HOMEWARD BOUND.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11045, 5 September 1903, Page 4

HOMEWARD BOUND.

Khsbury* from Wellington, for New York, • . Bth -March,. Wakanui, from Port Chalmers, §9th May. Herjnoine, ship, from Napier, 31st May. Cornwall,, from Wellington (for South 'Africa), 30th June. Pakeha, from Lyttelton, 15th inst. Cbncordia, barque, from Auckland, 3rd • • 'August. , . i Indralema, from Lyttelton, 6th August, - -via La£* Palmas. ( Rimutaka, from Wellington, 6th August, • vja Monte" Video. Emily Reed, from Lyttelton, Bth August, I , ~ for Durban. Julius l Palm, from Bluff, Bth August, for Durban. - Tnkomarttiifrom Wellington, Bth August. Mimiro, left Lyttelton, 27th August, via Las Palmas. , Cbrintliic, from Wellington 27th August. Rakaia;, Jeft Lyttelton, 31st August, for Xiverpool, via, Monte' Video.

i , The- Oreti and Aotea came off the flats on last night's tide, and will both sail for Wellington to-night. The barqupntinc St. Kilda, which loft Port iSteph'ens about three weeks ago with a cargo of blue gum timber, asrrived off the bar this morning, and ■ will probably, weather permitting, come into port on to-night's tide. The Tyeor liney Star of New .Zealand arrived in the roadstead -at 7.40 this morning. The vessel is under the command of Captain Joharin^Hart, and, as usual, comes to the agency of Mr J. L. Stevenson. She will be loaded by the lighter Thistle, and should complete her loading of Wanganui cargo by Monday night, when she will sail for Wellington. The Monowai reported at the Bluff from Melbourne, with cargo for Wanganui. The number of vessels which crossed the bar during the month of August was ill, of which 58 crossed at night. The Pilot's report for August showed that the channel over the bar '• continued as during the previous month, bearinsr by compass, from the flagstaff S.W V with a - depth of 11 feet 6 inches at high water eprin? tides, ar»<l 8 feet 6 inches at high water neaps. The lower reaches and "entrance to the river were fairly gpod. The upper fiats were as usual.-