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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 12, 14 February 1878, Page 2

H.M.S. Sappho arrived at Sydney from the Islands on Thursday last. The schooner Nelson sailed from Wellington for Waitapu on Friday morning. The Wallace sailed for Wellington this afternoon. The Murray arrived at Westport this morning, and will sail for Hokitika to-night. The. Charles Edward leaves Greymouth for Nelson via Westport this evening. The Lyttelton leaves Blenheim for Wellington this afternoon. The attention of passengers and others is directed to an alteration in the time-table of the Lady Barkly, which will be found in the advertisement.". The Wellington left Wellington at three o'clock this afternoon for Nelson. She will arrive; here early to-morrow morning, and is advertised to sail for Wellington at 3 p.m. The Ringarooma left Melbourne for New Zealand last week, but as she is going to call at Milford Sound her arrival at the Bluff may not be looked for until to-morrow. The Luna arrived ■- from the West Coast yesterday at noon, having left Westport the previous day at 3.30 p.m. She sailed for Wellington shortly after noon to-day. The Taranaki gailed for Tarauaki and Manukau shortly after eleven o'clock on Saturday evening, and received the Northern portion of the Suez mail from the Arawata outside the Boulder Bank. She arrived off the Mapukau bar at seven o'clock this morning, but on account of the <ide would not be able to cross it untij. this afternoon. The Maori arrived from Lyttelton and Dunedin yesterday afternoon at five o'clock, having left the,- former, port( at- A p.m. on Saturday. On the passage She experienced a aeavytsquall with thunder and lightning. 4he latter being at times very vivid. The latter sailed for West Coast ports and the Sounds at noon to-day. Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood, and Co.'s s.s. Arawata, Captain Underwood; with the' Suez mail, came into harbor at 1 o'clock on Sunday morning. She was detained two days at Melbourne for the Suez mail, filially leaving on January 4th, experienced thick squally weather on the passage down, arriving at the Bluff at daylight on the 9th; called at Port Chalmers and Lyttelton, and reached Wellington at 7 a.vi. on Saturday; saiied at 1 p.m., and arrived here as above. The Arawata sailed for Wellington, South, and: Melbourne with the outward Suez mail, at .2.30 p.m. She made a good run across the Straits, having arrived at Wellington at eleven o'clock last night. The Arawata was to leave there for Lyttelton at noon to-day. Tfce recent passage of the Arawata, from Melbourne was rather an eveutful one. When fiomipg down Hobsou's Bay the engines had to be stopped for a little while to repair some trifling damage, and while the vessel was laying-to she was run iuto by a brig named Albert th,e Good. The brig carried away the Arawata's rail on both sides forward, and the former iv her turn lost her jibboom, besides sustaining some other damage. On board the Arawata was Major I'earce, for several years Captain of the Wellington Artillery, and who was on his way to Wellington from a trip to the Old CSoHßtry. As that corps was desirous of showing some respect for their old commander, they mustered on Saturday morning and firei a, salute iv honor of his arrival. This was responded to from the Arawata, and one of the sailors, vyho had neglected to wet the sponge before gleaning the cannon out, liiereby leaving some fire jn it, while iv the act of loading the charge wemt oft, blowing away the greater portion of the poor fellow's riglst hand, and sending the ramrod .somewhere into the middle of the town. The seaman was removed to-the Hospital, and it is probable that his ar/n will have to be amputated.