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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6779, 11 February 1884, Page 2

The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Rotomahana arrived in the bay from Melbourne via Southern ports and Wellington at 11.60 a.m. on Saturday. The Boojum dropped alongside immediately for passengers and mails, and the lighters for over 100 tons ol cargo and a number of sheep. The following is a report of the Rotomahana's passage up the coast :— Left Port Chalmers at 5.30 p.m. on the 6th inßt., arrived at Lyttelton at 10 a.m. on the 7th inst. : left a«ain at 8 p.m. same day, and arrived at Wellington at 9.10 a.m. on the Bth ; left again at 7.30 p.m. same day, and arrived here as stated above. She experienced light variable winds thron"hout the passage. The outward passengers were taken off at 7 p.m., and the Botomahana steamed on her course for Poverty Bay, Auckland, and Sydney later on. „,.,. The s.s. Weka, Captain John Campbell, is lying on North's slip, where she will have refrigerating engines placed in her. The s.s. Maori, Captain H. Andersen, returned from the Wairoa at 930 p.m. on Saturday. She brought back a fair cargo. The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Waihora, Captain Edie, dropped anchor in the roadstead at an early hour on Saturday morning from Sydney via Auckland and Poverty Bay. The Boojnm tendered for passengers and mails, and the lighters for 100 tons of cargo. The following is a report of her passage :— Left Sydney on the Ist at 1 p.m., and arrived at Auckland at 2 p.m. oa the 6th s left ou tho 7th at 2.30 p.m., and reached Gisborne at 6 p.m. on the Bth ; lelt for Napier at 9.30 p.m., reaching the roadstead as above. The outward passengers left the wharf at 2 p m., but the Waihora did not steam f« r Melbourne via Wellington and Southern ports till 5 p.m. The s.s. Kiwi, Captain James Campbell, finished discharging her enrgo on fcaturday niorninp, and in the afternoon left again for Wellington. The p.s. ilanain, Captain W. E. Baxter, broiight up at the breastwork at 9 o'clock on Saturday night from Wairoa. She will probably be leaving for the same port again this evening. The three-ma6ted schooner Coquette, Captain Brown, left the breastwork on Saturday for New* castle, N.S.W., via tho Great Barrier. She will take in a load of timber at the latter port for Newcastle.