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Grey River Argus, Volume V, Issue 363, 12 May 1868, Page 2

The Panama Company's fine steamer Tararna arrived off the bar from Melbourne via Hokitika on Saturday last. She made the passage to Hokitika in five aud a half days, having left Hobson's Bay on the evening of the 2nd instant. On her arrival here she was tendered by the p.s. Persevere, and after transhipping passengers proceeded to Nelson. She brought eleven passengers for this port, and sixty-one for Hokitika. The p. s. Biuce left Hokitika at 11.50 a.m. yesterday in company with the Lioness, both bound for this port A trial of speed was made by the two vessels, the result being about ten minutes in favor of the Bruce, which arrived at 3 p.m, IftThe 8.8. Gy>then burgh left Hobson's Bay at 4 p.m. on the 25th ult., and sighted the Sounder on the 30th. Reached the Bluff on the Ist inst., and there lapsed a quantity of cargo and took her departure for Dunedin on the same day, arriving at Port Chalmers at 7 p.m. on the 2nd. Her subsequent dates are Lyttelton, sth, where she took in 150 tons grain for Melbourne ; Wellington, 6th ; Nelson, Bfch ; and she arrived off this port on Saturday night, at ft o l clock. She was promptly tendered by the p.s, Persevere, which was outside, her passengers, 30 in number, were transhipped, and she proceeded pn to Hokitika. She left that port again yesterday, arrived off this port in the afternoon, took in a few passengers and gold, and steamed for Melbourne direct. The schooner Wild Wave, which left Lyttelton at the same time as the Florence, on the 3rd inst., was towed in by the p.s. Lioness on Saturday night, that steamer having picked her up off the Pakihi. She had a fair passage, characterised by similar weather to that experienced by the Florencp. The Wil'jam and Mary, schoonei, Failed from Lyttelton on the sth March. For the first two days she bad variable winds and palms, from thence strong westerly wind, which on the 19th veered to the S.E., which brought her up to Cape Teriwitti. On the 20th a very strong gate from the N. W. cmnpelled her to seek shelter in Cloudy Bay, where she lay till the 29th, when the wind again veered to the S. E. Sailed from thence and carried the breeze through the Straits to Cape Farewell ; thence had a continuance of W. and N.W. weather until April 7, when she was driven back by stress of weather to the entrance of the Straits. Getting short of food and water, bore up for Astrolobe anchorage in Blind Bay, and arrived there < n the 10th April. Sailed thence on the 17th ult., with strongN.W. gale, which compelled her to put in to Ooixelles Harbor on the )Bth. Sailed a^ajn on the 20th, with wind S.E., which brought her up to Farewell, and thence to May 2 met with a succession of westerly and sou-westerly gales, when the weathei moderated, and was succeeded by variable winds and calms until the 7th in9^, when the wind veered to N. and N.E., and increased to a strong gale when between Cape Foulwind and Greymouth, and hence light easterly and southerly winds to the 10th inst at 6 p. m., when she came to an anchor off the bar. The steam tug Persevere towed her •afe into the river at \ p.m. yesterday. Tenders for launching the p.s, Nelson were sent into the agents on Saturday, and one of them, from Mr Stenhouse, was accepted. No time was lost in commencing the work, ■crews and hydraulics being placed at low Water in the afternoon, and in the course of the following twenty-four hours the steamer was raised and chocked^ We expect that the ways will be laid this morning, and as i-iily a short launch is required to put her in the nver, she will in all probability be afloat cither this evening or to-morrow. — W. C. Times, Monday. Mr Thomas Redinayne has had a plan lithographed of what he terms a "surf jetty," which has the advantage of having been found to answer in loading vessels with

guano, at Ichaboe, It consists of a number of shears of strong spars, securely lashed together in pairs by a stout cable at the top, and each pair splaying considerably at the bottom, One end of the cable is firmly anchored in the sea, and the other attached to a windlass on shore, so that the cable can be tightened after the manner of drawing up a tight rope. Thepshears, when thus bound together, stand exceedingly firmly, and a platform can, with very little difficulty, be lain upon cross pieces lashed to each pair. Mr Redinayne has addressed a letter to the Superintendent, accompanying the plan, which he. recommends to the notice of his Honor as specially adapted to loading vessels in open roadsteads, as, when properly constructed, such jetties have been proved capable pf withstanding the heaviest rollers. •• Their great recommendations," says Mr Redmaync, "are cheapness, facility of construction, and durability j and I believe such erections would be, at $be present time, a great boon on many parts of the New Zealand coast, especially to svich open ports as Oamaru, Timaru, Taranaki, &c.—Qlago Daily Times.