NOTICE TO MARINERS.

West Coast Times, Issue 259, 23 July 1866, Page 2

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

A portion of the wreck of the s.s. "Wonsja Wongahavlng turned up in the-channel leading into the Grey River, a black buoy has been mooi'od over it to mark the placa, to the southward of which all vessels must pass on entering or- leaving tho Grey.

The Lord Ashley ran up to the Groy yesterday morning to receive on board any freight or passengers waiting for her there, and returned to tins roadstead as tho day was closing iv. Sho will leave for Bluff Harbor and Dunedin this afternoon. The brigantine Dispatch left for Dunedin on Saturday, having laid at the wharf three days only. During her stay she landed 170 tcna of cargo in excellent condition, not a single article being damaged. The P.N.Z. & A.R.M. Co.'s s.s. Lord Ashley left Wellington at 6 30 p.m. on the 17th, and arri . cd at Kelson at 7.J0 a.m. the following day. At 2 p.m. on the 20th she left for tho Grey and Holutika ; at 11.40 a.m. on the 21st transhipped m:iil in the former roadstead, and anchored off the the bar of the latter port tw© hours later. Throughout tho run from Wellington fine weather and smooth water prcvailo'L The Lord Ashley on her way from Jfelson passed the steamers Kennedy and Thane, both of which left some hours before her, bound to the Grey and this port. Yesterday morning the EIGn, coal laden, from G-reymouth, anchored outside, and at tide time was fastened to by_the_Lioness 1 and an attempt made to enter the river. It However nearly proved abortive, as the keich stuck hard and fast in the west channel for more than hour, and defied the tug tt> move her. The Lioness, however, would nofc be said nay to, but stuck most pertinaciously to her charge, and after a succession of desperate surges succeeded in dragging her through the sand into deeper water inside. Both vessels reached the ■wharf without further mishap.

Our usual advices from Okarita have not reached us by the mail whic arrived yesterday. The mailman, however, reports that the Bruce is iv a state for re-launching, as she is already on the ways and moving towards the river. It is expected that by tho end of the week she will be once more afloat.

Nofc for many weeks have we seen so few vessels at thu wharf, and, •in cousequence. it presents a bare and dreary appearance that we trust will soon be remedied by an influx of shipping. There is every probability that this afternoon's tide will witness the arrival of the steamers Kennedy, Wallaby, and Thane, as all three left JTebon at the end of last week ; so that although Greymouth was to be touched at on their way down, they are now fully due. In the present state of the entrance great care "will be required to pilot them into the river, and we feal sure that Captain Turnbull will leave nothing undone to ensure their safe arrival.