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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 99, 13 April 1876, Page 2

The Phoebe leives Onehunga on Saturday, ■will arrive on Sunday night, and sail for Picton and South on Monday at noon. The Wellington arrived from ihe South this morning, and will sail for Onehunga at 9 p.m. The Lytteiton left Blenheim yesterday afternoon tor Nelson. The Hawea left Ooebunga for the South thia afternoon, is expected to arrive to-mor-row night, and will sail for Picton and South at 10 a m. on Saturday. The Waihopai arrived at Wellington yesterday, after a fair run of four days from HoHt ; ka.Tnt new schooner Nelßon was successfully floated this morning, the ways having been carried out thirty ieet farther, into deep water. The Murray left Westport for Hokitika, laBt night, but found so heavy a south-west ga'e blowing that she h=»d to return. She intends making another attempt to-night. The Ringarooma w>ll arrive at Wellington from. Lyttelton to-morrow, and will remain there until the arrival of the Hawea pn Sunday. The Kennedy towed the Woodbine out of harbor this morning. The Kennedy will sail for West Coast ports at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The Wallaca will arrive from WesJport tomorrow, and iail for Waugaaui at 7 p m. on Saturday. The Taupo leaves Wellington to-day, wiU arrive to-morrow, and sail for the North the same day. A Ceylon telegram, dated March 17, says : — The arrival at Galle of the survivors from the wreck of the Strathmore crested a sensation. A fund for their relief and assistance was organised at once. Most of the seamen have been sent to England, and the Ceylon Government have been appealed to about sending the passengers to New Zealand. When out seventy-lour days the ship ran on the rocks at night. > About forty-four persons •were drowned. The remainder lived fc.f seven months on a barren island, oa which fottunitely there was one good spring. They lived on sea birds and eggs. .Several vessels passed, but failed to see the signa's When saved by the American whaler they were in a de tltute and emaciated state, with scarcely a rag on. The Sierra Morena, which took hall of the saved from the Arasrican vessel, arrived at Galle to-day. According to the last' accounts, twenty-four more were on the ■whaler. Forty nine people were saved. Two died on the inland; three from being frost bitten in the feet have their toe» rotting , off. The island was a halt-bare rock. Fuel was obtained from birds' feathers. Hardly anything was swei from the wreck. The boats were lost the first night, the rocks being perpendicular.