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Grey River Argus, Issue 100, 1 September 1866, Page 2

The P.N.Z. and A.R.M. |Co.'s steamer Ofcago is now due from Melbourne, and -will ■ 'on arrival at once be 'despatched for Wellington withpassengers to join the Rakaia .for Panama. ' The Claud Hamilton -is announced to sail for Sydney on Monday next with gold and passengers. It ii expected that about 10, 000 ounces will be shipped at this port. . The p.s. Yarra left for Hokitika yesterday, after towing 'put the Fancy, Tiger, and Emerald Isle on. the.previous day. The p.s. Woodpecker lias taken her departure for the Mamikau. We are sorry to lose the services of this handy and useful little tug, which has been of great use to the shipping of this port. - The tugs Challenge and Lioness arrived in the river on Thursday night. The -former got aground in coming up the river, but floated off at the flood-tide. Both vesselß were employed yesterday, the Challenge towing out the Tambo, Florence, Rambler, and Mary Stewart ; and the Lioness performing the same service for the Little Fred, oJiflMMter, and John Mitchell. Both tugs left for Hfljkitika yesterday afternoon. ; The^s-s. Rangitoto, after undergoing her periodical overhaul at Sydney, ia to be laid on for Hokitika, 1 Nelson, and Wellington, leaving, on the 14th inst. She takea up the mail service, between Sydney and New Zealand, and will sreturh direct to .Sydney from Wellington.' r/SHb will work in conjunction with the Claud Hamilton, which is to lea\e Sydney oil the 20th inst..We are informed thaV a new steamer, named the Pareora," which wasbuilt expressly for the Southern Steam Navigation Company (Dunedin) has been lately launched at Glasgow. Her length between the perpendiculars is 160 feet, 24 feet beam, and 9 feet depth of hold. -She contains stowage, room for 200 tons of cargo, exclusive of c6al, and has " accommodation for 30 cabin and 40 steerage passengers, and is fitted with twin-screws, which are driven By a "pair of 40-horse power engines/'. When fully laien and ready for sea, theJPareofa will only draw 7ft. Gin. of water, which taken in conjunction with her other good qualities, 1 emiuently fits her for the West Coast trade, in which, we believe, it is intended she is to engage: The Pareora's nrrival at. Duuedin is expected in a few weeks. —W, C. Times. ' - V ' - The whale-boat which' has for. some lime been employed conveying stores from Okarita to- Bruce Bay had a prolonged and unpleasant tiip on the occasion of her. last leaving this place. She was deeply laden, and the weather became very tempestuous, depriving the schooner lona, which was at sea at the same time, of some of her spars and sails, and coni- - pellingher to run to Jackson's Bay. The crew cf the whaleboat fiund it impossible for them to beach the boat either at Bruce ■Bay or any place elsewhere in the vicinity of their destination, and they had to keep to -sea, running to the southward before the north-westerly breeze. 1 They ultimately effected a landing, but not before they/had been exposed' to/the perils of the voyage for . four days and three nights. The only craft ./which, has lately visited Bruce Bay has been 1 the^Tiger from Hokitika.— Okarita time.?, v /TheP;N;Z. and A. R.M. Company's s.s. Tararua, left Hobson ? s Bay at 4 p.m.,. on. the 10th of August.' ' Experienced variable weather, nead winds predominating to the Bolaiiders, /where the weather : becauie*very hick, with strong h»aH winds and: heavy

'-:■: ■ <'-„ ■■:":';;' " '•-.-.; .t: : fi>::'^-. J: j.-f ■■ :■* v : sea ; Aip went slow all niglit; Arrived at the Bluff on the 16th, . at '8 a. m.; left the Bluff at 2 p,m. same day, and steamed slowly all night, arriving at Port Chalmers at daylight: on the- 17fli ; left Port Chalmers at half -past four p.m.. on Tthe 2lslj, with strong. S:W. winft, arriving at Ljiitelton at half -past 8-a.m. on the 22nd ; left : Lyttelton on the | 25th at 6; 15 p.m., and arrived at Wellington at 11 a.m. on the 2-ith ; left Wellington for Nelson at 4 p.m. on .the 25th. Experienced fkie weather during the ran, and arrived there on the 26th at 5' tuxL Sailed from Nelson at 10.30 a.mj on the 27th for Hokitika, <and on her way down, called at the ■ Grey ; but' as no steamer could cross that bar to tender her, on account of the heavy surf then running, she. steamed on, ..and reached Hokitika roadstead "at 7 p.m. on the 29th. Next morning the" Persevere ran out■ide and received from her 98 passengers and . a, little cargo and returned to the river ; and at a later hour returned to the offing with a fj-,v passengers and 2000 ounces of gold, which were transhipped safely, and the Tararua then left for Melbourne via Greymoutli, from whioh port she sailed on Thursday afternoon. dii her arrival at Melbourne she is to be' placed on the berth again for Hokitika, and is expected to leave about the 7th inst. The Tararua, in conjunction with another of the Panama Company's steamers, will take up the mail service hitherto performed by the Otago Steamship Company. She will leave Greymouth for Melbourne, via Dmredin, and intermediate ports on or about the 13th inst. -.....' " . •■' The Pioneer Trip of the s.s. /Kaikocra to Panama. — It will be remembered that tl c above-named vessel- the first of the P.N.. and A. R.M. Co. 's splendid line of ocean steam ships, left Wellington for Panama on the 24th June last for Panama, with the lirst mails despatched to England and America under the new contract. She had encountered yery. { severe weather between Sydney and Wellington, which had very satisfactorily tested her capabilities as a sea boat. §he had the disadvantage, however, of being fitted with a 1 ] temporary screw propeller, her own having become Unserviceable while on the outward passage from England. The "Kaikonra conveyed one of the largest and certainly one of the most' influential and respected body of' passengers ever leaving our shores at one time. We are particularly gratified to learn that from first to last nothing could have exceeded the geueral harmony, good humor, and courtesy which prevailed on board. The few discomforts assuredly attending a first voyage were met and borne -with in ft right hearty and considerate spirit,' and what with" concerts, dances, private theatricals and the like, the trip seems to have been one of almost unalloyed pleasure. The .voyage was also performed within the contract time. ... The niciil steamer Tyne' was ready for her antipodean cargo, and Southampton would in all probability lie reached on- the 12th August, while New York passengers would arrive at their destination on the 31st July ! The hotels at Panama being all full on the .arrival'df the Kaikoura, the greater number of passengers remained by the vessel till" the day of the Tyne's sailing. No sickness was occasioned by the supposed unhealthiness of the Isthmus and although the heat was great, yet the sea breeze had the inyarible effect of sustaining health and good spirits. On finally separating ab Colon, the commander and purser were both houored by receiving most nattering addresses, accompanied in each case by testimonials of equal amount, and the arrangements made by the Company were very handsomely acknowledged. — Lyttelton Times.