PASSENGER LIST.
Per Queen, from Melbourne i^-Mr. Jolrnstone, Mr. Hoyle, Mr. Lowrie, Messrs. G. and C. Thornhill, Mrs. Pluuimer and 3 children, Miss Cowan, Mr. J. Donaldson and Alre. Donaldson, and thirty-seven.in the steerage. ' - ', -■"-'■'■' , ~ The Queen steamer, with the English 'Mail,' arrived at Port Chalmers oh' Monday afternoon, haying left Melbourne on the evening of Monday week.l ' During' the passage she had heavy weather,' bat was favored with a strong1 fair wind, and mado the passage with only half-steam on during most of the time. .' :jieports having passed theAldinga at 4 plm. on Sunday, about fifteen miles west of Stewart's Island. The Queen received the mails from the ; Novtham on Saturday eveninjr, that ves3el having reached Hobson's Bay at 4in the afternoon. The Northam made a fine passage throughout, having left Galleon the 20th tut., and proceeded without delay except for a few hours,, when it was found necessary to stop her eujrines for some hours owing to a defect in bcr'machinery. The 11.I1. Qiicenis not .likely tolenve for tho:nortliern, poita- .- : until. Wednesday morning., Some of her j passengers for Dunedin came out by the Northam on lierpreseiit VOynge.- ' . ..;->.i.: .:■■■■:;■;,- ~■'.;•"':,--' "" : Hrhatum.—By- tlic ccctclenlnl omission of tlie name of the Bank of New Zialand in our,report;of the exports of gold per Aldinga, it was inridc to np"peai1 thaf 8000 "oza. vrere-shipped by-Pi-Hayman & Co.^To avoid coiifusio'n wei append a corrected state- . ment. Baiik of New. Zealand,-P-138 ozs.; Union Bank, 8000 oz. ; P. Hayman & Co., 130 ozs.; • Robinson & Hart, 285 ozs.; 17 parcels various, 300 ,' ozs.;'total quantity, 18,153;0z5: '-[': ', '; fr : - The four vessels: at the .Heads—Omega, ; ilianiel \Vatson ? Pet, aiid Sea Breeze—still He at the" Heads. Sombol them to be towed up to-morrow. (Tuesday) morninp. ;,■■:■?). : ;.. '. ; j The AYoiifra W Tongn, which.had,come,down from town to await-the 'nrrival of the Queen, has received the mails brought by her for Lyttelton and Wellington, and mny be expected to sail at daylight: ; The Samson sfeamcrrfrft Punedin jetty,this morning with from fifty ; tosixtv.diggers .loir;fWjaikouditi, on their way to.^thc Highlny diggings." But for'the - severe weather prevailing, a- considerably... greater number would no doubt' have proceeded. Asit was, the day was most; unprppitjous-for an expedition of the kind, but the.Sanison" macle arnpidrun down to the littlo bay, nrid/landed' her •passengers in safety, " though the "bcnch'Ms^ certainly-a'very- unfavorable-! place for the eaiv debarkation of passengers and goods. : The townthip of Wnikouaitijs situated !about three" miles fiom the landing placpy: along, a sandy beach, Mhich foims a sufficiently good roadway at low water. At the landing place there-are only two buildiiigs,occupied as stoi c'-ho'iises, and some Maori huts on the opposite bank of the strc'auij which at that point flows into the bny, but" already a tent- has been erected in a sheltered 1 tollow,[among\ the' sand', hummocks, at which reircslmu'hft are" to-be.obtained.",. The landing' is effected in Maprj boats'close" bwido the niouth-oft the little river, and at'l6w "water; draysr;<shn convey swasa or goods to the townshipj tqwards,which most of the diggers at:once.prqceeq;,:rAlter landing her passcngcis, aloiig-WithEspme; draysj ''nnd-; goods in- • tended for trarisportation.tp'the qicgings, the Samson returned to Port Chalmers shortly before dusk. _Ihe_.OmeoA.—ln the'.manifes^pf the^Oinega,ipublished in our issue :of, yesterda^, we inadvci'tently omitted the names of'tlio consignees. The entire, cargo , : was.( consigned to, the-agents of the vessel,1 Messrs. Tickle and_So." " •
.. " - ~:'..:.,;.'./,..'.: siELupiniHE..,'-■;:":, ..... . ■ ."i The -following!vessels' are"advertised to sail from "Melbourne taQtago ;--Brig Valiant, to sail p J.5tK May; -General Jcssop, early V Eveliria ,Ruttcr,; 12th May. For Inrercargill':—Qiieeii of Perth, early. ; ;-■
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 159, 20 May 1862, Page 4
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569PASSENGER LIST. Otago Daily Times, Issue 159, 20 May 1862, Page 4
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