TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2676, 5 May 1868, Page 5

TELEGRAMS.

Port Chalmers, May 4. Arrived— 7 a.m., Auckland, s.s., from the Bluff. G-REYMX)UTK, May 4. Sailed — 7.30 a.m., Airedale, s.s., for Nelson. —♦- Tho ship Lcichhardfc fired a gun yeßterday morning, announcing that she had taken her last bale of wool on board. The s.s. Taranaki, Captain Francis, having been overhauled and painted, was to have sailed yesterday afternoon for Nelson via Picton, with a largo number of excursionists, but just as she was about to leave the Queen's wharf, it was found that her machinery was not in a fit state to go to sea with, and she will therefore not leave for Borne days. The s.s. Go-ahead, which has been lying at the Q.ueen's wharf for Bomo time, started last Saturday afternoon on a trial trip to Evans' Bay, with a party of guests on board. It was found, however, that the boiler of the engines was too small for the vessel's requirements, and it will be necessary to remedy tho defect before the vessel can be sent to sea. She is chartered, wo believe, to convey cattle from Wanganui to the West Coast.

The a.s. Lady Bird, Captain Lusher, left Port Chalmers at 8.30 am. oa the 29th, and arrived at Oamaru at 2 p.m. ; left again at 7.30 p.m., and arrived at Lyttelton at 10 a.m. on the 30th ; left Lyttelton at 11 a.m. on the Ist, and arrived here at 10 a.m. on tho 2nd ; she was unable to call at Timaru on account of the strong S.E. gale. Tho schooner Coquette desires to bo reported off Oamaru, discharging. The s.s. Claud Hamilton, Captain John Vine Hall, left Sandridge pier at 2 p.m. on the 21st ulfc. ; passed the s.s. Auckland in the bay; cleared Port Philip Heads at 6.30 p.m. ; passed Swan Island at 5.30 p.m. on the 23rd ; had fresh N.W. winds until the 25th, when it blew a strong gule from the W.S.W., with hard squalls and heavy sea; passed the Solander at 8 p.m., and slowed the engines ; arrived alongside the wharf at tho Bluff at 7 a.m. on the 27th j sailed again same day at 3.30 p.m. ; arrived at Otago early next morning; cleared the Otago Heads at 5 p.m. on tho 29th, with a fresh S.W. wind ; entered Lyttelton Heads at 9 a.m. on tho 30th, having made the passage in sixteen hours j cleared Port Cooper at 1 a.m. on tho Ist May ; experienced a heavy gale from the N.W. all tho passage, and arrived in this harbor at 2 a.m. this morning.

The B.a. Lady Bird, which arrived on Sunday afternoon, and afterwards proceeded towards Dunedin, took the ground off the entrance of the upper cross channel, and remained there throughout tho night and part of yesterday, -until she was lightened of her wheat cargo, when she got off on tho afternoon's flood. — Otago Daily Times, April 28. The ship Colreno sailed from tho Bluff for London on the 27th April, with a cargo consisting of 2700 bales of wool, 6 bundles skins, and 1 bale of flax — tho largest cargo ever shipped from Southland.

The s.s. Beautiful Star, Captain Chrisp, arrived on Sunday evening. She sailed from Dunedin at 8 o'clock on Friday morning, arrived at Lyttelton at 9 a.m. on Saturday ; sailed again afc 5 p.m., and reached Wellington as above. Strong head winds were experienced throughout the passage. Some curiosity is felt concerning the p.s. Southland, which left the Bluff about six weeks ago bound for the Auckland Islands, with, it wns understood, the intention of undertaking the salvage of gold believed to have been left on board the Generul Grant when that vessel was wrecked. The long absence of the clipper steamer would seem to imply that although the Amherst's people failed to find the cave spoken of by the survivors from the wreck, the Southland has been moro fortunate.— Weekly News (Invercargill), April 25. The Canterbury papers state that Captain Gibson is to take entire control of all vessels in Lyttelton harbor, Captain Sproull having been appointed pilot at the Heads. Mr Norris has been appointed assistant pilot, and will have tho charge of shifting vessels in harbor and piloting them to the Heads.

The Queen Bee, the last of the Lyttelton woolships, sailed from that port for London on Thursday morning. She took 1482 bales wool and 3304 sackß of wheat and flour, valued at £38,993.