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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1281, 14 September 1872, Page 2

Per Gleaner, from Melbourne : 318 bundles lumber, 131 bundles flooring, 2 bundles mouldings, I box trusses, 3 bundles sashes, G glass doors, 20 doors, Charles Holder. By a misprint yesterday the above goods were consigned to Orr and Co. Tho Io cleared out at Melbourne for this port on the 6th inst. The following is a list of her cargo :— 135) bags 200 half-bags flour, 2 qr-casks rum, 21 pkgs paints, 20 bars iron, 14 coils rope, 3 bales paper, 90 pieces castings, 1 piano, 2*24 pkgs tea, 100 pkgs oilmen's stores and provisions, 80 pkgs candlea, 7 casks soda crystals, 10 cases old torn, 9 cases furniture, G cases geneva, 2 cases tobacco, 339 pkgs sugar, fl. qr-casks brandy, 6 cases scales, 2 qr-casks wine, 5 casks shot, 394 pkgs hardware and ironmongery, 25 cases kerosene, 5 pkgs sundries. The present exodus to the Townsville diggings is likely to lead to one or more of the ships in port making a speculative trip to Cleveland Bay with passengers, before the •wool shipping season begins. The Timarn, which arrived recently from London, is likely to be among the first on the berth. The barque Bengal, which has been detained Smding the arrival of her master, Captain nmmel, from Adelaide, will call at Townsvine on her way to Port Darwin. — Argus, 7th inst. The schooner Aurora with a cargo consist-, ing of 330 pkgs of sashes and doors, upwards of 15,000 ft Kauri timber for boat-building purposes, and 400 fire-bricks, consigned to Mr Wickcs, arrived in the roadstead yesterday, and waß towed in by the pa Dispatch on the afternoon's tide. The Aurora sailed fr4m Mauakau at 4pm on the 4th instant, with a north-west wind, and thick weather. She wan off Farewell Spit on tho Gth at 3 pm, and at 8p m was off Bocks Point. Experienced light airs and calms up to her arrival. Wo have to thank Captain Chapman for files of Auckland papers up to the date of his departure. The 8 s Tararua, from Melbourne, and the s 8 Albion, from Nelson, arrived in the roadstead on Thursday night, and were both tendered by the ps Dispatch early on Friday morning. The Albion took from this port 75 passengers, moat of whera ace bound lor the Kopcr River. The schooner Mavis, from Hobart Town, arrived at Hokitika on Thursday. The as Kennedy, from Nelson and Westport, arrived in port early yesterday morning, and discharged cargo during the day. On the evening's tide the p s Chas. Edward, belonging to ' the same line, and which was bound for Hokitikaditect, put in here, as the weather looked threatening, and it was known that sho had very little chance of crossing tho Hokitika bar. Tho N.Z.S.S. Company, we learn, have purchased tho schooner Lady Bird from Mr Dransrield, and intend to send her to Sydney at once for the purpose of converting her into a steamer. On reaching Sydney she will receive a thorough overhaul, and have her frame considerably strengthened to admit of her having machinery placed in her hull with safety. The machinery and engines of the Airedale, which have been purchased by the company, are now at Sydney ready to be ltiado use of as soon as the Lady Bird is fitted to receive them. It is almost needless to say that the L-idy Bird will be employed upon the coast, where she is already so' well kupwn. We have received tho following letter respecting the loss of the clneE mate of the Lady Darling while she was lying at Port Chalmers :— "Sir. -Will you be bo kind as to publish these few lines in the columns of your journal. The chief officer of the Lady Darling, steamship, fell overboard while standing on the tuft>ail of the quarter-deck, giving orders to one of the men aloft. He was well known in Hokitika, and he used to talk of some store he kept in Eevell street north. Wia name was Tim M 'Car thy. He was well liked by his captain and by the crew, the whole of whom are fishing for the body. He joined tho ship at the Cape diamond fields. Ho was a (i rat-class Beaman and navigator. Tho .ship's company mourn his loss very deeply. Sir, by inserting these few lines you will oblige the whole of the ship's company. We are yours, Sir, J. A. M. Fitz simmonrts, master; John M'Lellen, second mate. Port Chalmers, September 2, 1872."— West Cotul Times. Ob 23th Jane, Mewri Bladwood and

Gordon launched from their building.yard a handsome iron screw steamer, of 550 tons burden, b.m., named the Otway, classed A 90 at Lloyd's, and of the following dimensions, viz. :— Length, 180(t ; breadth, 25ft ; depth, 12ft ; with full poop 60ft in length, and hurricane deck 43ft in length. The saloou is fitted up in an elegant manner, with , accommodation for fifty first-clrss passengers; and on the 'tween decks accommodation has been fitted up for. thirty-six second-class passengers. Under the hurricane deck are located the officers' rooms, which are neatly furrished and ventilated. The accommodation for crew and firemen is placed under the topgallant forecastle, and has a comfortable and airy appearance. On deck, the vessel is furnished with two steam winches and one of Harfield's patent steam windlasses, and we understand she is to be propelled by a pair of compound high and low pressure engines, of 100 nominal horse power, constructed by her builders. Diameter of cylinders, 26in and46in ; length of stroke, 33in, with surface condenser, and all the latest improvements ; and, from her fine lines and great power, it is confidently expected that a speed of eleven knots will be attained on her trial trip. The steamer has been built to the order of Wm. R. Evans, Esq., for tho Warrnambool Steam Navigation Company, of Warrnambool, Victoria ; and is intended to trade, in conjunction with the screw steamer Edina, between Melbourne and the western ports. The launch was witnessed by a goodly uumber of spectators, among whom we noticed several old colonists ; and on leaving the ways, the duty of naming the vessel was gracefully performed by Mrs W. R. Evans. As we understand that tho Otway is the first steamer built for Colonial owners with com* pound engines, with which there is a great saving in fuel, it is expected that great interest will be taken in her doings after her arrival in the Colony. After the launch, an adjournment was mode to the builders' model-room, in which cako and wine were partaken of, and the usual toasts of success to the ship and owners, and prosperity to tho builders, were duly proposed and as heartily responded to. — European Mail.