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Grey River Argus, Volume V, Issue 324, 11 February 1868, Page 2

During the last two days the bar has been in splendid condition, deep and smopth, with a channel running slightly ty the northward. " ' The schooqer James Paxton, coal-laden, sailed on Sunday morning for Invercargill. The schooners Mary Stewart and Isabella arer busily employed loading up coal as ballast and will shortly sail, former for Melbourne and the latter for the Mauukau. The schooner Cora was towed out yesterday afternoon by the p.s. Lioness. She is Vouud for the Manukau with a cargo of coal, at which port she will loas up a, cargo of timber for Dunedin. The brigantine Anne Beaton, from Melbourne, was towed into the roadstead yesterday by the p,s. Lioness, and as the weather and bar were very f.avpr.able, she was brought up the river about midnight by the Lioness. The p. 9. Lioness ran iuto the river yesterday, after towing the Anne Beaton to the roadstead, took to sea the schooner Cora, returned to the river, loaded coal at the coal wharf, and returned to her charge outside. The s.s. Gothenburg arrived off the bar at 9 p.m. pn Saturday night, from Melbourne via New Zealand ports The moment her gun was fired steam was got up on board the tender PersQvere, and the passengers were taken on board that night. On Sunday nio.rning the Perseyerp brought to the wharf the passengers and oargo for this port, and ibe Gothenburg sailed at 8 a.m. for Melbourne via Hokitika, 2000 ozs of gold were shipped at this port froni the Bank of New $outh Waler. - . The p. 8. Bruce arrived in the river on Sunday evei.ing from Westport after another {A her rapid trips. She left Hokitika on Saturday ; arrived the same day at Westport ; sailed again on funday morning at Jl a.m., ; arrived at Fox's at lp.in. ; discharged" "cargo and passengers and sailed again for. this port at 4 p.m., where she arrived and crossed the bar at 7.30. It was then dead low water, but she crossed safely, there being plenty of water on the bar and the sea yer.v smooth. Here she took in a supply of coal, and yesterday morning at 10 a. m., she sailed again for Hokitika, where she arrived shortly after, mid-day. We believe that about the end of the present week, after the Bruce has made another trip, she will leave the West Coast for Dnnedin for the purpose o£ undergoing, a general over- ' \vei»otio6 from our Melbourne files that the Sarak Barr and the Annie Moore cleared out froia that port for Greymouth on the 23rd ult., aud the Leonidas for the same destination on the 30th, all with large cargoes of general merchandise. The steamer Tasoianian Maid, wrecked off Taranaki a few weeks ago, has gone to pieces' and not a fragment is to be seen. " The s.s. Otago from Melbourne, and the a. s. Tararua from Nelson, arrived at Hokitika on Sunday, and' were tendered at once. Yesterday the persevere left this. port, with 87 en route for, the Queensland Diggings. ' The Otago proceeds to Nelsoo, Wellington, and southern ports this day. The Va*que Helen S. Page was. towed out this morning by the Nelson. When iv the l.rcak the tow-line (a 7-inch hawser,), parted. The Nelson immediately dropped, astern and passed another on board, which, also, broke. Again she dropped astern and made fast, when, through s^me carelessness, oft Ijhe part of "the barque, t,he r,ope slipped, A third time she dropped astjeru, and passed $c rope over, bulj'V d.Wg SP. the.. Neleop r,eceixed eonW damage f*om tlfe barqne's anchor, carrying away a portion of her bulwarks, but' nothing very serious. The tow-line this time held fast, and the barque was towed out to roadstead.— We*tport Star, 7th inst.

Notice to Mariners. — Marine Depart- j nient, Wellington, 18th January, 1868. The fo'lowing notices tp mariners are published for general information. James M. BalfouKj Marine Eugjneer: — Frith of Thames, Hauraki Gulf: Harbor Office, A iiok land, Ist January, 1868. Buoy in Sandspit Passage, Ponui. Notice is hereby given that a can' buoy (red) has been placed on the end of thp Spit run: ning out N.E. from the Island of Pakiki towards the Island of Ponui. The biioy is moored in twelve (}2) feet of water at low water spring tides on the following pompass bearings— Js'prthern extreme of Ponui, E. i N. ; high peak of Pakiki, S. W. \W. The channel between the b*ioy and Ponui is a cable's length in width, and h.as a depth of three to three and a-half fathoms at low water. \. J Burgess, Pprt Master. Light at Jacob's River, Fovoaux Strait. Notice to boatmen frequenting the Port of Riverton. On and after the first day of March next, a red light will be shown on thp South Head, near the Flagstaff, from siijiset till sunrise. This light wjll show the position of the South Head, but it is not intended as a guide for e'earing the sand-pit lying of}' it. Tiros. Thomson, Harlior Master. A Sea Wajf.— On Saturday last, the 2Sth ult., a bottle containing a letter was picked up by a man named in. Fiiriey on the long beach, about three miles froni Port Robe. The letter read as follows : — " Saturday, Ist June, 1567. Latitude 39° 41\ longitude, 107° T. Barque Jjocbnagar, from London to Wellington, New Zealand, 92 days put. Coil: stant succession of heavy gales of wiud from the W.S.VV. and N.W. ever since 27th April. Hove to in a hurricane on the 20th May for 36 hours. All well at present. Signed Lionel H. L. Gould. If this should be ] ticked up by any one, will the finder kindly post it at' the firs^ port \ie may touch at, adding when and where found."— Mount Gambler Standard Correspondent. Smuggling in Auckland.— On January 25tb, a yaiht named the Lizard was seized by the Customs authorities at Auckland, and a man nauie.il Wi'e, belonging to her, waa fined £100 for smuggling a quantity of wines and spirits. The Customs authorities have now in their possession three vessels, the Ringdove, Ringleader, and Lizard, the latter being one of tic fastest sailing boats iti the coAsting fleet of Auckland. AH three vessels arc now anchored off the Breakwater in Auckland harbor. The Nelson, H.M.C.S S., under the command of Captain B. B. Payne, R.N., which has been looked for during the Ist day or two, has turned up. The intelligence of her app •; ri) cc off this coast was tiansmitted yesterday morning from Belfast, by the master of the schooner Prospering, who sighted the Nelson off Cnrdie's Inlet', and, in accordance with the desire of Captain Payne, telegraphed the news from Belfast yesterday morning. A large steamer, supposed to be the Nelson, was subsequently sighted off Cape Otway yesterday afternoon. — Melbourne Argun 4th inst.