The s s Storm Bird, Captain Doile, sailed from Wellington on Saturday night at 7 o'clock, passing Pencarrow Light at 8, the wind blowing fresh from the N.W. After clearing the Heads the sea was exceedingly lumpy, and when oif Karori Rock it was blowing a heavy gale and a sea running like a mountain. When abreast of Terawiti had to run for shelter into Worser's Bay, where she dropped anchor at 12 p.m. same night. Got underweigh next day (Sunday), at 8 o'clock, there being a light S.E. wind, and passed the s s Otago, bound for Wellington, also a topsail schooner, arriving off the Bar at midnight. Crossed the bar at 1 a m., mak ing fast to the Commercial wharf at 1.45. From Worser's Boy had heavy westerly sea with variable winds. She sails for Welling ton at midnight to-night, booking passengers per s s Taranaki for the South to-morrow. The Edinburgh correspondent of the Otago Daily Times furnishes the following interest ing item of inform tiou iJThe Australian colonies in general, and New Zealand in particular, seem to be getting their names up among the Clyde shipbuilders. About sixty gentlemen, most of them connected with the colonies in question, dined together in the Eoyal Hotel, Glasgow, on June 2, Sir James Pergusson occupying the chair. In the course of the evening, Darling stated that no less than sixteen steamers, representing a money value of £500,000, are at present being built on the Clyde for the Australasian Colonies. Mr "William Denny, of Dumbarton, in the course of a speech which he made, stated that two thirds of the tonnage now building in this yard was for New Zealand, and, from the re ports he heard from the colony, he believed that the orders from thence would enable the shipbuilders to pass through the period of depression, the duration of which he cal culated at another year and a half, after which there would be a return of prosperity. The depression had been caused, he said, by the shipbuilders over supplying the world ■with tonnage. Mr Denny's views it is stated, were fully endorsed by other gentlemen pres ent. The s. s. St. Kilda, Captain Flowerday, leftOnehunga on the 7th at noon, and arrived alongside the Corporation wharf at 2 a.m. on the 9th, after experiencing westerly winds with heavy sea throughout the passage. 