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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 119, 20 May 1878, Page 2

The Maori reached Westport yesterday morning. The Tararua will be due at the Bluff tomorrow morning from Melbourne. The Lyttelton leaves at 3 p.m. on Wednesday for Blenheim and Wellington. The Kennedy arrived from the West Coast yesterday, and sails for Wellington to-night at seven o'clock. The Wallace leaves Wesfcporfc to-night for Greymouth. The Charles Edward arrived at Hokitika to-day from Greymouth. She leaves again for Greymouth to-morrow. The Arawata was to leave Melbourne to-day if the Suez mail should arrive there by that time. The Elizabeth Curie, bound for West Wanganui, put into the Croixelles on Saturday morning. Her master desired to be reported. The Wellington left Wellington at 2 p.m. to-day, will arrive here to-morrow morning, and sail for Picton and Wellington by the same tide ab 11 am., conveying East Coast passengers to the Hawea. The crew of the Mermaid, which was •wrecked at the Tata Islands on Saturday week, arrived here by the Sisters yesterday. An enquiry into the cause of the wreck will be held at the Custom House to-morrow morning. The Tainui made a trip to Motueka and back yesterday, with a number of passengers. The day was a splendid one for testing the speed of the miniature steamer, but unfortunately something went amiss with tbe pump, and she had to be eased down once or twice Despite this drawback the distance •was covered in two hours. The same thing occurred on the way back, necessitating the eDgines being slackened. The schooner Nelson appears to have had a trying time of it lately. The owner today received a telegram stating that she arrived at Napier yesterday, having experienced a fearful gale last Wednesday, with a tremendous heavy sea, which threw the vessel on her beam ends. Captain t Kobinson had to cut away the mainmast in order to save the vessel and crew. The Nelson is reported to have behaved admirably during the gale. Masters of coasting vessels complain of the lamp on the Motueka Wharf not being lighted every night. On Wednesday last the schooner Sisters ran for shelter there, but there being no light the master could not make the channel out, and had to come to an anchor outside the bar. During the night the cable parted and the vessel had to put to sea, having had a very narrow escape from getting ashore. Had there been a light the vessel could have entered the harbor safely. As Motueka is a place which is sought for shelter by masters of coasting vessels, it is hoped the proper authorities will see to this grievance, and have it remedied as early as possible. The Union Company's s.s. Taiaroa, Capt. Kennedy, arrived in harbor yesterday morning at 8.30. She left Onehunga at 7 o'clock on Thursday morning, but was unable to cross the Manukau bar in consequence of a heavy sea running; the anchor was dropped for the night, and on Friday morning the bar was crossed, the steamer reaching Taranaki in the evening; landed mails, passengers, and a large batch of cargo— lso tons— on Saturday, sailing for Nelson at 6 p.m., and arriving here as above. She sailed for Wellington and South this morning. The Anchor Liner Murray, Captain Conway, arrived in harbor at 9.30 p.m. on Saturday. She left Nelson at noon on Wednesday, but was compelled to take shelter at Tonga in consequence of a heavy gale. The anchor was hove up at 1.30 p.m. on Thursday, and New Plymouth was reached at 11 a.m. on Friday, after a rough passage; landed cargo, and shipped 30 balei of fungus and 10 pigs, sailing for Nelson at 5.30 p.m., and arriving here as above. From the time of leaving until arrival here nothing but a series of gales from N.W. to S.W. have been experienced, with terrific sea, and while lying at Tonga the wind blew " big guns," accompanied with thunder and lightning. The Murray reports the Government steamer Stella lying in Taranaki roadstead. She was a week out from Wellington for that port. The Murray sails for Wanganui this evening at 6 o'clock.