TELEGRAMS.

Press, Volume XIV, Issue 1887, 3 May 1869, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

Bluff—May 1,12 30 pm, Kangitoto from Dunedin; 350 pm, Kangitoto for Melbourne. Post ohai,mbe8 —May 1, 11 am, Free Trader from Hobart Town; Tinto from Liverpool ; 545 pm, Phoebe for Lyttelfcon. Wexunotok—May 1, 2 20 p m, Ahuriri from Napier; 2nd, 2 am, Storm Bird from Wanganui; 630 am, HM S Blanche from Fort Chalmers; 10 am, Annie and Jane for Newcastle. Nelson—May 1, early, Charles Edward from Weetport; noon, Bruce for Weetport. Napieb — May 1, 10 a m, Wellington from Auckland j 530 p m, Wellington for Wellington; 1030 pm, Star of the for Auckland; 2nd, daylight, William Carrell for London. ...

The Bβ Phoebe, Captain B Wheeler, arrived in harbour at 130 p m yesterday. She l«ft the JBluiF harbor at 4pm on Thursday, the 29th iriet; reached Port Chalmers at 730 am on the 30th ; left Port Chalmers at 6pm on Saturday, and arrived in Lyttelton as above. Experienced moderate weather during the passage from Bluff to Port Chalmers, and fine weather from Port Chalmers to Lyttelton. Wβ-hare to thank Mr Hamlyn, pureer, for files* The Phoebe eails to-day for the North. The schooner Sea Gull, Captain Kogers, sailed on Saturday early ibr JKaipara. The M A and N Z Co's ss Gothenburg, Captain Underwood, arrived in harbour at 4 pm on Saturday. She left Hobson's Bay at 3 pm on the 22nd, passed Port Philip Heads at 6, and Cape Schank at 8 p m, sighting the Company's steamer Alhatn bra off Goose Island on the .following day, and passed the Swan in the evening; experienced moderate weather with heavy cross seas during the run across; the SW Cape was made on the morning of the 27th. At noon on that day, in long. 165 deg 15 mm E, a eteerage passenger named Joseph McDonald, a gunner of the Royal Artillery, who was bound for Wellington, jumped overboard in a state of delirium tremens. The life-boat, was loweredj the engines reversed, and every effort made to save the poor man,-bat without avail, as he sank to rise no more before the boat reached him. There , was a fresh eoutherly breeze at the time and a nasty cross sea. The boat having returned to the ship the latter proceeded on her course and reached Bluff wharf at 7 a m on the 28th, discharged cargo and sailed at 480 ptn came day; arrived at Dunedtn at 7 20 am on the 29th, discharged cargo and sailed, at 9pm on the 30th, and arrived in Lyttelton as above, having experienced variable winds and fine weather during the passage along the coast. We have to thank Mr Kirk, purser, for files. The Gothenburg sails to-day for the North. The ketch Maria Ann, Captain McCowan, froni Christchurch, had a very narrow escape of being wrecked on Monday, the 25th ult., in Le Bone Bay. A heavy sea, caused by the north-weat wind, completely swept over her and carried away her boat, bulwarks, &c. At about nine o'clock p m she parted her cables and was washed up the river, where she stuck in the eaad j the men had a very narrow escape of being drowned. The schooner "William and Mary, bound from Robinson's Bay to Chrietchurch with timber, put into Leßon'a Bay through stress of weather, and rode the gale out in safety. She was able to reauma.her voyage on Monday.