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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1290, 17 September 1872, Page 2

There were no arrivals or departures at this port yesterday. The agent of M'Meckan, Blackwood, and Co. 'a steamers announces that should sufficient inducement offer the s s Tararua will return to this port from Dunedin and take passengers direct to Melbonrno, on Monday, the 23rd inst. All intending passengers are requested to apply at the office of D. Girdwood and Co, before half -past three p.m. today, in order to carry out the above arrangement. We {West Coast Times) have been put into possessiou of a telegram from Mr T. R. Weld on, Commissioner of Police in Dunedin, by which we perceive that tho letter we published on the 13th inst. in respect to the drowning of Tim M'Cartby, was written for the purpose of inducing the belief that the man M'Carthy was drowned when in fact ho is still living, and no such vessel as that he is represanted as having been chief mate of was at Port Chalmers at that time. The whole affair appears to have been a fabrication. The Melbourne Steam Navigation Board continued their inquiry on the 6th instant, into the loss of three seamen of the Dilawur on her voyage from London to Melbourne. The only evidence taken was that of Edward B.Spence the chief officer of the vessel. The decision of the board was, that the statements made by a portion of the crew respecting the efforts made to save the men and the Condition of the boats were not correct, and Captain Jones and his officers were absolved from all blame in the matter. The board called attention to the too general neglect shown of keeping the lifeboats in proper condition to be immediately lowered, although in the present instance they did not consider this had affected the loss of the men.— Argus, The ketch Flying Squirrel arrived at Dunedin on Saturday week, from Preservation Inlet, via the Bluff, with a cargo of coal, and Mr Burke, manager of the coal mine. On leaving the Inlet five hands were left carrying coal from the mine to a place of shipment. The brigantine Elizabeth Curie, having received ft thorough overhaul on Messrs Sinclair's slip, cleared the Customs at Lyttelton on Saturday week for Hokitika. The schooner Wild Wave cleared the Customs on the same day for Hokitika.