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Grey River Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1717, 4 February 1874, Page 2

„'■■ > ■ \:. '■''■ ■':" ■■]■ ; \\ :- •:•//'. '• ■( : , ,j Although, the weather had moderated considerably yesterday morning, still there was ■i ■ ,tk -very, lumpy sea,on bar. tug Dispatch ran out, Wt found' that it was not aafe either to tow -out the schooner Gem, or , .attempt to bring ; in : the brig, Alice Maud. The 'former remains at the wharf, and the '^ !l! latterin the omng.' ; ' -^ ■'• '■'■' ; f Thep;s. 'Titan 1 left Hokitika yesterday "' morning 1 , and picked ujp the schooner Lizzie . Guy/ One of the Hokitika Freight Company's vessels, and brought her on to this port There was a heavy eea running on the bar at , thej time, : but both vessels, crossed safely.. The schooner brings a large cargo of general merchandise particulars of ' which will be ■;r found be'ow.iand is /consigned to Messrs: Kennedy Bros. The, Titan left last night for Hokitika. " • •' ; ■ ' ,in. ;■;.' The ■ p. si Wallace arrived ; yesterday morning from Nelson, Westport, and Hokitika, and left last night for Westport direct < The ss. ,omeq; is expected to. araive today.! from Nelson. , ,Sic takes pasaerigers for ; Melbourne direct. ! '" •' Oi'the22ninHiimo, Messrs Nicol and Sons successfully! Jauoched from their yards, at . ! i thes North Shore, Auckland, a new cutter, ~--reoeatlypurchased.by Captain Urquhart and Mr MiEwan^/The^e^were alarge number of persons present to witness the launch, and,' / apj^her vessel glided in,tp ( the water, three heilrty cheers were given for the new/ cutter. She was christened by Miss Mary* M'Ewen ! !/ tn¥MarJ'Melvffle. !l ThS f6Udwmg are the 0 dimensionßof thcr vessel .-—Length, 61ft 3|nJ; If. i dvdc( ialli !71ft/} /depth -j o§ hold,- \ Bft ; j jbeam, 18ft 9in }_regiater^d^ toonage, 62 tons, ancLj when loaded, sliejis expected to carry aboju^i f.-'.JOO tons of cargb^, on a- drought of Bft 6in., „ l!Bchooner, ' o\nng.io.'isels}|gh't, N.E. breeze ?l ]( -was enabled to come over, to Auckland witb- 1( ontthe assistance of sail, except 1 that in the, , shape of flags with which she, was gaily de-J corateil. ' '^he Mary Melville'will' load Napier via Baet Coast, ports, , . .

\t )lhe; number^ of reported in the United, Kingdom during last year, to date wasUp67. j/ 1 1 Whrit vvtould appear to be a.serious shipping /casualty- demurred' in the English Channel early on the morning of November 15th last year, when -the barque Forfarshire, from London to Adelaide, ran into a vessel supposed to be a brig or brigantine. The Forfarshire wenirabout as soon as she was clear,, but could see nothing of .the vessel she had collided with. : The 1 damage she sustained was confined to the loss of her lee quarter r boat; and a few trifling hurts. She put back to Plymouth, ,and on her way took a pilot from the boat Fedora, which then proceeded to .search for the brig or brigantine, but found no vestige of her. The search was kept up for a short time only, as the pilot boat carried away her tiller, and had to put back ,to Plymouth. ... . . We see by the European Mail that the barque Charles Bal, bound to Australia from the Gulf of Bothnia, lost her mizen maat, and sustained other damage through coming into collision with the schooner Athlete. Both vessels put into Copenhagen Roads on November 3, and the barque subsequently returned to Norway for repairs. Australasia is forging ahoad, and is absolutely giving the go-by to those countries which only a few short years ago contested the stronghold of British commerce. The attraction now lies further south, and will, we hope, continue to increase as it has done lately. How potent it is may be inferred from the fact of the tunnage loading on the berth at London in November last for Australia and -New Zealand exceeded, by 4135 tons the tonnage loading for India, China, and. the Cape of Good Hope; the relative tonnage being for Australia 51,125 tons, for India, China, and the Cape 46,900 tons. There is at present on the stocks, and very ■ near completion, at the ship , building yards of Mr John Darroch, Mahurangi Heads, a topsail schooner. She is a perfect model, and one, to all appearance, that for sailing .qualities will be able-tp compete withany vessel of her : size or tonnage yet launched from any of the building yards in this province. She is of the following dimensions : .'Length of keel, 75ft j breadth of beam, 21ft 6in; depth of hold,9tt 4in j and is being built to the order of Captain Roderick M'Leod and Mr Anderson, ship chandler, of Auckland. She will be ready for launching within i two weeks.; There is also another splendid-looking, craft, a brigantine, to the order of U. W . Owen, Esq., of Auckland. Her dimensions are .—Length of keel, 80ft 6in; breadth of beam, 22ft 6in ; depth of hold; 1 Of c 4in ; and will also 1 be ready for launching in about four weeks. She will be commanded by Captain Campbell of the Kyno, brigantine. It is -no Ucer than the month of July last that Mr Darroch launched from his yards two schooners, one to the order ' of Captain Butler of Mangonui, the other for a party in Nelson.— Southern Cross.