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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5298, 19 September 1885, Page 2

The 5.3; Herald .came ,:in ..yesterday, i morning^ loaded up,. and left' again inVthe. afternoon. This was quick dispatch;.. The' Herald has of ten come . here on . one HcUji ■ and been ready to go out on the_next, but circumstances „ have . prexented-r-the. bar being bad or the river in fresh ; but torday she managed it all right though the tug had her nose; oa the shingle bank. The,.*s.'s .St; KUda, arrived yesterday evemng^from Wellington. ,\ . The.tug_Westland yesterday puther toe on the -north bank, but she, she yj>uld off on the next tide by the s.s Waipara. The i fqg was -so thick at the tim&ythajb the ;man at- the wheel could a see,neiftier stem nor stern. The Union Company's s.s. Mahinapua did not .leave Dunedin until the 17th for W^stObast'.porta. She is, therefore, not du*e atGfreymcuith till Friday nei£ The Waipara is announced to leave the Htykdtika -wharf , to connect -with- her: at jGrreyraouth, on Thursday, the 24th inst, Thert^psailr schooner away off the bar all yesterday^ia'believed to be tke Isabella 4.ndersoni;bound.for Hokitika. „ of a. steamer at Brisbane, thjro.ujgh" the crei*' absehtiiig themselyes withblit leaVe was brought under the no'tfee ."of^the Seaman's Union, who de'cideirihat such conduct was nbt to be tolericted in " its "members, and that 1 the cr^w. -be' made to refund to the A.S.N Company.the expenses incurred through the detention of the ship, under penalty of expulsion. The men accordingly subscribed the amount, and it was handed over tothe Company. The Union there intends apparantly to study the interests of owners as well as those of the members: JL circular; letter, dated the 22nd of August, has been issued by the New Zealand Government to the various customs offices ;in the .. Colony, stating. that . # the question as, to whether a foreigner, holding ', -V^'foreign certificate, as master, but with; no^British certificate, should be examined for 1 a certificate of- competency as master ordinary, having been submitted to the Board of Trade (at Home), a reply has been received,; stating, that the board have ..been, accustomed to permit foreigners holding such certificates, who have not sefcF&U-with them via reasonable time in foreign ships, to be examined, and have issued certificates to auoh person? on their pMsing a eatis/aotory examination, and showing, that they had a sufficient: knowledge of the English language to enaTolo them to take command of British ships, although . they may not hold inferior British certificates. As this department will hereafter follow the same practice you should in future, accept applications to be examined from persons holding such; certificates with which they have served a ; reasonable time in foreign ships."