EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 50417, 19 April 1878, Page 2

EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

Rangatira, s.s., from Poverty Bay Taupo, s.s., from Wellington and Southern ports Hawea, s.s., from Povertyßay, Tauranga and Auckland Pretty Jane, s.s., from Auckland Kiwi, s.s., from Wellington Falcon, barquentine, from Newcastle Mary Wadley, three-masted schooner, from Newcastle, N.S.W".

The ,8.8. Rotorua, Captain Carey, arrived in oui* readstead at 6.30 a.m. yesterday from Auckland and Sydney, and was tendered by the s.s. Sir Donald for passengers and cargo, which she brought to the breastwork, and left shortly afterwards with the Southern bound passengers, the Rotorua steaming on her course at 11 a.m. The Rotorua made another remarkable quick passage from Sydney to Auckland, the whole steaming time only occupying 4 days 22 hours, and we were informed by the captain that this would have been beaten but for the exceedingly rough weather encountered the first three days. The following report of her passage was furnished to us by Mr Cull, the courteous purser of this boat : — Experienced rough • weather the first three days ; during the latter part of the voyage experienced southerly winds with high confused seas ; passed the Three Kings at 7. 30 p.m. on Sunday, and arrived at Auckland at 4 p.m. on the 15th ; left Auckland at 5 p.m. the following day, with fresh southerly breeze to East Cape, and remainder very strong winds ; arrived at Napier Roads at 6.30 a.m. to-day. Her cargo from Sydney was principally sugar ; she has over 1000 packages. The s.s. Fairy, Captain John Campbell, went off to the three-masted schooner Silver • Cloud yesterday morning, and lightered her of a large quantity of her coal, which she was discharging at the outer wharf during the afternoon. The steam launch Bella was laid up for repairs yesterday morning, when the work of pulling her machinery to pieces commenced. Her boiler and engines will be shipped by the Rangatira on the Saturday for Wellington, where they will receive proper attention by Mr Robertson, the contractor for the . It is thought she will be enabled to resume her trade again in about three weeks time. • The three-masted schooner Silver Cloud, Captain C. Balle, it is expected will be brought to the breastwork to-day. The s.s. Taupo, Captain Andrews, left Wellington for Napier yesterday and will arrive here about 9 o'clock this morniHg. She will be tendered by the Sir Donald, and steam for North at 5 p.m. The s.s. Rangatira, Captain Evans, • left Gisborne last evening, and should have arrived early this morning. She will be brought to the breastwork for the purpose of discharging, and will leave for Wellington at 5 o'clock on Saturday evening. The s.s. Hawea, Captain Wheeler, will arrive here early on Sunday morning from the North, and steams South at 9 a.m. the same day. When at Bairns, Captain Webber, of the steamer Egmont, was requested by the SubCollector of Customs, Mr Spence, to keep a look out on the way down, as the Captain Cook, schooner, reported a quantity of wreckage and logs pf timber in the vicinity of Dunk's Island ; also, that one of the crew (Captain Cook's) had been speared through the hand by the natives. The Egmont cruised round Barnard Island, thence to Dunk Island, which was rounded twice. Six new cedar logs, were seen on the rocks to windward. A boat was then despatched on shore to inspect the beach in the vicinity of Tarn O'Shanter's Point. Two new logs branded F over FF and MG, and a small quantity of wreckage, were seen. The Family Group and Brook Island were afterwards closely inspected, and a few more logs were seen, but no signs of any shipwrecked people. The Kate Connolly, barque, left Cairns on the Bth, the morning of the hurricane, and the Merchant, ship, left Cardwell the day previous to the hurricane for Trinity Opening, and it is feared that the cedar logs are the cargo of these veesels, most probably the Merchant. Captain Webber also states that a quantity of wreckage has been washed ashore at Island Point, Port Douglas. When •at Townsville Captain Webber was informed by the captain of the schooner Currabean that he had passed a large quantity of cedar logs, a ship's mizenmast. and a lot of wreckage, ten miles east of Brook Island, and that ' he stood over towards the Barrier Reefs, but no further wreckage was met with. — Sydney Morning Herald, April 2.