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Evening Star, Issue 3817, 19 May 1875, Page 3

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HIGH WATEE. To-xobbow. Heads. I Pr. Chalxxbs. 1 Duhsdis. 2.40 p.m. | 3.20 p.m. | 4.05 p.m.

POET CHALMERS. ABBIVZD.

„ May, 18.—Fanny, ketch, 25 tons, Wilson, from Gatlins Biver.

Frederick Bassil, barque, 342 tons, Baillie, from Melbourne.

May 19.—Ladybird, s.s., 286 tons, Andrews, from the North. Passengers : Mrs Dunk, Misses Nestbrook and Sarah, Messrs Eutherford, Butler Mabier, Kohn, Meares, Master Mahier, and 17 in the steerage. Palmerston, ketch, 25 tons, Brebuer, from Wai. kouaiti.

Comerang, p.s., 125 tons, Best, from Invercargill. Hariiett Armitage, barque, from Sydney. Easby, s.s., 966 tons, Kennedy, from Sydney via Northern Ports. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Esther and 2 children, Mrs Bradford, Mrs Kennedy, Messrs Bridges, Macassey, M’Dougal, Bryant. Lothian. Higginson, Pole, Lyohinski, Belcher, Whitley, Lee, and 19 in the steerage. Andrew Eeid, ship, from Loudon. SAU.XD.

May 19.—Samson, p.s.. 124 tons, Edie, for Oamam.

Wallabi, s.s., 101 tons, Hughes, for Oamaru Splendid, barque, 358 tons, Melner, for a whaling cruise. °

The schooner Dagmar, from the Bluff, heat up as far as the cross channel on Monday night, and took the ground during one of the heavy S.W. squalls The s.s. Ladybird and yacht Jessie Nicoll were taken into the Graving Dock this morning. The Ladybird is to receive a new steel shaft imported frem England.

Shortly before noon the signals at the Heads anuouneed the arrival of the long-expected and auxiously-looked-for ship William Reid, from London. The tug Geelong, having steam up, shortly afterwards proceeded down and towed her un to he* anchorage in the afternoon. The N.Z.S.S. Co.’s s.s. Ladybird, which was! ex pected to arrive at Port Chalmers yesterday afternoon, did not make her appearance until 5 this morning, owing to her having encountered a heavy southerly gale and high sea shortly after leaving Lyttelton, which compelled her to ran into Akaroa for shelter.

The barque Frederick Bassil, from Melbourne which was towed up to. her anchorage last evening by the tug Geelong, left Melbourne on the 24th of April; had strong N.E, gales through the Strait which was cleared on the 6th of May; thence light N.E. Winds; passed the Nuggets on the 12th. and made the Heads on the 16th.

Messrs Fulton and Co.’s fine s.s. Easby from Sydney, via the Northern Pores, was signalled at the Heads at 10 o clock this morning, and it being flood tide she steamed up alongside the railway pier to discharge general cargo. Captain Kennedy reports leaving Sydney on the sth instant, and arrived at Wellington on the 13th, having experienced boisterous weather during the latter part of the passage.

The ship Weuningtou, which was reported in our test issue as havmgbeen towed up to her anchorage the 27 th of January with a strong S.W. wind, and arrived at Plymouth on the 30tb where she euchored and embarked her immigrants’ leaving on the 3rd of February with a fine S E* breeze. Had light and variable winds until picking up the N.E. trades on the 27th,inlat. 12 59 N which were carried to 1.6 N.; crossed the equator’on the sth of March in long. 24.7 W. t and picked up the S.E. trades in lat. 4.51 S. on the 17th. and crossed the meridian of Greenwich on the 2nd April that of the Cape on the 10th, and met the steady westerlies on the 14th. Sighted a large iceberg computed to be a mile long and 800 ft high on the same day Had variable winds to the 23rd. when she got a S E wind which continued until the 4th of May when it again shifted to the S.W. on the 12th. Sighted Chaslaud’a Mistake on the 16th. and experienced astrongS.W. gale with heavy 'sea on the following day. Wasofl the Heads at 10 p.m., and there she remained until being towed up as above. The Wennington’s immigrants wore sent to town by the 11 a.m. train to-duy.

SHIPPHTG7TELEGEAMS. Oamaeu, 3.26 p.m.—The p.s. Samson sails at five o clock for Dunedin. May 19.—Arrived: Maori, from DunLttcelton , May 19.—Arrived! Cicero, ship,from London, 106 days out, all well. One death of an inrant occurred on tlxe voyage. Auckland, May 18.—The ship Dunedin, 96 days from London, has arrived, with about 250 imn». grants, all well. Three cases of typhoid fever occurred during the voyage, and one immigrant (named Stevenson) and two infants died. Melboubne.— Arrived, the Falcon, barque, from Oamarn, onthelSth April; Eliza Mary, from Oamarn, on the 22nd, and on the 13th Otago, from Dunedin. Sailed, on the 9th, Rosebud, for Duncoin.