MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.

Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2296, 14 July 1877, Page 2

MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.

The appended message from the sea was picked vc on the beach six miles south of tho .Manukau Hes ds on ihe 25th ulto. It was in a sealedbof tie when found.—Tune 16. 1377, Sunday.—Barque Cnira. from Melbourne, bound to Kaipara. Bat. 3".11 South, long. 173.13 East. Blowing heavy gale f'-om the westward.—H. G. Smith, master. The drift of the bottle would be nearly due east. ;\ .out SO miles.

Captain Lamb, late ot the schooner EfTie lileikle, left that veS3el when she changed hands i'- New Caledonia, audio now sailing-master ot the cutter-yacht Lceiia. owned in Melbourne. She was bound from Noumea to _N ew Guinea when iast heard of. Tiie s.s. Pretty Jane sailed to-day for Awanui and Gisborne. - The Auckland Steam Packet Company are inviting tenders for the repair of the s.s. GoAUepci. An enquiry into the collision between the s.s. Southern Cross and the ketch Adah, which occurred on Tuesday night, near the Sandspit, will bfj held immediately ou tho arrival or the Southern Cross from Napier. The s.s. lona, on her way v.\i yesterday afternoon, passed the schooner Queen oil the Wide Berth Islands. The schooner Norval has been employed to-day transhipping her copra in to 'the Electra out in the stream. The brigantine Matautu (late Matchless) is having a large house built on deck, abaft of the foremast She has been taken off the English register, and will clear out as a foreign vessel. I.I" Joy's ten ton yacht Erin, the winner of the larger yacht race at the last regatta, is to oe shipped to Newcastle on board the barque Loa-ban-ian. From Newcastle her owner will sail her to Sydney, which is likely to be her head-quarters for some time. Mr Niccol is the successful tenderer tor the contract for putting together the North Shore Ferry Company's new steamer, expected in the ship YoEeniite. Mr Hawke3wood, Mr McEwen, and Messrs Sims and Brown were the other tenderers.

The brig Albion will ba sold by auction at Nelson on Monday next. The s.s. lona arrived from the North this morning, with several passengers and tne following cargo : 71 bags oysters, 155 hags gum. 5300 shingles, 60 hides, and a quantity ot sundries. . _ , , . Tne baraue Nonpareu cleared om to-day for Newcastle in ballast. ■ , The ketch Venus cleared out to-day for her maiden voyage, which will be to Tairua. Captain John King has taken command. The .-masted schooner Fairlie cleared out ior the Thames to-day, with part of her original cargo from Lyttelton. The hulk Beniamin Heape last night sprung a leak. She had several feet of water in her hold when it was discovered, and the pumps were immediately set to work. As it was found that the depth of water was not diminished, the ferry steamer T-.iinui was engaged to tow her alongside the railway wharf, where there was no danger or her sinking. She was brought alongside dU'-Gg the evening, and the pumps have been going all day. The s s. Taranaki will leave Oncnunga at, noon to-morrow. She cleared at the Customs to-day, when the following passengers were booked:— Messrs Nation, Hori Karaka, Mrs Karaka Mr and Mrs McOarthney, Mr Waymouth, Jane

The s.s. Pretty Jane left for Awanui and Gisborne at one o.elock. She has a general cargo. Pe-senger: James Siddons. Thf si-'vev on the s.s. Go-ahead is fixed for -\.or_d.v next. Captains Worsp and Clayton will aot on behalf of the Insurance Companies, and Mr Lodder and Mr Fraser on beiiair or the A.-5.P. Co,