BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

Evening Star, Issue 4074, 17 March 1876, Page 3

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

{From our own Correspondent.) ■ Oamabu, March 17. Mr D. A. M'Leod has been appointed engineer by the Town Council to carry out the Waterworks scheme. Ihe salary is Ll,ooofor one “year; after that time the engagement ceases with % .month’s notice on either side. Mr M'J.eod is at pres n> in the Public Works office be'e ; The appointment appears t•- cause geneial dusatisfaction as bring a reckless expend tore of the ratepayers’ money, and also a rejection of much better men who applied Queenstown, March 17. The Golden Era, sailing boat, in going out of the haibor, was caught in a squall and sunk. Three men we.e in board at the time. Summers was saved, but the other two, Hodge and Casper, who are married and have families, were drowned, and are now (2.37 p.m.) being grappled fo -. The accident cast quita agh om over th« regatta, which will probably be postponed till to-morrow. Auckland, M rch 17; The * Ftar* reports tint some wreckage has been washed ashore at Crpe Brett. It includes ce tar cabin fittings. The only vessel belonging to here known to bave such is the schooner Blanche,late Sir James Pergutaon’s yacht, now belonging to Captain Young, of Karatonga. £he is insured in the New Zealand office for L 1,300, and there is an open policy on the cirgo.in the National, ‘ihe M glstrate yesterday gave a decision against the ship in a ea-e of discharging a crew according to the artiol s, which say for a te>n not exceeding six months, the nun to be dia charnel at, any port as the masters option. The effect of the deds on is to at once alte; • theksusteijns usages at this port, and to seriouah affedt’theshlpiL asters.