WEEKLY SUMMARY.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 16, 6 May 1867, Page 104

WEEKLY SUMMARY.

As we anticipated it would be, the past week has Wen productive of a little more activity in the shipping line—the port presenting a peculiarly Busy appearanee throughout the week. The weather has-been : fine, with (during the early portion oftheweek more particularly) cold mornings and evenings, giying us warning that- old winter is at Band. . Daring the early part of the, week the prevailing winds were S.' and S.E., bnt during the Jatter, part, N. and N.W. winds have hern experienced. t /. i■ . •The during the week have been as

follows:—Monday: Agnes, cutter, from Poverty Bay, with appies, grass seed, &c.; Success, sell., fropi Lyttalion,, with cargo of oats; and Esther, brigantine, put in from stress of weather. Tuesday: cutter, put back from Wairoa, not being able'to enter the'river. Wednesday: Wellidgtbn, s.s:j from Tanranga and Auckland, with j iohdrles * and 3-passengers. Thursday: Star of j the South ; s.s., from Auckland, with full general : Oargb'ahd 12 passengers; Beautiful Star, s.s., from Lyttelton and Wellington, with cargo of oats, &c. Friday: Lord Ashley, s.s,, from SouthemProvinC3S, .witU .large general cargo and'6 passengers, And the English mail via Panama. Saturday: Nil. Sunday : Bose Ann, schooner, from Auokligd, with timber snl sundry merchandise. The departures during tde week have been as .follows : Sea Shell, cutter, resumed her voyage to Fiji Islands. Tuesday: Nil. Wednesday : ’Wellington, s.s.', for Southern Ports, with sundries, and the English mail "via Panama. Thursday; ; Nil. Friday: Lord Ashley," s.s., 'for Taufanga and Auckland; with sundries and 6 oassengers.-- Saturday: Mahia, outter, for Wairoa, With- general cargos Agnes, cutter; for Poverty Bay, with general oargo and 4 passengers and the Banebn, Jbarqne, for Guam, .in ballast. Sunday: .Beautiful .Star, s.s.;' for Auckland, with full Cargo of sheep j.audtheDolphjd, cutter,.for JVai*oa,yyith fuiljgeneral cargo. y; . - The ; inooming, weak is also likelyjfco be a busy .the portrysope five or vessels from, Auckland being now overdue, . - .. v* . 4 k.’;.. M t / v > \/ a w - .fctcuYoa J- :yv i- . , ... : i .., y t y .. ; ■ 4GjfßS t r««The, cutter. Agnes, Smith,.roaster,' left Kamer’ oh ftnd.kdxhdiiOOiheep,' for Poverty Bay-. -Arrived at Tumngft at: J,O a.ra.on the. 21st ult. Next day.diaAhargwl ilmep. in ppod order; and ait 8:30 .ajn. on that river

shorty after 10' a.rn. - Strong. S.E. wlitls prevail* ing, with heavy seh rbMin-? into the Biy, remained in Turangstuui river until Friday, 23t!i ulc., when she Lfc for Napier at 10-30 p.m. with a light norwesfcerly breeze. At 3 n.m. on the 27th ult. wnd el topped round to the S.E., and continued veering from S.E. to S.W. until reaching Napier at 9 a.m. on'Monday," 29 th April. Success.—The schooner Success, Capt. Frost, left. Lyttelton on Friday, 28th ult., having been, windbound for several days. Had fine weather up the coast, ahi arrived in the roadstead at a lato hour ou the night of Monday, 23th ult:, after a fair run of 3£ days.

Mahia.—Tile cutter Mahia, W. Baxter, master, which left Napier on the 25th ult. with a full general cargo for Waikari'and Wairoa, returned to port on Tuesday morning last. On arriving off Waikari found too much sea on to attempt landing cargo. Accordingly ran for Wairoa, and arrived off the mouth of that river about 1 twenty minutes too late for the tide. The sea off Wairoa at that time was comparatively smooth, but as the wind was blowing strong from the southward, which would very soon cause a heavy surf, Capt. Baxter, in preference to seeking shelter under Long Point, determined to bear up for this port, which he did, the vessel having to beat every inch of the way up the Bay—in which sort of work the Mahia excels. We understand the Mahia will put to sea again today—we ljope with a more successful result.

Esther.—The brigantine Esther, Capt. James Campbell, sought shelter in the Bay on Monday night last. She is engaged coasting between Wellington, Castle Point, and other places south of Napier. The Esther resumed her voyage last Tuesday night. Wellington (s.)—The New Zealand Steam Navigation Company’s s.s. Wellington, Captain F. Renner, left Napier at 7’5 p.m. on We Inesday, 24th ult.; arrived at Tauranga at 9 p.m. on the 25th ; left again at 030 a.m. on the 2fitb, and arrived at Auckland at noon the same day, after a remarkably quick run from Napier of 41£ hours, including a stay of 34 hours at Tauranga. Left Auckland for Napier at 230 p.m. on Monday, 29th ult.; arrived at Tauranga at 7 a.m. on the 30th; left at 10-30 a.m. same day, and arrived in the roadstead at 3-30 p.m. on Wednesday, Ist May. Reports having sighted H.M.S.S. Brisk off Poverty Bay, bound north. The Wellington, with the English mail via Panama, steamed southwards at 7 o’clock last evening. Star of the South Ths favorite screw steamer Star of the South, Captain Bendall, left Napier at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 18th ult., with a detachment of H.M.’s 12th Regiment, and 200 fat sheep. Experienced strong N.E. wind and head sea. to the East Cape, and from thence light N.E. winds and fine weather, arriving at Kohimarama at noon on the 21st ult. Di cha-ged her slepa there, and went up harbor to 1 ni 'ier troops without- a moment’s delay, arriving al mg-.ide Queenstreet wharf shottly *i.f:er\vnrd' c . The Star of the South left Auckland for this port on S t trdnv, 27th ult., with a general cargo and the following passengers:—Me srs. James Wart, John Cau-im. •T. MTflroy, W. Bonxhall, Mrs I’oweu and family (7), and Mrs Oontc.h. She arrived in the roadsteid at- an early hour this morning. I OB!? AsiLEY (.<0. —The P'e-ma Company’s s. Lord Ashley, Captain H. Wo~sp, arrived in harbor at 130 p.m. on Frid ty, the 3rd May. Site lef Hokitika on the 23r;l ult., at 2 p.m., arriving at the Bluff at 11 a.m. on 11ip 25th. Exp°rienced on the passage light variable winds, with' fine weather, but- heavy’ westerly swell. Shortly after living Hokitika, passed a brge wha’e boat wrecked; the forepart of the deck was washed away ; the gnnwale also, with the mast and sail, wc-e all Iving elo.e alongsile with the oars; the rudder and yoke were hnt.h shinned. It had everv appearance of a river boat be’onging f o the coast; there was no name or et« V-r marks whereby to true* its history ; it was ;bo -t two miles from store. Great 'iwV-tv was felt at Hokitika respecting the William MVrin, she not having arrived there up to 2 p.m. o i the 23rd ultimo; The Lord Ashley saw no s'gns of her ou the coast, and nothing was'known of her at tlie Bluff. Tiie Ashley left Port Chalmers at 5 p.m. on the 27th ultimo, and arrived at Lyttelton at ITS p.m. i n the 28th. L-ft Lytle’-on at 3-45 m. on i-l e 29th, and arrived at Wellington at 10-30 a.tn. <-n the 30th.- Was (h-t-iined there-by the Gener-1 Government" for 24 hours, pending the arrival of the arrival of the Wellinrtm from the. North, as t. were anxious t.o l*nvn whi-t news be from Tauranga. Tie Wellington had hot put in an appearance, liowevo-, "u to the t : me of thu departure of t-lie Lord Ashley, at I*4o pra.nn Thursday, the 2nd May. Experienced light variable up the coast, with fine weather, and arrived here at 1-30 p.m. on Frithv. Miv 3rd. The Ashley was the bearer of the Panama mail per s.s. KaikonreJ and a large-cargo for Napier—particulars of which,, wc regret to say, we were unab’e to obtain fr-nn the Custom House on Saturtkw The Lord Ashley steamed for Tauranga and Au; k land at 8 p.m. on Friday Inst. • Stab of the South (-) —Tn our last, we briefly noted the arrival .of tliis favorite steamer i in the roadstead at an early honr on Thursday morning. The Star left Auckland at midnight on Saturday, April 27th, and experienced strong S.E. winds with heavy sea. Rounded, thp Eastf Cape ■: at daylight oh Monday, and then experienced such j a heavy S.S.E. gale, with tremendous sea, that j Captain, Bendall deemed it prudent to seek shelter as the. steamer had a heavy dsckftmd of machinery. Accordingly stood up for Kawa Kawa, and remained there until 11 a.m. on Wedneslny, Ist Mav,,when she steamed -for Napier, arriving m :he mads at 5 a.m. on Thursday last. Captain Bendall reports the following vessels as lying windbound in the Kawa Kawa roadstead, when he left, viz.:—Tawera. schooner, 14 days ont. from Auckland, bound for Poverty Bay;'Dona 1 d M‘L?an, schooner, from Tairua, bound for Poverty Bay ; Banshee and Rose Ann, schooners, from Auckland, bound for this port. ■ .

ReAtititul Stak. (s.)—The s.s. Beautiful Star, Captain Morwick, le 't Lyttelton on Saturday, 27tl> April, at 6 p. nnrnnd arrived at Wellington at 5 p.ra. on the 28Lh. Left again on, Tuesday for Crsile T6 ; nt and Ka.'ier. On Wednesday arrived a- Castle Poi.nt. and discharged c irgo there. Left agiin sim' Say, anil arrived here about .9 a.m. oh Thursday last. : - Bose —The schooner Rose Ann, Campbell, master, arrived in port l»st evening, after a long.passage of days frm Auokland. .She l rings’a cargo of sawn timbrr. ’

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Poverty Bay Shipping:—We are indebted toCaptain. Smith,, of the Agnes, foe the following items q£ Poverty Bay shipping April 22—Hero, cutter, arrivedfrom Auckland. 'April 20—Saucy' Lass, schooner! - sailed for -Auckland' with- cattle; April 23—Jane, schooner, .snjled. forAn Aland. The schooner Tawera, from A ickland, with generalcargo ; And tbeschboher Donald M‘lfeda, from Tairua,- with, a, cargo of . sawn timberj; were both daily expected,at Tuiangaauiwhpnthe Agnes left on toe 26 th lilt,' ' :

_ Jous Scott.—' rfi e A 1 ship John r Scott, Capt. Fanfold, iMlouxms to Messrs. Lidgette, of London, arrived at Auckland on the 28fch nit;, 'after a protracfed passage of 130 days, occasioned by an unusual prevalence of light winds and calms during the voyage. 6

I HE Malay. —The barque Malay, Capt. Peters, has arrived at Nelson from London on Friday flight reek, after a passage of 103 days. She left, the Downs on the last day of the year, crossed the Equator on the 4th February, the meridian of the Caps of Good Hope on the 4th March, and sighted Cape Farewell on the 10th instant. .

The brig Susaa, from Newcastle, arrived at Auckland on the 22nd nit., 19 days out _ The cutter Dolphin sailed for Wairoa late lastnight with fi.ll general cargo-. . •The Beantiful Star, Capt. Morwick, steamed for Auckland with a cargo of sheep at> 8- o’clock yesterday morning, with a strong N.W. wind. o ' , The barqne Bella Mary, from Hobart Town, arrived at Auckland on the 20th ult., after aprotracted passage of 26 days. The schooner Banshee, Kean, master,- with 51,000 feet timber and several passengers, left Auckland for Napier on the 23rd ult. ■ \ , The schooner Meteor, Jones, master, left Auckland for Napier via the East Coast on the 20th ult., with timber and general cargo. The cutter Betsy, Trimmer, master, left Auckland for Napier via Tairua on the 20lh ult. Her cargo will consist of 28,000 feet timber.

The schooner Blue Bell, Loverock, hence the 18th ult., arrived at Auckland on the 23th, and has been laid on for New Caledonia

The clipper iron barque Dunelm, Captain Denton, sailed for Guam at a late hour on Saturday night, in ballast.

The s.s. Star of the South, Captain W. Bcndall, steamed for Auckland at 8 o’clock this morning, with 70 head of fat cattle, about 200 sheep, and several passengers. The cutters Agne9 and Mahia both sailed on Saturday—the former for Poverty Bay, and the latter for Waikari and Wairoa, and both with full cargoes of stores, &c.

The. schooners Saucv Lass and Jane both arrived at Auckland on the 25th ult., from Poverty Bay. The former vessel had been laid on for Napier via Mercury Bay, and was to have sailed ou the 29th ult.

A large export trade of grain from the province is expected to give an impetus to the shipping trade during the two following months. The permanent borings for a graving dock, suitable to accommodate the largest vessel visiting Otago, have been finished at Port Chalmers ; and it is expected that, in the course of two months, the formation will have commenced.—Otago Daily Times, 20th April.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. MIDGE AT AUCKLAND. ' {From the New Zealand Herald, April 22.) The ten? and anxfonsly looked-for steamer Midge, Cap'ain Lout-r, arrived in harbour on Saturday evening last f.-om London, after a very protracted passage of 154 days (under canvas alone), including detention at the Cape of Good Hope, where >he called for water, supplies, &e. The leogil, of the Midge’s passage is entirely attributable to a continued prevalence of light aud battling winds, and not heavy weather, as anticipated, she having only experienced two gales of :>ny note throughout* the entire passage. The Midge left Gravesend on the 17th November, and look her final departure from the Land’s End on the 23rd. Passed outside the Cape tie Verd Islands, and experienced very light and variable N.E. trades, the wind hanging principally to the N.W. Crossed the line on the 24th December, in longitude 27 deg. 48 min., and had very moderate and variable S.E. trade wiuds. Sighted the island of Trinidad, passing close to it, and after that experienced nothing but fight baffling airs and calms, with a strong northerly current. Put into Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, for water, supplies, S:c., on the 2nd February, and remained there until the Bth. Upon leaving, had nothing but light airs and calms for ten days, and ran down her easting between the parallels of 37 min. and 44 min. South, experiencing variable moderate weather. Ou the 19th March, at 8-30 a.m/, ia latitude 45 deg. 30 min. South, longitude 129 deg. 36 min. E-isfc, passed close to an immense iceberg, over 400 feet high, with several smaller ones detached, the large berg being apparently in a ''cry decaying state; the thermometer at this time was 50 deg. on deck, and alongside at sea 50 deg. also. The S.W. Cape of Tasmania was sighted on the 25th March, when another succession of light airs and calms were encountered, greatly retarding the progress of the vessel, she being for four days, becalmed in sight of the Mule Stone; after that had light winds aud calms from the northward and eastward, and then light. airs all round the compass. On the 9th, 10th, 11th; instant, experienced a very heavy S.E. gale, the heaviest of it commencing on the 10th,'in longitude 166 deg., latitude 35 deg. 53 min., and continued with unabated violence for over two days, during which time the vessel was hove to, and. drifted considerably to the north-west. The sea at this time ia spoken of as being terrifio, but, notwithstanding, the little Midge behaved admirably, and rode the waves like a duck, thus showing her excellent qualities as a good sea-going boat. From the 22tli instant had a continuation of north-easterly weather with a high turbulent sea, until making the -Three Kings on the-17th. Passed between the Kings and the North Cape, and afterwards experienced fight variable easterly winds, with thunder, lightning, and rain, on the coast, until arrival in harbour at 6 p.m., ou Saturday last. The Midge is a fine-looking single-screw steamboat, and, considering she- has' come out under canvas alone, has not made such an ont-of-the-way long passage. She is six years old, having been built by Langley, of Deptford, as-a yacht for the Trinity Corporation, at a cost- of £6OOO, but she proving too’ small for them, was laid up. She was. then purchased by the Q.uebrada’Land, Railway, and Mining Company, and started on Tier passage to Venezuela, South America, with 170 passengers, but the vessel had scarcely reached GravesencUbefore-the-company- failed, and-she-was again laid up until purchased last year by her present owner, Mr. Stewart. The Midge is built of the-very chest materials, oak frame, teak’planking, and is as strong, as yiood.and iron can make her. Just before denying London this was newly coppered, copper fastened throughout, and classed ' a‘l for 12 years! Her tonnage is 97 nett, but's6, register, after, deducting engine .space, and the .'.vessel may be considered as almost nfew*, she-having, in matter of feet, "done very-little work| since: she was built.- • The 1 Midge: is-ifitted with two direct-acting condensing trunk engines, 24-ho.rse .ppwer, nominal,: but -working up to 60, ihutehy Dudgeon, of London, and the. neatest’ ,aiid' most compact we have_ .ever, ; see*-; theye is also a fresh water condensing apparatus Axed on top of.the boiler, with other. Latest improvements; ‘Before IritvingLbaMoh/Mr.^^wart^had

the machimery.^&c),inspected by the Board ’of Trade, when they expressed themselves - highly Bntisfi^_va^g Xfi£ ything,_aiid_ißsued.aJirsi-clats. certificate to Mr. Stewart. The Midge is admirably snited_for. ..passenger-traffic, theaccomodation provided being spapious, roomy, well ventilated, and abundantly supplied with' finely-furnished slate rooms. The’ saloon’'is amidships bn deck, beneath the bridge,’and is one of the roomiest, well lighted,; and comfortable that we have • seen for any boat of, ther Midge’s size, being 37 feet long .by 20 feet breadth: The sleeping saloon is aft, and the fore cabin beneath the .main, deck saloon,, both-rof -which are also roomy and well fitted uj>... Altogether she can comfortably accommodate oyer GO passengers. . Thiepassengersand others that have come out in the ; Midge speak in the highest terns 1 of herexcellent/ sea : ‘-’going»qualities,' she behaving ad-j mirably throughout all the rough-weather expe-‘ rienced, I'anttlpreved herself’ > a u fest sailer when' favoured by adavntageous . winds. The Midge is open for freight or charter, or engagement .in any.: tirade r whatever,, and, we feel sure that such .an especially adaptable boat as herfor the coasting .traffic, will net Be allowed toremain long, idle m our harbour. As soon as the cargo and ballast is discharged, it is the intention of the.owner to>.beach her for overhaul, shipping screw, fixing funnel, machinery, &c. After which she. will make an experimental trial trip, when we will, no doubt, be able to give a more detailed report of her capabilities, Sec.