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Colonist, Volume XXXV, Issue 7207, 11 March 1892, Page 3

The Waverley was due at Westport yesterday, and should reach Greymouth to day. The Kennedy will arrive from Wellington early this morning, and sail for West Coast ports at 9 a.m on Sunday. The Murray arrived last night from West Coast; ports, and sails at 3 p.m to-day for Westport only. The Charles Edward is due from West Coast ports this afternoon, and sails same tide at 6 p.m for Foxton. The Penguin arrived at 5 a.m yesterday, and sailed at 6 p.m for Picton, Wellington: and Lyttelton. The Mangana will arrive this morning, and sail at 6 p.m for Picton and Wellington. She returns here on Sunday. The Grafton leaves Wellington to-day, will arrive here to-morrow morning, and sail at 5 p.m for the West Coast. The Mahinapua left Manukau yesterday, and is due here Monday morning. Captain W. G Auld, who was well known in New Zealand, particularly Auckland, died at Colombo on Januaary 6th, The s.s Tainui, for London, took between 2000 and 3000 cases of fruit. The s.s Pelorus ia engaged this week conveying, sheep to different parts of the Peloras Sounds. The other day the s.s Rangatira took from Dunedin for London—974 bales wool, 11 bales rabbitsbins, 1 bale sheepskins, 24 bales basils, 3,709 caßes oheese, 279 oases butter, and 690 bags of antimony. Captain R. Clark, of the ketch Nellie, tells us (Auckland • Herald') that when off the East Cape an enormous fish was seen by himself and bis orew. As to the length of the monster, the estimate was about 50ft, and the mode of the creature's progress was that of an ceS. Its back was dark brown and the underneath a pute white. Every now and again the main part of the fiah would show a long projection like a swan's neck, which wou'd protrude from the water for a distance of ten or fifteen feet. The appearanoe of the body was taperiog from head and tail to the centre, the lattter being the thickest part. The appearance from tbe vesßel was that of the raising of the neok of a large swan. The skipper of the ketch tells us that tbe serpent rose twioe witbiatwo cables' length, and then disappeared altogether.