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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 262, 12 November 1878, Page 2

The Wallace left Wnnganui for Nelson late last night. The Kennedy successfully worked Kekerangu yesterday, and arrived at Wellington this morning with 2GO bales of wool. The Murray is at Waitara waiting for suitable weather to complete discharging cargo at Opunake. The Lady Barkly leaves for Golden Bay at 7 p.m. to-da}'. The Uno sailed for I'atea this morning with a miscellaneous cargo. The Ladybird left Onehunga at 9-10 a.m. to-day. She will arrive here to-morrow evening, and sail for Wellington and South on Thursday morning at eleven o'clock. The Wellington arrived in harbor this morning at 7.45. She was to have left Wellington on Sunday afternoon on an excursion trip, and steam was got up accordingly, but at the appointed hour for sailing there was snch a strong N.W. gale raging that her departure had to be postponed. She left yesterday afternoon, called at Picton, and arrived here as above. The Wellington returned to Picton and Wellington by the same tide. She took on board some thirteen tons of Collingwood coal from the Wallsend mine, recently brought here by the Standard, for the purpose of testing its steaming qualities. Alongside Lukins' wharf yesterday gaily bedecked with bunting was the cutter Wave, a vessel intended for the coasting trade, and lately built by Mr J. Ricketts at Torrent Bay. She is of the following dimensions: — Length, keel, 33 feet; overall, 40 feet; breadth, II feet; depth of hold, 3 feet 10 inches. The framing of the vessel is composed of black and brown birch, 4in. by 3J in.; and the planking on the bottom is brown birch, while the top aides are kauri. The ieel was laid down in August, 1877, and in the corresponding month of this year the vessel was put into the water. She has been entirely built by Mr Iticketts, who must be possessed of indomitable pluck and perseverance to undertake such a large job single handed. The Wave is essentially a colonial built vessel, the builder being a colonial youth, while the whole of the wood used in the construction of her was grown in New Zealand. The blocks, which will compare favorably with imported ones, were made by Mr Ricketts. He also rigged the vessel himselC. As a model she is extremely handsome, and is a great improvement upon the last vessel he built, the cutter Dauntless. The Wave formed the topic of much conversation among nautical critics yesterday, and the unanimous conclusion arrh ed at was that the builder deserved great credit for the faithful manner in which he had conBtructed the vessel.