CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1531, 1 July 1873, Page 2

CUSTOMS ENTRIES.

INWARDS. June 30—Rangitoto, s.s, 579 tons, Mackie, from Melbourne. Six passengers. D. Gird-, wood and Co, agents. OUTWARDS. June 30 —Eangitoto, s.s, 579 tons, Mackie, for Nelson. Passengers — Messrs W. H. Harrison, W. S. Smith, H. H. Lahman, Calcutt, Mackay, Sayle, Herman, and six in steerage. D. Girdwood and Co, agents. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Gleaner, from Melbourne. St. Kilda, from Wauganui. Alhambra, from Melbourne. Wallace, from Nelson. Kate Conley, from Melbourne. Jupiter, from Lyttelton. VESSELS Iff PORT. Dispatch, tug steamer.

The s;s. Rangitoto, from Melbourne, via Hokitika, arrived in the roadstead yesterday afternoon. The^ p. s Dispatch was outside the bar waiting for her, and at once transhipped her passengers and mails, and the Rangitoto passed on to Nelson. ' We notice from* the latest Melbourne Argus that the Gleaner was announced to 83-il for this port' on the 28th ult., and the Kate Conley earlf . The 8.3. Alhambra is expected to arrive at J the Bluff, from Melbourne, on the 4th inst., and the Claud Hamilton, via Hokitika, oh the 16th. The ketch Jupiter ia expected in a few days from Lyttelton, with a cargo of produce. It is not true, as reported, that the Cape route line of steamers Messrs Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of Liverpool, were attempting to organise, has collapsed. Messrs Gibbs, Bright, and Co., have telegraphed to Mr Reginald Bright, of Melbourne, the information that negotiations for the starting of the line are going on satisfactorily, and that in a fortnight's time they hope to.be able to announce that the company is a complete success. The stay of the s s. Great Britain in port will now be of short duration, and this day ■week, if all is well, she will be away from her accustomed anchorage in the bay, and steaming on her return voyage to Liverpool. All her available cargo space will be filled up this week, and on Monday next she will clear out at the Customs. The passenger accommodation in all parts of the ship is filling up remarkably well, and it ia anticipated that she will be full on the day of leaving. Her "medicine mau," Dr Smyth, who has looked after the physical well-being of the passengers for several voyages, has signified his intention of remaining in the Colony, and his quarters on board will be again occupied by L)r Puddicombe, who was Dr Smyth's predeces3or on board the Great Britain, and who now rejoins her. Another officer, Mr Unswortb, the purser, who has been identified with the good snip for many years, will in all probability be missing on the next voyage, failing health and long service forming substantial grounds for his retirement. — Argus, June 24. Mr Johnson, the pyrotechnist, has invented a rocket for night signalling at sea. He ha 3 submitted it to Colonel Anderson, who considers it of such value that a board has been appointed to report upon it. Colonel Anderson states that the rocket, which explodes with a report as loud as that of the heaviest artillery, is invaluable for signal purposes, perfectly original, and entirely distinct from any existing system of' signals. He believes that a ship ia distress having these rockets available would possess -equal means of attracting attention with an armed vessel. Only the other day, we read in the newspapers the dea'h of honest Jack Pol whele. Jack had seen the great steam revolution, but could never take to it, nor realise it. At last he got a command, a small vessel of the new school. Running up the Tagus, under sail, but with his fires all ready, Jack found himself going to knock against a vessel at anchor. He rushed wildly about—to back his maintopsail, to shorten sail, to do everything but what would have settled the matter at once— stop her with the engines. Bang' came the collision ! " Lord-a-mercy !" exclaimed Jack in a tone of terror, •' What will the commodore say ? / forgot I wor a steamer."