BY TELEGRAPH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5629, 1 December 1879, Page 4

BY TELEGRAPH.

"WHANGAIiKI. November 29.—Arrived: Argylo, s.s, from Auckland. RUSSELL. November 29. —Arrived: Hawea and Rotorua, at the same time, from Auckland. Sailed: Colonist, Columbia, ami also Hawea. PasseuK«»ra : Mrs. aud Miss Fuirbum. At ?.3C> p.m., Kotorua, for Sydney. TIMAUir. November 29.—Arrived : Roderick Dhu, brigantine, from Newcastle; Isabella, ketch, from Dunedin. November 30. —At the official inquiry into the wreck of the John Watson, the court decided that the master was not to blame, and returned his certificate. WELLINGTON. November 29.—A;jived; Wnitaki, from the North. Sailed : Agues, for Sydney, and Julius Vogel, for Kaipara. GREYMOUTH. November 29.—Arrived : MaDri, from the South. November 3^.—Sailed: Waipare, for Hokitika; Maori, for Duuedin ; ('loop itr.i, for Lyttelton ; Wanganui, for Oamaru; aud Circe, for Port Chalmers. LYTTELTON. November 29.—Arrived.- Kotomahana, from Sydney, via Auckland and East Coast; Wanaka, from Port Chalmers ; Huia and Endeavour, from Wellington ; Isabella Anderson, from Hokitika. Sailed : Spray, schooner, for Picton ; Prince Alfred, schooner, for Kaipara; Wanaka, for Aucklaud, via Evst Coast. POUT CHALMERS. November 29.—Arrived: Frederick Bassett, from Newcastle; Taiaroa, from Lyttelton. Sailed: Ada C. Owen, for Auckland, After a long spell of easterly winds and seven days' downpour of constant rain, with thick weather, a change has set in ; the wind backing to the south-west eaily this morning, anil blowing freshly. This ought to bring up some eight or nine ships now overdue from home and celoni d ports. The first to turn up should be Messrs. Shaw, Savill and Co.'s Ifermion, now 107 days out; the Albion Company's Dunedin, now 90 days out; and the New Zealand Shipping Company's Loch Fleet, 90 days out; together with several American barques, and a vessel or two from Mauritius. During the last week there has not been a vessel of any class in the bay nor at the piers doing anything, except the Invercirgill and Mataura, both of which are loidiug for London ; indeed, it is years since the port has looked so dull. A change for the better is devoutly wished for. DUNEDIN.

November 29.— Arrived : Beautiful Star, from Outturn; Taiaroa, from the North; Frederick H.tSKefct, from Newcastle; Maggie Patterson, from Foxton. Sailed : Urig Ada., for Auckland ; brig Wave, for Knipara ; Manha Reid, schooner, for Oamaru ; Claud Hamilton, for the North. November .30.—Arrived : Ladybird, from Oamaru ; Itotomahana, from Sydney, via the Coast.