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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1275, 30 August 1872, Page 2

The s.s Alhambra is expected to-day from Wellington and Nelson. She will be despatched on tho. afternoon's tide for Melbourne direct, with gold and passengers. Yesterday morning the p J Lyttelton arrived from Nelson aud sailed in the evening for Hokitika. Tho Charles Edward, belonging to the same line, sailed ye«terday afternoon for Westport and Nelson. The schooner Gleaner, from Greymouth, arrived at Melbourne on the Ist inst. She had a. fool . weather.. passage. of it, heavy westerly gales prevaibng uptil passing Wilson's Promontory.- Thence she exnenenced moderate S.W winds, until entering Port Phillip Heads. ' Captain M'Keon, of the ship Marquis of Argyll", which arrived recently at Hooson's Bay from Hong Kong, reports passing some floating wreck when about sixty miles to the westward of Cape Otway. The wreck consulted of a lower mast, painted white, of a ship, and hod the top and yard attached, and had apparently belonged to a vessel of about 1000 tons. * \

The capture of a large black whale estimated to yield nine tuns of oil, was effected on the 16th inst by Bradshaw's party, about seven miles from the Otago Meads. The whale was chased by two boats. That Bteorcd by George Robertson succeeded in killing it, when it was taken, iv tow. It was towed by the two boats' crew totheKaik, where it will be tiyedouL The valaeof this capture will be enhanced by the quan* tity of bone: jft..wfciM; flft jßb*H^dC" whale. The s.s Adriatic has lately made the smartest passage en record between Fastnet Itock, Queenstown, to New York, viz, 7 days 14 hours and 50 minutes.