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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 636, 15 February 1870, Page 2

The Rangitoto, for Melbourne direct, will leave h ire this evening as soon as the tide will allow the Dispatch to tender her. Intending passengers will therefrom take care not tp miss the opportunity of going by her, as it is expected she will also be tendered on the same tide at Hokitika. The contract with the Waipara having now expired, the Dispatch for the future will attend to the Melbourne steamers, and thus always secure communication with them when they arrive. The s.s. Tararna, Captain Hagley. airived at Hokitika on Sunday, at six o'clock, having left Melbourne on the 7th inst, thus completing the passage in five days 10 hours. After being tendered at Hokitika by the Waipara, she came along to Greymouth, where the same handy little craft took from her seven tons of cargo and 30 passengers, landing them on Sunday evening.* After taking out the northward passengers, the Waipara again returned to port and completed discharging her cargo, while the Tararua steamed onward to Nelson and interprovincial ports. Among the arrivals at Dunedin on the 4th inst, we notice those of the cutter Satellite, • and the ketch Jane Elkin, the former being from Greymouth aud the latter from Hokir tika. The s.s. Murray, Captain M'Gil'ivray, arrived from Westport last night about eight o'clock. Tlie capbain reports having left Nelaon on Saturday, meeting with strong south-west winds until reaching the Bnller, orcupying 28 hours iv the ruu. She left Westport yesterday morning for Hokitika, and got as far as the Teremakau, but as a heavy surf was running and the weather looked threatening he deemed ib advisable to, return to the Grey. Even if he had got the lights he did not deem it wise, from its heavy stale, to cross the Hokitika bar at night.