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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 93, 19 April 1879, Page 2

The Peloras leaves for Havelock at 6 p.ni on Monday. The Maori leaves Westport this evening, will arrive here to-morrow afternoon, and sail for Lyttelton and Dunedin at 8 a.m en Monday. The Kennedy arrived at Westport this morning, after a smart run of 18 hours from Nelson. The Murray left Westport at 9.30 last night, will arrive here this evening, and proceed to Wanganni on Monday at 4 p.m. The Wallace arrived at Wanganui at 9 o'clock this morning, and will leave on the return trip this evening. She proceeds to Wellington direct on Monday at 4 p.m. The Lyttelton was due at Blenheim from Wellington this morning. The maßter of the Elizabeth Conway having been unable to dispose of his cargo of coal in consequence of the market being glutted, made sail last evening for Wellington. The Taiaroa landed and shipped 75 tons of cargo yesterday afternoon, and sailed for Taranaki and Manukauat 7 p.m., and arrived at the former port at 9 a.m. to-day. The Frank Guy was towed to the outer anchorage by the Wallace yesterday after noon, and will sail this evening for Oamarn, where the remainder of her cargo is consigned. The three-masted schooner Edith May, bound from Port Louis to this port put into Hobson's Bay on the 7th inst., short of provisions. She may be looked for here about the middle of next week. The Mataara, under command of an old friend Captain Brown, has made another splendid run home from Port Chalmers. She arrived at London last week, after a passage of 84 days. The Wellington sailed for Picton and Wellington at 5.30 p.m. yesterday, and arrived at the latter port this morning. As usual on the Southern trip she was crowded with passengers, who must have experienced aome difficulty in finding berths last night. The inadequacy of the Wellington and Taiaroa to supply the passenger requirements of Nelson and Northern ports has been pointed out by us over and over again, and it is high time the Union Company put on eitherlarger or else more steamers than are at present engaged in the trade between Wellington and Northern ports. Great complaints (says the Pott of Monday) have been made about the alleged overcrowding of the steamer Taiaroa this trip from Manukau. Many of the passengers were unable to find sleeping accommodation even on tables or seats, and had to spend the nights on deck. On reaching Picton, one of the passengers went ashore and telegraphed to the Government complaining of the discomfort to which they had been subjected on the passage through the alleged overcrowding of the steamer. Instructions accordingly were given to the Customs authorities to board the Taiaroa in the bay and count her passengers, in order to ascertain whether the law had been infringed as stated. The Customs boat, with an officer on board, therefore proceeded down the bay directly the steamer was signalled, and ordering her to heave to, went on board and duly counted her living freight, after which she wat permuted to proceed to the wharf We are informed that there were between 90 and 100 passengers on board, or about 20 in excess of the proper complement, but we nave been unable to obtain the exact number