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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 31, 5 February 1877, Page 2

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February 3, schooner Colonist, 43, Bailey, from Manukau. 4 steamer Taupo, 461, Carey, from Taranaki and Manukau — Passengers: Misses Hirst, Devenish, Marshall, Mesdatnes Morton, Howe, Messrs Howe, Scott. Robinson, Ponsonby, Goodacre, M'Cornish, Chapman 5, schooner May 21, Glover, from Tata Islands. SAILED. February 4, ketch Standard, 10, Fletcher, for Moutere. .. 5, staatner Taupo, 461, Carey, for Picton and South — Passengers : Mesdames Smith, Kerr and 4 children, Lewers, Caspar and infant, Master Nairn, Messrs Kerr, Caspar, Scott, M'Gee, Wimsett, Powell, Humphreys, Hounsell, Wymond, Fletcher, Barnes, Rives, Southern, Twist, Martin, Tribe, Hill, Darby, Milner, Fox, Widdowa. — steamer Wallace, 64, Dillon, for West Coa3t — Passengers : Miss Payne, Messrs Rogers, Turnbull, Holds, Preston, Caygill, M'DonnelL — steamer Lady Barkly, 30, Walker, for Golden Bay. ; ■ IMPOETS. Colonist, from Manukau— 3s,oooJ!t kauri ! timber, Mabin. - ' .

The Charles Edward reports heavy rain j at Welliogton to-day, so that she is unable to discharge cargo. She will sail tonight) weather permitting, arrive to-morrow, and sail the same day for West Coast ports. The Wallace was despatched at noon today to Westport) whence she will convey the Kennedy's mails to G-reymouth, from which place they will be forwarded overland to Hokitika. She will leave, on the return on Thursday, carrying the outward San Francisco mail frpm the West Coast. As the Kennedy was entering the Buller River on Saturday night she encountered a heavy flood, and something (from the telegrams received it is not very clear what) going wjrong with her propellers, she was unable to make any way against it, and consequently drifted on to the inner point of the SouJh Spit. Yesterday she floated, but, Btea/n .failing, she went on again, but this morning was more successful, and is now a'ongsidethe wharf at Westpori. As soon as the flood subsides she will be beached, and her propellers properly fixed, and she will proceed to Hokitika and Greymouth. The Union Company's s.s. Taupo, Captain Carey,;ar"rived in harbor last evening about 12 o'clock. She left Onehunga at I p.m. on Saturday, arriving off New Plymouth at daylight yesterday morning; landed passengers and cargo, and sailed for Nelson at 8 a.m., arriving here as above. Dirty thick weather, with heavy rain and high sea, and winds from N.VV*. to S.E., were experienced on the passage down. The Taupo sailed sailed shortly after noon for Picton and Wellington, at which port she will tranship passengers and cargo into the Taiaroa, returning here on Wednesday in. the place of the Hawea., . The .fore-and-aft schooner Colonist arrived from Manukau oh Saturday evening shortly after five, and, the tide then being on the eb •, came to an anchor. There was a nasty jobble on at the time, and the schooner was rolling about so heavily that the master made a start to come into harbor shortly after the tide had turned. Being a stranger to the port, he did not know the run of the tides, arid the vessel caught her keel on one of the numerous mussel banks at the entrance to the harbor. Pilot Lowe immediately put off to the assistance of the Colonist, and shortly after, she floated, was brought into harbor, and anchored in the stream, apparently none the worse for her misfortuue. She brings a cargo of kauri timber, consigned to Mr John R. Mabin. The vicissitudes of fortune endured by the schooner May are proverbial, and her last trip has added another to them. She left here seventeen days ago, bound for Para Para for a cargo of hematite ore. All went well until the Tata Islands were reached, when strong N.W. winds were experienced. Several times she essayed to reach Para Para, but ■without success, it being impossible to force her against the heavy gale. Once she was within five miles of her destination, when a gale set in, against which she hammered for some time, -but without making any headway, and at last she had to succumb to overwhelming odds, and beat a retreat to the islands. The provisions were now getting short, but the arrival of the Australian Maid furnished the needful, and another attempt wa3 made to reach Para Para, but with the same luck as before, and at last the master seeing no chance of reaching there, loaded with limestone at the Tata Islands, leaving at noo.; yesterday, and arriving here this morning. During the time that the May was thrashing against the wind she narrowly escaped getting ashore several times. Captain Glover reports a strong current in the Bay, caused by the fresh, the water being discolored for miles out to sea.