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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 229, 27 September 1877, Page 2

The cutter Midge arrived from Waitapu last evening. The Goldseeker sailed for Havelock last evening with a general cargo. The Peari sailed for North Wanganui last evening with a cargo of rails. The Maid of Italy sailed for Riwaka last evening. The Lily of the Wave arrived from Marahau last evening with a load of timber. The Rotarua left Auckland for Sydney yesterday. The Australia with the San Francisco mail left Auckland yesterday. The Napier sailed for Blenheim shortly before six o'clock last evening, and arrived there at noon to-day. The Taranaki is to leave for the north to-morrow at noon. The Lyttelton arrived at Wellington from Kekerangu this morning with a cargo of produce for London. The Charles Edward arrived at Hokitika to-day, and will leave to-morrow for Nelson via intermediate ports. The ketch Argus is an unfortunate vessel indeed. After knocking about for over a month this side of the Hokitika Spit, she at last reaches her destination, only to be piled up on the beach as our telegrams inform us. The bngantine Esther sailed from Waitapu for Lyttelton on Tuesday evening with a load of timber. Some difficulty was experienced in getting out of Waitapu in consequence of the brigantine's heavy draught of water. The Richard and Mary arrived this afternoon, but being too late to save the tide she came to an anchorage outside the Boulder Bank. She is from. Wellington, Avhich port she left on Tuesday evening. The Richard and Mary brings a load of railway iron. The Colonial Government steamer Stella arrived in Astrolabe roadstead on Monday for the purpose of erecting a beacon on Hapukaßeef. Owing to bad weather the Work was not finished until Tuesday, when the Steila steamed away. The Union Company's s.s. Wanaka, Captain M'Gillivray, came into harbor last evening at 10 o'clock. She left Onehunga at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, and reached Taranaki early yesterday morning, disembarked and embarked passengers and landed cargo, sailing for Nelson at 7 a.m., and arriving here as above. 2?ine weather and smooth sea characterised the passage throughout. The Wanaka sailed for Southern Ports at 10 a.m. to-day. The s.s. Kennedy returned to port this morning at 7 o'clock. She reports leaving Nelson on Thursday, the 20th iust., at noon, for West Coast ports; arriving at Westport after a fine run at 7 a.m. on Friday; left again for Hokitika at 10 p.m. the same day, arriving there on Saturday at 9 a.m. ; sailed for the Grey on Sunday, arriving there the same tide; took in a cargo of coal3,and sailed for Weatport on. Tuesday at noon, arriving 1 there the same day at 9 p.m.; sailed for Nelson yesterday at noon, arriving here as above. A smooth water passage was experienced on the run home. The Kennedy sails for Wellington at 6 p.m.