ARRIVAL OF THE HERO

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 243, 19 October 1870, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE HERO

i ilThe" jp.s. Hero, Captain Logan, arrived in harbour from Sydney and-Melbourne at an early hour this morning. She left Sydney and cleared the Heads at 7 p.m. on the 12th inst.; rounded the North Cape at 6.30 a.m. on the ''18th; and arrived in harbour at 6 a.m. this morfiihg. .V. On the passage across, the Hero on leaving Sydney-experienced a strong south-7-eaat gale.; the weather, dark and cloudy, with "frequent heavy showers of rain, hard squalls, and a high sea, until the morning of the 14th, vwhen. the .wind veered to the eastward and ». continued (blowing a strong gale ; the weather thick and,hazy, with frequent heavy squalls, continuous rain, and a very high confused sea, .Until midnight of the 16th; afterwards, a moderate wind, prevailed with fine weather, [until daylight of the 18th, when a light . southerly wind set in to the North Cape; a strong.south; south-west wind afterwards prevailed, with fine, weather to' arrival in port. At 6.30 a.m. on the 18th, passed a light ■ schooner off the North Cape, inward bound, whh red painted ports, but could not make out her numbers. P_S3ENG_-ES.—From Melbourne : Sir Trevor Chute, Lady Chute and servant, Messrs. Copland,. J.B. Poynter, J.D.Walker,H.Judd, aud 9in the steerage. From Sydney: Mrs. White, Mrs. T. L. White and child, Mrs. Ireland, servant and child, Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Stevenson, Miss Seacbmbe, Mr. Seacombe, Mr. A. J. Logan, and 9 in the steerage. , > We are indebted to Mr. Cogswell, purser, for full files to date of steamer's departure.

POLICE COURT. .IThe following is the rota for attendance of

Magistrates at the Police Court for the week ending.SalturdayjfOotober 22. ~, •., Thursday, October 20 : Messrs. Hugh Morrow ...and H. D. Morpeth)' ; ! ' iWda^,iOctobe^-li Messrs. L. D.. Nathan I and J. Nanghton. Saturday, October 22 ; Messrs. J. Newman trad J, O'Neill,