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I_. . —. ..... [from OUK OWN CORreSPOND.ENT.] DU NED IK Fuiday’ 11 a.m. The ship Surat, from London',' 97 days out, Captain don sen, is ashore at Gatlin’s River. She lias 270 passengers ; all" are well.and sfifa onshore. The French war-ship, Vire, proceeds at once from - Port Chalmers to bring- them on to Dunedin.
. - . Tuesday, 9 a.m. Messrs Fyke and Bradshaw (as represents j tives of gold-lields constituencies in the j General Assembly) waited upon the Superinj tendent on Saturday, to urge the-necessity of establishing an assay office ip Dunedin, and of transmitting Otago gold to Victorian inint for coinage there. The Superintendent, pro-,-., mised to lay the matter before the Executive,-: and to do all in his power, to ..further .tlip object in view. . ~ ; The Caledonian Society continued their-, sports on Saturday, Takings at gates yore for the benefit of the Benevolent Institution, but owing to the rain the attendance was small. On Friday, 5000 were present. The immigrants by the" Surat were all brought up , from the wreck on Saturday | morning in the Vire and the Wallabi,.- Many jof them had lost nearly all their clothing, j and were clad in blankets and whatever was j procurable. There was no accident in their j transmission from the wreck to shore, nor in S their transhipment from the boats to the | Vire and V allabi. Very conflicting accounts , as to the cause of the wreck and the conduct of the officers are prevalent. _ The sh ip and cargo, valued at nearly £150,009, were sold by auction by Messrs M'Landress, Hepburn yesterday. Mr Larnach was purchaser, at £7050. According to latest telegrams she was quite sound, with the exception of a hole where , she struck the reef. A south-west wind Las' prevailed this morning, however, and. she will probably have suffered much damage.' ; - The banquet to Mr Vogei vvas held in the University. Hall last night. . 300 gentlemen sat- down to dinner. The Superintendent was in the chair. The Governor was on his right, and Mr Vogel On his left. The Banquet was a great success. „ In reply to the toast of the evening,' Mr Vogel made a long" and mteresting'speechV'- ’ : ir -'
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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 217, 6 January 1874, Page 5
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