PORT OF GREY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1901, 19 September 1874, Page 2

PORT OF GREY.

HIGH WATER. f This Day--2.23 a.in. ; 3.1 p.m. To-morrow -3.33 a.m. ; 4.12 p.m. ARRIVED. September 18— Charles Edward, p.s, Whitwell. from Hokitika. Passengers : Messrs G. V. Shannon, H Young, H. Muller, Ingle, Crowther, Bath ; and four in the steerage. Parser, agent. SAILED. September 18— Nil. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. Mary Ogilvie. from Dnnedin, Spray, from Lyttelton. Otago, from Melbourne. Jessie, from Nelson. Alma, from Melbourne. Albambra, from Melbourne. Lizzie Guy, from. Dunedin Gleaner, from Melbourne. Crest of the Wave, from Oamaru. VESSELS IN PORT. Cleopatra, from Wellington. WaDganui, from Oamaru. Dispatch, tug steamer. Sarah and Mary, from Lyttelton. Ino, from Hokitika. Charles Edward, from Nelson. The only arrival yesterday was the Charles Edward, on her return trip from Hokitika. There were no departures. The adventures of the times of the first rush to Otago are being repeated by some of the sailors arriving at Port Chalmers. Two of the Corona's men lately deserted, making their way to tbe shore by using the ship's ladder as a raft. The whole of the Mairi Bahn's crew also do3erted, although there was no apparent reason for them leaving the ship. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Westport, a few days ago, the following information was heard :— Collector of H.M. Customs v. Palmer.— Breach of the Steam Navigation Act.— The defendant, Captain Palmer, of the s.s. Murray, was charged with having, on the 9bh instmt, unlawfully carried on the upper deck of the steam vessel Murray, without special written permission, cargo, to wit — 48 sacks of potatoes, 14 packages luggage, and 4 iron truck wheels, contrary to the form of the statute made and provided. The defendant admitted the offence, and was fined 403, and costs 6s 6d. Custom-house officers, in conjunction with coast-guardsmeD, are noted for their smartness. A trifling incident occurred ab Auckland on board the Star of the South that shows that these officers can occasionally be too smart at times. Before the Star of the South left on her last trip from this port for South, a seizure was made of bonded stores by the Custom-house officer, and after judicial inquiry the case was dismissed, and the stores ordered to be returned. In consequence of this seizure the providore was compelled to purchase his sfcoies retail at each port the steamer called at in order to keep the passengers supplied. On return of the Star to Auckland a fresh seizure was made, which only resulted in the fact that all the stores bad been purchased out of bond, and consequently not liable to be contaminated with the Custom-house officers' seal. After due inquiry it was found imperative to return the goods improperly seized. — " Herald, " September 3. The biggest ship projected in modern times, or since Noah's famous ship, is the one mentioned in the following item, which we find going the rounds of the press : — An enterprising citizen of Philadelphia has proposed to build, in time to use at the International Celebration, a ship capable of carrying ten thousand passengers. It is to combine a steam railway, a racecourse, theatre, shooting gallery, circus, and every imaginable modern attraction. He claims fh§JiJn\,planJs cpnrplete^nd has been approposes to moor it in the Delaware, and Gonvey it at intervals to the different cities, ports, and watering-places of the Continent. It will make about six miles an hour, and will be three or four times larger than the Great Eastern. The following is au extract from a letter received from Captain True, of tue ship Lauderdale, which sailed from this port for Shanghai, and dated 11th July ; — "I arrived fceto affefti a, sptendid y\m of 35 days, beating the famous Thermopylae seven days, and the Cutty Sark over 21 days, and I have made by far the quickest run of the season, and I within a day or two of the fastest from Sydney. Should any of your nautical friends ask what route I took, you can tell them, up between the Solomon Islands and New Ireltnd, through, the Carolines and Ladrones, entering the China Sea by the Loo Choos."— • '• Sydney Morning Herald."