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Evening Star, Issue 4312, 21 December 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

[Pkb P&ess Aqenct.] The' Frisco Malls. Wellington, December 20.—The Australia, with the inward San Franeisco mails, left San Francisco onthe7thiußfc. The City of New York, with the November outward mails, reached San Francisco on the 12th inst., two days under the contract time. Girls' High School for Auckland. Auckland, December 20. At the Education Board, a proposal was announced for the establish, ment ot a Girls' Training and High School A com. mitteehas been formed, and a prospectus issued, ine School will also be used for training female teachers, and will open about the middle of January. The Nelson Regatta. Chwstchtoch, December 21.—The second at. faifid orgamßO a crew for *b» Nelson regattahas ttowZSfZS?*** white "to™ for the Uirls" School to-day, found two sharks' teeth and one dolphin's tooth embedded in the stone. All were in a beautiful stal eof preservation, the enamel being bnght and unblemished. »•«»«»«""«* Illicit Distillation. Geeymouth, December 20.—Daniel Braniff, W. Wood, and J. Wood were charged at the Police Court this morning, on four informations, with having an illicit still m their possession. The case w<vs remanded till Friday. A large auantitr of apparatus was seized. ' Suicide. Gebtmouth, December 20.-Mr Peter White, of the Commercial Hotel, committed suicide this morning in the cemetery by shooting himself over the grave of his children. The fiupposed cause fe domestic grievances. ° "* Fatal Accident. Nsmon, December 21.-A fatal accident oocurred wwEST™* *°**.¥■*■*». an oldsettlertothe £TOrf.A wM t s"' u * to town when bis horse took fright at a team and bolted. Maisdenwu helped to unharness the horse and led it toanad! fid* 5 butafewminutes **«*• WHtoS Mayoral Electionsj Auckland, December 20.-* Mr W. J Hirst fcu been elected Mayor by 1,026 to Mr Cosgrove's 696. The salary has been fired at Ll5O VUD «™ ¥WBWD ' Gbahamstown, December 20.-Mr M'Donald has Wlth i 4 v ? teB ' «««iMtl» tor Dr KUgour, who it was understood was brought out by 1 * 11 " 111011118 1 December 20.—Mr James G&Dea ttfJS?' W??- V? k Sls votes. SfcJohnT L ttelton torKaiapoi, and Dr Bouse for Railway Picnic wil^GSSi" 0 ™" D f c , e , mber 20.-The railway emZZ??* m J> ei ?S present at the banquet. Mr Car. Sw?" ir " ,ee f- and Mr S3oOB&. The William Ackers. wniSS 01 ? ( ? Ll -- The into the wreck of the William Acker commenced yesterday afternoon Alexander Joss master mariner, said he KZ senger by the barque, which sailed fromtheJGS at 2 o'clock on Monday the Uth in charge™! Riot Smith. The wind was about S. hyKr« teS breeze. The pilot went nearly as fai as the inner buoy off Tewals Point, and Captam Lmdsav ta took charge of tike deck and steered out fflghtte 8 1 tc^ The . ""V*™ *«* chargetiirseveS ?h«wwe*""&*'^ e *""&*' wh £ nhe wentbllowleaS the first mate in charge. Witness remained ondeol 2i«U l !? tar *° 9 ' wh€ - n the y *<*» about S channel, six or seven miles off theToiTois The ww W i? d ina *&***• b «* then When witoess went below the second matewasfft charge. Witness took off only his cortwd toots roused by the captain at a quarter palt y^JZ"* We - "f 6 in seTe * or eight t&iSfii rfM£?°% Witness, knowhigTtteZtJ ~^ fl F* theywerVi drivSg l^J an chors clear aid let them lm"' Witness then heard the captain give ocdetatoefsar SSJtt"? £ nd put , them «"»*y *o goTand tS mate had just passed the order to thimen when the vessel struck abaft. Witness thra got oS deck, and the captain, after calling to wltnes? »£L the deck when the £25 struct. It was a dark, hazy night, but witeera Set rte^ were ' inst 2 car **• rf 0 ? wis! wS£JLH? e *° w . eslward and close to the reef. e land i that there was n » anl that the ship was not steering. A nasty sea was had been getting the anchors clear just as witness got on deck. The vessel struck heavUylbaftthe SW? 16 *#»**■ orderedXbSte to be cleared. Great exertdon ß were made todo so going away under them. All then got into the pinnace, as the ship was sinking fceing the last to enter thTl£at" P Th^'vSX teuamaaliiMMt flush with the water when witness entered the pinnace. • After cutting the painte? which got foul, they got the pinnace n'AZ?' came J? 4 J turned the wreclTover them. ,va fS^ n^ they w6re aU iiaown »te the 7^ n aU smuggled in varions ways to °nS ie "J* at laßfc rooceeded ia r o ,"* *v' . Th boat was then found afloat among the deck cargo. After a time all got in her someway or other, but they found it diffloulfc to get clear of the wreck, as they had nobars! Witoess got a piece of scantling, and with it tried to shove the boat clear, but this failed, on account of the floating about of the deck timber. M tat the boat was capsized. When daylight came. wit. ness found himself and an able seaman, Chas met on o e 2!? ck » and before swimming ashore about 200 yards off they saw a man on the beach, and afterwards found him to be Cantlay, the chief niate. demurred to answer the question whether, if hehS been m charge of the vessel, he would have the same course as had been taken on the oSbut the Court insisting, in reply he answeredtiSat" he knew the course well, ancf would^SJSwiTthe ship on her port tack at low water and tot tide would /keep him to windwardT ness was the only passeßger. There wbm ?#}L°! *¥*'*<* lost, themastOT, second officer, the cook andltewaVd and five able seamen, all young, healthTmSTil witness s opinioa every necessary precaution wis used to save life. The wreck wi aOTiStee? miles from that of the steamer Otago. IfteTthS mate and seaman had been examined, the Court ad. journed, and on resuming this morning the evidence of two snippers of cargo was taken; The rw* again adjourned till 1.30, when the toUowingdecSSon was given:—" The Court finds that the loss of t2« barqua William Ackers was occasioned throurh th* captein keeping the vessel too dose to the land *aA theiossof the captain and seven men of was mainly if not entirely the result of the S cargo getting adrift and destroying theboatt \"

[Pbom ocb owir Coebbspokdswt.J The Wellington Chamber of Commerce. jysiiiNOTOU, December 21.—Tha Ch*JZrZ» to^feydiscussed the resolution being passed on the fcetastf opourrence of each losses, bat it cametaaoooneta. sion. Some blamed and other^defended CaStain offleer. Other members considered tie oroew me^ hy i The meeting of the shareholders in the Paranara Iron Company approved of the NekoTSB holders' proposal to forfeit tto shares not paldS

and to re-erganise the company, but recommended that the present shareholders should send Home some hundred tons of oxe for an experimental UMltiag, Tii* Wellington, and Kelson cricket match is expected to be played on Tuesday next. The lease of the Union Hotel, Willis street, recently sold, ma re-sold to H. Swaine for L 2.200. Messrs Fitzherbert and Hunter have retired from the directorship of the Fidelity Accident Guarantee Society, being precluded from membership by the rules of the Mutual Provident. Two men had a narrow escape by riding across the Hutt railway directly in front of the engine. They were summoned and fined. The proprietor of a temperance hotel at Featherston waß fined LSO for sly grog-selling, and his partner, in another temperance hotel in Wellington, has been fined for a drunken assault. District Court Sitting. Lawbence, December 21.—There has been a heavy Bitting of tbe District Court, but the minor cases are now disposed of. The case of S. M'Coomb v. D. Anderson, Mr J, M'Lean's manager at Bellamy station, is now on. Mr Stout appears for the plaintiff, and Mr M'Coy for the defendant. There is great excitement over the election at Gabriel's Biding. Mr Bastings and Mr Clayton are contesting. Mr J. C. Brown is said to be working hard in Clayton's interest, to prevent Mr Bastings's return, so that Mr Brown will have a chance of the chairmanship. The weather ia rough and the rain threatening. A good number of local horses have entered for the Havelock Races on the 26th and 27th December. Mr W. F. Downes has been nominated by the Cricket Club to play against All-England. He is practisirg daily with the local team, and ia in good form.