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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 76, 24 May 1881, Page 2

The 8.8. Tai left Wellington at 8.30 p.nv on Thursday, with'birqne M»lay for Newcastle, ia tow ; cast her «ff at 10 20 p.m., and anchored atjtapiti 3 a.jm^ on Friday ; weighed, at, 7. 45 am. and arrived off Foxtnn b*r at 11.20 a.m. ; orhased at 11.50 a.m., and arrived at wharf Ip. m. The Tui left again an hour afterwards for Opunake and Waitara. The steamer Jane Doughs, Captain Fraser, arrived from Wellington and southera ports at 1.30 p.m. on Saturday last. She left again at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon for Wellington. ' " The schooner Dido will complete her loading of timber for Lyttelton today. Her cargo will consist of 41,508 feet, frdin the miff of Messrs Collina 3c, Co. The schooner Wild Wave; Captain Oxon, for Patea,. was towed to sea by the Jane Douglas f l«t evening. Shfl has a cargo of 32,000 feet of timber, from Messrs Freeman AWjldVinffl. . Tte Tui may be expected to arrive ,on -^^Weclneaday, and the Stormbird on Tharsfrom Wellington.' " *&**a been decided to Brbct * white stone beJfctKv in the French Pass on the northern side, where the shore ia loWand deceptive. The beaconwillb*^eylindrical column, tome 20 feetjf^Mgbt and 10 feet in diameter, amM«will to distinctly visible on any nwWwhen the weather is clear enough itfrTt to be safe to take the Pass at all. The high bluff on the opposite side is already sufficiently conspicuous, so long as there is an unmistakeable distinguishing mark on the other side of the narrpwjshanneL — Post. A misfortune occurred at the Patea bar on Wednesday. The steamer Patea was towing in # the schooner Spray, from Wellington with railway iron, and in crossing the bar the tow-line broke, the vessel drifting ashore behind the breakwater. She lies in a dangerous position, the weather being uncertain at this season ; and it is doubtful whether she can be lightened and got off safely; The captain of the Spray states his vessel was drawing a little over seven feel* that she crossed the bar without touching at all, and that the breaking of the line was the sole cause of the mis-hap.-Mau. A disastrous collision occurred on March 12 in tb* English channel. The African Steamship Company's steamer Benin, on her homeward voyage, was ran into off Start Point by the Eastern Shipping Company's steamer Duke of Bucoleuch, from Calcutta, and was cut down so thoroughly that she foundered within forty minutes, carrying with her a very valuable West Indian cargo. Her passengers and mails had fortunately been landed at Harve, and Bhe was en route for Liverpool Both steamers were on the same course, but the Duke of Buccleuch was going two knots faster than the Benin, and overtook her. There was no wind, and the vessels had been following eatft other for an hoar. The captain and crew escaped on board the Duke of Buccleuoh, and were brought into Plymouth. The vessel and cargo were worth £200,000.