SHIPPING.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 192, 1 August 1874, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF POVERTY BAY. ARRIVALS. JULY. 29—Pretty Jane, s.s., Captain Palmer, from Napier, with miscellaneous cargo, and the following passengers : —Mr. and Miss Miller, Messrs. Locke, Dalziell, and Buchanan. DEPARTURES. JULY. 31—Pretty Jane, s.s., Captain Palmer, for Auckland, with 200 sheep and 26 head of cattle.

Thb Rangatira may be looked for about Wednesday ; she is ad vertised to leave on or about that date for Napier and Wellington. The ship Winchester arrived at Napier from London with 437 immigrants last Sun-

day. The Southern Cross was announced to leave Napier for Auckland, on Wednesday last. The Cy phrenes arrived at Napier from Auckland, with the English Mails via San Francisco, last Saturday. The s.s. Rangatira hence, arrived at Wellington, at 3 a.m. on Saturday last, after a very protracted passage. We (Tribune) mentioned a few weeks that the Government had sold the steamer Luna, and purchased a larger one, named the Bruce, now on its way from the Clyde to Dunedin instead. The Bruce is a screw steamer of about 300 tons register. On its arrival in the colony it will undergo an examination and overhaul, during which Captain Fairchild will take the Luna to Sydney, and hand her over to her new owners. Auckland, July 24. Arrived—Miltiades, ship, from London, 80 days out, bringing 470 immigrants. The owner of the Lady Bowen prefers a salvage claim of £12,000 against the ship Miltiades. Wellington, July 25. Information was received from Taranaki this morning, which states that, as the cargo is got out of the Paterson, she floats, and shows that the damage done is a great deal less than was anticipated. It is expected that she will be floated off without difficulty. Pout Chalmers, July 24. Arrived—Ship Sam Mendel, from London, 70 ilays out, bringing 371 passengers. July 27. Marie Bahn, from Glasgow, 74 days out, with 475 immigrants ; Peter Denny, 80 days out, with 283 immigrants. The ship Caroline was 89 days out from Cork, and brings 300| statute adults; 126 single women, and 77 single men. Forty of the women are out of the Cork workhouse. 1116 London correspondent of the Auckland Star says : —

The Agent-General has despatched three vessels, viz., the Corona, Carisbrook Castle, and Strathnavar. The Tweed was to be despatched on the 10th July. The Shipping Company has altered its flag to St. George’s Cross with blue initials, “N.Z.S. Oj.” The I x>eh Urr carries no passengers, but conveys four ewes and five rams for Messrs. M‘Lean, of Howick, and two rams for Mr. T. Bussell. The Columbus sailed for Otago with fourteen rams for Mr. T. Russell, and twenty rams and ten ewes belonging to Sir Cracroft Wilson. The City of A uckland sailed for A uckland on the 25th May. She takes the following passengers;—Miss M. J. Sealy, Captain A. E King and family, Mr. J. Rock, Mr. David Hutcheson, Capt. and Mrs. Martin, Mr. H. Cox, Mr. S. Willmott, Mr. J. Fitzpatrick. The Waitangi, the third new ship of the Shipping Company, was successfully launched by Messrs. Bluincr and Co., of Sunderland. Iler nett register tonnage is 1143 tons; she •will sail in Augfistfor Canterbury.