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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 43, 19 February 1878, Page 2

The schooner Awaroa was to leave Wanganui for Nelson to-day. The Rotorua arrived at Auckland from Sydney this morning. The Lyfctelton sailed for Blenheim this afternoon. The Charles Edward leaves Greymouth to-day, will arrive on Thursday, and sail for Wellington direct at 5 p.m. The Wallace left Wanganui for Wellington and Nelson last night. She will arrive here to-morrow morning. The Hawea, with the San Francisco mail, arrived at Wellington last night, after a long passage from Napier. The Lady Barkly will sail on her U3ual trip to Golden Bay at seven o'clock this evening. The cutter Goldseeker arrived from Havelock ihis morning with a general cargo, consisting principally of sheep: The Luna arrived from Wellington this morning at 11 o'clock, haviug left there at 8 p.m. yesterday. She will be placed on the hard for the purpose of being cleaned and painted. The Luna is announced to sail for Westport and Greymouth on Thursday evening. The barque Tasso was towed to sea last evening, and anchored off the Lighthouse for a few hours, after which she sailed for Newcastle. There was but very little wind blowing during the night, and at daylight this morning the barque had not got many iles away. The Taiaroa left Onehunga at 9.50 a.m to-day. She will arrive here to-morrow eveuing, and tranship her passengers and cargo into the Wellington, which steamer will sail for Wellington and South ou Thursday. The Taiaroa brings the Nelson portiou of the San Francisco mail. While crossing the Wairau bar yesterday week the steamer Napier had the misfortune to get ashore through a fishing net getting foul of her propellor. All attempts to get her off having failed, the cargo was landed on Friday, and the steamer shortly afterwards floated, none the worse for her mishap. The Union. Coinpauy's s.s. Wellington, Captain Al'Gec, arrived In harbor this morning at 7.30. She left Wellington at 3 p.m. yesterday, and reached Picton at 8 p.m.j sailed at 10 p.m., came through the Pass at 4.30 this morning, and arrived here as above. Experienced a strong S.E. sea, but no wind in the Straits. The Wellington sails for Picton and Welliugton at 8 p.m. An inquiry into the cause of the collision between the steamer Arawata and the brig Albert the Good, which took place in Port Phillip Bay on the 4th ultimo, was held before the Pilot Board at Melbourne on Feb. 4th. The evidence of the master, first and second mates, and helmsman of the brig, showed that the steamer was seen fully half an hour before th? collision took place. The brig was kept on her course, as the steamer was expected to pass ahead of her. When the collision was inevitable, the master of the brig ordered the helm to bo put hard down. The master and first and second mates were all aft from the time the vessels sighted one another till the collision occurred. The Board gave the following decision:— "1. That there was no alteration in the course of the Albert the Good, which caused the collision. 2. That the master of the Arawata omitted to give sufficient- warning to the Albert the Good by sounding the whistle, biowiug off steam, or making some decisive signal (which his skill aud experience would suggest) to show that the engines could not be immediately moved, and that she was unable to get out ot the way. 3. That the 75 th regulation for preventing collisions requires a steamer to keep oud of

***■* °* a sailing vessel, yet the master ot tne Albert the Good was not bound to throw his vessel into danger, and that he did not -ake the necessary precautions of being ready for staying his vessel, and putting her about, which, if he had done, would in all probability have prevented the collision. The Board, in dealing with this matter, considers the masters of both vessels to have been guilty of errora in judgment, but not amountiug to a default, and cautions them to exercise more care in future."