SHIPPING NEWS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 906, 12 July 1889, Page 14

SHIPPING NEWS.

PORT OF WELLINGTON. ' . ARRIVED. , ; V Thursday, Jolt 4. Kanieri, ss, 115 tops, North, from Blenheim. Passengers—Cabin ; Mrs Burke and child. U.S.S. Co, agents. Huia, ss, 90 tons, Fraser, from Foxton. Johnston and Co, agents. Napier, ss, 48 tons, Harvey, from Foxton. Levin and Co, agents. A orere, ss, from Kekerangu. Rotorua, ss, 576 tons, Neville, from Picton and Nelson. U.S.S. Co, agents. Friday, July 5. Waverley, ss, 77 tons, Gibbons, from Patea. Passengers—Cabin : Misses Welsh and Bird, Mr Sohoen, and Master Larkins. Turnbull and Co, agents. Wakatipu, si, 1158 tons, Wheeler, from South. Passengers —Saloon : Mrs Findlay and family, Messrs Fairolough, Hess, Rhind, Nathan, and Benjamin, and Simonson's Opera Company (37) ; 3 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Rotorua, ss, 576 tons, Neville, from North. Passengers—Saloon : Misseß Atkinson and Ledger, Mesdameq Hedley, Millers, Kelly, Hall and 6 children. Messrs Hall, Gard (2), Greenwood, Fisk, Oanavan, Salisbury, PLillpots, Powiok, and Main; 15 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Saturday, July 6. Mararoa, ss, 1248-tons, Edie, from Melbourne, via Hobart and South. Passengers —Saloon : Misses Weston, Walsh (3), Acland (2), Robinson (2), and 5 maids, Mesdames O’Donahoo, Forsyth and 2 childI ren, Oarrow, Acland, McCance, child, and maid, Drs Watters and Belcher, Captain Kemp, Messrs W. Reeves, J. Acland, W. Robinson and servant, Mackersey, McCance, Worley, McMahon, Naucarrow, Swan, Lorie, Lundou, Gardiner, Price, Valentine, Rains, McKay, Arnott, Mac* farlane, and Caldwell ; 25 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Herald, ss, 356 tons, Jones, from South. Passengers—4steerage. 1 U.S.S. Co, agents. Koranui, ss, 301 tons, Hill, from Greymouth, ’ via Nelson, Passengerß—Saloon - Misses Hoggard 'and Jolly, Messrs Diaman, Jolly, Dunk, Saunders, Gordon, Heley, Hungerford, Simpson, and South ; 6 steerage. U.S.S. Co. agents. > Oreti, ss. 128 tons, Ryan, from Greymouth. PassengerB —Cabin : Messrs Davis, Vorsay, Gordon, Mountford, and Veyser. U.S.S. Co, agents. ' Grafton, ss, 297 tons, Nordstrum, from Nelson and Westport. Passengers— Salodn: Mr and Mrs Blackburn, Messrs Weatney, Owen, Millar, Nairn, Chisholm, Webb; 4 steerage. U.S S. Co, agents. ' ' Neptune, ss, 44 tons, Eckford, from Blenheim. Levin and Co, agents. Sunday, Jdly 7Wanaka, ss, 278 tons, Meades, from OnehuDga and New Plymouth. : Passengers— Saloon ; Mr Russell; 6 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. . . , Wareatea, S 3, 288 tons, Lambert, from \Vestpovt. U.S.S. Co, agents. Napier, as, 48 tons, Harvey, from Foxton. Levin and Co, agents. Kiwi, ss, 133 tons, Campbell, from Lyttelton. Levin and Co, agents.; Rotorua, ss, 576 tons, Neville, from Lyttelton. Passengi rs—-Saloon : Miss Seddon, Messrs Joachim, McClatchie, Nairn, Johnston (2), Cottrell ; and 5 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Manapouri, ss, 1020 tons, Logan, from Auckland, via East Coast. Passengers— Saloon ; Misses O’Keefe, Dickey (2), Payne, Florence, Southern, Fuller, and Neville, Dr and Mrs Payne, Mesdames Douglas and Daly, Messrs Parsons, Dickey, Findlay, Muir, McDonald, Heat, Southern, Phillips, Parvis, Donne, FlemiDg, Worth, Balfour ; and 6 steerage. U.S:S. Co, agents Monday, July S. Kaikoura, R.M.S., ' 2885 tons, Crntoht ey, from Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon ; Mrs Stadham, Messrs "Cart .'and' Horton. New Zealand Shipping Co, agents. Wakatu, ss, 110 tons, Wills, from Lyttelton and Kaikoura. Levin and Co, agents. Tekapo, ss, 1544 tons, Anderson, from Sydney. Passengers—Saloon ; Misses Hartie and Phillips, Mr and/Mrs Watt and 2 children, Mr and Mrs Hartie, Messrs McFadzean, Norman, Stevens, Aginton, Nicholas, Halcomb, Brown, Turner, Etherington, Wilson, Crawford, and 7 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. J^ Tuesday, July 9. Glenelg, as, 156 tons, Norbury, from One* hunga and Wanganui. Passenger—Cabin : . Mr Irving, Levin and Co, agents. / . Hnia, ss, 90 tons, Fraser, from Foxton. Passengers—Cabin ; Miss Davis and Messrs Guilford (2). Johnston and Go, agents. Stormbird, ss, 157 tons, Chambers,; from Wanganui. Passengers Cabin : Miss Phillips, Messrs Flyer, Neylon and Poole. Johnston and 00, agents. Mahihapua, ss, 205 tons, Todd, from South. Passengers—Saloon : Mrs Bentley and. 4 children, Messrs Bassett, Campbell, Norman, McKay, Vincent 1 ; 15 steerage. U.S.S, Go, agents. Wednesday, July 10. Waverley, ss, 77 tons, Gibbons, from Patea, Turnbull and Co, agents. Napier, es, 48 tons, Harvey, from Foxton. Passenger - Cabin ; Mr Nowell, Levin and Co, agents. ; Rotorua, ss, 576 tons, Neville, from Nelson, via Pioton. Passengers —* Saloon,,; Misses McKerrow, Green, Thomas, Speed, and Coorr.be, Mesdames Mayor, Ellis, German, and Jacobson, Rev Mr Dutton, Messrs Roberts, Purves, Mackay, Holdaway,, Ellis, Field, Maginnity, . Rutherford, - Newman, Penny, Fell, Adams, Rhind, Barraud, Skelling, Roach, Gray, Hunter, ConoUyi Simmonds, Ewing, and Rogers ;. 10 steerage,. U.S.S. Co, agents. Teocle, barque, 747 tons, Maiesta, from New York. Turnbull s-ud Co, agents. Penguin, ss, 442 tons, Bernech, from South. Passengers—Saloon ; Misses Thiarry and Wright, Mesdames Stephens, Campbell, and Whitcombe, Messrs Moore, O’Connor, Black, Roskruge, Thiarry, Weir, Houghton, : Glassford, McCraig, Stansell (2) and boy, Holmes, Dacre, Waljcer, Gunn, and the Rev

Mr , Campbell ; 12 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. v '•' Charles Edward, ss, 156 tons, Whitwell, from Nelson and Foxton. Passengers— Cabin : Messrs Easton and Russell, Turnbull and Co,' .agents, - • -r-.yh SAILED. • Thursday, July 4. Neptune, as, 44 tons, Eckford, for Blenheim. Levin and Co, agents. Wakatu, ss, lift tons, Wills, for Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Levin and Co, agents.

Friday, July 5. s ,, Rotorua, ss, 576 tons, Neville, for Lyttelton. Passengers—Saloon ; Misses Krull and Burke, Mesdames Donnelly, Cowiishaw, Clifford, Gray, Anderson, Meek, Holmes, Louisson, aQ d Boot; 5 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Stormbird, ss, 137 tons, Chambers, for Wanganui. Johnston and Co, agents. Wakatipu, ss, 1158 tons, Wheeler, for Auckland. U.S.S. Co, agents. • Napier, ss, 48 tons, Harvey, for Foxton. Passengers—Cabin : Messrs Seal, Pearson, Duncan, and Morfott. Levin and Co, agents. - , • . . , Kanieri, ss, 115 tons, North, for Blenheim. U.S.S. Co, agents. Waverley, ss, 77 tons, Gibbons, for Patea. Turnbull and Co, agents. Saturday, July 6. ~ Pukaki, ss, 1500 ton 3, Fenn, for Westport. U.S.S. Co, agents. Mararoa, ss, 1248. tens, Edie, for Sydney,. via Napier, Gisborne, and Auckland. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Cato, Mesdames Haybittle, Coombes, Matthews, Buttler and child, Rollinson and infant, Messrs Finlay, Coombes, Fancourt, Gill, Canning, Holmes, Staunton, Miles, Goodinge, George, Day, Garrett, McLean, Salmon, Haybittle, and Gillon ; 10 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Herald, ss, 356 tons, Jones, for Grey mouth, U.S.S. Co, agents. Mawhera, ss, 340 tons, Oliver, for Lyttelton. U.S.S. Co, agents. Huia, ss, 90 tons, Fraser, for Foxton, Johnston and Co, agents. Aorere, ss, 45 tons, Wildman, for Nelson and West Coast. Turnbull and Co, agents. Monday,, July 8. Grafton, ss, 297 tons, Nordstrum, for South. U.S.S. Co, agents. Kanieri, ss, 115 tons, North, for Blenheim. U.S.S. Co, agents. Rotorua, ss, 576 tons, Neville, for Nelson, via Pieton. Passengers—Saloon : Miss Trask, Mesdames Holme and White, Messrs Cain, Trask, Southern and Parvis ; 3 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. .Manapouri, ss, 1020 tous, Logau, for South. Passengers - Saloon : Mesdames Rolleston, Smart, Pearson,. Vqller and child, Messrs Franklyn, Pmdy, Doherty, Lorie, Smith (2), Nancarrow, Pillan?. Noyes, Franklyn, and Master Howard ; 10 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Koranui, ss, 301 tons. Hill, for Nelson and ■ .Greymouth. Passengers Saloon : Misses Levy and Wilkins, Mrs Forsyth and family (5) ; 3 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Napier, ss, 48 tons, Harvey, for Foxton. Levin and Co, agents* ' Neptune, ss, 44 tons, Eckford, for Blenheim. Passenger—Cabin : Miss Hirschberg. Levin and Co, agents.' . Wareatea, ss, 288 tons, Lambert, for Westport. TLS.S. Co, agents. ■ . Tuesday, July 9. Wanaka, ss, ' 278 tons, Meades, for New Plymouth and Onehunga. Passengers —Saioon : Misses Chalmers, Cameron, and Minchin, Messrs Jess, Dusant, Fraser, Turner, - Hess; 5 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Huia. ss, 90 tons, Fraser, for Foxton. Johnston and Co, agents. Kiwi, es, 133 tons, Campbell, for Castle Point and Napier. Pasßeuger—rCabin : Mr Camp. Levin and Co, agents. Wakatu; ss, 110 tons, Wills, fbr\ Kaikoura and Lyttelton. Levin and Co, agents. Wednesday, July 11. Rotorua, ss, 576 tons, Neville, for South. Passengers Saloon:' Miss ■’Merritt, Mrs Hall, Messrs Wilson, 'Beamish, Heatley, Mudie, Stephen, Fyfe, McCulloch, Trevelyan, and Master Lamber; ; 3 steerage* U.S.S. Co, agents. Mahinapua, ss, 205 tons, Todd, for Westport, via Nelsoti* Passengers—Saloon s Mrs Rait, Messrs Brown and Davis j 2 steerage. U.S.S. Co, agents. Tekapo, bs, 1501 tons, Anderson, for South. Passenger Saloon : Mr Dunn. U.S.S. Qo^agents. Oreti, ss, 128 tons, Ryan, for Wanganui. U.S.S. Go,' agents. Southern Cross,’ 165 tons, Gray, for Aucklancl;: via East Coast. Passengers—2 steerage.' .U.S.S. Co, agents. ? .Napier, ss, 48 tons, Harvey, for Foxton. Levin and Co, agents. Stormbird, ss, 137 tons, Chambeis, for Wanganui. Johnston and Co, agents. : . ,v-4r IMPORTS. Ex Glamis, from London —l7 bales paper, New Zealand Times ; 86 cases, 30 barrels, W. M. Barinatyne and Co, 2 cases, W. J. Zimmerman ; 16 cases, 20 casks, 10 hhds, W. Nathan and Co ; 2 hhds, 4 crates, James Nicholls ; 462 cases, 250 bdlsj 200 reels, 6 bales, 60 bags, 4 tanks, Levin and Co, 50 oases, Maling and Co; 6 bales, J. Payton and Co ; 2 casks, W. and J. Staples; 20 cases, Gastendyk and Focke ; 2 cases, J. G. Gilberd; 15 cases, R. Martin; 26 oases, 17 pkgs, 28 pulleys, E. W- Mills and Co ;50 eases, L. D. Nathan and Co ; 719 casks, 78 plates, 131 bdlg, 25 oases, 364 kegs, 3 bales, 4 machines, 440 angles, 56 orates, J. Duthie and Co ; 5 bags, E. W. Knowles ; 2 .cases, King Bros; 3 tanks, 5 bales, 370 caces, Johnston and Co.; 602 cases, 22 cratps, 14 qr-ca,sks,l6 octaves, 600-boxes, 1 bale, 15 kegß, 4 hhds and 9 tanks, W. and G. Turnbull and Co.; 60 cases, E; Pearce ; 2 cases, J. J. Curtis; 12 pkgs, Dr France ; 150 coils, 29 casks, 491 cases, 24 kegs, 15 drums,, 22 bdls, 7 tanks, 4fifties, 48 hhds, 100 boxes, 17 crates, 800 .bags, 100 sacks, Joseph Nathan and Co.; 400..8ashweights, 56 cases, 30 pkgs, 165 fiO reels, 1 tank, 12 boxes, 10 drums, 93? kegs, 11 casks, J. Thain and Co.; 12 caies, 33 bales, Sargood; Son and Ewen ; 4 bales, Murray, Roberts and Co ; 15 cates, Kirkcaldie and Stains ; 66 oases',- 19 caßks, Co.; 38 pkgs, 66 cases, 5 caßks, 1 crate,l9 bales, P. Hayman and Co.; 76 cases,- 31 bales, 12 trunks, Bing, Harris and Co.; 2, casks, Storer, Meek and Co,; 1 case, J. S. Large; 6 oases, Williams

and Kettle ; and about 1500 eases, 918 bdls, 1268 casks, 30 orates, 466 boxes, 52 barrels, 45 bales, 345 kegs, 22 anvils, variously consigned and to order. ' . . EXPORTS. .. Per Hudson, for. London. —203 bales flax, 17 bales skins, 17. casks tallow, Murray, Roberts and Co; 112 casks tallow, Dalgety and Co.; 193 casks tallow, 1 bale skins, 321 bales flax, Levin and, Co ; 50 casks pelts, 120 bales wool, Gear Meat Co ; 22 bales flax, G. H. Scales ; 15 bales flax, Wood, Shand and Co; 8 bales wool, National Mortgage and Agency Co ; 24 hales flax, Johnston and Co ; 14 bales wool, 4 bales skins, .14 casks tallow, Beihune and Hunter; 292 bales flax, 922 sacks barley, W. and G. Turnbull and Co ; 5 casks tallow, W. M. Bannatyne and Co ; 2 bales skins, Deacon and Co ; 266 bales flax, 103 bales tow, Aitken, Wilson and Co; 181 bales flax, 7 bales wool, 20 casks tallow, N.Z. Loan and Meroantile Agency Co ; 14 cases vestas, P. Hayman and Co ; 103 bales flax, Holmes and Bell. BY TELEGRAPH. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Grevmouth, July 4. j Sailed, 1 pm—Oreti, for Wellington. Patea, July 4. Sailed, 1.30 pm—Waverley, for Wellington. . Lyttelton, July 4. Arrived, 10.5 am—Penguin, from Wellington. Sailed—Penguin, I for Dunedin ; Wakatipu, for Wellington. Passengers—Miss Mulligan, Mesdames Alexander, Fiulay and family, Fairolough and child, Messrs Chapman, Fairolough, Rhind, Hess, Wist, Sleates, Nathan, Simonsen’s Opera Company. * Blenheim, July 4. Arrived, 12.40 am—Waihi, from Wellington. Wanganui, July 4. Arrived, 12.40 pm—Moa, from Wellington. Havelock, July 4. Arrived, 1.40 pm—Waitapu, from Wellington. Picton, July 4. Arrived, 6 pm—Takapuna, from Wellington. Auckland, July 4. Sailed—Manapouri, for South. Passengers —Rev F. F. Robertson, Dr and Mrs Payne, Mr and Mrs Ogden and child, Mrs Stoddard and child. Misses Potts, Dickey (2), Bachanan, Masters O’Keefe, Maitland, Par* nell, Melrose, Dawson, Messre F. Battley, N. Ruck, H. Urquhart, Dickey, E. B. Parsons, Wrigley, L. Dunbar, B. Marshall, Alexander, Smith, Crawford, W. L. Rees, Broad, and 13 steerage. Blupp, July 5. Sailed, 4 pm—Tarawera, for Melbourne direct, with 71 passengers from all ports. Kaikoura,, J uly 5. Arrived, early—Wakatu, from Wellington. Blenheim, July 5. Arrived, 1 pm—Neptune, from Wellington. . •. ' • • , • ■ ■ - Westport, July 5. Sailed, 2.45 pm —Mawhera, for Wellington. : Lyttelton,. July 5. Sailed, 4.30 pm—Herald, for Wellington ; 8 pm, Mararoa, for Wellington. Passen; gers—Misses Walsh, Lingard, Acland (2), and RobinsoD, Mesdames Acland, Thomas, Smith, and Carr well, Messrs Acland, Reeves, Robinson, Kerd, Octor, and Walters, Messrs McMahon, Morton, Ancott, Mackay, Dellridge, Murray, iAy nesly, Lamb, Wales, Robins, Kincuisk, Benjamin, and Morton. Brunner, lor Greymouth-; Hinemoa, for Southern lighthouses; Onehunga, July 5. Sailed—Wanaka, for South. ' Passengers —Mr and Mrs Marshall, Messrs Jackson; Watson, Burns, Martin, Robertson, Hutson ; 8 steerage. ; Auckland, July 5. Arrived—Southern-Gross, mission schooner, from the Melanesian? Group and Norfolk Islands. - . Kaitara, July 5. Sailed—Parnell, brigantine, for Sydney. u Foxton, July 7. Arrived, 4.30 pm—Huia, from Wellington. .. .- Napier, July 7. Arrived, 12.30 pm—Mararoa, from Wellington. - , _ Westport, July 7. Arrived—s.3o pm—Pukaki, from Wellington. _ • • Port Chalmers, July 7. Arrived—Beautiful Star and Omapere, from Oamaru ; Invercargill, from Invercar. gill. Sailed—R.M.S. Doric, for Lyttelton. Her homeward oargo from this port comprises 563 bales wool, 16 do sheepskins, 109 do rabbitskinsrf 35 do flax, 32 do leather and hair, 9 do clippings, 100 tons manganese, 19 bars schelite, 12,000 carcases mutton. A strong . south-wester prevails, attended by intense cold and frequent squalls. Dunedin, July 8, Arrived —Excelsior, barque, from Newcastle. The Excelsior on her passage encountered very heavy weather. On the 25th ult. the wind was almost of hurricane foroe with a terrific sea, which lasted two days. During the height of the sale the captain says the-sky was one mass of lightning. Oil bags were used, with good effect, in reducing the violence of the seas. Damages were confined to the loss of the topgallant staysail. Sailed —Penguin, for North. 'I ■ Nelson, July 8. Arrived —Cable-repairing steamer Sherard Osborne, from Sydney. Greymouth, July 8. Arrived, 4 am—Herald, from Wellington. Sailed, 4.50 pm —Brunner, for Wellington. ; ; f> ; ; Auckland, July 8. • Arrived, ,8 am—-Wakatipu, from Wellington.',', '■ 'Sailed—Richmond, for the Islands. Lyttelton, July 8. Cleared—Louie, schooner, for Thames. Sailed—Mahinapua, for Wellington and Westport, Picton, July 8. Arrived, 5.30 pm—Rotorua, from Welling. ton, -' 1 r C s - ; "

Wanganui, July 8. Sailed, 4.45 pm—Stormbird and Glenelg, for Wellington. Auckland, July 9. Arrived—Arawata, from Fiji ; Rotomabana, from Sydney. Passengers, for Wellington—Mrs Hunter, Miss • Higgins,-tDr Hunter, Mr Knight, and 1 steerage; Mararoa, from South. Lyttelton, Jnly 9. Sailed—Manapouri, for South. Passengers—Miss Reese, Messrs Turner, Forbes, Lambert, O’Brien ; Grafton, for Timaru and Dunedin ; Penguin, for Wellington. To eail, 10 pm—Penguin, for Wellington. Foxton, July 9. Sailed, 6 pm—Napier, for Wellington. PrcTON, July 9. Arrived, 6 am—Koranui, from Wellington. \ Blenheim, July 9. Arrived, 3 pm—Kanieri and Neptune, from Wellington. Dunedin. July 10. Arrived—Manapouri, from North ; Ohau, from Westport. Sailed—Waihora, for North. Passengers, for Wellington—Messrs Gillies, Reeves, and Pirie. ' ; Auckland, July 10. Sailed, 2,30 pm -Arawata, for Wellington. Greymouth, July 10. Sailed, 6.40 pm—Herald, for Wellington. Castle Point,, July 10. Arrived, 7 am—Kiwi, from Wellington. Foxton, July 10. Arrived, 8 am—Huia, from Wellington. Westport, July 10. Arrived, 7.50 am—Wareatea, from Wellington. Kaikoura, July 10. Arrived, 6.30 am4-Wakatu, from Wellington. New Plymouth, July 10. Arrived, 1 pm—Wanaka, from Wellington. ' - Bluff, July 10. Arrived, noon—Lindas, from Melbourne, with an English mail. She left Melbourne at 1 pm on the sth inst. and experienced calm weather across. • The U.S.S. Co’s ss Wakatipu left Dunedin on the Ist inst, called at Oamaru, Timaru and Lyttelton ; left the latter port at 7.15 pm on Thursday, and arrived here at 10.45 am on Friday. Fine weather was met with to Kaikoura, thence thiok weather to arrival. She .sailed for Auckland the same afternoon. The U.S.S. Cc.’s ss Mararoa left Melbourne on the 25th ultimo, Hobart 27th, Bluff Ist instant, Port Chalmers 4th instant. Lyttelton at 8.35 pm on Friday, and arrived here at 9.30 am on Saturday. Fine weather with light variable winds was experienced throughout. She sailed for. Sydney, via Auckland and East Coast, on Saturday afternoon. The U.S.S. Co's ss Herald, from Dunedin, Oamaru, and Timaru, having left ths latter port at 4.30 pm on Friday, arrived here at 11.20 am on Saturday. Fine weather was experienced to arrival. She sailed for Greymouth on Saturday afternoon. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Koranui from Greymouth and Nelson, having left the latter port at 1 am on Saturday, arrived here at noon oh Saturday. Fine weather was experienced till arrival. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Wanaka left Onehunga at 1 pm on the sth inst, New Plymouth at noon on Saturday, and arrived here at 8.15 am on Sunday. Fine weather was experienced to New Plymouth, thence strong south-west wind and heavy sea till arrival. The U.S.S. Co’s ss Grafton from Westporjt, via Nelson, arrived here at 10.15 pm on Saturday. ’ Left Westport at 2 pm on the fitfe/ arpyjngat Nelson at 8.15 am on the 6th ; sailed again at 1 lam same day, rounded Jackson’s Head at pm,' arid arrived as above. Experienced light yarying winds With fine weather to Jackson’s Head, thence to arrival fresh south-west winds with pao,debate Byyell. , , The U.S.S. Co’s ss Manapouri left Auckland at 1 pm on the 4th instant, Gisborne on the 6th, Napier at 7pm on Saturday, and apriyed nejre at 5 pm ou Sunday. Experienced fine ' weathep to Napier, thence to arrival etjrong southerly gals, with heavy sea. She Sailed for Melbourne an,d Hobart, via /Southern ports, op Monday. The U.S.S. {3o’a as Mahinapua left Dunedin on the 6th inst, Timaru 7th, Lyttelton at 10 pm on Monday, and arrayed here at 3.30 ppa on Tuesday. Experienced fine weather and light winds to Tiriiaru, thence strong south-west winds an,d heavy sea to Lyttelton, followed by light winds and fine weather to arrival. . ■_ The barque Bells, which sailed on Mqnday, was compelled to anchor in Worser Bay that night, owing to the adverse wind prevailing. She weighed anchor and proceeded on h.er voyage at midnight on Tuesday. ■