EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3901, 9 May 1877, Page 2

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Go-Ahead, s.s., from Auckland and Po-A-jrty Bay Manaia, p.s., from AYairoa Pretty Jane, s.s., from Poa .rty Bay and Auckland Southern Cross, s.s., from Lyttelton Rangatira, s.s., from AVellington Star of the South, s.s., from Auckland Tue s.s. Kiwi, Captain Campbell, arrived hi the roadsteiid f rom AVellington at 7 a.m., and came inside at 2 p.m., yesterday. She left Wellington at 5 p.m. on Saturday, and arrived at Castle Point at 10 a.m. on Sunday. Coming across Palliser Bay she experienced a strong southerly breeze, aa _th heaA-y sea. She landed her cargo and passengers at Castle Point, and left again at 5 p.m., arriA-ing off Blackhead at midnight. There Avas then little or no Avind and the sea had gone cloaaii. She stayed off Blackhead until daylight, exacting to be able to land cargo, but at daylight she went closer iv and found that there was too heavy a roll to admit of any cargo being laud.d. She stood off until 2 p.m. on Monday, AA-lientheAvindfreslieningandthe sea rising, all hope of landing cargo A\-as relinquished, ancl she weighed anchor ancl steamed for Napier, arriA r ing as .iboA-e. The s.s. Jane Douglas left for Nuhaka AA.tk a cargo of fencing Avire and station stores at 3.15 p.m., yesterday. She toAved out the schooner Opotiki, bound for PoA.rty Bay. The Opotiki has three carriages ancl about six tons of general cargo. Sbe takes also tAvo natiA . passengers. Favorable iicav. has afc last been received fr. m Wairoa re the Imr to the AYairoa shipping. We hear that tbe AYairoa people have "-."- been reduced to tAA-o sacks of flour. ! s. s. Result was to h.rve left for that .. je at 2 a.m. this morning. The AA r airoa i siclents Avill, no doubt, celebrate her arrival i ..h a public holiday. The s.s. Star of the South had not put in an appearance up to 7 p.m., yesterday, at AA'hieh time our reporter left the Spit. Tbe Isabella Pratt, schooner, left Oamaru on Thursday last, at 2 a.m., AA-ith a light westerly AA-ind, until Friday, when she had light airs ; at 3 a.m. a fresh breeze sprang up from the southward. She passed Bank's peninsula on Friday, at Sa. in. Sbe spoke the schooner Endeavor off the peninsula. She _ aams off Palliser Bay at S o'clock the next morning : rounded the Kidnappers at 2 p.m. on Sunday, and at 5.30 p.m. on Sunday she spoke the schooners Columbia and Tauranga off the Kidnappers, the captains of Avhich wished to be reported. AYe are indebted to Captain Cross for files, &c. Tho Isabella Pratt made the A-ery quick passage from Oamaru of three clays. The s.s. Rangatira did not leave AA'elliugton yesterday eA .ning as aams anticipated. The date of her departure for Napier has not yet been fixed. The folloAving is a list of passengers from HaAvke's Bay avlio left for the home country perthe City of Sydney, yesterday, at noon: — Mr and Mrs A. Watt, Miss Carlyon, Messrs J. Mason, A. Graham ancl J. Tod.