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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1106, 13 February 1872, Page 2

The schooner Crest of the Wave, Captain Bell, arrived in the roadstead on Sunday, and was brought to the wharf by the p.s Dispatch yesterday. She isfromDunedin, and brings a cargo principally of produce . The next of Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood, and Go's steamers expected from Melbourne, are the? Alhambra, via the Bluff, which will leave here on or about the 29th inst, and the Rangitoto, which comes direct, and may be looked for on the 25th. She will take passengers for all New Zealand ports. ... The s.B Albion, 800 tons, M'Lean, cleared Port Phillip Heads at 6.30 p.m on the 27th nit, and arrived at Bluff harbor, at 2 p.m on the Ist inst ; discharged a large cargo, and left at 5 a.m on the 2nd, arriving at Port Chalmers at (i p.m same day ; sailed at 6.30 p.tn on the sth, and arrived at Oamaru at 5 a.m oh the 6th ; left at 6 p.m same day, arriving at Lyttelton at 8 p.m on the 7th ; sailek at 8 p.m same day, and arrived at Wellington at 4.30 p.m on the Bth. She then proceeded to Napier and Nelson, and arrived here at 8 p.m. She was tendered yesterday morningby the p.! i Dispatch and proceeded: ~~~ The B.S Coorong arrived from Melbourne yesteiday, and was tendered by the p.s. Dispatch. She left Melbourne, on the 6th, and made a good passage. She was not detained over half an hour at this port, and then proceeded tp Nelson. The Ballarat left Napier for London on the 24th inst, with a cargo, including 2927 bales of wool, valued at L 77.000. We hear that Captain Yorke, owner of the schooner Canterbury, of Havelock, has in coarse of erection at Wanganui, a new vessel. of about 100 tons. burden. It is already in a forward state,, and will be launched next XDOvXk.—MarlboroHgh Expros. The White Star line is known to us in the . colonies only through its sailing packets. It runs between Liverpool and New York, a magnificent line of full-powered steamers. A pamphlet narrative of the voyage of one of these, the Atlantic, 5000 tons, and 3000 horse power, has been forwarded to us. The editor describes' the Atlantic as an "iron ship of 427 ft in length, and 3000 horse-power, carrying four masts of graceful proportions. She is the latest and beat result of modern naval architecture, and is in every respect a magnificent vessel It is hardly possible to realise the great advance she is over the past, without taking a voyage in her. She is divided into five watertight compartments by iron bulkheads, and in case of fire could be flooded in any of these divisions and pumped out again. Her decks are secured by patent iron bolts of great strength and cost, and her houses and upper work are bo completely welded to the hull, that separation is impossible ; the whole weight of the ship might bo lifted by them. Her sails are hoisted by steam, and she is steered by the same power, and therefore is as easily handled as, a pleasure yacht, although of such great size.— Melbourne Daily Telegraph. The Iris, a smart-looking three-masted echooner, with teas from Foo-Chow-Foo, consigned to her agents, Messrs Tjirnbull and Co, roachol Port Chalmers on the 4th inst, at 8 a.m. The Iris left Foo-Chow-Foo on the I7tb November, passed through Formosa Channel on the 18th, had fine N.E. winds in the China Sea, passed Matuna on tho 25th, and cleared Carimata Straits on the 2nd December. Passed through Lombock Straits on the 11th; after that, she bad alnlost a dead- bsat against .W.S.W. winds for seventeen days, until she caught the S.E trades in latitude 20 S. They were well to southerly, and carried to 36 S, longitude 42 E. South-west and northerly winds followed, .and the best of the opportunity was nuffle to pick up her loat time. The Traps and Snares wero passed on the .Ist instant, from whence she bad indifferent winds. Part of her cargo is for the North.— Otago Daily Times: The Ceres sailed from Port Philip Heads on 'the 3rd, for Grey mouth, and the Gleaner' cleared out for the same port on the sth instant. . It is with deep regret that wo have to record the death, not only of a gentleman but as well of a seaman,, with whom the inhabitants of Greymouth have long been fcq«ajnt«l. We refer to Captain Hagley, late of the s.s Tararua, formerly in the employ of the Panama Company, and for some yearsjpast in the employ of Messrs Al'Mec kan, Blackwood, and Co 's line of B tcamers. Although Captain John M'Lean, for one trip, owing to the bad health of the late Captain Hagley, took command of of the Tararua it was never for one moment anticipated (the late Captain Hagley had again taken com. mand pf the Tararua) that his health was such as to cause, his many friends anxiety. Tbe Coorong brines the sad tidings of his death, and those who have been acquain'ed with him daring the many years ho has traded on the West Coast, cannot bat. feel that they h»ve loat. * true friend. The

Melbiomne •" Arguii of "the .2nd ' instant, says .I." The flags of the vessels in port yes» terday were lowered to half -mast as a mark of respect-to Captain :iHagley,^late' of the B.sTaraiaa. CaptainHagley was about to proceed from AdelaideitoPort Dat^lnwith men, stock, and material for the overland telegraphic consti action party, when he was attacked with. an epileptic fit, to which he succumbed yesterday. For a number of years Captain Hagley has been, well and: favorably known ?n the passenger trade between this colony and New Zealand, in the Panama and New Zealand Royal Mail Company's service, .Its well as in that of Messrs M'Meckan, Blackwood, and Co, and the 'thousands of passengers who have voyaged with him \i ill bear willing testimony to nis invariable courtesy and his ever considerate attention to their welfare on board, the Bteameis of which he has had the command. The feeing of rej^et expressed yesterday in poii at his untimely and unlooked-for decease was widespread and genuine. "