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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1803, 16 May 1874, Page 2

HIGH WATER. This Day- -10.3 a.m. ; 10.27 p.m. To-morrow— 10.48 a.m. ; 11.11 p.m. ARRIVED. May 15— Go -Ahead, s.s, M'Gillivray, from Wanganuir agents* v ' Titan p.s, 21 tons, M •Meikan,froin Hokitika. Kennedy Bros., agents. -**.•—-■■-•' .sailed.- ■-••-■---••'-•-•--■••■•- May 15— Go-Ahead-, s.s, M'Gillivray, for Waitara. Nancarrow and Co, agents. - * EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Murray, from Nelson. - Wallace, -from Nelson. Kennedy, from Nelson. .Spray, -from Lyttelton, ; ; Maiy Ogilvie, from Dunedm and Oamaru. Albion, from. Melbpur^ie. Ta'r'afua/frQinVMeibp^rne. Ofcago, from Melbourne. ■ Alhambraj from;Me!Jbonrne. Alice Maud, from Melbourne. . ■.■'-• VESSELS -IN PORT. Kaiuma, from Lyttelton. . Titan, tug steamer;

(A special charge i is made on consignees' announcements inserted in this column.) ' Per Godhead, from Wanganui : 40 head cattle, 20 pigs, 6 calves; 250 sheep. :

" Per Go-Ahead, for. Waitara : 40 tons coal.

The p.s. Titan arrived on last night's tide from Hokitika. .-.•.: > ;, The" s.Swi Go-Ahead ' arrived yesterday morning from Wanganui, with a cargo of cattle, which she landed on the spit, and then came up. to the^ coal wharf, where she .took in a cargo of coal, and left in the evening for the Waitara. The s.s.Albion is expected here to-night, or early to-morrow morning, .when" she will be despatched with passengers for Melbourne direct.:. -( „ ...- „ -,- .j;- - v ■• •■ .: ' ' The' Australian and American »f ail Steamship Company, which three months ago commenced the Pacific mail service, has only i recently been registered, and no prospectus has" yet been issued. ' The demand from the public is for a capital of L 600.000, in L2O shares, with which the company proposes to take over and add to the line of steamships 'established between New South' Wales, New Zealand, and San Francisco. , While the .vessels of the Albion .Company (whose headquarters are in Auckland) return into port after a succession of profitless cruises., and our Provincial Government advertises;in yainiliat it »:preparcd to .give j,. a substantial bonus , for .the encouragement ; 'of Provincial whalersi the cute Yankees- are; reaping the. rich harvest which our "seas' .afford to this industry. The American barque j Eliza \ dams, of JNew Bedford, after.cruiaing 1 for over eighteen months off .King. George's Sound, and only taking two whales, was; brought into New Zealand waters in Decem-! ber Jast, since which time till the Ist April, ! the. date of her last catchy her crew had! secured seven wbales, besides harpooningfive others, which had to be let go, owing toj' stormy weather coming, on Her cruising! ground has been a circle of about 15 miles toj the SW. of the. S lander. LAst month the: barque brought into Port William, Stewart. 1 Islaud. where the trying operations "are; carried. on, two whales, one, of which yielded; nine 1 the other 14 tun's" of oil. In the! four mohtlis that she has been off the Solan-; der, she has managed to secure- 870 tuns of | sperm bil,'and her captai •■ has ho doubt that I if he had had anything like fine weather durine the whole of that time, he would! have been- able to : fill his vessel As it is, ■ he is more than satisfied, and intends at onceji returning 'to the Ltates, building a brig of m little-over 200 tons, specially' adapted for! whaling, i and returning to ' ' take it out of j New Zealand," to use his own words. His! enterprise contrasts very strongly with the! I supineness of our merchants. We are in- j ■ formed^that the brigVSarah Pile, which isj fitted with every appliance, and readyto start! on a cruise at a moment's notice, is actually; •eating herself away in Eiverton Harbor,: be- j cause her owner cannot get a-orew^to man: her. It is also stated that a Bluff firm in-j tend to fit out the barque Celestia, but we! . cannot vouch for the correctness of the assertion.'Again we ask, what are our merchants; •about? At our very doors is. an admitted: source of wealth, which is at present being! drainedby strangers.— Dunedin Stan . ■