Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 864, 12 November 1870, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

Fort Ahuriri. latitude, 39 deg. 28 min. 44 sec. S.; longitude, 176 deg. 55 min. 10 sec. E. punrise and Sunset To-morrpw—Eise, 4-48; eet,6.41. Monday—Eise, 4.47; set, 6 42 of the Moon—Last Quarter, on the 16th November, at 8.38 p.m. High Water Slack To-morrow,—Morning, 10.44; JSyemng, 11.5. Monday—Morning, 11.30 j Evening, 11.54 ARRIVALS. My* DEPARTURES. UOVISMBEB. 12—Mahia, cutter, for Waimarama 12—Three Brothers, schooner, for Mangafturi EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Asterope, ship, from London via Auckland (now at latter port) Challenger, ship, from London via Nelson (now at latter port) Keera, s.s., from Auckland Lord Ashley, s.s., from Wellington and Southern Ports, about the 22nd instant Mahia, cutter, from Waimarama Meteor, schooner, from Auckland via coast Napier, s.s., (new), from Auckland, early Ocean Wave, schooner, from Auckland via the coast Eangatira, s.s., from Wellington, about the 16th instant Saucy Lass, schopner, from Auckland via the Coast ; Three Brothers, schponer, from Mangakuri VESSELS IN POET. Greenwich, cutter (repairing) Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Luna, p.s., from the East Coast Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Porangahau Why Not, ketch, from Wairoa PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Luna, for Wellington, this evening Hero, for Wairoa and Mohaka, on Monday Mary Ann Hudson, for Wairoa, early next week CLEARED OUTWARDS. NOVEMBER. 11 —Mahia, cutter, 20 tons, D. Hamilton, for Waimarama, with 5 cwt. flour, 60 woolpacks, 2 gallons rum, order. — Kinross and Co., agents. 11—Three Brothers, schooner, 23 tons, H. Ross, for Mangakuri, in ballast. —Routledge, Kennedy and Co., agent. The schooner Three Brothers and the cutter Mahia both took their departure this morning, the former for Mangakuri, and the latter for Waimarama. We believe both vessels will re turn with wool. The Hero, for Wairoa, will not leave until Monday. The three-matted schooner Ocean Wave may be shortly expected here from the north, with a cargo of timber and shingles. The Otago Daily Times gives the following description of the boat now building for the Naval Brigade, and towards which the Government recently gave £2OO : —Mr Green, fhe well-fcnown boat builder, has just completed at his sheds, thp Planet Saw Mills, Cumberland street, a very handsome and commodious boat fpr the" Naval Brigade. Her dimension? are : Length over all, 45ft; breadth pf beam, 10ft; and depth, 4ft. Her keel, ptem, sternpost, gunwale, stringers, knees, and kelson are of hardwood, and timbers are pf Bteamed kowhai, which is well known for its strength and durability. The boat is planked with two thicknesses of half-inch kauri pine, and is also closely batten-lined from the kelson to the gunwale? with half inch pine, a-ndi floored from stem to stern with one inch pine. She is copper and composition fastened throughout, and sheathed with 16o? Muntz metal to a two feet water line. She is designed to sail and pull fast on a light draught of water, and has a good spring in the keel, whicn will give her increased speed, and make her more easy to manoeuvre than if built with a straight keel. She has an iron centre-board, 9ft long with 3ft dip, which when under can vas will give her a draught of sft. The boat is to be rigged with two eliding gunters, so fitted that they can be housed in a few seconds. she has nine thwarts, and will pull 18 oars, and is also to parry two breach-loading guns, one at thp bow and the other at the stern. The contract has been carried out under the inspection of Mr W. Aeher, who has expressed himself highly satisfied with both workmanship and material. ' The Sydney Morning Herald, October 2a, gives, the following particulars regarding the collision between the steamers Avoca and Waimea, and the sinking pf the latter vessel — a telegram of which recently appeared in our columns: —An accident of a very serious nature, although fortunately unattended with Ipse pf life, tppk pace last night, off Battery and I>awes' Points. The following are the par* Oculars of this unfortunate occurrence:—The J\ and O. Company's steamship Avoca, inward bound, from Melbourne, was coming up the harbor, and at 9.56 p.m. was off Kiribati Point, engines were stopped, and the ehip making about two knots through the wafer, when the mast-head and starboard or green lights of a steamer was observed coming Sown, and bearing three points on the starpoard bow, distant about a quarter of a mile. The Avoca had her helm a starboard, for the purpose 6t making the usual mooring-buoy off Moore's wharf, having by 10 p.m. reached abreast of Duwes' Point, when the putwardfpund Bteam.er suddenly showecj her port or red light, thus indicating that she had put her helm a-port, for {ilie purpose of crossing the ppwfl of the Avoca, and passing between that tfe&4gl flii'd the south shore. Tjje danger of a

collision being at once apparent, the engines of the Aroca were iramediately oHered "full speed astern," but before she had stern-way the out-going steamer got athwart-hawae, the stem of the Avoca catching her abaft the fore rjgging on the port side, and cutting her down. The vessel, which proved to be the Waimea, outward bound for the Eichmond Biver with cargo and passepgers, at once filled, and within five minutes foundered under the bows of the Avooa. Immediately on the collision taking place the mail steamer's starboard cutter was lowered, and, in charge of the third officer, used every exertion to save life. The steam launch of Hl{.S. Galatea was happily, in the vicinity, and materially assisted in rescuing the passengers and crew. The wreck lies about fifty vards north of Dawes' Point. The Waimea ja owned by Mr J. Manning." She is a wooden Bcrew steamer of 107 tons, built in this port in 3-868. The Hobart Town Mercury of October 24, says:—From five to six hundred of the oititizens of Hobart Town assembled at McGregor's shipbuilding yard at the Domain, on October 22, to witness the launch of the large ye«sel which for the past fifteen months has been on the stocks in course of construction. She will be ready to be placed on the berth by the Ist of January next, for London, whither she will make her maiden trip, to be classified at Lloyd's, under the command of Mr Eichard Copping, captain of the. Bella-Mary. The dimensions of the barque are—length of keel, 121 ft? breadth, 27ft; depth of hold, 10ft. Her tonnage is 450 tons builder's measurement. The material used in building the vessel is of the best description. In the outfit, we learn that the latest improvements will be adopted, including Skinner's patent vertical Bteering apparatus. The new vessel was christened the " Harriet McGregor."