ARRIVALS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 4099, 24 January 1878, Page 2

ARRIVALS.

( January 23 — Rangatira, s.s., from Wellington — Passengers — Mesdames Johnson and Harris, Messrs Zinmann, Harris, 2 steerage, and 1 for the North. January 23— Fairy, s.s., from Poverty Bay via Whangawhei.

The s.s. Rangatira, Captain Evans, left Wei- . lington on Tuesday at 5 a.m., and experienced S. winds and heavy weather throughout the passage, arriving in port at 2 a.m. yesterday, after a passage of 21 hours. She did not leave for Poverty Bay last evening, owing to her agent receiving a telegram from that port informing him that very heavy weather was prevailing there. She will leave for Gisborne at 7 p.m. this evening. A painful accident occurred yesterday at the Spit to Mr John Fraser, of the steamer Sir Donald. As far as we could learn, he was driving the donkey engine while discharging cargo from the ship Renfrewshire, and had bis hand drawn in by the powerful cog wheel;? and severely mangled ; he was at once ta^en +,o the. doctor, and the proper remedies adopted. The Silver Cloud, in coming inside yesterday morning, got fast on the bar. She was being towed in by the Rangatira when the rope got fouled in some way and broke, causing her to stick fast alongside of the harbor works. The captain expected to get her off at high water lagt evening, when she would be brought in and moored to the breastwork. We are happy to state that the Cloud sustained no serious damage. The s.s. Fairy, Captain John Campbell, which left here on Saturday for Poverty Bay with a load of sheep, returned from that port via Whangawhei yesterday morning. She brought a cargo of grass seed. The Rotorua should arrive here from Auckland at an early hour this morning. The steam launch will leave the wharf with her outward passengers at 8 a.m. to-day. The Mohaka is expected to leave for Mohaka to-morrow evening. The cutter Rapid and the s.s. Mohaka were loading up with wool for the Crownthorpe yesterday afternoon, which vessel is receiving quick despatch, she having already over 2000 bales on board. The following item is clipped from the Northern Advocate : — Mr James Barbour, the builder of the Torea — the smartest vessel on the coast — will shortly commence to build a brig and a cutter for the Aratapu Mill Company. Nearly all the timber is ready, and they are expected to surpass all his previous efforts — which is saying a good deal. Sir William Thomson, F.R.S., who invented an improved form of sounding machine, has made experiments recently on board H.M.S. Harpy and Gorgon. While going at a speed of 9 knots soundings were taken, and the machine registered up to a depth of 32 fathoms with great correctness and without in any way interfering with the onward course of the vessel. The results attained, however, during these trials were surpassed by others made on the transatlantic steamers Britannic and Germanic, when the officers had successfully sounded at depths ranging from 30 to 100 fathoms without stopping.