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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume IX, Issue 964, 27 July 1881, Page 2

It will be seen that the s.s. Oreti is on the berth for |Auckland, leaving Gisborne on Friday next. The Oreti comes south, and is consigned to Messrs. Wm. Common and Co., who have been successful in engaging a sufficient freight to guarantee her running in the stock exportation trade for some time to come. Primarily her cargos are engaged on account of Messrs. Thelwall and Co., but, as the Oreti is of light draught—drawing only about 6ft. when laden—she should command goodly support from ad shippers, owing to her light draught enabling her to come up to the wharf. Quite a fleet, of timber vessels are now either on the road or loading for Fiji—some from America, some from New Zealand, Australian ports, and Hobart. The Orient steamer Potosi, having on board several Anckland passengers, arrived in London on the 24th' June, only 33 days from Adelaide. This is the smartest passage on record.

The s.s. Australia, with the London mails of the sixteenth ultimo, left San Francisco on Sunday, 3rd instant, one day later than timetable date. The s.s. City of New York, with the June Colonial mails, arrived at San Francisco on the 14th instant, at time-table date.

The Orient Liner Cotopaxi arrived at Sydney on the 13th inst., from London, after having made a fine run from Plymouth, the passage ] aving been made, including stoppages, in 431 days, which is said to be the fastest time on record. The voyage took only 38 days, or 36 days 10 hours actual steaming time. From thence to Melbourne the passage was done in 36| hours, and from Port Philip Heads to this port a run of 37 hours 5 minutes was made. The Cotopaxi left Plymouth on May 28th, at 11.30 a.m., with 322 possengers, of whom 58 were for Adelaide, 128 for Melbourne, and 136 for Sydney and Colonial ports. The P. and O. Company are making arrangements for competing more extensively for the passenger and carrying trade between England and Australia • and, short as the steaming time now is, it is, we understand, still further to be reduced by a line of vessels that are guaranteed to average fifteen knots per hour. The Rome, which was launched on May 14th, is the first of the new fleet of twelve steamers that have been ordered for the Australian line. They are to go rig l l through to Southampton, and thus passengers will be saved the trouble of transhipment.

Amongst the passengers who left by the Sorata. (says the Melbourne Age), were Capt tin Thomas Logan and Captain Jones, both of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, Captain Logan has long been well known here and in New Zealand as commander of the Hero, and 1 e has been sent home by the Union Company to bring out the Manipori, a new steamship of 200 G tons, which is intended to surpass any vessel yet engaged in the intercolonial trade. She is being built by Messrs. Denny and Co., of Dumbarton, and her lin.'s will be almost similar to those of the Rotomahana. Her accommodation will be planned differently, however, for the saloon is t‘ >be forward and the steerage aft. The Union Company are also having two other steamers built, the Mahinapua and the Omapere, and <’apPtin Jones is to bring out the former of t ese two. She is to be built of steel, and is i t( nd“d chiefly for the West Coast trade. e Manipori is expected to arrive here in N vember next. The Mahinapua will go to N w Zealand direct.