WELLINGTON.
Friday.
The s.s, Hawea, after leaving Picton at 3 o'clock this morning, found the schooner Hannah Barrett on the rocks in Tory Channel, with her rudder and forefoot gone, and her copper nearly all off, besides being otherwise damaged; The Captain and crew had abandoned her. The. Hawea took her/ in tow, and made the passage across in 12 hours. The Hannah Barrett was bound from Lyttelton to Picton in ballast, to load timber. At 10.30 on Wednesday night she missed the Tory Channel, and went into a false bay. Both anchors were dropped, and next morning they tried to warp her out, but both warps broke, and she drifted on the rocks. The captain decided to abandon her, to ensure the safety of the crew. She was owned by Captain Benner, and was insured for £400 in the Standard and £400 in the National.
Dr L. Mou accompanies the Hon. Geo. McLean to attend the Australian cable conference.,
A Gazette issued this afternoon notifies the appointment of Theo. Nivet Haultain to be sheriff for the district of Auckland* The appointment takes effect from the Ist of February next.
The Port Darwin line is interrupted north of Peake.
The Dunedin Church trustees hare recommended the Presbyterian Synod to establish a chair of National Science in the Otago University out of the funds at its disposal for educational purposes.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2503, 13 January 1877, Page 2
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229WELLINGTON. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2503, 13 January 1877, Page 2
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