IMPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume IV, Issue 883, 6 January 1873, Page 2

IMPORTS.

, Per s.s. Star of the South, from .Napier— 1150 sheep, Banks.

The s.s. Phoebe has just arrived in the Manuka!) The Phoebe left Nelson at one p.m. on Saturday for New Plymouth and Auckland. The cutter Hero has arrived in the Mamikau from Kaipara with 15,200 feet timber, W. S. Graham ; 10 bags gum, R. Walker and Co. ; 8 hides, 1 bale skins, Ireland Bros.'

The s.s. Wonga Wonga may be expected to arrive from Sydney on the 9th hist. The mail steamer Dakota reached the Spit at five p.m. yesterday from Auckland, and proceeded on her voyage an hour afterwards. The s. s. Southern Cross arrived at Tauranga at half-past eleven o'clock last night. The mail steamer Nevada, Captain Blethen, took her departure for Honolulu and San Francisco yesterday afternoon with fifty-three passengers, a list of which appeared in our '" Saturday's issue. The Japanese Troupe also left by her. The barque Amateur is advertised to leave on the 20th instant direct for Adelaide. The p.s. Challenger will leave at six o'clock this evening for Wangarei. The schooner Dauntless will leave in a few days for Samoa. The brig Byron arrived at Newcastle on the 21st ult, ; and the barque Frowning Beauty on the 25th, both from this port. " The p.s. Challenger brought back the Sir . George Grey Cadets on Saturday evening last. We observe that the ship Crusader has arrived at Lyttelton from London, after a quick passage of 82 days. The new mail steamer Dakota is announced to leave Auckland for Honolulu and San Francisco on Thursday, the 23rd instant. The s.s. Phcebe is advertised to leave the | Manukau for Southern ports on Thursday next, the 9th inst. j The s.a. Southern Cross left on Saturday afternoon for Tauranga. The s.s. Wanganui took her departure this morning for Wangs nui with the following passengers—Mr. Brewer and Mrs. Clarke. Cargo—SO sheep, Brewer ; 1 case plants, 1 I cask tar, Eaton. The cutter Dante, from Poi fc Waikato to the Manukau, brings 32 bales tow and 12 do flax cousrmed to A. Bucldand. The schooner Colonist took lier departure yesterday afternoon for Mercury Bay to load timber for Napier. "Praise the sea," said wise old George Herbert, " but keep upon the dry land." It is related of a Detroit editor, that being lost overboard from a steamer in the middle .of-Lake Superior, on a dark and stormy night, and with nothing to cling to, he was in fair 'way to drown, when he just straightened up his ears, upon which the wind acted as upon sails, and he scudded before the gale, making good time, and safe landing on Canadian soil, after his perilous voyage. I : The American mackerel schooners seem to '.V'tthe making a good thing of it this year, one y "I them disposing of a day's haul lor £240, at Boston recently ; another realizing £240 in the same space of time, while a third received £500 from a two days' cruise. A Chicago poet begins an apostrophe to the ocean withi "Prodigious dampness!" The new s.s. Lily is now in the painters hands, and will be turned out in a few days a smart little craft. The alteration of the Duke of Edinburgh from a steamer to ajthree-masteel schooner is proceeding rapidly alongside the Gore-street Jetty. She will soon be ready for sea. The schooner Queen has cleared outwards for Eussell in ballast. The schooner Amaranth will leave for ICai t w!>. this evening to load timber for liyttelton. The s.s. Star of the South arrived this morning from Napier "with the following passengers : —Mrs Hardforcl and 2 children, Messrs Grant, Cashmore, Colenso, Corbett, Holmes, Barkett, and Capt. Gladow. At dne o'clock the steamer proceeded to Hauraki to land her cargo, consisting of 1150 sheep. The neAV schooner Zero, lying alongside X ■ the Wood-wharf, is being put in sea-goind order.