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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1383, 6 January 1873, Page 2

The schooner Gleaner, bound for Melbourne, was towed to sea by tho p.s Dispatch on Saturday, and was soon off the coaßt with a fair wind. On Saturday we announced by mistake the arrival otf Hokitika of tho s.s laud Hamilton, from Melbourne. We were Jed into the error through our agent at Holdtika neglecting to mention the same of th.; vessel which brought the Australian telegrams. They must have been received by some s iling vessel. The s.s Tstraiua arrived from Melbourne via Hokitika early yesterday m»ming. and at 1 p.m was tendered by the p.s. Dispatch, which transhipped her passengers and her mails. Her aarpo, as usual, was transhipped at Hokitika. The Tararua came on in place of the Claud Hamilton, which has been put . into the Adelaide trade. From Mauritius papers received by the barque Thomas Brown, wo learn that the slim •■ lenora, from Londou to Wellington, N.Z., put into Port Louis in distress on November 14. Captain Colbert, of the Glenora, 41deg. 45min. S., and in long. 23deg. 47min. F. f experienced a very heavy and sudden squall; wind from N.W., veering to S.W, suddenly, heavy sea running at the time ; the ship hsing caught all aback, carried away all braces, foreiopraast. mainmast, and the mizen?nasfc ; I eine all adrift, had to cut I away the tniz?i;ma»t to save further damage, losing aM.:-.ki! siu>. of sails, except; fore- i anil, main- r.y' iil. and jib. Cargo not damaufd. On the 11th Oct-ber in lat. 40de.'. 17min. S.. an 1 long. 24de» lOrain. E., bore up to the Mauritius for repairs. The last tribute of respect whioh could be shown to the memory of the late lamented Captain J-.hn Gray of the steamship Great Britain, by his brother shipmasters in Hob. | son's Hay, was performed on batimiay, and tb flags of all the vessels in port hung at h ilf-mast throughout the day. The colors were also at half-mast at the various mercantile establishments in towu, and the melancholy event was discoursed of as if it had been a national calamity The as Parana, of which we had intimation a month or two ngd to tl c effect that she was to be the pioneer steamer of a new line to ru* regularly between Hong Kong and Melbourne anJ Sydney, has arrived in Hobson's Bay. She is a large vessi-1 of over 1000 tons register, and has brought some 1700 tons of cargo, chiefly sugar, tea, rice, . sp ces, and chow-chow for Melbourne and Sydney.