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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 169, 12 February 1867, Page 2

The p. s. Dispatch left the Grey on Friday afternoon, and arrived at the Buller the same evening. Went in on Saturday morning, and left again on Sunday at 11.30 a.m. Called in at Fox's on the way down but was unable tc communicate withPakihi. Arrived? off the Grey at'dusk on Sunday evening, and ■". steamed in on Monday morning, "She then towed out the Victoria, ~aiul ten-i>^_^-a*efefrtlie~s:B. • Claud Hamilton, and tran. Gapped 13 passengers from this port. Experienced heavy S.W. winds on her. passage up. At about 7 o'clook ou Sunday evening a large steamer hove in sight from" the south- . wanl under full steam and foretop sail. As Bhe approached the pfflng she was made out to be the P..N.Z., and A.R.M. Co. 's steamer Otago,. from Melbourne and Hokitika, She tliil not stay off the port or make any communication with the signal station. Tlie regular trader Nelson, Captain Whit- . welJ, which arrived on Sunday morning, made-an excellent runjrom. Nelson of about 24 hours, haviu« left that port at 12 o'clock on Saturday. She did not call at any of the intermediate ports on her way down, the bar it the Buller being too heavy to warrant calling in at that port. The Nelson brought » i addition to a general cargo a consignment of live stock, which arrived in splendid con- , difcion. ..,'...• . ' . . AltUongb. the weather on shore fpr the last few days has been exceedingly fine, there has beon a nasty sea on the bar, which broke for a considerable distance out. The heavy westerly, swell which has prevailed would seem to indicate that a strong gale from that quarter has occurred out to sea. ' The quaint-looking paddle-steamer Huntress had rather hard work of it to^ross the bar outwards on Saturday. An experienced seaman, who witnessed her perforiaan ce t ex- . . - pressed to us a decided opinion as to her pro- "/; bable fate should she ever be caught on the -.w>. liar 'in bad weather.- -We do not like to in- : "dulgc in unfavorable prophecies, but weinust i. confess that the Huntress stands a ..good chance of leaving her bones on the beach, ' \; should she continue in the West Coajrt trade. ; n Jhep.'s. Lioness got ashore on the spit at' '«; Hokitika on Friday, but floated off without. ■'-■'. the same night. The schooner Charlotte,, which was being towed out when the steani^r took the ground, also got off with triflingjdamage . ; The Brigldon Times of Saturday says : — - • An accident: which nearly terihinatecl fatally to the crew of the Star of Brighton occurred on Tuesday -last, a£ -Constant Ba3', Tt'api'! '•p^rs that the Star had been out to the : stfeiirier Dispatch^ and Was returning over the bat ; when she struck one of the rocka : " which skirts the narrow entrance to the bay. All! hands excepting the coxswain jumped >oiit^leaving him to his fate. He, however,. stuWmahfully to-tlie steer oar;; and; kept the ■ -■■■• boat off the rocks until she wasStbwed in. -The bpat sustained no m«ateria,l daniage after sbeiEirat struck \vhen: her stem was knocked ' ; *'&^butl^ viiW^carinot say much for the behaviour ot 'J^Ms£ ; >as -on ■ 'av former; oiicaaibn they ; 'I Ovwere vq(miplg*Bly panic struckV 'throwing -of . saving the boat; which svas^ biiiypEected by^ the resolutecbndnct of the cox3W^To,'v : \ -„;.. . . v~