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fie Corinna is expected at Dimedin ft morning, and will leave on her 311 run on Sunday.

fill' Kaiapoi, from Greymouth, via irfielton and Timaru, arrived at DunJa yesterday morning with timber, ■evrday morning with timber. She Se will leave to-night for Oamaru, jjlirill take up the Flora's time-table 3 to the West Coast Iccording to advices received in Sydsr on October 8, the E. and A. liner fiem. while on her last voyage_to jjia and Japan, from Australian jji;. was seized at Manila by the (lis officials for having unmanibsd caru;o on board. She was re-ii-si, however, on the filing of a bond Hike Manila agents of the company, id allowed to resume her voyage the Swing morning. It seems that tho -iie arose through some opium, not y on board the vessel, but in a iter which was lying alongside. i<reTCre 08 tins of the drug, and it !t]airoe(l by the Customs officials that Swas passed over the side of tho jbtem in a sack at 3 a.m., and hidsin several places about tho lighter. 'lighter was also seized, but was rejd at the same time as the steamer. Customs officials have had tho jldrmi under surveillance ever since At Hongkong for Australia, for el port it was undoubtedly destined, fe.'if alertness of tho officials at that prevented it from being landed, ifoas brought on to Manila for a pit.>«ive chance of being smuggled' ikt. The (capture is said to be a n!afe one, as tliere is said to be a p scarcity in the market.