PORT OF GREY. SHIPPING. PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1716, 3 February 1874, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. This Day- -11.20 a.m. ; 11.37 p.m. ■•'"'■'■'• ARRIVED. '■ ■-' February. 2— Ni\ ., . r • : ••■' . SAILED. ■ ', i ! February 2— Nil - vassELs-iu warn* <*■■ Dispatch, tug steamer. Gem, from Adelaide.

The heavy sea which was rolling home on the beach on Sunday and yesterday, put a stop to all- shipping. business at. the .port. Whenever the sea goes down the Wallace and Titan will run up from Hokitika. The s.B Omeo, now on heriwaylrottnd tbe ports is expected here to-morrow from Nelson, when she will take passengers for Melbourne direct. „ . . • ;; , The Anchor line of steamers are announced to leave this port, for Wistport and Nelson as follows.— Wallace to-d^y, Charles Edr, ■ward on the sth, and the Kennedy on the llth._ Some alteration in _ the dates' will likely be made, owing to the stormy weather which has prevailed on the coast during the past few days. , . The brig ' Alice ' Maud, from Melbourne, showed up in the roadstead last, evening, and 1 should 1 the sea go' down during the night, it is probable she will be at the wharf this morning. ' The Bhip Salisbury, which arrived at Wellington on January 18th, from London, made the passage in 86 days. One birth occurred during the voyage. On December 14th, a seaman fell overboard from the toreyard, and was picked up fifteen minutes afterwards alive, although he had a broken thigh, having kept himself afloat for that time with his heavy pea boots on. On the afternobh of th«9th inst, intelligence'was received in Levuka of the probable total loss of the Vivid on the reef to. the lee of Mokagai, where she struck on Monday, night .between eight and nine o'clock. Everything was done by the officers that could be done to get her off, but, without avail, and accordinc'y Sir Charles St. Julian, Mr Purt, Mr Justice Nfarika, and Mr Langton, took the vessel's boat to Mokagai to secure assistance. The next morning a vessel despatched from Mokagai bore in sight, and took the remainder of those on board straight to Levuks^ leavinß ; Captain Gundry and the mate In charge of the wreck. , Some, anxiety is expressed about them. Wo blame appears, tn be attached to the officers, a most careful lookout having been kept up to the moment of .striking. The real blame appears to attach to the compasses, which were noticed during the evening to be sluggish.