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Grey River Argus, Volume X, Issue 866, 6 May 1871, Page 2

The s.s. Omeo is expected to arrive here on Sunday from Nelson. She will take passengers for Melbourne direct, and for transhipment to Adelaide and Sydney. There was a very heavy sea running on the bar yesterday morning, but the s.s. Kennedy was headed for it, and crossed in safety, although she received a severe dressing. She Bteatned north for Westport and Nelson. The 5.3. Alhambra had not shown up at Hokitika when the telegraph office closed last night. It is probable she will arrive during the nicrht, and be tendered this morning. During the recent northerly gale, the brig Magnet stood off the land, and must have run a long way to sea, as she did not show up in the roadstead yesterday. There is now plenty of water on the bar, and should she be in the roadstead this morning, she will be brought to the wharf by the p.s. Dispatch. No accident occurred to the shipping at Hokitika during the flood of Thursday. The vessels which were in the offing— the Zephyr and Sarah and Mary — which stood to sea on Tuesday afternoon, did not show up in the roadstead yesterday. It is just as well they did not, as, from the extremely her»vy sea rolling home, there would not be the slightest probability of their being towed inside ; and at present it seems doubtful, unless some very moderate weather is experienced, that they will reach the rivei before Sunday next.— West Coast Times, yesterday. The schooner Isabella was made out yesterday as still holding to her anchors. It was thought she had put to sea, with the other craft in the offing, but Captain Priest, knowing his ground-tackle is good, inu9t have preferred riding out the gale in preference to slipping his anchor and putting to sea. With the change of wind which took place yesterday afternoon, there is some hope of her reaching the harbor during to-morrow. — Ibid.