PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1114, 31 December 1869, Page 2

PROJECTED DEPARTURES.

Hero, acbooner, for Wairoa, early Suocesß, scHooher, for Wtviraaramn, probably to-day Xue fine cUpperaohooner Success, Hamilton, left Maunga.kuri oh lldnday night, with »

:•'.■'• v'-v -... •.'•-'■: -.■/■ a •■••'. r\tf/\^r >■■:■■:■ ;oargo, of wool from Colonel Russell's Station ; experienced fine w;qatheif along theico&st, and arrived in the roadstead at 5 p.m.last Tuesday, and entered the Iron Pot oa Wednesday morning at ten. The Master reports having had very unpropitious weather during the passage down the coast She left here on Thursday the 9th instant, with a misoellaneous cargo, with the wind E.N.E, ; ;ar.riyed^t Waimarama on tjbe 11th ; but . owing to the" surf being tdohigh' could not effect flatting ; : experienced very severe weather* lip to the 23rd, with the wind principally from NX; had to close reef canvass whilst laying off for four days ; experienced heavy rain at times ; landed cargo at Waimarama on the 23rd, and proceeded to Maungakuii on the 25th, where she landed remainder of cargo, and afterwards shipped her cargo of 115 bales of wool, and left for Napier, on Monday night, the 27th inst. The Master also reports having sighted a steamer going northward, whilst laying, at Matiqgakuri ; this would no doubt be the Star of the South, which left thiß,,pj>rt for Auokr land via Pourerere (where stieNyent for a cargo of sheep for the Auokland market) last Sunday evening. The Success oleared yesterday in ballast for Waimarama; and left last evening ; she will return to this port after taking in a cargo of wool for the ships now loading in port for the London market. The fine dipper barque Jennie Ellingwood has now on board about 900 bales of wool more or less, and DO .odd. bales of flax, She will complete her lading- about .the time I notified some time back, and that is very early in February ; £er quick despatoh will no doubt be owing to her laying inside, The R. T.-Turnbull certainly has the great disadvantage. of lying in the roadstead to contend with, and {wjll no 1 jdbubl ,be some time longer before ehe leaves- *dut4|^ters,f though : Siß,~la the HaEitiD's lasfcisflue, it is re. ported that Oapt; ©bile^lotnd 10 feet of water on the bar at dead f low water. This is not the case ; I myself brought in the Storm Bird, and found at quarter flood 10 feet, so that at dead low. water there would only be 8 feet on the bar; at low, water slack there would be 9 feet 6 inohes. I also found, in taking the Storm Bird out, 11 feet 6 inohes at top of high water. Mistakes oftentimes arise from not properly understanding the difference between low water, and low water slack, I may take this opportunity of informing your informant (whom I find is not' your reporter) that I always make it a practice of sounding on every possible occaßion.—l am, &0., H. Kbaeft, Pilot and Harbor Master,