DEPARTURE FOR LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2336, 11 September 1877, Page 2

DEPARTURE FOR LONDON.

Tbe barque Spirit of the Dawn got under wei-'i- on the top of high water this morning. aiulsailedfor Loudon. She had to work down th" harbour ;•.<_.! inst an easterly wind, out broi-p-ht u)i at the Heads She will probably get away this evening. She is in good trim, and ought to make a rapid passage home. She takes no passengers.

The Pretty Jane left Gisborne this morning [ for Auct-laiiii. v.-.fk a full cargo. The s s Southern Cross arrived at the 1 names from _._<-r this morning. She is to come on to Auckland to-night. . Messrs Cruioksiiaiik ana Co. have received a cab'c—ram sta* ::i'-: that the s.s. Hero will leave Melbourne, on the lith, and Sy,.ney onthelSth instant She will thus be due here on the Asrct o" 'ir'- M__c--._uts and importers have an opportunity of wiring to Melbourne for any coo<~s which n-av be urgently wanted, as tne steamer does not leave that port till three days hence. Similarly, telegrams can easily eaten her in Sydney. ..... , ~ The s s. Rotorua will leave tor Napier and the South at J p.m. oti Thursday, instead of AA eduesday. She is dv.c from Sydney to morrow morning. , m , Captain Doughty, of the schooner Telegraph, which arrived "yesterday from East Coast ports, reports the schooner Island Lily, late Agnes, l-idm'in Hicks' Bay. She has a cargo ot =hwp from Chatham Islands, and we regret to say that they were dying verySfast. " The 3-mast-d schioner Fairlie was brought over from Air Rosss yard this morning, and laid alon c-side the Queen-street wharf. Mr Ross lias b°-ii carrying out an extensive system 01 repairs rendered necessary by her stranding at Waiheke, The following repairs have been effected: The iron hanging knees all newly_faste^ed a new stringer above the beams supplied, ~ v-V,_ c piece lfin. by 12in., fitted, new rider keeTsonlaid, re-caulded.ie-fastened. re-coppered and now decks laid. The repairs are not quite finished yet. the decks having to bore-caulked. aud rev- hawse-pipes to be furnished. 1 he renovation of the vessel has been carried out under the surveillance oi' Captain Clayton and Captain Phillip Jones, marine surveyors. The oa-'oue Columbus was hauled away from the wharf"this morning, and anchored m the stream to await the collection of her Londou The schooner Elsinore bring 3 52 tons of coal from Russell. _ . , The ss Hiwea, Captain Wheeler, arrived alongside One-, _m__,a wharf at.s'lo p.m. yesterday. She left Port Chalmers at 2 p.m., arriving at Oelmnga as above Passengers:—Mesdames Drarer and 2 children. Cross and 5 children, Webbic. Green and child, Gardner and child, Sc.oW, Bennett, Porscy. and Staling, Misses Dudley (2», Allen, Messrs R. AY oods, _d.H.!_.._. A'.'illiamson, Fowler, Cross. Draper, AVebbie, Jessop, Ru-scl. F. C. Lewis. H, X, Hussey, S-vth Hammerton, Sneddon, Rombach, Mackay, and Mam:, and 15 steerage.—AY. Dougherty. purser.