The only arrivals yesterday were the Waipara and Titan from Hokitika, both with a fair complement of passengers for the races. They, leaye, again < for Hokitika to,i..>l?lte 1 (?W»s) i are sorry to have, to record the yS<&%-:fl£i Mr S. Preacott, of the schooner Maiden City. It appears that the vessel left Akaroa on Saturday night at 11 p.m, and that when off Okain's Bay she carried away her mainmast, and sprang a leak, and the captain was lost overboard. The other hands let go her anchor, and went ashore to report the matter. The vessel was in such a condition that she was expected to sink hourly. A large screw steamer of 2760 tons gross, named the Zealandia, was launched in October, from the yard of Messrs Elder and Co, Govao, She is the firßt vessel of a new line of mail steamers! to run between San JTrancisco, New Zealand, and Sydney.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXI, Issue 2304, 28 December 1875, Page 2
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