SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
WESTPOItT. fIXGII WATER. ThislQay ... 8.0 am., 8.28 p.m. To-morrow 8.57 a.m., 9.23 p.m. Monday ... 9.48 a.m., 10.6 p.m. ARUIVALS. March 10—Murray, s.b., 50 tons, Palmer, from Grcymouth. March 17—Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Daniels from Grcymouth. DEPARTURES. March 16—Murray, s.s., Palmor, for Greynioutli. March 17 —Wallabi, s,s., Daniels, for Wanganui. The s.s. Wallabi, Capt. Daniels, arrived here from Grcymouth yesterday morning, leaving the same tide for Wanganui. The schooner Maid of Erin, now in the port from Melbourne, completed discharging on Thursday, She is under charter to proceed to Lyttelton, whence she will sail for Melbourne with a cargo of grain and produce. The vessel will probably bo towed out by the s_teamer Kennedy on this morning's tide. A strange waif of the sea has recently been purchased by Mr Hart of the OKI Curiosity Shop, at. the corner of the Arcade, Melbourne. It is a boat-shaped piece of wood picked up on the coast, of New Zealand some months since, and it bears this inscription :—" Ship Gen. Grant wrki Auckland Isles, May 14, 18—last (two figures illegible) ■ —lo survive on Endevhys. Dee. 1, 1867. Want relief." The authenticity of this little billet of wood is apparent, it being thoroughly water- worn, and presenting all the appearance of haying been immersed for years.
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Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 790, 18 March 1871, Page 2
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214SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 790, 18 March 1871, Page 2
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