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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIIL, Issue 106, 6 May 1878, Page 2

The Ringarooma will be due at the Bluff 4his evening. The Lyttelton leaves Blenheim for WelJlington to-day. The Murray will make a special trip to New Plymouth, leaving here this afternoon. The Kennedy arrived at Westport yesterday morning, and will leave for Hokitika this afternoon. The schooner Uno arrived from Wellington on Saturday evening. She will again load timber for that port. The Lady Barkly will leave on her usual trip to Golden Bay to-morrow at 2 p.m., returning here on Saturday. The Richard and Mary left Oamaru for JNelson on Saturday last. She has on board a cargo of grain, consigned to Mr R. Levien. The Martha Reid sailed out of harbor yesterday morning. Her destination is Greymouth, where she will load coai for some southern poit, probably Lyttelton. We understand that the yacht, whioh for some time past has heen lying opposite Mr Giibertson's lime kiln at the port, has been purchased by a gentleman at Wellington, and will procesd to that port immediately. The Wellington left Wellington at one p.m. to-day. She will arrive here to-morrow morning, and sail for Collingwood with excursionists by the same tide at 11.30 a.m. From Collingwood she will proceed to Picton and Wellington. The barque Tasso ran up the Bay this afternoon, and came to an anchor off the Lighthouse, being too late for the tide. She is from Newcastle, and brings a cargo of coal consigned to Mr J. S. Cross, junr. The Tasso will be towed into harbor to-morrow morning. The topsail schooner signalled on Saturday turned out to be, as was anticipated, the Elizabeth Curie from Oamaru with a load of breadstuffs. She was towed into harbor by the pilot boat yesterday morning, and berthed alongside the new Government wharf where she commenced discharging cargo this morning. The Wellington will make an excursion trip to Collingwood to-morrow, leaving here at 11-30 a.m. This opportunity of travelling in such a comfortable steamer will no doubt bejtaken advantage of, and it is probable that the number of excursionists which she has on board from Wellington will be increased here. The p.s. Charles Edward arrived alongside the Albion Wharf last evening at 9 o'clock. She left Nelson on tbe 28th ultimo at 9 a.m.i experienced strong S.W. wind in the Bay, ■which increased to a gale off Cape Farewell with heavy sea, against which she battled all night, arriving at Westport at 10 a.m. on the 29th; was detained there on account of boisterous N.W. weather until 9 p.m. on the lst instant when she sailed for Hokitika, experienced heavy S.W. swell with light breeze, arriving there at 8.30 a.m. on the 22nd; left again at 9 a.m. on the 3rd for Greymouth, arriving there at 11.30 a.m. same tide; sailed at 10 a.m. on the 4th, arriving at Westport at 9 p.m. same day; left at 10.30 p.m. same tide for Nelson,* arriving here as above. Experienced light variable winds to Rocks Point, thence to Neison S.W. winds. Passed the s.s. Kennedy oif the White Cliffs The Charles Edward sails for Wellington at 6 o'clock to-night.