By Electric Telegraph

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 261, 7 March 1874, Page 3

By Electric Telegraph

(From our own correspondent.) / ♦ Dunedih, Wednesday Evening. AUCKLAND. March 2nd. The Tartar, mail steamer, arrived at five o'clock this morning. She brings the M'Gregor's mails to Sydney. The M 'Gregor went ashore at Kandavaii' harbor through the carelessness of the pilot. The Tartar failed to tow her off owing to breaking. The cargo is being shifted to the Star of the South to lighten her. There are.still hopes of getting her off. . The Tartar came on, and leaves for Sydney this afternoon. ■ Thursday evening. The Mikado, with the.outward mails, left Kandavau on the 23rd February for San Francisco. On the 25th the Maogregor arrived from San Francisco. At midnight she cast off, the. pilot saying he was able to take both steamers to sea that night by the Star of the South leading the.way.. The steamers proceeded slowly towards the entrance harbor till, the leading steamer failing .to find a passage as the moon had gone down, it was' judged advisable to anchor"till daylight. .On the morning.of the 1 26 th the Macgregor gotunder weigh, the Tartar following slowly* jij.'. her wake. At 6.15 a.m. the Macgregor struck on shore inside the,reef. Several unsuccessful attempts were made by the Tartar to toiv her off. It was,then deemed advisable'to transfer the mails andthe "latter vessel, which went out''-without the pilot. •. Captain. Grangei is confident that r on removing all coal and cargo from aft,- the ship would, iioat and be able to proceed to - Sydney. The sole blame of the mishap is attributable to the pilot, as, with ordinary caution,, there is no danger in entering the harbor by daylight, and, when the lights now being placed are in position, it will be equally safe at night. The Tartar sailed for Sydney yesterday afternoon. She brought 134 passengers, including Mr. George Duncan for Dunedin, and Mr. Hall and the Hon. Mr. Samuel for Sydney. She brings no tiles. The trip was made in splendid time, excluding,detention. She reached Auckland over a day before she was due. » • -

The. Mongol abandons the voyage to Hong Kong, and returns to Port Chalmers to take the outward mails. :

Mr. Hall says the resources of the company are ample. He has negotiated for a fast train between San Francisco and New York, carrying Aua tralian passengers and mails. . The first Clyde-built iron, steamer for the line was launched in August, and is to arrive in Axickland by January next,

Hf is -iVe-wlv h >,< io f i rtimr for a fortnightly a rvioo. in be OM.iduced oy four American an I four rfrfclish ships. The company to hold two-thirds. Ihe American ships are to be 3,020 tons burthen, built on the plan of the .White Star line. The,machinery is to be of the most improved" pattern, and the vessels are to be supplied with three compound engines each—two low and one high pressure—with separate. condensers. The ships are guaranteed to make fourteen knots when loaded, while the contract only calls for twelve. In New York 10,000 dollars was paid for holding a post mortem examination on the Siamese twins. ' A deputation waited on Hall at Kandavau, urging the desirability.of Levuka beinr maie a port of call, and offering to guarantee a' trade worth 20,000 a year. - I)r Feaiberstone invites Arch to visit N>w Zealand. During January ten ships left with immigrants. Eleven are to leave in February. 2500 souls despatched each month The Kent Agricultural L borers' Union spnt2oo adults per WiNnm Dav.e to Otago, and seventy-five to Wellington The death of Livingstone is doubted. A great excitement at San Francisco the day the steamer left. The evening papers were in demand at a dollar and upwards, owing to a personal difficulty between two editors and their friends', which ended in a general shooting match all round The JVl'Grregor is jammed into a coral reef. It is doubtful if she will get off nfter the failure of the powerful efforts of the Tartar. A tjveat exciteme .t oecurre 1 at Honolulu, ending in an attack on the Legislative Chamber by the natives. Everything has been smashed,, and the records destroyed Many members were wonnded, it is t>upposed mor ; tally. The'remainder jvere obliged to take refuge above the ceiling until relieved by marines and sailors from British and American war vessels, which relief just arrived in time to save the building being fired. The scene was wi'd and savage in the extreme. Members were dragged jut by the "crowds, and trampled on. The cause of the excite- i raent is supposed to be the electioi of a king, the natives' wanting Queen Emma. Riots as!;ed till the M'Gregor was leaving The . bai que Anazi has floated and been brought into Auckland. Oliver is announced as a candidate for the Assembly. " - - -Disease was brought into the depot sit Plymouth, before the passengers had embarked by the Scimitar, by Jersey families who were landed. Nearly all deaths were among the children, the only exception being a girl of sixteen. The passengers are to be'removed to the Quarantine Island. - The accommodation there is tested to the utmost. A build- , ing- will have to be erected on a third island. At four the Wild Deer arrived from Glasgow. Two deaths occurred on board ; Mary Anderson, bronchitis, and Alexander Anderson, from accident. She brings 212' immigrants. The Hutt railway is to be handed'over to .the Government on the 25th.. Stewart, an Irish magistrate, is visiting ' the Colony in connection with a scheme of special settlement. The dejeuner at Wellington to Governor Weld was a great success. Castaway won the Wellington Cup.