ARRIVAL OF THE HOKULELE.

Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1379, 11 July 1874, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE HOKULELE.

Tlie Hokulele, a fine powerful barque of nearly 400 tons register, came intoport this afternoon, beating up barbouT; against a veiy Stiff westerly breeze. from Surraud's Inlet with a fall cargo of timber consigned to Messrs. Henderson and Macfarlane, which, will be offered for "sale. The Hokulele (formerly the Comet) has been employed in the passenger trade between Honolulu and San Francisco, and has made some remarkably fast passages. She is, apparently a very vessel, and has a large carrying capacity. We believe the vessel will: be: I offered to public competition. She belongs to Mr P. C. Jones, of Honolulu;'-' and carries the Hawaiian flag."

Her cabin| accommodation ip very extensive. She has a special separate cabin ior ladies. Her poop occupies quite half the length of the;!vessel. It Is not improbable that he|r cargo will have to be taken to another market, as there is not much chance for it here. Captain Shepherd reports having left Port Gamble on the 11th May. First two days to Cape Flattery, light variable winds. Thence southerly winds for next ten days, after which carried westerly winds till striking the

trades. Had fin c weather with light winds till crossing .the 30th S. degree of latitude. Had 'northerly and Westerly winds, from thence till/making the. Three Kings on Wednesday. DoWn the coast fine weather with northwest winds. : The Hokulele brings a cargo of lumber, consigned to Messrs Henderson, Madfarlane and Co. - , -

A§ an instance of the confusion arising from giving several vessels the same namethe case: Of 'the Hmdostanfmay be put forward. This ship left here for England at the beginning •of April.;' About a month afterwards notices'.appear,in both of our contemporaries to the effect that the Hindostan, I Bhip from London/ was' oh.her way to this 1 'port/ Of course, the thing was' impossible, but there Was the fact stated in the, Some . j_y«tojr._and European Mail, not indeed that the: vessel shad left for ; Auckland, but .that she had left for New Zealand on April 6th. it turns: out. that the Hindostan referred to is not Captain Peek's fine vessel, but another New Zealand trader owned by Shaw, "Saville and Co., commanded by Captain W. "White, and now on her way to Dunedin. Another case inpointistbatof thVtwo collier brigs Isabella, one of iwhich has been down South lately, and the.other is now in this port. Both trade from Newcastle^and the similarity ,of names causes much inconvenience." It is ■ stated that the name of the brig trading to the South is spelt with an " s " at the end, . but if it.is the printers generally' manage to leave itout. The " Southern Cross" nuisance is.the worst of the whole lot. .• Why is not a ship's uame.made by law as much the owner's property as a trade mark? 'The 'Customhouse authorities should refuse to register vessels under names already appropriated. ..The : barque William -Ackers is loading timber at Wangarpa. The s.B. Rowena- arrived from her weekly trip^to the Bay of Islands at three o'clock this morning. She left Russell at 12 p.m. yesterday and had fine weather and wind throughout the passage. We are indebted to W. H. Stodart,,purser, for report, pa,ssen--1 gers and cargo. Passengers — Rev. Mr Burrows, Mann, Lindsay, R. Shepherd, Taylor, J. Callaghan, F., Stephenson, Watson. Mrs Jaker, Mrs Wilbey and child, Miss Rountree, Miss -McAlister, Miss Brown^ and tWo in the steerage. Cargo—lo4 bags gum, H. D. Bolph & Co do do, R. Walker & Co ; 20 do do, Owen & Graham ; 26 do do, Arnold, Hihes & Co ; 10 hides, 21 bundles skins, A. Buckland.—Cruickshank and Cd;, agents.:'" ""'' ' The three-masted auxiliary screw schooner Emu arrived from the Bay oif Islands last night -with 174 tons coal consigned to H., Gilfillan. She left Russell .at four o'clock on Thursday, and had fine weather along'the coast. - • :,:-.'U/ *j:x:>-iYt\' '•-%_■ j The barque Onco was loading at New . York for New Zealand on the 16th of. May; I The brig Hazara sailed for the same destination from "Vancouver's Island on the-6th of May. ' .-■'■ ..■•■;-.■■•--.- ,- The following vessels have cleared at the Customs to-day:— The schooner Benita; with a cargo of breadstuff's and kerosene for the Thames; Ebenezer, schooner, in- ballast, for* Russell;: Dauntless, topsail schooner, for Wangapoa, nvballastjßover,: schooner/; The. following have, entered,' inwards :— r _Prince. Rupert^ tfrom,.;iPakiri,' in ballast ; ; Wliy-Not, ketch,' from 1 "Cabbage' Bay,; with 19,000 feet timber; Clyde^' Jschooher^ from

Whangarev with a. cargo of produce ; On.ward,. Bchooner^ from Coromandel, in ballast; Emu, from Russell, with coals.

The s.s. Southern Cross, Capt. Sellars, met with an accident;: to her propeller while in Mercury Bay on Thursday, the blades being carried away by coming into contact with-" a sandbank.7 Shd will only be detainedtlong enough to be fitted with her spare propeller.