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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 695, 2 July 1870, Page 2

Inc onsequence of the heavy sea ; rolling home on the bar, and the prevailing bad weather, on the coast, all shipping business has been suspended during the paßt f few days., Tne &s. Kennedy has been detained in port, but will leave this morning for Weßtport and Nelson, and the schooner Glengarry will be towed out for Hokitika the first opportunity. The s.s. John Penh, from Dunedin; arrived at Hokitika on Wednesday morning, but has since : been detained there by the bad state of the bar. She will probably be here this morning. , • . ... The schooner Jane Ann, from this port, arrived at Lyttelton on the 25th ult., en rbtite'for Kaiapoi: " •: The schooner Canterbury cleared the Customs, at Christchurch, on the 27th, for Greymouth, with a full cargo of colonial produce. A suit was recently heard in the Vice-Ad-mirality Coxirt Melbourne, in which Messrs Spence Brothets preferred a claim, of L9B for towage of the schooner Little Fred, at Hokitikaf, NevrZeal&nA, in 1867. Thepresent owner of the vessel had purchased her since the services'were rendered, arid it was contended for him that the claim was one which should have been made before he bought. Judgment was reserved. ; Tie good steamship Great Britain, having completed her loading and and all necessary preparations for the home voyage, left her anfeaotage in the bay on the I6th ult. for Hyerpopl. r Being a favorite passenger ship She'ha£ filled up, her splendid saloon accommbdation having been nearly all appropriated, and in the second and fore cabins she j takes 350. This largd" number of passengers' atatunewhen the route via San Francisco offers considerable novelty, is a very fair indication of the estimation in which this staunch and veteran "castle of the deep" ; and her gallant commander, Captain Gray, is held by voyagers, jbhe oleared out at the Customs -iwitb. aifuli cargo of wool, bark, &c, and during the whole of the day the work of embarkation of passengers and luggage was carried on with vigor. Besides, her general cargo she takes 5000 sovereigns and 20,0Q00z oi gold.— Argus. • .-. ., P . The, steamer Pioaeer, which .was wrecked in May last off Circular Head during an easterly gale, has been floated again at a cost bf'Ll4o. ;=A case came before the Sandridge Police Court the other day,, in which; all parties interested, were punished. A respectablelooking young man named ,'Harrold was charged with disobeying the. ' lawful.', command of Henry Fairlem, the master of the British ship , Madras. -It appeared that on Monday, morning the prisoner refused to go to work when ordered by. the captain, and stated he would not do any more >york *on board the ship. He was at once giv^eu in charge by the I 'captain, and when before the court on Monday last he brought a charge of ill-usage against the first and third officers. The Bench considered the two cases should be taken together, and postponed the hearing until the next conrt-day. The charge of disobedience was fully proved, and Harold was sentenced to ten days' imprisonment. •The charge of assault • .'preierred. by ; the . prisoner against the first and third officers was then gone into, and 'they were both fined 40s, or in default seven days' imprisonment.- During the hearing of the case the behaviour of the captain was, to use a mild expression, very eccentric:, and his interrup tions became at last so frequent that, after cautioning him several times, the Bench "fined him 40s for contempt of court -^ Argus,