Hera met with light baffling winds from south-east to east-north-east, and calms, and very fine weather to October 23rd, longitude 125 deg Slmin, east. Brisk winds from north-west, veerm? to south and north-west, to pass-, ing Tasmania on the 27th. On the 29th, longitude 155 deg 45min, got wind from north-east and calms, with rain, to November Ist. Thenco got wind varying irom west to south and,«o.nth.-«Mt* wM(* .continued (

'lt'tf/ftmJflng'Cltpe Farewell on the 6>h. Light winds from east-south east and calms.to passing Stephens Island riext'rdajvwhen Freese sprang up from north-- *» west, which continued/- anchoring offPencarrow-. 5. T Head at: 10.30 a.m., r November 7th; 102 days from port to port: 97 from lftnd.to land.. .At Bam. on the Bth unmoored and wentiri tow of "s.s. Talaroa, and •' anchored at noon a cable length Off Queen’# Wfaatf. ~ The:. Wanganui fa ope of the -..finest- ships in the y-. fleet of ; the New.,Zealand, Shipping, Company. She has made a number of voyages to Southern ports, but tho present' is her' first visit ttf Wellington.’ 8b« ' brought ont her passengers ia excellent: health andir. ■; spirits, and they sDeak in terms of the highest praise of 'th<j "ship \and ; men can certainly point with pardonable pride to their vessel, which is most scrupuloudyf clean throughout. v All of them have made previous voyages ::to the Sj£ir Todd,, her chlefe MBc#r. wiare Indebted fOria'iepbrtof find Mr W. Donald occupy Ihe positions of seoood.and ’third officers, the saloon being under the immediate supervision of Mr W. Cunningham, who has been in •the employ of the companyfor a nurnberbr years!' UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S. : ARRANGEMENTS. + I (UNITED MESS ASSOCIATION. J | L ! T? 3 tDUffßWirr/November 8. ■ The three weeks thatTvlll "be occupied in repairing the damage to the Rotomahana are as follows Immediately upon hir >thr<Jd weeks’, lay;up-for over haul, which has to a certain extent interfered with the plans that had been arranged for carrying out the work' of thb iwmmefj' teasdn;.lthe?Rotorua;': which was in port at the time, was at once despatched to Melbourne direct, and to prevent any chanc-j of the trade ifofoi that port being Incofhinoded,' the Declma' was rechartered, and is now loading there in place of .the Rotomahana. 