LAST NIGHT’S WIRES.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 8, 13 November 1883, Page 2

LAST NIGHT’S WIRES.

(FROM OUR OWN eORRBSrOXBENI). WELLINGTON. Messrs Biundeli And Harris Intend to supervise rt. thoi-otigli that of the Queen Of Behuty reef at Matara; to deternline Wai* her’ebet.. r i ' ’■ >■' ”" ■ The following .is a list of taseß set down for dispocal at the sitting of the Gotirt of AppealFichs v Uuion Steamship Com-

pany, (Christchurch); Regina v Scanlon, (Auckland); re Daniel Campbell, (Dunedin) I McLaren v Walker. (Wellington)) Stone 1 Bros v Minjatsr of Marino. (Auckland)) 1 Coleman and others v Bloomflela. (Gls- I borne) i Scott v Union Steamship Company, < (Auckland) j Creditol-e’ Trustee of Bray v J Cane and others, (Auckland) j Booth v Engle, - (Wblllngtou) j Creditors' Trustee of F, < McGiatn V the Corporation, (Wellington) | . Corporation v Roberts and another, (Wellington) | Goice and another v Ani Waati, (Auckland) j Sheehan v Russell, (Wellington) ; Hunt v Gordon, (Wellington)) Young v Ford (Dunedin) jre W, 8. Stait, solicitor, (Wellington); Johnson v Maitland, (Dunodin)! Regina v Taylor,. (Wellington); and Wheeler v Meek, (Dunedin), The Government have replied to tile remonstrances ol this Wellington Harbor Board about the Government resuming tho possession of their reclaimed endowment for the purpose of a p-intiug office site. The Premier says " Government are not obit Si the law stanch to give tlie Bbird any compensation for the land hi qiißsbiort, nor to assure them that an equivalent, whether in money or land, shall be given; but they believe that as a mutter of policy an eridowndent once given to pttblto body such as the Harbor Board should riot be taken away without reasonable componsa'ion. The Government will, therefore, recommend the next session to amend the law on the subject so as to enable tlii,. or any similar case to be dealt with on its merits.” The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company have received the following cablegram from their London office, dated 6tli November ’• Since the . lose of the wool sales there has been considerable business by private treaty on home account, and at full previous rates for course crossbreds. The total quantity sold since last sales is 2,500 bales, chiefly Cape of Good Hope. The outlook for the next series is favorable. The wheat market is firm. Adelaide is worth 47s per 4961b5; New Zealand

43s | New Zealand, f.0.b., is worth, off coast 41s per iStllbs, Tallow is dull of sale. Supplies of town melted are heavy. Beet mutton is quoted at 41s per cwt; best beef, 39s The leather market is quiet. Best sides are Worth Hid per lb. The New Zealand hemp market is quiet. Fine quality is saleable at £27 per ton. H AUCKLAND. The F.M.B.S. Zealandia, Captain Webb, arrived from San Francisco at 6 a.m. on Sunday. CHRISTCHURCH. Tenders will bo called for immediately to extend the northern trunk railway to the Red Post. At the sale of NoSworthy’s stud, Mr Horsfall bought No Name with colt foil at foot for 975 guineas. The total sale realised 3505 guineas. Twelve stud rams from Adelaide brought 662 J guineas, and an Angus bull 150

l?l ’ inC ”' NAPIER, On Sunday evening Captain Setten, of the ship Pleiades, now lying in tae roadstead, came ashore in a boat with four of his crew to take off the first mate. There was a nasty ripping sea on the bar outside, but ths boat got ashore all right, and with six aboard started to return. On the bar a see struck the bout broadside on, capsizing her. Captain Kraeft, the Harbor Muster, and Captain Tonkin, of the Langstone, put off to the rescue, and the pilot’s boat was on the scene in three minutes, but only throe men (the captain and two A.B.’s) were saved. 'I ho first and second mate and one seaman were drowned. Tho names of the men comprising the orew of the boat were Captain Setten, C, A. Stevens (chief officer), L, O. Vatoh (third mate). T. Kerr, J. L. Grey (seamen), and A. H. Kirby (apprentice), all of the ship Pleiades. Tlie boat proceeded safely after starting until the worst part of the rip on 1 the bar was passed. When abreast of the 1 end of Rangatira bank, a heavy break 1 caught her nearly broadside on, and turned ' her oompletely over. A few persons were 1 standing about tho breastwork whan the ' ucoldctit happened, watching to see how the 1 boat (a high gig) behaved when passing ■ through tho jobbling sea on the bar, Among the spoctatorz were H. Kraeft, Harbor ’ Maator, uncl Oft pt. Tonkin, of the barque ‘ Langstonc. On observing what had happened both ran rapidly for the means of rendering assistance, Kraeft making for tho pilo jboat, which was lying moored at both ends 1 *of the “ Iron Pot,” and Captain Tonkin fun 1 ning to tho boat belonging to tho s.e. Weka. Willing voluntejre to mm tho bolts follow 1 ocl) and within nn almost incredibly short ' space of time both boats were manned and were speeding rapidly down tho port en_ trance to where tho men wars thrown out of ' tho capsized gig and were struggling in the ! water. Tho pilot boat reached tho scene of the accident first. The Wcka’s bu&t, which ' had to be launched, and fur which oars had to be rapidly gathered up from other boats before starting, was not many seconds later. ’ Just before the pilot boat reached the capsized gig, Kraeft saw the six men in the water, but when the next wave had rolled passed, two had disappeared. There then remained visible only Oapt. Setten, who was clinging to the overturned boat, tho apprentice, Kirby, who had managed to secure the boat’s mast, and the seamen, Grey, and the first mate. These latter were at opposite ends of an oar, the mate clutching tho handle, and Grey with tho blade clutched in his teeth, swimming slrongly in the endeavour to save himself and his companion clinging to the ot her end of the oar. When the rescuing boat was within a few yards of Grey, a wave swept tho first mate from his grip of the oar, and he was never seen afterwards. Tho pilot rescued the remaining men. Captain Setten had just dropped into unc msciousnees, as he was pulled into the boat, but the other two did not srem so affected by their struggle in the breakers as might have beon expected. The three men were quickly conveyed to the Crown Hotel, and put to bod, and Dr Matthews arived aud administered restoratives to Captain Setton and the two seamen. Captain Setten needed tho most attention, as he became hysterical, ae consciousness returned, and the dreadful scene from which he had just recovered cam-a back to his memory.