SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 702, 25 August 1870, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. HIGH WATEB. This Day ... 8.37 a.m., 9.3 p.m. To-morrow 9.26 a.m., 9.48 p.m. AEBIVALS. August 23—Murray, s.s., 56 tons, Palmer, from Hokitika and Greymouth. S. Besley, agent. DEPABTTTBES. August 24 Murray, s.s., Palmer, for Nelson. PASSENGEB LIST. Per Murray, from Hokitika and Greymouth —Messrs Hussey, Bcrghoff, Marsh, Maguess, D. M'Ginley, Latham, Taylor, and Hunter, Smart. Per Murray, for Nelson—Messrs Magness and H unter. IMPOBT3. Per Murray, from Hokitika—looo feet timber, John Clark. The s.s. Murray loft Greymouth on Monday evening, arriving at Westport the following morning, and remained in port in consequence of strong north-westerly weather until yesterday morning, when she sailed at ten o'clock for Nelson. She crossed the bar early on the tide for the purpose of towing in the Io schooner from Melbourne, which arrived in the roadstead on Friday last. Owto the distance at which the schooner was lying from the entrance, the Murray, after having the vessel in tow, had to let hor go again, the tide having already ebbed, and the depth of water not being sufficient to carry the Io without risk of grounding. She will probably bo towed in by the Charles Edward this morning. The p.s. Charles Edward was announced to leave Greymouth yesterday evening for Westport, where she will arrive this morning, and proceed to Nelson and Wanganui the following tide. The Auckland Star gives the following as the result of a search by the p.s. Challenger for remnants of the s.s. Tauranga:—The Challenger, after cruising about the islands, saw no traces, with the exception of the following articles :—A mail-bag, sealed, the wax having turned nearly white with exposure to the salt water ; and on the piece of leather attached was written, " From the Postmaster, Auckland, to the Postmaster, Kawakawa;" which leaves little floubl that it belonged to the missing steamer. Also 40 or 50 longued and grooved planks were found. Two of them were put on board tho steamer and brought up to town; also, 1 chafing spar, 2 companion doors, 1 handspike, half a cork lifebuoy, 1 ash oar, and 3 other pieces of planking, some of which have been recognised as parts of the Tauranga. The whule were placed on the steamer and brought to Auckland. It is thought that some one of the poor fellows on the ill-fated Tauranga had managed to get to tho lifebuoy, and finding it fast had attempted to wrench it off, but on his endeavouring to loosen it, had broken it in two. A black dog, which belonged to one of the passengers of the ill-fated boat, was also picked up by tho schooner K'enilworth swimming at sea.

The report of Captain Thomson, harbormaster, Bluff, who was in charge of the Daphne search expedition, has been published in the Southland papers. The search, as has been previously notified, did not result in the traces of any castaways being discovered cither froni tho Slatoakn, or the boat party ttlio left the Daphne at Port Ross on May 19. At the close of the report the writer says : —I would draw attention to a fact mentioned in Mr Armstrong's report, namely, that in Imray's general chart of 1851, the Auckland Islands are placed 35 miles to the south of their true position, and it is my opinion that many of the wrecks which have occurred at the Islands may bo referrible to that error. I have compared the chart alluded to with a great many others, and find it differs with them all in this respect. Subsequent charts published by Imray also place the Islands in their correct place, but as the Australian trade suddenly acquired great dimensions in the year named, it is quite likely that the chart of that year is still in use on board many vessels trading in these seas. I trust that the utmost publicity may bo given to this important matter.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ARRIVALS.

GBE-nroTTTH.—Aug. 22—Lyttelton, from Westport. Hokitika.—Aug. 23 —Charles Edward, from Westport. Lyttelton.—Aug. 24—Claud Hamilton, from Dunedin and Timaru. DEPARTURES. Brum—Aug. 22—Tararua, for Melbourne. Poet Chalmers.—Aug. 22—Claud Hamilton, for Lyttelton.