SHIPPING.
PORT OF LYTTELTON. ARRIVED. October 3—Nil. CLEARED. October 3—Blackwall, schooner, 26 tons, for Taranaki. P. Cunningham and Co, agents. October 3—Canterbury, schooner, 76 tons, Russell, for Oamaru. Cuff and Graham, agents. October 3—Princess Alice, brig, 268 tons, Brownell, for Newcastle, in ballast, Capt Wood, agent. October 3—Nautilus, cutter, 30 tons, Nelson, for Akaroa, in ballast. Master, agent. 1' October 3—Shepherdess, schooner, 38 tons, Cockrane, for Havelock, Master, agent. . October 3—Canterbury, ship, 124 d tons, Strachan, for Calcutta, in ballast. New Zealand Shipping Co, agents. October 3—Star of the South, for Dunedin. SAILED. October 3—Star of the South, for Dunedin. VESSELS IN HARBOR. Steamers—‘S. s. Bruce, Star of the South. Ships—Dorette, St Lawrence, Cathcart, Canterbury, Taunton, Inverallan, Merope. Barques —Auriga, Mallard, John Bull, Especulador, Sea Shell. Brigs—Princess Alice, Rio Loge, Woodlark, Transport. Brigantines and schooners —Esther, Canterbury, Shepherdess. Ketches—Linnet, Blackwall. Cutters —Nautilus. THE SCHOONER REWARD. The schooner Reward arrived from Akaroa yesterday, at 11.30 a.m., with 36,000 feet of sawn timber, from Mr Shadbolt’s mill. She left that port on Wednesday, 30th September, and experienced heavy S. W. gale, split ting inner jib in the squall. She has proved herself in this her first passage to be a thoroughly good sea boat, equal to any weather to be met with on these coasts. The history of her construction was somewhat curious, and shows what Sjverance added to ability can do. She was by Mr Westlake and his son, in Dampier’s Bay. It is two years since her lines were first laid. She was built under cover as Mr Westlake was only able to work at her at intervals. The timbers are all broad leaf from the Peninsula, and the keel is iarrab, keelson'dilue gum, planking kauri, and decks also, the lining is also kauri, fastended with copper treenails and galvanised spikes, and she is completed in a thorough workmanlike manner. Her tonnage is 41 tons register, and she is schooner rigged with kauri spars. She sails well, and her strength is a proverb in Lyttelton, her ribs being only five Inches apart at bottom and six at top. She is the largest vessel ever built of materials procured in New Zealand in Lyttelton harbor. Captain Westlake built this vessel with comparatively little capital, leaving her at intervals in order to earn money to complete her, working hard in order that he might own a vessel, and all honor is due to him for his great perseverance under such a trying task. We sincerely hope he will meet his full deserts, and that the vessel, aptly called by him the Reward, may indeed reward him for the energy and perseverance he has displayed throughout. PORT OF KAIAPOI. Mr Day, of the signal station, reports that on Tuesday the heavy fresh in the river made a new channel over the Waimakariri bar. The entrance for vessels is now half a mile north of the former channel; and is already in good order, with a probable depth of laft of water on the bar. This improvement to the mouth of the river assisted to drain away more readily the recent fresh than would have been the case with the former winding opening. The river is in capital order for navigation by vessels of average draught.
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Globe, Volume II, Issue 107, 3 October 1874, Page 2
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542SHIPPING. Globe, Volume II, Issue 107, 3 October 1874, Page 2
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