PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1879, 10 August 1874, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

HIGH WATER. This Day- 8.47 a.m. ; 9.14 pm. ARRIVED. August B—Kennedy,8 — Kennedy, Conway, from Nelson and "Wesfcporfc; Vussengersj Mibs Joyce, Messrs Nancarrow, Cregles,. , Pell, Brpwn, Abbot, Joyce (2), and four others. JPuraer, agent. SAILED. August 8— Alhambra, s.s, Underwood, for Nelson. D. Girdwood and Co, agents. fc. August 9- Go- Ahead, s s, M'Gii'ivray, for Wanganui. Nancarrow; and. Co, agents. IN THE ROADSTEAD. Alice Maud, from Melbourne. Annie Brown, from Adelaide. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. ' Charles Edward,, from Hokitika. Wallace, from Nelson. Murray, from Nelson. Sarah and Mary, from Wellington. Spray, from Lyttelton. Emerald, from Lyttelton . !• Wanganui, from Oamaru. > Annie Brown, from' Adelaide; : '■'■'■'

The s.s. Kennedy arrived on Saturday from Nelson and Westport. Up to last night her master was undecided whether he would wait for the Charles Edward coming up from Hokitika or return to Nelson. The s.s. Ino returns to Hokitika to-day with a cargo of coal. : The s.B. Go- Ahead sailed yesterday, in tow of the p. b. Dispatch for Wanganui, with a ca r go of 60 tons of coal. ■ The brig Alice Maud, from Melbourne, and the schooner Annie Brown, from Adelaide, have now been in the roadstead two days, and will be brought in by the Dispatch the first opportunity, perhaps on this morning's tide The 8 s. Alhambra was teudered during Friday night by the p.s. Dispatch, and as this was her first port of call on the Coast, she landed the whole of her passengers and cargo for Westland here The ■"• following •were her passengers ;— For fio&ifcika, 2\ Greymoata, 9 ; other porks, 501 Cargo— r For* Hokitika •. 10 tons ; Greyinnuth, 7 tons j Kelson, 15 tons ; Wellington, 97 tons. The "Wellington Tribune" says:— When the mail steamer Cypbrenes first entered this harbor several learned gentlemen were puzzled to know the derivation of the name. Perhaps the. followi- g passage from Rawlinson's Heredotus (1858 edition, page 205) may satisfy their spirit for rasearch. It is from Book IT., chapter 127, of the author's:" History." Cheops reigned, the Egyptians said, fifty years, and was succeeded at bis demise by Chepliren. his brother. Chephr^n imitated the conduct of his brother, and, like him, built a pyramid, which did not, however, equal the dimensious of his brother's .... Chephren built his pyramid close to the great pyramid of Cheops, and of the same dimensions, except that he lowered the height 40ft. . . . The reign of Chephron lasted fifty-six years."; This explanation is confirmed by the fact that on the quarterboards of the Cyphrenes are carved representations of the pyramids. "JSgles," writiog for: the Melbourne "Leader," makes the following remarks :- "The enterprise of New Zealand excites the envy and wonder of the more sedate colonies Seldom does a mail arrive from the land of native flax and greenstone without bringing news of the launch of a bank and a couple of insurance companies. There is evidently a popular inclination for new joint-stock undertakings. Now, considering the entire population of New Zealand, it maybe doubted whether company-promotion; may nor. be overdone. We. have in Victoria: gone throughBorne of thea evitable compjaints.of chil-i---hood New Zealad-has r stiil B' me troubles" of this kin i before her. Folks who look ahead say ; that the present emmercial vitality of New Zealand is mainly due to the influx nf State-borrowed capital — that r>re- ' sently the weight of providing interest on this larg • debt may be found a burden grievous to : be-' borne. They say that Mr yogel is a philosopher of the school of Epicurus, that bis mocto is f Ca*.pe diem' (f v otem' as . well),' and that white he lives, and New Zealand can borrow a dollar, be won't let things stagnate. Be used to 1 c too bold a looplayer not to be a dashing politician. There is one unpleasant aspect of New Zealand State immigration— it is increasing the work in -another department of State: that of "^police and prisons." ' —„-..,_.. ; A very severe and painful accident hap- _. pened to Mr John Saxey, steward of the oajque Roslyn Castle, at the Port Chalm-rs Railway- pier He was engaged sawing a piece of wood to light his stove fire. He was just by the side of the hold of the vessel, and while working his foot slipped, and overbalancing himself he fell headlong down the hold on to a quantity of iron in her bottom. He was picked up and immediately attended by Dr Drysdale, who pronounced him to be suffering' from concussion of the spine. .'. Ha is in a critical condition, and was conveyed to theDimedin ' Hospital by train. . He is a young man, belongs to London, and was married only few days before he left England. ;