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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 186, 5 September 1878, Page 2

The Lady Barkly sailed for Golden Bay this morning. The Alhambra leaves Melbourne for New Zealand to-day. Hokitika will be her first port of call. The schooner Arthur Wakefield arrived from Wangauui this morning, having left that port on Tuesday last. She brings a cargo of sheep. Two or three of our coasting vessels are aow engaged in bringing across stone from Adele Island for the raiiway works. The Helen Denny broke bulk this morning. Her cargo appears to be iv good condition. The Star of the South made rather a long passage to Westport, she having arrived there yesterday afternoon. The Wellington left Wellington this afteraoon at one o'clock, will arrive here tomorrow "morning, and sail at 2 p.m. on Saturday for Picton aud Wellington. The Taranaki leaves Wellington to-morrow afternoon, will arrive here earty on Saturday morning, and sail for Taranaki and Manukau at 4 p.m. same day. The schooner Nelson not heaving yet put in an appearance here from Waitapu, it is presumed that she has been neaped there. The new master will proceed to-morrow to Waitapu, where he will join the schooner. We understand that for the future the Ringarooma will be engaged in the Hobarton trade, aud therefore will not visit Nelson o^-nfcr next trip sne leaves Melbourne for - TTellington direct, so as to be ready to leave there on the 23rd instant with the outward Suez mail, instead of the Aravata, which vessel is now undergoing her half-yearly overhaul at Melbourne. Next month the two steamers will drop into their respective places, aud as the outward Suez mail leaves Melbourne two days later in the summer than during the winter mouths the Arawata •will come on to Nelson, Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood & Co. thinking it worth their while to send that steamer here during the summer months, vrhen there are always a large number of passengers travelling to and from this place. Thes.s. Kennedy, Captain Palmer, returned to port this morning. She reports leaving Nelson on Sunday, the 25th ult., for Hokitika, arriving there after a fine smooth passage on Monday at 9 a.m. The signal being run up not safe to work bar, hove up for Greymouth with the intention of entering that port, but on arriving there the Grey bar was also signalled dangerous, so the anchor was dropped outside; on Tuesday morning had another look at the bar, but as it was still signalled dangerous left for Hokiiika again, and anchored off there until Wednesday, the 28th, when she crossed the bar without accident. Left again for Greymouth (that bar having improved) on Sunday, the Ist September, arriving same tide; sailed for We3tport on Tuesday and arrived there on Wednesday ; left same day for Nelson, and arrived here as above. Experienced very rough weather on passage home The Kennedy eails for Wellington at 9 p.m. A Capetown telegram, dated July 24th, Bays:— The heaviest gale experienced here since 1865 blew with unabated violence from the 19th to the 23rd instant. The wind was from the north-east to north-west. The breakwater and Robben Island offered but little obstruction to the immense rollers of the Atlantic, which came straight into tha harbor before such a wind. The following vessels were wrecked :— Barques : Nerie from Reunion to Nantes, value £10,000Caledonian, from Cardiff to Java, value £8000; Etta Loring, Philadelphia to Japan, £15,000; Redbreast, discharging cargo, £3500 Brigantine Jean, for Coast, £20,000. The wreck and cargo of the latter has just been sold for £1830. Captain Thomas and three men belonging to the Caledonian were drowned. The steamer Lusitania, bound to Australia, had to run for Simon's Bay to coal. Three clergymen and the members of the volunteer companies were conspicuous for their brave exertions in saving the lives of the shipwrecked crews,