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Star (Christchurch), Issue 658, 2 July 1870, Page 2

The ship Caduceus will cleared the Customs this afternoon for London. The brigantine Stranger completed her discharge yesterday. Thb three-masted schooner Ocean Wave cleared the Customs yesterday for Wellington, and sailed this morning. The ship Lindsay cleared the Customs yesterday for Callao, and will sail with the first fair wind. The Gothenburg, s.b., Capt. M'Lean, arrived in harbour this morning, as our express was leaving The Phoebe, s.s., arrived iv harbour this morning at 8.-30, from Dunedin. She left

Port Chalmers at i p.m. yesterday. She sailed for Wellington thia day, with the San Francisco nlail. The ship Jessie Readman cleared the Customs yesterday for London, with a full cargo. The ship is in excellent trim, and will sail to-morrow. , McMeckan, Blackwood, and Co.'s s.s. Rangitoto, Captain Mackie, arrived in harbour, from Melbourne, via Bluff and Dunedin, yesterday, at 10.30 a.m., having left Hobson's Bay at 2 p.m , on the 23rd June ; cleared the heads at ft p.m., and passed Swan Island at 2 p.m., next day; experienced S.W. winds, with thick weather during the greater portion of her run across ; passed the Solanders early on the morning of the 28th, and arrived in Bluff harbour at 9.45 a.m. ; left again at 7 p.m., and experienced strong head winds and thick foggy weather to arrival at Dunedin at 11 a.m., on the 29th ; left Port Chalmers at 3 p.m., on the 30th, and experienced flne weather to arrival in Lyttelton. We are indebted to Mrs Emery, stewardess, for files. The Rangitoto sailed for Wellington this day.

The ketch Foam, from Akaroa via Oamaru, and bound for Moeraki with telegraph poles, put in yesterday afternoon for shelter. — Otago Daily Times, June 30. The barque Eucalyptus, from Hobart Town, bound for Lyttelton, put in at the Heads yesterday for shelter. She will proceed on her voyage as soon as the weather moderates. — Otago Daily Times, June 30. The barque Union, which arrived in port yesterday -from Lyttelton, N.Z., is consigned to Meß_fcs W. J. Greig and Co., and brings a full cargo of grain. She left on the 19th ult., and since passing Cape Campbell she has only had fair winds for about five days. The rest of the passage was marked by a succession of very heavy gales and exceptionally stormy 'weather.— Argus, June 23. The barque Thomas Daniels, from Lyttelton, N.Z., with a cargo of oats, wheat, and barley, has arrived in port, after an adverse passage. She left on the 16th ult., with strong W.S.W. and S.W. winds, and came through Cook Straits, making Montague Island on the Bth inst., and Cape Howe on the 9th inst. On the 4th inst., in lat. 37deg. 55min. S. and long. 153deg. 15min. E., the barque was hove-to for forty-eight hours in a very heavy gale, accompanied with violent squalls. She was also exposed for several days to the fury of heavy gales off the Howe. Light easterly winds and calms prevailed from the 15th inst. — Argus, June 20.