PORT OF WELLINGTON.

Southland Times, Issue 616, 9 January 1867, Page 2

PORT OF WELLINGTON.

AEKtVED. Jan 7. 6 an — "Mat-aura. s.s.. from S* dney. ] Jan 7. 32 noon — Tarrnaki s .«>., from Nelson. •Tan 7, 1 p m. — ' iredalp, s s., from . c ou*h. Jan 7,2pm — Tararua s s., from South. ♦ A half-yearly meeting of the shar. h- Iders ofthe Poyal Mal '-team N:-T»ea'i«n Oomraii wns b Id on 35s>t < etcher, at thf London Taver». '' h« i bairn-Bi'. in mov-fne the adoption of th npnri ■said. — As retarded thi' new mute a r ss the Isthmus of Panama, hi- thought it would pro i very advantageous to the company. The manm r in which the work hal been done hy the New Zt aland and Pa"ama line had given great satisfa- tion to thp passengers. The distance run wra* no lrss than (?000 miles and tbe timp w-s "kept withi" a few h. urs. Vr Ed n Colville (a d rector) n ade .«ome n marls confirira*ory of the ch-.ir man's statement with refa»-d to the ud- antaares of the ser\ ice from Pan: ma to New Zealand : and v the course of thorn he paid an official at tbe Colonial Office, with wh«-m he was eonversine on the previous day. observed that he caleulati»d tome despatches which would leave on November 2, by the Tasmanian for Panama, would reach N«w Zealand r-eforp some wlich left to »o by the Marpei les and Suez route on the 26th October. The report having been adopted, ond a dividend of £3 per share wid a bonus of £2 per share having been declared, the proceedings terminated in the usual manner. — Timzs. Storm Signaxs. — The accompanying notice to mariners respecting storm signals is published in the Victorian Government Gazette : — Commanders of vessels and others navigating the coasts and harbors of Victoria are hereby informed tbat arrangements have been made for transmitting from the Melbourne Observatory, twice a day "forecasts of the weather," to indicate which 'he following signals will, on and after ihe lst De< ember, be exhibited from the flagstaff, Queenscliff, aid in a sh rt time these signals •will also be shown from ihe old b'ghthouse, Hobson's Bay, the flapstaffs at Cape Shanck, and at Cape Otway : — South Cone — Gale probable from W., S.W.. or S.E. North Cone— «ale probable from N-E or S.E. Drum — Strong winds from more than one quarter successively. Nrrth Cone and Drum — Dangerous winds, N.W., N.E., E.S.E. South Cone and Drum — Dangerous winds, W., S.W., 8., S.S.E.