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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3509, 24 March 1880, Page 2

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. This day. Wreck of a vessel from the :■■' .... ; ' - • THwaieS. '.;.'* . : . The schooner Saxon, from the Thames, which got ashore^on -North Spit at Kajapoi, on Saturday, floated during the night tide, but by unaccountable means got on the South shore opposite the signal station, where she now -lies. Part of her car^o of timber was landed. The representatives of the South British and New Zealand offices were down yesterday to decide what steps should be tnken.; The vessel is much strained, and is making ■ a ; quantity of : water. She : is, however, well insured, and is out of the reach of the sea, except at the top uf hifth water when an easterly ) roll comes right in upon her over the bar. The cargo of limber is insured in the New Zealand Insurance Company for £170. The schooner is insured for £750 in the Soulh British, and is valued at ;£1350. She was built at Auckland. George Feawick Committed for ;-\ ;V.. .>;. Lrtel. ; ; •j;.;... ' Mr George Pen wick, managing director of the Otago Daily Times and Witness Go., has been committed for trial for sporting libel on Mr GvG. Stead. •