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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9154, 8 September 1888, Page 4

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KAIPARA. September 7. — The vessels loading at Helensville at present are : —The barques Cabarfeidh and Presto, and brigantine Wenona ; atPahi, the brigantine Waitemata ; at Wairoa, the schooners Marmion and Lizzie Guv. The Stanley, now due, will also load at Helensville. RUSSELL. September 7.—The Mariner and Dream will be loaded with coal to-morrow. Arrived : Norval and Mary Ann. WELLINGTON. September 7. —Arrived : S.s. Wairarapa, from the South ; s.s. Te Kapo, from Calcutta and the South ; s.s. Stella, from the North. Sailed : S.s. Wairarapa, for Auckland and the East Coast. Passengers .-—Cabin : Mrs. Miller and son, Sir G. Grey, Hons. G. M. Waterhouse, P. A. Buckley, and W.J. M. Larnach, Messrs. Allen, Strickland, Ludbrook, and Bell, 11 steerage; Janet Niccol, for the South. LYTTELTON. September 7.Sailed : Takapuna, s.s., for Wellington and Northern ports. Passengers :—For Wellington : Messrs. Roberts and Samigansen. For Taranaki: Mr. Sargeant. For West port: Mr. Hioins. For Manukau : Mr. Kent. ! PORT CHALMERS. September 7. —Arrived : S.s. Mahinapua and Rotorua, from the North. Sailed: S.s. Mahinapu, for the \\ est Coast; s.s. Arawata, for Fiji, via Auckland. BLUFF. September 7. —Arrived: S.s. Mararoa; Titus, steamer, Captain Suewin. from Melbourne on the 31st ult., and will load 700,000 feet timber from here for Australia; LangI stone, barque, Captain Tonkin, 112 days from London. Left docks on the ISth of May, voyage uneventful to the 21st of August, thence to the 31st continuous gales, compelling vessel to heave to for the One sea carried away the galley door. Sighted Puvsegur light yesterday, and anchored at lower anchorage at 11 to-day, having powder on board; Clifton, barque, from Melbourne, to load timber for Australia. Sailed, at 3.30 p.m. : S.s. Omapere, for Westporc, and s.s. Mararoa at 4 p.m. for Melbourne, with 401 passengers, equal to adults. LIGHTHOUSE AT AUCKLAND ISLANDS. Inyekcargill, Friday.— Chamber o| Commerce to-day considered the question o placing a lighthouse on the Auckland Islands, but adjourned the matter to a special meeting a fortnight hence. Mr. Broderick, Lloyds' agent, contended that Snares was the proper place for such a light, as to put one on the Auckland Islands would only be a temptation to shipmasters to go seeking it to verify their position, and so run into danger.