Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1537, 26 December 1873, Page 62

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI, ARRIVALS. DECEHBEB. 22—Atalanta, schooner, from Auckland 24 —Fairy, s.s., from Porangahau 24 —Clematis, ketch, from the coast 24—Rangatira, s.s., from Poverty Bay DEPARTURES. DECEMBER. 26—Saucy Lass, schooner, for Auckland 24—Rangatira, s.s., for Wellington and Castle Point 25—Fairy, s.s,, for Wairoa PASSENGER LIST. INWAKDS. In the Fairy—Mr O'Kane In the Rangatira—Mr and Mrs Morgan, Mrs J. H. Campbell, Mrs Pratt, Mrs Stubbs, Miss Glazebrook, Miss Cowan, Miss Gately, Messrs Boylan, Burchell, Cato, Curtice, Flynn, Wall, Witty, Constable and prisoner, and four natives OUTWARDS. In the Rangatira—Bishop of Waiapu, Rev. Mr Townseiul, Rev. Mr Irvine, Mr and Mrs Malcolm and family (6), Mr and Mrs M. Smith and child, Mr and Mrs Styles, Mr and Mrs W. E. Baxter, Mrs W. S. Baxter, Miss Bobottom. Messrs Auber, Barker, Bourke Beck, Boylan, Brandon, Dare, Faulknor, Flynn, Harker, Herbert, Hill, Hansen, Kirton, Lodder, M'Farlane (2), Petersen, Steele, and Schultze EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Dunedin, schooner, from Dunedin Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Forest Queen, ketch, from Wangapoa Inverary, ship, from London Lsetitia, schooner, from Mercury Bay Luna, p.s., from the North Mercury, cutter, from Mercury Bay Opotiki, schooner, from Poverty Bay Queen of the North, ship, from London Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington Wave Queen, ship, from London via Wellington VESSELS IN HARBOR. Atalanta, schooner, from Mercury Bay Bella, s.s., from Arapawanui Columbia, schooner, from Mercury Bay Clematis, ketch, from the coast Excelsior, ship, from Wellington Fiery Cross, schooner, from Auckland Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Queen Bee, ship, from London via Wellington Three Brothers, ketch (lightering) Una, s.s. (lightering) Wild Wave, schooner, from Lyttelton Hero, schooner (laid up) Greenwich, cutter PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Excelsior, ship, for London, to-day Atalanta, schooner, for Poverty Bay and Auckland, to-morrow Columbia, schooner, for Auckland via the coast, to-morrow Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, for Wairoa, to-day Rangatira, s.s,, for Poverty Bay, on Monday next ■■ i 'O— ' The schooner Atalanta, Capt. Peachy, arrived in port on Monday night, from Auckland with 10,000 shingles and 20,000 feet timber.

The s.s. Fairy, Captain J. Campbell, arrived from Porangahau on Tuesday night with 40 bales wool.

The ketch Clematis, Capt. W. Bendall, from the coast, arrived on Wednesday morning, with 200 bales wool. The s.s. Rangatira, Captain C. Lloyd. arrived from Poverty Bay at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, and left for Wellington shortly after 6 p.m. with a large number of passengers, as per list.

The p.S. Luna left Tauranga for this port at 6 p.m. on the 23rd inst., and was expected to arrive last night. The schooner Saucy Lass, Captain K. M'Gregor, left for Auckland on Tuesday evening with 100 hides. A Messenger Shark,~The following interesting item is from a late Scotch paper : —Within the past few weeks no fewer than three sharks, two of them of large size, have heen captured off the Scotch coast by fishermen. The first caught measured 11 feet in length. Its captors after making; no inconsiderable sum by exhibiting it to the curious, have presented the carcase to the Dundee Museum. Here is an account of the discoveries made when its capacious maw was opened. At three o'clock the animal opened up to the dexterous knife of Mr James 'Dempster and the curious were soon satisfied. A whole ling, considerably decomposed, first attracted attention, next, a man's bonnet was picked up, and was eagerly seized by the crowd ; parts of cod and dog fish, and clean bones, with the hind flaffers of a seal were also found ; and towards the close, a sodawater bottle corked and sealed with red wax, with a note in it. The moment the bottle was seen it was seized and broken to atoms, the note taken out and read aloud to the wondering spectators. The note, which was in a lady's neat hand, read as follows :

On board the Beautiful Star, Sunday, Ist Sept., 1872. We have crossed the Hue and all's well. Last night the captain's lady had a pretty little boy. Heaven bless the little stranger, Hocked nn the cradle of the deep ; Save it, Loru, from every danger, The angels bright their watch will keep, O, gently sootlu- its tender years, And so allay a parent's fears— A father's love, a mother's joy; May all that's good attend thy hoy. Annette Gokdox.

—The atoms of the bottle were carefully gathered up by the crowd, and the party who got possession of the neck and sealed cork evidently considered that ha had secured a great prize, and he immediately ran off with it, a portion of the crowd following eagerly after him. The fish after the post mortem examination appeared to advantage, the inside being almost as white as snow, without the slightest unpleasant odour being felt.—-Referring to the above, the Nelson Evening Mail adds:—" The ship Beautiful Star is at present in Lyttelton. Captain Bilton of the ship states, that the captain in command in 1872 had his wife on board, and she was confined as stated."