PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXII, Issue 2681, 19 February 1866, Page 4

PORT OF ONEHUNGA.

ARRIVAL. Emma Jane, from Grey River.

DEPARTURES. Wellington, s.s., for Taranaki and the South. Prince Alfred, p s., for Waikato and Kaglan. Bengal, barque, for Newcastle, N.S.W.

VESSELS EXPECTED. Phcebe, s.s., from Taranaki and Southern Ports, 24th. Isabella, from Grey River, early. Eagle, from Hokitika.

PROJECTED DEPARTURES. For Taranaki and Wanganui.— Albatross, early. Grey River.— Quickstep, to-day. Tabakaki.— Excelsior, early.

VESSELS IN HARBOT7K, lady BaTfcly, p.s., from tlie Heads. Moa, coal bulk. Volunteer, coal hulk. W. C. Wentworth, coal hulk. Favourite, from Waikato. Eingdove, from Hokitika. Albatross, f rom Wanganui. Meteoi, from Hokitika. Progress, from Waikato. Quickstep, from Grey Kiver. .Fairy, from Groy River. Excelsior, from Grey Eiver. Volunteer, from Hokitika. Dart, from Grey Eiver. Emma Jane, from Grey River,

ENTERED INWAEDS. Febkuaby 17— Dart, 18 tons, Watson, from Grey Biver, in ballast.— W D. Brewer, agent.

CLEARED OUTWARDS. February 17— Wellington, ».s., 262 tons, Frances, for Taranaki and Southern ports, with 1 J-cask wine, under bond, Gledhill ; 3 barrels gunpowder, military; 2 cases, J. Gilmore ; 56 sacks oats, Westin ; 1 package, Hunywell and Co. ; 1 case, Weyergang ; 1 case, 40th Regiment ; 12 cases coffee, order ; 1 cask clover seed, Webster Brothers; 2 packages ploughs, Batley ; 4 cases hams and bacon, T. Cowtheon ; 6 000 feet timber, Edwards and Co. ; 2 cases furniture, Bryham ; 1 bale, "Warman ; 1 keg, Soloman ; 1 cask blocks, A. Kerstan ; 2 boxes gold (10,000 sovereigns), TJ.B.A. ; 3 boxes, Bank of New Zealand ; 1 case, Fleming ; 176 sheep, order ; 1 cow, order. Passengers— cabin : Mrs. Samuels, Miss Levy, Capt. "Wilson. Fore cabin: Mrs. Windover, Messrs. Farrel, Learning, Bryham, South, Wylie, Mathews, Arnold, Knight, Bennett, Minogne, Dawson, and three shepherds.— Combes and Daldy, agents. 17— Prince Alfred, p s., 110 tons, Farquhar, for Waikato and Raglan, with 177 sacks flour, 724 bags flour, 223 ditto biscuits, 98 boxes candles, Commissariat ; 4 tons coals, 30 kegs powder, Colonial Government ; 20 bags flour, 1 cask, 2 mats sugar, 1 bag salt, 2 cases coffee, 1 keg nails, 1 bag onions, H. ShiUito ; 10 bags flour, 1 case groceries, Mowbray; 1 box, 1 parcel, 1 bale drapery, A. Fleming ; 12 hhds. rum, 9 casks wine and spirits, 2 casks crockery, 1 tierce tobacco, 5 cases drapery, 2 bales blankets, 4 cases groceries, 4 ditto sundries, 4 ditto salad oil, 10 ditto portwine, 3 coils rope, 1 bale brooms, 1 cask iron ware, 2 keg» white lead, Scherff ; 3 cases stoat, 2 casks ale, Steadman ; 1 box sundries, Britten. Fer Waikato : 2 bags *ugar, 24 cases, 7 pkgs. surplus stores, 4 cases drapery, 5 trunks boots, 2 bales blankets, 10 bags flour, 1,300 feet timber, 7 parcels, 1 bag, 2 pkgs., R. Nazer; 1 cask rum, lkeg, 1 chest tea, leask sugar, 8 cases ale, Moore ; 5 bags flour, 2 ditto bran, 2 gunnies sugar, 1 box candles, 7 coils rope, 6 cases drapery, R. Gilmore ; 20 bags flour, G. Faust ; 1 parcel cigars, Owen and Graham ; 1 hhd. ale, H. Fuller ; 3 bags oats, Hamilton; 1 box sundries, Todd. Passengers— Mr. Nazer and child, Mr. and Mrs. CampbelL— G. Hodge, agent.

MISCELLANEOUS. The s.s. Wellington left the Manukau on Saturday afternoon, at 3, for Taranaki and Southern ports. The cutter Quickstep will leave the Manukau to-day for (Jrey River, with a full cargo of potatoes and three passengers. The p.s. Prince Alfred, Captain Farquhar, left the Manukau yesterday afternoon, at 12.30, for Waikato and Kaglan, with a full cargo and four passengers. After proceeding down the harbour a short distance, she took the barque Bengal in tow, for Newcastle, N.S.W. The schooner Emma Jane arrived from Grey Kiver on Friday night, having left on the 30th. Had fine weather throughout the passage. The schooner Isabella had not arrived when she left.

GREY RIVER SHIPPING. We have five days' later papers from the Grey River, from which we extract the following items of shipping news : — The schooner Fairy, Captain Champion, left the Grey for the Manukau on 'the sth instant, in ballast. Passenger : Mr. P. Clarice. The cutter Dart, Watson, master, sailed from the Grey River for the Manukau, in ballast, on the 9bh. The following vessels were expected from the M*nukau :— Little Fred, schooner \ Isabella, cutter j and Bluenose, p.s. The brig Reliance, Captain Austin, was to leave the Grey for the Manukau, via Kaipara, on the 13th instant. The schooners Emma Jane and Falcon, of Auckland, were at the Grey River on the 10th instant. The schooner Emma Jane, which unfortunately got on the South Spit, was towed off by the Lioness on Monday morning. Beyond a slight injury to her rudder, she has sustained no damage. — Oi'ey River Argus, February 7. The arrival of the little river steamer Woodpecker from the Manukau inaugurates a new era in the history of this ' district, and will, we hope, tend to increase the development of its resources, by providing more ready access to the interior. This little but powerful boat appears well fitted for the purpose for which, she is intended. She is 56 feet, long by 15 feet beam; and draws only 18 inches whem light, and about 2 feet when loaded with 10 or 15 tons of cargo. Her paddles are driven by a 16-horse portable engine, by Hornsley and Sons, and her machinery is simple and of excellent construction. No little interest was created when, she arrived in the river on Saturday morning, and many opinions were expressed that she would not be able to stem the heavy fresh from running. But the Woodpecker

showed that, small as she was, even the heavy curreut conld be breasted, and she steamed up in good style to her mooring. This was the more surprising, seeing that her paddles were disabled by the loss of several of their floats. Yesterday Bhe steamed up and down the river several times by way of experiment, and behaved herself very creditably. To-day she will make a trial trip up the river as far, if possible, as the Twelve Mile Landing. The Woodpecker made an unusually good passage from the Manukau, having left on the afternoon of the 30th December, and arrived off this port early on the morning of the 2nd instant. She was built by Mr. Hutchison of Onehunga, and is owned by Messrs. E. Gibbons and Co.— lbid. The Aparima left Invercargill on the 24th ult., and after being three days out called in at Jackson's Bay and landed a storekeeper and stores. About 50 diggers were there, who seemed to be doing well, occupied upon the beach diggings, the general average wages even in the bay being about 15s. per diem. From that place experienced light southerly and S.E. winds until auriving off the Grey on the afternoon of yesterday, when the plucky little Woodpecker took her in tow, and brought her safely into harbour. — Ibid., February 10. The "reported wrecked" Cymraes on Thursday last arrived from,, the Buller in the Grey, where as the captain states he is once more at home. Oapt. Perkins gives a most lamentable account of the doings of the diggers, who appear to have become perfect pirates at the former place, where they robbed him of his wafcohes ami part or bis cargo, he having no assistance at hand from police or other protection — Ibid .