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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1047, 4 December 1871, Page 2

The s.s. Rangitoto, after being detained for two days off Hokitika, arrived in this roadstead on Saturday afternoon, but too late t<> be tendered that tide. Had she come . up two houre earlier she would have suffered no delay here. Yesterday she was tendered by the p. p. Dispatch, and proceeded on her voyage to Nelson. The s.s. Alhambra arrived in the roadstead yesterday afternoon in plenty of time to be tendered that tide, but for some unaccountable reason she was ordered by the agent to proceed on. She accordingly proceeded to Hokitika, and may be expected back here to-day, when she will be despatched with gold and passengers for Melbourne direct. - The p.s. Charles Edward is announced to leave this port for Wesfcport and Nelson on . Wednesday afternoon. .. The schooner 10, Captain Pearn, from Melbourne, was towed in yesterday by the p.s. Dispatch. She left Port Phillip Heads on the 21st ultimo, with light north-east winds varying round to east-south-east, with • very bewy thunderstorras'followed by calms and light airs from the eastward ; light winds and weather until the 24tb, when the wind varied round to the westward, increasing to a Btrong breeze ; passed Wilson's Promontory on the 24th ; light winds on the 25th, with the barometer falling ; at 11 p.m. the same night had a terrific squall, blowing with hurricane force aud attended with heavy thunder and lightning; exoeriened light northerly winds until the 29th, when the wind varied round to the south-west with a falling barometer, winds varying from west to south ; on the Ist, strong gale from the •southward, with a high cro3s sea running completely filling the schooner's decks ; arrived off this port on the 2nd instant, and stood off and on until towed in by the p.s. Dispatch on Sunday, She briugs a large cargo of general merchandise, and is consigned to. her owners, Messrs Glenn Bros. Captain Cliuch, crew and passengers of the City of Hobart subscribed upwards of L3O for the relief of the widow and six children left by the seaman Schoeder, who fell overboard as the vessel was leaving Sydney Heads. Messrs M'Meckau, Blackwood and Co's steamship Albion will be the next vessel due at Bluff Harbor from Melbourne. She is being fitted up for an excursion trip to New Zealand, and will call at Bluff Harbor, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, and Auckland, and will on this occasion return by the same route to Melbourne. The Albion will be commanded by Captain John M'Lean, who lately visited this port in the Tararua. It is expected that the next steamer due at this port from Melbourne will also make an excursion trip, thus affording our Australian friend 3 an opportunity of visiting all the New Zealand ports. Since the wreck of the ship Loch Leven and the remnants of her cargo were purchased by Messrs Goldsborongh and Co, no time • has been allowed needlessly to elapse before active measures were instituted to secure as much as possible of the scattered cargo and debris of the wreck . The screw-steamer Express, which had already brought up one small lot of wool, was despatched again last Friday, and arrived at the scene of the wreck at six o'clock on Saturday morning, and commenced loading with wool and tallow, and taking in which, together with a quantity of leather, &c, she left again at 0 p.m. on Sunday, and arrived at the Queen's wharf yesterday afternoon. The cargo brought up by the Express comprises 209 bales of wool, 56 tasks of tallow, and 320 hides of leather. She also brought a boat aud three life-buoys. Mr Johnston, stevedore, who has entire charge of the recovery of the cargo, aud Mr Hanson were passengers by the Express. The latter is a son of the Chief Justice of South Australia, and went down to King's Island for an excursion and to take sketches of the wreck and adjacent coast. He reports the wreck as being quite broken up and now nearly out of sight, and that large quantities of wool and tallow are being thrown up ou the beach. All the available labor on the island is taken into the service of picking up the wool-ind storing it at various points, and attention is also being directed to drying and repacking it, and getting it ready for shipment. As there ia any quantity, of wool shredded along the rocks in the neighborhood of the wreck, it in intended to take down more hands to assist in the collecting of it. Tn one small inlet or cove there is wool equal to 150 bales ready for removal. The weather most fortunately ias been very fine, and the workpeople,

under the supervision of Mr Corrigan, have beea-4jy-ttQjneans idle. Disinterested testimony has beenborne to the willingness with which they wofck. The tombstone to the memory of Captain Branscombe has been erected, and Mr Hanson has taken a view of the church and churchyard with this its solitary memorial stone. Mr Hanson made several excursions over the island, and speaks highly of some beautiful patches of scenery, including one or two small lakes, \vith islets on them, which he saw, and but for the terror inspired by the number of shipwrecks and casaulties which have occurred round the Island, he thinks that it would be more largely visited. The Express after discharging will proceed forthwith to King's Island .