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Grey River Argus, Volume IX, Issue 721, 1 September 1870, Page 2

"The schooner 10,, Captain Wade, from Melbourne, was towed mto the Buller on Monday 'morning by the steamship Kennedy.' The ketch Woodquest sailed for Charleston on Sunday morning, and will come on to Greymouth imder charter for Mr Kelly, of Charleston. . , . The schooner, Crest of the Wave, from Dnnedin, arrived off the Buller on Monday early, and was towed in the aame night. She is consigned to Mr John Corr. • The Itfetch Angelina, from Dunedin, was towed to; the wharf by the p.s. Dispatch on Tuesday, after a passage : of twelve days. She brings a cargo of general merchandise in good condition. The p.s. Lyttelton sailed for Hokitika with coal yesterday afternoon. The schooner Ceres, for Melbourne, was towed to sea yesterday by the p.s Dispatch. The B.s. Waipara arrived yesterday from the south, and. sailed again last night for Brighton, &c. The s.s. Kennedy, Captain Whitwell, from Kelson, Westport, and Hokitika, crossed the bar yesterday afternoon, fehe left; Nelson on Saturday ; arrived in the Buller roadstead at 4 p.m; on Sunday, and crossed the bar at 9.30 p.m. On Monday morning, she towed in the schooner 10, from Melbourne, which had been in the roadstead for several days, and the same evening brought to the wharf the schooner Cresfc of. the Wave, from Dunedin. Immediatelj afterwards, she left for Hokitika, where she arrived on Tuesday morning. Left ,on Wednesday morning, and arrived as above. It was expected she would again cross the bar outwards during last night. The s.s. St. K'lia arrived yesterday afternoon, if om Wavginui and Westport, with a large cargo of cattle, sheep, horses, and pigs. On the 28th August she left Wanganni, with a full cargo, be'onifing to Messrs Dick and Seaton; arrived off the Buller bar at 5 p.m. on Monday, 29th, crossed at 11 p.m., and landed 100 sheep. Left again on Tuesday nighty and arrived here as above. The three-masted schooner Rifleman sailed from Hokitika on Tuesday for Lyttelton with a cargo of timber, shipped by the Westland Saw-mill Company. „ 5. .- The s s. Wallabi is now undergoing a complete overhaul at Wellington, and her bottom plates are being renewed from stem to stern. Her imyroyemonta will be completed within a fortnight, and 9he is expected to leave for Wanganui and the West Coast on the sth inst. The following letter was recently received by Captain M'Gillivray, late master of the Murray, from Mr Kynnersley, and, as will be seen, completely refutes all blame to Mr M'Gillivray in connection with the damage sustained by the Murray when recently crossing the Grey bar :— " House of Representatives, Wellington, July 12th.— Sir— ln reply to your telegram; I have much pleasure in certifying that I was' a' passenger by the s.s. Murray, when she recently sustained damage on the Grey bar, and in testifying that the damage was entirely accidental and unavoidable, and could not have been prevented by you. When the Murray left the river at 9.30 p.m. the beacon lights were shown by the signalman indicating that tho

bar was passable, and there was nothing in the appearance of tho weather to lead anyone at Greymouth to believe that a very heavy sea would suddenly spring up. The Murray left' the river abojii half -past nine, and did not get clear of the heavy break until 11. The sea was breaking heavily for about four miles out, and, during the hour and a half that the vessel was in the break, 1 was standing on the deck-house by the mainmast, and had consequently a good opportunity of observing and criticising everything that occurred, and I can testify that the regulation of the steerage in order to keep in the line of the beacons, notwithstanding the strong northerly current, and the regulation of the speed in order to get an dffing without unduly forcing the vessel at the heavy seas, required the exercise of continued cool judgment, nerve, and presence of mind, and in my opinion you displayed these qualities in no common degree. You were ably assisted by your officers and men, and I can assure you that the manner in which the vessel was handled by you excited my admiration, and that I *-as very sorry to hear afterwards that, instead of your meritorious c/ndncb in very critical circumstances being duly rewarded, yon had been deprived of your command. — I remain, Sir, yonr obdient servant, A. Sneyd Kynnersley, M.H.R., Lieutenant R.N."