THE SCOTIA.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 39, 30 August 1864, Page 2

THE SCOTIA.

[by electbic telegbaph.] Bluff, 8 gJm.. All hopes of the raising of the Scotia may now be abandoned., .....This,- i^op^g the starboard side, by the foremast?, was observed to be rent -from the gunwale, downwards. The fore part of the ship has been gradually breaking, up, and tQ-iiight itis completely detached. The workmen have heen engaged removing ' all that can be got at. If the company intend- to «aye the machinery, they will haye to make haste about it.

The Lyttelton Times /makes the following announcement : — ".We learn that Captain Vine Hall reached England early in June, and, at the -same time the decision of the Government in the ni'attef'idi ihe Ahdn tract Was made} known to tho bohtfactbrs by letter. All the indignation which Slight be expected_was felt and expressed, and the directors, hi the interest of their sha\*eholders, new and old, were prepared to maintain then* r ; position ;if possible, or " demand, compeiisatidh :for the lbss. ;r It it to be hopad that the iiews of the • ; Provincial guarantee of the service, wliich would "■ reach 'them soon' afterwards, will /satisfy the company^ .-'■'- A -' -; A'"'A' A A One of oiir Northern contemporaries informs us that several Maori spears, bayonets, and a beautiful greenstone tomahawk, taken upon the site where'th'e Waif aii massacre was committed, have been brought ddwn to Picton, with the intention , of „ forwarding, them to the New. Zealand Exhibi- \ tion at' Dunedin. The following amusing trifle is given in the \iNelspnExamijieri:~-"'Wiix'Ti , a in a Name? — We ' find the following 'sweet thing' in names in a re- ' cent "number of a Hongkong journal : — ' Notice. — The interest and responsibility of Mr. Cursetjee Nosserwanjee Camajoe, Mr. Pestonjee Nowrogee Pochajee, Mr. Dorabjee Nesserwanjee Camjee, and Mr. Rustom'jee Framjiee, in the firm of the undersigned, ceased from the 12th November, 1863. — P. and.D. N. Camjee and Co. Hongkong, 31st December, 1863. With reference to the above, notice is hereby given that Messrs. Ardasir Curs'etiee Camajee, Pochajee Pestonjee Pochajee, Nowrqjee Dorabjee Gae, Byramjee Framjee Metah, and Muncerjee Nesserwanjee Pochajee are admitted partners in our firm, and that the business hitherto conducted by us, will be carried on after the Ist January, 1864, under the name aud style of P. A. C. Camjee and Co., in China. — P. audD. N. Camjee and Co. Hongkong, 31st December, 1863.'-",