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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 151, 29 December 1866, Page 2

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Per Airedale, from Nelson : Transhipped cx. Egmont, from Dnnedin— l case cigars ] do tobacco, 2 cases, Levy ; 12 do drugs, Williams ; 2 drums nil, 4 tins paint, Levy • 4 trunks boots, Skoghind and Co ; 5 cases Hammond and Davies ; 3 do, Levy • 1 parcel drapery, 1 case 1 package, ordW; lease, Whall. Ex Kaikoura, from London— 2 trusses, Parkinson. Per Stanley, from Onehnnga : 50 sacks flour, S cases matches, 3 boxes tobacco, 1 do cheese, 7 Ciises jams, 55 bags oats, 120 boxes potatoes, 0 bags bran, 3 half cases galvanised iron, 5 do hams, 12 do sauces, 33 casks stout 6 cases do, 6 do bottled fruits, 16 kegs butter 7 casks pnrk, 2 tierces beef, 15 casks ale' 39,000 ft timber, 3S boxes oranges, 17 do limes, (5 bundles sashes, 10 do doors, 10 kc«s nails, 2 packages muscatels, 8 casks fish, Clark and Wallace. Per Claud Hamilton, from Sydnov < 1 case, addressed ; 10 cases, 10 bags onions 14 kegs butter, 40 bags potatoes, order • 6 cases Australian wine, (5 do onions, Cohen • 3 bags nut?, 1 case sundries, Hunter • 3 bundles sluicing forks, Sheedy ; 10 cases onions, Cohen; 2 do fruit, Cordial; 1 do De Costa; 11 do, Cohen; 14 bags onions! Sheedy, ° ' Per Bruce, for Fox's Eiver : 25 packages sundries. For Buller :26 do. Per Falcon, for Hokitika : GO tons coal Per Claud Hamilton, for Wellington • GOOOoz gold, Bank of New Zealand. ° We are glad to seethe Murray again in her accustomed element. She Avas launched eff the beach on Wednesday afternoon, and now lies in the lagoon bight for repairs. She has suffered no material injury. The Despatch made a run up to Fox's River on Wednesday afternoon in the expectation of getting a good return freight of passengers. Only ten passengers, however, availed themselves of the opportunity, and the' Despatch, returned on Thursday morning^ We are informed by the agents that a telegram was icceived by them yesterday afternoon announcing the departure of the p.s. Nelson from Nelson on Thursday night for the Grey via Hokitika ; and of the Kennedy at 3 p.m. yesterday for the Grey via the Buller and Hokitika. The Panama Co's steamer Airedale, W. H. Meiklekam, commander, left the Manukau on the ISth inst, and arrived at Taranaki early next morning, leaving again the same day for Nelson, which port she reached on the 2Glh. There she transhipped West Coast •■'-passengers into the Lord Ashluy. and those l.totmtl south into the Eangitoto, and after a stay, of six days at Nelson left on the 26th jToiv Grcyniouth, and arrived here at 11.30 'km. on the 27th, and after transhipping passengers and cargo into the Persevere, left for Bhiff Harbor via Hokitika. During the passape from Manukau fine weather was experienced. The Panama Co's s.p. Claud Hamilton,' Gordon Ponsonby, commander, left Sj dney athalfrpastfivep.m. on the 20lh, and came to an anchor off Jrlokitika at S am. on the--126th., A ferrific he-ad sea was encountered during the earlier part of the passage, and south and >\ south-east breezes experienced throudioVt the.. trip. Sailed on Thursday 3rom Hokifika for Nelson and Wellington, with 'several. passengers and 4000oz <^f gold, a pliipment by the EankV-of New Zealand to England, via Panama, iarnving here same nfteru'ior.. Lefty Greymouth yesterday, •taking GOOOoz of gold, shipped by the same 1-ank. She thus takes i-away from Westland a total amount of lO.COCcz fcrSigland direct.

We are sorry to report that"the schooner Wild Wave was stranded on the North Beach yesterday afternoon. She was going out in tow of the Despatch, when, whilst crossing the bar, the hawser parted. The Despatch ] as quickly as possible backed to her, and threw her the line aboard again, but as Captain Deare had backed as close in shore as was safe, he was compelled, out of regard for the safety of his own vessel> to steam ahead quickly, and it unfortunately happened that the crew of the Wild Wave had not time to make the hawser fast. The schooner of course rapidly drifted ashore, and now lies on the bank almost in the place lately occupied by the Murray. Hopes are entertained that the schooner will be got afloat to-day ; tenders for accomplishing i which have been acceptol. Great sympathy is felt for Captain Smith in his misfortune, the Wild Wave being a constant visitor to this port. Opinions are freely expressed as to the breaking of the Despatch's hawer, which, it is reported, is the same that parted with tho Ballarat. It would seem that there j is some radioal defect in the tow-line, and greater caution should be exercised in employing it. We learn from the Sydney Morning Herald of the 20th instant, that the clipper ship John Duthie, 1031 tons. Captain Phillips, arrived on the 19th instant, and at 1 o'clock the following -morning was discovered to be on fire somewhere bolow, forward. The alarm was given, and the crews of the men-of-war in harbor were spoodily alongside with fire-engines, &c, ami a powerful stream of water kept running below through holes cut in tho deck, but apparently with little or no effect, the fire having evidently got firm hold in the 'tween decks. The crews of the various men-of-war being unable to extinguish the fire, the steamer Breadalbane was sent for, and she was alongside in a remarkably short space of time, and towed the burning vessel into Sirius Cove, Mossmau's Bay, when holes were cut in her starboard side, and she rapidly began to fill ; and, shortly after five had settled down. Several men were nearly suffocated in attempting to get at the region of the fire, and were removed to the poop, where, for some time, they lay unconscious. The p<s. Lioness. Captain Leys,_ left Port Chalmers on the 19th instant with strong S.W. winds and sea, and arrived at Bluff Harbor the following day at noon. She there replenished her stores and fuel, leaving again at half-past five p.m., the wind in the meantime having changed to the S.E., and settled into a hard gale. Towards midnight the wind died away, and when the steamer was abreast of the Solauders (at 2 a.m. on the 2 1st) it hauled round to the westward, and again freshened up to a double-reef topsail breeze, raising a high sea. The Lioness, however, made both good headway and weather, but as there was every appearance of a 24 hours' blow, it was decided to run into Chalky Inlet, fears being entertained thnt her fuel would run short. She reached that haven at 2 p.m. anil remained at anchor until the 22nd, on which day at 9 p.m. she left, and arrived in the roadstead at 9 a. m. on the 24th, crossing tho bar at once. Captain Leys reports that the Lord Ashley was spoken at 8 p.m. on the 24th off Aburiri Bay, near Cascade Point, and that just as the Lioness entered Chalky Inlet the s.s. William Miskin passed to the southward, running before the gale. We are happy to welcome the Lioness back to her old quarters, to which she returns thoroughly renovated, and may almost be called a new boat, so c. « tensive was the averhanl she underwent in Dunedin. In a former issue wo gave a detailed account of her refit, and therefore deem'it unnecessary to recapitulate, but may state she is now in first-rate order, and that her machinery works splendidly. Upon her arrival Captain Whitford (her former commander) took charge , and the following day commencd work by towing inside the schooner Moj-ne. He expressed himself perfectly satislied with her performance upon that occasion, and only regretted that he had not fallen in with a heavier vessel than the Moyne, so that the power of the tug might have been better tested. Amongst the passengers by the Lioness we observed Mr Gilles (Car<-.y and Gilles), who has been absent at Dunedin superintending her repairs. — West Coast Times, Thursday. English Shipping : Ships sailed fou New Zkaland Pouts. — October i>, Caribou, from Glasgow, for Otago ; 7th, Matoaka, from Gravesend, for Canterbury ; 12th, Commodore, from Deal, for Wellington ; 21st, Celestial, fiom Deal, for Nelson ; England, from Gravesend, for Auckland; 24th, Soottish Chief, from Liverpool, for Wellington ; 25th, Countess liussell, from Gravesend, for Otago ; 27th, Joyce Phillips, from Gravesend, for Canterbury. The Trevellyan, from Auckland, arrived at Plymouth on the 23rd October. Wreck at Timarc. — The schooner Prince Consort was wrecked at Timaru on Wednesday evening. A strong north-east wind was blowing at the time, and the schooner, which was in ballast, was capsized, and became a total wreck by drifting on the rocks. The hull was sold yesterday by auction. We hear that the schooner had been taken up by the Government on the day she was wrecked for the lightering service. The ship Melita, which is lying off Timaru, to load wool, rode out the gale with perfect ease at her anchors. Lyttelton Times, 22nd mat,