PORT OF GREY RIVER.
(From our own Correspondent.) NOVE3IHKK.
Pining the week tho arrivals to this portiiavo "been qhe —
John nnd Jane, from Moiynoivx, with a geno. Vnl cargo'of timber, provisions, &b. Wallaby, from Nelson. Eleanor, from Nelson. Ballarat, from Ilokitika., The Wallaby lias just sailed for Nelson..
During tho afternoon of Wednesday last, the ■Jessie, schdorier, which has been lying on the 'Botith s'pii-, for above fe fyrtnig'ht, Mas, by the 'operrition of t"ho spring tide, relcnsbd froih her \inenviablo position, nnd is now safe nnd sound, securely nnchored in tho rivor.
Again, ycf-terday the Murray, which, by a contray change of wind, was thrown on the north Bpit,was gontly lifted by tho tide into the river, nnd is now in tho Lagoon undergoing a few repairs previous to her departure for Sydney, which will be in a few days.
Tho bar at high water is at present over 18 feet desp, and tho vessels arriving come into tho river direct from the open sea without the 'slightest trouble or danger.
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West Coast Times, Issue 68, 9 November 1865, Page 2
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172PORT OF GREY RIVER. West Coast Times, Issue 68, 9 November 1865, Page 2
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