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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 66, 30 April 1870, Page 2

The s.s. Omeo left Wellington yesterday morning for this port, so that she may be looked for here to-day. On arrival she will be despatched with gold and passengers for Melbourne via Hokitika. The 8.8. Waipara, made a run up from Hokitika yesterday morning with the lighter Isabella in tow, and left again on the same tide. . The s.B. Murray, Captain M'Gillivary, arrived on Thursday forenoon from Hokitika, and left the same night for Westport and Nelson. , ■ TEe schooner Canterbury, from this port, arrived in Lyttelton Harbor on Saturday morning. , The s.B. Beautitul Star, now on ierjway

round the ports from Dunedin, is announced to leave here on her return trip on Tuesday, calling at Wanganui, Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. Tho s,s.» Johu Perm is now daily expected from Auckland. She is announced to leave here for Westport, Nelson, Wangauui, and the Manukau on Tuesday. - The s.s. Gothenburg, Captain M'Lean, from Melbourne, arrived in the roadstead at 7 a.m. on Thursday, and was immediately waited on by the p.s. Dispatch. She cleared Port Phillip Heads at 6.30 p.m. on the 21st ; passed Kent's Group at 1 p.m. the following day. Experienced strong E. and S.E. winds the first four days, then strong S.W. winds iintil nearing-ihe. coast, when fresh easterly winds were niet with up to arrival at HoUitika at 4 p.m. on the 27th ; transhipped cargo into tho Waipara, and came on heije the following morning. Here she landed nine passengers and shipped six. She w4s only detained in the roadstead one hour, anfl then steamed for Nelson. ( The barque Kate Conley, Captain Moor^, arrived in the river on Thursday after a somewhat lengthened and very boisterous passage. The KatejConley left Port Phillip Heads, as formerly reported by the Gothenburg, on tue 17th inst., with a S.W. breeze, and next day at noon found Cape Schanck, bearing N.W. |-W., distant 19 miles. Kent's Grbup was passed next morning, the breeze still continuing westerly. These winds, with moderate weather, continued till the 19tby when a shift to the eastward was experienced,' in which direction, with variable weather, it continued to the 23rd. About mid-day of the 23rd rainy threatening weather, accompanied by hard squalls from the W.S.WJ, set in, bringing up a heavy cross sea, and washing sheep, water and provision casks, and poop ladder overboard. This weather oontinued till the forenoon of the 26th, when the gale began to moderate, and sail allowed to be j.ut on the vessel. On the evening of that day the wind dropped round to the eastward, in which direction it continued till the arrival of the barque off the port, which she made at daylight on Thursday morning, about six miles distant from the signal station. According to the log of the Kate Conley her running on the 24th and 25th at times was something of real clipper nature, there being then put down to her credit 15 knots per hour. This, however, was done during the heaviest squalls, when she was, as it were, fairly going througn the water at racing speed. The Kate Conley bring 3 a large general cargo, the manifest of which we publish elsewhere. She is consigned to her owners, Messrs Glenn Bros. It is expected that she will be again readyforsea by Tuesday; and it is announced that she will sail on that day, taking a limited number of passengers for Melbourne.