SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
WES*TPOIiT. num watkb. ThyjDay ... 1.32 a.m., 1.58 p.m. To-morrow 8?24 u.m., 2.53 p.m. ARRIVALS. June 6—Charles Edward, p.s., 89 tons, Holmes, from Greymouth. June 7—Kennedy, 6 s., 125 tons, Whitwell, from Nelson. DEPAttTUEES. June 6 —Charles Edward, p.s., Holmes, for Nelson. June 7—Kennedy, s.s., Whitwell, for Hokitika and Greymouth. PASSENGER LIST. Per Kennedy, from Nelson—Mrs O'Conor, Mrs Grut, Miss Lyons, Messrs Laughton, Glesson. Salomon, Fitzgerald, Roid, Donne, Greenwood. Per Kennedy, for Hokitika and Greymouth —Mrs Grut and daughters, Messrs Moller, Glesson, and Laughton. IMPORTS. Per Kennedy, from Nelson—6 lihds ale, 6 qr-oasks do, 12 bags potatoes, 13 do turnips, Falla ; 60 bags bran, Bailie and Humphrey ; 2 kegs butter, 1 case eggs, Powell and Co.; 100 fire bricks, Bull and Bond ; 4 cases sardines, 1 pkg bags, Bailie and Humphrey ; 5 kegs butter, Lavette ; I case eggs, 4 kegs butter, Gallagher; 4 do dn, 35 bags potatoes*, Hehir and Molloy ; 4 eases fruit, 2 do eggs, 1 keg butter, Carpenter; 7 pkgs effects, 1 bdl trees O'Conor; 40 bags bran, Powell and Co.; 3 pkgs plants, 3 bags potatoes, King ; 1 truss leather, I pkg do, Mailer; 1 truss leather, Collings; 10 bags flour, Patterson. The barque Kate Conley, Captain Wade, from Melbourne, arrived at Greymouth, on Friday evening, when she was towed in by the p.s. Dispatch. She loft Port Phillip Heads on the 19th May, with light N.K. and E. winds ; passed the Sisters on the 25th ; and from thence until making the land had a succession of N.E. and K. gales. She was driven as far as 45J- S. and 158.30 E. The land was m;ide off Abut Head on Wednesday at 10 p.m. and since then she has been beating up atrainst the prevailing winds, making the roadstead on Friday afternoon. We learn from tho "W. C. Times" of Saturday last, that the favorite brigantine Prosperity, Captain Stevens, of Messrs Spence Bros, line, was towed inside on Friday morning's tide fr >ni Melbourne. Captain Stevens states he cleared Port Philip Heads on Saturday, loth May, with moderate E. and E.N.E. winds, which were experienced for tho first three days, and finally took his departure from Swan Island on the 16th. Moderate S.W. and N.W, winds accompanied with fine weather, which was afterwards met with, until sighting Bold Head at 10 a.m. on the 24th, arriving in sight of Hokitika at 3 p.m. the same day. The wind at the time blowing stro::g from S.W., with a heavy sea, was obliged to stand off on the morning of the 25th. The weather moderating, stood in for the land, Grymoufh Gorge bearing E. by W.; distance, 5 miles. The vessel was becalmed all that day, when favorable wind sprang up from eastward, enabling her to reach the roadstead off Hokitika, and anchored at 11 p.m. She brings a very lai ge, miscellaneous, and valuable cargo for .numerous consignees. She is doeper this time than on any previous occasion of her visit, to this port.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WEST18710608.2.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 822, 8 June 1871, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
498SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 822, 8 June 1871, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.