SAILED.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 218, 14 September 1877, Page 2

SAILED.

oept 13, steamer Murray, 78, Conway, lor Wellington. Passengers: Messrs Coates, Lowe, Finn, Louisson, and I Chinaman.

The departure of the Lyfctelton for Blenheim is postponed uufcil to-morrow afternoon on account of the weather. The Kennedy left Greymouth yesterday for Nelson direct, and arrived this afternoon. ! The Murray arrived at Wellington this afternoon, after a very stormy passage. The Wallace sailed for the Coast yesterday afternoon but has hot yet been reported as having arrived. for London via the Suez Canal. The Taranaki left Wellington at 9 a.m. to-day. She will arrive early to-morrow morning and sail for the North "in the afternoon. Tae Claud Hamilton arrived at Wellington last night after a passage of a little over ten hours. The schooner Waitohi arrived from Havelock la3t evening. She is partly loaded, firewood forming the principal item. The Lady Barkly will be due from Golden Bay this evening. The ketch Prospect arrived from Para Para last evening, bringing a load of hematite ore for Mr Louisson. The Standard returned from the Sandspit last evening. She ha3 on board a cargo from the wreck. The'Arawata left Melbourne for New Zealand on Wednesday afternoon. She will be due at the Bluff on Sunday. The ketch Lily of the Wave arrived from Para Para this morning. She brings a cargo of hematite ore, consigned to Messrs Johnston Brothers. When the Charles Edward passed the Spit this" morning it was blowing hard from the N.W., with: thick dirty weather, so that nothing was seen of the Waipara. It can hardly be possible that she was there as such a heavy sea was running that no steamer would be able to carry on operations there with safety. It is therefore probable that she is lying snugly in Totaranui. The stormy state of the weather has put a stop to the sailing of two or three vessels which were ready to proceed to sea. Added to this there was such a heavy sea running on the bar this morning that it would hr.ve been impossible for email coasters to cross it. The masters of these vessels wisely remained at anchor in harbor in preference to being subjected to a good buffeting, which they most certainly would have got had they proceeded to aea. The p.s. Charles Edward arrived in harbor this morning at 10.30 o'clock from West Coast. She left Nelson for Hokitika direct with a large cargo on Friday, 7th inst, at toine p.m., and experienced strong S.W. winds and heavy head sea until arrived off Hokitikaon Sunday, the 9th, at 3 p.m. Communicated with the shore as to the state of the bar and came to an anchor in the roadstead till next morning, when she crossed the bar at 10.30; discharged cargo, and sailed on Tuesday at 11.30 a.m. for Greymouth, arriving there at 1.30 p.m., took in coal aud left Westport on Wednesday at noon, arriving there at ll p.m.; left for Nelson yesterday at 1.30 p.m., arriving here as above. Experienced strong northerly winds which ! increased to a gale with heavy sea and thick ram on the passage up. The Charles Edward will leave for Hokifcika direct on Sunday at 9 a.m.