EXPORTS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1844, 3 July 1874, Page 2

EXPORTS.

Per Kennedy, for Nelson 1 : 55 tons coal. r , ,) ;; There were no..arriyals_at this pprt;yester-, day, The departures we^e the , Kennedy on the morning's title for Westport arid Nelson, •':!■'. and the tug Dispatch at night for Hokitika. , The 8.8/ Albionj arrived at- the Bluff.yes-., terday afternoon, from 'Melbourne" direct.,, She'^ comes oil 'rdund ; the v ports, and -is ex- - ■> , ; pected to arrive here on the 10th inst. ,■ when. " she will be despatched for Melbourne direct..; The Omeoiis ddehefe-oii-the sth from, Melbourne direct. She take passengers for all coast ports, and Melbourne, via the f Bloff. ■':•:-.■ ; ' ■■■■ :v 7 . .'i We understand that" orders -'bave been sent to Scotland by Mi?ssr3 M'Meckan, Black- ■. wood, and Co for'^a new steamship for the(flN^ew^Zealand, branch of .their; feet^and that , Mn Mr ( Waugh, lately cbief 'engineer of thesis. ; 1 ' ' -Tararuaihasbeea sent 'Horne 7 to superinted" ; id i the construction of : the vessel.- She will hav ( e compound engines and all the latest improve- ' ' mentsj 1 so as to maintain worthily the reputat to tion'of the line. - ■■■ '" r •'•"i-" ■'■■utyr.v,] ' : -; i; ' ; '' 1 ir, 7vUponthe : lasii'|rip.ofcfteßasilMk;fromlS lew'1 ew' „ Guinea, some , eight months .'ago (writesthe ' " Sydney Empire),' it ! was announced that ,her • rni/_ commander, Caption Moresby, in addition to ; ; .taking possession of the island in the name of .. , the"Q ueen) aispbvered a new strait ''"' affording a safe channel from Torres Strait to j*;i't!the'TChina seas. : jTJpon hefc.present voyage ryrrike. Basilisk took, down a steam launch and ' ( '_ surveyors to sound and" drkw up a chart «f * '^fiie' channel, wbich,'- boweverj upon -investi- ', I B*si on » turned.outto,be.a.c«Z.rf(? sac, showing ; ; the old belief in. a China strait at the ' j Bouth-east end of New Guiriea'is'not founded <"'» M upttii facti tis nosttch sfrait exists.. • i ; .; With referenCOjctp :the ? Dunedin j Harbor ■ ni .? f ,Company,!s. new steamer Bruce, whiebiisnow on her way to Dunedin, we that she is making, the passage under barque rig, and that' after clearing for sea she was detained '•'■ HforseveraUdaysby bad weather, so did not take a final departure from the Frith of : *'■} /.Clyae;tintil'the lltbApriLi [Wjß are given to understand by a gentleman who" has .seen; her that she is a remarkably fine vessel of Ma class,, and will prove'a 'great acquisition :„ ; to; the provincial coasting •; trade. —Otago " iDaUy.Times.,',], ":,''.".,'..■'■ ■„','■'■':-' ' '' ■"■■'*} '■. 4 J A.^mdetiiijg. of .ihe Committee'of the SWd- j £l ' ijwners-^Association was hela 1 . b'ri Wednesday, when it was decided to co-operate with the Underwriters' Association in bringing under : ir, itha nbtice of itbe:Goverjimenb : the absolute i;-;.;; ; necesßity t that exists, for pi -cinq additional lights on King's Island, more .especially on ' ' She' west; coast ''which has' be^n the'scejie of ••^ao'JmWiiy diaHßters;,' the -last being: that of the British Admiral - Age. June 10. si y f ftffe certifica' : e -of ■■• Captain -M 'Gohochy has been suspended fdr ; turee Months, for, grounding the barque Kussa ; and th-^ certificate of • .the^oaptain of the schooner Corsair, wrecked-^ 7 ,_,.-; near |Vlerim'>ula, has bpen suspended 1 for 12 months by tlie Maineßoar. I of Sydney. Additional confirmation of the supposition that a vessel has capsized in the Strait, and }<■,; tthat |the;wreck is now floating about, is anpplied by Captain M'Eachern, of| the bng Phillis, of Adelaide, : which arrived at Mel-. bourne from Rockhampton (on the 10th. He, ■ ; .reports that on the night. of the 2nd instant, Cape Howe' bearing VV S.W. ahout twenty - : inilesj a large object was passed, and no, 7 i; ..doubt was entertained but that , it .was the „ bull ofavesael which harl turned bottom up '•''' ■' Captain M'Eachern intended to tack in the morning, and endeavor to ascertain some--2 f , ;) thing definite, concerning it, bat the wind. fell light and there «i as' a beayy sea making, v ' !y{ aiid, a^ ! this-wduld render at 'difficult to come. •)> up with the wreck, again he atodd on his „ course. About a fortnight ago, it \eill be:re-, "' xdembered tbat : on the passage of the barque Glenshee from Newcastle to this port, a yes- - : ;sel, apparently about 300rtons, was sighted bottom upwards' between Cape Howe and !tn Kent's Group. 1 The position of the'wreck, as j; '!;Teported'; byitbe Glensbee, was in latitude 38deg 28min S, and longitude 149deg 34min E. —Argvs. ' '' ' ' „ ...