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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 102, 30 April 1878, Page 2

The Tararua sailed for "West Coast ports aDd Melbourne at 5.30 p m. yesterday. The Luna has arrived at Westport from Wellington. The Charles Edward is detained at Westport, and the Murray at Hokitika, by a heavy westerly gale. The sailing of the Lytteiton for Blenheim is postponed on account of the weather until Thursday morning. The Kennedy arrived at Wellington early this morning, and. weather permitting, will leave on the return trip thi3 evening. The Taiaroa leaves Onehunga to-day. She will arrive here to morrow evening, and sail for Wellington and South by the same tide. Owing to the unpropitious state of the weather the sailing of the Lady Barkiy for Golden Bay has been postponed until tomorrow at 4 p.m. "The schooner Urso made a good run across "the Straits, having arrived off Wellington Heads on Saturday afternoon, but in consequence ot thick weather was unable to make the harbor until Sunday morning. The schooner Clio has been taken off the slip at Wellington, after having undergone an overhaul. We understand that Captain Kirk, of the Arthur Wakefield, has been appointed to the command of the Clio. The Arawata, with the Suez mail arrived at the Bluff this morning. Owing to her having to leave Wellington with the outward mail on Friday, she will not come here. Her passengers will be forwarded to her by the Taiaroa, which leaves to-morrow evening. The passengers and crew of the brigantine Ada Owen (with the exception of the captain and passengeis Nolan and Darrach) were stricken with the islaud fever shortly after leaving the islands and two died. The Union Company's s.s. Wellington, Captain M'Gee, arrived in harbor this morning at 7 45. She left Wellington at 2 pm. yesterday, and arrived at Picton at 7.30 p.m.; sailed at 9.45 p.m., and arrived here as above. Passed the steamer Kennedy off Jackson's Head. ' The Wellington returns to Picton and Wellington to-morrow morning at 8 o'clock. By a new arrangement of the Union Steamship Company Nelson will be deprived of weekly communication with the Northern Ports. Eor the future it is intended to despatch one steamer every fortnight from Kelson, the other steamer which carried on the late service proceeding from Wellington direct to Tarauaki. This new arrangement ■will come into force on Saturday next, when the steamer Taranaki wiJl leave Wellington for New Plymouth. The prognostications of the weather wired across from Wellington by Captain Edwin yesterday have been fully realised, for during the whole of last night a strong N.W. wind was raging. This brought along with it a very heavy sea, whsch has been running on the bar mountains high all day. Masters of coasting vessels having taken the precaution to haul away from the wharves no damage has been sustained by the shipping. Business at tbe port bas been entirely suspended, the Chaudiere and Woodbine being unable to discharge cargo on account of the unfavorable state of tbe weather. The Wellington had a dirty night of it last evening, she having experienced strong N.W. winds with heavy sea. Added to this the nighty was pitch dark, and Captain M'Gee had literally to feel his way along the Coast. Just before reaching the Pass the sea was running mountains high, and it required the united efforts of four men to keep the Bteamer before the sea. Had she got broadBide on, she would have stood a very poor chance. Captain M'Gee was on deck all night with a greater portion of the crew, and safely piloted the vessel through the French Pass, though at that time it was impossible to discern anything half a dozen yards distant. Yesterday (says the Newcastle Herald of the 3rd instant) the fine ship Dallam Tower arrived off the port from New Zealand in ballast; but in consequence of instructions (conveyed by the pilot boat) from her agents here, Messrs Bingle, White & Co., she did not enter, but turned round and proceeded to San Francisco. It was mmored that the cause of her thus going away was the expectation of a war between England and Russia, which would cause grain to rise in price in England; and the ship would thus come in for a portion of the golden harvest }ikely to be reaped by shipowners through the conveyance of grain from San Francisco to England.