SHIPPING.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1484, 7 May 1873, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF GREY.

HIGH WATER. This Day— 6.42 a.m. ; 7.17 p.m. ARRIVED. May 6-Nil. * j SAILED. May 6— Nil. EXPECTKD ARRIVALS. St. Kilda, from Wanganui. Gleaner, from Melbourne. Murray, from Nelson. Alhambra, from Melbourne, via East Coast ports and Nelson. Eangitoto, from Melbourne. VESSELS IN PORT. Kennedy, from Nelson. Dispatch, tug steamer. Amaranth, from Eaipara. Elizabeth Curie, from Lyttelton.

The bar still remains in such a bad state that there were no arrivals or departures yesterday. It is expected, however, that an improvement is rapidly taking place, and that the Kennedy will be able to leave for the North to day. The s.s. Rangitoto was not telegraphed off Hokitika last night. She will probably put in an appearance in the roadstead in the morning, and come on here in the afternoon, when she will be tendered by the Dispatch. In reference to a telegram, which we published yesterday, the West Coast Times has authority from the owners of the steam tug Lioness, of Hokitika, to state that they have been in no communication whatever With any person in Wellington or elsewhere about the sale of their steamer, and that their intention is to strictly confine her services to Hokitika. #We are sorry to record another fatal accident from drowning, which occurred in Lyttelton harbor on Tuesday morning. The unfortunate deceased, named Ambrose Haiden, was a Bailor. He had been discharged from the brig Nile, and had shipped on board the schooner Lady Don, bound for Hokitika. It appeared that about 1 a.m., deceased and another man belonging to the same vessel pulled off in the schooner's dingy to the craft, and on getting alongside the craft, and endeavoring to get on board, he missed his hold and fell into the water. An alarm was raised, and a search made, and the body was picked up and taken on board the schooner. Life then was not extinct, for on being laid down he gave a groan, and fell back lifeless. Medical assistance was procured, and Dr M'Donald was in attendance ; but the man was dead. The coroner, at the request of the jury, promised to communicate with the Provincial Secretary, and have the town and vessels supplied with the Royal Humane Society's directions for restoring partially drowned persons. -Press. The friends of acclimatisation, says an Otago contemporary, will be glad to learn that the trout liberated in the Waikouaiti river some two or three years ago have thriven remarkably, and propagated to such a degree that they are now to be seen miles away from the place where first liberated, disporting in the river. We do not remember in which branch of the river these fish were first set free, but we are informed that j thay have been seen in considerable numbers in both forks, as well as lower down the river. The fish have evidently become acclimatised, and feel themselves quite at home ; and if they increase at the present ratio as we understand they have done, some excellent sport may, in a few years, be looked by the disciples of Izaak Walton. An able paper was read by Capt. Brcmner before the Royal United Service Institution, on the Bremner Steam-Steering Screw. The ~ravention~~isDviates xne necessity oi steerage way, enables a vessel to keep her position when hove-to, to turn rapidly in a narrow channel, &c, and is especially valuable to vessels of war by the rapidity with which they could then bring their guns to bear upon an enemy, and in this respect a broadside vessel would be placed upon the same footing as a turret ship. The screw is placed in a circular aperture near the keel of the ship, in what is technical'y known as the dead wood, and below the line of the ordinary screw-pmpeller shaft, as close to the keel as possible, and can be worked by a small donkey engine, or steam winch on deck, or a small engine below. — Graphic.