VESSELS IN PORT,

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1314, 15 October 1872, Page 2

VESSELS IN PORT.

Dispatch, tag steamer Kate Conley, from Melbourne Garibaldi, from Westport; Charles Edward, from Nelson

The s.s. Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne via the coast ports will be here to-day, and is announced to be tenderei at 5 p.m. She takes passengers for Melbourne direct. Since leaving this port the Wallace has made a special trip from Nelson to Westport, full of cargo. The cargo of tho p.s. Charles Edward, Which arrived last night, consists principally of goods transhipped at Kelson, ex s.s. Phtebe, from southern- ports, the particulars of which we were unable to ascertain. The steamer Charles' Edward arrived at Hokitika on Sunday morning from Nelson and Westport, and yesterday evening, she reached this port. It had been arranged that tbe Charles Edward should proceed to Martin's Bay, but the arrangement now is that the Wallace should proceed to that place, and she is expectea to arrive here this morning on her way thither. Intelligence received at Auckland per steamer Comerang, reports the occurrence of very heavy gales, dunng which the schooner Victoria was wrecked at Awanni, and a Maori drowned at Parengarenga through the capsizing of a canoe. It is oelieved, from the traces strewn along the beach north of Ahipara, that another wreck has occurred. The Atrato, the pioneer steamer of the new line to Melbourne, is to leave London on September 7, and Plymouth on September 14, for Melbourne. Her passenger accommodation is all that can be desired, while for cargo and live stock she offers exceptional advantages. It is expected sao will moke the run out in forty .eight or fifty days. The Atrato made a most satisfactory trial trip. Dr H. L. Jenner, D.D., late Bishop of Dunedin, in a letter to the Times, says : — "A few weeks ago I sent you an account, from the pen of one of the passengers, of the perils experienced by the snip ZeaUndia on her homeward voyage from Port Lyttelton. A second letter has just been received from the same passenger, who now states that the Zealandia again put to sea from Valparaiso towards the end of May, but had not sailed more than 400 miles before a formidable leak was discovered, the ship making water at the rate of one foot per hour. All hands— even the passengers taking their turns— were sent to the pumps, which were kept going day and night. The ship was put about, and the courso once more shaped for "Valparaiso, which port was reached with no little difficulty. Here it was found that the leak was in the fore compartment, and was caused by the bursting of the pipe by which the condenser was supplied. The damage was being made good, and the ship was expected to leave Valparaiso about June 5." At a recent meeting of the Royal United Service Institution, Mr G. Read, R.N., read, a paper on his " Self-acting semaphore and night helm indicating signals for the prevention of collisions at sea," Mr Read pointed oat his invention was not intended to supersede, but to be an adjunct of the present regulation lights. He proposed, by working gear attached to the helm, to show By the action thereof, as it is turned by the helmsman, a red light for the "port," a graen light for "starboard," and a white light for "steady," one of the cliief advantages being that by small apertnrea at the back ot the lamp the officer or pilot could see whether the helm was put according to orders. Tho lamp was simple both in construction and working, not the leatt important matter being the item of expense, which was only about L 5 for a medium-sized vessel, and not more than LlO for a giant India or China merchantman or steamer. The lecturer said it bad been highly approved by Lloyd's, the Liverpool Salvage Association, and others. Lord Grandville had said it was talking with the Helm, and Mr Gladstone observed that it was mute teaching with the rudder. In thanking the lecturer, Captain Jasper Selwyn said its reasonable cost was an important element, and the simplicity of tho arrangement would no doubt cause it to work well.