SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.—YESTERDAY.
Lord AsMey, s,s,, at Wellington, from Lyttelton, July SOtli, at 1 p.m. DEPARTURE.
Claud Hamilton, s.s., from Nelson for Wel lington, July 30th, at {j a.m.
WEATHER TELEGRAMS.—Yesterday. Lyttelton: Wind, S.W., gale; bar. 29.75, ther. 41; rain. Chbistchurch.: Wind, S.W., fresh; bar. 29.51, ther. 45; rain.
TniAßtr; Wind, S,, fresh; bar. 29.70, ther! 43; weather gloomy. : Port Chalmers : Wind, S.W., fresh; bar, 29.83, ther. 31; rain. ' :

Bluff :Wind, E., fresh; bar. 29.89; dull weather. ■

The P.N.Z. and A.R.M. Co.'s s.s. Eg mont left Wellington at 3.15 p.m. on tSe 25th, with mails, passengers, and cargo, ex Mataura, from Panama, and arrived at Lyttelton at noon on tlie following day, and transhipped mails, &c, to the Airedale. She sailed from Lytfcelton at 4.30 p.m. on the 29th, and encountered a strong soiith-east gale, with heavy sea and thick weather throughout the.passage. Otago Heads was made at 7 p.m. on the 30tn, but owing to the darkness of the night, she remained out side and entered yesterday morning, arriv ing alongside the Company's hulk at 8.30. Mr Pringle, the Purser, has supplied us-with later Canterbury files ;' her Wellington dates were received by the Airedale. The ship Lancashire Witch, from London, with a full cargo and about 50 passengers, arrived at Lyttelton on the morning of the 29th.
schooner Crest of the Wave, from tlie Molyneux, which put in here a few days ago for a new mainsail, sailed for the West Coast yesterday afternoon. The Fairy Rock brig, Captain Wilkinson, from Otago, arrived at Hobart Town on the 18th instant, after a very rougL passage from Otago Heads. Captain Wilkinson reports that on leaving the Heads he had strong westerly gales, which continued for eleven days, the ship considerably to the

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