Shipping Intelligence.

Hawke's Bay Times, Issue 1632, 27 November 1874, Page 442

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT AHURIRI. ARRIVALS. NOVEMBEB. 24—Amherst, brigautiue, l4Btons, Marsden, from Newcastle 24—Kangatira, 8.8., 185 tons, Lloyd, from Wellington 25—Euphrosyne, schooner, 76 tons, Spence, from Oamaru 25-Ocean Bird, ketch, 38 tons, Britt, from Nelson 25—Start, cutter, 27 tons, Diaz, from Mercury Bay DEPARTURES. NOVEMBEB. 25—Mary Ann Hudson, ketch, 14 tons, for Wairoa 25—Rangatira, s.s., 185 tons, Lloyd, for Poverty Bay 25—Colonist, schooner, 46 tons, Amadeo, for Tairua 26—Fairy, s.s., 32 tons, Campbell, for Wairoa PASSENGER LIST. INWAKDS. In the Rangatira—Rev. J. S. Smalley, Rev. G. Russell, Mr and Mrs Jarman, Mrs Dunn and child, Mrs Stone and servant, Mrs Spray, Mrs Tripp, Miss Moon, Mr and Master Walsh, Messrs Carr, Eva, Fielding, Nancarrow, Jellman, Tabuteau, Freeman, Wilson, Shields, Walters, and Smith OUTWARDS. In the Rangatira Miss East, Miss Moon, Messrs Beyer, Hastie, Kane, M'Gill, and Moore In the Fairy—Messrs Finlayson, Rolfe Wilson, Ihaka Whanga, and two others EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Albatross, schooner, from Auckland Annie Lisle, barque, from Dunedin Celestial Queen, ship, from London Clarence, ship, from London Clematis, ketch, from Cabbage Bay Fairy, s.s., from Wairoa Helena, brigantine, from Wangaroa Helen, brigantine, from Newcastle Helen Denny, ship, from Wellington Julius Vogel, schooner, from Mercury Bay Kate M'Gregor, schooner, from Mercury Bay Mary Arn Hudson, ketch, from Wairoa Mary Melville, schooner, from Meicury Bay Opotiki, schooner, from Poverty Bay Pretty Jane, s.s., from Poverty Bay and Anck'and Queen Bee, ship, from Poverty Bay Rangatira. s.s., from Poverty Bay Result, s.s., from Auckland Saucy Lass, schooner, from Mercury Bay Southern Cross, s.s., from Auckland Star of the South, s.s., from the South

Swordfish, brigantine, from Hobart Town Waratah, barque, from Hobart Town William Cundall, barque, from Dunedin

VESSELS IN HARBOR. Amherst, brigantine. from Newcastle Atlantic, schooner, from Mercury Bay Bebington, ship, from Loudon Columbia, schooner, from Kennedy's Bay Colonist, schojner, from Auckland Euphrosyne. schooner, from Oamaru Fiery Cross, schooner, from Tairua Maggie, brig, from Newcastle Sir Donald, s.s., from the coast Start, cutter, from Mercury Bay Three Brothers, ketch, from. Moeangiangi Why Not, ketch, from Auckland Uua, s.s., (lightering) Bella, s.s., (lightering) PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Auckland and Fiji—Star of the South, early For Wellington—Rangatira, s.s., this morning For Newcastle—Maggie, to-morrow The Mikado arrived in Auckland yesterday from Sydney, which port she left on the 21st instant. She brings ten passengers for New Zealand and a small cargo. The brigantine Amherst, Capt, Marsden, arrived from Newcastle, with a cargo of coal, on Tuesday morning. On the 18th inst., the North Cape bearing south 40 miles, saw the schooner Dauntless, which wished to be reported. The s.s. Rangatira, Capt. Lloyd, arrived from Wellington at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, and steamed for Poverty Bay at 6.30 p.m. on Wednesday. She is to- leave for Wellington at 10 a.m. to-day. The three-masted schooner Euphrosyne, Capt. R. Speuce, arrived from Oamaru on Wednesday, at noon, with 90 tons flour and 110 bags bran. The ketch Ocean Bird, Capt. G. Britt, arrived from Nelson on Wednesday afternoon. The cutter Start, Captain Diaz, from Mercury Bay, arrived ou Wednesday night, with a cargo of timber. The ship Celestial Queen will leave Christchureh for Napier about the end of the week to load wool for London. The S.s. Fairy steamed for Wairoa yesterday morning. Complaints against the Master of the Bebington. A commission has been sitting for some days to inquire, into a complaint of one of the female immigrants by the Bebington, who states that she was put in irons by the Captain's orders. The inquiry, which v\as not a public one, has concluded, with what result is not known. Singular Drift.—lt will be recollected (says the New Zeilanu Times of the 2ls instant) that the three-masted schooner Alma' was dismasted off Westport a few weeks ago, and part of her cargo washed out of her. Since the date of the catastrophe nothing has been heard of her wreckage having been cast up on any part of the coast. On Thursday, however, a considerable quautity of miscellaneous goods were thrown up on the beach near Rangitikei, consisting of quarter-casks of bran y, cases of chairs, candles, cocoa, and confectionery, some boards about seven feet long, and a compass stand. One of the boards has in white [letters on a black ground the word "Alma," and the compass stand has the words " Lilly and Son, Loudon," on it. This flotsam travelled rather a curious course, as it would naturally have been concluded that it would have drifted through the Strait rather than across it and along the cca&t to jßangitikei.

Insubordinate Seamen.—ln. the Resident Magistrate's Court on Tuesday, E. Cassell, John Heyman, W, Cooper, G. Allan, S. Kellar, and Wm. Bibby, seamen on board the ship Bebington, were charged by Capt. Knight with refusal to obey lawful commands. They all admitted the offence. Ji.hu Heyman said that on the voyage the captain bad told him he would pack him off on arrival, and he now only took him at his word. E. Cassell said he had been badly trected on the voyage. The ship was a dangerous one—the wheel was so high up that the steersman always ran a risk of being washed overboard. One man had his ribs broken at the wheel on the voyage. HaH never complained of it on board. The captain used threatening language—said he would " fix" the men when he got to New Zealand. Witness did not know what was meant by the threat.—Capt. Knight said it was true an accident had happened at the wheel —such as might occur on board of any ship. W. Cooper said the men were very badly treated—excessively punishe . He himself had been put in irous for smiling. The captain said he would keep him in irons all the voyage ; but the whole crew demanding his release, he was set free after two hours. — The captain said the man had made grimaces on being forbidden to communicate with the immigrants. It was not ior this, however, but for subsequent insolence and insubordination that he was ironed. \V. Bibby said the crew had buen half-starved on the voyage, but more especially since they came to port.—None of the other men had anything to say.—The Magistrate said the various excuses were of a very trumpery kind. It was quite clear that the present cuse was one of a kind continually coming before him —wages here were high, and :he men wauted an excuse to break their engagement and get away. Before sentencing them, he would give them a chance to return, Captain Kuight being willing to take them back; and he warned them that their sentence would not enable them to evade the return voyage, as the captain could demand any of them to be sent on board in irons before the expiration of the sentence, if required for the navigation of the ship. The men all positively refusing to return, were then sentenced to four weeks' imprisonment, with forfeiture of two days' pay.

Remarkable Escape of a Native.— We take the followiug from the Otago Daily Times: A narrow escape from a lingering death happened yesterday in the case oE a half-caste named Michael Peacock) one of the Maori Kaik community. Having business at Waikouaiti, he started to gi> there at ten o'clock in the morning in a whalehoat, and notwithstanding the objections raised by his friends, persisted in making the j luruey alone. Upon leaving the Kaik he set Nail aud gained the open water outside the Heads safely enough. Still, as his friends were appreh nsive for his safety, a look-out upou him was kept at'J'aiaroa's placei where a number of men weresheaiiug. The boat made \tiij goo i progress until about eleven o'clock, when she was observed to capsize, the accident being also noticed from the Look-oat Station at the Heads. Boats were at once manned aud started in search, and an hour or so afterwards were met by the tug Geehmg, which was returning to port after having towed out the barque Woodville. George Robinson was in charge of onei and the other had the usual pilot crew on board. They explained their mission to Captain Sinclair, and requested his co-opera-tion in the search, which we need hardly ;iay was readily accorded, aud so, with both boats in tow, and iiobinsou on the look-out at the masthead, the Geeloug turned seawards, and steamed for Jones Head, that being in the direction where the capsize occurred. Mile after mile of water was crossed, aud yet no sign of the boat, until at last, when the steamer was some seven or eight miles from land, Robinson sighted her on the steamer's port bow, with Peacock standi ig upright on her bottom. A shout of gladness followed) and very soon the Geeloug ranged alongside, and the man's rescue was accomplishedHe must be gifted with no mean powers of endurance, for, although he had been fully three hours in the water aud on the boat, he seemed but little the worse for it. He was taken on board the Geelong, aud having received some comforting administration inwardly, was passed down into the stoke hole to bj thoroughly filled. Meantime, the capsized boat was righted and cleared of water, and then taking the three boats in tow the Geelong headed for the shore, and in due time reached the Kaik and landed the party, Peacock stated that the boat was leaking, aud having to bale her out, he whilst doing so, left the sheet of the sail fast. Suddenly a squall struck l.er,«ud before he could clear the sheet the boat "turned turtle" with him. He managed to right her, and then hoisted a " breaker " at the masthead as a signal of distress, but ere he could bale her out she capsized again. Again he righted her, again she turned over; and this process was repeated six times, and then, perceiving that to right and bale the oat was beyond his power, Peacock philosophically resigned himself to the force of circumstances, and, as the next best thing to do, stood upou the boat's bottom, and balancing himself to her movements, maintained his position, and so converted himsdf into an animated signal of distress. Very pleased was he when his rescue was assuredTo use Captain Sinclair's words, "The man's face beamed with smiles." His narrow escape from a dreadful death is to be attributed to the watchful care of his mates and those at the pilot station, and to the ready assistance rendi red by the tug Geelong ; for but for the look-out kept upon him he might have drifted away to seaan't perished miserably.