SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 803, 18 April 1871, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. • • HIGH WATER. This Day ... 9.40 a.m.. 10.0 p.m. To-morrow 10.16 a,m., 10.35 p.m. ARRIVALS. April 15—Wajpara, s.*., Bascand ; put back. April 17 —Murray, s.s., Palmer, from Greymouth. DEPARTURES. April 16—Waipara, s.s., Bascand, for Greymouth. Charles Edward, p.s., Holmes, for Greymouth. April 17—Murray, s.s., Palmer, for Kelson. PASSENGER LIST. Per Charles Edward, for Hokitika and Groyinouth —Mr oud Mrs Beid, Miss Matthews, Messrs Thompson, Middletoii, and Piekard. Per Murray, for Nelson—Mr Donne. EXPORTS. Per Charles Edward, for Hokitika—2 boxes gold, Union Bank of Australia. Per Rose, for Brighton—l qr-cask brandy, 1 do sherry, 10 cases geneva, 12 do brandy, 12 do colonial wine, 4 do sarsaparilla, 4 do bitters, 6 do claret, 1 dj sundries, 12 do kerosene, 2 do salmon, 2 do salt, 1 do pickles, 1 do confectionery, 1 do mustard, 4 do whiskey, 1 do maizena, 5 do stout, 1 chest csmdles, 1 case sauce, 6 bags wheat, 2 do oatmeal, 1 do whiting) 2 chests i ea, 6 boxes do, 1 do glass, 1 doz brooms, 12 mats sugar, 2 do Coy.'s sugar, 1 doz axe handles, 2 boxes chocolate, 1 prcl tobacco, 2 reams paper, 6 kegs butter, 4 casks ale, 1 keg nails, 18 bags potatoes, 4 cases apples, 1 case jams, 1 do milk, 3 do brandy, 3 do geneva, 1 do currants, 2 do | ickles, 3 do kerosene, 1 do sundries, 4 bags sugar, 1 do oatmeal, 1 do whiting, 1 do soila crystals, 1 do salt, 1 do ham and bacon, 10 bags flour, 3 do wheat, 1 chest candles, 6 half-chests tea, 5 boxes do, 2 tins biscuits, 2 pkgs bags, halfdoz sluice forks, 3 buckets, Bailie and Humphrey ; 2 sheets iron, Field.

The p.s. .Charles Edward loft Westport for Hokitika and Greymouthon Sunday evening. The s.s. Waipara put back to Westport on Saturday haying been unable to discbarge her cargo at Brighton. She sailed at 7.30 a.m. yesterday. WRECK OP THE BRIG HINDOO. The special reporter of the " Southland News " furnishes the following particulars of tho recent wreck of a tea-laden vessel near New River.— Captain Sandberg, of the Hindo», Norwegian brig, 250 tons burthen, 55 days out from Foo Chow, reports that she was bound for Dunedin with a cargo of tea. He. states that, after passing the Solander on Sunday, the 26th current, the weather (wind from * WV) became thick and stormy, obscunng, or rather _counting altogether, the light on JJog Island, a., n lO eastern entrance to Foyeaux Strait ; that n. o lfi darkness of the night the proximity of the land -~ ns unseen j that the first intimation of danger was the outer line of breakers ; that soundings wero taken showing 7 fathoms; and next —about 4 a.m. on Monday—the vessel struck, her mainmast soon after going over tho side, broken off a few feet above the deck. The Hindoo, being a comparatively ne-w ship, sustained the successive shocks-of the waves by which she was driven up on the beach, and as it was then near high tido,all hands remained on board until daylight—the seas breaking over, but the ship remaining intact. In this situation she was seen at dawn by Captain Clare, and by the Maoris and half-castes at the Kaik on the eastern bank of the New River, distant some seven or eight miles. Headed by Harry West, a smart half-caste seaman, the latter at once manned their boats, oi-ossed tho river, and made on foot for the ship. On their arrival, the brig's crew lowered one of their boats, and by this means passed a surf-liuo to those on shore—tho boats being subsequently hauled to and fro along it. The fishermen from Sandy Point also came over to assist, and % by tho united exertions of all, the personal effects of the crew, and some of the most portable of the ship's fittings, were landed in safety. At low water it was at times possible to wai'o out to tho ship, although dangerous on account of the rollers that came in. Her working had by this time imbedded her in the sand, and as the tide rose the gunwale was not more than two or three feet out of water. Operations had now to be suspended, and all hands took shelter and much-needed repose and refreshment. She was under charter to Messrs Jardine and Co., and consigned to their agents at Dunedin (Messrs Cargills and M'Lean), and, with the cargo, was insured, but to what extent wo have been unable to ascertain.

We may mention that along tho road to the New River Heads are scattered portions of a teak-built iron-fastened vessel, of per haps 400 or 500 tons burthen. They show marks of fire, and apparently have not been exposed more than a few months to the action of tho - sea. The fact may, it i# thought, afford a slight due to the fate of somo missing vessel.