Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 18, Issue 1068, 14 July 1871, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

Port Ahuriri. latitude, 39 deg. 28 min. 44 sec. S.; longitude, 176 deg. 55 min. 10 sec. E. |?hase of the Moon—New Moon on the 18th July, at 457 a.m. THE TIDES APPROXIMATE TIME OF HIGH WATER SLACK. To-morrow...horning, 435; Evening, 5.00 ARRIVALS. 13 —Lord Ashley, s.s., from Tauranga and Auckland DEPARTURES. Nil. PASSENGER LIST. INWAEDS. In the Lord Ashley—Mr M'Uroy, Mr Fraper, Masters Brown (2), and 18 for the South OUTWARDS. In the Lord Ashley —The hon. the Native and Defence Minister, Messrs W. K. M'Lean, Hood, Hewitt, and 6 natives. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Lord Ashley, s.s., for Wellington and the South, this evening Maggie, brig, for Newcastle, this evening Crest of the Waye, schooner, for fellington, on Saturday Hero, schooner, for Wairoa, early EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Amherst, brigantine, from Newcastle Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Napier, s.s., from Auckland via Poverty Bay Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington, Lyttelton, jand Dunedin Star of the South, s.s-, from Auckland Wby Not, ketch, from Porangahau VESSELS IN PORT. Lord Ashley, s.s., from Tauranga and Auckland Crest of the Wave, schooner, from Dunedin Three Brothers, schooner, from Arapawanui Maggie, brig, from Newcastle Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Greenwich, cutter (lightering) Mahia, cutter (lightering) Una, steam launch ENTERED INWARDS. JULY. 14 —Lord Ashley, s.s., 296 tons, Andrews, from Auckland, with (under Arms Act) 15 kegs gunpowder, General Government Agent; 6 kegs salmon, Routledge, Kennedy & Co; 1 bundle, Munday ; 1 parcel, M'Lean.—Routledge,Kennedy & Co, agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. JULY. 14—Lord Ashley, s.s,, 296 tons, Andrews, for Wellington and Southern Ports, with 1 case books, Rees.-r-Routledge, Kennedy & Co, agents The OS. Co.'s s.s. Lord Ashley, Capt. H. J. ,C. Andrews, left Queen street wharf, Auckland at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, 11th inst; stopped and took on board a quantity of powder, and started again at 11 p.m., with light S.E. wind; passed Cape Oolville at 1 a.m. on the 12th; pame through the Hole in the Wall at 6 a.m., and anchored in Tauranga harbor at 0.30 p.m. Left Tauranga at 2.45 p.m., and passed White Island at 8 p.m., with fine weather and light S.W. wind. Rounded the East Cape at 3-30 yesterday morning, and arrived at the anchorage in Ahuriri roadstead at 8.20 last night, after a fine weather passage throughout. The favorite little steamer Napjer, Captain Bendall, may be expected to arrive in port ]to-morrow. She arrived at Auckland, from Napier and Poverty Bay, on Friday morning, 7th inst, having on board 400 sheep shipped at the latter place; and was expected to leave on the return trip at noon on Wednesday last, 12th inst. The s.s. Star of the South, hence at 1 p.m. on Monday, was sighted from the s.s. Lord Ashley oW Alderman Island at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. The s.s. Omeo, with the E nglish Mail via Suez on board, arrived at Nelson from Grey mouth at 2 p.m. yesterday, and left for Wellington at 6 o'clock this morning. The mail steamer Nevada, from Napier and pther Southern ports, arrived at Auckland at 9 p.m. on Tuesday last; and was to have left for Honolulu yesterday. The clipper ship Excelsior, Captain Lees, having on board a large general cargo and 37 passengers, left London docks on the 29th of March, and Gravesend on the 31st, bound for Auckland j experienced head winds down the (Channel; passed the Lizard on the 4th April. From thence, experienced variable winds to the Equator, which was crossed on the 6th May. Tne S.E. trades proved very indifferent, and for several days the ship only averaged two knots an hour. The meridian of the jpape was passed on the 4th June. On the 16th June, while running down the easting, a heavy sea broke over the ship, which carried away the skylights, stove the stern posts in, filling the saloon ; carried away part of her bulwarks, stove in the boats, and did a great jdpal of other damage. Strong southerly winds prevailed till passing Tasmania on the 30th June. Had fair weather thence, and made jfhe Three King? on the 6th July. Had strong wind s down the coast, and arriyed in Auckland harbor at 8 o'clock on the evening of the 7ih inst., thus completing the passage in 99 flays, or 93 days from land to land. We append a list of that portion of the Excelsior's cargo which is for this port:—l24 packages, "Watt Brothers ; 51 packages, N. Williams ; 1 page sewing machines, T. B. Harding; 1 case, J. N, Wilson; 1? packages, Colonel Rueaell; I case, Lord; 24 pkga and 7 cases, order.