PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1415, 12 February 1873, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

HTGH WATER. This Day— lo.3o a.m. ; 10.50 p,m, ARRIVED. February 11— Kennedy, Quance, from Hokitika. SAILED. February 11 -Charles Edward, Whitwell, for Westport and Nelson! EXPECTED ARRIVALS. " lo, from Melbourne Sarali and Miuy, from Melbourne Gleaner, from Melbourne Rangitoto, from Melbourne Alhambra, from Melbourne, via East Coast ports . .' V, .'••■. - Wallace, from -Nelson. Charles *sdwaraVfrom Nelson VESSELS IN PORT. T)ispatch, tug steamer Kaiuma, from Hokitika Kennedy, from Nelson

The schooner Kaiuma has taken in a cargo ■ of GO tons of coal, and will be towed to sea to-day, bound for Lyttelton. The s.s. Rangitoto is now due from Melbourne direct, and will no doubt show up with her usual punctuality. She will take passengers for Nelson, Southern ports, and Melbourne, via the Bluff. The s.s. Alhambra is expected here on Friday from Nelson. She takes passengers for Melbourne direct. The Napier Daily Telegraph, of the 6th instant, says : — "To show v.hat reliance can be placed on the certificates of conduct sailors receive on their discharge, Captain 'Hepburn, of the s.s. Rangatira. as witness in the Resident Magistrate's Oou> t, said that he attached no importance whatever to them. With regard to the certificate handei in as j testimony of the previous good character of a | sailor charged with assaulting the mate of ( the Rangatira, Captain Hepburn said that he had signed it before it was filled up. If this is the usual -practice, and fully understood by all masters of vessels, they fully deserve all they get from shipping an inferior and badly conducted crew, but a manifest injustice is dope to good and steady seamen who, under this system, and likely to be treated and re- ! garded as no better than any other man possessing av.o. certificate." The Lyttelton Times, of February 6, says : "The cutter Nautilus, fitted out by the Deep Sea Fishing Company, returned yesterday after a cruise of six days. It appears that the trip was an experimental one to find out the fishing banks. The cutter has been very unfortnnate in the weather, being I>ecalmed several days. Only two shots .during the cruisehave been made. The fact .is fully proved—that fish in great variety exist near our shores, and the only matter to solve is the best time for a good haul. The samples brought by the cutter, and sent to the Company's office yesterday, consisted of soles (three different kinds), cod fish, baracouta, flounders, and phosphorus fish. The first named were fine fish, some of them being two feet in length. The gurnet were also very good. When experience has been gained as to the proper times and season for operations, there is little doubt that successful catches will be made. "