INVERCARGILL.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 42, 6 March 1878, Page 2

INVERCARGILL.

Sunday> Af a, meeting ;■' o£ th,e Municipa\ Council yesterdjiy- a mption to rn^tka sppcial preparation" to receive Sp 1 G;. Greywas negatiWd 1 • and i,t was resolved; to> wait on him relative, to the.remp^a^oj^ th,e. rajilvjfay s.t^t^bn, an,d th.c. com^Jeiiipn, of the G;oyernment b^j^dtng^. T^ l^ayojr a^th^oraed 1 to takb. T?hajK ever, sjtep^ hje n^ght thin t k necessity to, hospitably entertain qadi party. The entertainment is to bp. devoid of every/ particle. b£ wjjjjicaji sighifieanee., ' * - i •'..-. steamer Oreti* arrived this morn-, ing after a dreadful .passage fron^ Dutipd^n. .. She'.f met thjß. seirere :gale. 'early -on, Friday morning, and) raft; into, Waikanae. for. shelter, where she. lpy r till next mprnjai^ Mjhen the sea came, ia and the chains parted*. The> second} anctipr was let go, and; she strained to, it until day-break, when she. put to sea N an^ ran for shelter to the. Nuggets.* She lay. thjere. until Saturday' afternoon,] and then. njade> for- Livercargill. Thel wjnd was stil.l. fresjb,; ap.d. » nasty sea; running. She. passed* thp, BJuff at 7; o,'clppk this morning, and Jappljpredjin-l sidp New. River Bar to, w,a|t fpjr-the. tide, an ( d arrived at 11.30 %!% The. weather. \^as dreadful throughoujb, and\ onpe the Opeti, w,as ; m considerable^ danger. The passengers speak m highi ijerins of thp, behavior.b^ Qapfain^ Bay W ton and his officers, and cren^;.