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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 157, 31 December 1898, Page 4

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Port Chalmers, 30th December Arrived, 4.45 pm— Nor'-wester* barque, from London Auckland, 30th December Sailed— Kotokino, for Sydney Lit7islton, 30th December Arrived, 6.30 pm— Zahu, from Wellington 3lßt December Arrived— Eotomahana (6.46 am) and Westralia (7 am), from Wellington ; connected To sail— Flora (9 pm) and Botomahana (10.20 pm), for Wellington Napier, 30th December Arrived, 6.15 pm— Star of Victoria, from Auckland 31st Arrived, 6.15 am— Omapere, from Wellington ; Beautiful Star (2 am), from Wellington and Coast Farewull Spit, 31st December Hesketh, from Greyxnouth to Wellington, passed at 6.15 am Nelson, 31st December Arrived, 6.30 am — Kennedy, from Wellington To sail, noon Tuesday— Wainui, for Picton and Wellington Westport, 31st December Arrived, 1 am — Wainui, from Nelson Sailed, 10 am — Wainui, for Greyinouth Mr Seed, chief engineer of the TJpolu, has been transferred to the Wainui,. Mr Elliott, at one time second engineer of the Monowai, and who came as one of tlie staff of the Mokoia, has token Mr Seed's place on the Upoln. Owing to a hep.vy sea on the Wnirau tAr, which made it unsafe for navigating the channel, the Pania landed her Blenheim passengers at Port Underwood. The Opawa met with, some trouble in crossing outwards. „„.. The brigantine Aratapn is taking iv biillasfc fromthe Ochertyre, at the completion of whioh ukt will sail for Tnirua to load timber for thia poify-