Shipping Intelligence.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 948, 1 June 1881, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF POVERTY BAY. ARRIVALS.— May. 30— Te Anau, s.s., Captain Carey, from Melbourne and Southern Ports. Passengers : —Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox, Misses Sdrimgeour, Langlair, and Ford; Mrs. Williams, Archdn. Williams ; Messrs. Olivier, J. Price, Chatfield, Harris, McNeil, Fordham, Bestham, Wilson. 31 — Kiwi, s.s., Campbell, master, from Napier and Wellington, with general cargo, and following passengers Balharry, Gilman, Heslop, and Stewart. DEPART URES.— May. 30— Te Anau, s.s., for Northern Ports. Passengers : —Misses Andrews and Topman ; Mr. and Mrs. Huddleston, Messrs. Atwood, R. Hickson, Boyle, Pulham, an Hanlon. 31— Kiwi, s.s., Campbell, master, for Napier and Wellington, with general cargo, and 1 passenger, Mr. Thompson. An inexplicable circumstance (says the South Australian Advertiser) occurred on May Ist, when the Orient steamer Potosi was in lai. 43’30 south, long. 97’13 east. She sighted a large French transport ship, and on getting within signalling distance the latter set the flags indicating “ Serapis totally lost and “ Look out for wreckage or raft.” Captain Darley kept out of his course to bear down on the vessel. Owing, however, to the heavy sea he was unable to get within hailing distance. The Frenchman then set the signal “ Sage of Teneriffe.” No further communication took place, but what transpired certainly points to some shipping casualty. It cannot well have reference to the Q.ueen’s ship Serapis, as she was in London when the Potosi left’ There was a vessel of that name here some few mont’ 1 s back, but until there is some further information to hand it would be wild to speculate upon the matter.