MISCELLANEOUS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 11, Issue 837, 23 March 1867, Page 2

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Ahuriri, s.s., left Wellington on Wednesday at 5 p.m. and was off Castle Point next morning. Kemained there about 8 hours,' having landed a considerable quantity of goods, and taken on board some bales of wool. Arrived here yesterday morning at 8 p.m., having on board some cargo for this port and a large number of passengers. The Ahuriri is in the Iron Pot, and will steam for Welling, ton this evening lit 6 o'clock. She will take away a cargo of wool. The s.s. Taranaki is due this day with the English mail, and will proceed on to Auckland after a few hours delay. In noticing the arrival of the Lord Ashley at Wellington, the Advertiser of the 20th says :~She left Napier at 8 p.m. on the 15th. Encountered the full strength of the S.E. gale,- and was hove-to for about 56 hours. She sustained no damage beyond the blowing cway of oqe or two sails. On the arrival of the s.s, Airedale, from the South, which is expected this morning, Captain Kennedy will take command of the latter vessel, and Capt. Worsp will'be transferred to the former. k c ;The' same journal cays :— The Government steamer St. Kilda will leave for the Chatham Islands on or about Friday next. We under-stand-that Captain Johnson,' •wkougoesfin.

command, intends to spend a fortnight or j threo w^,ka in making a running survey of . the QO»S§r- This will be a very useful work, as o.t-1 r^Ment there is no chart whatever of thai^coiosljt The St. Kilda will also take provision^ <Scb., for the uao of tho Hau Hau prisoners on the Island. The Weather in Wellington.— Dur ing the course of yesterday and to-day has b Qea experienced one of the most severe sou 4 *** easterly gales that has visited us during t" c whole season, and from the report made b y vessels arriving yesterday it would appea 1 ' that outside the Heads the storm is even heavier, a faot whioh accounts for the nonappearance of the Lord Ashley, Rangatira, and other oraft now overdue. As telegraphic communication with the Middle Island is interrupted, the lines being down, we are unable to learn whether our port is experiencing the effect of an equinoctial gale or that of merely a local storm ; but from tho reports brought by- recent arrivals we are inclined to believe the latter to be the case, Jor when the steamships Taranaki and Egmont left Nelson on Saturday, the weather was moderate, and it was only when off Terawiti that the full force of the storm was felt. Tho commanders of both vessels report heavy squalls and a terrifio sea in tho Straif, and the appearance of the vessels themselves on making the port shows evidence of a rough time outside, The Egmont shipped large bodies of water, and the Taranaki was pooped when entering the Heads, the sea smashing the greater portion of the wheel, and staving in the after saloon skylight ; and were it not for the skilful seamanship displayed by her captain and officers, this fine vessel might not now be afloat. The favorite Blenheim trader Falcon also arrived yesterday, having run across the Strait during the storm, and undergone extreme danger from the heavy Beas whioh came on board. The vessels lying in port have sustained no damage, although much inconvenienced. The Indue lias di'aggad hat' auekoi'a same aoiifeWarable distance ; the steamship Ofcago, announced to Bail yesterday with the English mail for Melbourne, via the South, is a closo prisoner, and the contemplated excursion trip of the Taranaki to Nelson has been postponed. On shore no damage of consequence has been done. A few old tenements have been rendered more shaky, and some stray out-houses and lean-to's have been made leaky, but neither trees nor buildings have suffered. In fact, the old adage of its being an ill wind that blows nobody good, has been verified by several householders, who have long suffered from a deficiency of water, and were enabled to replenish their tanks and wells during the rain squalls of last night. — Evening Post, March 19.