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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 181, 12 March 1867, Page 2

The brigantine.Grpldseeker lef^ Melho.urne on the 23rd February, and had light variable winds unilinear the New coast, when she expbrieuced squally weather and heavy rain. She arFiveu".ih the roadstead on Saturday morning, an^ was towed in by theDis..patch. . She brings a large general cargo, and SgfJQstieep, which have been landed in excellent condition. : The new sternrwheel steamer Qo^deu Land, built at the C^'bdsn lagoon, isnow about .coin: f'-'" I ' lied.1 ie'd.' The following are'herdimensibris:-— gfch, 72ft ; : beam, lift 9in ; deptl' t 3ft. ■ is XConipbsite built, and when launched did not draw mofe than six inches water; gince her boiler and geueral niachinery,&c., I'.'iYC Jjccn placed on- board her draught 'does

noj exceed ten inches. FrQm her fine entrance ' and graceful lines it is fully expected! she will ' steam between nine and fen knot^.; She has ■ three iron rudders, fitted .''-to :'a coupling' tiller, thiis giving aided.by -her praam build, greater steering-power. Tndrder to trim on a level keel: her boiler has been placed well forward. The engines, which are directacting of twelve, capable of working up to sixteen, _ horse ipower, high pressure, are aft, the intervening space between is the main hold capable of stowingten tons ; forward of the boiler is the f orehold, of a capacity of riyetqnSj besides.which herTOomy deck gives ample passenger accommocjutiqn.' The hull i 3 divided by th.ree iron- bulkheads into foiir watertight compartments. The Qolden Land has been designed and built by Mr Andrew Stenhouse, well known by qiany residents in Greymouth and Hokitika as a skilful shipwright. It is purposed that the trial trip will take place on Thursday, The s.s. Halcyon left Fox'a oji Sunday evening, and arrived off the bar during the night. Anchored for the tide, and came in yesterday afterapon. She leaves again torday for Fox's and the Pakihi at foup o'clock in the afternoon. . ' The s.s. Otago arrived at Hokitika on Sunday, but owing to the unworkable state of the bai was not communicated with. The s.s. Albion passed, this port towards Hokitika yesterday afternoon, The p. s. Dispatch after towing in the Gold? seeker on Saturday morning proceeded to Fox's. • Landed her passengers there, but owing to one of the cargo boats getting stove in, and the threatening s,tate of the weather, Captain Deare lifted anchor and returned to the Grey, and ran in dnring the night. Left again on Sunday evening for Fox's, and art rived back in the loadstead last evening. The smart paddle steamer Tasmanian Maid left Hokitika for Fox's on Friday at noon, and arrived at Woodpecker Bay at 7 p.m. Dispharged pargo aiid passengers and left again at 10.30 on Saturday morning, and arrived in the Grey at half -past twelve. Siie sailed again -fur Hokitika on Sunday morning. We fiVeto Zealand Advertiser) understand that Captain Meikleham, for some time past commander of the s.s. Airedale, and for several years an officer in the P., N.Z. and A.R.M. Company, has obtained leave of absence for twelve months for the purpose of visiting the mother country on' private business, a.nd Ije will Jeaye. here by the next Panama steamer, en route for England. During Captain Meikleham's residence in this C.'lony, he has become very generally known in every port for his civility and attention to passengers, together with his many excellent qualities as a seaman, and many friends will' regret even his temporary absence. We have not heard who succeeds Ceptain Meikleham in ti>e command of the Airedale. Supposed Mementp qp the Lord Raglan. — In reference tp the memorandum of the fate of the ship Lord Raglan, picked up in a bottle on the beach at Queeuscliffe, the Melbourne Argus, February 25, writes as follows:—"The Lord Raglan, it wijl be remembered, left Liverpool on the 24th February, 1803, foj- tb,js QQlony, under the command of Captain Curran, with a large number of emigrants oii board. She was spoken near the line, and letters which were sent home from passengers by the vessel which reported the Lord Raglan expressed serious fears for the safety of the ship, through fire, many of the passengers being turbulent, and careless of the matches and candles they lighted. Nothing has ever since been heard of the. missing ship. |The paper 'alluded to reported the loss of the ship by fire close off the Cape of Good Hope. The bottle had contained porter, with which tin paper was stained, it was floating near the beach, between Queenscliffe jetty and Swan Island, and was picked up at seven o'clock in the morning by a boy, who, because he could nob get the cork out, broke the bottle. The paper, a mere scrap, was similar to that used in wrapping pickle bottles. The writing was good, but there was no signature. It is impossible to suppose that the paper is anything else than a stupid hoax. The Lord Raglan, as we have stated, sailed from Liverpool on the 34th of February, 1563, and on the 13th of March could not have been off the Cape of Good Hope ; in fact, it' was very late in March when she was spoken near the equator. If she had been burned in 36deg. lat., and 28deg. E. lon., boats from her would in all probability have reached Algoa Bay.