Recovery of a Portion of the Mails.
The inquest on the wreck of the Tararua commences at Wyndham to-day. The Hawea picked up seven bags of the mail from the wrecfcr-qne bag from Auckland to Sydney, with an enclosed mail from Nelson; one bag from Weilington to Brisbane, oqe bag from Wellington to Hobart Town, oue bag from Christchurch taMeJbourne (with enclosed mails from Hokitika and Greymouth; one bag from Dunedin- to Sydney, with enclosed mails for New Caledonia; one bag from Duuedin to Hobart Town, with enclosed mails from Christchuich. v The bags were opened at Port Chalmers, and the contents dried. About one thousand letters will be able to be delivered, but papers are reduced to a pulp. The Te Auau, .which leaves this afternoon, will take on the Biiudisi aud Orieut mails.
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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3850, 2 May 1881, Page 2
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135Recovery of a Portion of the Mails. Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3850, 2 May 1881, Page 2
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