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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 83, 6 April 1878, Page 2

The Taiaroa arrived at Wellington last evening at 8.30 o'clock The Arawata left Wellington with the Suez mail yesterday afternoon. The Adamant will leave Napier for London on Wednesday. The Lyttelton leaves Blenheim for Nelson this afternoon. The Murray with the Wallace in tow left Wanganui for Nelson this afternoon. The Kennedy sailed at 9.30 -thi3 morning for «'est Coast ports via Motueka. . The Charles Edward arrived atGreymouth to-day, and will sail to-morrow for Westport and Nelson. The Woodbine with a cargo of coals for Messrs IT. Edwards & Co., leaves Newcastle to-day. The Awaroa sailed from Wanganui for Nelson this morning, with a full cargo of wool, skins, and tallow. Snoukl she meet I "with favorable winds her arrival here may be looked for in the course of to-morrow. The boiler, weighing 26cwt, of the yacht Tainui, was successf ally placed iv her this morning. Owing to her great bearings it put her down in the water but very little. The Tainui now sits as graceful as a duck on the water. The Celestial Queen made a fair passage to Napier, having arrived there on Thursday. Her stay at that port will be very brief, as the cargo is handy for discharging, and the vessel has her ballast in. The Ringarooma has been placed in the dock at Melbourne. The Alhambra, which takes her place this month, will come via the Bluff as far as Nelson, and then return by the same route. She will arrive here about the 16th. _ The Wellington sailed for Picton and Wellington shortly before ten this morning. While in port she was cleaned and painted from truck to keel, and she certainly looks none the worse for it. The Wellington leaves Wellington on the return trip on Monday, arriving here on Tuesday, and sailing for Picton and Wellington by the same tide at noon. The Union Company's s.s. Taranaki, Captain Malcolm, arrived in harbor this morning at 9 o'clock. She left Port Chalmers at 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday, and arrived at Lyttelton at 830 a.m. on the 4th; sailed at 4.15 p.m. same day, and reached Wellington at 8.45 a.m. yesterday; left at 8.30 p.m., came through the French Pass, and arrived here as above. Fine weather with light winds was experienced throughout. Owing to the large quantity of cargo which she had to land and ship, she was unable to get away by the same tide. Her departure was therefore postponed until 8 o'clock this evening, when she will sail for Taranaki and Manukau.