TELEGRAMS.

Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue XXVI, 29 July 1871, Page 2

TELEGRAMS.

2\ t apier : 28th — 1.30 p.m., Lord Ashley from Wellington. As the Taranaki was moving away from the wharf yesterday afternoon it was discovered that the key had come out of her propellor, which necessitated her detention until to-day. Shortly after the accident, and to enable it to be repaired, the Tarunaki was hauled into ehallow water. It was rumored yesterday that the b.s. Lord Ashley has been sold to a Sydney company, and that she will proceed thilhev immediately on her arrival at Auckland. Thij information ■was brought to Lyttelton by the barque Novelty. We understand tY.it, after having new boilers placed in her, she is to bo employed in running between Sydney and Batavia. The Lord Ashley is the oldest steamer on the coast, having been one of the pioneer vessels of the Panama Company, and her being removed will be a source of regret to many. The s.B. Phcebo, Captain Worsp, sails this day at two o'clock for Southern ports. Being under contract with the Government to bring up the members of the General Assembly from the South, she will leave the Bluff on the 9th August, Porfc Chalmers on the 10th, and Lyttelton on the 11th, arriving here on tho 12th. It is expected that the Phoebe will be four or five days discharging her cargo of railway iron (some 260 tons) at Lyttelton. All the vessels in port had their flags halfmast high yesterday in token of respect to the late Captain Taylor.