DEPARTURES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XX, Issue 3936, 19 June 1877, Page 3

DEPARTURES.

June 15 — Eangatira, s.s., for Poverty Bay. Passengers — Miss Kate, Judge Itogan, Messrs Harrison, Berry, Cross, Crocs, Cuff, Goldsmith (2), Pilcher, Black, Carroll, Brooking, Hone Piete, Blackadder, and 6 natives. June 15 — Mauaia, p.s., for Wairoa. Passengers — Mrs Wilson, Messrs G. H. Swan, IVaser, M 'Murray, Gidney, P. Ormond, Smith, Toa, Hapimana, and 6 other natives. The s.s. Jane Douglas, Capt. J. W. G. Fraser arrived in port at 1 a.m. on Friday. She left Lyttelton at 3 p.m. on Monday, the 11th, with light N.E. winds and ■fine weather. On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., the breeze increased to a heavy gale, she being then Waipapa Point. This continued until Wednesday morning, when it shifted to the S.W., still Homing hard, with heavy rain. At 4 p.m. tjMfsame day, she being then off Cape Palliser, 'the wind hauled to the N.E., and shortly afterwards went round still more, and blew hard from the north, with heavy sea, until her arrival as above. She brings for this port ISOO bags, or 90 tons of flour, consigned to Messrs Watt Bros. June 15. — Result, s.s., for Wairoa. June 17. — Rangatira, s.s., for Wellington. Passengers —Mr and Mrs Oldfield, Miss M'Tad, Messrs Glasson, M'Lean, Jobson, A. M'Lean, Orr, Boon, Suffield, Alton, P. Walsh, and 3 original.

The s.s. Southern Cross, Captain F. Holmes, leftsj^uckland on Friday evening last at 5 p.m* and arrived in port at 5 p.m. on Sunday, having made the passage in 48 hours. She experienced throughout the passage strong N.W. winds, and off Portland Island a strong N.W. gale. The s. s. Rangatira, Captain Evans, arrived in the roadstead from Poverty Bay at 6 a.m. on Sunday. She left Poverty Bay at 5.30 p.m. on Saturday. She encountered, as far as Portland Island, a fresh N.W. breeze, and from that place to Napier a light southerly •wind. Having landed passengers and mails, and shipped Wellington passengers, she left again for the latter place at 11 a.m. The s.s. Kiwi, Captain James Campbell, from Wellington, arrived in .port at 7.15 p.m. on Saturday. She left Wellington wharf at 4.15 p.m. on Friday, and made Castle Point at 5.30 the next morning. There was a heavy sea on the beach, and there was, therefore, no possibility of her discharging cargo ; she consequently came on, and arrived as shown. She experienced strong N.W. winds throughout the passage, but smooth sea. The schooner Saucy Kate, from Dunedin, arrived in the roadstead at 4 a.m., and was brought inside at 11 a.m. on Sunday. We were misinformed with respect to the date of her departure from Dunedin, she having left on the Gth of the present month. On leaving Dunedin the winds were light and variable, and continued so until the 10th (Sunday), she being then off Lyttelton. She then got the wind fresh from the southward, which brought her in,to Cook Straits, where she got through on Monday night, the 11th. She then got the breeze fresh from the N.W., which continued till Wednesday, the 13th, and brought her up as far as Cape Turnagain. She then got a fresh breeze from the N. W., and this accompanied her until Friday night, the 15th, when it went round to the 2s. W., and continued to blow from that quarter until her arrival. She spoke off Cape Turnagain the schooner Vesuvius, bound from Lyttelton to Auckland. She brings for this port a full general cargo, which she will commence to discharge to-day. The s.s. Fairy brought ashore the second lighter load of cargo from the barque Andrew Reid on Saturday morning. She also brought ashore six dogs of pure breed for Mr H. S. Tiffen. The excessive rains which flooded the streets of Napier throughout the whole of Iftursday last, although very much regretted by pedestrians were still not without good results. That curse to the flourishing township of Wairoa, the bar, which had remained closed for some time, opened yesterday, this, of course being attributed to and looked for as the result of the heavy downpour of rain of Thursday. The Maoris of Wairoa appear to be very jubilant over the opening of the bar. A telegram was received by a chief at the Spit on Friday, from one of his tribe at the Wairoa, which read: — "The river has broken through. Good, very good !" The p.s. Manaia left for that place at 9 p.m. on Friday. We trust the bar will continue in its present good condition for at least the next day or two, so as to allow the Result and Manaia time to discharge their cargoes and get away again for this port. The Result was to have left yesterday evening for the Wairoa. She had a full cargo of miscellaneous goods. The s.s. Fairy went alongside the Andrew Reid early on Friday morning, and was engaged in takiug in cargo throughout the which she will discharge this morning. The lighter Why Not is to run alongside the barque this morning: The s.s. Rangatira left for Poverty Bay at 5 p.m. on Friday. She had a large cargo consisting of goods shipped at Wellington under bond, and a quantity of free and duty paid goods shipped in this port for Gisborne.