Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1624, 30 October 1874, Page 410

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. ; } OCTOBER. 27—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, from Poverty Bay , /. 28—Sir Isaac Newton, brigantine, 118 tons, Boor, from Newcastle \ 28—Fairy, s.s., 32 tons, Campbell, from Wairoa and the Coast 29—Southern Cross, 138 tons, Holmes, from Auckland DEPAKTUEES. OCTOBER. 27—Rangatira, 8.5., 185 tons, Lloyd, for Wellington 28—Luna, p.s., 196 .tons, Fairchild, for Poverty Bay, Opotiki, and Tauranga PASSENGER LIST. INWARDS. In the Rangatira—Messrs Axup, Copeland, Dunbar, Hawdon, and Stanley In the Fairy—Mrs Davis, Mrs Maloney, Miss Higgins, Messrs Hassell, Maney, Orr, Rolfe, and five natives In the Southern Cross—Mr and Mrs Ingles and 2 children, Mrs Close, Messrs Cadman, Mann, M'Dougall, and others OUTWARDS. | [ln the Rangatira—Mr and Mrs Voice and family (6), Mr and Mrs Williams and family (3), Messrs Carey, Copeland, Hunter, Rabone, Saunders, Toole, and Worgan EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Amherst, brigantine, from Newcastle Atlantic, schooner, from Mercury Bay Augusta, brigantine, from Mercury Bay Bebington, ship, from London Clarence, ship, from London Clematis, ketch, from Cabbage Bay Colonist, schooner, from Auckland Columbia, schooner, from Kennedy's Bay Fiery Cross, schooner, from Tairua Forest Queen, ketch, from Mercury Bay Helena, brigantine, from Wangaroa Helen, brigantine, from Newcastle Helen Denny, ship, from Wellington Kate M'Gregor, schooner, from Mercury Bay Luna, p.s., from the East Coast Maggie, brig, from Newcastle Mary Melville, schooner, from Mercury Bay Pretty Jane, s.s., from Poverty Bay and Auckland Prince Rupert, ketch, from Wangaroa Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington Ryno, brigantine, from Auckland Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Start, cutter, from Mercury Bay Swordfish, brigantine, from Hobart Town Sir Donald, s.s., from Auckland Waratah, barque, from Hobart Town VESSELS IN HARBOR. Endeavor, schooner, from Dunedin Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Queen Bee, ship, from London Rosalia, ship, from Port Townsend Sir Isaac Newton, brigantine, from Newcastle and Nelson Southern Cross, s.s., from Auckland Three Brothers, ketch, from Moeangiangi Why Not, ketch, from Auckland Una, s.s., (lightering) Bella, 8.5., (lightering) PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For the Thames—Endeavor, 11 o'clock this morning For Auckland—Southern Cross, to-day For Poverty Bay—Rangatira, to-day; Queen Bee, early For Wellington—Rangatira, on or about Sunday next For Wairoa—M. A. Hudson, early For Dunedin—Rosalia, early The brigantine Swordfish, from Hobart Town, is due here next week. The p.s. Luna steamed for Poverty Bay and the East Coast on Wednesday night. The whaling barque Splendid sailed from Port Chalmers on Tuesday. The brigantine Endeavor is advertized to sail for the Thames at 11 o'clock this morning. A schooner, supposed to be the Atlantic, from Mercury Bay, arrived in the roadstead yesterday afternoon. The s.s. Fairy, Capt. Campbell, arrived from Wairoa and the Coast on Wednesday afternoon, and was to leave for Blackhead late last night. The s.s. Southern Cross, Capt. F. Holmes, arrived from Auckland at 3.30 p.m. yesterday, after a brief passage of 46 hours. She will return to Auckland to-day. The Gutenberg, 113 days out from. Hamburg, arrived at Lyttelton on Monday, with 137 immigrants. Two births and one death occurred on the passage. The ship Chile, 96 days from London, arrived at Nelson on Tuesday, with 517 immigrants, all well. One birth and 4 deaths (a woman and three children) occurred on the passage. The schooner Helen.—The barque Memento, which arrived in Auckland from Newcastle on the 22nd inst., reports that when she left, on the 9th, the schooner Helen was loading coal for Napier. The s.s. Rangatira, Captain Lloyd, arrived from Poverty Bay at 4.30 a.m, on Tuesday, and steamed for Wellington at 11 a.m. the same day. She was to leave the latter port for Napier last evening. The whaler Chance put into Port Chalmers on Sunday last to anchor, in such a condition that the Collector of Customs, acting under what is known as " the Plimsoll Act," detained her papers till she should be thoroughly surveyed. A Missing Schooner.—Fears are entertained respecting the safety of the fore-and-aft schooner Ivanhoe. She left Auckland on August 26, for Levuka, and there have baen no tidings of her since. She is owned by Cruickshank and Co., and is insured for £IOOO. She is valued at £ISOO. The Ship Rosalia.—Formal complaints against the master of this vessel have been lodged by the mate and others of the crew in the Resident Magistrate's Court, and have from thence been forwarded to the General Government for consideration. At the close of the late assault case, several of the crew wisned to lay certain complaints in an irregular manner; but they were informed that their formal complaint was receiving due consideration from the Government, and

that if found necessary, a full inquiry would be held. In the course of evidence, it transpired that after leaving Port Townsend, the crew, in defiance of the Captain's authority, took the vessel back to port, alleging that she leaked to such an extent as to be quite unseaworthy ; and that owing to their representations, an examination of the ship was made—with what result did not transpire. The brigantine Sir Isaac Newton, Capt. H. Boor, lett Newcastle, N.S.W., on the 3rd inst., with a light S.W. wind, changing shortly after to the westward. Experienced fine weather until the 10th, when she encoantered a strong gale from the S. S.W. Shipped a very heavy sea aft, which flooded the cabin, besides doiug other damage. At 10 p.m. had to heave the ship to, as the sea was running mountains high, and the gale increasing. On the 12th shipped some very heavy seas, carrying away all the bulwarks amidships, staving in the boat, and flooding the deck fore and aft. On the 14th, the gale abating, kept the ship away again. Made Stephens' Island on the 15th, when the wind suddenly shifted to the S.E., increasing to a gale before midnigbt. Being short of water, bore away for Nelson, arriving there oil the 17th. Left for Napier on the 20th, and was off the Kidnappers on the 24th, but had to stand out to sea, in consequence of a S.Egale springing up, which continued during the next two days. On Monday night, the gale abating, stood in for Napier, and arrived in the roadstead at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, entering the Iron Pot the same afternoon. She brings a full cargo of coal for Messrs Watt Brothers. The Helen Denny Testimonials.—The following are copies of the testimonials to the officers of this vessel, to which we referred last week :—" To Captain Ruth, commander of the Helen Denny,—Sir,—We, the undersigned passengers on board the above named ship, desire to thank you for the kind and gentlemanly manner in which you have performed your duties as commander, in a remarkably quick passage, to which your skill and experience mainly contributed. We are led to believe you possess these qualifications in a high degree, necessary to one in the proud position you now hold. In bidding you farewell we trust that you will be long spared as a commander to exercise those functions which God in his goodness has bountifully bestowed upon you, and that you will continue to have the good wishes of every passenger that takes passage in your ship is the sincere prayer ©f yours respectfully—" (Signed by 55 passengers.) "To Mr E, J. Scott, First Officer on board the' Helen Denny.—Sir,—We, the underdersigned passengers on board the abovenamed ship, having now arrived at our port of destination, feel we cannot leave the ship without testifying in some manner our grateful feelings which we now convey to you herein. We thank you most sincerely for your great kindness to us all, nothing seemingly being wanting on your part to make us all happy and comfortable. As a seaman we feel sure you possess the very highest qualities, and we earnestly hope that you will soon attain the highest positionthat of commander. A gentleman we have always found you to be in every sense of the word. That, with God's blessing, you will have a safe and speedy passage home, is the sincere prayer of yours respectfully—" (Signed by 51 passengers.) "ToMrC. W. Pratt, —Sir, —We the undersigned passengers on board the Helen Denny, have now the pleasure in offering for your aeceptance the piper in which our sentiments of your good self as a doctor and a gentleman are expressed. In the first place your duties as a surgeon were anything but pleasant, as you had an unusual number of difficult and dangerous cases on your hands, which you with great skill and unwearied perssverance succeeded in bringing to a satisfactory con" elusion. In the second place, your kind and amiable disposition as a gentleman, combined with your skill and experience as a doctor, convinces us that we could not have had a better on board. In wishing you farewell, perhaps for ever, we trust that He who ruleth the winds and waters will long continue the blessings with which He has already endowed you—" (Signed by 58 passengers.)