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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 39, 11 February 1876, Page 2

The Luna > sailed for Wellington, via Scbtpder's Mistake, this morning. The Arawata arriyed at WeUington at 8 o'clocMlaßt night.' • The' Murray was prevented by the Btrong wind that was blowing irom crossing the* "Wanganui bar" last night, but sailed tbis morning, and will, arrive in the course of tonight. The Wallace will leave at noon to-morrow for KifrtmeaU-hyeatber permitting, and will return to Nelson at once. / The Ocean Bird' was to leave Kaikoura for Wellington, thh^aiternoon, should the weather permit, but '"she .reports, the glass rery low and a heavy sea on. _ The Hawea arrived from Picton and south this morning, and will sail for the north with the San .Kr&hcisco mail to-night. The departure of the Lyttelton for Blenheim is postponed s .until to-morrow on account of the weather/ The Charles Edward has not yet left Hokitika, as the state of the bir at Greymouth is such as to prevent her entering the river. The Ladybird • will leave Onehunga for Nels<ni r t6-mbrrßw ahd'arrive here on Sunday night, and sail for Ficton and south at 9 a r m. on MoncUy. The' 5 Klhgarbbma was advertised to leave Melbourne for the Bluff on Wednesday last, aud wiU'conk-a^ue'htly be due there on Moh- . day next ' , TmV-pls. ; Wallace' 'arrived in harbor this morning at 6 r a.m., havihg lef t Nelson. on the 3rd February at' l" 30 p.m. Experienced variable jWeather with' sundry heavy Bhowers of rain.-Tiii'til'krrivSl at the Buller "at 830 p.m. on th'e^thV'' discharged cargo and Westpprt portion of immigrants; departed for Hokitika at 3 a.m.- the' following morning, steaming easy along the coast, arriving at 3 p.m., weather^ very fine; arranged to leave Hokitika at 6 p in. on the 7th in order to cross the Grey bar at high water on the following "morning, but, hewing Irom reliable 6onr<?ek l of ".the' -Grey bar beintr impassable, this coupled with the schooner Mary Bannatyne .ashore while in charge of the tug Despatch/ Captain- V?onwav considered it prudent not 'to attempt B'ich a hazardous task -with --the entrusted lo Mb charg. Left Hokitika at 9.30 a.m. on the 9th, and Huwjthe stshooner. Adieu anchored off the Grey awaiting for improvement of the channel, arriving, at the Buller at 7 p.m. same day. 'After discharging'cargo and coaling, left for Nelson at 10.45 am: on the 10th; wind lischt from S. W., and sea Bmooth until arrival here As above; * Bytimely discovery there have been averted- souae mo'eof those fearful disasters at seil arising from the spontaneous combustion of cargo. • Inno less than four cases of ehips.engaged ih-l-nading the season's wool at Brisbane has it been necessary to redischarge a lot of balea whioh showed signs of heating. Some; of the* bales, upon being opened up, were actually charred towards the centre, and at one time, the alarm became so great that one of the' city 7 fire engines, in charge of a portion of the Brigade, spent some hours alongside one of-the:Bhipß in question, in the hold of which tW smell and signs of fire were becoming dangerously apparent. After a good deal 'of labor, and expense to somebody — for "it is hot' yet. quite determined upon whom this is 1 to full—all the .suspected bales were got out (and some of them not a moment too soon) and seat away for repacking. •