PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1589, 8 September 1873, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

HIGH WATER. This Day- -11.3 a.m. ; 11.25 p.m. ARRIVED. September B— Nil. SAILED. , . September 8 - Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Charles Edward, from Nelson. Albion, from M elbourne; '■'■■' ■"-.'■ ! ' - • Claud Hamilton, from Melbourne. Sea Bird, from Melbourne. VESSELS INiPORTi Dispatch, tug steamer. Three Friends, from Charleston. Mary Ogilvie, from Westport. There were no arrivals or departures at the port either on Saturday or Sunday. The Mary Ogilvie is now loaded with coal, and will be towed over the bar the first opportunity. ■*■ ' The s.s. Albion leaves Nelson this morning early, and will be despatched from this port to-morrow morniDg. Intending passengers must procure their tickets at the office of the agents to-day, and hold themselves in readiness for an early start, as the Dispatch will leave the wharf at 6 a.m. The Claud Hamilton may be looked for off the Coast to-morrow, and will be at once despatched for Melbourne, via Nelson, Wellington, and the East Coast ports. Intending passengers, per this vessel, must likewise hold themselves in readiness. > A vessel supposed to be the Circe, from Melbourne, was off Hokitika on Saturday. The Waipara has returned from Okarito tp Hokitika; having been unable to enter, the channel being almost blocked up. ThenewwharfatPortChalmerswillbe completed about half in five months, and the.remainder in fifteen months. The Government had made arrangements with Messrs Giithrie and Mills in reference to the floating dock, the same to be ready by the first of November, as a store-ship for wool; ■• .-■ The Emilie, recently wrecked, at Oamaru, was an excellent sea boat, and was noted as a fast sailer. She was commanded by Capt. Pallant, formerly of the Wave." The Scotsman was a pretty clipper brig, and was owned, we believe, in Sydney, 'lhe captain's wife travelled in the vessel with her husband. The Duke of Edinburgh was a three-masted schooner, owned in Auckland by the firm of Cowley and Daldy, and was for many years trading as a steamer between Auckland and the Thames. She was altered to her present rig about a year ago.