BY TELEGRAPH. Port Chalmers, 20th August.

Evening Post, Volume XIV, Issue 44, 21 August 1876, Page 2

BY TELEGRAPH. Port Chalmers, 20th August.

Arrived. — Arawata, from the Blutf ; Harriet Anuitage, from Kaipara. The latter reports a quantity of plankiug and part of a deckhouse off Bank's Peninsula. 2lßt August. Great fears are entertained for the safety of the barque Ulencoe, wiiicii left Hobart Town on the 31st ult. Arrived. — Hawea, at 8 a.m., from Lyttelton. Lyttblton, 20th August. Arrived. — Alhambra, 5.8., and Wollomai, brigantine, irom Wellington; Wellington, from Port Chalmers. The steamer Akaroa, which left on Friday to search for the supposed wreck oi the Clematis, returned this murning, not having seen anything of it. The weather was rather unfavorable throughout. Captain Smith, of the schooner Minnehaha, which arrived last uiglit from Mercury Bay, reports sighting a vessel bottom up off Godley Head on Saturday morning, bearing N.K. by E., 35 miles di.-tant. He describes her as being a coppered vessel, about 60 ieet on the keel, with yellow lettering, and having lost a plank off her bottom on the port side. Kaikouka, 20th August. Arrived. — 10.15 a.m., Luna, from Wellington. Napier, 21st August. The Rangatira left at 10.45 this morning for Wellington. Passengers — Mr and MrsSealey, Mrs Tuxford, Messrs Shields, Kiugsford, and Axup. Nelson, 21st August. Sailed.— 9.3o a.m., Taupo, for Picton.

<m I The p.s. Manawatu ieu wanganui at 8.30 p.m. ou Saturday, crossed the bar at U. 15, and arrived in our harbor at 9 a m. yesterday. She sails again for Wanganui to-night. The s.s. ijturmbird arrived here at 9.30 a.m. yesterday. She left Wanganui at 9.30 pm. on Soturday, and crossed the bar at 10.15. She brought 120 sheep for Messrs Pollock and Young, and will return to Wanganui this evening. The ketch Falcon left Blenheim on Saturday m* ruing, had fresh northerly wind a-ross, and arrived here same evening, with a full cargo and seven passengers. She sails again for Blenheim to-morrow afternoon. The "chooner Oreti left Wanganui on Saturday morning, and arrived iv our harbor yesterday morning. Messrs Beck and Tonks' topsail schooner Young Dick, from Lyttelton, with a cargo of colonial produce, arrived in our harbor last evening. Captain Armit reports leaving Lytteltou on Wednesday, -virh a light northerly breeze; on Friday, when off Kaikoura, aN.VV. gale set in, which drove her down to Hank's Peninsula; at midnight the wind came up from the south, and at noon on Saturday a heavy S.W. gale was blowing; passed Cape Campbell at I p.m. yesterday, and at 5 p.m. was iuside Wellington Heads. After discharging cargo, she sails for Hobart Town. The Government steamer Luna sailed on Saturday night for Lyttelton, via Kaikoura. At Lytrelton she loads railway material for Westport. The schooner Merlin, in ballast, arrived in our harbor yesterday morning from Waitara, haviug left there on the 17th inst. We notice she is to be sold here by tender. The Merlin is an Auckland built schooner, oi 41 tons register, will carry C 3 tons of coals or 33,000 feet of timber, and is well found. Tenders for her purchase .are to be sent iv on or before Friday next, to Messrs W. and G. Turnbull and Co., who will give any information that may be required. The s.s. Rangatira, from Napier and Poverty Bay, should arrive here about 11 a.m. to-mor-row. She leaves for Napier same day. ' The ship Sarah Bell sailed this morning for Newcastle, but was signalled as having an- j chored inside the Heads this after noon. I The s s. Tui leaves Foxton this afternoon, and should arrived here to-morrow morning. She sails for the West Coast, via Foxton, same evening. The steamer Wellington leaves Lyttelton this afternoon for Wellington, and should be in here to-morrow murning. She sails North at 1 p.m. same day. The ss. Taupo, from the North, will arrive here late to-night or early to-morrow morning, and leave again for the South at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Captaiu Thomas' schooner Herald is to leave Timaru this evening for Wellington, with a cargo of colonial produce. The brigautiiie F. W. Tucker will probably be the next of Messrs W. and G. Turabull's chartered vessels from Melbourne. She is to follow the Sarah Pile, which vessel was to have left Melbourne for Wellington to-day.