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Evening Star, Issue 3697, 28 December 1874, Page 2

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HIGH water. To-morrow. Heads 1 Port Chalmers 1 Dunedin 6.51 p.m. I 7.31 p.m. | 8.16 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. December 26.—Kestrel, ketch, 51 tons, Williams, from Swansea, Tasmania. Passenger : Mr Digney. Pakeha, brig, 173 tons, Wood, from Wangaroa. Royal Diadem, barque, 474 tons, Dennis, from Mauritius, October 29. Araby Maid, ship, 837 tons, Potter, from London, September 7. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Malcolm, Messrs Kilgour and Cade. Euphrosyne, schooner, 73 tons, Spence, from Felorus Sound. December 27.- Spec, schooner, 32 tons, Watson, from Havelock. Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, from Bluff Harbor. Passengers ; Mr and Mrs Smith, Mr and Mrs Campbell, Mesdames Carson, Watson, Misses M‘Guire, Bright, Leith, O. Bright, Messrs Weeks, Proudfoot, Harper, Dunn, Jones, Puller, Eadcliffe, M'Guire, Gotten, Krood, Stocker, Lord, M‘Natty, Rodger, Stewart, Martin, Smith (3), Thomson (3), J. Jones, junr., J. Jones, Frew, GoodaJl, Dunkeley, Aitken (2), Dunlop (2), Martin, M'Claggon, Raff, M'Chesney, Milligon, Leith, G. Miller, Pryal, Neiby, H. Burnes, Turner, M'Arthur, Densbam, Deary, Stevenson, Williamson, Metcalf, Stirling, Darmoby, Ewell, Densely, Mann, Martin, and eight steerage. Mabel Jane, schooner, 38 tons, CaweU, from Riverton. lin’s River. Lloyd’s Herald, ketch, 48 tons, Marks, from Gatlin’s River. Janet Ramsay, schooner, 41 tons, Lany, from Catlin’s River. Hope, cutter, 21 tons, Gay, from Catlin’s River. Fanny, ketch, 25 tons, Andrews, from Catlin’s River, U.S. w.s. Swatara, Captain Chandler, from Hobart Town, via Auckland Islands. Sunlight, barque, 497 tons, Hayes, from New York, August 12. Maid of Otago, schooner, 50 tons, from Camara. December 28.—Jane Hannah, schooner, 52 tons, Mason, from Catlin’s River. SAILED. December 28.—Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, for the Bluff. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Alhambra, for Bluff, January 2. Beautiful Star, for Timara, December 29. Maori, for' Bluff, January 1. Samson, for Camara, December 29. Wanganui, for Bluff, December 30. The barque Glimpse will sail to-morrow for Newcastle. The B.s. Wanganui arrived from her Southern trip yesterday morning. ; The brig Pakeha arrived on Saturday evening from Whangaroa, which port she 'left on the Hth inst. The barque Record will be removed from the railway pier and the Araby Maid will be moored alongside to-morrow. The American barque Sunlight arrived yesterday, after a long passage of 137 days, from New York, which port she left bn the 12th August. Quite a fleet of small vessels arrived yesterday, amongst them being the three-masted schooner Euphroyse, from Pelorus Sound; Mabel Jane, from Riverton: ketch Lloyds Herald, cutter Hope, ketch Isabella, schoner Janet Ramsay, andrketch Fanny, from Catlin’s River. The United States man-of-war Swatara returned yesterday afternoon from Hobart Town, which port she left on the 18th instant, and arrived at the Auckland Islands on the 23rd, remaining there until Christmas Day. Made a fine ran from the Auckland Islands to the Heads, and anchored off the Rocky point. She will only remain here for a few days, and proceeds to the Chathams to pick up the American observation party stationed there. The barque Royal Diadem, with a full cargo of sugar, the greater portion of which is for Dunedin, the remainder being for Lyttelton, arrived at the Heads on Saturday. She left Port Louis on the 29th October, with the usual trade wind, but on the third day out encountered a heavy gale from the S.W., which worked round to the S.E., raising a very high and confused sea. Had a continuation of heavy winds, and passed the meridian of the Leuwin on the 24th of November; had light variable winds until the 9th of December. On the 4th spoke the barque Margaret Knight, from Bankok, Cochin China, bound for Callao, eightyfive days out, short of provisions, and supplied her with pork and bread. On the 10th had heavy easterly winds which increased to a gale, during which the vessel was hove-to and shipped a great deal of water, and had the harness cask and other things washed off the deck. The heavy weather continued until the 12th, when it moderated and shifted to the northward on the 18th; made the Snares on the 20th, and arrived as above. Messrs H. Houghton and Co.’s latest purchase, the s.s. Express, started on her first strip to southern ports on Saturday afternoon. Since ncr armal in port tho Express has undergone extensive alterations. Carpenters, painters, upholsterers, and other tradesmen have been brought into requisition, and with considerable success, as the passenger cabin now presents a roomy and comfortable, not to say elegant, appearance. The ladies’ cabin, which was formerly right aft, has been brought forward to the break of the poop, so that ladies will find it unnecessary to pass through the gentlemen’s cabin to get into their own apartments. The other parts of the vessel have not been neglected. Deck-houses have been erected amidships for the accommodation of the captain and chief engineer, while further forward are the quarters of the other officers of the ship. A patent windlass has also been fitted up. When everything is finished the Express will have quite a smart appearance. Captain Christian, late of the s.s. Pretty Jane and barque Hadda, is in command, and we wish the Express “cood luck” in her new trade. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABY MAID. The ship Araby Maid, which was announced in our last issue as having arrived at the Heads, was towed up on Saturday evening by the tug Geelong, after a rather long passage of 110 days from London. Besides a large cargo, she brings ten Lincolnshire sheep and four passengers. She left London on the 7th of September, and on account of a heavy sou’-wester anchored in the Downs next day; got under weigh again on the 13th, and took her final departure from the Lizard on the 17th. She crossed the meridian of the Cape on the 17th of November, that of the Leuwin on the 9th of December, and sighted the Snares on the 22nd, having ran down her easting in about the 45th parallel. From the Snares she had strong N.N.E, winds until arrival.