SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 763, 14 January 1871, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

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ii inii tvvrKii. This I'll' 3a7 u.ni.. 3.57 p.m. 'IVi-iM.rrow 4 .'it* a.m., 5 4 p.m. Monday ... 5.40 a.m., ti.lS p.m. ARRIVALS, Jnn. 13--Kennedy, s.s., 125 tons, Whitwell, from Nelson. VV. J. Willeoekx, agent. Charles Edward, p.s., 83 tons, Holmes, frrnn Hokitika and Grey mouth. A. W. Bennett, agent. DEPARTURES. Jan. 13—Charles Edward, p.s., Holmes, for Nelson. PASSENGER LIST. Per Charles Edward, from Hokitika and Greyinontb—Messrs Munson, Beaver, Kerr, Singer, Mitchell, Piekard, Gardner, Burrell, Job, Hunter, Bannister Shannon, Joeklyu, Max, 1 Maori, and 21 for Nels n. Per Kennedy, I'r .m Nelson—Messrs Fisher, Alexander, Bagent, Nancarrow, Canklyn, Sincl ir, Pratt, and Stewart. Per tOliarles Edward, for Nelson—Mrs Muaro and child, Meesrs James, Shannon, Harper, Cawley, Burrell, Hunter, two prisoners, and 21 original. Per Wallabi, for Nelson Mrs A. E. Bishop, Messrs Stewart, Wondram, Lambert and six original from Greymouth. IMPORTS. Per Kennedy, from Nelson—l 4 gunnies sugar, 2 half-chests tea, 2 cases salmon, 2 do jams. 2 do sardines, 20 boxi'S tea, Harold and Snanlon; 2 pkgs rhubarb, Falla; 18 bags potatoes, 10 cases apples, order; 10 kegs butter, Bailie and Humphreyj 600 bricks, "West ; 1 cask ale, Martin; 10 sacks lime, Hull and Bond ; !0 hlids ale, 10 qr-casks do. Falla; 1 ease apples, 2 do apricots, 1 do plums, Gardner and Sutton ; 1 case ducks, King; 2 kegs butter, 1 case eggs, 6 do fruit, 3 do apples, Salter ; 4 do eggs, 2 do pears. 4 do plums, 2 bags potatoes, 1 ease onions. Carpenter; 8 bags potatoes, Falla; 12 kegs butter, 4 pkffs, Baigent. I'er Charles Edward, fr»m Hokitika—l case boots, Roberts and Simp-on ; 1 do drugs, Williams ; 1 sack coffee, Bailie and Humphrey ; 1 case do, Jules Simon ; 1 do pepper, Powell and Co.; 1 bale, A. Horn ; 1 parcel, ■G. VV. Home. Shipped at Greymout'i—2 parcels. Bishop ; lease, Jule3 Simon ; I bell, collars, 1 coil yarn, 1 case hardware, L keg paint, 1 keg powder, 1 cask shot, Patterson. EXPORTS. Per Charles Edward, for Nelson—l keg butter, t qr-eask wine, Clark; 2cas<s mantelpieces, Field.

The s.s. Kennedy, Captain Whitwell, left Nelson for W'estport on Thursday'at 1 p.m., and arrived off the bar yesterday at 10 a.m. She entered the river and moored alongside the wharf about 1 p.m. The p.s. Charles Edward, Captain Holmes, sailed from Greymouth for this port about midnight on Thursday .; arrived off the bar yesterday at 10.45 a.m., and alongside the wharf at 1 p.m. She left for Nelson the same tide.

The schooner Ceres, from Melbourne, is now due, having been expected to leave that port for Westport shorth after the new year. Advices of her having sailed are not yet, however, to hand.

The insurance companies in Sydney have accepted the fact that the Dashing Wave, from Foo Choo, is lost, ami will pay insunnce on the Ist of March, if not arrived then. The hull and cargo are insured for about £23,000. A storm of of fearful severity raged at Carnarvon lately, driving several vessels from their anchors on t«> the beach. Mr Richards, tlie coastguard officer, was on the promenade, and observing a schooner part her cables, he exhibited blue-lights, to enable .the crew of the vessel to judge of their position. When the storm, was at its height, Mr Richards stood on the promenade, and observing the schooner was about to strike, he held up his arms, an I called to the. crew to jump ashore. At this ivoment he stepped to the right, and not observing a breach in the wall, was was ed awuy. The poor fellow clung for some time to the broken-cables of the schooner, and, despite the efforts of the crew of the vessel, who honked him frequently with the boathuok, he was washed away. The promenade on e->ch side of the club-house was breached in several places, and so great was the storm that the sea-water was sent like a shower-bath over the tops of the old town ■walls. Mr Richards was an energetic officer, and his los 3is much deplored.—" Home News."

TRIAL TRIP OF THE EXPERIMENT. A preliminary trial of the model boat Experiment, to test the new principle of propulsion invented by Mr W. Akersten, took p'.ace in the hai boryesterday forenoon. Fori* men were placed at the cranks, and immediately upon the power being applied, she glided smoothly and swiftly ahead, attaining a speed of 8J- knots against a Rood tide. After running about 'three-quarters of a mile, a fracture occurred in one of the pinion-wheels, ■which necessitated the stoppage of the machinery, and a trial was then made -of the boat's sailing powers. Notwiths'anding she ■was without ballast, she appeared remarkably stiff, ami experts are of opinion that there is no e aft in Nelson capable of touching her. The result fully realized the inventor's expectations, and a further trial of the boat will take place in the presence of-the-shareholders as soon as the repairs have been made.— " Nelson Examiner."

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

ARRIVALS. Lyttelton.—Jan. 12—Tararua, from Wellington. Gkeymotjth.— Jin. 12 Murray, from Westporti DEPARTURES. LyTTEWOW. Jan. 12 Tararua, for "Tiuiaru.