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Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1610, 2 October 1873, Page 2

On this m6ming's tide the s.s. Murray, which has been detained for some days past' bar bound in Hokitika, may be expected.. Immediately after coaling she will take her departure for Westport and Nelson, in .order to resume, if possible, the coastal connection which has been seriously interrupted by her enforced detention. The next Melbourne steamer, the Albion, may be fully expected here to-morrow, previous .to* taking her departure from the & Coast. Intending passengers had therefore better be in readiness for her arrival, as she is not likely to remain long b ere, being advertised to be tendered on the same day at Hokitika. . She is also announced to call at the Haast, should there be sufficient inducement. ' : ' ' A telegram was received in town yesterday, dated Auckland, 30th September, containing the following intelligence, which will be of interest to butchers and cattle dealers on the Qoast :—'' St. Kilda launched to-daj ; draws 18 inches le^s water." We can congratulate Messrs Seaton and Davidson on the success of their spirited and plucky enterprise, and'feel certain that they now have.in this vessal one well, fitted to take her place as a Btock-carrier, even in advance of the much-vannted Wallabi, as the alterations • and improvements which have been made are of a most varied and extensive., nature. In the first place, she lias been lengthened 1 26ffc, giving her carrying capacity for 130 tons more, cargo than formerly. N?xt, her saloon has been shifted to the main deck, and runs flush with it. Its dimensions are no less than 30ft in length, forming one of the i most spacious and commodious compartments possessed by any steamer trading on the' Coast, and making her a peculiarly adaptable steamer for intercoastal travellers; Her engines have also been thoroughly overhauled; and with ■ the improvements effected a much greater amount of speed has been gained. We are informed that she may be expected to make her, appearance in these waters in about a month. , The log-book of the p.s. Charles Edward, which arrived on Wednesday,' fully bears out the" forebodings uttered respecting the late boisterous weather. Her report states that sho left Onehunga on the 22nd ultimo, arriving off Waoeranui Heads on the following evening, where she. anchored until 11 p.m. before entering. During all that afternoon and evening a heavy gale was raging and thick foggy weather prevailed. Steamed up to the wharf next day, and commenced shipping cattle on the 26th,' on which night stood to sea in the face of a strong N.W. gate, which later on moderated, but afterwards increased in violence towards ending. During the whole of the night heavy seas were breaking on board the veEsel, causing much damage to the deck cargo, consisting of sheep. Suctl was th- violence of the gale that the veßßfil was only allowed to go at half, "speed, making only three knots per tour.. On the 27th the wind shifted round to the S.W., blowing very hard aud raising a heavy sea. At 7a m. same morning made Farewell light, and bore up for Totorunui Bay, and there brought up. The.Charles Edward remained there till Sunday morning, when Bhß left wr-h a light NE, wind, passing the Spit lighthouse at 10 a.m. From this time"'a* strong' southerly breeze kept increasing until it again, blew a gale, with a Keivy sea running and breaking on hoard, so mueb so that the captain at 1 pin was compelled to runjrader the lee of Cape Farewell for shelter, where she remained;till 9.30 the same evening, from which place she then sailed/ with'a moderate breeze, in the face of a heavy head sea, crossing the Buller bar at 1 pj~m. After discharging her cargo of cattle and part cargo of sheep and pigs, the Charles Edward left for Greymouth ' on Wednesday morning,; /arrived off here at 3 p.m.. and entered the river about 4.30 p. m. Her cargo of live stock wa3 disposed of by, auction, ,by Messrs D. Maclean and Co. y immediately upon her arrival' '' ; • '"' The New Zealand Shipping Company have received .telegraphic advices from London that the Cardigan Casjtle sailed for Lyttelton on the 20th August, with 230 passengers. The Caller On has sailed for Otago. The Duke of Edinburgh cleared on September, sth, for Otago, with 180 passengers. ,The Hindpstan was to sail for Auckland on Sep- r tember llth; the Elizabeth Graham, for Otago, 6n. September 15th ; the Star of India, for Canterbury, on September, 22nd; and the Surat, for-Otago, on September 27th. All' these .arc vessels belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Company.•.Contracts have been entered into for building first-class ships, and other vessels were being purchased - and chartered. , . ,our 31uff correspondent writes :—" The captain of the Lerwick reports that very heavy S.E. weather has been experienced over.at Stewart's Island for the past two weeks, which has of course kept the settlers almost" idle. The cutter Kent left Port William, for Dunedin, with oysters, on the sth instant, but up to the present no news of her arrival has come to hand. An accident, whereby a half-caste, named Harryl)ay, met his death by drowning, through the capsizing of a boat, occurred on the 9th instant. It appears that the. unfortunate man, with another, half-caste, named Camai, was engaged by a hawker who has for some time past; been .vending, his wares amongst, the settlers, on the island, to pull a boat from one Earfc of the island to another. , Their, way ty through a passage between one of the small.islands and. the. main island, where, from-the action of the S.E. wind and tide, a heavy rip ( was formed. They succeeded, however, in making this' passage in safety, but on trying to return the same way the boat, when in the centre of the rip, broached to and filled. The half-caste Camai succeeded, after a severe scratching, in gaining a rock, r_ where he undressed,: and. swam ashore' in safety; the other,. Day, was drowned, and up to the leaving of the Lerwick, no trace of his body, had been found. Mr Hatch received a telegram from Riverton last evening, conveying the intellgence that

the cutter Mary Ann, which has been out on a sealing cruise, had been wrecked in Twothumb Bay, on : the West Coast, one of her crew, Henry Paramatta, being drowned. This craft had been purchased by Mr Hateh 1 , 'for her Maori owners, only last season, and her loss will be severely felt by them. At the time of the unfortunate occurrence, the party ha,d secured 220 skins."— Southland Times, Sept. 16. •, i ;