The New Zealand Shipping Company's chartered cargo-steamer Duke of Bucking- ham is now expected here daily from Lon don via ports. She will be expected Home from the colony in time to catch the January wool sales. She will be the firsb wool steamer of the season and will carry very little frozen meat Home.
The U.Co.'s s.s. Te Anau, Captain 0* -_.W.- Todd, arrived from Melbourne" via Southern ports ab 10 a.m. bo-day. She left Dunedin ab 4.20 p.m. on fche 21sfcvcalled at Lybtelfcon next day and arriveoLab Wel lington afc 8.15 a.m. on the 23rd. She lefb again ab 5.40 p.m., called afc Napier on bhe 24th and Gisborne on the 25th, leaving the latter porb at 9.30 a.m. yesterday. She ex« porienced fine weather throughout; with light and variable winds up the-coast.
BARQUE OUTSIDE.
Ab 11 a.m. to-day a large barque was re ported in sighb ben miles oufcsido Tiri. The vessel may turn oub bo be bhe Brussels, now 94 days out from Sharpness (England) for Auckland, laden with salt.
PORT OF ONEHUNGA.
DEPARTUKES. The Union S.S. Company's s.s. Tak a " puna, J. Grant, lefb'Wellington ab 8 p.m oh bhe 24bh and Taranaki ab 11 a.m. yesber" day; reached here afc 3 a.m. bhis morn-' ing. Passengers :—Misse3 Carbhew (2), Ronnie, Mesdames Carbhew, Bindon, Messrs Alexander, Pebty, Geo. Curtis, Rennie, J. H. Bindon, Captain Cooper, and 11 steerage.
TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.
Kaipara Heads, this day.—Sailed.yes terday : Wrestler, barquentine, for Mel bourne.
Bluff, October 25.—Arrived: S.s. Tara wora, from Melbourne, ab 7 p.m. Pas sengers for Auckland : Mesdames Gilmour, Austin, Duncan, Miss McDonald. Messrs Barnett, Austin, Reid, and 30 steerage for all porfcs.
COMMERCIAL.
