Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1616, 2 October 1874, Page 378

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. SEPTEMBER. 30—Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, 14 tons, Mortimer, from Wairoa. 30—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, from Wellington. OCTOBEB. I—Southern Cross, s.s., 137 tons, Holmes, from Auckland. I—Oreti, brigautine, 70 tons, from Dunedin, via Lyttelton. DEPARTURES. BEPTEMBEE. 30—Mary Ellen, schooner, 29 tons, Moss, for Wellington. 30—Three Brothers, ketch, 23 tons, Baxter, for Mocangiangi. OCTOBER. I—Albatross, schooner, 77 tons, Murray, for Mercury Bay. I—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, for Poverty Bay. PASSENGER LIST. INWAHDB. In the Rangatira—Rev. Father Gustiner, Judge Weston, Dr Bligh, Mr and Mrs J. L. Bunten and two children, Mr and Mrs Benjamin and child, Mr and Mrs Watkins, Mrs Hargreaves, Mrs Welsh, Messrs Bride, J. Buchanan, Carlile, Cooper, Carter, Chalfield, Dick, Dennett, Gooc'nyin, Henry, Howard, Jones, Jcffery, Leonard, R. 1). Maney, M'Viokers, Moss, Nairn, Palmer, Panl, Pritchard, Rainie, Sinclair, Waters, J. N. Wilson, and 1 constable and prisoner. In the Southern Cross—Mr and Mrs Hamlin, Messrs Budd, Burns, Clark, Durgell, Gordon, Hammond, Higgius, Hickson, Lunie, Marshall. Martin (2), Matzen, Morrison, Ramsbottom, Rich, Steadman, Smith (2) andWray. OUTWARDS. In the Rangatira—Sergt.-Major Smith, Messrs Cato, Drummocd, Hamblyn, aud Shoebridge, EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Amherst, brigantine, from Newcastle Bebington, ship, from London Clematis, ketch, from Cabbage Bay Excelsior, schooner, from Dunedin Helen, brigantine, from Newcastlo Kate M'Gregor, schooner, from Mercury Bay Lfctitia, schooner, from Mercury Bay Mary Melville, schooner, from Meicury Bay Murray, s.s., from Nelson Pretty Jane, s.s., from Poverty Bay and Auckland Peter Denny, ship, from London Prince Rupert, ketch, from Wangaroa Queen Bee, ship, from London Rangatira, s.s., from Poverty Bay . Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Star of the South, s.s., from the South Swordfish, brigantine, from Hobart Town Sir Donald, s.s., from Auckland Syren, schooner, from Dunedin Three Brothers, ketch, from Moeangiangi Vision, schooner, from Dunedin VESSELS IN HARBOR. Augusta, brigantine, from Newcastle Atlantic, schooner, from Mercury Bay Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Helena, brigantine, from Wangaroa Maid of Otago, schooner, from Oamaru Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Oreti, schooner, from Dunedin Start, cutter, from Mercury Bay Southern Cross, s.s., from Auckland Why Not, ketch, from Auckland Una, s.s., (lightering) Bella, s.s., (lightering) PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Meroury Bay—Atlantic and Start, today For Wairoa -Fairy, to-day; Mr A. Hudson, early For Thames and Auckland—Southern Cross, 10 a.m. to-morrow For Wellington—Rangatira, to-morrow For Wangaroa—Helena, to-morrow For Dunedin—Maid of Otago, early The brigantine Oreti arrived from Dunedin via Lyttelton yesterday afternoon. The ketch Mary Ann Hudson, J. Mortimer, master, arrived from Wairoa on Wednesday last. The s.s. Southern Cross, Captain F. Holmes, arrived in the roadstead early yesterday morning, and is to come inside this morning. The s.s. Rangatira, Captain Charles Lloyd, left Wellington at 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, and arrived in the roadstead at 11.30 a.m. on Wednesday, entering the Pot the same evening. She steamed for Poverty Bay last evening. Accidents. The N.W. gale and bad weather along the coast has caused several casualties. On Monday the s.s. Waipara was driven ashore at Greymouth, and she now lies high and dry with her steering gear injured. The cause of the accident was the fouling of the screw and extinguishing of the fires. She will have to be moved four hundred yards before she can be launched again. The passengers reached town by boat, after undergoing great hardships. At Oamaru the schooner Richard and Mary, in beating out against the gale on Monday, missed stays, and came ashore, but without sustaining any serious injury. The s.s. Albion was detained at Port Chalmers on Tuesday through the bad weather. The Swedish ship Condoren, 1,067 tons, Captain Neylich, from Sydney to San Francisco, with 1,600 tons coal, put into Auckland'on Thursday, dismasted. She left. Sydney on the 15th instant, and encountered a N.W. gale on the 21st, in S. latitude 35 degrees, 40; longitude 167 degrees UOminutes E. On the 22nd, at nine in the morning, while the ship hove-to, cat the main-topgal-lantmast away, and soon after all the masts came down on the deck, leaving only the lower part of the foremast standing. The third mate, who was aloft at tie time, came down with the wreck, and marvellously escaped injury. The captain was slightly injured. Rigged the jury-mast, and came to Auckland for repairs. The s.s. Albion on the lato, trip from Hokitika to Melbourne was guaranteed £2OO if she reached the lattei port in time to catch the s.s. Nubia with the English mail. On her way however, she encountered so fearful a gale, that, it is almost a wonder she ever reached her destination. At 2 a.m. on the 7th instant, in the midst of tho gale, when 860 miles from Port Phillip Heads, the rud-der-shaft broke, and the vessel lay helplessly in the trough of the sea. Had she been heavily-laden, she must have inevitably been lost. For some days it was impossible to repair the steering-gear, but it was at Jeagth accomplished, and the ship arrived saMv at her destination on the 10th. The passengers (among whom were *he Hon. H. RJtusself and family, of Hawkc's Bay), presented Captain Underwood and. the chief -officer with trabfitantial testimonials, in the chaps of purses-of sovereigns, and .a flattering address testifying to the admirable seamanship displayed by them diirjug a very trying emergency,""

Captain Kennedy takes command of the s.s. Easeby. Shipbuilding on the Tees.-Messrs Dixon and Co., iron shipbuilders, Middlesbrough, have arranged with the Lords of the Admiralty to build an iron frigate of 14 gunw, with screw propellers, for her Majesty's Government. The vessel is to be delivered in May, 1876. and is the first war vessel to be built upon the Tees. The new tug " Sir Donald.-'—A useful screw" steam tug was launched on Friday, from the yard of Mr Ross, of freeman's Bay, Auckland It has been constructed to the order of Messrs Kinross and Co., of Napier. Its dimensions are :—Length of keel, 64ft; breadth of beam, 13ft 6iu ; depth of hold 6ft 6in. The tug is to be commanded by Captain Watson. The engines will be fitted, and she will leave for her destination at an CM'ly date. She is named the "Sir Donald.' 1 Her lines are very shapely, and her general appearance does credit to the builder. * H.M. schooner Reward, Lieutenant Snckling, after leaving Levuka for Sydney, and while going at the rate of eight knots per hour, suddenly struck on a coral reef off Kandavu. The crew remained by the vessel till daylight, and behaved as only British tars can. They got out their boats ard also constructed a raft; they threw their large gun overboard, also both anchors and chains, and everything out of the hold to lighten the vessel. The sea getting heavier, they had to abandon the vessel; they pulled to a large rock that was out of water, and stuck to that for a night and a day. At last, the sea getting heavier, bumped the vessel over the reef into deep water. They got on board again and returned to Levuka., They spoke the Beagle, schooner, which supplied them with an anchor and chain. The Beagle afterwards picked up all her gear and big gun. As soon as they reached Levuka they beached her, as she was making water at the rate of a foot per hour. Lieutenant Suckling attributes the accident to the strong set of the current. She is now repaired, and leaves for Sydney on Tuesday, the loth instaut. " The Evening Star."—The Auckland Evening Star, September 14th. says :—" A cutter was launched this morning from the yard of Messrs Henderson and Spraggon. Bhe has been built for the builders and Mr B. Keanc. Her dimensions are as follow : Length of keel. 42ft; overall, 47ft; breadth of beam, 14ft;' depth of hold, 4ft 4in. Tonnage :18 tons register. She is intended for the brick aud sand trade, and will be captained by Mr Hutley. The new cutter has been named after this journal, ' The Evening Star,' and in return for the compliment we can only wish her a similar share of prosperity to that which has attended our own career. The vessel was launched complete in every particular, with her sails bent and her crew on boar i. She went «ff beautifully, and sail was made within a minute of her settling on the water. Under canvass she appeared to great advantage, and she is undoubtedly a useful little boat. She left on her first trip at noon." The same paper says :- " The keel of a cutter 49ft long 17ft beam and 6ft 6in depth of hold is jusc being laid by Messrs Henderson and Sprageon for Mr Conway. She will be launched probably about Christmas."