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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1692, 6 January 1874, Page 2

• ' The schooner Sarah and Mary was* arit nooJcedtosail positively f rom Lyttelton for '. fthis pb'rt^on the 2bd instaUt, witna cargo oft .produce.' '.',' : • : '' l i ' ;:: ' 1 "- ■'; "■■" |: ' l Thi'i.ei. Kennedy, Captain' Conway, frbin ',' Nelson,; Westport, arid Hokitika* arrived hi ; J ; j^W' yesterday '/'afterndoii; with 'a 1 large <• number of passengers^ principally ' returned excursionists. She leaves again for Westport "/thia afternoon. .• /nv,' ';i •■>.■'■ ' /,The p.s.. Titan. made another runup from tl 'H«kitika yesterdaj • morning,' ''■ and : returned .{<ipni last, evening's tide.! .';;/_<.• !.(.••■ j The ■. b.s. Gothenburg, from Melbourne : direct, arrived off Hokitika at 11 a.m. -ouyeßterday,: where she was' teridere'd and came -yjtpne^re^ but too late on- th^tideito allow bf the tug going out to her..,: pn thejjight.tide the Uispatch went out and' transhipped ! h6r ; Jr. passengerß and some cargoi returning to tie. iOn THsharf : about midnight., ■; „j j /...;. ..; j ; " jj^Thes.B.. .Claud Hamilton is due here from Kelsori tb-mbrrow, ' when 'she will be ".djj-i spatched with gold, maiW,'i'and ! passeifgers fop: Melbourne ,'direct. ! ,-io.Qn ; .|ier last trip between Wanganui and Westport, the Goabead had an exceedingly rough voyage. 'She got as far aB Totoranui, — lay-to-there for 24iiours J -and~tben.made the Spit, fonnd the. weather ; threatening and sea . rough, 'and put back again for the sakepf > lives among the cattle freight. rHete Captain M'Gillivary sent .his crew ashbije po nofgftt meadow grass as. bedding, and forage for; . ,:cattle, '^nd' on the weather moderatiog gbt' v again un,der, steam, and canyns, and brought .ij^s.yeasfl into; port without losing a single nead imorig his freight, a feat almost unparalleled in cpastirig. v.entures,* considering the 'length of the 'passage' arid' the' roufeh *„ " weather prevailing. . /..An, incident occurred • d loVthte trip 'which Way be termecl I lucky accident. A horse carried on the fore^de ;k I4 .lo3t,his footing during a heavy Jurch of the Ujl VesßfeV ' and vf&k ' tUfown cleari through the ..orcqmpariiori skyUght right into the fore-cabiff" . jj^withpu,t, recei,ying the. slightest injury, lit ] wm impossible, of course, tcv get him back 1 ' " tb/e way hd came, f nor had he been trained Ito . jp^travelupßtaira. , .As it; happened there w!ai» a mpyeable bulk headbetweeii the r cabin ahd ''fore-hbld, and ''this was removed, and the animal shifted therein, and thus ;f or; Ahe re-< m'airider of .the^vbyalge got drier quarters 1 .j^ban, adeck paspage.— Westport Times. I Th&following additional signals have been adopted foVthdpo'rto? Wanganui : —A shift."ing'bdacdn has been erected on the Norjth • Head, seaward of signal mast: this beacon by day,; and a red figtitjat' ' Ir '%wm, -when- tKe' tide, serves arid thebar is safe. Masters of'vesseiscrbssing the bar by' . mr 4ayßhp^ld»keep .the f beacon and signal m4st .-tiM^ifT*^ $$■'•■ W e fright' 'Jight',bn the signal /[(JO iteßt;;in' a Qrie; and also pay particular atten- ' raon TO^semaphbre arm, ',6ri account, 1 of. 1 the curves taked by'thVchaririel ' inside thebari lf.^ Masters, of ;y t essels. bar, at night •id <^99i4 /k e 6P; the 'fied,. light, on, the beacon' in one with the' bright light 'on 'Hie signal 'mast,'' and pay particular attention to the green flight, which will be used like the semaphore arm for 1 guiding vessels through the channel .i;^inßjde f/ the bar. ., r 'i his green- Jight trave^ on .ayjVjyam^der'the red , jjjght, aiiff vessels" must 1 •)i v •fnfifF^i the^mreißtipn., iii .which' the f •«/■ *1 1 S*? en "sss' \ B ' m 9 v^M Rasters of vessels *j inJ5%W^. oh ?ff tHe;bar at : njght',' f>iirn flush cr blue lights, to. make'tKeirjjositibns'' known to the .lookout' >f 'thiepiiM station, • f: wh6 ! wili'- ariawer aigdal^with a torch or; fal■■lHl IJL.I-I. _ •