Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 814, 18 August 1870, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OP AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. AUGUST. 1/3—Keera, s.s., 158 tons, Bain, from Auckland DEPARTURES. AUGUST. 15—Luna, Colonial Government p.s., Fairchild, fpr Wellington 15—Courier, ketch, 31 tons, Sinclair, for Queen (Charlotte's Sound PASSENGER LIST. IIfWAItDS. Jn the Keera—Messrs Banks, Cooper, Dobson, B-ak'er, and Davis OUTWARDS. In the Luna—His Honor the Superintendent, Major Green, Mr JVmnro, and several others EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Albion, ship, 566 tons, Krohn, from London via 'Nelson (now at latter port) .Challenger, ship, 698 tons, from London, via Nelson Comerang, p.s., from Auckland Herb, schooner, froui Wairoa and Mohaka Lord Ashley, s.s., from Wellington and Southern Ports Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington Why Not, ketch, from Wairoa VESSELS IN HARBQR. Greenwich, cutter, (lightering) Kcera, s.s., from Auckland Mahia, cutter, (lightering) Three Brothers, schooner, from Wairoa " PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Jon Auckland—Keera, s.s.. this evening Wellington—Rangatira, s.s., early

The Coloniitl Government p.s. Luna, Capt. Pairon ild, left Napier at 3 a.m. on the 12th instant, and arrived at Wairqa at 7.30 a.m.; landed Mr Hamlin, and proceeded to poverty Bay, arriving tit Turanganui at 5.30 p.m.; at 11 a.m. on the 13th was obliged to run over to, Young Nick's Head for shelter ; at 4.30 p.m., left for Tologa Bay, arriving there at 8.30 p.m.; left again at 6.30 a.m. on the 14th, and arrived at Poverty Bay at noon; left Poverty Bay at 1.15 p.m., with strong head wind ; called in at Wangawehi at 4 p.m., exppcting to embark Mr Hamlin, who, however, had not arrived ; vessel acpordingly proceeded on her voyage ; at 6.30 p.m., owing to strong easterly wind and heavy sea, bore up, and anchored under lee of Portland Island ; at 11.30 p.m., weigiied anchor, and came on under easy steam to Napier, where phe arrived at 6 a.m. on Monday, 15th inst. At 3 p.m. the same day the Luna took her departure for Wellington, where she arrived at 2 p.m. on Tuesday last. The s.B. Keera, Capt. Bain, left Napier at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, 10th inst., with a light W.N.Wbreeze. At 11 a.m. passed between Portland Island and the main land, and at 1 p.m. called in at Maliia and sopk on board 4 passengers. Left there at 4 p.m., and at 8 p.m. passed about two miles to the eastward'of Gable Etid Ppreland, with a light breeze from N.N.W. Rounded the East Gape at 4 a.m. on, the 11th, Mercury Island at midnight, and Cape Colville at 3 a.m. or\ the 12th, arriving at Kohimarama at 9 a.m. Landed her cargo of live stock' in excellent condition, and proceeded up p Auckland. Left again at 10 p.m. on Saturday, 13th inst., with a strong and increasing breeze |'rom N. and E., aqcompanied with thick dirty weather. Bounded the East Cape at 8 p.m. on the 14th, aud Portland Island at 8 p.m. on the 15th, arriving in roadstead at 2 a.m. on Tuesday', \6th jn'st.', tlius completing the up and down trip within 6 days. Erom the East Cape to port experienced strong southerly wind with heavy head sea.

The s.s. Lord Ashley, hence, arrived at Wellington at 5.45 p.m. oh the' litri i'nst. The s.B. Airedale, from Manukau, with the European and American Mails via San Francisco, arrived at Nelson at 9 p.m. on Tuesday last, and left for Pictou at 1 a.m. yesterday; she arrived at |*icton at 9 a.m., and steamed for Wellington at |0.20 a.m., arriving there at 3.20 p.m. The p.s. Comerang, which vessel (consequent on damages sustained tlirough going ashore at Poverty Bay) has for some time past been on the hard at Auckland, may be looked for here early naxt we.ek. it he Southern Cross states the probability of the Cpmerang calling in regularly at Tauranga on her passages from Napier and Auckland, now that infrequent communication has-been caused by the k^,' of the s.B.''T*uranjjal

The schooner Tawera, hence on Thursday evening last, arrived at; Poverty Bay on Saturday. The barque /Übion, ,we are informed, may be expected from Nelson in abQUjt a fortnight. The missionary schooner Southern Cross left Auckland for the Norfolk Islands on the "11th inst. Bishop. Patteson was a passenger by her.

The smart schooner Sea Breeze left Auckland for Le,vu]ia .(Fiji) on the 13th instant, with a general cargo and several passengers. The schooner Cleopatra and brigantine Se.a Gull were to follow in a few days—Nande Bay being the destination of the latter vessel. We learn from the Thames Advertiser that the schooner Huntress dragged from her anchorage, north side of the hard off Grahamstown, on the 6th inst., and got down amongst the shipping there. She came into collision with the schooner Aurora, and both vessels sustained some damage. The Huntress carried off her own jib-booiu, the cap of her bowsprit, and all her head gear, besides damaging all her bulwarks forward, and narrowly escaped damaging her bottom by dragging over the anchors which are strewed in all directions at this place. .The Aurora sustained her damage astern, where the bulwarks and taffrail were carried away. Search is being made for survivors from the IMatoaka in another direction besides the Auckland and BouEty Islands. We learn from a private letter from London, quoted by the Canterbury Press that, " as some fires have been seen on the South Georgias, by the William Duthie, the Government, at the instigation of Messrs. Shaw, Saville, and Co., have sent a steamer out, thinking that some of the Matoaka's crew might be there. The South Georgias are situated in 58 degrees S. lat., aud 38 degrees W. long., and are nearly due east from Cape Horn." At a meeting of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, two presentations for gallant, conduct at sea were made to Captain Lowry, of the British and African Steam Navigation Company's I steamer Bonny, and to James Sullivan, second: officer of the same vessel. The circumstauces j which called forth the recognition of Capt. Lowry j and Mr Sullivan are as follow:—Oil Sunday, the] 9th of January, when the Bonny was in lat. 50; deg. 41 min. N., long. 7 deg. 40 min. W., at 1.30; p.m., the wind blowing a terrific gale from thei N.W., a man was observed on a piece of-wreck about half a-mile to the leeward. Captain Lowry at once ordered the engines to be stopped aud the lifeboat to be got out. The second officer at once jumped into it, aud following his gallant example, six of the crew followed him. After a desperatei sti uggle, during which the boat and her noble crew; were several times in imminent; danger of being swamped, the piece of wreck was reached, aud the, poor fellow, a Swede named Holstein, one of the survivors of the ship Cossipore, which had been capsized in a sudden souall the day before, was taken off by Mr Sullivan. The poor fellow was in the last state of exhaustion, and'could not possibly have survived much longer.