Shipping Intelligence.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1052, 23 March 1882, Page 2

Shipping Intelligence.

PORT OF POVERTY BAY. The U. 5.9. Co.’s Southern Cross arrived at Tologa Buy, from Lyttelton with 1,4- sheep. The U.S.S. Co.’s Albion, Captain Webster, will arrive from Melbourne via Southern Ports on Sunday morning next. The U.S.S. Co.’s Te Anau arrived in Auckland at 1.30 p.m.. on the 21st March. She will not leave Auckland until Friday next for this port. The 5.9. Oreti. Captain Campbell, arrived in port from Napier and Wellington, at 7 a.m., on the 22nd iust., bringing 4 steerage passengers for Gisborne, and 10 through passengers for Tautanga and Auckland. Cargo : —l4 hhds. ale, 308 packages, 1 qr.-cask wine, 10 cases brandy, 2 qr.-casks whisky, 130 sacks grass seed. She steamed for Tanranga and Auckland yesterday, taking in>idditioa to her through list, the following passengers : Messrs. Bail, Tr.orpe, and Morrison. Cargo : 47 bags grass seed, 68 bags barley, 16 cases bottles,. 2 cases honey, 4uo bags grass seed. The fine steamship City of Pekin, belonging to the Pacific Mail Steainsuip Company, is now being repaired at San Francisco, prior to resuming her oid place in the China trade. It has been whispered that should the company be successful in securing another mail contract from the Governments of New Zealand and New South Wales at the termination of’the present one, and an increased rate of speed be stipulated for, the City of Pekin and City of Tokio wight be put on the Australian trade in lieu of two of the present boats. The two steamers whose names are mentioned are as fine boats as cross the Pacific Ocean, and would be a credit to any mail service.