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Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 968, 2 September 1871, Page 2

- The 8.8. Murray will sail f«r Westport and Nelson, and the Waipara for Hokitika, toThe schooner Lady Don, from Kaiapoi, wwinthe roadstead yesterday, and will be towed in on this morning's tide. The p.B. Charles Edward arrived in Hokitika on Thursday morning, and is expected here on this morning's tide. She will.sail for Westport and Nelson 'to-morrow at midnight. The only place at which weather was rev ported as being unfavourable, to-day was Westport, where the bar was rough. Baro: meter was highest at Tattran«a, 29.70, and lowest at tho Bealey, 27.10. The thermometer was highest atßlenhe?m> 59, and lowest at the Bealey.. 36. The little ketch Standard has afc last made Charleston, having sailed from Westport thirty-eight days since, out of which she has been at sea twenty-five days, fruitlessly endeavoring to make.headway to Charleston. On Friday last she succeeded in getting away from the Spit, and arrived at her destination. The schooner Canterbury, which was recently launched off the beach at Westport, is nlightly strained, and is now on the hard in the lagoon undergoing, repairs. When caulked. a process wh>h wiN Qf»u\]y frjwffik,. The^ services of the steamer Kennedy, in towing the schooner off, were obtained for tbe moderate remuneration of Lls. The schooner Dunedin left Oamaru on the Btb, and had northerly winds for the first two days, which afterwards hauled to S.E.", veering to S.W., and blowing a strong gale with a very high sea, which carried overboard two of her men—James Dick, A.8., and John Brown, cook. The man nt the wheel had a very narrow escape; he was also washed overboard, but luckily managed to cling to the main-sheet until assistance came, and he was got on board again. At the time of the fatal accident the vessel was rauning at the rate of nine knots, and those on board were therefore pon^rless to render any assistance to the two men. Neither of them was seen after bemg washed over. The same sea also smashed a portion of the vessel's bulwarks. The Dunediu rounded the East Cape on tho loth, with strong N. W. winds; stood back and anchored for two days under the Cape. She experienced variable winds from that- time till arrival at midnight. Southern Cros«.

The Oceanic, Captain W. H. Thomson, one the fine new line of steamers belonging to the White Star line, has just completed a remarkable run across the Atlantic. She left New York on the 3rd instant at 3.30 p.m. From her log it appears that by noon on tlie 4th she had traversed 245 miles, the weather beingcalm. On the following day, with the wind blowing strongly from N. to N.N.W the vessel ran 320 knots. : On the 6th, the wind being strong from N.W., the Oceanic logged 384 miles, one of the most extraordinary performances on record; and on tbe 7th, with a moderate breeze from NiN.W., ahe travelled 340 miles. On the Bth', 334 miles were ran ; on the 9th, when there was a powerful wind from N. W., 364 miles; on the 10th, with moderate wind from VV'.N. VV., 353 miles ; and on the l'lth, when there was » gentle breeze from N.N.W. , she ran from latitude s Meg llsec, longtitudc lodeg, 211 miles, arriving at Roche's Point at 10 minnces to Gin the morning. At 9.30 a.m. the Oceanic left Queenstown, aud arrived, at tbe Bell Bnoy at 3.20 on Tuesday morning, and, after waiting for high water to cross the bar, proceeded to her anchorage in the Mersey, which she reached a few minutes after 7, thus making the entire passage from New York to Liverpool in a little over nine days. The Oceanic had 240 saloon passeugers, the largest number ever carried across the Atlantic by one vessel, among them being Mr Walter Montgomery and other theatrical notabilities. — Times, Juue 5. * :