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Grey River Argus, Issue 102, 6 September 1866, Page 2

The s.s. Gothenburg arrived from Hokitika ou Tuesday morning, discharged a small cargo for this port, and shipped 2831 ozgold, and sailed again the same afternoon for Melbourne. She took only a very few passenger?. The P.N.Zand A.TJ.M, Company's steamer Claud Hamilson shipped 6170 oz, of gold°on Tuesday, and sailed the same day for Sydney. - , ' We are glad to learn" that the v steamer WilliamMiskin has been successfully launched from her uncomfortable position on the north spit at' Hokitika. . Captain Ponsonby, ofthes.s. Lord Ashley, reported that on his passage from Nelson to Hokitika on the 21st inst.| he observed a heavy break bearing from Rocks Point N, by W. magnetic distance, about seven miles. The sea. appeareil to> break in 14 feet, and is of a similar description to the Ariel lideks on the East Coast.. -The weather beipg hazy and the sea running very high, could Hot get correct cross bearings, but the single onemay betaken as correct. -The danger above indicated is right in the highway of steamers or , sailing vessels trading to or from Nelson and the West Coast."— lT. C. Times. Thesteam-tugLioness still remains stranded at Hokitika. The W. C. Times ,of yesterday says :— •-' Gangs'of men under the immediate supervision of the captain and ageats are employed night and day, and twice succeeded in fixing her on blocks, which' were again washed away by the flood-tide. They, however, managed to give , her a list inshore — a vast iriiprovenient, as the surf has not tlie same power to work her, We understand no further attempt will be made to lift her where she now is, but that the. spit will be dug 'away to a level with the keel, and ways there laid under her. She will-be then slung foH ward and aft with chains, aud a powerful purchase brought, to bear upon her,. which, aided by the screws, .will,- it is believed, prove sufficient to hoave her up clear of the surf, and, once there, the rest is easy. The Bbuce.— The fine steamer Bruce is now undergoing aii extensive overhaul on Messrs M'Kinnon and.Murray\ slip. She is to have the whole of her bottom re-rivited, eight new frames, and-- several strengthening pieces put in ; the, whole of her deck work overhauled, and paseenger accommodation re-modelled, so that when all is completed, she will be in tip-top trim for again proceeding to her trade an the AVest Coast. —Daily Times. . Gale at L\ttelton.— The schooner Alert last evening broke away from Peacock's wharf, owing to f.ie severity of the south]] west gale. . After -drifting towards the har. bor works she. fouled and sunk the ballast boat Venture." At the time of oue. express leaving Lyttelton the Alert was in a very perilous position, being only a few yards distant from , the new works at the harbor, and the gale having every appearance of increasing. — Press, 29th August. Proposed Shipping j Company at Auck-LAND.-^The Smtheiti ..- Cross says: — "The subject of forming a local shipping company will be considered at the^next monthly meeting of the; Chagjber, Mr^.R; Lusk having tabled the following notice of motion : — ' 1, That, in the opinion' of the Auoklaiyl Chamber of Commerce, it would be for the ad vantage of the province generally, and of the mercantile community -of this city in particular,- that the carrying track between Great Britain ancl^ and Axicklaud should^be performed by a line of vessels owned by a local company ; and 2. That so soon as the general depression in the local money market ceases, steps should be taken to ascertain whether the -Auckland importers^ generally will join in the formation of a joint-stock company for the performance of such carrying trade.' "