DUNEDIN.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 51, 14 April 1877, Page 2

DUNEDIN.

■'■■■. -\ y ;-•■■■.. ■ '.- -'.'Monday. ; ! At 5. a.m. on Saturday, as Gaptain j Amdrews thought the steamer had run i her distance, and land was sighted jj nearly due west, but as. it was very i thick and hazy none could be seen to the | S.W. ,m the direcfcion.where the high ' land at Taiaroa Head should have been, and thinking from this he had over-run • his .distance, and that' the land m sight was Cape Saunder or its^vicinity, Gaptain Andrew headed the -Taranaki io the 'northward, and groped her- along shore. At about half-past six, the steamer then , heading in for the land, brokeuwater and kelp were seen on the starboard beam. The engines at once were reversed, and as the steamer went : astern she just toachedtheground. The I momen t she touched the engines were I turned ahead again, . and, giving a roll . pr two; the Taranaki slipped off into J deep water. Just then the mist' cleared / away; and it" was evident that Shag j Keef was close aboard. But for thi s !'• contretemps, the Taranaki's run from; the North would have 'been an exceed-/ ingly good one, her time from Madukau| to Dunedin being 3 days and 23 hours < Excepting the points of the blades of her propeller being broken, there Was not the slighest sign of any damage perceptible. " I Additional cable news from Londoi states that the address m reply to tht Sultan's speech m the Turkish Parlia| ment has been voted by the Chambers': It oppobes. all claim for territoiy, and approves the rejection of the proposals of the Conference. - -. i [Pbb.Pbebs A&bnot.] '„"' •. •■ - ■"'• Tuesday ' Dr. svScott, M.8.C.M., EdiHDll|h University, 1874, and at present monstrator of Anatomy i^oir that TJniver-; sity, has been appointed vProfessor of ■ Anatomy to the Otagb'trniversity. . ■ The 'railway line is about to be continued from the Balciutha bridge to the i township. •."; ... i ThereportUiat Sir P. Dillon B|j*s ; to have a seat m the Upper House is\; gaining currency. , \