SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1133, 16 December 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ATiniVATiS. D.eo. 12— Charles Edward, p.s, Whitwell, fn>in Wanganni. Dec. 13 —Murray, s.s, Palmer, from Greymouth. Dec. 13 —Kennedy, s.s, Conway, from Nelson. tIFPAHTTTfIES. Dec. 13—Charles Edward, p.s.Whitwell for (J icy mouth. Dec. 13—Murray, s.s, Pilmer, for Nelcon. Dec. 13—Kennedy, s.s, Conway, for Grey and Hokitikn. PASSENGER MST. Per Charles Edward, from Wangauni—Mrs Deigan and child. Per s.s. Murray, from Grcymouth—Messrs Pickard. Hunter, Cooper, Coe, Andrews, 'Campbell, Beacoat, and Davis. Per Murray, for Nelson—Miss Kerr, Mr R. Rowlands. Per s.s. Kennedy, from Ne'son—Miss De l.orre. Sir David Munro, Messrs A. Munro, I fodder,-Ward. Carroll, Masters Bwan, and £&rroll, and 4 for south. TMPOftTS. Per Charles Edward, from Wanganni—so head cattle, 50 pigs, 150 sheep, 2 coops fowls. Per Murray, from Greymouth—l case stationery, 1 ease guns, 1 tin shot, consignees; 1 cs, Suisted Bros-, 1 cs, 1 pel drapery, "Thompson. Smith, & Barkley. Per Kennedy from Nelson—l hide drapery, Graves and Fleming ; 1 keg butter, 2 cs eggs, Powell; 1 do, 4 do, Simon; 3 cs produce, •Salter; 4 cs champagne, Stitt Bro<; 1 pkg seeds, llay ; 9 cs eggs, 4 kegs butter, 2 coops fowls, 12 bags potatoes, 3 cs sundries, 40 do fruit, 3 do onions, 2 sacks oysters, 74 pkgs produce, consignees ; and 40 pkgs for southern .ports.

Harbor Master Captain Leech sounded the bar on Saturday at high water, and found a •depth of eleven feet six inches at neap tides. The s.s. Murray arrived at Nelson early on Sunday morning. The s.s. Kennedy crossed the Hokitika b.-tr at 5 a.m. on Sunday. The three-masted schooner Alma arrived off the Buller yesterday morning, and is now "waiting a tow in or favorable breeze to sail nfross the bar. Her arrival has been anxiously •expected by importers, whose stocks in many lines have run low. The p.s. Charles Edward arrived here 'on Friday evening at 8.30 from Wanganui, and sailed agaiu at 5 a.m. on Saturday for Greymouth. Tlio Wallace arrived at Nelson on Friday from Westport at 11.30 a.m. The Murray loft Westport for Nelson at noon on Saturday. The Kennedy left Nelson on Friday for Westport at 11 a.m., and crossed the Buller bar at four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. She left again by the same tide for Hokitika. The s.s. Omeo, steaming south on Saturday at noon, came much closer in shore than usual, and steamed into the bay at the Steeples. The probability being that she has some Government officers on board or other passengers specially interested in a -close inspection of the Coast. The sebooner Taurangn., Urquhart, master, from Dunedin and Wanganui, arrived in the Greymouth roadstead on Wednesday night, and was towed to the wharf by the p.s. Dispatch on Thursday's tide. She bringsac-rgo of general merchandise, a considerable portion of wnieh is spirits under bond.— Argus. About the end of January next it is proposed to send the steamer Taranaki on a pleasure excursion round the Middle Island, starting from Nelson. The boat will be specially prep-ired for the occasion, and used exclusively for the purposes of the excursion. The New Zealand Steam Shipping Company, is making good headway at homo, and has got well into working order. Recent advices from London state that the business of the Company has been exceedingly brisk for all New Zealand ports. The vessels already despatched being the Duke of Edinburgh and the Sa i-bury, for Wellington ; llindostan, for Auckland ; Elizabeth Graham for Otago ; Star of India, for Canterbury; all full of passengers and cargo. The Lauderdale, Dunfillan, and Queen of the North have since followed. The company have also bongh., a new ship of 1000 tons, called the Ocean Mail, and now building at Sunderland.

WKSTPORT. • Ur«K WATER. M na ,.v .. . 61-1 a.tn., 6.40 p.m. ''us 'lay .. . f.15 a.m., 7.10 p.m. Wrdnesday 8.10 a.m., 8.33 p.m. Thursday .. . 8 54 a.m., 9.15 p.m. Friday . 9.37 a.m.. 9.58 p.m. Saturday .. . 10.19 a.m., 10.3S p.m.. Sunday . 10.5S n.m. 11.19 p.m.. AD 'AREN'T TIME. Sun Rise. Sun Set. Monday 433 ... 7.29 n i> sdiiv ... 4.33 ... 7 29 We Inwday .., 4.33 ... 7.29 Thursday ... 4.32 ... 730 I'Vi 'mv 4.32 ... 730 Saturday ... 4 32 ... 7.30 Sundav 4.32 ... 7.30