SHIPPING.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 66, 19 April 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TaUKANGA. SurTrises and sets this day ;—Morning, 6 28 5 Evening, 5.21. High water at the Heads this day :—Morning, 11.11 ; Evening, 11-42. Phases of the Moon:—Last quarter, 20th, 5.26 p.m. Aebivam.— Aran.. 17 —Rangatira, s.s., Hepburn, from Southern ports, with flour, telegraph materiel, &c. 17— Clara, cutter, Cinnamon, from Otuuioetai. 18 — Paterson, e.e., Kennedy, from Southern Ports. Passengers j Mrs Hamlin, servant, and children. DePABTCKEB.—A PHIL. 16—Clara, cutter. Cinnamon, for Otumoetai, with 1 posts, &c. I 18 —Rangatira, s.s., Hepburn, for Auckland, v/ith part of original cargo. Passengers—Messrs A. Craig and Cross. The s.s. Paterson, from Southern Ports, arrived in harbour yesterday afternoon about 3 o’clock, en route for Auckland, and left almost immediately. She left Napier on the evening of the 15th, arrived at Poverty Bay following morning, left in about four hours afterwards, and arrived as above. The Southern Cross left Auckland at 5.20 p.m* on Tuesday last, but up to the time of our going to press she has not put in an appearance. The weather has been very rough, and a tremendous sea rolling outside. The New Zealand Steam Shipping Company’ 8 s.s. Rangatira, Captain Hepburn, arrived alongside the wharf at 7 a.tn. on Thursday morning. She left Wellington at 1 p.m. on the 14th ; arrived at Napier at 2 p.m. on the loth, but the weather was too rough to obtain shore communication ; sailed again at 4 pm. same day, and arrived at Poverty Bay at 5 a m. on the 16tb, with the same result as at Napier ; sailed again at 6 o’clock same morning, and arrived here as above. She brought a considerable amount of cargo for Mr Wrigley and Messrs Samuels and Jacobsohn, also telegraph materiel. Captain Hepburn reports heavy easterly sea on coast. She left again for Auckland yesterday morning at 8 o’clock. The New Zealand Steam Shipping Company’s steamer Lady Bird has arrived in Wellington, and a grand luncheon was given by the directors the other day. In noticing her trial trip at Sydney, the Herald says :—“ Everything appears I to have been done in the most satisfactory manner. The boilers and necessary steaming apparatus have been supplied by Messrs Mort and Co., but 1 sll matters connected with the transformation of j the vessel have been conducted under the superlintendence of Mr Pollock, superintendent engineer of the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company, and Mr P. Coffey, superintendent shipwright of the company. The alterations made are of the most complete character. A spar deck has been added to the vessel, and the large and commodious saloon, which is moat handsomely fitted up, is equal to any that can be found in ships of the same class. The Ladybird left Mort’s dock at 1.30 p.m. on Monday last, for the purpose of taking her trial trip, and, having steamed to the Heads and back, lay-to at the Hunter River Company’s Wharf, at about 5,30 p.m. Several ladies and gentlemen were on board, and at the conclusion of the trip, refreshments having been provided by the owners of the vessel, appropriate toasts were proposed and responded to. The steaming capabilities of the vessel, under low pressure, are, according to the report of Mr Broderick, Government Engineer, about ten knots an hour. The ship is now under the command of Captain R. Daniels, well and favourably known in connection with the New Zealand trade.” We are informed that the Ladybird will not commence trading on this coast, until the return of the Phoebe from Sydney, which will be in about two months hence.