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Patea Mail, 14 April 1882, Page 3

The stranded steamer Patea lies under the north head, without any injury, there being no leakage whatever. The last of the cargo was taken out yesterday, and a portion of the coals in the bunkers were removed to-day, with object of lightening the hull and assist her floating off. , Two anchors are. fixed seaward, and the stern was hauled to seaward on. yesterday’s afternoon ; tide, to give play to the propellers in" deep water. The hawser was drawn in a good many yards at high , water, pulling the stern to seaward, but the hull remained aground amidships. ,A little more tide, which is now increasing daily, will lift her out of her mud bed, and the screw can then draw her out to seaward, stern first. The .Wakatu is expected here to-morrow, and m«y assist in tugging the. Patea off. 1 i i Several civil cases were heard this afternoon in the R. M. Court, and will be reported to-morrow. A disputed claim for wages by a waiter who had been discharged from the Central Hotel occupied the Court a long time.: The price of the contract taken by Mace & Bassett for erecting a new clubhouse in Patea is £350. The body of Mr Holmes, of the Crown Lands office, who died suddenly in Patea, was removed from the hotel last evening, and is to be conveyed to Wellington. The remains aredn a zinc coffin, hermetically sealed, with a glass pane showing the features. The deceased’s son is expected from Wellington.