PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1248, 30 July 1872, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

UTOH WATKB. This Day- 6. 10 a.m. ; 6.45 p.m. ARRIVED. July 30-Nil SAILED. July 30-NU KXPJOTED ARRIVALS. K«te Conley, from Melbourne Alhambra, from Melbourne Charles Edward, from Nelson Murray, from Westport Garibaldi, from Lyttelton Isabella, from Lyttelton VESSELS IX FORT. Dispatch, tug-steamer Gleaner, from Melbourne Wallabi, from Westport

The ss Wallabi was appointed to sail for Wanganui yesterday, but her departure was postponed until tide-time this morning. The brigantine Gleaner is appointed to sail to-morrow for Melbourne direct.

The p b Wallace is understood to be due at Hokitika from Northern ports. The s s Alhambra is expected here from Nelson tomorrow, as she left Wellington for Nelson yesterday. She will be despatched for Melbourne direct immediately on arrival. Tho captain of the Nebraska has written to the Wellington papers den j ing that ever small-pox was aboard. He says the vessel' has been made a victim of provincial and political jealousy. The Halciono has arrived at Wellington, with about 280 passengers, a large proportion of whom are married ; also a number of single women. Four births occurred on the passage, aid four deaths of infants. All the passengers are well. The following regulations as to quarantine have been issued by the Governor in Council, arid are published in the Wtntland Gazette of the 24th instant :— "1. The Health Officer for any port shall have power to place or declare to be in quarantine, any vessel arriving at tuch port from Honolulu, whether or not such vessel may have previously to such arrival called, or touched at any other port or ports in New Zealaud, and thereupon such vessel shall be deemed to be in quarantine within the meaning of the said regulations, ard to be. subject thereto, and to the following regulations, although such Health Officer may not find that sickness exists, or has recently been on board. 2. Such Health Officer shall report to the Board of Health of the port whenever he places any such vessol in quarantine under the last regulation. 3. The Board Of Health for such -port, or a majority of them, shall have authority to detain any such vessel as aforesaid, in quarantine, or the crew or passengers thereof in lazaret, until such measures as they may have prescribed for cleansing, purifying, and disinfecting such vessel, and the passengers and crew thereof, and the goods therein, have been carried out."

The Launceßton papers "report that the barque Koh-i-noor, bound from Newcastle to Wallaroo, has been wrecked in the Straits. Captain Allen reports having left Newcastle on the 4th June, after which had a succession of westerly gales, and was knocking about in the Straits for 29 days. On 3rd July bore up for the Hummocks Island for shelter. On approaching the anchoiage the vessel struck a detached sunken rock not set down in the chart, the vessel sailing at the rate of seven knots. There was soon 6ft of water in the hold, and it was deemed advisable to abandon the ship in order to save life, and the captain and the crew proceeded in the boats to the island, taking some stores from the Vessel. On the sth instant the captain visited the ship, and found it full of water, the {tide ebbing and flowing through her, Captain Allen chartered a small ketch named the Taaman to take himself and crew to George Town.