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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2603, 11 May 1877, Page 2

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, ■ ./ . Thursday. The s.s. Hinemoa, with the Governor and suite, returned this afternoon from a trip round the West Coast. Beautiful weather prevailed throughout. Ou going into Dusky Sound she touched on a rock

i about eleveff feet of water. The rock 3 not shown on any chart, but marked il'ty fathoms. She knocked off one blade •f her propeller, but sustained no other pjury. yShe leaves to-night for New, rMymouth and returns immediately with he Ht)n! Major Atkinson. • - Tenders for wharf extension were >pehed this afternoon by the corporation. Phere, iwere 13in all, but twofrom Auckand w,ejV informal. ' The work" was iivided "into two contracts, and' Separate enders were called for each, with alteraative prices, allowing the Council to ;Ka9s..e,betw.e.epirpnb i 4|^a^d^))J[acJi.bi^ Ai!: rhe following are the" amounts of the" Sontractors;. tenders forviboith/ contracts (No. 1 and 2) for "iroribark^^he" tenders for blackijirch being'|;efferaliy Taboutr< teir per cent, lower: -r..J. Goodehough, £22^3 s;J:vSuu'nd^rs,-£23,448; &. Me Kirdy, £22.268; S." Brown, £25,907 ; la's. Cockie, £26,950; T. Coffee arid Co,. J823J286 (ftU, v Wellin.gtotf rcpntrabtors);: Hughes andY- "Bp.fi^aliiiieriiton, North, £30,820; Thomas H. Keer and Co., Christchurch, £25,577. W. G. Bassett was\th]e/ip^ly Wellibj^tbn itepderer for No. 1, £22,551; 1). 'fcroudfoot, Dunedin, £22,869.} Donald? <R6sii>' rAuckland', £22>3e0i!kThe CoMncil postponed;,the . further consideration; bf the matter ".ii'nhl to-raprrowv „,._., . . , (> ..,,. \\fa.vT ■ ■:jii- •:.-. j i m^i^) -";:-Thisiday; ' • The-scores foi the€adefr tJhanipionship: ofithp.Colony are asfollpwi ties being decided by ?tnel;Dest Bcore at the longest range : — ,(,3pQy,ds) ; i <Cad,efe,.. ■ M<|wb.ray; Waiiiku, 72:^-^ieut^lfa'li,' Wellington,, t 76';'Cade]b:iEiii8seIl, 1 -'i.ucklandj : - l 68;' (b'adet Carrie, Waiuku, 67; . Sergt. Kettle, Kunedin, 67 ;.•-Cjadet 'Vyilliams,! Auiokland, r 6|l ;CadetJijrreeiiyille, Thames, 614 corpl". Ballinser, Wellington, 60; cadet ]Vladell, Wellington,"6o ; cadet Broughton;, Wanirganui, 60:£ nbn^ getitors ma.de_6o points. ■■ *jrr- <-:)-: ' ginpe and before eight, this morning a, I^allwAvelwas3iipWe^itlie rise nndflU' .beipg about <r four fe,et, r |he,, actian and reaction"ftfccufpyingiTOuit fifteen cjiinutes. It is still igding^on, but decreasing. , At f tKe;re^lanaajtjonrWorksi wi«j Waiter is; confined by an uncoinpletect brealt^worki;' tne tide rushea in tlnd out with; a^o^, r^sembliilg!the i'lido at tH&Frenchj^ass. -)

in about elevei: feet of water. The rock

is not shown on any chart, but marked

fifty fathoms. She knocked off one blade of her propeller, but sustained no other