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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3909, 27 April 1877, Page 2

Thes.s. Kangatira, Captain Evans, arrived in the bay from Wellington at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, and came inside yesterday morning. .She took her clejiartiire from Wellington at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. From Wellington to Cape Palliser she had a severe tossing, the wind blowing hard from the South. When she got round the Cape, the wind moderated, bnt there was still a very heavy sea ; one sea found its way on hoard and did some damage, breaking open the gangway port, and washing a qiiantity of roping, &c, overboard. From this, up to her arrival as above, she had light winds from the Southward. She brings a miscellaneous under bond and free and duty paid cargo. The Union Co. 's s.s. Rotorua, Captain Maefarlane, arrived in this port from Sydney and Auckland at 6 a.m. yesterday morning. She left Sydney harbor at 5 p.m. on the 18th witli a strong S. W. breeze and heavy sea, which accompanied her up till her arrival In Auckland at 0.30 a.m. on the 24th. She landed passengers, &c, and j>roceeded on her way at 4.30 p.m. the same day, with a strong southerly breeze ; shortly after her departure the wind moderated, and she had fine weather to East Cape ; from East Cape to Napier she experienced strong head winds, accompanied with a heavy head sea. She brought about GO tons of general cargo for this port, which the s. s. Sir Donald brought ashore. She took her departure for .Wellington at 11.30 a.m. yesterday. The s.s. Kiwi, "Captain James Campbell, left Wellington at 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday, with a fresh S.E. breeze and heavy sea ; passed Cape Pallisev at 3,30 a.m. on Wednesday, there was a heavy tide ripple and a strong S.E. gale. She arrived at Castle Point at 12.30 p.m. on Wednesday. She landed passengers, but as there was a heavy surf rolling on the beach, she did not land any cargo, and steamed on to Napier, arriving here at 4 a.m. yesterday morning. While in Wellington, the s.s. Kiwi had one of Sauiulers' patent compressers fixed on her forecastle head. This is, we learn, quite a new patent, and is the fii-st of the kind that has been introduced on the New Zealand steamboats. The advantage of the patent is, that a boat fitted with one can ride in a heavy sea with less fear of the chain giving way. It is registered to stand 20 tons strain. When the chain is down, a pall fastens in the links, and the more strain there is on the chain, the more pressure there is on the pall. To the pall are fixed on either side, two large india-rubber springs, and the whole of the centre part of the apparatus, together with the springs, work with the chain, and thus save any jerk, and lesson the chance of the chain snapping. This apparatus will, no doubt, be found very useful on the coast. It was brought out to Wellington in the ship Pleone, which vessel is herself fitted with one. The Star of the South was coming across the bay when our reporter left the Spit at 6 p.m. yesterday. The schooner Columbia cleared at the Customs yesterday for Lyttelton, and is to sail this morning. The steamers Result and Fairy are still detained in port, in consequence of the heavy sea.