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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 255, 23 January 1874, Page 3

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(Frora our oath correspondent.) L ■ ; —♦ — ? Dunedin, Thursday' Evening. ' The following is the"judgment of the Court of Inquiry in tlie Siirati' case:—That the master was most blameable—first, in starting from London with the ship 'in an unseaworihy condition, inasmuch as he had not provided himself with detailed charts of the coast of -Re'w Zealand. Second, in not taking, when he made tlie-New Zealand coast—, to which he and all his officers were strangers—and -when night was setting in,-the necessary steps to determine his position with accuracy—not -even consulting the "New Zealand Pilot," which work he had'onboard. That the master and.chief officer were"most blameable—first, in making no efforts to lessen the leak; second, in allowing.to pass by, i: at. a time when" there was'eight ■ feet of waterin the ship's hold,- .the;-steamer: Wanganui; - vi'h ose servicss; • could-, -easily = have been- se-; cured. That the master; chief officer, and second officer were most culpable—first, in rendering themselves, -by insobriety, ; after the vessel struck and before-she was beached, quite, unfit for the performance of their duties; second, in making no efforts, after beaching the vessel and landing the passengers (all of which was effected by 11 am , the day being fine), to save the immigrdntseffects We therefore come to the conclusion that, by the wrongful acts and defaults of Edmund Joseph Johnson, master; .Abrain . Eorsiehaw, chief mate; and Edward Hesselton, second mate, the ship Surat was - lost and abandoned in Catlin's Bay, ontlie -Tst< d;iy of January, 1874; and decide that the certificate of competency of Johnson as master be cancelled, the certificate of competency of Foreskaw as master be cancelled, and the certificate of competency of Hesselton as second mate be suspended for two years from the 20th day of January, 1874. . Johnson was arrested last night on the charge of culpable negligence, and lodged in gaol. Ho was brought up this morning and remanded tij 1 Saturday, bail being fixed at, himself ■in £3OO, an d two sure ties' of £l5O each.

The Government are going to state a special case for the Supreme Court, re the light to sell the immigrants' luggage with the wreck.

The jiouthern escort has arrived, bringing 5104 o/s

J)r. .Webster's freehold property at Waireka of 6100 ncres has been sold to B>. Oliver, Esq , M IJ.Ol J .O , for £17,000. The Pivs-byteriau. Synod have sustained the Duncdm "LSvsbytery's action in excommunicating Logan for spiritualism. The s <s. Gothenburg returned to port yesterday dioablo-1.

lbß nominations for immigrants were for warded by tho mail.

The ' St- r' has published returns of the yield of g >ld" for the year -i5,459 ozs. a.g.n"n<t 161.024 for 1572. Cromwell heads tho list, 19, 9-i7; Lawrence,. 19,872 ; Queens-* town. 17,(592; Arrow, 10,312.

The Agtnt-Generjl has entered into an arrangement v ith Eolloway, one of the veprepentatpes of the Agricultural Xaborers' Union, lo .iccompar.y from 200 to 300 emigrants, who 1 :ike passages in the s.s. Mongol. Holloway will M'-e to settlement of emigrants, and re- i turn to for the purpose of reporting on New Zi-:i ;md a"! a suitable field for emi- l gr (ion i The A^r-""-General hopes to be'able to ) clirtiti>r for emigrants a second stealer leav- . ing ni J\mu -y. IIAJIIST FIJI. The f-lar of the South has arrived at. Aui-k---lan l s fn.in I'".ji. J-he oriiiK* news to the 10th in.st, and lepoi'.s ih -t, >■ sCvere hurricane_ visited the islauiL A/. Tavimia the cotton was injured, and tree-, destroyed .A * Vniuii Point three cutters were » ri'i 'ie.l, mi' 1 other damage w:is done., Li'vu ,!;''vit Bufceivd fearfully,—cotton trees bf ing turn up by tbe.roots, and houses blown; do« n. . ' ' . ! [ - TS.ero n:v losses of life among the natives. ICon u Bua also'suffered severely. ' •" . ■ Id M.W Pi"irl was caught, .suddenly in a l ' h'l'.'iit-Mie ;it Kundavau, and had not time to r-l"tv up h' % r t.dls. Ahe - jv> sea broke through* ilie j orts-mli' Ihe Cou.modore'B cabin,''-He', -iriji i'i« nriuy papers. ~,, i f *■_.■ _' .", \ ' ' At Ijiiiiliii severn 1 houlsfs were tinvonfedfiiud ike'- infers were drivori on to the beach/ l • 'J in l Fiji in Bank njfuscs to cushatlie 'Go ; ' i-cruni' , iit Bills. -' r '- , - - Vr - 'l'iii*liOii".iineiit alx; in a very impecunious, .-tiile. t.'ons \\ Tri\nrd and the Cbto^l

utibsioner have ariiv-sd, itif I Lhcir I'ihoi:, *; , V "J" The inurdere s of n:nr ne-iily ill been captured through the reward iFurec! * '* The Albion With the English mail h*s arORAJIS ~ London, Jani::ir'\ 9 Darhnglon, a Const natue, has been elf cied for S ioud, lies TFinti'iboOnm, a libe'.il R-ite of discount 4 per rent John Linp, the pretended steward pf-tli&* Of.prev. who [jaro . evulenee oil tlie..;Tichhornev: taul, his Lei'ii corojiitud iorpejurr' The police depose I that Line confessed He wis p'Oinpt-pcl and "suborned by Wlial.'y mid Oi. flow M PA The New Zealand half million loan, "at -i£- - ~ per cent., lias Ireen offered at*97. The wool market'is quiet.' Prices- continuefirm. - . v ~ "~ r - Wheat is rising, owing to a n scarcity "of supplies ~ ( A „ Papal,' Bul- authorises"-, the~ne~xt,Papal - election,, without regular conclave,-in. Minorca, Prance, orlVlalta. Germany refuses"to recognise it 1 ' 5 The Dutch, in attacking a mosque at Kratowv were twice repulsed, with a loss of 240 killed and wonnded The A Chinese are lighting demoniacally " J January 12 AY h alley, declares Line's statement to be" fictitious. - „i J . ~ -'January 14. - Gape news statc3 >- that General Wolseley'and staif have gone to Prahe The insurgent ironclad Moinaiicia'- has arrived at an Algerian port ; General* Cantrcras -and" other.-iiYsm-gents have delivered themselves up to die French authorities. * r Pans, January 9 The Assembly .met after a short adjournment After a stormy debate, the questionill reference to the position of the Government was postponed _ ■ J The members of the M iniatry ten- . _ ~ dered their resignations Madud, January 8 A cifcnl-xr, issued by the Squish <roreminent, declares that it.s principal mission, is toestabhsh orde- a~d show that order is compatible with publiciiberty. " v J inuiry 10 The Coites Ins dissolved, n ud will i»o rensaemble till order is restored.. t " , Yorsai 1 les,"' Jan uar y 12. , n.'e Assembly passed a -wote of- co'ifidtince m the Cio-einment o_\ j, m-j rity ofsß .resignations consequently withdrawn. - , ~ 4 January 12. . A. Cai has surrendered, ~Lhe b5--ie;ipr»" 1 declined to give any terms, but insisted on an unconditional surrender if umber." of iusurin ironclad Momnneta, An insiuTection has brokenout; ni Bxreeloua. K " ITev,- York, Jan 10" Cushmg, instead of GeneralSieLles as Spanish Minister, is appointed Chief' Justice, vice Chase. ; puez .-a:\iL. - - „ " Steamer Pera delayed by head wind and 5 heavy sea« IYLi.I steimer brings papers—Li test datesThe ; olio wing has not been 'wired :—Hoi- - man II unl's great pictuie, " The kh.idow if D 'nth," has been bought for £IO,OOO * ~ The Telegraph Companies announce a- reduction of charges on messages to , Australia, India, and China Garibaldi's health is improving, but he'continues crippled ~ The Vienpa Exhibition is pronouncea a commercial failure, showing a of ' £036.000 Marshal Bazame, at his trial, denied he had betrayed Fiance. Ee declines to'appeal' against his sentence. ~ - » -MELBOU-RinS." " ' _ - January'l6.The Jinghsh cricketers^are faring rathert badly-at the ihands of the Colonial players.'- < - The Stawell match was concluded in two-* daj's, and the number of wickets lowered in' the tune is unparalleled m the history of, Au&t) all an cricket The English first. innings- closed .with' the small score of "forty-"' three; Stawell's twenty-two made seventy--one The ele\ en, in their second innings, made ninety-one, leaving the trial team only - ~ - sev-en-four to get, which were obtained with.' ' the loss of eleven wickets . G. F. Grace' 30, Southcrton 14, and Oscroffc 13, were tushighest and almost only scorers in the-se-cond innings. The bowling of Cosstick- and Conway was splendid In a smgle wicket match six "English professionals oiily made two:'Stawell, twentynine. ; - In Wamambool, in the match, Jupp, for England.- made a splendid (n^v —- - out), W G Grace, 18; M'lntiie, 13; Os-croft,-5; while five of - credited vritli ■' Vduck's eggs."' :-ln the seeorj:i. innings Warnambool only scored fifty-oiw, and the Eleven won by nine wickets. They play Sj'dney next, then Melbourne on February 19. The Hon. W. J. S. Clarke, tlie wealthiest person in the Colonies, is dead.. It is-esli-mated that he leaves £3,000,000. A number of ladies hare passed their matriculation, and the Civil Service examinatiou. r • Two d-i nghters of Professor, - Hoarn-: ftand .- - highest in the list. Three blowaway convicts frona New Caledonia reached Sydney, aiid tAvo .Frenehmen - have arrived at Brisbane in an open boat, having escaped and eluded tl'e guard. No news of Major Warbi.rton received. l from Western Australia.

MacAlister is Premier of the new Queensland Ministry. His policy includes the gradual reduction of ad valorem' duties, immigration, and free selection, within limited, area: , . - ** TOKOII.UHIRO. „-,, January,- 22"; ; ~ A Berious accident has happened "to Johnson, civil engineer to the Provincial G-oC vernmenfc, caused by a fall from hislhqrselast night, resulting in concussion of the'braiirani paralysis. •He lies in great danger. •", EXTRACTS FROM LATEST PRESS - ' TELEGRAMS. , WELLINGTON. The Hon. Donald M'Lean; who' has been at Horowhenua some time,, has succeeded in compleU-ly settling the disputeamongst the native trib&s f and also'eiFee- ." ted the purchase' of the Waikani- block of v> 22,500 acres of the Horowhenua land:, . P.Jan u ary •' 1 i?-. - Locomotives commence 'running"on"'the - tiua line to-morrow, ballasting and conveying material. * ,\- '" - CATLIN's BJYJ3K /- *' r * ' t f January, 17- \- A telegram from of'the "wreck- ■} of the Surut' states thaEthe, sea is smooth, and the cargo is being got .out.,, .The en- ~ t gine and pumps.were, put <6ii,-. board- to- -" ■SiIV. ''''. . -- ; against ,\! r,rrW JixtcombeMffiMilfey fx£ s &££§ t & ■The -c'ase^cpin^offfT^o^e^f^lil-^ejl^p