Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 14, Issue 719, 20 September 1869, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF AH UB IRI. 3 ARRIVALS. SEPTEMBER. 19—Wild Duok, ketch, from Auckland 20—Wellington, s.s., from Auckland DEPARTURES. SEPTEMBER. 16—Planet, cutter, for Dunedin ] 18—Muriwai, schooner, for Poverty Bay EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Mahia, cutter, from Wairoa B. T. Turnbull, ship, Gumming, from London (78 days out) L Eangatira, s.s„ from Wellington and Southern Ports, on Sunday, September 25 Star of the South, s.s., from Auckland VESSELS IN HARBOR. ' Greenwich, cutter, from Wairoa Hero, schooner, from Wairoa (repairing) St. Kilda, Colonial Government gun-boat, from Wellington Wellington, s.s., from Auckland '» Wild Duck, ketch, from Auckland PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For WELLiNGTON->»WeMr>gton, this day (Monday) Auckland—Eangatira, Monday, Sept, 27 PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. In the St. Kilda—Captain Eead, the chiefs Bopa» ta, Henare Potae, lhaka Whanga, Wikiripi, and the return guard of the hulk City of Newcastle OUTWARDS. In the Muriwai—Captain Read ENTERED INWARDS. SEPTEMBER. ? 16—St. Kilda, s.s., 100 tons, Pox, from Wellington, with 20 casks bottled beer, % qr-tierces tobacco, Eead. CLEARED OUTWARDS. . SEPTEMBER. 16—Planet, cutter, 23 tons, Bain, for Dunedin, in ballast.—Master, agent. If —Muriwai, schooner, 23 tons, M'Lennan, for Poverty Bay, with large miscellaneous cargo.— vv utb Brothers, agents. The s.s. St. Kilda. As briefly mentioned in our last, the Colonial Government gun-boat St. Kilda, Captain Fox, arrived ( in port on Wednesday night last. She left Wellington at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, and had fine weather with heavy southerly swell throughout the passage. Reports having, on Wednesday, sighted the brigantine Esther running into Blackhead. J The St. Kilda is still in harbor, having, since her arrival, been "waiting for orders." It is probable, however, that she will leave for the East Coast either to-day or to-morrow. Arrival of the ketch Wild Duck. The ketch Wild Duck, Captain Martin, left Auckland at noon on Thursday, 9th Sept., with J light N.E. wiud, which increased to a gale on the 10th; bore up for Kawau for shelter, anchoring there at 5 p.m. the same day. Left again at 8 r a.m. th e on 12th, with light westerly wind. The East Cape was rounded at 2 a.m. on the 16th, with light N.E. winds, Arrived at Awanui the same afternoon, and landed cargo and passengers. Left again at 8 o'clock the same night. Rounded Portland Island at 9 p.m. on tha 18th, and arrived in port at 8.30 a.m. yesterday, and entered the Iron Pot at 1 p.m. Cargo : (transhipped ex Ballarat) 13 cases, 2 bundles, Stuart and Co.; (transhipped ex John Banfield) 2 cases, J. W. Gowing ; 1 case and carriage pole, J. Stuart; 499 bars and 117 bundles iron, 60 bundles wire, 1 case, Watt Bros.-<-Mas-ter, agent. • Passenger: One native. Miscellaneous. j The cutter Planet took her departure for Dune- i din, in ballast, on Thursday morning. ( The schooner Muriwai, with a full general cargo, i sailed for Poverty Bay on Saturday evening. i

The cutter Glimpse, hence, arrived at Wellington on the 12th inst. The s.B. Rangatira, due from the South on Sunday next, 25th inst., is announced to steam for Auckland on the following day. The barque Panish Beauty, from Liverpool, arrived at Auckland on Thursday last, after a tedious passage of 123 days. She brought a full general Jcargo and 4 passengers. '.' , The Nelson Evening Mail thus mentions the disappearance of the cutter Sandfly, the property of Mr Carter —"A letter has been received by Mr Cross, the Harbor-master, from the contractor for the Cape farewell lighthouse, stating that the cutter Sandfly, with a full cargo of lumber from the Sound, had disappeared during the night of Ist inst., under somewhat suspicious circumstances. It appears that she was left at the anchorage that night with one man on board, who for seme days had been in a state of insubordination, and that on the following morning she was missing. The master, on going ashore in the afternoon had placed a light in the rigging ; this, however, had been removed, so that in his trying to return to the vessel iu the darkness, he was unable to find her. Although there was a fresh breeze during the night it is not thought that the cutter_ could have dragged her anchors, of which there were two out, as on a previous occasion one anchor had held her and two rafts of lumber when the wind was blowing equally strong. Suspicions are attached to the man who was on board, and there would seem to be some grounds for them, as the mate of the Lord Ashley reported having seen a small cutter bearing northward on the morning of Thursday, the 7th inst." Since the above was in type we learn from the Evening Post of the 13th that the mystery has been cleared up. That journal says :—" We are glad to hear that a telegram received from Mr Carter, on Saturday, announces that the cutter Sandfly, which was mentioned as being absent without leave a few days ago, lias turned up all right at Cape Campbell. From what we can gather, the man iu charge of her appears to have been under the effects of liquor, and got her under weigh without any distinct idea of where he was going. When the effect of his debauch passed off, he altered the cutter's course towards her proper destination, where, as before stated, she arrived all right."