SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 967, 3 May 1872, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. HIGH WATER. This Day ... 6.0 a.m.. 6.30 p.m. To-morrow 7.2 u.m., 7.38 p.m. Sunday ... 7.58 a.m., 8.21 p.m. Monday ... 8.45 a.m., 9.5 p.m. APPARENr TIME. Sun Rise. Sun Set Tnis uay 6.50 ... 5.4 To-morrow ... ... 6.52 ... 5.3 Sunday 0.54 ... 5.2 Monday ... ..'. G. 55 ... 5.0 « ARRIVALS. April 30—Kennedy, s.s., 125 tons, Creagh, from Hokitika and Greyinonth. Charles Edward, p.s., 89 tons, Whitwcll, £r>>m Nelson. May I—Murray, s.s., 56 ton, Palmer, from Nelson. May I—Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Daniel, from Wanganui, DEPARTURES. April 30—Kennedy, s.s., Creagh, for Nelson. May I—Charles1 —Charles Edward, p.s., for Hokitika and drey mouth. Murray, s.s , Palmer, for Grey mouth. Maid of Erin, schooner, Cairns, for Melbourne. May 2—Wallabi, s.s, Daniol, for Greymoutli. PASSENGER LIST. Per Murray, from Nelson—Messrs Lloyd, Thompson, Edwards, Simpson, Williams, Small, and 5 for south. Per Kennedy, from Hokitika ,and Greymouth—Messrs DeCarlc, Helisky, O'Donnoil, Martin, Petrie, and 2 for north. Per Charles Edwards, from Nelson—Mrs Corston and. 2 children, Mrs Laney, Miss Bray, Messrs' Read, Nahr, Seward, Savage, Stevenson, Brook, Donovan, White, O'Brien, Look, Oram, 5 Natives, und 6 for south. Per Charles Edward, for Hokitika and Grey mouth—American War Troupe (6), and 6 original. Per Murray, for Hokitika —5 original. Per Kennedy, for Nelson —Messrs Reid, Hughes, O'Connor, and 2 original. Per Wallabi, from Wnngamii—Messrs Seaton, Hack, Itaton, Cheffer, Caiman, and Darbieshire. IMPORTS. Per Murray, from Nelson—l case boot uppers, 2 cases boots, 1 brl pegs, Mailer ; 1000 bricks, Bull and Bond ; 8 bdls chalF, White ; 2 pels, Bain; 2 cases hardware, Field ; 6 cases cheese, Bailie and Humphrey; 56 bars iron, 3 bdls steel, 1 case, Came ; 2 cases cheese, order; 10 do. Patterson ; 10 do, Powell ; 1 cask eggs, Gardner and. Co; 15 bags onions, Falla; 10 cases apples, 1 case eggs, 1 keg butter, Geisking; 2ki gs butter, 2 cafes eggs, Hannah; 2 kegs butter, Bock; 12 sacks potatoes, 18 kegs butter, 6 cases eggs, 3 cases fruit, Herrick ; 7 sacks sweeds, 7 do carrots, Nancarrow ; 5 cases fruit, Franklin ; 43 cases apples, 3 kegs butter, Pollock ; 5 do, Chuiflies ; 2 coops fowls, 5 casks fruit, order. Per Charles Edward, from Nelson—36 bags sugar, Stitt Bros.; 1 case, 1 truss, M'Beath ; 4 case.*, 2 trusses, Graves and Fleming; 17 eases beer, 35 stout, Bailie and Humphrey; lease, 1 truss drapery, Why te and Pirie ; 12 axle arms, 1 pkg saws, 17 bars steel, 2 cases hardware, 4 boxes nails, Field ; 7 eases cheese, 3 cases bacon ; 10 cases cheese, Bailie and Humphrey ; 3 casks ale, 4 porter, Grant; 10 hhds ale, Falla ; 3 casks, Smith ; 2 pels books, Brown ; 2 do, Dcianey; 1 pel, West; 7 bags onions, order ; 10 cases sauce, Falla ; 8 bdls chaff, Harold ; 8 do, Ballard. Per Kennedy, for Nelson—l bale, Graves nnd Fleming; 1 pkg, M'Beath ; 21 coils rope, DeCarle ; 2 tons coal, Came ; T. dray, Organ. Per Wallabi, from Wanganui—so head cattle, 250 sheep, 1 horse, 5 tons potatoes, 2 cases fowls, 600 feet timber, Seaton and Davidson.

Captain Whitwcll, of the p.s. Charles Edward, reports that on the evening of the 29th lilt., when three or four miles of Cape Farewell lighthouse, he sighted a schooner bottom upwards, apparently a vessel of somo forty or fifty feet keel, and floating three or four feet out of water. Captain Whitwcll steamed round the craft, but the weather being thick and darkness approaching, he could obtain no clue as to her identification. The same craft was seen on Tuesday by Captain Palmer, of the s.s. Murray, about three quarters of a mile west of the> spit; but a heavy sea running he was unable to take her in tow. Ho describes her as a new vessel, apparently uninjured, having black bottom, white top si es and bulwarks, and a false keel projecting about six inches over the stern, composed of two long lengths and one short piece in the centre. The name of the craft was not visible, and nothing was seen floating near her but one of the gaffs. Captain Palmer is of opinion that she has not been long in her present position, and thinks she will prove to be the Ocean Bird, lately from Greynwuth. She will in all probability drift ashore near the spit, or be carried by tho current into Massacre Bay. An action brought against the owners of the steamship Nevada for sinking the barque A. H. Badger, off the New Zealand coast, some months ago, was commenced at the Supreme Court, Sydney, on March 26.