SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1125, 18 November 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

WESTPORT. II 101 l WATHU. Tin- I (in .. 9.2(5 u.111., il 50 p.m. o-moiTow 10.7 a.iu., 10.2.'5 p.m. Thur.-duy ... 10.4(1 .t.n,. 10.57 |).m... Al'l'AltKNT TIME. Sun Wise. Sun Set. This (by 4.51 ... 7.11 'I, ~>,,. imivr 4.50 ... 7.12 'lhursday ...y ... 4.49 ... 7.13 AMMMV AI.S Nov. 14—I'ciirl, teliooiu?, 62 tons, Hector liquliiirl from I.yttclton. Nov. 15—Kennedy, s.s Conway from Greylnoutli. Nov. IC—Luna, p.s, Fail-child, from Wellington. IHCI'A UTIUIKS. Nov. 14—Wallace, p.s, M'Arthur, foa- Grey and liokitika. Nov. 15—Kennedy, s.s, Conway, for Nelson. Nov 17 —Coomorang, p.s, Hughes, for Nga-k-iwhuu. Luna,p.s, Fairohild, for Greymouth. t'ASSKNUKK I,rsT. Per Kennedy, from Grey mouth—Messrs O'Conor, Seat-in, Oat, Cooper, Lairg lord, Owen, Allen, Pickard, Hunter, and 14 for Nel.-on. I'er I.mm, from Wellington Captain •lolinston, Messrs Bltiekelt, Seed, Allen, and Wilson. IMPORTS. Per Pearl, from Lyttulton—4ooo bricks, 400 saeks oats, 03 do bran, 50 do wheat, 20 kegs Duller, 4 i bales chaff, 8 cs bacon, 4S bag-. oatmo I, :i2 do meal, 20 saeks potatoes, 8 eases hams and bacon, 11 do cheese, George Falla. Per Kennedy, from Greymouth 1 box stationery, Union Bank of Alls ralia; 50tmg> chuff, Bailie and Humphrey ; 8 bales do, Gardner and Sutton ; les drapery, Thomas and ML'Beath. The schooner Pearl arrived from Lyttelton on Friday afternoon, saHmg in at quarter tide ; the harbor master Loarding her after she had entered the river. 'Die schooner is <iuiie a new craft. «'f 62 tons register, anil 110 tuns burthen, and was built at the Bay of Islands. The Government steamer Luna arrived in tiie Buller at r .;j(ion Sunday morning, having on board Captain Johnstone, Colonial Marine Surveyor, and Mr Black-tt, Assistant 1 ngineer-in-Chief and Murine Survevor The object of their visit being to select a s : te for the proposed lighthouse at Cape Fouhvind. Tho ps. Coineraiift steamed np to tho Ngiikawhau at 5 a.m yesterday, and under the pilotage of Harbor Ma tr Cross succeeded in crossing the Ngakawhau bar at flood tide in five feel of water. She got up safely to the tliOit at the mine and loaded yesterday, and will come down this morning and tranship her cargo into the schooner Pearl ; then go up for another cargo tor Westport consumption, and by the succeeding tide make a third trip and take in a cargo for Wanganui, bringing thence a return freight of cattle for this port. It is anticipated that at every spring tide the Coonierang will be able to do this work safely. The p.s. Kesint has returned from her trip to the Kiiramea with Mr Harbor Master J. Cross on board, and he reports favorably of the entrance to that river. On board the boat nasalso Mr Albert Walker, whoh d gone there to judgH- of the value of the reported coal seams. He brought hack several hundred weight of good lignite, and has taken a sample to N lson for analysis. Mr Harbor Master Cross speaks favorably of the Puller us a port of entrance. Its capabilities exceeding all his previous anticipations. He -ays that there would be less trouble in piloting the Alhambra or other .Melbourne steamers across the Buller liar than in bringing either of tl.ein up to the Nelson wharves. Mes rs Grey and Koss's new steamer, now l-eit g built at (he South Spit, Hokiriku, will be ready six weeks hence for the Ngiikawhau and Buller coal trade,and from the description given will prove a smart handy craft. Her d mensions are : —Length overall, 70 feet ; keel, 72 feet; lo in, 1:5 feet, depth of hold, 5 feet 8 inches ; draught when loaded, 4 feet 9 inches; carrying capacity, 50 tons. The motive power will be twin-scows, driven by a pair of engines of nominal (i horse-power each,'but together working up to twenty-five. Improvements on the engines are now being ■perfected at the Hispntch Foundry, Greymouth.