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Oct. 19, steamer Taiaroa, 228, Malcolm, from Picton, Wellington, and Lyttelton Passengers : Miss Frost, Mrs Berryman and 2 children, Master Bevan, Messrs Beatty, James, Campbell, Byrne, Lambert, Gorman, Roxburg. — steamer Murray, 78, Conway, from West Coast. Passengers : Miss Loubere, Mesdames Jennicgs and child, Bush and 2 children, Messrs Jennings, Cross, Stewart, Dickson, Goldburg, Greenwood (2), Gray, and 3 steerage. SAILED. Oct. 18, ketch Argus, 36, Williams, for Fern Town. 19, steamer Taiaroa, 228, Malcolm, for Picton, Wellington, and South. Passengers: | Misses Levien, Pay teu, Trask, Mesdames R. Levien, Percival, Wheeler, Broad, Webb and 4 children, Captain Wheeler, Master Broad, Messrs Webb, White (2), Blick (2), Kemp, Hunter Brown, West, Trask, Nelson, Bowen. ' — 9teamer Lyttelton, 86, Scott, for Wellington. Passengers : Mrs Loubery, Messrs Hemingway, Cruso Captain Edwin reported at 345 p.m.: — "Bad wether approaching; any direction between cast and south and south-west. Glass will soon rise." The Lyttelton sailed for Wellington at 1 o'clock to-day. The Murray arrived from West Coast ports this morning, and leaves at six o'clock to'- morrow morning for Wanganui. The Grafton is announced to sail for Wellington and Lyttelton at 5 p.m. to morrow. The Wanaka, with the San Francisco mail, left New Plymouth for Wellington direct this morning. She leaves the latter port to-morrow morning, will arrive hero in tbe evening, and sail for Picton, Wellington, and Lyttelton on Thuraday at 10 a.m. The Wakatipu, which leaves Wellington to morrow for Sydney, takes eight more excursionists from Nelson for the Melbourne Exbibtion besides a number of other passengers. Captain Wheeler, who has been here on leave for the last five weeks, proceeded to Wellington by tho "Taiaroa to-day to join the Wakatipu. The Taiaroa left Lyttelton on Saturday night, Wellington yesterday afternoon, and Picton last night, arriving here at 7 o'clock this morning Sbe sailed for Picton, Wellington, and South by the same tide at 9-45 a m. The ship Susanne Godeffroy, which was recently wrecked at Newcastle is reported : to have been in an unseaworthy condition. She was lying in Sydney harbor for nearly three years, and after undergoing a few Blight repairs was examined by two surveyors, and passed as seaworthy. An ordinary seaman, who ran away from the ship in Newcastle, Btates that the vessel left Sydney with 400 tons coal, arriving at Newcastle next day. Made no water on the passage down. When coal was put in at Newcastle the foremast sank down several inches, and the rigging " slacking up." Thp kelson was in a very rotten state and crumbling; the bottom of the foremast was also in a very rotten condition and crumbling to dust. Pumping for 5£ hours afier part of the coal was put in. The rigging was set up. Before all the coal3 were put in her she made four or five feet of water Then Capt. Edmondson towed her into the stream. One day was with another man and were bending the mainsail while lyiug in the stream. The man dug his marlinspike into the yard and removed a rotten piece of wood about a foot long. The mate said, "Why don't you leave off with your spike ? " The man replied, "It's not fit for any man to go aloft." Second mate told the mate. The mate said, " Mind I dont make you pay for it; you are not going in the ship." The captain gave this man his discharge. The crew addressed a letter to the Marine Board at Newcastle to the effect that the ship was not fit to proceed to sea. Tbe carpenter said she was not fit for sea. Six men applied to the captain to leave, and only two were allowed to go. The ordinary seaman asked for bis discharge, but was refused. The crew told the captain they would have a suivey before they went in her. Captain took O. S. ashore, and gave him another advance note for £2, which he did not cash. A donkey engine waa sent on board ou tbe Saturday before leaving on the Suuday afternoon. — — — — i 1,.