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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1439, 12 March 1873, Page 2

The schooner Sarah and Mary. Glover, master, from Lyttelton, arrived in the roadstead last evening, and was at once brought to the (vharf by the p.s. Dispatch. As she only cleared out at Lyttelton on the 4th inßtant, she has made a very good run round Coast, The s.s. Rangitoto is due off tfokitika this morning, from Melbourne direct. On arrival here she will take passengers for Nelson and other New Zealand ports, and for Melbourne, via the Bluff. The p.s. Charles Edward passed this port yesterday morning, bound for Hokitika." She will arrive here this morning, but when she will be despatched north is not announced. The schooner Bonnie Lass, from Blind Bay, arrived in tow of the Dispatch yesterday. Sh9 will load a cargo of coal for Taranaki. A correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes from San Francisco :— -I candidly confess that actual experience as a passenger by the Neb/aska has entirely removed my old prejudices against this line of steamers. Those prejudices were certainly formed through ignorance of the many good qualities of these boats. As . to her sea qualities, those who say she cannot endure a storm say what is the reverse of truth. Between Honolulu and San Francisco we had a perfect hurricane, which raged unremittingly for three days and three nights ; but the gallant vessel bravely and unflinchingly withstood the fierce aud powerful blasts, majestically and defiantly steaming through it all. In short, I have never travelled in a more comfortable or convenient boat, one steadier in a rough sea, or one better officered or provisioned than the Nebraska.