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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1246, 27 July 1872, Page 2

The schooner Gleaner, Captain Le Bran, arrived at the wharf yesterday, having been towed in by the ps Dispatch on the afternoon tide. According to her log she loft Williamatown on the 7th instant, and cleared the Heads on the following day, with :, the wind about east by north, .light. During the following three days she made very little way, as the breeze kept strengthening and , dunging gradually to east-south-east and south-east, with all appearance of very threatening weather. During the 15th, 16th, aad 17th the gale culminated, and a succession of seas swept the deck, and drowned . one of the horses. Adverse winds still con-

tinned to the 21st, when they chopped round to the north-west, but only continued there , till the following [day, when it once more shifted round to east-sonth-east, blowing very heavily and accompanied by rain. Next day the wind fell light and variable, while a heavy sea was running. On Wed- ~~ nesday, the 10th instant, a sea broke on board and carried away the ship's binnacle, and inflicted great damage. Another loss of a second valuable horse out of the three shipped occurred on the 22nd through the continuous storm. The land was made on Sunday last, the 21st instant, Mount Cook beating east, but as the weather was threatening Captain Le Bran stood out to sea, again closing with it off Hokitika on Thursday afternoon. We were prepared to hear of Dad weather from the report brought by the Alhambra, bnt a record of the above is even more than we anticipated. The Gleaner brings a large deck cargo, and is as usual con- ' signed to her owner, Mr Coates. The 88 Waipara, according to telegram received by the agent at Hokitika, arrived at Port Chalmers on Wednesday evening at eight o'clock. , Coal its very scarce at Port Chalmers, there hardly being -a pound on board of the hulks. The barque Antipodes is the next vessel expected from Newcastle. Should any chance vessel drop in, her cargo would realise a high price. Several steaiuors have had to go away short. Green Island and Kaitangata coal is being partly used by the Harbor Company's steamers. The cntter Icelia, which left Melbourne on the 27th ultimo, came into collision with , another vessel off Cape Otway on the same night, and had her bowsprit carried away. Her stem, was also considerably damaged, and she bad to put back for repairs. Not the slightest clue was obtained of the vessel which foaled her. By our last English telegrams it would be seen that the captain, the steward, and one . of the passengers of the ship Zealandia have been drownea at sea, the vessel also having . a very narrow escape of shipwreck. The ship was in command of Captain White, late of the Blue Jacket, burnt at sea two or three years ago. The Zealandia sailed from Lyttelton on the 17th March, with between 30 and 40 passengers aboard. , The brig Princess Alice, Captain Meredith, nearly went ashore at Timara on Friday morning, and but for the opportune arrival of tho steamship Tararaa in the roadstead, there is nd doubt but that we should have had to record another wreck. On Friday morning, during the south-east galo and heavy sea, the vessel parted both her ' anchors, and was drifting ashore. Signals of distress were made to the Tararua, and the went to her assistance, and Captain Pearce Was so fortunate as to be able to tow •■ her out to sea. The Harbormaster put off to : to the brig in the life-boat at daylight on Friday morning to see if he could not bring her up to her moorings by means of a kedge and hawser. In returning to the shore the boat capsized on the reef, and precipitated her crew into the water, but upon its righting they all scrambled in again, none the, worse for their accident.