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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 815, 8 March 1871, Page 2

The s.s. Wallabi, Captain Daniels, sailed yesterday forenoon, for Nelson. The s.s. Kennedy is expected to return from Hi'kitika this morning, and is a? n mnced to s*il at midnight for Westport and Nelson. The s.s. Alliambra, now hourly expected from Melbourne, had not arrived off Hokitika when the Telegraph om'ce closed last evening. She will probably turn up in the roadstead during the niaht, and is announced to be despatched for all New Zealand ports and Melbourne, via the Bluff to-day. The B.s. Waipara returned to H'ikitiki on Monday niglit, from her subsidized trip to Southern ports. She was agaiu to leave for Okarito last evening The vessels a y e now under conBfcructwnin Glasgow for her Miijasty's n»vy :— Bustard. 1, double-screw ir<>n gunl>oat, 245 tons. 28-horse power, by Messrs Napi r and Sons, Glasgow ; the Ryd'a. 4, double-screw iron armor-p ! a»el turret-ship, 2107 tons, 250---ho>se power, by Messrs Klder and Co., (ilasgow ; the Kite, 1. d-aible screw iron gnn-bo-it, 245 ions. 28-horse powe-, by Messas Napier and S»ns, Glasgow. Two bottles- strnntf together, and securely ' sealed, have be<m washed on to the bench at Hayle. Cornwall, one of thtm cont»inicg three letters directed to Hamburg, and two sixpences tn defray the cost of postage. The other b>>ttle cmfriins a pint ">f rum to recompense the tinder for bis trouble in po<tinu the letters, which are from the Da'iish brig Anne Ge<>rui ma, bound to LaGuayra. : The Hokitika channel now tends directly north, the South Spit, for a considerable ilista*ice, running parallel wrh the north beach. This renders towing vessels inside danuerous, unle33 the sea be remarkably smooth, as the c.iann?! is very narrow, and a vessel struck on tl.e beam by a sea can scarcely escape "going ashore. — Independent.