WRECK OF THE CHALLENGE AT THE MANUKAU HEADS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3972, 16 May 1870, Page 4

WRECK OF THE CHALLENGE AT THE MANUKAU HEADS.

By the ai 1 lval of the Colonial Government p.s. Sturt in the Manukau, on Saturday afternoon last, we leain of the total wieck of the schooner Challenge, which vessel left Onehunga on Friday last for Lyttelton, with a cargo of 40,000 feet of timber, _ The Challenge, which has made several trips to this port, wag a smart little craft of about 45 tons, and was, we understand, insured for £500 in one of the insurance ofncca down South. We have been unable to learn any particulars of the cause of the wreck, as neither | Captain Hobba, nor any of the ci ew, have yet arrived m town. It is supposed that the wind, while the vessel was working out over the bar, must have died away, and that she eventually drifted on the rocks. When the Sturt passed she was a complete wreck. A fire and tent were observed on shore close to the scene of the wreck, so it is to be hoped that the crew have all been able to land safely.

Vessels Coastwise. —Arrivals. —Hope, cutter, from Waikawau, with 6,000 feet timber; Two Brothers, from Tauranga Creek, settlers' produce ; Tiritiri, from Port Charles, 16 000 feet timber ; Bes9y, cutter, from Cabbage Bay, with 21,000 feet timber j Helen, from Mahurangi, settlers' produce ; Heather Bell, from. Mahurangi. Vessels Coastwise. — Outwards. — Two Brothers, cutter, for Tauranga Creek ; Bessy, for Cabbage Bay ; Helen, for Mahurangi ; Tiritiri, ketch, for Port Chalmers. The Kate.— The barque Kate left Sydney for this port on May 7, and was passed by the s.s. Auckland next evening, about 40 miles from Sydney Heads. The Kate has the following cargo on board : — 20 gunnies sugar, 3 cases brandy, 1 case geneva, 2 bags sugar, 1 cask ale, 10 barrels currants, 4 packages, 500 felloes, 240 coal sacks, 150 tons coal, 1 pair wheels, 1 pair shafts, 3 packages, 167 bags bone dust, 2 carts, 16 casks wine, 290 felloes, 200 bags maize, 199 bags maize, 484 bags maize, 1 dray, oObags bone dust, 16 bales leather. ' The Jake — The schooner Jane arrived in harbour yesterday from Russell, with a cargo of coals. The following vessels were spoken by the ship We.ithei afield on her voyage to Melbourne : — OnFebruai'y 27, the ship Ernestine; and on March 6, the Planet. The Colonial Government SruRT. — The Colonial Government p. s. Sturt, Captain Pox, arrived in the Mamikau on Saturday last for this port, after a fair run round. She will immediately proceed to the survey of the Manukau harbour. The p.s. Samson, Captain Mundle, returned from Whangarei yesterday morning, bringing a general cargo and several passengers. The Ivanhoe. — The smart coasting schooner Ivanhoe, under the charge of Captain McGregor, arrived in harbour on Satur day afternoon last from Mangonui, with a cargo of gum, timber, &c, and several passengers. The schooner Colonist will sail for the East Coast to-day. The Comerang. — The p.s. Comerang, Captain Chris p, took her departure for Napier on Satur lay night. The Tauranga. — The schooner Taurauga took her departure yesterday morning for Tauranga, with 12 passengers and the following cargo : — 1 box tobacco, 1 quarter-cask brandy, 1 quaiter-cask rum, 2 cases whiskey, 6 half-chests tea, 8 tons flour, 4 tons oats, 1 shaft, 40 mats sugar, 2 tons coal, 150 r>alings, 500 rails, 1,000 feet timber, 1 ton bran, 40 cases groceries, 20 cases and 6 bales drapery, 10 casks ale, 6 cases lemonade, 1 punt. The cutter Woodstock will take her departure for Opotiki to-day, with the following cargo : — 1 hhd. rum, 5,272 feet timber, good shingles, 4 cases, 4 packages, 49 packages ironmongery, 1 plough, 4 tons flour, 10 packages drapery, 9 cases brandy, 5 cases, 1 9 packages tea, i ton sugar, 12 boxes soap, 6 cheeses, 479 sacks, 25 packages merchandise. The s.s. Tauranga sailed for the Bay of Islands on Saturday. , The interpiovincial mail contract with the | Circular Saw Company, of which we have before stated the substance, is published in the Neio Zealand Gazette of the 4th instant.