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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 142, 13 June 1878, Page 2

The Wallace arrived from Wanganui this morning, having left there yesterday afternoon.

The Charles Edward sails for West Coast ports at seven o'clock to-night. . The Lyttelton arrived from Blenheim jthis morning, and will return to the same port on Saturday.

The Albion leaves Melbourne to-day. Hokitlka is her first port of call. . The schooner May is advertised to sail for Havelock to-morrow evening. The cutters Dauntless and Maid of Italy arrived to-day from Motueka with cargoes of potatoes for the Waratah.

The Elizabeth Curie has at last succeeded in getting out of West Wanganui. She reached Wellington on Tuesday lasfc. The Uno is loading with timber for Wellington. She will probably sail for that port to-night.

The Anchor Lice steamers were gaily bedecked with bunting to-day on the occasion of a relative of one of the officers being married.

The Taiaroa left New Plymouth at noon to-day, will arrive here early to-morrow morning, and sail for Wellington and South at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

The Welington leaves Wellington this afternoon, will arrive to-morrow morning, and return to Picton and Wellington at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday. The Claud Hamilton will not come to Nelson on her present trip. Her passengers and cargo will be forwarded to her at' Wellington by the steamers Taiaroa or Wellington. . . . ■

One day last week as the Hero was lying at the breastwork in Wellington harbor, some scoundrel went on board and with a sharp knife cut and hacked the sails, rendering al) but a small jib utterly useless. The Anchor Liner Murray returned from Wellington this morning at 4.30. She left there at 2.15 "p.m. yesterday, towing the brig Robin Hood, bound for Newcastle, into the Straits, and arrived here as above. Experienced fine weather across the Straits. The Murray sailed for Taranaki at 130 p.m. Another shipment of West Wanganui coal may be expected here in the course of a week or two. The difficulties to-be contended with at West Wanganui are great. First there is the delay at the mine should there he more than one vessel in port, as the Tessel which comes in last has to wait her torn to be loaded. On the last trip of the May she had to wait 17 days for this reason. Next there is a bad bar to be crossed. On account of its shallowness this is no easy matter for vessels of a heavy draught of water. When there is added to this the time it sometimes takes to round the Spit, it will be seen that coal from West Wanganui is not got here without some trouble and expense.