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West Coast Times, Issue 707, 30 December 1867, Page 2

The Panama Company's s.s. Rangitoto steamed to the anchorage yesterday afternoon. She is from Melbourne, via Dunedin and other New Zealand ports, and will be despatched direct to Melbourne this morning. The brigantine Pilot sailed from Melbourne on the 16th inst., with westerly winds and fine weather. Cleared Bass's Straits next day, and until the 26th carried strong breezes from S.W. to N.W., and thick rainy weather. Land, supposed to be Abut Head, was sighted in the evening of the latter date, but light easterly airs setting in, she made no progress during the night, and only fetched the roadstead on tho following afternoon, by favor of the f-trong sou-wester that sprung up at sunrise. She towed in on Saturday astern of the Challenge, and is laden with general cargo. 130 sheep formed her deck-load, and were landed in food condition. • The P.N.Z. and"A.R.M. Co.'s s«s. Claud Hamilton, J. V. Hall, junr., commander, left Sydney on the afternoon of the 23rd instant, hutl fine moderate weather across, and arrived o!f Hokitika at 10 p.m. on the 28th. Tho Claud brought up ten passengers and twentyeight tons of cargo for this porf, and passengers and cargo for Nelson. Twenty-eight fat ! bullocks form part of her freight, and if it is possible to effect their transhipment will be landed hero by the lighter Isabella, which was towed out yesterday by the Challenge to take the cargo ou board. The steamer Favorite lan Jed the passer gers and mails. The Claud sailed last night for Nelson, from which port sLe returns here direct, to sail for Sydney at an early date. Wo are indebted to the purser for a file of the " Sydney Empire." The M. A. and N. Z. S. S. Company's s.s. Omeo, H. Mackie, Commander, stiamed iuto tho roadstead on Saturday afternoon, but as a heavy westerly galo that promised no imino-