THE GREY.

New Zealander, Volume XXIII, Issue 2579, 15 November 1865, Page 3

THE GREY.

ARRI7AL OF THE 'WALLABY.' 10,616 OUNCES OF GOLD. NUMEROUS RUSHES IN THIS PROVINCE. The steamer ' Wallaby ' arrived from the Grey last evening with the rich freight of 10,616 ounces of gold The accounts we have receivod inform us the diggings are spreading in every direction. On the beach, near Cobden, a prospecting claim had given gold to the value of £llO for a week's washing, and directly behind the flag.-taff, a man stripped a piece of ground, and with a borrowed cradle, got twenty-seven-ounces of gold in one night. A flood in the Grey, on Friday last, washed away the bank on which the ' Murray ' had grounder', and this fine schooner, owned by the Messrs. °aul, o' Nelson, was got off uninjured, save the loss of the rudder, carried away when she took the bar on her arrival, and the original cause of the accident. All the cargo of the ' Murray ' was saved. The ' Undine,' which was on shore alongside the * Murray,' was also washed off by the flood, but was carried away, and thrown up a 'wreok alongside the ' Nelson.' (FROM THE " COLONIBT," NOV. 3.) A serious accident has taken place at the Teremakau. One of Cobb's coaches, running between the Grey and Hokitika, was crossing the Teremakau river, when it was washed away by the current and carried out to sea. The driver, whose name was Smith, and who was an old servant of the company, was drowned, and also two horses ; the leaders succeeding in breaking from the traces, and swimming to the shore. The passengers, fortunately, had crossed in the ferry-boat, or more lives would doubtless have been lost.