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Samoa Times and South Sea Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 97, 9 August 1879, Page 2

Tlie smart Bcht>oner : Mazoppa arrived in harbour, from Auckland, on Tuesday morning lust, alter a.splendid run of thirteen <lays. She firings a kirgo cargo of provinous and genenirl-merchandise. On Tuesday lust-ths-schooner Ovalau arrived iu harlwur, alter a splendid rua of thirteen day from Auckland. She brings a cargo of HO tous of oouls for tho U. 5.5. Lackawanna, and a. quantity of provisions and general merchuiMise. Captain Murray reports as follows : hoft Auckland on the i.ird of July, at 11:1(9 a.m., with a strong southerly breeze, which continued for two and a half days, when the weather cleared u '..• sad backed into>*he SW with tiuu wou- '.. ir. until roaohiiig-tho 2Sth parallel. Had uiys thick dirty weather; wind Nto ~ ,Ti. 1 tho wind again backed to VV.and ah hj carried' tho vessel north until ;..o trades wire reached in 2.)-, which proved light, and.were lost again for twentylour hours within seventy miles of Samoa. 'I he vessel behaved splendid in the heavy a Bather, although loaded very de,op, anil made two spleuilid runs while the ijiud lusted, 22a and i'-IO miles. The bawruu llvrmes arrived in harbour on Tuesday last, from Yavau. She was hve days from Vuvau having met with calms and occasional heavy gales. The barque Saturuus arrived iu harbour after a splendid passage of seventeen days from Sydney. The schooner Coronet arrived in harbour, from Auckland, alter being u little over tilteen days. Yesterday morning the German ship of war Bismarck left lor Sydney, where, we hear, she has been ordered to represent tho German Government at the forthcoming exhibition. During the post fow days tho German gun boet Albatross has been doing considerable cruising j sho left yesterday for Suvaii, for the purppM of taking home the chiefs who have been held 1.3 hostages for tno past Week. 11.8.M.5. Cormorant left Sydeoy on the l&th of last month for the purpose of meeting Sir Arthur Gordon, at t'ugopngo. It will be scoh by our advertising columns tliut the schooner Uvalau intends running regular between Aucklund, this poit and Kiji. This isa nice round for persons desiring thauge of air and scenery, or even for a pleasure trip, and as the schooner has hrst-class accommodation, we have no ( oubt many of our Auckland friends will .vii themselves ot the facilities thus offered. The barque Reconnaissance arrived in ••■yduuy on the Oth of July. The Australasian shipping News says; Reconnaissance, barque, lrom South Sea Isluuds to Sydney, w heu nearing the Now South Wales coa.st met with some severe weather, which destroyed nearly all her sails, swept away much of the bulwarks, und -caused her to take so much water on board thai nil hands had to man the pumps for eighteen hours successively.