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Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 97, 20 November 1878, Page 3

The enquiry of the Board of Trade into the case of the collision between ihe Princess Alice and the Bywell Castle decided it was attributable to the careless navigation of the former vessel. Governor and Lady Robinson intend visiting Batavia. A letter from the agent of the New Zealand Shipping Company to a genii man in Napier lias the following particulars respecting the City of Auckland, tor which we are indebted to the Napiei ‘Daily Telegraph “ The vessel lies stern on, with a slight list to port, and about 200 to 250 yards below high water mark. The water in her hold had not increased from Thursday to Saturday, so she most bo tight. Our scheme for the floating of P e cargo is to stretcn a wire from the foremast to shore above high water mark ; get the cargo on the rope with slings, and let it run down the rope till we can lower it into a dray ; then cart it 400 yards to the Otaki _ river, which will admit a craft drawing five to six feet, and load into sin ill vessels, which a little steamer will tow a large vess ‘1 lying anchored under Kapiti Bland, about nine miles off, where is smooth water. There is a steam winch on board. A Maori gang - has been en-o-aged to receive the cargo ashore. The damageable part of the cargo is stowed high, the railway iron, wire, Ac., beingin the bottom, so there ought not to be much damage, xb store will be elected on the beach with the immigrants’ fittings, sails, &c., to cover the goods when landed The sh'p has been abandoned to Lloyd’s, but the cargo cannot he abandoned without communication wPh the Napier and Auckland consignees. There is very little chance of getting off the ship, bat she may be there for months. The prevailing winds blow dead on shore, and soon work up a heavy sea.”

An Attachment. —Wo shall never forget, that evening we spent at Magruder’s years ago. We admired Miss Magrnder, and we went around to see her!" It was summer time, and moonlight, and she sat upon the piazza. The carpenters had been there, that day, gluing up the rustic chairs on the porch, so we took our seat on the step in front of Miss Magruder, where we could gaze into her eyes and drink her smiles. It seemed probable that the carpenter must have upset the. glue-pot on the spot where we sat, for, after enjoying Miss Magruder’s remarks for a couple of hours, and drinking in several of her smiles, we tried to rise for the purpose of going home, but found that we were immovably fixed to the step. Ihon Miss Magruder said, “ Don’t bo in a hurry and we said we wouldn’t. The conversation had a sadder tone alter that, and we sat there, thinking whether it would be better to ask Miss Magruder to withdraw while we disrobed and went home in Highland costume, or whether we should give one terrific wrench and then ramble down the yard backwards. About midnight Miss Magruder yawned, and said she believed she would go to bed. Then we suddenly asked her if she thought her father would have any objection to lending his front steps for a few davs, because we wanted to take them borne for a pattern. We think Miss Magruder must have, entertained doubts of our sanity, for she rushed in, called her father, and screamed. Magruder came down w th a double-ban died gun. Then we explained the situation in a whisper, and he produced a saw and cut out the piece of the step to which we were attached. Then we went home wearing the patch, and before two o’clock cashed out our young love for Miss Magruder. We never called again | and she throw herself away on a drygoodsman. There is a meloncholy satisfaction in recalling these memories ot youth, and reflecting upon the influence of glue upon the emotions of the human heart.—Max Adder.