Shipping Intelligence.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3014, 22 February 1881, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHUKIRf "

ARRIVALS,

Fp l -»arp. 21—Mercia, barquo, ivom London. 21—Yemis, ketch, from Mercury Bay,

The New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered barque Herein, Op tain Thonins Mosey, an-ive'i in the Bay at 2 o clock yc'stewl- •:• afternoon, imrl was immediately boarded "by i'ne pilot and brought, up at the nnchorngo'. Siu> reports having letu the Downs "on the Bth of November, thus making the voyapo in 105 days, having experiencerl i considerable amount of rough and baffling weather. On the 20th of November she lost two men overboard, named Frank Sideberg and William "Wvnn While they were up on the liDi'in-toTi-'-jOlnnt Jnn*t, during away some W vo f .v» f 7,. i.iio v'nlont lurching of the shin t)inv,v they.i into the water about twprf.- vnr-l-- ?r»it; thr- ve-'-oi. Life-buoys were immediately thrown to them, the main yard hacked, and in lees than ien minutes the ttont v.-ns lowered on the spot, hut the unfortunate men appear to have sunk without being nble to reach the life-buoys. A fter waiting for over an hour the boat was hauled up, and the ship ?tood on her course, film bri.ir.'" " ;i or : >P O ton-* of cargo for this povfc, fonsi.'tint: principnlly of cement, salt, wire, corrugated iron, and about 263 tons of railway iron. Sho has also on board 2000 cast's of cement for Timaru. She was entered ot the Custom House this morning, and by advertisement, consignee* are requested to present bills of lading and pass entries for their goods at once. The ketch which arrived in the Bay yesterday morning proved, aa was expected, to be tbe Venus, Captain J. King, from Mercury Bay, which place she left last _ Tuesday morning, with a full load of eawn timber for Mr H. K. G-unn. She was brought inside this morning, and moored at the breastwork.

The 9.8. Kiwi, Capt. Campbell, is to leave Wellington for here this eveninpr.and should arrive early on Thursday morning. She will probably leave the same night for Poverty Bay, where she is now to make regular trips, carrying pnssongers and cargo at reduced rates.

The departure of the steamers Result and Sir Ponald for Waroa and Blackhead respectively lust niijht had to bepostponed, owing to the heavy southerly wind which sprang up during the afternoon.