EXPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 707, 30 July 1870, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per Lyttelton, for Nelson : 75 hides, Carroll ; 80 tons coal, N Edwards and Co.

The Ceres and Waterman were loading at Melbourne for this port oa the 2lst, and the Io for the Buller. The ketch Elfin arrived at Melbourne, from Belfast, on the 19th July. Thep.s. Lyttelton sailed for Westport and Nelson on Thursday foienoon. In consequence of the wires being down yesterday we were unable to ascertain the whereabouts of the as. Omeo, but she is expected here to-day, and . it is likely she will be tendered either this evening or tomorrow morning. The s.s. Rangitoto left Hobson's Bay at 2 p.m. on the 21st July ; cleared the Heads at 4.40 p.m., and passed Kent's Group next day at noon; blowing a strong gale from the S.S.E., with heavy sea, which lasted for three days. Afterwards experienced light" S.E. and S.S.E. winds 'until arrival off Hokitika, at noon on the 27th. Left there at 4 p. m. , and arrived off this port- at 6p. m. She passed the company's steamer Tararua in Hobson's Bay, and the Claud Hamilton on the morning of the 25th, in lat. 40.53 S., long. 161 £. On Thursday morning, the Rangitoto was waited on by the p.s. Dispatch, which put on board of her a number of passengers, and landed from her eight saloon and eleven steerage passengers from Melbourne. She then left for Nelson. On this trip the Rangitoto brought some 18 tons of cargo for this port from Melbourne. An effort was made to get it transhipped by the p. s. Dispatch, and although she ranged alongside she was compelled to drop astern, and, owing to a hea/y gale blowing from the north-east, was compelled to return into port without it. This is to be regretted, as Captain Mackie was particularly anxious that the Grey cargo should be landed here, he having declined to discharge it into the Waipara, whilst off Hokitika, thus showing his determination to pay every attention to this port. The captain of the steamer Havelock, from London, which arrived at Sunderland lately, reports that he fell in with a small screw steamer, laden with machinery, and no one on board. He found her to be the Fox, from • Newcastle to Constantinople. He took her in tow, and got safely to Bridlington. Her value is estimated at L 30,000. The command of the steamship AVonga Wonga, now running from Sydney to Honolulu, has been given to Captain John Steuart, of Melbourne. Captain Steaurt is well known as having long held command of the s.s. Aldinga, and there is no doubt that he will be equally popular in bis new charge. The s.s. Goolva, Captain Brazil, bound from Adelaide to Sydney (six days out), was picked up by Mr Fermaner, harbor-master, off Rabbitt Island, in a disabled conditbn, - and was brought into . Port Albert for repairs. . The Wild Wave has arrived at Sydney from Tonga, one of the South Sea Islands. She brings news to the 17th June, and amongst other things is mentioned the fact, that three men had been hanged at Tonga for murder : also, that a great hurricane had visited the islands, during which the Government schooner Eleona was driven ashore. Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood and Co announce in the Argm that they will despatch one of their New Zealand steamers from Melbourne for the Fiji Islands, early in August, should sufficient inducement offer. The Boutldand News of the 16th instant furnishes the following particulars regarding the drowning of Mr It. EeW, of the ketch Brothers, as already reported by telegraph : — The vessel was beating clown the river * with the afternoon" tide. When just below Bushy Point, the deceased relieved the man steering, with the intention of putting her about himself, giving the crew at the same time the requisite orders to handle the sails. Jnst after the craft had cntae up to the wind, and all hands were busy at the sheets, the deceased was observed to topple over the Bide, having been tripped by the long (12ft) tiller. As the vessel had uo way on, there seemed every probability of saving the poor fellow, who drifted towards the bows with the tide. A rope was thrown to him, but he failed to grasp it, and the next instant the current being strong, he was swept away. Meantime the sails were lowered, the anchor let go, and a boat that was towing astern manned, and put off to the rescue, one man remaining on board to .direct the boat to where the poor fellow was still to be seen battling with the short, cross seas. By the time it neared him he disappeared, although something was still visible floating on the surface. When this was reached it was found to be deceased's coat, which he had probably managed to throw off in an expiring effort. After searching as long as hope remained, the boat returned, and the vessel put back to the jetty—a buoyed anchor being left to mark the place. Since then boats employed by the police and by the Oddfellows (Mr Reid was a member of the Order) have been engaged dragging for the body, but without success. The circumstances of the mutiny on board the whaling barque Chance were thus detailed in the evidence of Captain Scott, before the Hobart Town polhe court :— •'The captain proved that he left Sydney on the 13th September last year for a whaling voyage, defendants (the mutineers) having signed the articles. When the ship got to the whaling ground, near Kaugaroo Island, and had taken 16 tuns of oil, on the 30fch June last, all the defendants, with four others who had returned to their duty, came aft hi a body. John Kenny was first to speak, and said, civilly, he thought witness had better take the ship to Sydney. Mom-

son then spoke up, and said the ship was not seaworthy, everything was rotten in her, and a man's life was in danger to go aloft. Witness swore that the ship was as. seaworthy as any he had been in, and the statement of the men was a mere excuse. He said he did not intend to go into any port, as he had three months' provisions on boa^d.. The defendants said they were/will-~ ing to work, the ship to a port, otherwise? they would : work no more. -.From that day to the day of arrival in Hooarfc Town they continued to refuse duty." The fact that the-men were sentenced to 10 weeks' imprisonment has been previously stated. The non-arrival of the iron clipper ship Harlech Castle, which sailed from Melbourne for Newcastle, N.S.W., on the^2Gth June,-, and of the barque Dunkeld, which left New-. castle, N.S.W., for Melbourne on the 6th|' June, continues to be the subject of much anxious concern in both ports. The following particulars contain almost all which has been gleaned as yet relative to the missing vessels. The Horlech Castle, of Liverpool, an iron clipper, of 1112 tons, Captain Hugh Davies, left this port on tho 26th June, but has not since been heard of. Captain Clark, however, of the schooner Alcandre, which left here on the same date, states that on the evening of the 28th June he saw a large iron ship, which had kept company with him from Port Phillip Heads, lying to under mizenstaysail and maintrysail, about 60 miles to the southward of Cape Howe, and she appeared to be lyicg very much on her broadside, The Harlech Castle is said to have left here in light trim, and the weather on the 28th and 29th June was unusually heavy, strong westerly gales prevailing. A number of vessels employed in the Newcastle trade had their ballast shifted owing to the severity of the weather then, and one was driven some 70 or 80 miles to the eastward of the coast line, and was several days in working up to Newcastle. It may be mentioned that the iron clipper ship British Navy sailed on the same date as the Harlech Castle, but arrived in due course at Newcastle. The probability is that the ship seen by Captain Clark was the Harlech Castle. The Dunkeld, a staunch vessel ef 390 tons, I commanded by Captain C. }look\ an experienced master in the coasting trade, left Newcastle on the 6th- instant, coal-laden,': and was supposed to have been last seen by Captain Bell, of the schooner Ceres, about 40 miles to the eastward of Wilson's Promontory early in the afternoon of the 27th Juue. Captain Bell states that he kept company with her uutil about midnight, when the wind hauled to the N.W. aud blew a strong gale. The last he saw of the barque was that she was running back to the northeastward, apparently with sails split or lost. •This was about midnight, or early on the morning of the 28th June, aud he is almost sure that the vessel he saw was the Dunkeld, as she was painted a light color. __ The Claud Hamilton steamer arrived here oh the 3rd of July, and reported that whilst at anchor under Rabbit Island, on the 29th June, a barque was seen dodging about under Wilson's Promontory, under very low canvas. It was also stated that this barque had run back to the ncrth-eastward. Captain Wprledge, a passenger by the Claud Hamilton, says that he thinks it was the Dunkeld, from her shear, and from having a fore and main royal yard across (few barques sailing out of this port for Newcastle having fore and main royal yards across). The second mate of the Claud Hamilton gave it as his opinion that it was the barque Catherine Jane. The barque, however, made no signal for assistance. On the 28th and 29th June the barque Antipodes was dodging about Wilson's Promontory, and had fore and main topsails blown away, and saw a steamer at anchor under Rabbijb Island. After loss of her sails the barque bore away for the Hummocks, where she remained at anchor for three days. The Antipodes has since arrived in Melbourne. There can be little, therefore, that the barque seen by the Claud Hamilton was the Antipodes. It has been suggested, and a rumor is current to the effect, that thq Dunkeld has been driven across, and is now under Stewjvrt's Island, New Zealand, but the report has not been traced to any authentic source. — Argus. July 21.