NEWS FROM FIJI.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1196, 16 February 1880, Page 2

NEWS FROM FIJI.

.. Auckland, February 14 : ; ; f The ' schooner Energy brings Levuka 'papers to"the 4th inst.' I The.fiawain .brig YiplefcreacKed Jul vet i 11 distress and in a .leaky condition. Afte'r L a consultation with several ship: masters on the ;it.was/deemed "advisable to haul her up on- the beach to ascertain what -.-iepairsL; w.ere: necessary... taking heri off the. beach she;-Was worse than eV6r/ amiidahip. After this the shipmasters condemned her, and 'slie was : by auction to Messrs. Herns and Co. ;i for ,900 dols, who haule'd her on ;feeafch'aiid broke Ker up. ; r j " A'gentleman resident oh the ; road coast kno.ws. personally of no less than 43 deaths of „nativesiitivhis district, attributed to the S weather. -. ;J " ..r>j . rr.vMr.;; Robert Evans, whose schooner ;s&riialkwaa chartered, in order.to tp«'Nade,ii made search- for ,the >ill-fated-outlet Byron,- which ijpas lost at thetime : that he*' owner (the late Mr. Fergus M'Pherson) met his death, has returned iicf Eevtrka.'' -He Reports' tha,t he has succeeded in finding the object of his search, \vftrch is; stink in'about' six fathoms, b.ufc wiff fte easi'ly*lifted i and recovered!. [ The S isteamer- JRrattyJane, which lias *been running for the last few months brii the Sister Island route, has been found too small for the requirements of the

increasing trade, and has left for Brisbane under command of Captain Fisar, who brought down the steamer Lioness. The Pretty Jane will run on the Queensland coast.

Diphtheria has broken out amongst tho native population at Bau, and four serious cases are Reported. L>r. Farquhar left Lomalomo to render-professional assistance. it is hoped the disease will quickly be stamped out.