The s.s. Rotomahana, from Sydney, Is expec ted to arrivo on Tuesday, and she should, there fore, reach this port on Wednesday morning.
The S.S. Rotorna should arrive from Mel bourne and the South on Monday next.
Mr G. W. Binney sold the wreck of the Schooner Lady Don wiih her corgo today. Mr Cardno purchased the following lots: Hull, lower deck, galley stove, £3 103: jack, crowbar, and purchase blocks. £4; boat, 2 oara, mast and sail, £2; sails, gear, &c, £16. Mr Mitchelson bought the cargo of totara piles for £20.
The brigantine Nightingale, 220 tons, S. McKenzle, master, sailed from Oamaru on tho evening of the 22nd December with a light S.E. wind, which lasted till midnight; then N.E. winds to Bank's Peninsula; from thence to Portland Island had light soutborly winds and calms. On the evening of the 28th a very heavy gale of N.W. wind and hard squalls camo on ; had to lay ihe ship to for 18 hours; split somo of the Bails; a high confueed sea. Bomo of them breaking aboard the ship, breaking the galley and floating everything about tho decks; drifting the vosaei 100 miles off her course; then moderate westerly and N.W. winds until tho 2nd of January, when another heavy galo from W.N.W. commenced with fearful hard squalls and rain. It blew the main staysail from tbe ropec, and split the lower topsail. Had to lay the ship tco for 21 hours, drifting 70 miles to tho N.K.; on tho 4th inst moderate W. and N.W. winds at 4a.m.; on the 6th inst. made tho East Cape; from thero had light S.B. and Easterly winds until arrival.
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