WEATHER REPORT.
Wednesdat, December 15. ■Wellington.— Calm, barometer, 29.85 ; thermometer, 65 ; blue sky. Nelson. — Calm; barometer, 29.75; thermometer, 69; blue sky. Blenheim.— Calm; barometer, 29.86; thermometer, 66; blue sky; rivers low. Lyttelton.— NJE., light; barometer, 29.94; thermometer, 62; rainy. Christchurcb.— E., light breeze ; barometer, 29.93 j thermometer, 66 ; gloomy and rainy. Tunaru. — S.E., light breeze ; barometer, 29.98 ; thermometer, 64^overcast and dull; sea, slight swell. Bealey. — Calm; overcast and rain; rivers rising fast. Greymouth. — Calm; cloudy; bar good. Queenstown. — Calm; blue sky. Dunedin.— N.E., light; barometer, 29.73; thermometer, 62; overcast and dull. Port Chalmers. — N.E., light ; barometer, 29.81 ; thermometer, 49; dull and foggy. Bluff. — N.E., fresh breeze; barometer, 29.U6; calm. Napier. — N.W., light; barometer, 29.82 ; thermometer, 70; overcast; sea, calm Wanganui — S.E., light breeze; gloomy. Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood and Co.'s steamship Tararua has been temporarily subsidised to carry from New Zealand ports, taking her final departure from Hokitika, the outgoing English mail. She will be despatched from hence on the 26th* inßt.,so as to reach Melbourne in time to connect with the P. and O. ( o.'s steamer. The Jane Elkin left tbe Buller for this port on the 14th inst. She has already a cargo of timber stacked on the wharf, waiting her arrival, after taking which on board she will be towed out for that same port, where at present there is an extensive demand for that article since the recent fires. The useful aud handy twin screw steamer Waipara will make her last subsidised trip to Okarito and Southern Ports this day, leaving the wharf at 6 p.m. It is net known whether her subsidy will be renewed, but certain it is the Government could not have selected a more suitable steamer for this service, and it is to be hoped they will see the necessity of renewing the contract, more particularly as the population of the Southern goldfields is rapidly increasing. It is notified in our advertising columns that the favorite screw steamer John Perm, and paddle steamer Charles Edward, are both to be despatched this day for Greymouth and Coast Ports to Nelson and the Manukau. They are both such favorite Bteamers, we doubt not all intending passengers will avail themselves of this favorable opportunity of proceeding North. By an interprovincial k-lcgramf we notice the Claud Hamilton bad arrived at Nelson at 6.30 p.m. on the 14th inst., after a good run from the Grey; and it was also notified that no less than four of our coasting steamers had arrived at Westport, en route for this port, and may, therefore, be looked for alongside the wharf this morning. Never since shipping entered this port, did tbe wharf present such a wretched and forlorn appearance as yesterday. The only vessels were tbe two harbor steamers, and they were lying lazily alongside. It is a pity, sow there is such a splendid channel and such a depth of water, there is no work for them. The change, however, in tbe weather yesterday may enable some of the due vessels to put in an early appearauce.
WEATHER REPORT.
West Coast Times, Issue 1321, 16 December 1869, Page 2
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