At 10 a.m. to-day the Union Steamship Company's s.s. Rotomahana, 1,700 tone, Capb. A. Kennedy, arrived from Melbourne and Southern ports with passengers and cargo. She left Melbourne at 4 p.m. on the 27th ult., the Bluft ab 5 p.m. on Ist inst., Port Chalmers at 4 p.m. on 3rd, Lyttelton on 4th, Wellington on sth, Napier on 6th, and called at Gisborno at 8 a.m. on 7fch. However, owing t» the tremendous southerly sea running, she was unable to land passengers and cargo at Gieborne, and so proceeded on ab 9 a.m., and rounded the Easfe Cape at 3 p.m. Ex perienced moderate wind and weather up the coast to Napier, thence strong S.E. gale to East Coast, thence strong JN.W. wind and heavy sea» to port.
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ARRIVALS. Gairlosb, s.s., McArthur, from New Plymouth. Passengers: Messrs Coutts, O'Donnell, Mrs Brown, and 4 steerage. Takapuna, β-s., ©rant, from the South. Passengers : Sir Walter Buller, Captain Anderson, Mr and Mrs Coombes, Misses Batten, Walton, Cameron, and Broadbent, Messrs A. H. Nathan, M. E. Porter, Beaver, Dunlop, J. Harrington, W. F. Lawry, Taylor, Shand, Thomas, H. Thompson, and 16 steerage. The Union Company's s.s. Takapuna sailed at 10 o'clock this morning. Pas sengers : Messrs E. D. O'Rerke, T. Thomp son, F. Lawry, E. Hatnlin, Houston, R. Thompson, W. Swanson, P. Dignan, Mr and Mrs J. M. Geddis and three children, Reid, Nolan. The Northern Company's s.s. Gairloch, for New Plymouth, took her departure at 10.30 this morning. Passengers :—Messrs Craft, Hanna, Clark, and 2 steerage.
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