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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 71, 23 March 1878, Page 2

The Albion will be due at Hokitika from Melbourne to-morrow. The Wallace sails for Wellington on Monday at noon. The Lyttelton left Blenheim for Wellington at 9 o'clock this morning. The Murray leaves Greymouth today, and Westport to-morrow, arriving on Monday. The Charles T'dward arrived at Westport early tbis morning, after a hard passage, and leaves for Hokitika to-night. The Kennedy arrived from Wellington last evening, and will sail for West Coast ports to-morrow at 2 p.m. The Stella called at Cape Farewell on Wednesday last, for the purpose of landing some stores. The Alhambra leaves Wellington this evening, will arrive here to-morrow morning, and sail for Melbourne via West Coast ports on Monday at 11 a.m. The Tasso is discharging her cargo of coal rapidly, and she will probably have a clean hold by knock off time on Monday. She will sail for Newcastle as soon as practicable. The schooner Richard and Mary left Lyttelton for Oamaru last evening. She will load at that port with breadstuffs for Nelson. The Wellington sailed for Picton and Wellington at 11 a.m. to-day. She leaves the latter port on Monday, will arrive on Tuesday, and return to the above ports at noon the same day. The schooner May arrived from Collingwood this morning, arid brings a cargo of coal, the product of the Para Para Company's mine. She sighted the schooner Elibank Castle lying in Totaranui for shelter yesterday. The Celestial Queen will haul alongside the Albion Wharf on Monday, and commence ballasting the same day. This will be put into the vessel at the rate of 100 tons per day, and as the barque requires about 4uo tons, it will be the latter end of next week before she is ready for sea. The Union Company's s.s. Taranaki, Capt. Malcolm, arrived in harbor this morning at 9.30. She left Port Chalmers at 1.30 p.m. on the 20th, and arrived at Lyttelton at 9.30 a.m. on the 21st; sailed at 5.15 p.m. same day, and reached Wellington at 9.45 yesterday morning; left at 8.30 a.m., and arrived here as above. Fine weather was experienced throughout the passage. After landing about 60 tons of cargo in good time, the Taranaki sailed for Taranaki and Manukau shortly after 1 p.m.