Shipping Intelligence.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 420, 18 October 1876, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF POVERTY BAY. ’ ARRIVALS. OCTOBER. ' 16— Pretty Jane, s.s., Captain Helander, from Auckland. Passengers —Messrs Barnard, Kelly, Anderson, May, Buckland, and Brown. 17— Jane Douglas, s.s., Captain Fraser, from Napier. Passengers —Messrs Carter, "Gibbons, Horrell, biddons, Cox, and Bailey. DEPARTURES. OCTOBER. 13—Jane Douglas, s.s., Capt. Fraser, for Napier, with a general cargo, and the following passengers :— Mr and Mrs H. Harris, Mr and Mrs Downey, Mr and Mrs Poynter and servant, Messrs Duncan. Bucklaud, Espie, G. G. Burnett, Bullock, J. U Ren, 8. C. Caulton, Parsons, Henderson, J. May. Parfill, Giddes, Davidson, Davis, Graham, Hurray, Barsdell, Johnson, Mis Ball and three children, and Mr and Mrs N ixon.

ACCIDENT TO THE PRETTY JANE. We regret having, tn record another seriousaccidentto the A.S.P. Co s steamer Pretty Jane. From what we learn it would appear th -it on crossing the bar y st. relay morning, on her arrival from Auckland, her stern look the ground, and her,speed subsequently was impeded by the fowling of a line in the propeller, causing her to swing on to the rocks, and ultimately on to the iron shank surmounting the beacon post, smashing her plates about midships. The hold of course was goon filled and her cargo saturated with water. During the day she was lightened and every preparation made for removing her from her dangerous position, which is an extremely perillous one in ease of rough weather setting in. She was well down by the stern last evening, and the tide washing over her.

The Jane Douglas is advertised to leave for Auckland on or about Monday next. The barque Mendoza was on the berth for Auckland on August 24. The Orari, bound for Auckland, was spoken on July 18 in 47 N. 9 W. The number of wrecks reported for the present year to date, August 12, amounted to 894. The Glenlora from Auckland arrived at London on the 19th August The ship Tamaya sailed from London for Auckland, on the 19th August. The steam yacht Stella, for New Zealand, has arrived at Adelaide. The ship City of Auckland sailed from London for Auckland, on the 6th August. The tonnage loading on the berth at London, August 17, for Australia and New Zealand, amounted to 55,874 tons. The iron barque Baldavan, which left New Zealand in ballast for Valparaiso, on April 7th, has not since been heard of The barque Jes io Osborne was to be despatched from London to Auckland by the New Zealand Shipping Co. on the The City of New York arrived at Sydney at 2 a.m. on the 11th. The cable steamer Agnes had also arrived from Singapore. The ship ‘ Partheuope,’ from London, spoke the ‘Timiru’ from London to Otago, and the ■‘.St. Leonards ’ from London to Wellington. A report is current of the abandonment of the Pacific mail service, The City of New York takes this month’s mails, and there is no provision apparently.for next month. The Wellington Post says that the total cost of the Hinemoa was about £28,000. or just about the same as the Hawea and Taupo, which are more than half as large again, have infinitely superior accommodation and greater steampower, and are fully a knot faster. So much for Government yachtbuilding 1 The Governor will present goldwatches aud money to the seamen who were in the Dandenong s boat. The Government are sending a ship’s chronometer for Captain Walker, and will give the engineer and boatswain of the Dandcnong a gold watch and chain each, and two seamen £2O each. Agnes Wakefield, the orphan of the Dandenong wreck, willreceive £650, including her father’s policy. Messrs. Fraser and Tinne’s new ironscrew steamship is rapidly approaching completion, and has been much admired by all seafaring men who have seen her on the stocks at their Breakwater works. Being intended for the coastal trade, she is of very light draught, but not the less on that account of commodious dimensions as way be judged from the following figures :—-Length of keel, 126 ft.; breadth of beam, 17ft. 6in.; depth of hold (clear), 7ft. 6in. On her deck amidships is a saloon 40ft. long, and there is also a large cabin aft for second class passengers Her hold is 60ft. long. The deck and fittings Are nearly ready; the masts are in the yard. She is divided into four watertight compartments, and built of threeeighths aud five-sixteenths iron plates. Her boiler and machinery will be of the strongest and best description.