Untitled

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1581, 14 December 1885, Page 4

(UNITISD PRKSS ASS iCfATIOV.")

Invkrpakoill, Monday. The cutter Kent, when crossing the FoveaiJX Straits from Stewart's Island ti> the Bluff on Saturday was thrown on her iieaineiiils, and narrowly escaped hi>iotf capsized. The crew were at fiiat puzzled to account for the occurrence), but the mystery was explained by the appearance of a large whale going asU-vu of the vessel. It is surmised that the cutter sniled ovi.rlhe moiistrr. ; An old man known as " Daddy" McLoan, was found lying dead on the Jetty this morning;. 110 was seen fishing at 3.30 a.m., and was found dead a few hours later. Death is supposed to have occurred from natural causes. The deceased has lived here many years, and was nearly 90 years old. WiauNOTON, Monday. A smart shock of earthquake was felt throughout the Wellington district yesterday morning at about. 7 o'clock, the direction being north and south. The cable steamer Sherard Osborne, owing to the roughness of the water m the Straits yesterday, was unable to do any work. She proceeds to the straits again this evening. Proceedings are about to be taken against a well-known solicitor under Cause 74 of the Larceny Act. The charge is one of, misappropriation of law costs entrusted to him for payment to another legal iirin.