SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 109, 29 November 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF POVERTY BAY.

High Water.

November 29.— 0.41 morning; 1.22 evening. „ 30. — 1.50 morning ; 2.20 evening. December 1. — 2.48 morning; 3.18 evening. „ 2. — 3.43 morning ; 4. 8 evening.

ARRIVALS. NOVEMBER.

27 — Paterson, p.s., Captain Kennedy, from Napier. Passengers — Messrs. Wilson, Beaver, and Mawley.

DEPARTURES. NOVEMBER.

26 — Manawatu, p.s., Captain Griffiths, for Napier with 85 bales wool. Passengers — Miss Skipworth, Archdeacon Williams, Messrs. Chatfield, Rollo, Balharry, Dinwiddie, Grubb, Heine. 27 — Paterson, p.s., Captain Kennedy, for Auckland. Passengers—-Mr. and Mrs. Woon, and 15 others.

The schooner Opotiki is advertized to sail for Opotiki in a few days. The Ojxitiki we hear is likely to be taken off the Napier trade unless “ better inducement offers.” Considering the excellent accommodation offered by this vessel, combined with her good sailing qualities and punctual time keeping, the loss of the Opotiki would be much felt.

A new steamer, the Gisborne, is advertised in the Napier papers to arrive there shortly from Auckland and to trade between that port and Poverty Bay, but neither of the agents at this port or at Napier have been advised of it. - The Lunu brought on the English Mail to Napier, arriving at that port at 5 o’clock on Thursday morning. The Paterson left at 7 a.m., leaving the Poverty Buy portion behind as it was stowed away in the Napier bags. We think it quite time that this port should be recognized by the Postmaster General as worth a separate mail bag, so as to remove the settlers from an official sufferance which cannot be tolerated much longer. We regret to learn that Captain Chrisp has been removed from the command of the Star of the South, in consequence we believe of the accident that befel that vessel when casting off from the wharf at Auckland, on her last passage to Poverty Bay. According to the report furnished us by one of the passengers the iStar collided with the pier head of the wharf, starting two or three of Iwf iron plates in such a way as to ultimately homealarm. It was dark when Capt. Chrisp steamed out of the harbor, and the slight concussion of his ship giving no uneasiness, no attention was paid to it until about midnight, when the Engineer informed the Captain that there was a rush of water finding its way through the side of the steamer; an inspection was made, und repairs quickly resorted to which hail the effect of stopping tho water ; nothing more was said of the matter for fear of causing needless apprehension in the minds of the passengers, but on discharging cargo at Napier much of it was found to be damaged, including nearly 100 volumes of Judge Weston’s law library. Captain Chrisp entered a protest before a Notary Public at Napier. Captain Farquhar late of the Royal Alfred has been appointed to succeed to the command of the Star.