PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1514, 11 June 1873, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

HIGH WATER. \ This Day— lo.lß a.m. ; 10.3JTp._i. "- ARRIVED. ' l \ June 10— Nil. SAILED. Ju neJjo^Sarah.and, Mary, for-Lyttelton. - *: EXPECTED ARRIVALS. . „ . „■ t > Gleaner^ from Melbourne . ;,;;.• Charles Edward, from Nelson. Konnedyi from Nelson. Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne, via Hokitika. Albion, from Melbourne, via Bluff. St. Kilda, from Wanganui. -: .VESSELS IN PORT. Dispatch,. tug steamer. ' Sarah and Mary, from Melbourne. . ■ ,]

Tho only departure yesterday, was the schooner Sarah and Mary, for Lyttelton, with a cargo of coal, which was towed out by_ the p. s. Dispatch. There were no arrivals. The Westland Register says the smart little s.s the Waipara performed a feat on Saturday which not only speaks well for the qualities of the vessel and the energy and skill of her captain and crew, but empatically for the condition of the port. It is this. The Waipara left Greymouth, arrived in Hokitika River, discharged her cargo and passengers, ran out to the Tararua, took out 10 tons of that boat's cargo, and ran into the xivcr ugaiu— aUrvu uuv tide". — i^ui, aul>atr this we imagine ! The famous Bessemer ship has just encountered au unexpected rival in. the boating cabin devised by M. Alexandroviski. the inventorof the "under, water vessel." The construction is very much the same as that of the Bessemer, but the cabin, instead of being attached to a pivot, literally floats in a kind of tank placed amidships between the engines. The invention was tested a few days since by the Grand Duke Constantine, in his capacity as head of the department, with a perf ectly satisfactory result, all efforts to shake the cabin proving Utterly unsuccessful, and the pitchhlg as .well as the rolllng motion of the vessel being . completely counteracted. M. Alexandroyiskijleaves for England shortly in order to patent his invention, intending to visit France a little later with the same objects ' Se^working work is looked on with favor by most people. Sobie of our readers will rebaember that Admiral Inglefield invented apian by which the water wherein a ship floats does the work of steering ; and now. another invention of great advantage to ships has been tried at Plymouth with resulfathafc look very mnch like success. Foul water and foul air in the lower part of a ship are offensive, and often prejudicial to health j the invention here noticed pumps but both by the mere rolling of the ship. Two iron cylinders connected below by a tube are; placed on each side of the vessel. From each cylinder a pipe descends into the air, or water that is to be pumped out, arid a similar pipe: rises as an outlet above. The cylinders are filled with quicksilver, and being connected below, as already stated, each roll of- the ship- produces an alternative rise and fall into the quicksilver, creates thereby a vacuum intv which the bilge-water rushes, and is pumped out at the vent in a : continuous stream. The cylinders which expel air are filled with water,; but their action is the same as here described, and in each case the action is so simple and effectual that we may believe that from this time forward the lower decks of ships will be kept free from foul smells and occasions of disease. The experiments above referred to were made on board vessels of the Royal Navy, and with entire satisfaction to all. concerned. But it is in^ emigrant ships lhat ventilation is especially required, and in merchant ships a well-ventilated hold wiU tend to the preservation of the cargo; \ . „■,.-":