DEPARTURE OF THE TARARUA.

Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2717, 7 January 1879, Page 2

DEPARTURE OF THE TARARUA.

The s.s. Tararua left for Sydney as we were going to press. She took a quantity of cargo, and the following passengers :-Mr G. M. Reed and son, Mrs Grant and daughter. Masters Hill (2) Messi-3 W. Evans, J.Henry, J. Laner, W. HaUaway, E. WallhaUa, W. Melrose, J. Simpson A. Kember, W. Blackloch, A. Lyons, J. Hill, J- Wallhalla, Dove, Waterall, G. Daniels, S. McMaster, A. Murphy, F. Vincent, and J. Garmori.

"Inwvrds Coastwise.— Mary, schooner, from fireat'Barrier, with 35 tons firewood; Gem, schooner, from Russell, with 50 tons coal. Outwards Coastwise. - Ethel, bngantmc, for Kaipara, in ballast; Lizzie, cutter, for Whangapoua, in ballast; Mary, schooner, for Cabbage Bav Pin ballast; Ness, cutter, for Whale Island, in ballast; Look Out, bngantino, for Kaipara, with 10 tons hay and chaff; Gem, schooner, for Thames, with 50 tons coal. ~-,-. The brigantine Ethel will proceed to Kaipara to load timber for Wellington. . The following passengers have booked per City of New York, which leaves this evening for Honolulu and San Francisco :-Saloon: Mrs J WalhaUa, Mr and Mrs Keith,. Mr, Mrs and Miss Ferguson, and Mr. N. A. Hepburn. Steera^Tiie s^' RoVena arrived to-day at noon from Tauranga with a small quantity of cargo and the following passengers.--Mrs Robertson and family, Mrs McGinTey, Miss Colebroek and Messrs Hoffman, Penny, Chaytur, Whyte, Robt. Graham, Booth. Wigmore, Sisar, Birch, Scott, and Stewart. She will return w-morrow aitern°The s.s. Taupo sailed South yesterday afternoon. Passengers :-Mr and Mrs Prescott Mr and Mrs Rede, Mr and Mrs Robinson MesdamesSoloman, Hicks, Leßoy, Brysnt.Wallnut, Henderson, and Walter Hill, Misses Hayes, Hill, Stuart, and Liddle; the Bishop of Waiapu ; Messrs Brown, Wrigley, Soloman. Dunlop, Brown, D. Hean, Moss (2), Watt, Wilson (2), Kennan, Drummond, Dodd, Moulden. A. Brown, Froy, Brady, Harker, Gardiner, Sinder, Quick, Calipool. McDonald, Dcnby, Davis, Bnssenden, Grace, Musgrave, Williamson, Austin, Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Law, Littlewood, Fairs, H. Sheppard, and 10 steerage. The brig Moa sailed this morning for Wan■ garoo. where Bhe.iß to load with 100,000 feet of The'barque Lebu dropped down to the Heads this morning, and will probably sail for London The b.s. Southern Cross arrived at Napier from this port yesterday. ~ ~ , , ' The schooner Sissy has competed her loading at Lyttelton for this port, and she was to leave yacht Good Templar, which left Auckland for Lyttelton on Christmas Day, put into Wellington on Sunday, haying been unable to make Lyttelton in time for the Regatta. She will remain at Wellington [for the Kegatta on the 22nd inst. The brigantine Flirt arrived at Timaru trom Newcastle yesterday. ~.,., . The brigantine Ads C. Owen sailed this forenoon for the Thames, where she is to load with timber for Lyttelton. The brigantine Oamaru is now on her way from lyttelton to this port with a cargo of ■breadstuff's. , , . The brigantine Look Ont cleared at _ the Cuttoms to-day for Kaipara, where she is to load up with timber for nydney. The s s Pretty Jane arrived from Gisborne to-day, with 500 shedp, 46 boxes gra3S-seed, and 4 packages sundries. She will leave again to-morrow afternoon. The Melbourne Argus of December 30th says: "jY vessel name supposed Taunton, 42 days out and bonnd to Auckland, was spoken by the Ben Nevis on November 17th in latitude 2724 S., and longitude 26-31 W." This vessel will ■nrohably be the James Wishart, which was ex-irtly 12 days out at the time mentioned. None of the vessels now on the way from London bear the name Taunton. The topsail schooner Vavau has entered out at the Customs for Tonga and Samoa. _ The three-masted schooner Fairlie will clear to-morrow, and sail immediately afterwards from the Manukau for Newcastle, in ballast. She will there load up with coal, and return to Auckland. .