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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 134, 29 May 1876, Page 2

BU'H- 'fe u -7 ••: •'"• "■ 'r- "■'■ -i ■'•■■■-■.■:«*• 77- VThe next;Suez mail will be by Tlhe >ArawaVa leaving here.ori Th*tirsday,: the 77ist:Jufe^:v^-7^*7;' :;>^sr,'*}l ••i-J'i * i l/.-vThe/^wallace'-'iJrriVe'd^-at Wanganut thia; 7..'-afterhoon.-.-'"7 ""-■"'; ■•-"'. -----... .. - H. The.'Bfirry3will complete iher^.diseharging..' &r to-morr6w,-aiiid wUl^shortiy.sail for Newcastle. 'i ;.-• The from Onehunga this £; morning and Bailed byj the same tide Tor; Pict7;"ton"and;Bßuth.*'; .'■>??;'.■.?7:.'-7*. }y :.■ y.X X 7 The *feutter^E)ido arrived from the Wairau "-r.-7.thismbrnitTgrfati.. „- .... c. ... V. The .'M^a^lieft Greymbuthj this afternoon '7: atihre^^clJ(c^fOT.-Nelßon via W.estport,;.:and 7 .will aritvff^fe-on 'Wednesday mornings ,-X- - 7■;".-■;'Tbe. LyUel(»n ar*ri^ed^frp;aa;Blenheim with ;V a full *»ri*r^p v f gralb^yesterday morriing. Kbhe--7; wiil'sail for Blenheim ou Wednesday at 4 p m. 7; 7 The Kennedy l&ayJs&Hokitißa to-day for 7 Nelson/ma Grey rttoath and West port, picking 7up the butward.'San Francisco-maU.. 7 :v. 7 7Th3 San* Franciscd mail will leave for ; :'■■ Aucklsfediin!thesTaranakion Thursday next,: '■i-Xy The .schobnerC -Awaroads; ndvertised to sail.; ; for ;WanVahui at 1p m. to-morrow. r;,'.' ,-. , 7. • 7-The i«cliooiier|fiJanb.-Anderson is daily, ex- . 7-pected from Oamaru with a cargo, offflour and .grain for.Mr;Mabin;r \*iry-/.'-/;;•-.---;--:^.:The'iSp^bpj(\er.!.'EU?»^ Conway, with a ' cargo of.New.Zealand produce for Mr Griffin, --sailed into harbor yesterday morning, after a fair passage from Lyttelton. >, - ~ - The schooner Richard and Mary was safely floated bffffom the Boulder Bank on SatUrday evening, having; sustained little, or no 7. damage. E very preparation; bad .been made for. launching her in the event of her not .'•;; floating.offrr^ Tji.>f-r \.y,y r.:-:\ \7:. -■ Captain Evans, of the s.s. Ladybird,. In " congeqtiehceipf.; that vessel; being used as, a •' - spare boat, will be removed to the s.s, Phoebe . as chief,cfHcer,and Mr Dougherty7thepurser. ': of the same vessel, has been removed to the v .8.5.-TaranakU...i[ . T ;-j; ,;...'. . ;;..-.-. ..- .-• : _;: MrPlimsoll's destrnefciye broom has ;,swept away no :more remarkable • a vessel than the *7 old' brig Clitas,v,hich;;;was. recently -con- ; .demnedjur.and/>iwas; sold .--lately., for. £122. ■ -...'; The Cißus:;,waß; rebuilt more.than a century, ;., ago, f*om materials saved from a man-of-war bearing the same name, which came to grief on the east coae-t. ;She;became.the. property. h :bf Mr William Miliar,'merchant;' Saltcoats^ 7and. during the great storm of February, 1839, ji-whenAS^yje*^ .driven, ashore on .the : 'Ayrshtrp s^oagt^-t the f ;Clitu9 .'.;waß included amonqs^tne.number. .She required extensive ■ ', r epairsi and,: at the: instance.- of a . Kil marnock;' /;,. gentlem^p,7tne eldest daughter of Mr Millar > ; was to superintend the repairs. So : efficiently did Miß3 Millar discharge this dutv,tbatßhe was persuaded by'the Kilmar- ' noek ge'titlema'n'tb take command of-the! brig' ; for 1 one "voyage? soTthat she might have^a knowledge of ,her .earnings. The,-;voyage i an j excellent, reprn.. and the upshot Twia that"Capfoin' "..Betsy" .Millar took per-'- --; manentqommand. 'For the lengthened ptriod of 22 years, at all seasons .Betsy continued in ■ - charge' of the Clitus, relinquishiog' h. r duties only.when failing health compelled her ti do so. She died at Saltcoats in 1864, and the Glttus was left sb the breadwinner of the sur- -- viving sisiers,'" who7hbwe**er, are now deprived, of. this ■,Bource pf inuome. . The name.: ■:■' of Betsy was ariflppt faramar'pne both'afl.oat . and ashore, and it was, honr.rably mentioned by the late Earl of Eglln ton in the Hoise of Lord-* d'l'ring tne'discuadon on tbe Shipping Bill; pid.1854, and.also in the Hou»e oi Commons about the same t-me —Glasgow Herald. ' - 'Xyihinf.:-- •;.-•> : ■•• t -, }. ■' .-