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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 173, 19 July 1878, Page 2

The Murray leaves Greymouth for Westport and Nelson to-day. The Kennedy arrived at Hokitika this morning. The Lyttelton arrived at Blenheim laßt night. The Taranaki arrived at Wellington at 8.30 p.m. yesterday. The Midge has taken in a quantity of iron rails for Waitapu. Another consignment of potatoes for the Australian market arrived here by the Prospect and Standard this morning. The Claud Hamilton's passage to Mel"bourne last trip occupied 14 days. Once she put back to the Bluff, and twice to Stewart's Island. The Awaroa grounded on the Spit at Wanganui the other day, but got off shortly afterwards. She is now discharging alongside the wharf there. The Wellington leaves Wellington at six o'clock to-night with the football team. She will arrive here about ten o'clock to-morrow morning, and return to Picton and Wellington at 10 in the evening. The Kentish Tar is making fair progress with the discharging of her cargo, considering the difficulties to be contended with. When a vessel has a cargo for two places the chances are that the stevedores will stow it promiscuously as it comes to hand, without taking into consideration the trouble there will be in discharging it. The cargo of the Kentish Tar forms no exception to the rule, but in her case the greater part of the Nelson portion has been stowed aft, and the consequence is that the stern of the vessel is now raised high in the air. The barque will finish discharging next week, when the Napier portion of the cargo will be restowed, after which she will take in ballast, as she proceeds from Napier to Newcastle. The p.s. Charles Edward, Capt. Whit-well, arrived alongside the Albion Wharf at 8 o'clock last evening. She left Nelson on the 9th inst. at 6 p.m., experienced strong S.W. wind and sea to Westport, arriving there at 6.30 p.m. on the 10th; discharged cargo and left again at 9.30 a.m. on the 12th with strong S.W. wind, arriving at Greymouth at 4.30 p.m. the same day; left again for Hokitika on the 13th in3t. at 7 a.m., arriving there at 9.30 am.; left again at 9.15 a.m. on the 16th, and arrived at Greymouth at 12 noon the same tide; loaded up with coal and left at 12 noon on the 17th for Westport with smooth sea, arriving at 930 p.m. same day; left again at 11 p.m. same tide for Nelson, experienced smooth sea all the way up, arriving here as above, bringing the West Coast portion of the San Francisco mail. The Charles Edward leaves for Picton and Wellington at six o'clock to-night in place of the Wallace.

Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood & Co.'s s.s. Alhambra, Captain Muir, arrived in harbor this morning at 1 1 o'clock. She left Melbourne on the afternoon of the 11th, and after experiencing fine weather with little or no winds, arrived off Hokitika on Wednesday evening, was tendered yesterday morning, and afterwards proceeded on to GreyniQuth, which port she left for Nelson at noon. Shortly before leaving a telegram was received from Hokitika stating that a number of passengers with their luggage had been left behind there. The Alhambra's head was accordingly turned in that direction, but after she had been out an hour the steamer Despatch, which had been sent from Hokitika, was met, and a boat was lowered from the ocean steamer for the purpose of bringing the passengers to the Alhambra. As Captain Muir was desirous of catching this inoraing's tide here he gave instructions to the officer in charge of the boat to bring the whole of the passengers in one trip if possible. In response to an enquiry from the officer of the boat as to the amount of luggage he had on board, the captain of the tug held up a portmanteau, and gave the number of passengers as one. The boat hurried back to the steamer, and after Borne strong ejaculations from those on board she proceeded on to Nelson, arriving here as above. The Alhambra sails for Wellington, South, and Melbourne at 11 o'clock to-night.