Shipping Inteliigence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1531, 5 December 1873, Page 38

Shipping Inteliigence.

PORT AHURIRI. AEEIVALS. DECEMBER. 2—Start, cutter, from Wangapoa 2—Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa B—Rangatira, s.s., from Poverty Bay 3—Bella, s.s., from Auckland 4—Una, s.s. (put back) DEPARTURES. DECEMBER. 2—Opotiki, schooner, for Poverty Bay 2—Bencleuch, schooner, for Havelock 2—Jessie, schooner, for Wellington 3—Fairy, s.s., for Wairoa 3—Atalanta, schooner, for Auckland 3—Rangatira, s.s., for Wellington and Castle Point 4 —Una, s.s., for Whakaki 4—Start, cutter, for Auckland 4—Rachel Cohen, brigantine, for Newcastle, N.S.W. PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. In the Mary Ann Hudson—Mr Drum, mond In the Rangatira—Mr and Mrs Locke and child, Messrs Beaver, Branigan, Blackstock, Chapman, Cooper, Frazer, Glegg, Hadfield, Kinross, Lyon, Nash, Wallace, and six natives OUTWARDS. In the Fairy—Mr and Mrs Gray and child, Mrs Atward, Mrs Power, Messrs Cork, Renner, Swan, Twigg, and several natives In the Rangatira—Mr and Mrs Barnes and family (3), Mrs Morrison, Messrs Drummond, Liddel, Lyon, O'Kain, and Williams EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Lsßtitia, schooner, from Mercury Bay Luna, p.s., from the North Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Mercury, cutter, from Mercury Bay Opotiki, schooner, from Poverty Bay Queen Bee, ship, from London via Wellington Queen of the North, ship, from London Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Sunbeam, schooner, from Auckland via the coast Wave Queen, ship, from London via Wellington VESSELS IN HARBOR. Bella, s.s., from Auckland Clematis, ketch, from the coast Excelsior, ship, from Wellington Hovding, ship, from Christiania Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, frqm Wairoa Three Brothers, ketch (lightering) Una, s.s. (lightering) Hero, schooner (laid up) Greenwich, cutter PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Clematis, ketch, for the coast, to-day Rangatira, s.s., for Poverty Bay, on Monday next Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, for Wairoa, early Excelsior, ship, for London, early

The cutter Start, Capt. Doughty, left Wangapoa on Friday last, with a fresh westerly bretze, which continued until she rounded the East Cape at 1 p.m. on Saturday, when it fell to a calm. At 10 a.m. on Sunday, a light N.E. breeze sprung up, and when off Poverty Bay, at 11 p.m., it went round to the westward. From Portland Island to port light variable winds were experienced. Arrived in the roadstead at 2 a.m on Tuesday. Cargo : 26,300 ft. sawn timber. When the Start left Wangapoa the only vessel there, was the schooner Ivauhoe, loading timber for New Caledonia.—The Start sailed for Auckland at about 6 o'clock last evening.

The ketch Mary Aran Hudson, W. E. Baxter, master, arrived in port on Tuesday afternoon, from Wairoa, with 10 kits maize, 1,200 bricks, 4 oxhides, 20 empty casks, and 2 empty jars.

The s.B. Rangatira, Capt. Chan. Lloyd, arrived in harbor at 4 a.m. on Wednesday, from Poverty Bay, with 3C bales wool, and steamed for Wellington at 5.30 p.m. same clay with cloven passengers and 120 bales wool. She arrived at Castle Point at 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The s.s. Bella, Captain G. Gcbbins, left Auckland at 3 o'clock on Sunday morning. Experienced light variable winds until off Poverty Bay, at 5.30 a.m. on Tuesday, when it came on stiff from the southward, ran in for shelter, and s-tayed thereuntil 11.30 p.m., when she resumed her voyage ; arriving in the Iron Pot at 2 p.m. on Wednesday. The Bella is a very pretty little steamer, well adapted for the work for which she is intended, and her enterprising owner deserves every success. We take the following from the Daily Southern Cross of the 12th ultimo :—The new steamer which has, during the last month or two been building at Messrs Sims and Brown's yard was yesterday morning successfully launched. The steamer, which was christened by Miss Lodder the Bella, has been built to the order of Mr Pcarcy, of Napier, and is intended to be used as a tug at that port and to load and discharge vessels in the roadstead. The Bella is a well-built little craft, and reflects the very greatest credit upon her builders. The boiler and machinery (12-horse power) is being made by Mr Hawkcswood. The dimensions of the vessel are—length, 54ft. > beam, lift.; depth of hold, Gft. 4in.

The schooner Opotiki, Capt. W. Harris, took her departure for Poverty Bay on Tuesday, with a full general cargo.

The schooner Jessie sailed for Welling ton with a cargo of wool on Tuesday last.

The S.S. Fairy, Captain J. Campbell, steamed for Wairoa early on Wednesday fnorning with a cargo of telegraph material and several passengers,

The schooner Atalanta, Captain G.W. Conway, sailed for Auckland via the coast on Wednesday evening. The s.s. Una left yesterday morning for Whakaki, but owing to something being wrong with the machinery, she had to return,

The brigantine Rachel Cohen sailed for Newcastle, N.S.W., at 7 last evening, in ballast.

Death of Captain John Smith.—We regret to have to record the death of Capt. John Smith, of the schooner Lsetitia, which occurred unexpectedly, at Mercury Bay, after an illness of only twenty-four hours. The cause of death, we learn, was inflammation of the bowels.

Narrow Escape from Shipwreck The Auckland Evening Star, of the 19th November, writes:—Captain Eobertson, of the brig Albion, which arrived from Newcastle this morning, has obligingly furnished us with the following report of a narrow escape from shipwreck which his vessel experienced when off the Three Kings : On the morning of Sunday, the lGth, when about eight miles north of the Kings, the wind died away, and the strong current with a heavy swell from the west set the ship right in shore towards a place marked on the charts " The Caves." When about 100 fathoms from the cliffs, which rise here to a height of about 600 feet perpendicularly, we got soundings in 24 fathoms of water, and let go an anchor with but faint hopes of it holding. Fortunately it did so, and at 45 fathoms chain the ship swung round, head to sea, her stern being 200 feet from the rocks, and in this perilous position she lay from five a.m. till two p.m., when a light breeze came from the N.E. By means of a spring from the starboard quarter we carted her broadside to fill all sail. We slipped the chain and just cleared the land, losing the anchor and 60 fathoms of chain; kedge, and SCO feet of warps, and two hawsers. Before the anchor was let go we had the boats out and got water, provisions, and other requisites for saving the crew, as in the event of the ship striking there was no chance of saving anything, as all this side of the island is without a landing place.

A New Life-Raft.—Captain Hurst, a well known and experienced commander in the merchant service, and who has had himself considerable experience in saving of life at sea, has constructed and patented a liferaft which he confidently hopes may be the means of rescuing many valuable lives which, with the present insufficient supply of lifesaving apparatus on shipboard, would, without its assistance, inevitably be lost. The raft measures 18 feet iu length by C feet in breadth, and weighs altogether only 695 lbs. It is constructed of iron, and fitted with six water-tight compartments, iu which provisions and other necessaries may be stowed. It can be easly stowed on deck until wanted) can be launched without tackle, and, no matter how hurriedly it maybe thrown into the water, it is sure to float right, as top aad bottom are exactly the same. It is provided with paddles, which may be used by anyone, however inexperienced, and there is in no case any danger of capsizing. Captain Hurst avers that if the Northfleet had been supplied with such a raft, the terrible loss of life which resulted from the collision with the Murillo might have been arrested.