NEWS OF THE DAY.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 632, 28 June 1876, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Lyttelton Borough School. —Mr Waddell was appointed third master of the Lyttelton Borough School at a committee meeting held last night, Mr Waddell is a graduate (M.A.) of Edinburgh University. The attendance at these schools during tile past quarter has been very goed, an average of 417 having been attained, the number on the books being 613. San Francisco Mail.— Special attention is directed to the alterations in the Post-office mail notice. The mails for transmission by the City of San Francisco will, on Thursday next, be conveyed to Lyttelton by special train, leaving the Christchurch Station at 3 p.m. In case there should be no guard’s van attached to the special train, it is requested that late letters may be given to the mail guard, who will be in attendance at the railway platform for the purpose of receiving late correspondence. Sale op Suburban Land.— As an instance of the value of some of our suburban plots of land, we have been informed that a few days ago a corner section near Feather’s Hotel, on the Lincoln road, at Addington, changed hands at the rate of £2OOO per acre. It was purchased by a well known citizen for the purpose of erecting a butchery in that neighbourhood, and judging from the high price paid, the purchaser must have great faith in the locality, and the support he will receive on his commencing business on the site in question. Supreme Court. —His Honor Mr Justice Johnston sat in Chambers yesterday, when the following orders were made:— lie will of Charles Walker Shand, deceased, probate was granted 1o Thomas Walker Shand, as one of the executors. On the motion of Mr Jameson, an order was made extending time for filing inventory in the estate of Finley Fisher, deceased. Probate was granted to Mary Jane Osbourne, as executrix of the will of John Osbourne, [deceased; and a similar order was granted to John Parsons, as sole executor of the will of Eliza Parsons, deceased, In the case of Hills v Hills, and another under the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, the trial of questions of fact before a jury was fixed for July 10th, on the application of Mr George Harper. Wreck op Kaiuma and Eliza McPhee. —The Foxton correspondent of the Wellington Post gives the following particulars of the loss of these vessels, His letter is dated June 20th ;—“ Captain Urqhart, of the s.s. Matau, reports that he left Wellington on Sunday at 7.30 a.m, passing the wreck of the Heversham, which was still visible near Louis Rock. At 230 p.m. he ran under Kapiti, where he found the ketch Eliza M‘Phee lying stranded. At the request of Captain Reid, the master of the ketch, Captain Urquhart held a survey on her, and found that she was full of water, having struck on a reef of rocks, where she remained stuck fast. She was bound from Oamaru to Wanganui with a cargo of flour and wheat. Captain Reid reports that he brought up under Kapiti on the previous evening, and after letting go his anchor sounded the pumps, when he found the vessel full of water, which was gaining so fast, that he was compelled to slip his cable and run ashore to prevent her going down in ten fathoms of water. It was so dark at the time, and blowing so hard that it was found impossible to steer her for the beach, and she was unavoidably run on the rocks. She is owned by Captain Reid, and is insured for only about one-third of her value. After visiting this wreck, Captain Urquhart next proceeded to the north-west end of Kapiti Island, where a signal of distress was flying on the beach. The vessel in difficulties proved to be the schooner Kaiuma, Captain Maule, bound from Lyttelton to Hokitika with a cargo of grain and potatoes. She too was lying stranded and full of water. Captain Urquhart sent assistance to land the cargo, and to try, if possible, to save the vessel, which also belongs to the master, Captain Maule, but is wholly uninsured. Finding that it was hopeless attempting to get the schooner off without further appliances, Captain Urquhart proceeded to Foxton, Captain Maule reports that the Kaiuma sailed from Lyttelton on Friday, the 9th instant, for Hokitika, and had a fresh southerly breeze to Cape Campbell, the wind then hauling into the westward. The schooner beat up to Kapiti, under which island she came to an anchor last Sunday week, the 11th instant. Strong westerly winds continued to prevail until Friday last, when it suddenly went round to the southeast, and before the schooner could be got under weigh she drove ashore, the sea washing right over her, and knocking a large hole in her bottom. She now lies stranded on the north end of Kapiti, but Captain Urquhart intends trying to get her off on , the next trip of the Matau, and if he succeeds [ will tow her down to Wellington. The Cfirgo of the Kaiuma wag insured for £375 in the South British,

New Hotel. —The new hotel to be ereqted at the corner of Colombo and Hereford streets, is to be proceeded with without delay. The contract for the first section of the work was signed yesterday by Mr R. IT. Morton, and the building, when finished, will certainly prove a great ornament to the city. Missing Persons.— lnquiries have been made respecting John Fickins, who came to New Zealand in the ship Whitehall in 1873, and who was last heard of at Waddington store, East Malvern. At one time he was on a farm belonging to Messrs Ayers and Marcroft, at East Malvern. The address is also wanted of Alfred Greig and Rebecca Greig, who came to Auckland in 1874 in the Roupirel; and the address of Peter Arnold, who came to New Zealand in the Lady Jocelyn in 1872, Anyone possessing information regarding the above are requested to communicate with the Under secretary at Wellington. Fire at Leithpibld.— A fire broke out in Leithfield, in a cottage occupied by John Arms, laborer, and the property of Mr O. W. Dumergue, on Saturday afternoon, about two o’clock. Mr Dumergue was the first to notice the fire, and with the assistance of the inmates, succeeded in removing the furniture, he then mounted the lean-to, which is of wood, and managed to save, that, with a plentiful supply of water, by cutting away the rafters and wall plates. The fire is supposed to have originated in the chimney, which was partly composed of wood, and to have communicated with the roof, which is of thatch, the walls being of sun-dried brick. A strong sou’-wester was blowing, and in a very short time the roof was demolished. Fire at Waiho, Waimate.— On Saturday evening about eight o’clock (says the limaru Herald), it was discovered that one of the stacks of oats belonging to Messrs Wellwood Brothers, on McLean’s land, near Waiho bridge, was on fire. The engine and threshing machine were at the stack. Part of the stack had “been threshed the same evening, and a quantity of threshed grain in bags stood near. Before sufficient assistahee arrived on the spot, the combine machine caught fire and was destroyed. The unthreshed portion of the stack and several bags of oats were also destroyed. The engine and a considerable portion of the threshed grain were saved. The machinery was insured, but we have been unable to ascertain whether the oats were or not.