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Grey River Argus, Volume XVI, Issue 2173, 27 July 1875, Page 2

;: ■ The.s a,, only arrivel .."at '■■ 'West • , 'port,* from fWanganui. on Sundiy afternoon. ;■'. leh , on, : the , night tide, ; and,; passed (3-reymojith iyesterdayr .on ; the way to. jHokir , tika; $,:■<]'.?. ■■''■■:.-.-::. \. ■'" ■■■■ ■'-.;■ ■•'■! ■■■■■'■■'• ; " v . The/.Wallabi- sajled; yesterday: afternoon 1 ;; „for,Wang?nui, crossing the bar for : ithe :I sake' .of .security, in.:tqvK. of .the' Dipatch.'v? " •:<■ ']]'„ ,TKe, .Piharles^ E'i.wfard, whi6h arrived yesterday from Nelson ;vjla: Hp;kitika;; brought among other /sargo,the portion of the ■> lharnbra's'car^o l "Which failed to be transhipped on the; Coast. ;;Sh"e leaves for Westport at four p.m. to-day. ■ — - — ■ ♦ — r . .The, three r masted ■;SQhoqnerj(-^lma tjwas towed" kto "' WesitpprJ; by the Charle|iEdward. | i :) t o y ' i! ' The three craft, some time due at West,,port,from Nelson, : , namely. ; .the., Beliance, ' 'Arthur Wakeneid, and) Heralds have arrived. The joint cargoes" of the three vessels com- . prise. 93 -cases . ironwork, ., 108 ■ pairs ,w.heels. ! .139y ' springs, ! ani |^ ' 'uaaerframesn-railway' .material!. .._ '■.'-'.., l !.r'->,* i ' 'rfl'-iH ;.» --■.•: 'i«i \ m '. 'I 1 , 1 ' 'Mr . t J r ac6bs€[n, si^nalmag, .ajb; Westpprt, is i: un(l'er'pMersJTO jyin'.^he- h'afhprjS.taff at Nel- > soii'.^VHis , successor; &% Westport, is : not:yet .nanled." ';."'„;:" t.' •';.,-.••;. ; ! ■ y, ,-,T^6 _4^cnor.line^t'4jimer ;:^Kennedy:rhaß'' i)e^en 'placed on. ,^h'e"^jndiron',..at Nelson; ifoi " ■ s ciSdning.,-and painting, aud^.will^be c ready. for 1 'sea" in a few-days.' . JTfie i' Nelson J?imes hears i „ that '^the Kennedy, is to takey the place; pf thel' ■Rangatira,' " winch vessel : .. will * f p/pceed^^to' Taranaki and Manakau'intthe place' of the" Wellington. ..- - :.";•■' ,\ .The ! "s.fceVnier' Wellington, which left Nel-. SPn''on 'Sunday week for tho^outh^Jsjmak-.'. I l3sirtriF?re"paratbry tT'fiaving' her new boilers. s She T will. proceed to . | uckland, ' where' tne^bbilers^ are 'ftifeEcty waiting to be ..put into her. , .. ...:... - ■ \ . The new and handsome, topsail schoonerMartha Reid^was.tHwe.dJ.-to the Hokitika ■wharf on Suriday^his' being her 'maiden ; trip. The M^a^w|R|id.^a.s .built at Hobart Town whicK^orf (SaptiiinT), reports .<leaviDg' 7 oh' -the v l3t£ inst j! S'h^ is consigned to J. A. Sonar. The.appearance of the Martha Reid in the roadstead, r says the. Times, was •jtb'e'.6aus.e-'Sf- W rac'e' ; between the "twd' rival tng boats— the-,aCitan;.and, the Lioness. They cast off from 'the wharf together, the Titan leading, having had the lower berth. Owing itolits :beingi early '6n 'the- tide the titan .groundedju. the.river,-and;effectually blocked ' up' the eliarinei. , The tipness endeavored to .'pa^^'outsrde^of ; hef, ! ;'hil while manoeuvring 3Eect this-pHjfct^tlie^Titah got away with a strong lead, leaving the Lioness in s the river, and reached the priz9 fiist.. The < schJiqrier/liowevet,' de"clinefl her services, and -waa^we.d,in(by ; the Lioijessj.':,.? ■>$ >■': .-- "When.gpe'ak^og^of the A rcticjEsfpeditjon t'ai' ' l cßrrßsiMiid6ht -of tfi'e' L Mel bourae Argus fDargnljirtnjp a;fttw..interestint> particularsT' Besides t the. ordinary coal, -the , shi fls 'areibeing 1 supplied with 2Vlo. tons^of ,-'Crowu preiseiveil Tful«i,l''- > a^rf>inm > 6dity f 'of whi'ch "a ton only nccu.pies 32 cubi^feet ;' and^odnitiowajit isit .save space, thao c.v.en,- between 1 )! 1 *)! ■Bb''k" I Qi« > m!-erßtice3 are nlie\j,w:th! v/ilduhneri-"^of''iiimall i coal.' 1 The :l e ! icpe'aitibu carries with ifc a complete theatrical vyafdroi>^, and a variety nf sta^e scenery, since! nothing., i i3;J[p J uu.iji^o J M:glill»«J,yjthe;:tiediujri on impris inment in the Polar regi-ms so much as <|yamijtic;eiit6rtiinm^nts> Fifty pounds won h of "parlor g.imes" has also been pro-vidV'J-Vs 'aptain Na r es. the cpmTnan"er of the expe lition, -indjliims^f '-in Arctic voyager, has confes-ei there is littj.e.left^to. talk abuut up in thosd regions after a"few months, ,'J.save-what we eat and rirink, and what we shall do when we.-go; home.!' Still, it seems, there is something ctp/iwrite about. Sooin printing pi essest&te^prr)%de'd f»r each ship, fo^ the continued^ pgblicasion "of an Arcbic journal. '" "' " _.. ... fl ; The nejvlyresjtablished Asspciation .of TJn- ' derwriters^h"s v exfteudefi' its J oranchVs' to the si-ster Provinces of -Canterbury and Auck-| land.^.^CstAtaiiij pMaford ; has", receive! the i appointnrent of marine- surveyor to the Can- ■ ter ; b!lry; : ;brachT(>f- :i :the "associationii "i ; s .': • /.