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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 80, 21 March 1876, Page 2

TJje« Taupo cleared the Manukau bar last nightjtfand.may be expected here by to-mor-row morning's tide. She will sail afc once ior the South. The Albion arrived off Hokitika yesterday afterflf/bn. - , It is expected she will be tendered,afcGreyinouth thia afternoon, and will arriva by to-morrow evening's tide ' Thie Lyttelton arrived from Blenheim tbis afterpo. n n after being wind-bound for twentyfour" hours in Pelorus Sound. T^e'Wallace at Wanganui, lhe Maori at Gri-yinouih, and the Murray at Westport, are stilfVuppoaed to be bar bound. The Ladybird leaves Wellington for Picton and' ? n'& i th to-morrow, will arrive ou Thursday 8 Worning, and sail for tbe North in the evening. ' i; ' IromMelbourne papers we learn that the passage from Plymouth was made by the Australia, .-the sister mail ship to the Zealandia- „in.; 43; days 9 hours, which is several hours*. quicker than the St. Osy th's last famous run. The Australia's actual stemming time, exclusive of detentions, was only 41 daysf'7' hours; which gives her an average speed' 6f -12 J knots per hour, by far the highest ever- yefc maintained for so long a period and distance. Her beat day's work was no less.tjwn 354 miles, which iB equal to nearly 15 IgOotß, per hour. The weather generally was^not by .any means favorable to a rapid run, and . that little assistance was gained from the wind is Bhown by the fact that during thirteen dAys not a Btitcb of canvas could ba shown, and during twenty days only the fore 'and att sails, tbe square canvas being used Jon but :ten.days during the voyage. The Australia is 2737 tons gross measurement, with engines of 500 horse-power nomioal. Her r.conimnnder is Captain W. Cargill, for-merlyf-.of Meßsrs Devitt and Moore's line of regular-Sydney traders.