INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
" TJNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ..■■-. ... . Auckland, Novem ber 12. The ship De Mezzer brings 900 tons of raw sugar. During the passage from Bataria to this port the vessel had a narnow escape from destruction m the Straits of Bunda. She got becalmed in a five knot current, and dropped anchor, and held on within thirty feet of the rocks for ten hours till .a breeze sprang up and saved her from destruction. Henry George Woods, n remittance man, who came cut in ire Bimut-ikn m Vfjireh last, vr us found dead in Albert Park to night, with a half empty bottle of carbolic acid lyinu beside him. Blenhkim, X-vember 12. Captain Lambert arrivod this morniug from the Croixelle? in his steam ya'it Torea, and reports that on Monday evening the schooner Australian Moid, owned., in Nelson and bound for Havelock, put in there through stress of weather, and during the night dragged her anchor and went ashore. Her port side was stove in, and her boat smashed, but all hands got ashore safely. It is expected, that the vessel ban bo repaired. . Christchuiich. November 12. The Grand Lodge '"Sons of Temperance" met , at Enngiora yesterday. Mr Revans, Eaiapni, was elected Gr.W-T., and Mr W. Carr, Dunedin, Gr.W.A.. The membership for the colony is 46*4, an iri,crease 0f .50 for the, year. The credit balance is L 3307: , j , Dunedin,. November 11. A letter received in Dunedin front one of the Biaf Bay prospectors complains of the Stella having gone past on T a fine day without calling in to see if any assistance was required. The writer atatts that very little' gold is being got, but tb» prospectors expect to strike a lead nny moment. 'He v hopeful of a payable field being found. '•■ iNVEBCABaiLii, November 12. As the passengers by the morning trainon the northern line were passing through the Makarewa bush this morning they saw a man hanging from a tree. He proved to be a settler named Michael Crowe, who lately went through tlie Bankruptcy Court and had sought refuge from troubles in suicide -
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/FS18861113.2.15
Bibliographic details
Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 57, 13 November 1886, Page 2
Word Count
348INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 57, 13 November 1886, Page 2
Using This Item
No known copyright (New Zealand)
To the best of the National Library of New Zealand’s knowledge, under New Zealand law, there is no copyright in this item in New Zealand.
You can copy this item, share it, and post it on a blog or website. It can be modified, remixed and built upon. It can be used commercially. If reproducing this item, it is helpful to include the source.
For further information please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in