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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 250, 22 October 1877, Page 2

The Kennedy arrived from West Coast ports to-day at noon. The Charles Edward will leave Westport to-night for Hokitika, where the channel is reported good. The Murray sailed for West Coast ports this morning. The Wallace will leave Wellington for Picton and Nelson at midnight. She will sail for Wanganui on Wednesday. The Claud Hamilton, the first of Messrs M'Meckan and Blackwood's boats to call at Westport, was tendered there on Saturday. She landed one passenger, and took away another. J The Sea Spray, bound for Newcastle, will probably be towed to sea this evening. The Sisters arrived from Motupipi on Saturday evening. j The schooner Australian Maid arrived from Tata Islands on Saturday evening. She brings a load of limestone for Mr Gilbertson The schooners Nelson and Richard and Mary were seeu by the Hawea yesterday lying snugly at anchor in Ship Cove. There was a N.W. gale raging outside at the time. The Waipara hauled on to the gridiron tins morning for the purpose of being cleaned and painted. She will sail for the West Coast about Wednesday evening. The strong N.W. gale yesterday morning caused one or two of the coasting vessels to drag their anchors, but fortunately they brought up before any damage was done. The Arawata sailed f r South and Melbourne at 7 p.m on Saturday with the outward Suez mail, and reached Wellington at 6.30 a.m. yesterday. The Union Company's s.s. Hawea, after a lengthened absence from this port, came into harbor last evening. She left Port Chalmers on Thursday afternoon, and arrived at Lyttelton next morning; sailed same afternoon and arriving at Wellington on Saturday morning; left there at 3 a.m. yesterday, and reached Picton at 10 a m.; sailed again at 11 aud arrived here afc 7.30 p.m. Experienced' strong head winds from Port Chalmers to Wellington, thence a heavy N.W. gale across the Straits, which lasted until reaching Jackson's Heads. The Hawea sails North, carrying the outward San Francisco mail, at j 7 p.m. The Union Company's ss. Taranaki, Captain Anderson, arrived last evening. She left Onehunga at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday, and arrived off Taranaki. early yesterday morning. The surf boat at once put off from the shore, but when a short distance away she was seen to suddenly turn broadside on to the surf and swamp. It was thought by those on board the steamer that the line had broken, and, as there was no appearance of the boat coming off again, the Taranaki stood on for Nelson without communicating with the shore. Experienced a strong N.VV. gale in the Straits yesterday. The Taranaki saited for Southern Ports afc 9.30 this mora-