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?Ths Waitemata is announced to load, atiOamaru for Sydney'and Newcastle ibont tlie first week in August. jlTKe.Corinna lias been delayed onaccouritvof the weather, and her arrival afc'Oaniarii is not looted for buore Monday evening. , ~ . --'-The Koonya arrived at Oamaru at ltifo'clock tliis morning from TV est port; tiHnjging to 1an4,400 tons of coal. After dSscfitarge the Koonya' goes on to lfail&lin. ' J The Flora, from Dnnedin. arrived at Qamgrii at 12.30 to-day. She is announced to sail about- 11 o'clock tonight, for Wellington direct. The Storm is due at Oatnarn to-nighfc load'cargo fo "Wanganui arnd Picton. >Tbe Petone is announced, to load at bairiarn towards the end of next week and Gisborne. c Further evidenc?. of the terrific vessels bound to Australia from London are meeting with is afforded by " thfr\experience of th?" Tyscr liner Star -of- Scotland. She sailed from -London ftiMav 21 for Melbourne, Sydney, and New "Zealand ports, and with ordinary weather would certainly have put >in ato ippsarince at the first port within 40 .'or. 41 days, but so bad was the weather that "progress was "delayed, and iheran,fhort of coal, in consequence of*wbich the unexpected visit to Albany was paid. ? . Atfew days-ago the Greymouth Hnrfor Board officials made s?n attempt to fepiove the obstruction to the fairway caiised by portions of a steamer drifting in. It is not definitely known i Whether it is part of the Kotukri or - Ihs Hawea. However, 10 cases of gelignite and one case of dynamite were placed nndfr it and fired by electricity from - the North Tip. The explosion * caused -th? water to rise in a column about 100 ft. and the concussion was felt ih the town. After the explosion : it. was found the obstacle was not moved, and the position now (says the Argus) is as bad as ever. Several months ago Mr .T. H. Edwards. of Hob.'irt, Tasmania, acquired ihe. schooner Joseph Sims from New Zealand owners. After the sale was completed arrangements were made for fur to carry a cargo of pine to Melbourne from Hokianga instead- of coming across in ballast. In due course the vessel arrived at the- loading pore, and eventually the cargo was loadodr but a few days before shs?. was to sail the master began to seek a crew. In every direction he applied for men, but his efforts met no success, and consequently the vessel was - "tied up." In that condition she has been for weeks. Realising that there is no immediate chanc? of a full complement being - secured in the Dominion, Mr "Edwards has therefore decided to send a full, crew from Tasmania t6 the vessel at. Hokianga to navigate her to Australia. It is the only way of getting the vessel across apparently, but what with the expense incurred in this way, added to that- occasioned by the delay, the Joseph Sims will assuredly be a rather costly purchase.'