PORT OF GREY. HIGH WATER.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1852, 13 July 1874, Page 2

PORT OF GREY. HIGH WATER.

This Day- -9.43 a.m. ; 10.8 p.m. ARRIVED. July 11 -Nil SATLKD. Julyll-Nil. BXPECTED ARRIVALS. v . Alma, from Melbourne. „ . . Kennedy, from Nelson. . . Charles' Edward,' from Nelson. < < Wallace, from Nelson. Sprayrfrom Lytteltoa. Mary Ogilvie, from Dunedin, Alice Maud, from Melbourne Omeo, from Melbourne. Claud, Hamilton, from Melbourne. VESSELS IN PORT. ■ Dispatchi tugsteameh A '

The s.s. Omeo, from Nelson, arrived in the roadstead on Sunday morning, but as the bar - was signalled dangerous, no attempt was made to tender her, and she passed on,to ( • Hokitika. We have not. heard whether she : was ; tendered at that port, or whether she J is likely to return here before proceeding to Melbourne, via Newcastle. \ _ .v;., : ; ;-. , The s.B. Claud Hamilton is due off the , Coast to-day from Melbourne direct. As the . weather fis moderating, she will be waited ! on_ SunctualJy, and sent on. her voyage round' ie ports. .. '. .■ ••■' . - ...... r- f .;-r : -;.;.i On April 21, during a dense fog, a" collisioa . occurred in the English Channel between the r . :• steamer Bangalore, o£:the.fPeninsulaf;; and; , Oriental Company, andthePrince ßupert, of ■ New Bruswick.' The lai^fcer vessel was, itis said, Tinder full sail, and the former going at : quarter speed. After.remainipg.on jihe.scene of the accident for a long time, the Bangalore, J being unable to , see anything; of '-the; Prince 1 Rupert^" proceeded on her coarse. She sus- 1 tamed some little damage. ' ; ■'. The schooner Mar> Ogilvie, Captain Fal- } coast, returned to : port pa Saturday morning, 4th instant, with a full cargo of coal, shipped, at Greymouth. Since , she left, here, - the 'schooner 1 has made- the round of the Island.; hence, going to' Oamaru; arid thence north-about to the West Coast. She made a good passage ; and having loaded at ' < -: the Grey; left on the 19th instant, and came back south-about. Fresh easterly winds and thick weather were experienced until this : . 22nd, on which day she sighted the Soland er, and then fell in with a strong < gale varying 1 . between E and S.E, which lasted until the j • 25ti. "The schooner was then off Stewart's , Island, and ran the coast down on the 29th.— ' Daily Times. . ; ; « ' The New Zealand Shipping Company have < • received advices by telegram from London, of „ the arrival of the following ships :— Duke of ' Edinburgh and Star of the South, from Ly t- ( telton; and Dunfillan, from Otago; and of ithe departure'from London of the Carisbrook Castle, Columbus, Strathnaver, Loch Earn; and Tweed The vessels which the company were loading in London at the end of June , were— The Eurynome, for_Canterbury : XJarfr le valerfor 'Wellington ; Lennox Castle, for Otago ; and Stanley. Castle, for Auckland. 1 > Her Majesty's ship Challenger, now on a < scientific cruise round., the world,- has arrived lat Wellington; from ' Sydney. It is not.;decided : at present when she : .will /leave the harbor again. ' She is, however, considerably behind time in this part of her cruise, moat' of which has been definitely laid out.by the authorities at home, with dates and length i of stay at the various ports. She was in Sydney for about two months, and the run - across, owing to the bad weather, has occupied more than sixteen days, when it was not expected to take more than half that time It is not likely, therefore, she will remain here more than, a few days., , After leaving 1 Wellington^ the Challenger is to go north td ] Auckland, unless the Otago people induce the! 1 'wiirmake endeavor to do. From Auckland,! < after a week's stay, ,the course will be shaped ■ to Tongataboo and the Fiji Islands, and a 1 •.complete, series of exploration .and sbundingg 1 in these tropical parts, where 1 it is expected also that the dredge and the .1 net will bring even greater wonders in marine . I life toy the' j surface than 'have yefr been' "1 secured ; while the question of . coral reefs; 1 and their history stand a good' chance of a J thorough investigation. After cruising about < in Polynesia "generally for ''some time, the, \ Challenger goes to Hongkong, which she will; < make' a ihain! station for coaling,^refitting, 1 i and provisioning. The general course steered 1 .during <the run across betweSn'Sydney and: '-\ New Zealand Coast was E. and by S, and the! ] soundings were taken as nearly-'as 1 possible! i on this line. The stormy rough weather, 1 which wascoustantly encountered prevented f as many soundings being taken as could. have; ( beeni wished. / -Those obtained; however,' give! i a very fair idea of the difficulties to be over-: j -qome' in laying a cable from Australia to Newj ' Zealand, and the J kind' of bottom— a most! j important point- upon which the .cable when; 1 laid will have to rest. [She has -since 'left' I for Auckland.] „.:,.,?> f *