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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 199, 23 April 1867, Page 2

[Thep.s. Southland got ashore at Hokitika on Saturday- Avhilst entering the river. She crossed the bar and entered the river, but in steaming to the wharf, a course Avas steered a little too close to the south bank, and as \ she.Avas passilig the new cmtleta heavy roller lifted her on to the tongue of sand projecting into the river just there, and hag. succeeded ... ; r by several otlu rs in ej[uick succession, she was up still higher, and at high water lay nearly dry. Assistance Avas promptly rentiered, and her passengers landed, but she ■ hael not floated ott' yesterday morning. V The Brighton Times mentions that it is the ■ ' intention of tho Messrs Gibbons to put a ■ small sfcean er on Fox's River, to be emi>loyed A .J.i towing vessels m auel out of the river, anel ■ embarking and lauding cargo. ■ The Otstgo Steam Ship Company's s.s. ■ Albion left the Sanelwdge Railway Pier at 1v4,;}0 p.m. em the 15th > and arrived off Holri-A-sika bar at 2 p.m. on the 20th. Left again at noun on the 21st, anel wived off Greyr mouth at about 2.30 p.m. same clay. Cap- !' tnpin Kidney reports having made a rapid 1^ passage of four days 1G hours to Hokitika, during the first part of which he met Avith Hp£resTi .S.W. winds .and fine Aveather ; aftevBf/cnrds stormy E. anel N.E. Avinds anel thick ■ ivea'thor. The Albion bj ought IS steerage ■ passengers for Grnymouth. ■ The p.s. Tasmanian Maid left Hokitika on W Friday, atJla.ni. anel arriA-ed off Fox's at !j C o'clock. Discharged sheep and passengers, arel Je-.ft. jjajg^rat 8 o'clock, arriving at the j l\n)\" JMI IM'i Jil daylight next morning W dischaigcd passengers, and left at 1.15 p.m., * and arriveel, at FoxV-at 5.30. Found a very heavy sea running, and coulel not laud any goods ihat night. Discharged 20 tons cargo at daylight on Siwday morning, aijcl left at \ JO a, 111., anel arrived off the &rey at 1.30 p.m. L Keports the folloAving vessels Outside Fox's : ■ -Enterprise; Sea Bell, from Auckland ; B._ Elizabeth, cutter, from Hokitiki? j and anom schooner, name unknown. On the beach I there were : The Onehunga ; Tiger (with. A broadside gone) ; Pelorus ; and, Johns|ljtH chell, liisielo the river Avere the FiyiiV H Squirrel and another small craft. ' C H ■ The s.s. Halcyon, which 'left yesterday V' inejrning for *ie Pakihi, was compelled to rein the afternoon, finding that the sea too -heavy- to admit of a chance of laneh'ug' She had only proceeelcd 20 .v.hci; she turned back . BM^^>;:t Captain Benson hr.s jiGi;i,fJie l'ircctoi;- e>f ]

P.N.Z. and A.R.M. Company, that the lcgotiations which have been carried, on for ;he purpose of enabling 1 passengers to be jooked through' from New Zealand and Australia to Englaud via New York have been completed, so that henceforth any pass3ngers wishing to proceed by that route can abtain tickets from the agents at any port in these colonies, who will frank them right through. Arrangements have also been made by which the R.M. Co.'s steamers which take the Australian anel New Zealand passengers from Colon to Southampton will cease to call at St Thomas, and wiliin future call at oue of the Virgin Islands. We congratulate the Company on both these alterations, which will be found a great boon by bhose travelling by the Panama Route. ■ The Otaao Daily Times of the 11th reports :■—" The latest accounts of the condition of the wrecked steamer, South Australian, are brought by Captain Tall, of the Taiaroa, which arriveel from the Molyneux yesterday morning. When the Taiaroa passed southward to the Molyneux on Sunday morning, Captain Tall .boarded the wrecked vessel. The hull hael broken completely in two, and the two portions of wreck were about fifty yarels apart. "- The fore-part of the vessel was evidently firmly fixed on the reef, and had not altered its position. The after-part was apparently in deeper water, was rolling very much, and coulel not be boareleel with any safety. The fore-part was not so susceptible to the force of the sea ; but her elecks had been swept of nearly exery article but the fixtures. Tho funnel hael fallen forward on the fore-deck ; but the mizeimiast was still standing. A boat was in coinimiuication with the vessel from the shore. As the Taiaroa returned on Tuesday, a still further anel serious change hael taken place hi the condition anel appearance of the wreck. The after half hael completely disappeared, and the sea was making a clean breaoh over the fore-part, nothing more than her foremast being accasionably visible. When boareleel on Sunday it was low Avater, anel as the Taiaroa returned it was high tiele. In the interval the weather hael become unfavorable, a stiff breeze bloAving from the southward, anel with that Avind a heavy sea usually sets in round the Nuggets, and breaks upon Coal Point and the neighborhood of the reef upon whicli the South Australian lie.". The purchaser of the Avrcck had engaged the cutter Surprise, but she hael to bring up in the shelter of the Nuggets ; anel those Avho were on boarrl hael to ianel there anel make their way to the scene of the Avreck by crossing the Clntha River. It is very doubtful if the adventure of purchasing the wreck Avill prove at all a remunerative one."