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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 605, 4 December 1869, Page 2

The sb.. Kennedy, Gapt. "VVhitwell, arrived off the bar on Thursday nii^ifc and crossed yesterday morning from Nelson, &c. She left Nelson on Tuesday last at 8.30 a in. , and crossed Westport bar at 5 30 a. in. on Wednesday, having experienced heavy southeast weather during the trip - ? left Westport at 8 p.m. the same day, arrivyignff, Hokitika bar at 4 a.m. on Thursday and crossing at 8 a.m. Left the same evening, arriving as above. Last evening ahe left again, for Westport, Nelson, Wanganui, and tho Manukau, The cutter Satellite, Capt. M 'Donald, from Motueka with a, cargo, of- produce, arrived in the roadstead on Thursday evening,, and was brought in by the p.s. . pispntch yesterday morning. She left on 'i'nesday week, with strong easterly breezes, aa.d hafl her top gear ca Tied away. Took shelter in ToJiga for a. week, after which she left on. Tuesday in coijuoany, with the Alert, arriving as above. While, lying at Tonga Islands, a seaman named Robert Martin fell, fron. the mast and sustained severe injuries He was taken to the Nelson Hospital by Captain Chailes of the schooner Sisters. T;he s.s, Murray, Captain M •Gillivary, arrived oh Thursday morning, from Nelson and W« tpoit. after a very smart run, having, only left the former port on Tuesday. She, brought a full cargo of produce, which, whs landed the same day, and in the evening she. left on her return northern trip. ! The ketch Alert, Captain M* Donald, from. Motueka, arrived in, the roadstead on Thursday, and was brought to th,e wharf by the p. a. Despatch on the evening tide. She left on the 19th, and had to take shelter in. Tonga, for a week, when Bhe left again, and had. strong y.K winds, to Cape Farewell, after rounding which, hajl light breezes dowrnthe Coast. The s.s. Waipara, Captain Bnscand-, left} Hokitika on Thursday evening, and after visiting the northern ports arrived here last evening. Shortly afterwards she towed the lighter Isabella to sea, and returned: again to j/ort, in order to coal fur ber southern trip. T-he'spnwt clipper schooner Banshee, onq oi Thomson awl Co. 's regular line of Dun-, edin traders, arrived here on Thursday at 2 p.m. after one of the fastest passages oii l'ecotd performed by a Railing vc^sul between (>t3»o and tli-j West Cast. Cap*. Eddioff

reports baying left Dunedin on Sunday, 28th ult., at noon, clearing the Heads at 4 o'clock on the same afternoon. Once outside the schooner had strong S.E. winds, which she carried as far as Gape Campbell, when they veered round to. E.S.E.j blowing heavily. She passed Gape Farewell on the following Wednesday morning, the gale still continuing. On arriving at Rock's Point she e£]jjf'rjmced 12 hours' cjlms, at the termination » f which she had fair winds,, which brought her down to thg Grey, a§ we have above a,tated, on Thursday last. In the evening she was takeu in tow by tl\e Dispatch and brqught to the wharf a^ter a passage of only four days from port to port. Yesterday she commenced discharging her cargo, anil has landed every article in splendid condition ; and from tlie dispatch ns,ed will, we are enabled to. say, be ready for soa in a day or two. The Banshee han old favorite on the Coast, but this last trip lias in every respect eclipsed a'l her former ones, and places her in tLe first rank «f tlie fast coastal schooners we have now trading here.