INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 112, 12 May 1881, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL.

THE TARARUA ENQUIRY.

'IjonedJn, Thursday. , The Tararua enquiry was continued ye3ter day. The chief officer staked: When the captain cariie on deck be hrtd ho i?f»taversation with him beyoud that the ship was making a good course. The boat in which he .was was capsized by a blind roller before reaching the surf. The plan he proposed to adopt to land the men from bis boat was that one should jump overboard and take a line ashore. lie did not consider they were in great danger from the blind rollers when they had only 6 feet ot water, tie was thinking how tome the lives of the passengers.

John Williams, passenger, gare some unimportant evidence.

Kdtfard Malodey, second raatej pave evidence as to what Occurred -up to 5 o'clock on the morning of the ft reck. He said :It might be 10 or. fifteen minutes afterwards when I fancied 1 hould hear tae surf on the beach. I went aft and told the captain! thought she was rather close. He was then looking at the chart on bia table. He came and looked along on the starboard side and rushed to the wheel which is aft in tb« Tararua. He put the helm hard to starboard,' -but us the ship was coming round she struck! After she struck she dragged heavily for 1 perhaps a few minutes and then bumped and sett led down. Mut she struck she canted with her head to northward. I saw broken water all. round her. I could then see the loom of the land. I Imd bo knowledge of any boat harbors and did not attempt to make for them. 'Although 1 fancied I could bear the surf t gave no orders to the look out man to keep a sharp look out. On Fiid*y morning the sea was breaking so heavily that it would have been impossible for my boat to return to the ship. .

The enquiry was adjourned until 10 this morning.

The Chamber of Commerce met vaster day to receive Mr Wales' report on his visit to the meat refrigerating works in Victoria and New South Wala» to A lengthy report, and after detailing the points of difference between ihe Giftord, and Cole man and Bell machines, he recommend the Utter. H* thought £0000 or £7000 would cover the cost of tbe necessary buildings and plant. It was resolved to print the report end that it be circulated. A committee was appointed to draw up a prospectus,

Wyndham. Thursday. The body of P. W. Jones, purser of the Tararua, has been washed ashore. Four more bodies have been washed ashore, two of them being headless. All the bodies coming ashore are in a dreadful condition, and the police, who have nol only to handle them but to examine them in the hop* of idonti flcation, deserve the greatest commiseration

Wang an or, Thursday. Mr Ballanco addressed the electors last night. After reviewing the evonts of last session and replying to Mujor Atkinson's speech on taxation he s*id that all the railways must be carefully scheduled before any more money was borrowed, and what was then borrowed should be based on the increase of revenue from the existing lines, and be used for filling up the gaps in the main Hoes. Other lines might be constructed by land grants, but generally be disapproved of making sucb grants to companies. The railway management showed a great want of administrative ability. He was opposed to free immigration and to admitting Chinese. He condemned the Government for refusing land for special settlements, while giving large blocks to capitalists. lie condemned Mr Bryce's proposal to attack Parihaka, and said ihe Royal Commissioner was the real Native Minister, if MrPanis was not even more powerful, lie opposed the Charitable Aid Bill and Bible reading in schools, but thought the present system of education too expensive. H« wouid oppose the repeal of the Triennial Parliaments Act, and disliked the system of simple electorates. He would ccc that the Volunteer capitation was restored. He expressed a strong feeling as to the necessity of maintaining party Government on clearly defined principles. A vote of confidence was carried unanimously.

New Pltmouth. Thursday. Intelligence has just reached town of ari< attempt made on Tuesday evening to throw a ballast engine off the line between Eitbam and Ngaire. A large stone was put upon the line, and before the engine could be stopped it had run against it with such force as to cause the iron girders to bend almost double. No one was hurt.

Auckland, Thciaday. The charge against Sims of attempting the murder of a girl at ftiverhead is proceeding in the Police Court, The medical evidence shows that several veins were severed by the wounds, but the knife fortunately missed the principal blood vessela. It is almost a miracle that the wounds were not fatal.

Sir George Grey addresses the electors on Monday night at the Theatre Royal.