Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 861, 8 November 1870, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

Port Ahuriri. latitude, 39 deg. 28 min. 44 sea S.; longitude, 176 deg. 55 min. 10 sec. E. Jjtynrise and Sunset To-morrow—Rise, 4,51 j set, 6.37 Phase of the Moon—Full Moon, on the 6th November, at 7.11 p.m. f?igh Water Slack To-morrpw,— Mornipg, 7.62 $ Evening, 7.56 ARRIVALS. NOVEMBER. Tmr-Luna, p.s., from the East Coast S-rrThrep Brothers, schooner, from Wajroa DEPARTURES. NDyKMBEB. 7—Muriwai, schooner, for Wairoa ft« 4 Po* yarty Baj PASSENGER MS?. - INWABDS. In the Luna—lnspector and Mrs M'Donnell, Major and Mrs Ropata, Capt. Wallace, Lieut. Porter, F. E. Hamlin, Esq., R.M., Mr Hart, and Mr Hitchings In the Three Brothers—Miss Howell, Mr M'Fariaue, and 2 natives EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Asterope, ship, from London via Auckland (now at latter port) Challenger, ship, from London via Nelson (now at latter port) Lord Ash}ey ? s.s., from Tauranga and. Auckland, to-morrow Meteor, schooner, from Auckland via coast Rangatjra, s.s., from Wellington, about the 16th instant Saucy Lass, schooner, from Auckland via the Coast VESSELS IN PORT. Eagle, ketch, from Poverty Bay Greenwich, cutter (repairing) Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Keera, s.s., from Auckland Luna, p.s., from the East Coast Maggie, brig, from Lyttelton Main's, cutter (repairing) Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Porangahau Three Brothers, schooner, from Wairoa Why. Not, ketch, from Wairoa PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Keera, for Auckland, this evening Lord Ashley, for Wellington and Souihern Ports, to-morrow Hero, for Wairoa and Mohaka, on Thursday Maggie, brig, for Newcastle, early ENTERED INWARDS. NOVEMJJEII. Brothers, schooner, 25 tons, H f Rpss, from Wairoa, with 300 bushels maize, Neal and Close; 250 bushels maize, Stunrt and Co.; 10 cwt. kumeras, order.—G. E. G. Richardsop. agent. CLEARED OUTWARDS. MOVEMBEB. B:—Keera, s.s., 158 tons, Bain, for Auck? land, with 54 head cattle an,d 300 sheep, RroadbenJ; and Brothers, agents.

The Colonial Government giinboat, Lunn, Captain Fairchild, left Napier nt 11 p.m. on {Sunday the 30th October, and arrived off Wairoa, at 6 a.m. the next d.iy. La; ded stores and passengers and left at 5 p.m. the pame day. Arrived at Poverty Bay on the Ist jnst., and left at 9 o'clock same rii'ght. Ar rived at Matahau at 7 a.m. on the 2nd, and left again at § a m. Arrived at Opotiki at 5 a.m. on the 3rd. Left again »£ 2 p.m. the came 4ay j and lay under Whajd Island that night. On the morning of the 4 <'h, went to Whakatane, and steamed for White Island the same night.. Arrived there at 4.30 on the morning of the 4th, and explored the jsland. Left for Tauranga at 6 the Sam*!. morning, palling in at Maketu on the way. Arrived at Tauranga at 5 o'clock the same calling in op the passage to Napier at Opotiki, Matatiau, and Turanganui. Arrived in Ahuriri roadstead at 5.30 last evening, and came inside at once. The schooner Three Brothers, H. Boss, mnuter, left Wairoa at 5 a.m. ypsterdaj-, and had light N.W. wind until 10 a.m., when it changed to E.N.E. Brought up in Ahuriri roads at 1 o'clock this morning, and entered the Iron Pot at 5. The three masted schooner Ocean "Wave, from Wellington to Auckland, was spoken by the Luna off Cape Kunaway,on ttandaj evening. Capt Galbraith wished to be reported. The schooner Muriwai sailed for Wairoa and Poverty Bay last night. The following report of the passage of the ship Asterope from London to Auckland, ap pears in the Southern Cross of October 29 : The flne ship Asterope arrived in harbour yesterday from London, alter a passage of 99 days from land to land. The ship is. under the command of Captain Edward Homer, a gentlemen long and favourably known in the the Southern trade. On the present voyage the Asterope brings a. large general cargo and feirty-seven passengers, who have all arrived in excellent health, and are unanimous in their praise of Captain Homer, whom they speak of qs having been untiring in hia exertions to promote the happiness of those under his care, (phe officers of the ship also seem to have gamed a large amount of the passengers' approbation. The Asterope for several years past has been trading between London and Wellington, Lyttelton, and Otago, and has on several occasions made excellent runs tq those ports, proving that with anything like weather ahe is a vessel able to run. The f-hip comes consigned to Messrs. Cruickshank, Smart & Co. Of the passage out Captain Homer kindly prepared the follpwing report for us:— f Xhe ship Asterope left London on the 19th of tf idy ] .had fine weather in channel, and took jifr sns>i departure from jjjtuwrij Poiiit on July

§3rd; fine .weather continued, and Madeira ■was passed on the Ist of August The N.E. trades were fallen in with on the 3rd August in latitude 27 N.', longitude 23.50 W., continuing very light, and carried to latitude 8 N., longitude 26 W.; doldrums then prevailed for fire days. Then had a brisk S.W. wind and southerly ;until she crossed the equator on August 24th, in longitude 25 31. The wind then gradually veered S.S.E. to S.E. The trades continued moderate, and were parried to latitude 25 S., the wind then hauling northerly, with rain. Westerly breezes and fair wind were then experienced until passing Tristan a'Acunha, on September 9th, when we had a very heavy N.E. gale, with a very heavy sea. Passed the meridian of Greenwich on the 11th i that of the Cape on 15th. Had strong westerly breeze* to the meridian of 80 E., when she encountered a stiff N.E. and easterly breeze for three days; thence had moderate westerly breezes until October 1, when she experienced a strong S.W. cale with heavy rain and a heavy breaking sea. We lost a man overboard from the jibboom. The sea was too heavy to enable us to render the man any assistance, and the weather too thick to see the length of the ship astern. Her easting was run down on the parallel of 41, and was characterised by moderate westerly winds and Hue weather to the meridian of Cape Leuwin, which was crossed on the 9th of October, and that of Tasmania on the 14th. Then fell in with very light W.S.W. winds, with remarkably clear weather for four days, when the Asterope encountered a stiff iN .E. breeze, increasing to a gale, lasting for three days. The wind then veered to the west- On Monday last sighted the westward of the Three Kings, bearing N.E. £ N , distance 14 uiiles, this being the first land sighted since ltmviog Start Point. From the Three Kings experienced light variable winds down the-coiiet, arriving off Tiritin at 5 p.m. on Thursday night last, and arriving in harbor as above.