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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3921, 1 June 1877, Page 2

The s.s. Rangafcira, Captain Evans, steamed f.->v Wellington at S p.m. on Wednesday. The. : 7; lion Company's s.s. Wanaka arrived i-.t this pr:-'. from Wellington and Southern ii.-ivts at 10 a.m. yesterday. She was tendered • : i!! avriv? 1 . by the steam launch Bella, and the passengers and luggage brought ashore. The lighters Why-not and Three Brothers went alongside and took in her cargo, of which there were 90 tons. She left Dunedin at 2.30 p.m. on the 26th ult., with a fresh northerly wind. She steamed from Port Chalmers immediately, after landing and shipping passengers, at 5 p.m. the same day, and arrived at Akaroa at 10 a.m. on the 27th, leaving again for Lyttelton at 1 a.m. She arrived in Lyttelton at 4.30 p.m. the same day, and left at 4 p.m. on the 2Sth, arriving in Wellington at 10.30 a.m. on the 29th. She took in a quantity of cargo at Wellington, and left for this port at noon on the 30th, arriving as above. From Akaroa to Lyttelton she had a southerly wind ; from Lyttelton to Wellington a strong north wind with heavy sea, in consequence of which she went under easy steam. After clearing Wellington Heads, and until Cape Palliser was rounded, she encountered a tremendous gale from the southward, with very heavy sea. Captain M'Gillivray was almost on the point of turning back several times, but he finally decided to push on, and shortly after rounding the Cape the wind moderated considerably, and veered round to the S.W. The Wanaka steamed for Poverty Pay and Northern ports at 10.20 p.m. yesterday. The s.s. Star of the South, from this port, arrived in Poverty Bay at 6.30 a.m. yesterday. The schooner Columbia, from Lyttelton, arrived in port at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. She left Lyttelton on Thursday, the 24th ultimo, with light N. winds, which kept up till the evening of the 29th, when, being otF Flat Point, the wind shifted to the S.W., blowing fresh, and accompanied her till arrival as above. She has a cargo of breadstuffs. The barquentine Falcon was towed inside by the s.s. Result at 7 a.m. yesterday. She made fast to the breastwork. The s.s. Jane Douglas was to have steamed for Dunedin yesterday, but was debarred from doing so by a weld in one of her piston rods giving waj', it lioing found necessary to have a new one fitted. She will probably leave this afternoon, The p.s. Manaia has not yet been able to take her departure for Wairoa, the bar at that place still being in an unpromising condition. The steam launch Bella towed out the schooner Opotiki at 9.30 a.m. yesterday morning. The latter is bound for Poverty Bay, and is in ballast. The late passage of the New Zealand Company's ship Otaki, quoted at GO days, is an extraordinarily smart one, and, as she sailed ! ience March 11, she must, to have kept that •rime, have arrived on May 14th. Her date of arrival is, however, not given. The wellknown ship Crusader alau made a good run Home from Lyttelton — somewhere about 70 days, but, as her date of arrival is not given. we can only approximate. However, she sailed from Lyttelton on March 10th. The passage made by the Wairoa, which left here February 13th, was nothing out of the way —approximately, from 90 to 97 days. The ship Border Chief, which left the Blulf February Ist, arrived Home May 19th, thus making the passage in 107 days. The New Zealand Company's ship Rangitikei sailed from Lyttelton March 12th, but her arrival at London has yet to be announced. — Olago Daily Times.