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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 289, 6 December 1877, Page 2

The Wallace will leave for the West Coast to-morrow weather permitting.

The Kingarooma arrived at Melbourne from New Zealand on Tuesday.

The Arawata, with the Suez mail, left Melbourne for the Bluff yesterday. The departure of the Lyttelton for Blenheim has been postponed until to-morrow at 11 a.m.

The Charles Edward and Kennedy are both weatherbound at Greymouth, where they report: "North-west gale, raining hard and river rising "

The topsail schooner T. B. Taylor, and a fore-and-aft schooner belonging to the WaiCara left Totaranui on Saturday for the West Coast.

The Wellington has been detained at Wellington through stress of weather, consequently her departure from here for Taranaki and Manukau has been postponed uutil Saturday morning at eleven o'clock.

The schooner Awaroa came into harbor laat evening from Wanganui, having accomplished the all round trip in four days. She brings a cargo of live stock, which were Janded this morning in good condition.

The Colonial Government steamer Stella sailed for Wellington shortly after seven o'clock last night. She probably had a dirty night of it, as it was blowing hard all the time. ,

The Government have resolved to utilise the Hinemoa, which has been laid up for over five months, for the purpose of conveying the Northern members of the Assembly to their homes. The Hinemoa was taken up on the Patent Slip at Wellington on Tuesday to be cleaned and painted prior to being put into commission.

The Taranaki came into harbor last evening at 8.30, after a passage of fourteen hours from Taranaki. Owing to the bad state of the weather it was not deemed prudent to sail by the same tide, and her departure was jpostpoued until seven o'clock this morning, shortly after which hour she left for Picton, Wellington, and South.

The contractors for floating the cutter Dido may fairly be congratulated upon having accomplished their task in so short a time. On their arrival at Totaranui they found all the cargo upon the beach, it having been taken out by those living at tbat place Screws were at once placed under the vessel's bilge, aud ahe was lifted sufficiently high, so as to admit of the rocks on which she was lying being knocked away by means of a hammer and gads. The holes, seven in •number, were then patched up, and tbe vessel lowered down on her side, as there was thought to be enough specific gravity in the cutter to float her. This supposition proved to be correct, for at three-quarter flood ou Friday morning, while the men were haviag something to eat tho Dido floated off herself. She was then placed ou the beach for the purpose of making the patches more secure, and a temporary rudder having been rigged, sail was set for Nelson on Tuesday morning, but as there was little or no wiud that day, she was unable to reach here until yesterday. As the vessel worked badly in consequence of the keel being chafed, and the impromptu rudder not steering her very well, she was brought iuto harbor by the •pilot, and' this morning moored alougside Franzen's Wharf.