ARRIVEL OF THE PEARL.
The Island trading ketch Pearl arrived from Rarotnnga shortly nfter four o'clock yesterday afecrnoon with a cargo ot Hmejulce, cotton, cotton seed, and cobra, and several passenger', including the captain and mate of the wrecked Bohooner Biaucho. Captain Kennie reports leaving Uarotonua on February 4ih, and experionccd light easterly winds until Saturday last. Ie then freshen d up, and easterly and Bouth-ee storly winds wore exporienced up to the Great Barrier yesterday morning. Thenco to port, light Bouth-w?st winds. The Pearl brought iho following poosengers—Captain Burr, Captain Hughes, Mrs Burr, Mesara Travere, Melroae, Phillip, and Wonton.
HJThe schooner' Agnes Donald entered out at tho Customs to-day lor Levuka, Fiji. The ship Endymion cleared out at tho Customs to-day for Newcastle, in ballast. Tho ship May Quoon is expected to sail for London about Wednesday or Thursday next Intending passengera should make early appli. cations
Tho s.s. Arpyle will arrive from Whangaiti and Mangapal to-morrow momtii!?.
The topsail schooner Gael, bound from Auckland to l-yttelton, was spoken by tho Norval off Cape Runaway on Monday last. Tho Auckland schooners Edith and Mazoppa were both at Tahiti wiicn the Pearl left KarotonKa.
The Darqno Bonito, with a consid«rable rqnantity of cargo from New ¥orlr, Bailed from Wellington lor this port yeiterday.
Thr: schooner Noj-vil arrived from Lyttelton ph-irtly before midnight of yesterday. Captain MoKenzie reports leaving on the 27th, antl experienced litjht easterly and rorth-easc winds till passing tin- Kaikouraa on tlie 3rl. Strong northerly winds for the nnxt, four days, which brought Hie vessel to Portland Island. Southerly an-l south easterly windnto t 'ape C.'olville, which was p ibseil on Tuesday, and aoulh-weit winds to i>or!-. Tho vcael round di.he Heads at eleven o c!o ;k las r. night, u,nd came to an anchor up tho harboui1 at twelve. Sue brought a cargo of flour oats, &o.
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Auckland Star, Volume X, Issue 2771, 13 March 1879, Page 2
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