TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXII, Issue 2604, 30 November 1867, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

Port Chaimees, November 28. Sailed — 9 p.m., William Miskin, for Lyttelton ; 10 p.m., Greelong for Oamaru.

Nelson, November 29. Arrived— 9 15 a.m., Claud Hamilton, s.s., from Hokitika.

The schooner Nautilus, of 32 tons register, now lying at Pyle's wharf, was put up to auction yesterday afternoon, by Mr G. H. Venncll, but the highest bidding being £220, she was withdrawn from competition. The s.s. Egmont, Captain Jack, nrrired from the South, at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. She left Port Chalmers at 3 p.m. on the 2fith ; arrived at Lyttelton at 1 p.m. on the 27th ; sailed again at 6 p.m. ; experienced a fresh northerly wind till 3 o'clock the nest morning, when it veered round to the south-east. The Egmont brought no Otngo files, but Mr Pringle, the purser, has kindly favored us with one or two late Dunedin papers. Tenders for repairs to the steamer Geclong are called for. As noticed in our shipping intelligence, the Geclong was steaming up from Port Chalmers about on? o'clock on Sunday morning, "when she came into collision with the schooner Annie Brown, which lately arrived from Leith, and was at tho time lying in Dunedin Bay. The echooner had no light exhibited, and the morning •was co dark that she was noi distinguished from the deck of tho Geelong until within a few yards of her, although tho chief officer and one of tho hands were on tho look-out forward, and Captain Hart, with Captain Crorn, of the Lady of the Lake, were on the bridge. By the collision, tho Geelong was completely stripped of her bulwarks, along the port side, from the bow to the paddlebox. The house in front of the paddle box was also broken into splinters, and tho paddle-box partially injured. No damage apparently, was done to the sponson ; but had the steamer been etruck more amidships, the probability is that the damage would have been more serious, and that tho shnft might have been shaken from its position. Fortunately tho3O on deck were unhurt. At the time the collision happenod, the steamer was proceeding towards Dunedin jetty at less than half-speed. The schooner, we believe, was only very slightly damagod. — Olago Daily Times, Oct 25.

On Sunday morning about 1 a.m., Lyttelton was visited by a severe gale from the S.W., accompanied by heavy showers of rain, which raged throughout the day. Amongst the shipping the ships G-lenmark and Melita dragged their anchors come distance, and the brigantine Eaven and the brig Hebe dragged into collision with each other eomewhat seriously injuring the latter, which about 2 p.m. hoisted a signal of distress. Captain Sproul, tho Harbor Master, put off to their assistance in tho pilot boat, manned with tho pilot crew, and succeeded in releasing tliem from theiv perilous position. The yacht Annie Oglo also sustained some slight damage. The heavy sea rolling: in has seriously damaged tho mole at Officers Point, a portion of it having been swept away. On shoro tho look-out house, recently erected on section 31< was swept away, and tho new flasgtaff has a kink in it. A large number of fences have been levelled, and sundry watercourses orcrflowed, &c, but we have not heard of any serious damage being done. — Lyttellon Times, November 25.