TELEGRAM .

Wellington Independent, Volume XXIII, Issue 2729, 8 September 1868, Page 4

TELEGRAM .

Nelson, September 6. Arrived — Charles Edwards from Auckland. Sailed — Gothenburg for West Coast. Lyttelton, September 6. Arrived — 10. 40 a.m., Ahuriri from Wellington ; 11.30 a.m., Tararua from Dunedin. September 7. Arrived — Early, Swordfish from Dunedin. Sailed — 4 p.m., Ahuriri for Timaru ; Tararua for Wellington. GEEYaiOUTir, September 6. Arrivod — 1 p.m., Spray from Lyttelton ; 10 p.m, Gothenburg from Nelson ; 1 p.m., John Penn from Hokitika. Sailed — 2 p.m., John Penn for Nelson: Hokitika, September 6. Arrived — 11.30 a.m., Kennedy from Greymouth September 7. Arrived — 1.30 p.m., Gothenburg from Greymouth. Sailed — 12.45 p.m., Kennedy for Nelson. Bluff, September 6. Arrivod — 8.40 a.m., Rangitoto from Dunedin. Sailed— 4.3o p.m., Rangitoto for Melbourne September 7. Arrived — James Paxton from Riverton. Sailed — 11 a.m., Bravo for Hokitika. The s.s. Rangatira arrived in harbor on Sunday afc 11 a.m. Captain Seymour reports having left Otago Heads on the 4th instant, at 8 a.m., and arrived at Ouinaru at noon the same day ; left again at 12.30, arriving in Lyttelton at 3 a.m. on tho sth; loft at 3.30 p.m., arriving as above. She experienced fine weather and fair winds throughout tho voyage. The s.s. Airedale, Captain Kennedy, left Onehunga at 3 p.m., on the 3rd ; at 4 p.m. signalled from the Heads " bar dangerous" ; brought up till 7.40 a.m. of tho 4th, weather vory thick ; at 8 p.m. cased the engines ; at 10 p.m. anchored off Taranaki, embarked passengers aDd mails and sailed at 2.30 a.m. on tho sth ; at 5 a.m. blowing a heavy gale from south-east with a high sea, ship under reefed topsails ; at 8 p.m. weather more moderate ; anchored off Nelson at 2.10 a.m., and entered tho harbor at 9 a.m. of tho 6th ; sailed again at 11.45 p.m., and brought up at Picton at 8.30 a.m. ; started again at 11.5 a.m., and stopped at Taiwiti at noon to take 51 casks of whalo oil on board, and finally sailed for Wellington at 3 p.m., arriving in port at G.30 p.m. last night. The B.s. Hero arrivod in Auckland from Sydney on August 30, with a largo cargo and about forty passengers.

Outside the Wangnnui Her.ds says tho Wanganui Times opposite the flagstaff station, more than twenty years ago, lay tho schooner " Edward Stanley," then commanded by Captain T. B. Taylor, now of tho firm of Taylor & Watt of this town. Ho anchored, awaiting a fair breeze to onter the river. When that sprung up he gave his orders and the men began to " heave anchor" but to the dismay of the Captain and all hands the chain cracked llio anchor sunk, and the " Edward Stanley" began to drift. Captain Taylor brought tho vessel up the river leaving the anchor behind. Subsequently the supposed spot where the anchor was lost was dragged, but no traces of it could be found. On Thursday last tLo schooner Tyne, belonging to the firm of Taylor & Watt, commanded by Captain Odgers, was obliged to anchor on the samo spot, and for a like purpose, awaiting a fair wind tu> enter the river. On giving orders to weigh anchor his men found an extraordinary weight attached which eventually proved to bo tho anchor and chain of tho " Edward Stanley" lost there as above stated over twenty years ago. The prize was hauled on dock and on tho " Tyne" reaching Wanganui was at once recognised by Captian Taylor as his long lost property. It is little the worse being protected by a coat of barnacles.