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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 84, 10 May 1879, Page 2

The steamer Ssi lsee took her departure, •on Tuesday last, for a cruise in the Tonga tGrflup. The Leadon Mission Society's barque, John Williams, arrived in harbour on Sunday morning last. Captain Turpie has kindly favoured ns with the following re-port-—Left J»ydn«y«n the 29th of March with wssterly winds, and throughout the voyage had the winds from the same quarter, veering enly front S.E. to N.E., having had no chance of steering a direct course for twenty-four hours continuously during the passage- Arrived at Nino on the 28th April, landed Me. Lawes' goods, aud Mrs. Patterson, passenger, and left there on the 29th. Arrived at Leone en 3rd May, and landed mission "goods for Mr. Phillips. On the 4th anchored at Apia, and after landing goods for this group the ship will proceed 4o Tahiti direct On "Wednesday last the schooner Fogoloa returned from Tutuila and Manua, with u full cargo *f island produce. The ship La Bochelle arrived in harbour, from Fiji, on Thursday last £hehas on board some fifty tons of copra, a quantity of-coston. tram Fiji, and original cargo from Sydney. ThsTsaW—lislk ahap, ami• narrow escape from getting on tho reef last Thursday week, as her arm! from Sydney. Having passed Ihe passsga before the pilot boarded her, and a strong,southerly wind blowing, she had therefore to make a few boards to get in. She was standing in to enter the passage, bat not holding well to windward, Mag aader easy sail, she was put about, or rather it was attempted, for she missed stays. Sho was then kept away, and before getting away on tho other tack, her stern was almost iu the breakers; to those on shore she appeared to have struck, but we believe there waa about twenty yards to spare, altogether too elese for a vessel of her size. The breeze freshening just at this critical time, she was soon out of danger.—Fiji Times, February 21.