EXPECTED AREIVALB. Charles Edward, from northern ports, June 19. Hero, from Melbourne, via New Zealand ports, June 26. Isabella Anderson, from Dunedin and Oamaru, early. Wanganui, from Dunedin and Tiraaru, early. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Wallace, for northern ports, June 19. Charles Edward, for northern ports, June 19th. Hero, for Melbourne via Sydney, 26th June. VESSELS IN PORT. Waipara and Wallace. The Waipara, weather permitting, leaves for Okarito to-night. Tha Wallace is still detained here, waiting a favorable opportunity to proceed to northern ports. Tho Charles Edword is at Westport and will come on here as soon as the weather moderates. Messrs G. R. Stevens' steamship Volmer will leave Sydney for Hong Kong about the 20th instant, and will be followed by the Vortigern on the sth of July. We understand arrangements have been made by Messrs G. R. Stevens & Co. with the authorities in Sydney, by which Chinese passenger! booking here for Hong Kong may be transhipped at Sydney without incurring tbe poll tax. Commander Edwin wired ''urgent" on Saturday afternoon as follows ;—"Same in dications as wired previously for bad weather between N.E. to N. and W.; glass fall again, and heavy sea within 12 hours." Later — " Every indication of high rivers."

THE WOODSTOCK RUSH.
POSTAL NOTICES.
MAILS CLOSE

For northern ports, overland via Grey, on this day, at 8.30 a.m. For Okarito, per Waipara, on Monday, 19th inst., at 7 p.m. For Martin's Bay and West Coast Sounds, per Stella, via Bluff, on Thursday, June 22, at 7 p.m. For Jackson's Bay, Bruce Bay, Haast and Paringa, per Waipara, on or about the 10th July. S. J. JAGO, Chief Postmaate

SALES BY AUCTION.
THIS DAT Mark Spsot & Co. — At their sale yards, Preston Road, Grey mouth, at 12.30 p.m. — Eat cattle.
