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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 63, 16 June 1863, Page 2

(To the Editor of the Invercargill TinL Sir,— l beg to call your attention t following facts : — Another insertion of i date in reference to the Heads' Pilots ( New River having been made by Ci Jarvey, of the Titania, I beg to call yo\ tention to an insertion made by the same a! relative to the barque Pet, in your issuei 23rd May last, in which Captain Jarvi ported having found the Pet in a pc position near the Guiding Star Rock, a coming to our immediate assistance ; t\ evidently wishing the public at large to chat he had come to our assistance ii most disinterested and humane manne sible. I beg leave to state that the keel ( Pet having caught the Spit, she hung for half an hour, purely from an insuffii of water to let the ship swing, her di being the heaviest that had ever come vercargill, being fifteen feet six i Nothing could have surpassed the enerj played throughout the morning by the A signal for a steamer having been m tow the ship from the Bombay Eock, a the Titania coming alongside she was i diately taken charge of by the senior Mr Bray, who handled that boat throughout,— Captain Jarvey, like i being a perfect nonentity, as our resp vessels were both in charge of pilots. la reference to the disinterestedii Captain Jarvey — the sum paid by i towing ship . and landing pass2ngei twenty pounds (.£2O), which I thoug a sum quite adequate to remunerate t lania for any services she had ieud*i taid ship. -!,T I now beg leave to state, through tl dium of your columns, that having piloted by Mr Bray for two voyages to cargill, both of which were on heavy dra that I have much pleasure in testifying ability, energy, and presence of mini played by Senior Pilot, Mr Bray, in w! have the most implicit confidence. By inserting this article in your c publication you will much oblige, as I it incumbent upon some of the masters? port to put a stop to the stigmas cast ac serving man. On coming to Invercargill at any m ■, I trust. I may always come in as s lssj as I have this voyage. I remain, yours truly, J. C. B. Grant, Master of the 3arque Pet, of Hobart