ARRIVAL OF THE HERO.

Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2604, 12 August 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE HERO.

With her customary punctuaii..- ww»_u», s s Hero arrived from Sydney and Melbourne ab-ut midnight yesterday. She brings over 809 tons of cargo, including large lines of tea, and sugar, and a number of passengers. We are indebted to Mr Cogswell, purser, for late files, and the following report of the passage:—"JThel Hero cleared Sydney Heads at a quarter-pest 6 p.m, on the 6th inst.. and for the .first twenty-four hours had light easterly winds, then hght northerly, with very heavy rain at intervals, and heavy easterly swell untU arrival,off the Three Kings; then had light variable winds and a continuance of steady rain until amvalta harbour on Sunday night at 11.50." She brings th\f-llowingpa ?S engers:-Saloon:l^andM^B C J. Stone, Mis=es Stone (3),, Hogg, Asaacs, Harvey, Mr and Mrs Durance. Mrs K. A. Darga^Tle, child aud nurse, Mrs W. Wood Rev Mr and Mrs Ashwell, Mr and Mrs Forsham and childTMr and Miss Hall. Capt. Mackay Messrs. Goodfellow. H. Prinze, John Grice^R-Sawkes, W_l"on, W. Payne, S. Barrett. Tugwell, and C. McCormack. , Steerage : Mrs Shangham and S| Messers James Laythur, Thomas Nesbitt, Wm. Madden. Robert Heron Chas. ffiggms, John Emery, D. Stevens, and E. Williams.

IN wakds Coastwise.—Catherme, cntter, from Maharangi, with 3. tons firewood; bpitflre, cutter, from Cape Colville, with 60 tons firewood- Onward, schooner, from Russell, with 42 tons coal; Sovereign of the Sea, cutter, from Tairua, with 19.000 feet timber j.Lake .St. Clair barge, from the Sandspit. with 20,000 feet timber: Fawn, cutter,from Matakana, TOth|o tons firewood and ISO posts; Lake Erie, barge, S Sandspit, with 18,000 feet timber ; -Vlornine Light, cutter, from Cabbage Bay, with 8 000 feet ship's timber; South^Carohna, cutter, from Barrier, with 50 tons wood. . „„++„„ Outw--KDS Coastwisb.—Catherine, cntter, for Mahurangi, in ballast; Spitfire, cutter, for Russell, h_ ballast; Fawn, cntter, for Matakana,. tataSaat; Morning Light, cutter, for Cabbage Bay-in ballast; South Carolina, cutter, for the Barrier, inbaiast; Ocean, schooner, for Mercury Bay, with sundries; Three Brothers, cutter, for Tryphena, in ballast. The cntter Gipsy arrived_fro_H Cape Colville to-day. Mr D. Gouk launched her successfully , on Saturday. Her bottom is chafed, but other- ; wise she has sustained slight damage.. , : The 9 8. Wanaka arrived in the Manukau at 930 to-day. She left Wellington at 3 p.m. on _he 10th; arrived off New Plymouth at 12,30 p.m. on the 11th, but was unable to communicate with the shore till 4 p.m., when she landed passen-, gera and i__i Is, but no cargol'iaftagahrars §m.,lnd arrived at the Manukau as above. Pa-weneers- _.li?s Kennedy, Messrs Spenser (2), EdwarlsfHavtes.Graham, Lowrie, Irvine Tame, and five in the steerage. We are indebted to Mr Roberts, purser, for files and repor|. The brigantine-Roderick'Dhu/arbved from Dunedin yesterday, after a fearful passage oi! 21 days.: She left.Dunedm on .™yiim. Qn&o. 23th a heavy gale, accompanied with frequent s?ualls, was experienced. The force of the gale was very great, and the fore^top-mam-staysad and main-staysail were both split. Several seas bro-e over the deck, carrying away t everything moveable, and doing considerable damage. This weather continued, with more or less violence, until tho 6th, when it moderated. Westerly winds during theremainder of the passage. Mr J C. Firth's steam-launch Tuh,Which has recently been repaired by MessrsJ. W. Carr and Son, underwent a successful trial jtnpainyther h arbour on Saturday. The s.s. Taiaroa arrived from the Bast Coast and Southern ports yesterday morning, with a general cargo and the following passengers :- Mrs McT-enzie, Mrs Wheeler and 5 children, Mrs Bowden. Mrs Howard, Mrs Gavin and child, Messrs James: Coates, McKenzie/Wheeler. Dean Parr, C.jß. Taylor, Tophara, Manning, Holme's, Bates; Whitney, Scott Butler,' zTFlemy Bring. Brown, McDavitt Hill, Edgecombe, Clark, Foley, Hoskins, Heale, Captain ChadRotorua arrived "at" Port Chalmers from thin port yesterday. '■ ... m The s s. Howena which arrived from Tauranga and Mercury Bay on' Saturday afternoon ' brought 300 sacks maize, 30 sacks wheat, 10u sacks potatoes, andthc fodowmg: passengers:-_r.: Messrs Mulhavey, Rhodes, Duhdas, Walker, l>erbyshire, and two in the steerage. The Pretty Jane will leave for Gisborne toEThe topsail schooner Gael .loading at Nauda for Auckland when the r lslapd Lily.left.,4 We arc informed that the schooner Peetless was likely to come on to Auckland f romNoupiea after the Elizabeth CoriiWayF '' ■ "' "; The brigantine Island, Lily , arriyed., from Levukau this mornißg.'after a'very good passage of 11 days. She left this port for -the, Chatham Islands about a month ago, and took in a Cargo of sheep there for lievuka. , : During her M-ty at the Cbathamß, fearful We4ther' wais'e±perleiiced, the barometer falling to 28-60. f The .IslandrLily had to keep two anchors "down,'and'these were scarcely auflleient to preyent,,her r Kping ashore. OwinjJ to .h->b.d' Weather she 'lost 100 sheep on the way io Levuka. Left Levuka on Sunday , the 28th, with a light easterly wind, which continued fo'-Iwo Hays, f-n*d"",Waß"succeeded by days' calriii-' Tli_;rt'.light<:westeflyJ'wrhdsYuntilU' * p .RsingJJi-rmader JBlands{,aijc|j oal-U^jai. d light wimle during the re^nalnd-c.df the passage. The Island Lily b.lns_s the following passengers: —Messrs J. I-itchi-^tfFßffifhn-ftT--nd H. Wilson. S!ie.H_ii} on bbaiid a C-jrgoof ,fruits,;&;c.7",",>'v^j.--THe brigantine Eliza;Mar^.frorf . <tfnedin'wa's i-; o'u-i.inK,up tha harbotir wheh'W-hvent to,p,ress,S- - 'TbtWrig Mlndri I_a_ted'''-t.--(.y'_!6^ N^yfo&StW ■ h. l-a.nu.-t. Passengers: Air and Mrs' OJ6hhJi c i Hoi*las nr'd child. ■*— I ...fo & .AAyt-unfi At .n

-...-. . '™';'^.fl-**_»i_!?j'«%_. -, , 1 The brigantine Islanasi---_.jTpassed a. man-o'-war shpposed-to'be the Nym_ihe. on Sunday, AuguSyith iiflat.-^g-20-and^lpcg. 17686 East. She v^ttssheading to tWsSfipl^st. <Eh&ia_boonec at Levuka ffrdm4his.pbrtrb_-iyH__)yi^_a^ult.. and was 'to loaHfiip again, aa quickly/as possible. She may tfiercf or^ihe" expected'm a few days.3 ffl ■ Thdljarque •■ Cerastes,* from London, hauled in '. at ttfe;__nd of! tho 'wharfs f to-day, and will no , id-^blMihimeh'ce disphafgiiig to.morrow. / The brigantine .Linda Weber 'arrived from 'LyttelixSn "this morning, with, a cargo of potatoes, breadstuffs, &o. Captain McKenzie reports leaving on Sunday, the 4th inst., with .asouth-westwind, which lasted 12hours,-and-then changed to a north-west gale. Strong 'westerly^ winds to the East Cape, which was --rounded dast Wednesday morning, and light winds-aorosstheHay-of Plenty-till arrival. -Th -7 "ITdSda Weber commenced discharging alongmde^ the Railway Wharfc'laF "A-' < _-_l-a.C_ri3tina-frQra_.thia_pQrL-Via Kennedy Bay to, .Gisborne,. arrived at .the latter,port this , •morhiigl-1 lt.AOil.rfKß U«._hJ z-.-.r-f ft t The barque Martha Fisher, from London, j commeh'ce&> discharging to-day.-1 ;-'- A telegram received from Lyttelton this morning states that the Helena, bound from the B&yW Islands to Dunoain, put in there short of- provisions.l She had experienced fearCul weather,landwas22daysout. • J : -'The''brigantine Flirt left Levuka two days before- the^lsland Lily;-bound to the Bay of Islands, and is reported by telegraph as having arrived-JhcreV _-■■'■•' ',' " ','-...-- The schooner Elizabeth Conway arrived from Noumea, with a cargo Of maize, canes, Kcs/at noon to-day. . On the passage up had a heavy gale for two days, the ship labouring heavily, anaFtaking'ih large quantities of water. During the remainder of. .."the. passage, light winds. Passengers: Messrs E. Saunders, J. Hammond, andEnglin. T raa . -..." ___S___ffl