PORT OF GREY. SHIPPING. PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1786, 27 April 1874, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

SHIPPING.

HIGH WATER. This Day- -7.41 a.m. ; "8.7 p.m. ARRIVED. April 25— Nil. -T-- --■•■ SAILED. Apr£2s-^Titan: p.s, SI- tons, .M'Meikan, for-Hoifitika. ' Kei&edyTßros., Agents. - Waipara r sj3,-70-tons r ßascand, for Hokitika. Nancarrow and Co, agents. IN THE ROADSTEAD. Zephyr, brigantine, from Melbourne. KXJFECTED ARRIVALS. Murray,' froni Nelson. Wallace, from Nelson. Kennedy, from Nelson. Cleopatra, from Lyttelton. Omeo, from .Melbourne. Albion, from Melbourne. Alhambra, from Melbourne. VESSELS IN PORT. Dispatch, tug steamer. Gleaner, from Melbourne. Waipara, from Hokitika Titan, tug steamer. St. Kilda, from .Wanganui. Wanganui, from Dunedin and Oamaru.

Messrs James Chesney and Co. 's clipper brigantine Zephyr arrived in the roadstead yesterday, after a smart, run of nine days, from Melbourne. She brings a few passengers, and is consigned to M essrs Glenn Bros. The Dispatch went alongside yesterday and brought iv her passengers, but in the present state of the bar it was considered unadvißable to tow. the vessel in. The Titan and Waipara both sailed on Saturday afternoon for Hokitika. , It is expected that the St. Kilda. will leave for Wanganui to-day. The p.s. Wallace, from Nelson via Hokitika, is due here to-day. . The schooner Wanganui, which arrived on Friday evening last, is a valuable addition to the inter-coastal fleet now established between Dunediu, Waoganui, and the West Coast of the Middle Island. She has been specially built for this trade, and is in all respects highly suitable for it, inasmuch that she possesses great, breadth of beam, good carrying capacity, and a light draught of water when fully loaded- Her builders, Messrs Sutherland and Co., of Port Chalmers, are weir acquainted with the neces- • sary requirements of a vessel suitable for the West Coast bar harbors,: arid they have in the Wanganui turned out, one creditable to themselves as builders, and in every respect most adaptable to the line of traffic in which she is now engaged This being her maiden trip a description of her buUd may be interesting. ; bhei s built of Kauri, and broad leaf frame, and very strongly braced. Her depth of hold is Bft 6in, while she has 20ft breadth of beam. Her total length is 80ft, and she has a carrying capacity of 120 tons at. least. That she can sail well her log proves, as on several occasions, when the : wmd was favorable, she made nine knots. During the passage she met with unfavorable breezes, and on one day made 113 miles, but when opportunity was afforded her, she shewed that while not absolutely a clipper she was a speedy vessel. Her log report gives that she left Dunedin on the 10th inst., and arrived at Oamaru on the 12th, where she lay four days, taking in cargo and waiting for a favorablo wiad to start. From thjit port she started with strong southerly winds to the entrance of Cook's Straits, ■Where she. met baffling winds was compelled to bring her to an anchor in Guard's" Bay on the^ 19th. From the time of leaving there, • which was done the same evening, heavy tempestuous weather was experienced, and the schooner did not arrive off the bar until 4 a.m. on Friday last when she anchored She was promptly attended by the Dispatch the same afternoon, and brought to the wharf' The Wanganui is consigned to Mr Duncan M'Lean, and if she turns out her cargo in as satisfactory a manner as the -Mary Ogilvie and others belonging to the same Hue, shippers will not have reason to grumble. We (Independent) understand that the ; Ppst Office Department has written- to Captain J. W. Brown, of the steamer 'City of , M elbourne, thanking him very murti for his promptitude in bringing on the English mails to Auckland, when he found that the Mongol , had* left Kandavau. The Postmaster eneral has also authorised the purchase of a testimonial to the value of. LSO for presentation to Captain Brown, in recognition of the service rendered by him. We think that !the .Chambers of Commerce in different parts of the. colony might well take some steps to acknowledge what: Captain Brown did ; for, had he not so readily assumed the res ohsibilttv of bringing the New Zealand mails to Auckland, many days muse have been lost, and there would not have been a possibility of forwarding replies by the outward San Francisco boat.