SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1079, 10 June 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPOET. HIGH 'WATER. Thie Day ... 9.30 a.m., 9.51 p.m. To-morrow 10.13 a,m., 10.34 p.m. Thursday ... 10.55 a.m.. 11*16 p.in. APPARENT TIME. Sun Rise. Sun Set. This day 7.28 ... 4.33 To-morrow 7.28 ... 4.33 Thursday 7.29 ... 4.33 ARRIVALS. June B—Murray, s.s, Whitwell, from Greymouth. June 9—-Result, p.s, Riley, from Little Wanganui. Three Friends, schooner, from Charleston. DEPARTURES. Juno 7—Aurora, schooner, Chapman, for Havelock. June B—Murray, s.s, Whitwell, for Nelson. narbor Master Captain Leech, acting under instructions from the Nelson Government, specially chartered the p.s. Result, and went up on Saturday to the Little Wanganui to report upon the capabilities of the river as a harbor, The Result returned yesterday afternoon, towing in the schooner Three Friends. The Murray had a narrow escape at Hokitika on her last trip there. A case of nitric acid had been shipped, but one of the bottles burst, and the acid at once ignited the sawdust with which it was surrounded. The case had been placed in the hold, but Captain Whitwell fortunately discovered the danger before sailing, and landed the case, which continued to burn till thrown into the river. The other bottles were taken out unhurt. The brigantine Sarah and Mary, from Melbourne, is roported as being ashore at Greymouth. The vessel had been lying in the roadstead for some days, and was on Friday last lightened of a portion of her cargo. The precise cause of the accident is not stated. All that is said is that the brigantine grounded near the mouth of the lagoon, and that her cargo is being discharged. The ketch Sarah and Mary arrived at Greymouth from Lyttelton and was towed in by the Dispatch on Wednesday evening last.