PORT OF AUCKLAND. MISCELLANEOUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3400, 9 June 1868, Page 2

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Lome heavy stas, lifting the quarter boats and davits out of the >ooketB, also staving in one of the lifeboats, which was on the skids ; stove in the skylight on the poop, flooding the cabin and storeroom. » midshipman named E. Arohibald, deranged,, jumped overboard, on the occasion- of the sbip crouing the line. He was immediitely tesoued by the chief officer and four hands in the ship's gig. tie died on the 12th of May from water on the brain, ascertained by a post mortem examination made by the surgeon The Gertrude l>riogs 100 passengers, ohiofly for Naoier, and 1,000 tons of general cargo, consigned to Messrs. Levin and Co. Just as we vrero going to press the s,s, Taranaki came into the roadstead, and, after waiting about ten minutes, nailed again without taking the mail. — Taranaki Herald, June 6. 'lhe b.s. Phoebe arrived off the roadstead on W ednesday last about noon, but did not anohor. The Lighter Company's boat put off to her as usual, but, for some reason to be explained, Captain Wheeler did not run the steamer down to her ai is usually done, but stood off. It is true the weather was squally at the time, and .the wind blew rathjsr ■tiffly from S.W.; but there wa» nothing to have hindered the steamer pioking up the boat, and sending the mail ashore. We have seen much worie weather, when passengers have been landed from the steamers ; therefore we consider it is very reprehensible of the captain in passing on as he did. — 'Ibid. . A.S.N. Company.— The whole of the plant of tne Queensland Steam Navigation Company has been handed over to Captain Trouton, and taken poiseksion of by bim on behalf of the Australasian fcteajn Navigation Company, by whom it has been purchased. . ' ( Sttrf JRTTIBS.--The Otago Daily Times aays :-j- " Mr. Thomas Jiedmayne has had a plan lithographed of what he terms a • surf jetty,' which, (has hadthe advantage of loading vessels with guano, at Ichaboe. It consists of a number of shears of strong spars securely ' lashed together in pairs by a stout oabl at the top, I 'and each [air splaying considerably a the bottom. One end of the cable is firmly anchored in the sea, and the other attached to a windlass on shore, so that the cable can be tightened aftenthb manner of drawing up a tight rope! The shears; when thus bound together, stand exceedingly firmly 1 , and a platform can, with Very little difficulty, be laid upon cross pieces lashed to each pair. Mr. Red. mayne has addressed a letter to the Superintendent, accompanying the plan, which he recommen.iß to the notice of his Fonor as ,eipeoially adapted to loading vessels in open roadsteads, as, when properly con i structed, such jetties have been proved capable of withstanding the heaviest rollers, ' Their great recommendation, 1 says Mr. Kedmayne, 'are cheapo ness, facility of construction, and durability ; and I believe such ereotions would be, at the present time,' a, great boon on many parts, of the New Zealand coast, especially to such open ports, as Oamaru,! Timaru. Taranaki, &c." , , , 9 !<

A.RRIVALS. Midge, s.i., 66 tow, Stewart, from the lhames, with pauenTauranga. i.s , 67 tom, SellaTS, from Shortland, with paiT»nr»n|», ichooner, 60 tons, Bolger, from the Bay of lilandi, MahnniiSrcTitter, 21 tons, Conway, from Whangapoua, with Tartar, cutter, 10 toni, Hopkini, from the Hot Spring!, with Whitby. cutter, 21 toni, Doughty, from Shortland, with "Wahapu, cutter, 16 toni, Baoon, from Shortland, with ■and. ' '

1 " DBPARTTTRES. Tauranga. s.s., 67 ton«, Sellars. for Shortland, with passengers. Enterprise No. 2, p.i., 45 tons, Scon, for Shortland, with pusenfren. M , ' Industry, ichooner, 24 toni, Bicketts, for Tapu Creek, with Umber, bo. Murewal. ichooner. 23 tom, Newman, for Poverty Bay, with ■torei and bonded goodi. Albatroii, ichooner, 85 tons, Braund, for the Eawan and the North. Geraldine. schooner, 27 tons, on a cruise. Kotina, cutter,' 12 torn. Roderick, for ShorUand. with stores. Helen, rotter. 14 tons, for the Thames, with sundries. Diamond, cutter, 15 tons, Kin*, for the Thames, with stores. Sydney, cutter, 14 torn, Coupland, for the Thamei, with storei. „ . . „ . Sea Jflower, cutter, 27 tons. Fletcher, for Euisell, to ballast. ATon. cutter, 20 torn, Murray, for Shortltnd, with bricks, stores, and passengers. Spey, cutter, 18 tons, Sullivan, for the Thanwi, with stores. Harriet, cutter, 10 tons, Bowden, for Thames, with storei. Msrgaret, cutter. 21 tons. Joseph, for Kawau and Mataknna, with stores, mail, and passengers^

VESSELS EXPECTED. H.M. ■ «. Blanche, from England, sailed Ff*™*'?. ?4 Star of the South. s.s.. from Queensland, Tia Hokitika. Baceborse. ship, 1,077 ton*, from London, sailed Maroh 27. Excelsior, "ship, from London (loading). Constance, barque, from London, sailed Marcn 29. AUce Cameron, barque, from San Francisco. Bella Mary, barque, from Hobart Town, Princess Alice, brig, from Lyttelton. Glencoe, barque, from Lyttelton. Royal Exchange, brig, from Sydney. Eucenie, schooner, from Tahiti Stanley, schooner, from Japan. Black Hawk schoonnr, from Lyttelton. Tawera. schooner, from Lyttelton. Swallow, schooner, from Lyttelton. Neva, schooner, from Tahiti. < Kate Grant, schooner, from South Sea Islands. William and Julia, schooner, from West Coast. Excelsior, schooner, from Kaipara. Ivanhoe. sohooncr, from Mnngomii. Eagle, ketch from Sooth Sea Inlands. Bittern, cutter, from Norfolk Island. Mahia, cutter, from Porerty Bay. Argo, schooner, from Whangerel Agnes, cutter, from Napier via Poverty Bay.

PBOJECTED DEPASTURES. For London.— Charlotte Ann, early. Tahiti.— Etta, 18th. Fiji Islands.— Percy, 13th. Sydney.— Novelty, to-morrow : Dart, I6tn. Tavranga.— Lord Ashley. 12th; Jane, early. Napier.— Lord Ashley 12th. Ltttelton — LoTd Ashley. 12th. "Wellington —Lord Ashley, 12th. Southern Pokts.— lord Ashley, 12th. Thames. — Tauranga and Midge, to-day- Enterprise, to-morrow. ■Whangarei.— Hero, to-day. Bat ot Islands —Zephyr and Joanna, to-day. Kaipara.— Onward, early. Riyirhiad.— Gemini, daily, at 11.

VESSELS IN HARBOTJB. (ThU Hit does not indnda coasting cutter*. Lord Ashley, s.s., from Wellington. Rnten>n«« No. 1, t» s. (on ferry ■•rvlce). ( Midge, 8.5., from Shortland. Tauranga. s.s , from the Thames.— T. Macky, agent. Lady Bowen, s i. fnew). Gemini, • s., on ferrr «errice. Jane, s « . from the Thames. Royal Alfred, p s. (new). NoTelty, barque, from Sydney,— Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. Charlotte Ann, barque, from Nelson.— CruicTrshank, Smart, and Co , agents. , , Pakeha, brig, from Melbourne.— Henderson and Macfarlane, agents. Dart, brig, from Sydney.— Roberton and Co., agents. Rita, brig, from Sydney — J. S. Macfarlane, agent. Onward, schoouer, from the Thames. Fiery Cross, schooner, from Mahurangi. Ocean Wave, schooner, from Lyttelton. Percy, ketch, from Lyttelton. Amateur, schooner, from Lyttelton.— Captain, agent. Lady Don. schooner, from Lyttelton.— A. Buckland, agent. Maria, schooner, from Lyttelton. Zephyr, schooner, from the Bay of Inlands. Joanna, schooner, from the Bay of Islands. Tauranga, schooner, from the Bay of Islands. Southern Crots, schooner, from Norfolk Island. | Jane, schooner, from Tauranga.

'entered inwards. Junk B— Ayon, cutter, 20 tons, Murray, from Shortland. in ballast. B— Tartar, cutter, 10 tons, Hopkins, from the Hot Springa, with 26 torn firewood. B— lnduatry, schooner, 24 tons, Ricketts, from T»pu Creek, in ballast. B— Bella, cutter, 16 tons, Faulkner, from Tauranga, with 20 sacks and 40 kits maize.— J. S Macfarlane, agent B— Whitby, cutter, 21 tons, Doughty, from Shortland, with empties. B—Hero,8 — Hero, cutter, 30 tons, Daries, from Whangarei, with 7 head cattle, 2 tons gum, 3 pigs, 20 turkeys. Passengers— B., B— Julia, schooner, 14 tons, Coupland, from Tapu Creek, with * empties. B— Margaret, cutter, 21 tons, Joseph, from Matakana and Kawau. with 40 tons firewood and mail. 8 Wahapu, cutter. 15 tons, Bacon, from Shortland and Babbit Island, with 400 bushels sand. B—Jane,8 — Jane, cutter, 37 tons, Holler, from Tauranga, with empties and passengers.

CLEANED OUTWARDS. JUNB B— Murewai. schooner, 23 tons, Newman, for Poverty Bay, with 32 cases biscuits, 1 hogshead rum, 2 quarter-cask* brandy, and sundries. G. E. Read. B— Sea Flower, cutter, 27 tons, Fletcher, for Russell, in ballast. B— Avon, cutter, 20 tons, Murray, for Shortlaud. with 2,50« bricks, 20 cases Icerosine, and sundries Passengers-*. B— lndustry, schooner, 24 torn. Kicketts. for Tapu Creek, with 5.000 feet timber, 1,000 bricks, 8.000 shingles, and sundries. B— Margaret, cutter, 21 tons, Joseph, for Matakana and Kawan, with 7cwt flour, and mail. Passenger— l.

The barque Charlotte Ann is fast filling up, and will take her departure in a few days for England. The steamer Midge arrived from Shortland yesterday, at 4 p.m., with 56 passengers. The steamer Taranaki was unable to cross the bar in 'the Manukau until 8 a.m. on Friday. By the arrival of the Stormbird we Jearn that the Taranaki, owing to the roughness of the weather, passed Taranaki on Thursday without lieing able to pick up the mail-boat. The mail for Kngland, via Panama, was thereby left behind. Captain Wing's new steamer Halcyou left the Manukau on- Saturday for this port. She is intended for the Thames trade, and may be expected to arrive in the course of to-day. The schooner Onward is laid on for Wairoa, Kai-, para, and is announced to sail at an early date. The cutter Whitby, Doughty, master, will take her departure to-morrow for Opotiki. ' The yacht- schooner Albatross, Captain Braund, left the harbour yesterday morning for Kawau and the North. The cutter Bella entered inwards at the Customs yesterday, with, 29 sacks and 40 kits of maize, consigned to Mr. J. S. Macfarlane. Th« schooner Murewai took her departure last night for Poverty Bay, with a general consignment to Mr. G. E. Read. Mr. Newman, late chief officer of the brig Moa, has taken command of the vessel for the trip. " ~> A. schooner was signalled yesterday morning, but had not made the harbour np to a late hour last night. It is supposed to be the Tauranga from the Bay of Islands with a freight of cattle, to be landed at Kohimarama. — Since writing the above, the Tanranga has arrived with a cargo of gum. She brings no passengers. The Sea Breeze was going into the Bay when she left. The ship Gertrude, 666 tons, Captain Dewar, ajrrived at Wellington on the 3rd instant from London, after an average passage of 97 days. Reports having experienced moderate weather t j the equator, and fine weather to the Ktrguelens. Fell in with a furious gale in. latitude 49*51 S. and 85 "51 JB. j ship hove-to for twenty-four hour* ; shipped