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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 112, 3 May 1876, Page 2

The Lady Barkly arrived this morning from Motueka with several excursionists to the races The Arawata ia expected to arrive from the South to-morrow, and will return to Melbourne via the South at 5 p m. The Taupo left Onehun^a yesterday afternoon, will arrive early to-morrow morning, and sail for Picton and South at 3 p.m. The Lyttelton leto Wellington yesterday for Blenheim, whence she wiil sail to-day for The Brothers, with lighthouse material. The Wellington left Welling.ou at noon to-day, will arrive to-morrow, and sail for the North at 4.30 p.m., with the San Francisco mail. The Murray is still at Hokitika, where she has been detained by the state of the bar for three days. She expects to make her escape to-day. The Taranaki, which left here on Sunday night, arrived at Port Chalmers at 9.30 this morning, having made the run, including stoppages at the various ports, in 56 hours. Mr Plimaoll writes to the Pall Mall Gazette to say that he has excellent authority tor making the following statement: " That out of 79 vessels detained for alleged unseaworthiness in the port of tiunderland alone, under the {Shipping Act of 1873, every one, on subsequent survey, was found to be unseawortby; not one mistake had besn made, but 16 of these vessels, the tonnage of which ranged irom 80 to 2*o tons, have eince been sold by auction, and that not one of them realised so much as £30." Tne significance of $his statement may be judged by the fact that the cost of a good plain cargo carrying vessel ruas irom £ii to £W par ton. <■■ ' ' " —«-»'■' 1 * ■ 1 > I**