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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 104, 2 May 1878, Page 2

The Dno left Wellington for Nelson this morning. ■ The Lyttelton sailed for Blenheim this • morning. The Murray arrived at Greymouth from Hokitika this morning. The Charles Edward arrived at Hokitika • from Westport this morning. The Woodbine will finish discharging; her cargo this evening, and as her" ballast'"is: on board she will sail for Newcastle to-mor-: row morning. The Wellington arrived at Wellington late' last evening. She leaves there this evening, , will arrive here to-morrow morning, and Bail for Picton and Wellington at 9 a.m. on •Saturday. The Martha Reid, a large topsail schooner, arrived this morning from Oamaru, after a . rather long passage, caused, in the main, by bad weather. She was berthed alongside the Albion Wharf, and.commenced discharge ing her cargo, which consists of breadstuffs, during the day. • While on the passage between Napier and Auckland one of the firemen on board the steamer Rotorua deliberately jumped from the .bridge of the steamer into the water. The water" apparently cooled his courage, and caused him to forego his determination of leaving this world, for no sooner was a life buoy thrown to him than he grasped it with, , great avidity and held on until he was res-' cued by a boat. The would-be suicide was handed over to the police at Auckland. i . The Union Company's s.s. Taiaroa, Capt. Kennedy, came into harbor this morning at' 6 o'clock. She left Onehunga at 8 a.m. oa Tuesday, and the anchorage at 3 p.m., arriving in Taranaki roadstead early yesterday morning; landed passengers, mails, and cargo, and sailed for Nelson at 1 p.m., arriving here as above. The Taiaroa sailed for Wellington and South by the same tide at 7.45 a.m. She , calls at Picton for the purpose of shipping a quantity of cargo for the South. The Arawata will reach .Wellington to-! morrow morning, and sail for Melbourne with the outward Suez mail in the afternoon. She appears to have had rather a rough time of it on the passage down. On the 29th ultimo a terriffic N.W. gale was experienced with fierce squalls and heavy sea. She hove to at 8 a.m., wben the -wind attained hurricane force with high breaking sea. Several sails and the starboard boat were blown! away. At 4.30 p.m. the gale moderated, and the Arawata proceeded on her course at half .speed. The Anchor Liner Kennedy, Capfc. Palmer, returned to port this morning at 7 o'clock: She left here at 4 pm. on Monday, and experienced a heavy northerly pale "across the Straits. On rounding Cape Farewell it blew with almost hurreane force, driving the little steamer along at a tremendous rate; Arrived at Wellington at 7 a m. on Tuesday, and left on the return trip at 6.30 pm. yesterday, reaching here as above. The Kennedy sails for West Coast ports via Motueka at 8 a.m. on Saturday. ; The schooner Clio, which had the misfortune to get ashore at Wellingtoa during a N.W. gale on Tuesday last, is insured in the National office for £800, of which £400 is reinsured in the South British. The Clio had only just come off the slip after receiving a thorough overhaul and being re-cop-pered, and had been handed over to her owners, Messrs Page & Co., of Waitapu, on Monday last.