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Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2073, 1 April 1875, Page 2

'-;■'• , There j were,, no,' arnyals 'yesterday.'- The ■ only departure j r 'th^e_ sJs Murray for Westpbrt and Nelson, with a cargo of coal. . : . > The. schooner r , Adieu is expected to be ,;,, towed )to s'ea,.t9 i rday; i by. the ; p.s Dispatch, ' bound for Melbourne. H ' '. .. ; '', .{ 1 ,; ,The : .p.s._ Charles Edward, Dispatch, and Titan, are expected to arrive: on to-day's ■■ . tide, r ..,..., i{ . >„,.-,:....„.. :,. ,. ■''.' '■ „The. twp/ ne^r-.large! armorrplated ships contracted for by the Admiralty have been respectively ; taken ., by Napier and Co. and,, by Messrs. 'Elder and. Co., both of „r whose .are/pn. tie, Clyde. Thpreservod „„ price pf : , the authorities"wasL3oo,ooo. M The ..,', large, builders on thJßrThames; offered to"construct i&e'^hips. :aOom :,LBQPO tp LIO.OOO v ;j Jbelow.theeatimate. 'The Mersey people were " prepared to execute the order for about L 270.000, but tiie Scptchfinns asserted' that they could. do the 'WorkYfor something like -,LSS2SOQV.-, Vf about L 40,000 under their ...,YBon&w_a k ci>mp'etitprs.... r .,,. < ..^ -.<,,„. ....