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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1167, 25 April 1872, Page 2

We are sorry to say that there, is ?ti|l no / nflws of the brig Magnet. . Whett the-Rangi-toto arrived at Hokitik^ yesterday 4 her* "••■ master promptly {tele£rabhed that nothing . .bad been hejrd of hen in Melbourne when he left, : and, thajt he. had nob. Been her oh the trip down. _• '„, ■ ••■,■■;■ ■■•'■•| /. • Th 6 ss Rsngitoto, ff oinv Melbourne direct, arrived off -HokitiKa yesterday morning aa "Waipara. She. came on here yesterday afternoon, and wa*to be tendered during the night by the pa Dispatch, i She w,uuld then ..'■•• prooeed'on- to' Nelson' and sonthera ports. 1 ' ' The ps Charles Edward arrived yesterday about noon from Nelson, Westport; and Bokitiko, after &' very good run. During the - ct*y site discharged cargo, and sailed laat night for Westport and Nelson, . - : ' ' ■ The ss WaUabi sailed yesterday forenoon on her return trip for Westpprt. and Wan« •-gahul ' '-"" '' ■" '"■' '/" " . -„- . ..'.The. schooiler ' Kainma was towed into. Hokitika on Tuesday morning. The same morning the brigantine ;Qeres, bound fbr Melbwnrne, laden with sawn timber, was towed out. v < ' CapUia H«M)ry Schank Hillyar, CB, obtains fla^ "rank! by the lamented death of Rear- Admiral Jatne« .Hereford- 'Cockburn, Commander«inObief-<in the East Indies. . , H.M.S. Basilisk has. returned, from her ' cruise on the northern coast of Australia. v DnHng her absence from - this port sM has visited the various pearl-fishing stations in . Torres Straits, and also Warrior Island, and has fixed] the position of a - doubtful reef re- ' .ported to exist off Saddle Island, and which Jies inthe nojtb.-cast.track-ot_vaBBela bound ; i^^bpr--llie native miflj3ionxiiie& On "Cornwallis Island hAving* rtM • short" b( - trade, and thus . •- ' being unable to obtain supplies, o£ provisions from tie 'natives, bad communicated pith Warrior Island, where they received every assistance, and were liberally supplied .with food,'ftc, by the resident' superintendent of the fishing station, and but for this .timely „ asdsttthcatboV Would have perished. The Basilisk has also been instrumental in saving aomeot the creW'of the iJI-fated AJaria, and' ha» brought into port' fin »»)• the schooner Peri, which was-'-picked np at sea with Islander* on board, thefparticulars of which : have- already appeared; The Basilisk has, doubtless had a most trying time, but has returned without having suffered any mishap, and has carried out her mission success- . tv&Ly^Sydney Mornbig JlerdUl '.'.- '