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Grey River Argus, Issue 89, 7 August 1866, Page 2

.We learn by a. telegram that the steamer Wallabi left Nelson for the Buller, Grey, and Hokitika yesterday morning,^ and may be expected to arrive tormorrow. ' We ape clad tp learn that the New Zealand Steam JSTavigation'Cp. intend re-openiug their trade on the West Cpast, which was temporarily suspended by the Ipss of I;he Wonga Wonga. "The s.e. Rangatira is the pioneer qf tlipeg stean]ers .which ar^ to run regularly on the West Coast. Captain .Heron, the Okarita harbor-master, reports that the. channel there is very good) as it contains/twelve feel; of water, and runs straight out to sea . The pf.s. Bruce floated off the bank yes^erd^y.' and now lies abreast pf the-'Pplice Camp, - We lire sorry to hear jhat she is making water under -the boilers. West Coast Times, August 4. Messrs LlPyd, Taggart and Cq. received j'esterday h, private telegram to the effect . that the Eangatira.may be expected to arrive *■ pff the Hokitika bar on the Bth inst., and will leave oh the 9th f PrTSTelson, caning off the Grey and entering the Buller. It may be conjectured that th w e Rangatira has beetf chartered to cqnyey goods to the Buller River, in which direction there has lately Ibeen something like a jush.-^ lbid. The following paragraph f rom the Daily Times,' of the 26th nit., may serve to ailay the "fears felt for the safety of the Eliza Simpson :—'' From latest advices, we learn that the schooners !Eliza Simpson, Lady Franklin, and Oamaru, all bound frcn this port to the West Cor sfc, were at anchor in Blind Bay.^thrpugh stress of weather. "' Captain Hepburn, pf the William Misldii, who, during his trading, to the West Coast, has been in and out nearly all the Sounds find Inlets on the S.W. Coast of the Middle 'Island, reports that several of the Sounds, ■. which have hidden dangers in them, are ye^y inaccurately laid down in the charts ;.some of the rpeks laid down on the edge of the channel are actually in mid-ohaunel, while pthers are npt marked. — Daily Time.*. The Challenger, IS guns, screw _steam porvette, 1462 tona," 430Thorse power, has left Sbeerness for her destination as the flagship pi Cpmmodore RochfPrt Maguire, on \he Australian and New. Zealand station. llbw^rd ros Saving Life at Sea.— The ' Albert Medal, designed by Mr Jemmett Browrie, of tl^e qf and intended as a reward to be conferred . on those who 1 haya digtingu^shed themselves in saving life at sea, ponsists of a n^onogram, ■'. containing the letters "V.A." in gol^, interlaced, .'. and resting upon a ground of blue enamel, the whple surrounded by a garter, on w'hicn arMj inscribed the words in bold relief, "Far Gallfuitry in Saving Lifeity Sea," and surmounted by a representatipn of the crown of his Royjl Highness the la^e Prince Consbrt. The decpratiPn, which, as our readers are aware, hasr been adopted by roj'al warrant, will only be conferred on thp.se persons who, in saving or attempting to save the life of pthers from shipwreck Qr other perils of the sea, have endangered their own.. It is the intention that this distinction shall be substantial, as well'as honor^ble^to^the recepient. It }s of the value of about six pounds ; ■ - and successive acts of gallantry performed after it has been conferred will be recorded by the addition of bars to be attachedto the ribband by which the medal is suspended, and which, we may add, is dark blue, traversed by two longitudinal white stripes.- --■ We have no doubt that ?bis beautiful de«o- --• ration combining as it will the recognition , of gallant behavtor Wl th a mark of thi royal - favor, will eiipply an additicnal .stimulus to ' *h§ : effort cf thp.se. brave fellows who risk. . their hves _to rt^ue their fellow creatures from appalliDg;penls, a.nd who have hitherto ; .remained •Bithout the mark of distinction to -which they are so' fairly entitled.- -Southern '■ Cro& ■ [ ,-.- : :.;. ,i.- ..■...'"- --. Three of the"cre^ of the schp,oner Emma and Elizft, s ajs the Westland Observer of the SStliulfc. , had a narrow :esc?ipe in the river yesterday afternoon. .They were coming ashore iv, thair.dingy irpm the schooner, which lies agrpund. pnfjhe s.pit at the-jtinc-ii6n\>f thte two streams^ b^fc they failed to iceep qlojr of th^o" lines which Jisdoeeij run

out from tlije stern of the vessel tq the shore; ! the dingy, capsized ; $wo of" theni were able I swim info Bh£llow water; the third, ■-> who clung to the, dingy, -was rescued by a waterman's boa^.^ It was fortunately nearly low -water, and tHe'current was not so strong as at other times, otherwise the results might have Ween' different. The" running pat pi warps across a sjfcream* may sometimes be necessary' at low water, but is frequently dangerous. This time the delinquents fell into their own snare.