engine, and, as most of the material for the wharf has been prepared, they will commence the work of erection in a few days. The situation is an eligible one, and, as the Gladstone street wharf has been demolished, it will bo a considerable convenience to shipping, as it will also be of advantage to householders in the neighborhood whose business it is to minister to the " refreshment" of the public.

The schooner Excelsior is now due at this port from Dunedin. The steftmship Gothenburg passed the Buller on Thursday, on her way northward, alter calling at Hokitika and Greymouth. The schooner Maid of Erin cleared out at Melbourne for Westport on tho I lth ult. Her cargo consists of 50 packages powder, 11 qr-casks wine, 55 cases kerosene, 40 halfchests, 75 boxes tea, 45 bags, 74 pkgs, 18 pockets sugar, 10 cases bottled stout, 7 pkgs tobacco, 60 cases jams, 3 qr-casks rum, 80 cases milk, 71 bags malt, 5 pockets hops, 2 boxes window glass, 20 cases alo, 210 bags cases olcTTomTnrpkKs sundries, 270 iron rails, 2 pkgs lamps, 13 pkgs drapery, as cases soup, 7 pkgs drugs, 2 cases handles, 9S pkgs oilmen's stores and provisions. The barque Alcedo, from Sweden to Melbourne, reports that, about 140 miles from Tristan D'Acunha, she sailed for two hours through a quantity of floating wreck consisting chiefly of charred boards and planks. Amongst the wreck there was a partially burnt lower-mast painted yellow, and apparently belonging to a ship of 1000 tons. During a cyclone atTownsville, the steamer Black Prince was totally wrecked, and the schooner Wonder was stranded. The township itself sustained a good deal of damage. The barque Icon, from Melbourne, has been wrecked at Korotonga, in the South Seas. Mr Brown, a passenger, chartered a small vessel, and proceeded to Maiden Island. A line of monthly steamers is about to be established between Sydney and Fiji, via New Caledonia.

The ship City of Auckland, 807 tons, sailed from Auckland for London, on March 19th, with 75 passengers. Her cargo, consisting of kauri gum, flax, wool, and gold, •was valued at ,£42,108. The ship Melita sailed from Wellington on March 19, for London direct, with a full cargo of colonial produce, and 14 passengers. Cargo estimated at £50,000. The ship Glen mark left Lyttelton on March 10, for London, with a cargo valued at .£35,966. The Zealundia has also left the same port for London, with a cargo of a total value of £63,242. The sale of the p.s. Luna has at length been negotiated with the Government for the sum of ±IO,OOO, subject to the report of the Government Inspector of Steamboats, Mr Nancarrow, and Captain Cadell. It is stated that she will run as fast as the p.s. Sturt with only one engine, and when occasion requires she can attain a speed of sixteen and a half knots by the use of both engines. The last concrete block of harbor works at Timaru was successfully laid on the morning of the 24th ult. The whole work stands splendidly. A shark 9 feet 9 inches long has been caught in Lyttelton harbor.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGEAPH.

AEBIVALS. Nelson.—March 31 —Wallabi, from Westport, late. Wellington.—April I—Omeo,1 —Omeo, s.s., from Lyttelton, at noon.