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Feb. 9, cutter Midge, 16, Euro, from Wai* tapu. 10, steamer Welliugtou, 279, Anderson, from Picton and Wellington Passengers : Missea Parmenter, Hickson, Boor, Spencer, Childs, Deck, Mitchell. Cooke, McNamara, Coppius, Firth, Bowden^ Kennedy (2), Kelly, Smith, Scally, Mesdames Goultcr, Bunny, Cuuimings, McLean, Wimsett, Master Firth, Rev Buddie, Messrs Owen, Haswell, Kayle, Fust, Batching, Patching, M'Rae, Wadman, Pritchard, Marshall, Boor, Donald, Ralph, and 8 steerage. SAILED. Feb. 9, schooner Australian Maid, 16, Gilbertson, for Awaroa. 2 passengers. — steamer Lady Barkly, 30, Walker, for Cable Bay.

The Lyttelton sails for Blenheim at 2 p.m. on Thursday. The Kennedy arrived at Hokitika this morning, and leaves there for Greymouth to-morrow morning. The Charles Edward sails for West Coast ports, with that portion of the inward San Francisco mail, at 10 o'clock to-morrow night. The Murray left Westport last night, will arrive to-night, and leave for Wellington direct to-morrow afternoon. She leaves for Wunganui on Friday. The Grafton arrived at Wellington at 11 - 30 a.m. yesterday, and leaves there for Nelson and West Coast ports at 4 p.m. today. The City of New York, with the San Francisco mail, arrived at Auckland at 5.30 a.m. to-day. The Taiaroa, with the Southern portion of the mail, left Onehunga at 1045 a.m., will arrive here to-morrow, and sail for Picton and Wellington by the Bame tide at 7 p.m. . . ; The Awaroa is announced to sail for Wanganui at 3 p.m. to morrow. The Opawa left Wellington for London on Sunday afternoon. The steamers Alhambra, Omeo, and Claud Hamilton are to be sold by' auction at Melbourne to-morrow. A low reserve has been placed upon them, as their owners are determined to get rid of them at any reasonable figure. The Wellington arrived in harbor at 7 a.m. to-day. She left Wellington' at •4 30 p.m. yesterday, and reached Picton at 930 p.m.; sailed at 1015 p.m., and arrived here as as above. The Wellington sails for Picton, Wellington, and South at 6 p.m. The Arawata arrived at Wellington from Sydney via East Coast ports on Sunday morning, and sailed for Melbourne via South yesterday afternoon, with the outward Suez mail. A supplementary mail to catch her at the Bluff will be forwarded by the Wellington. The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co's s.s Kangaroo, 1101 tons, 260 horse power, Captain Seymour, which is now engaged in laying the third cable across Cook's Strait 9, left London on the 13th November, proceeded to Aden via the Suez Caual, and laid a portion of the cable from there to Zauzibar, being part of the scheme for establishing telegraph communication between South Africa and the rest of the world. Her work was accomplished without hitch. From Zanzibar she proceeded to the Mauritius to coal, arriving there on the sth January; she left on the 7th, and arrived at Hobarton on the 29th; proceeded again on the Ist inst., and arrived at Wellington on Saturday afternoon. She arrived off Cable Bay early this morning, and at once commenced laying the shore end of the cable, about five miles long. The hull of the Kangaroo was p ainly visible from the port thi3 afternoon. The Lady Barkly left here last night with the harbor master and a few excursionists and returned this afternoon.