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Grey River Argus, Volume XXIV, Issue 3987, 9 June 1881, Page 2

The s.s Kennedy sailed yesterday after* noon for northern ports, after having taken in a supply of coal. The Waipara left for Hokitika yeßterd»y afternoon. The latest Italian ironclad now under con* struqtion will have two 100-ton guns and 12 others of smaller dimensions. Her engines will be 10,000 horsepower, and are calcu- ■ lated to send.her through the. water at. the rate of 16- miles an hour. The iron plates will be 45 centimetres in thickness. They manage things differently in Scotland. Last February a shipowner named William Lynch was tried at the Glamorganshire ABsizes on a charge of sending his vessel to sea in an unsea worthy condition, was found guilty, and condemned to three months' imprisonment, and to pay a fine of 1500. In December, 1553, the Humboldt, paddle steamer, when on a voyage from Southampton to New York, was totally wrecked off Halifax (N.S.). After a lapse of 28 years the frames of her paddle-wheels have been recovered by . the divers and brought into Halifax. Her shaft was also found, but it was broken into several pieces, so that it was left at the bottom. The work, of removing all the impediment) to a free navigation to the entrance to Port Phillip Heads iB being actively proceeded with, and whenever weather and tide permit the Victoria is on the spot with » snpply of v dynamite, which is deposited in suitable charges by the diver in nicheß of the rock, and then exploded by electrical contact ; it - is desired to attain a minimum depth of 30 feet.