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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1279, 4 September 1872, Page 2

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Tor Kennedy, from Nelson : 12 sacks potatoes, Alogoffin ; 14 do do, 16 do carrots, 14 do sweeds, 12 cases eggs, 2 kogs butter, 8 cases eggs, Woolcock ; 8 cases iron, Forsyth and Masters ; 1 do, Cowlishaw and Plaisted ; 5 cases, 1 parcel, 3 boxes, 2J kogs butter, 4 casks eggs, 6 cases cheese, 4 packages 12 kega butter, 22 do do, Girdwood and Co ; 1 bale leather, O'Brien ; 1 package trees, On ami Co; 2 cases eggs, 1 keg butter, M'Lcan ; I case eggs, 1 sack oysters, Parker ; 2 cases eggs, Nancarrow, Henderson and Co ; 1 parcel, O'Brien. From Hokitika-1 bundle sashes, Watson and Wickes; 1 box, 2 wheels, 1 axle-tree, Cameron; 1 steam guage, Forsyth and Masters. ■ rf 5 The B.s. Wallabi, Captain Daniels, bailed early yesterday (or \Vanganni_ diiecfc. The Aborigine was towed into the Hoki* tika river by the Lioncs3 on Monday morn- j ing. The only arrival yesterday was the s.s. Kennedy, from Nelson, via Westport and Hokitlka. She discharged cargo," and~will sail I}T the ( North,,thi4 forenoon.;, f . #1 The Sarah and Mary is announced to sail for Melbourne direct to-day. , She has *good accommodation for passengers. " | \ The iron clipper brig Centaur, with a full cargo of wheat and oats, arrived at Melbourne from Tiraaru, after a foul passage— —as tempestuous as it has been tedious. Daring this heavy weather several stanchions and a considerable portion of the bulwarks and poop netting wore washed away, and several sails were split. A lad named Albert A. Cook, a native of Sydney, fell overboard, and was drowned. Cook was aloft, assisting to reef the mainsail, when he fell over, and almost as soon as he come up to the surface a life-buoy was thrown close to him, and a boat manned and lowered. The brig was almost immediately hove-to, and Captain Hilton had every effort made to pick up the unfortunate lad, but after a fruitless search for about three-quarters of an hour the boat returned to the brig, whioh was put about, .and sailed back over the same grouud for an hour and a-half. Nothing, however, was seen of Cook, who was an excellent swimmer; " '-Itntemig^^rufe^^^^^ a few days since, for tho purpose of considering the advisability of forming a sailor's union. About 300 sailors wore present, and Mr Wynne, and one of tho committee, was called upon to take the chair. Tho chairman stated that the object of tho meeting was to form an association which would support the seamen whenever tho wages of the port were attempted to be reduced below Lo per month for sailing vessels and L 6 for steamers. Tho entrance fee would probably bo la Gd per week subscription. During a strike the association would pay members half of the standing wages. Mr Wynne said ho thought the association should petition the Government to remove Captain Shorter from tho office of Shipping Master, as a sailor, whenever ho appeared before that gentleman, was treated like a dog. Another speaker alluded to the way in which they were brought before the Water Police Court for any offence. The captain was allowed to make his statement, but if the sailor attempted to say anything, he was immediately put down, with three or four mouths' imprisonment. Another sailor suggested that one of tho rules of tbe society should be that no member be allowed to sail .in the flimc ship with a man who was not* a member of tho union. Tho resolution that a Seamen's Association bo formed in Sydney was proposed and seconded, and, on being put to tho meeting, was carried unanimously.