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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1178, 8 May 1872, Page 2

The a* Tararua was tendered at Hokitika last night, and will come on here this morning, when she will be at once tendered. The schooner 10, from Melbourne, was brought in this morning by the Dispatch. It wip hoped that she would have brought some satisfactory news in reference to the brig Magnet, hut such is not the case, and all the information she brings has been already stated, viz., that the Maid of Erin spoke the Magnet some five weeks ago. We regret to say that we have no further news of any kin* in referenon to the missing craft The barque Seagull, from Duuedin for Bong Kong, takes about 200 Celestials, who return to their native land with a good quantity of gold and a large lot of old metal —copper, iron, &c The new dock now in course of construction for the Clyde navigation at Glasgow is to be 560 ft long, or 110 ft more than the Williamstown graving dock as now being completed on its extended scale. The Glasgow duck, including caisson and pumping machinery, which will empty the dock in two hours, with about 300 ft of outside river wall, will not cost more than L 75.000, while the Williamatown dock, of smaller dimensions, will cost little less than L 260.000. Age.

Tbe Kate Kearney, from Torres Straits, brought 38 tons of superior pearl shells to Sydney a few days ago. The French war steamer Ranee has put in to Sydney for repairs to her machinery. The schooner Io left Warrnambool on the 15th of April, with light southerly winds, varying round to the south-east and east on the 16th, and continued until the 20th, when the wind varied round northerly and thence westerly. Signalled the brigantine Zephyr off the Sisters at 9.30 a.m. on the 20th. Cleared the land at noon the same day, and sighted, a barque standing to the westward, but could not make out what vessel it was. On tbe 22nd the wind veered round to the east-south-east, freshening into a gale, lasting until the 25th, when the wind fell light and veered from east-south-east to south-east, freshening on the 26th into a fresh gale, continuing until the 28th, when it blew a very heavy gale, with a high cross sea running. Was compelled to heave-to for 24 hours. The wind then moderated for about 12 hours, ~~V~mtH>a»»unAncecl.to blow a southerly gale, heave-to until 2nd ofllayz^ne-w^'flftiat^ nting and varying south-westerly on the 3rd. Heavy squalls and rain, with a heavy . south-west sea running, until imAing the land at daybreak on the 4tb, and stood off and on untfl being towed in by the ps Dispatch this morning. The promotion of whaling enterprise from Victoria has been brought under the notice of the Hon Mr Vale by the firm of Osborn, dishing and Co, who asked that a sum of money might be placed on the estimates for the ensuing year as a bonus for the first ship fitted out fey the whaling trade, Mr Vale asked that a proposition might be made in writing, which he promised to submit to bis colleagues— Age. The following notice to mariners is published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th April :— " East Coast of Middle Island. Ahurin Beef—Customs Department (Marine Branch), Wellington, sth April, 1862.— The following particulars from the survey of this reef, made by Commander Edwin, R.N., of the Marine Department, are published for general information— W. Gisborhb (in the absence of the Commissioner of Customs)— The Ahnriri Reef lies in the position given by the following bearings, and extends from thence to the shore — Jones Head. Waikouaiti Bay-S.S.W. 4 W., J| mile. The second point south of Red Cliff N.W. by N. IN., one mile. Masters of vessels are hereby cautioned that there are many patches of sunken rocks lying off the coast between Jones Head and Vulcan Point, and they are recommended not to approach this part of the coast within two and a half miles distance. Masters of vessels are' requested to inse«t this danger on their charts." Some few days ago we mentioned that some true mackerel had been captured in Queen Charlotte's Sound. Since that time* we have made reference to a most valuable work which has recently been issue — "Notes on the Edible Fishes," by Dr Hector-rand we find that two large hauls of the true mackerel were made in Wellington Harbor in December, 1870. One of the fish taken on thar occasion is preserved, and is efi exhibition at tbe Museum amongst a number of other New Zealand fishes, which form a most interesting ichthyological collection. W bile ou thio matter we may mention that about a fortnight ago a large migratory shoal of pilchards visited tbe harbor, but very few of them were caught, owing to the want of proper nets. A reference to the work above alluded to informs us that this fish has not previously been observed north of the Otago coast, where it appears annually in large shoals like the well-known herring, to which it is closely allied. It also appears thatthe sprat and the anchovy, both delicious species of the herring kind, are occasional' visitants to our harbor.