YESTERDAYS TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume VIII, Issue 1010, 20 September 1877, Page 2

YESTERDAYS TELEGRAMS

[eeutee's special tblbgbams to thb PEEKS AGENCY.] AUSTRALIAN. Ministerial Crisis in New South Wales Suspected Accident at Sea. Sydney, September 19. A rote of want of confidence in the Ministry was moved immediately on the meeting of Assembly last night. It will be debated to-night. A dissolution is probable. New Zealand bran has fallen to lOid. Melbouene. It is stated that the ship Macduff ran down a fishing boat in the English Channel two days after leaving London. Cries were heard, but the vessel kept on her course, and it is not known what was the ultimate fate of the boat. [pee peeks agency.] Telegraphic Communicatioa with Europe Interrupted. Wellington, September 19, 8 p.m. A further telegram received by Dr Lemon this afternoon says that the Batavian cable is working intermittently, but that messages of the 17th inst. are still on hand. INTERPROYINCIAL, Loss of Two Lives at Hokianga. Suicide at Nelson. Auckland, September 19, At a meeting of the creditors of 11. S. Meyers and Co., the trustee reported that the estate, valued in the schedule at £II,OOO, only realised £747 2s Id. The bankrupts’ discharge was opposed by Connell, of Melbourne, and Ivey of the Bank of New South Wales. The latter was debarred from voting on the objection raised by the bankrupt’s solicitor, that, being a secured creditor, and having only a contingent claim, he could not vote unless he had ascertained the value of the claim in the manner prescribed by Act. The bank’s solicitor protested that the Act did not provide the manner of ascertaining, but the chairman ruled that the vote was illegal. The majority voted for the bank. The Glencoe part of the estate was purchased by Captains Daldy and Carey for £875. Pote, charged with manslaughter, has been remanded till Friday. At Hokianga on Sunday, during a heavy S.W. gale, a boat containing two of the sons of Hardman, a settler, capsized, and both were drowned. Their caps and paddles were found, but the boat and the bodies are still missing. Nelson, September 19.

Dr. Bligh, who recently went into practice with the late Dr. Cotterill, and who has had excellent practice, committed suicide by taking prussic acid this afternoon. A letter left by the deceased show's that the act was premeditated, but no cause can be assigned. Dunedin, September 19.

It is stated that the following gentlemen will constitute the Royal Commission to report upon the High Schools : —Mr H. S. Chapman, Mr Henry John Tailored (Chancellor of the New Zealand University), and the Hon. Dr. Menzies.

(from the correspondent of the press.) The Loss of the Christian McAusland Dunedin, September 19. A girl named Beatton, three years old, died through eating lucifer matches. Captain Thomson, Harbor Master, received a letter yesterday from the second officer of the Christian McAusland. The following are extracts “ The Christian McAusland _ left Manilla on June fith and took the inner eastern passage until the Bth of July, when she got into the Java Sea, but, owing to wind being fresh from the southward and eastward the captain thought it best to run for the Straits of Suuda. During the night of the 11th sail was shortened and the ship was brought to the wind until daylight. Next morning at 8, the weather was thick and showery. Shortly afterwards, she sighted to E. and N.E., an island of tiie group called Thousand Isles. Found 20 fathoms of water. Thinking the wind would be shy, the ship went to the leeward of all the islands, ami, as there was a four mile channel, clear of all danger, the captain thought he would go through it. The lead was kept going, and a man was looking out on the topsail yard. The captain afterwards went up on to the topsail and altered the course, till, at noon, it was S.W., twenty fathoms ; at 12.20 p.m., the same ; at 12.35 p.m., the captain being still aloft, site was hard and fast on a coral reef. A kedgo and hawser were run out on the starboard quarter and led to the windlass, but, being of no use, vve commenced to discharge cargo until 4 n.m., when, the tide falling, tire ship began to strike so heavily 7 that she made water at the rate of eighteen inches per hour. At 8.15 p.m., she slipped off into fifteen fathoms. At •his time there were fifteen feet of water in the hold. All hands took to the boats, and lay by tho ship all night, but lost ,oce boat. Ncxtm'oriiing, the captain agkud for volunteers

to go on board and set sail, it being his intention to try and get to Anjer. At first only two boats’ crews went on board, but the other boat’s crew soon followed. All possible sail was set, but the vessel commenced to gradually settle down. It was not until the topgallant forecastle was under water that the captain and several others got again into the boats. At noon on loth July the ship went down in twenty fathoms. After a week started for Batavia, and proceeded to Singapore, where a Court of Inquiry was held, all certificates being returned.”