ARRIVAL OF THE COLIMA.

Evening Post, Volume XIII, Issue 78, 1 April 1876, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE COLIMA.

Considerable anxiety was felt in. town this morning at the absence of all tidings of the R.M. s.s. Collma/ which had left Auckland four days ago. It was even suggested that the services of that useful little boat, the Tui, should be obtained once more for the public benefit, and that she should be sent to look for th,e big steamer, and, should she have broken down for the third time, to tow her down to Wellington. Happily, all apprehensions were dispelled shortly after noon by the appearance of the Colma herself rounding Halswell Point. She anchored at 1 p.nu, and sent ashore her mails and passengers. The Colima is a brig-rigged steamer of 55905 tons. 400' tons larger than the Grenada, but hi all other respects precisely similar. Capt. Shackford reports that he left Auckland at 2.15 p.m. on Tuesday, an E.N.E. gale blowing at the time, with rain and a very high sen. On rounding the East Cape the gale hauled round to the S. and S.S.E., blowing furiously, with a tremendous head sea. The captain states that the weather was the severest he had seen for three years. She arrived off Napier at midnight on Thursday, but the storm continued with such violence that it was impossible to communicate with the shore, and it became absolutely necessary to keep the ship's head to the sea. She therefore proceeded, and still encountered very rough weather until last night, when the gale blew itself out. The Colima left again this afternoon for Southern ports.

: — " m rr A — • ' *s The barque Ocean Beauty, from London, was signalled as we went to press. She is 117 days out, and consigned to Messrs. Turnbull and Co. The s.s. Alhambra brought: the f following passengers yesterday evening: — Cabin: From Melbourne— Mr'and Mrs Cargill son and servant, Mr and Mrs Robinson, Mrs Elliott. From Coast— Misses Hunter (2), Miss Nichol, Messrs Park, Back, and 5 steerage. The s.s. Napier arrived in harbor at 9 o'clock last night from Foxton, which port she left at 10 a.m. on Tuesday last; "but in consequence of the heavy weather she had to put into Ohau Bay the same evening; and remained theie until 4.30 p.m. yesterday. Captain Butt reports having sighted the Manawatu off Terawiti at 3 p.m. The ketch Falcon sailed for Wairau at 9 o'clock this morning. . The Maid of Otago left for Oamaru at an early hour this morning. The brigantine Hannah Broomfield set sail for Wanganni at 10 o'clock this morning. The ship Gutenburg came alongside the' wharf at 6.80 p.m. yesterday. Her cargo consists of 330 tons coal, and will be discharged on Monday. .After taking in baUast she will proceed to Callao. Messrs. Beck and Tonks' brig, Britain's, Pride, Captain Linklater, left Nelson for Kaipara on Thursday last, where she loads kauri for Hobart Town. The s.s. Alhanii>ra,Will leave for Melbourne, via the South, at 10 a.m. to-morrow. The s.s. Napier will sail for Foxton at 8 o'clock to-night. " • ¦ - The schooner Perl cleared for Foxton :this day, with 418 railway bars for the Resident Engineer. . The s.s. Wellington will come off the slip this evening, and steam up to the wharf. The vessels Warwick, Commonwealth, and Annie Lewis are still in the harbor waiting for a sufficiently good breeze to assist their departure. • " r •'