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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1151, 6 April 1872, Page 2

There was only one arrival at this port yesterday- All the vessels'in* port were busily engaged dischargingcargo or shipping coal; and the wharves presented a very busy appearance during the day. ■ • The baiijue Kate Conley will leave to-day for Melbourne direct. oTbe steamer Kennedy, from Nelson and Westport. via, Hokjtika^ arrived in port last evening with' a large number 'of passengers, of whom several are bound for Reeftou. She was accommodated with'a berth in the small space between the sailing vessels iv port and the portion of the wharf which is occupied by the coal merchants. She sails this eveningfor Westport and Nelson. wm P'x&c d Bm>ss^lleflrtS ai Kmg George's^ Souhdi'mduitaihied an average speed of 14 knots. Messrs Lockhart Morton and Glimie have devised a scheme for providing for Melbourne a Bta'p c^nal and docks, for preventing the overflow of the river, and, incidentally, for rendering possible a system of underground drainage. They have intimated their willingness to. submit the scheme to the Corporation^ i . The exports from Kaiapoi for the month ending March 31, were:—3o,2so bushel's wheat, 10,610 do oats, 912 do barley, 3 tons chees, 170 bales wool, 279 do phormium, 5 tons flour. The registered tonnage of vessels inwards was 1169 tons. The Nebraska, which left Attcklandjaatbor the other evening, had on board the mailbaga for Honolulu, but they will not be landed at that' port, for reasons which the Southern -Cros» believes to be good and sufficient. The Hawaiian journal, indeed says so in a" long and explanatory* leading article, and as the people of Honolulu will be deprived of their correspondence, and greatly inconvenienced thereby, we may fairly presume that 1 Mr Webb is acting right in carrying the Honolulu mails through to San Francisco to be sent back by some other service. It appears that the Government at Honolulu have broken faith with the Webb line of steamers in the matter of subsidy, and they are now reaping the consequences. The Webb line of boats is every month increasing in popularity, due to the efficient manner -in which the service is being conducted. When the Nebraska left she carried in her cabins over 100 passengers and a very large cargo. The City of Melbourne, on her arrival at Auckland, placed 360 bales of wool on board the Nebraska, which were forwarded from Sydney for transhipment here. At all the Southern New Zealand ports the Nebraska was compelled to refuse cargo, and the' City of Melbonme was compelled to shut out 150 tons of cargo intended for consignment to this port, to make room for the cargo to be transhipped on board of the Nebraska for San Francisco.