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Grey River Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1021, 3 November 1871, Page 2

Weather cloudy and overcast was the report; from nearly every station in New Zealand yesterday ; but the bars were good. Barometer was highest at Tauranga, 29.86 ; and lowest at the Bealey, 27.32. Thermometerwas highest at Napier, 65 ; and lowest at Nelson, 51. The Anchor liner Kennedy, Captain Whitwell, arrived in port at 1.30 p.m, yesterday, having left Hokitika early on the same tide. She left Nelson on Sunday last, at 10 a.m.; arrived at Westport on Monday, at 10 p.m. ; discharged cargo on Tuesday, and sailed at midnight for Hokitika, where she arrived at ' 10:30 a.'m. on Wednesday. She leaves agftin for Westport and Nelson, at noon to-day. The s. s. Murray, Captain Palmer, arrived in port yesterday, at noon, from Westport and Nelson. The schooners Wild Wave from Lyttelton, and Jane Hannah trom Dunedin, were towed in yesterday by the p.s. Dispatch. The S.& Alhambra is announced to sail tomorrow for Melbourne direct. The Bonny Dunkeld arrived at Port Chalmers, from Foo Chow Fog,, on Ootober2s. She came by th* Eastern route, and encountered no less than three typhoons in the North Pacific, daring which she had & sail split, lost one of her boats, and sustained other damage. The barque P.C.E., from Newcastle, arrived at Nelson on the 30th nit. She brings a cargo of coals for Messrs N. Edwards and Co. The s.B. Storm Bird has lately been cleaned and repainted, in the Floating Dock at Port Chalmers. While the Storm Bird has been laid up in Dunedin during the last five weeks, she has received a thorough overhaul to hull and machinery, several new stanchions have been furnished, and new bulwarks provided, new masts, and wiw rigging, &c. She is now in fine order and fit for long coastal service. Captain Saunders, of the ketch Huon Belle, directs attention to the fact of his vessel striking on the wreck of the Gundagai, last off Patea five years ago. By this accident the Huon Belle is believed to be damaged to the amount of L 250. She is now on Coffee's slip, and a survey was held on her on Saturday. Captain Saunders was under contract for twelve months "to convey goods to fiangitikei ; but, in consequence of this accident, the contract will be interrupted for qpine time. Captain Sannders cotr-plains that, while a private owner of a vessel wrecked would be compelled to move the wreck, the Government simply sold what j they conkl, and allowed the rest of the wreck to remain, much to the risk of trading vessels visitini{ Patea. Captain Bae and three men arrived at Kookhnnipton, Queensland, on October 18th,

id a whaleboat, 47 days out. They report the losb of the barque Coryphaeus at Ailu, Archipelago. The vessel was be ; calmed and was sucked ashore by the carrent. The crew, in two .boats, made for Sandy Cape, and parted company four days afterwards. The men suffered great privations, catching water in the boats' sails, and subsisting on provisions 'damaged by seawater. They caught sight of no vessel, and 'heard no tidings of the other boat. The Coryph»us was from Foo-chow, bound to Melbourne, with a cargo of tea. Late advices from New Guinea state that the Russian exploring expodition had reached that island: