Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1534, 16 December 1873, Page 50

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI.

ARRIVALS/:, A a DECEHBEB. "' V: 13—Opotiki, schooner, from Poverty Ray 14 —Clematis, ketch, from the coast 15—Eangatira, s.s., from Wellington and Castle Point V ,!• - 15—Merlin, schooner, from Wangapoa DEPARTURES. ._ DECEHBEE. 12— Patersdri, p.s., for Wellington via Blackhead 13—Fairy, s.s., for Wairoa 14—Lajtitia, 'schooner, for .Wangapoa 15—Belle Brandon, schooner, for Cabbage Bay 15—Rangatira, s.s., for Poverty Bay ■, , A ' PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. ~, In the Rangatira—Mrs Goldstone and family (5), Mips Richmond, Master Tanner, Messrs Carter, Cato, Colenso, Geysou, Hack, Jones, Matthias, Mitchell, Newman, Poole, Parkinson, Shields, Stevenson, Thomas, and others OUTWARDS. In the Faterson—Capt. Irving. Mr and Mrs Jones, Mrs Hadfield and two children, Mrs Rollo, Mr Anniug, and several others In the Rangatira—Mr Loddcr and several others EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Atalanta, schooner, from Mercury Bay Colonist, schooner, from Cabbage Bay Columbia, schooner, from Mercury Bay Duncdin, schooner, from Dunedin Eiery Cross, schooner, from Auckland Forest Queen, ketch, from Wangapoa Luna, p.s., from the North Mercury, cutter, from Mercury 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 Star of the South, s.s., from Auckland Sunbeam, schooner, from Auckland via the coast Wave Queen, ship, from Loudou via Wellington VESSELS IN HARBOR. Bella, s.s., from Arapawanui Clematis, ketch, from the coast Excelsior, ship, from Wellington Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Hoveling, ship, from Christiania Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Merlin, schooner, from Wangapoa Opotiki, schooner, from Poverty Bay Three Brothers, ketch (lightering) Una, s.s. (lightering) Hero, schooner (laid up) Greenwich, cutter

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Rangatira, b.s., for Wellington, on Wed. nesday Star of the South, S.S., for Auckland and Fiji, about Friday next Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, for Wairoa, early Excelsior, ship, for London, early ■i -g> The schooner Opotiki, Capt. W. Harris, arrived on Saturday last from Poverty Bay. The ketch Clematis, Capt. W. Bendall, from Mahia and Waikokopu, arrived on Sunday with 86 bales wool, and 9 bags maize. The S.S. Rangatira, Captain C. Lloyd, arrived yesterday morning from Wellington and Castle Point, and left for Poverty Bay at 3.30 p.m.

The schooner Merlin, Capt. E. Wells, arrived yesterday afternoon from Auckland and Waugapoa with 25,000 feet timber, 3,00 u bricks, and a quantity of concrete material. The p.S. Paterson took her departure for Wellington via Blackhead at 8 p.m. on Friday. The schooner Belle Brandon sailed for Cabbage Bay yesterday afternoon with a cargo of sheep.

The s.s. Star of the South left Auckland for Napier via Poverty Bay at 1.30 p.m. yesterday. She will steam for Fiji and Auckland on Friday next. Messages from the Sea.—A late West Coast paper reports a discovery :—On Tuesday last a hermetically sealed bottle was picked up on the Nine Mile Beach, Charleston, which contained a small slip of paper and a lock of hair. If genuine, and from the paper there is no reason to doubt it, it may be of some service to nautical men as illustrative of the peculiar set of ocean currents. The paper is in some parts scarcely legible, and had the following inscription on it : "This—of ha —a-^-is—the head of—devcal Mahem by himself and whosoever doth find it is informed that it is his personal property, ship Sussex off C. Horn, January Ist. 1870." The interpretation would seem to be—' : This piece of hair is cut off the head of Daniel Maham(or Mahar) by himself, etc."—The Waikato Times of the 27th November reports :—Thc following was picked up at the Waikato Heads, on the 23rd instant by Mr James S. Gibbons. It is written on a small piece of paper, and was enclosed in a bottle. <( Ship Masconomo, lat. 49 S., long, 130 E. Ship sinking, 14th January, 1872.". We have no recollection of any such vessel having been reported as lost, and are. aware that foolish people arc in the habit of throwing such things overboard. We give the communication insertion in the hope that it may clear up the mystery attached to some maritime calamity. It may also be some guide as to the set of the ocean currents.