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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 137, 1 June 1876, Page 2

The , schooner tfno s.ai'ed again for Adele Island last night for a cargo of stone. The Taranaki arrived from Picton at 2 p m. to-da'v, and sailed for the North at 4 p.m. The schooner Awaroa arrived at Wanganui yesterday afternoon at 4 80, after a good run of 25 hours. The Arawata arrived from Wellington this afternoon, and sailed lor Melbourne via the ' South by the same tide. The .Kennedy arrived from West Coast port8 t this morning She will sail for Karamea oifcSuhday morning. .''.... The Hawea sailed fiom Wellington this afternoon// She will sail for the North at 5 p.m. to-morrow. The' Taupo arrived from Onehunga at the outer; anchorage this morning too late for the tide. k . She came in this afternoon, and left by the same tide for the Fouth. ! The.,.bfigantine Parry having finished taking, in ballast, hauled into the stream this morning. She will be towed to sea by the Murray^ to-morrow, afternoon, and will sail .for Newcastle.' The- Wallace returned to port yesterday morning. She left Nelson on aturday at 8 j p m. tor Wariganut. encountering a S.E. gale in the Straits, compelling her to put back to Port Hardy 'on Sunday morning; left again Bame night, arriving off Wanganui bar at 1 1 a m. on Monday; took the schoouer Cora in tow, - and crossed the bar at Ipm; alter loading with sheep, sailed again at 2 p.m. on Tuesday for Nelson, arriving after a fine weather passage as, above, bhe sails for Wanganui to-aight at 9 o'clock. The s.s. Murray, arrived in hurbor yesterday morning at 11.30, from West Coast porte. She left Nehjon at 8 a.m. on Friday, the 19th MayJ ; with B'rong head wiod, and was compile;! to take shelter in Tofcaranui until next , morning,' when she again made a start, a heavy^. gale ; from the S.W. blowing, but ahe was kept at it although at times it was nearly' a case of turn tail; passed West Wanganui at 4 p.ov'oi the' soth, when the Wallace was seen lying" for shelter, the Murray hoisting - her house flag as a signal; arrived at We»tport the next day at 10.30 a.m., and waited for the Wallace, which arrived on Monday; transhipped:' her cargo and passengers and called for Grey mouth, arriving there on Wednesday morning ;, left on Saturday at 11.30 am., and arriving at Hokitika at 1 30 p.m.^'vle'ft for Grey mouth on Sunday at 6 pm.^ arriving there the same tide; left for Weelport^at'S p.m. arriving there at midnight; 'left at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, and arrived here as above. Experienced fine weather on the upward trip, bhe sails for Wcßt Coast ports to-morrow at 3 p.m. The- captain' of the barque Mora, which arrived at. New- York on January .1, from Yokohama, says the World, relates a rem irkable,pf;currence which came under his observation during the voyage. At 8 o'clock in the morning of December 8, in lat. 11 deg 17 minf' ipn's?/ 24 ; deg ,W., the officers and crew felt a distinct shock of earthquake. A light, unß'eady'' south-east breeze was .blowing at the time, veeriog and hauling between south 80Uth-e«t and east 'south-east (an unusual trade wind), and .the weather was close and oppressive. ' Aimo«t every variety of cloud was in eight— the cumuli were tinged with a , fiery* red color. The shock wai very atrong, accompanied with a low, rumbling noise, like dißtant thunder. The ship was so ihaken that the dishes on the table rattled violently. The., sea was smooth, and the current ran south south-ea«t at the rate of 22 miles in 24 hours. ; There was a vibrating motion on the water "during the shock, which ended with it, leaving the sea perfectly smooth again.