Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1418, 3 September 1872, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI. PHASES OF THE MOON. New Moon 3rd Sept., 0.23 p.m. HIGH WATER SLACK. TO-MOEEOW. Morning, 6.30 ... ... Evening, 7.0 ARRIVALS. SEPTEMBER. 3 —Keera, s.s., from Auckland via Tauranga and Poverty Bay 3 —Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa PASSENGER LIST. INWABDS. In the Keera—Bishop Williams, Miss Nicol, and Mr Hull In the Mary Ann Hudson—Mr Warren and Mr Anderson EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Amherst, brigantine, from Newcastle Ballarat, barque, from London (sailed 15th June) Colonist, schooner, from Auckland via Mercury Bay Hodvig, barque, from Christiania, Nor way (sailed 31st May) Lffititia, schooner, from Auckland via Mercury Bay Bangatira, s.s., from Wellington and Southern Ports Saucy Lass, schooner, from Auckland via Mercury Bay Star of the South, s.s,, from Auckland VESSELS IN PORT. Keera, s.s., from Auckland via Tauranga and Poverty Bay Coronilla, barque, from London via Auckland Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Hero, schooner, from Wairoa Three Brothers, schooner (repairing) PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Hero, schooner, for Wairoa, to-night Keera, s.s., for Wellington and Southern Ports, to-night The s.s. Keera, Capt. Andrew, left Auckland at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 29th ult. ; the same evening passed the ship Countess of Kintore, from London, bound to Auckland ; arrived at Tauranga at 10.30 a.m. on the 30th, and left again at noon the same day. At 6.30 a.m. on the 31st sighted a large barque, under close-reefed topsails, standing to the northward. At 8 a.m., owing to the prevalence of a Strong southerly gale, anchored under lee of the East Cape, Left again at 4 p.m., but the sea and wind still rising, stood in for Kawa Kawa, and anchored. Resumed her voyage at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jst inst., and arrived at Poverty Bay at 9.30 a.m. yesterday ; left again at noon, and arrived here at 1 o'clock this morning. She leaves for the South this evening.

The ketch Mary Ann Hudson, from 'Wairoa, arrived in port this morning, bringing 200 bushels maize, 24 sheepskins, 10 bags flour, &c. As we predicted yesterday, this vessel had to seek shelter at Long Point during the continuance of the late heavy southerly weather. The s.s. Star of the South left Auckland for Napier at 9 o'clock last night. The schooner Saucy Lass, from Mercury Bay, bound to Napier, wa3 at anchor at Kawa Kawa when the JCeera left that place on Sunday afternoon. For some time past, the barque Free Trader has been expected to arrive at this port, from Newcastle, N.S.W., with a cargo of coal for Mr. J. H. Vautier. By news received to-day, however, we learn that the Free Trader will not come on to this port, her destination having been altered to Nelson; but that another vessel would immediately be despatched in her place. The barque Thames left Aucklaud for New York on the 24th August, with a cargo of kauri gum, flax, &c, valued at £IO,IBO.

The schooner Prima Donna, despatched from Auckland in search of the mission schooner Southern Cross, supposed to have met with some accident, returned to that port from Norfolk Island on the 27th August, bringing the gratifying intelligence that all was well with the Southern Cross, The Prima Donna was 6 days on the trip from Auckland to Norfolk Island, the return passage only occupying 4J days. The unprecedented length of the Southern Cross's voyage (which was the cause gf the anxiety felt

for that vessel's safety) was owing, first, to the constant succession of light winds and calms she experienced, and, secondly, to a terrific gale which came on when she was only nine miles distant from Norfolk Island on her return, and which blew her off 133 miles. The captain and all on board say that she never behaved better than in this gale, and sustained no damage. The Hjme News, June 27* says : Nothing has yet been heard of the ship Glenmark, which is said to have sailed from Lyttelton for London on the Ist February. We understand that 70 per cent, has been paid to effect insurance by her.

Under the heading of " Steam versus Sail," the San Francisco News Letter, of the 11th May, contains the following interesting paragraph : " The steamship Mohongo, Gapt. Bennett, of Webb's Australian Line, made the run from San Francisco to Honolulu in 11 days. The barque D. 0. Murray, Capt. Shephard, of J. (J. Merrill's Packet Line, sailed the same day for the same port. The two vessels crossed the bar about the same time, and * nip and tuck' spread their way across the briny deep. The Mohongo entered the port of Honolulu just twenty minutes ahead of the barque. Oh, what a victory!"