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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1263, 16 August 1872, Page 2

The steamers Murray and Wallabi, after detention in port daring the recent inclement weather, weie able to sail yesterday afternoon, over a smooth bar, and with a promise of fair weather for some time. The ss Albion, from Nelson, passed the port early on Thursday morning, and was tendered at Hokitika in the afternoon. On the top of the tide the p s Dispatch ran out, and waited until the Albion reached tho roadstead, when she transhipped to her 54 passengers, a quantity of gold from the Bank of Australasia, and brought ashore the mails and four passengers. The Albion then left for Melbourne direct. The schooner Northern Light, from Melbourne, arrived off Hokitika on Tuesday. Advices received in England, dated Rio Janiero, 18th May, state that the Agamemnon had put in there, leaky and with crew disaffected. The Zealaodia proceeded from Valparaiso, in charge of the mate; on the 4th May. All the passengers were well, and no damage, so far as could be ascertained, was done to the llie Dunedin Harbor Company sent home orders by Mr tfarling, its engineer, for the construction of a ship 1200 tons burthen. The command of her, on completion, will be offered to Captain Carrie, of the City of Dunedin. A schooner, which has been on the stocks at the New River for some time past, was successfully launched on the Ist fast, She' is hhe property of Mr Lewis Ackers, and the handiwork of Mr Dawson, shipbuilder. She is named the Mabel Jane. A telegram from Oamaru announces that the party under the charge of Mr J. Mills, have succeeded in landing a part of the plant of the Waitaki bridge, recovered from the stranded brig Oar Hope. Another tragedy in the South Seas is reported from Sydney. The schooner Lavinia recently visited Florida Island, in the Solomon Gronp, and sent a boat ashore for trading purposes. Shortly afterwards the captain's boat also left for the shore. The crew of the boat were murdered, and before the captain's boat could get back to the schooner, the natives attacked the vessel, and killed all on board, consisting of five -whites and three Polynesians. The captain, with one white seaman and three Polynesians, managed somehow or other to regain possession of the vessel, and having obtained a new crew at San Cristoval, proceeded to Sydney. Captain Thomson, late Harbormaster at Bluff Harbor, has had an interview with Messrs George Wood and Co, of Liverpool and London, who supply anchors for the Peninsular and Oriental Company, and that this eminent firm is disposed to consider the invention a valuable one, a? remedying the most serious defects of former patents. The balk Thomas and Henry, belonging to Messrs Clark and Co, of Port Chalmers, lias been recently examined and overhauled in the floating dock, with a view of rigging her out for sea. On opening her out she was found to be as fresh as the day she was built at Sydney, some years ago : her construction being chiefly of ironbark and gum, showed no symptoms of decay. She was undocked, and is intended to be fitted oat forthwith.