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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 145, 21 June 1877, Page 2

The Lyttelton arrived from Blenheim this afternoon, and will return to that port on Monday. . ■"-",'' The Albion left Hokitika last night, and \nll arrive to-night. She will sail for Wellington to-morrow afternoon. The Charles Edward leaves Greymouth to-day for Nelson via Westport, and will arrive here on Saturday morning. '_ • The Murray arrived at Westport yesterday afternoon, and sailed for Greymouth this morning. * ■ The Wellington, which left here on Friday, only crossed the Manukau bar yesterday afternoon. She was to sail for the South this afternoon. .'. ; The Tararua will arrive from Wellington to-morrow, and sail for Melbourne" via West Coast the same day. - • The Hawea was tendered at New Plymouth this morning, and proceeded onto Onehunga. The Result arrived at Westport this morning. The cutter Maid of Italy arrived from Riwaka this morning with a general cargo. The Lady Barkly sailed for Golden Bay early this morning. She will return to port on Saturday afternoon. The brig Albion was this morning taken to Haul-ashore Island, where she will discharge the remainder of her cargo of timber. The cutter Dart is daily expected from Havelock. The Taupo arrived at Port Chalmers with the §an Fraucisco mail at 9*55 a.m. to-day. She has made the rnn down the coast in five days, less four hours. The brig Transport will probably finish discharging her cargo of coal to-morrow evenihg. She will at once commence taking in ballast, and, if favored by fine weather, will get to sea at the beginning of next week. Her destination is Newcastle. - We mentioned yesterday that a schooner was beating up to the harbor at the time of our going to press. The vessel proved to be the Reward, bound from Lyttelton to Hokitika, having put in here through stress of weather. Captain Westlake reports leaving Lyttelton on the 30th nit., and had 'moderate' weather, arriving off Hokitika on the 9th inst., and came to an anchor. On that day the wind commenced to blow hard from the N.W., accompanied with heavy rain.. The wind soon increased to s gale, which. raised a very high sea, and as the vessel was riding heavily, the anchor had to be slipped, with 50 fathoms of chain and 30 fathoms of coir rope, and the vessel proceeded to sea under close-reefed canvas. This was on the 12th, and on the 13th the wind suddenly veered round to the S.W., and caught the schooner aback, carrying away the fore stay. The weather having moderated a little on the 14th, Captain Westlake stood back to the bar, and waited for the tug to come out. She lay there for some days, during which she had a portion of her bulwarks carried away, also the companion hatch. A heavy sea found its way down the cabin, filling it with water, and damaging the provisions. Several sails were split, and others blown away during the gale. As there was no probability of being taken in tow by the tug, and as the provisions were all spoilt, the Reward bore up for Nelson on the 18th, rounded the Spit on the evening of the 19th, and arrived in harbor yesterday afternoon. The Lizzie Guy, Pelican, Prosperity, and Owake were in company with the Reward off Hokitika. The Reward will repair damages here, for which purpose the cargo will probably have to be discharged.