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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 223, 1 October 1879, Page 2

The Lady fiarkly leaves for Golden Bay At five o'clock this afternoon The Jdaori is reported as having arrived at Hokitika yesterday morning. The Lyttelton leaves Greymouth for Nelson direct to-morrow. Tne Kennedy leaves Greymoath for Hokitika to-morrow. The Murray sailed for West Coast ports At nine o'clock this morning. Tno Wallace has been detained at Wanganoi by a westerly gale but expects to leave thiii evening. , The Claud Hamilton wps tendered at Hokitika this morning. It is not expected thai she will arrive here before Friday. Tne Waitaki sailed for Picton ana South | at 5*45 p.m. yesterday, and reached Wellington this morning. The Taiarca crossed the Manukau bar at 10-45 this morning, will arrive here tomorrow night, and sail for Picton and Wellington at 10 a.m. on Friday, j The new steamer Rotomah'itia is due at Dunedin from Melbourne this afternoon. She leaves there on her maiden trip to Sydney on October 7. The Wakatu being nearly ready for sea, steam was got up on board of her this morning for the purpose ot testing the boiler and machinery. She will be placed on the slip these springs for the purpose of being painted externally, after whicn she will commence running. We understand that Capt. Evans, of the Kaogatira, will lake command of the Wakatu. The Orient Line Steam Navigation Company's steamer Cuzco arrived at Plymouth sound on J uly 26th, having made the fastest passage on record between Adelaide and Plymouth. The run from Gibraltar to Plymouth occupied 3 days 16J hours. This voyage of the Cuzeo— 39 daya 10 hours including detentions — is quicker by 24 hours than tne " fastest on record."