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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 24, 1 July 1867, Page 153

The cutter .Ringleader, Captain Moses, left Poverty Bay on' Wednesday; last, at 5 p.m., with strong north-east wind. Arrived off' port next morning at daylight, and entered the Pot at halfpast 1 o’clock. . r The cutter Bittern, Captain M'Kenzie, .left Aucjjlahd on: the’ 22th May, and arrived at Wangapoa on the Ist June, where she shipped 80,000 feet of timber, and left bn the 10th. - Put'into, Ttturanga on the 12th, through experiencing head, winds; left there on the 16th; called at Kawa Kawa on the 17th, and Tologa Bay on the 21st. Xieft the latter on Sunday, and arrived in the roadstead >on Wednesday - afternoon last; entered the port on Thursday morning. Captain M'Kensie reports the cutter Nautilus at anchor at Bast Cane •n the 19th ultimo.

The schooner Saucy Lass, Capt. D. H. M‘Kenzie, left Auckland on the 14th ultimo, and arrived at Mercury .-Bay-the, following day; took in a "argo •f timber and shingles, and sailed on the 21st. Arrived at the Bay of Plenty on the 22nd; landed one passenger, and about two tons of cargo, Left next day; had light southerly winds, and arrived at Poverty Bay on ths 25th. Landed cargo and one passenger; and left for Napier at 10 p.m. on the 26th. Arrived in the roadstead the next morning, after a capital run of. ten hours. Entered the Iron Pot at 2 p.m. As will be seen by advertisement, this favorite schooner will leave for Poverty Bay to-day, should the weather permit. The cutter Hero, Captain Joiner, left Auckland ®. n 23rd May; .put into Wangapoa-to.load timber/ Experienced very heavy weather down, and arrived in port on Thursday morning last. The s.s., Star- of the South, Captain Bendall left for Auckland on Thursday last, at 2 p.m/ with 80 head of fat cattle, and 185 sheep. The barque Ensign, Captain Sangster, hence, arrived at Gravesend on the 10th April—94 days oat—all well.

The schooner Herald is discharging her cargo flour, fencing wire, &c., at the wharf, and will leave for Auckland in a day or two. The cutter Dolphin tailed for Wairoa on Tuesday morning last. ~

STRANDING OF THE CUTTER GRAYLING.

Ths cutter Grayling, from Wi*iroa, while entering the Iron Pot on Thursday night last, took the ground on the Eastern Spit, and was driven on shore. She sustained considerable injury to her bottom, and had part of her bulwarks carried 0n Friday, her owner (Mr S. F. Prentice of Wairoa,) sold the vessel to Mr B. Warnes, for the sum of £SO. Her new owner is now busy repairing damages, and we hope in a day or two to be able to report that the Grayling is once more afloat.

WRECK OF THE CUTTER AGNES AT POVERTY BAY.

Ths cutter Agnes, Captain Smith, well known at this port, has become a total wreck at Poverty Bay. The following particulars of the disaster hare been courteously furnished us by Captain M Kenzie, of the Saucy Lasslt would appear that while leaving Turangauui, on Sunday last, bound for Napier, the Agnes grounded on the bar! It was then tried to wear her and run back into the channel, but she woutd not pay off. The crew then lowered a boat, with the intention of running out a kedge, but, shortly after leaving the vessel, ths boat capsized, and it was with great difficulty that the men got back to the vessel. At low water ran out both anchors across the' bar, in hopes of getting into deep water .at next flood, but, upon the tide making, owing to the heavy sea, ■oth anchors came home, and the vessel drifted on te the rocks, where, during the night, the keel was knocked out of her. The cause of the accident may be . attributed to the fact that, while the Agues lay as Turanganui, the channel had shifted to she westward; and, in coming out, the master had taken the bar at the place where the channel used to be; hence the loss of one of the little vessels that ever entered the Iron Pot. We understand that the wreck was sold on Wednesday last to Captain G. E. Read, of Poverty Bay, as follows:—Hull and standing rigging, £ls j anchors and chains. £8 ; running rigging and sails, £7; boat, £2; total, £32. B The Agnes, we learn, was insured in the New South Wales Insurance Company for £4OO.