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?■ _. MORE EARTHQUAKES.-.. • o i. ; . thw day,,, felt at.about 6.30 this mothittg',.'V; r- ' '
OUTBREAK AMONG CONVICTS IN
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Auckland, July '25.^
The Captain of the schooner Telegraph,j which arrived from.' Hou'mea' to'-'day,' re» : ports an outbreak amongst the 'convicts; A number of 'them aftetopfed 'to 'escafei With the v,iew of seiwng.one'df thei'veg'sels,' in theJHarbor.,. Several ; were shot, down, by the military, and the, outbreak was quelled. The authorities succeeded in keeping the .matter out of the New Cale> donianewspaper. ' ■1; ANOTHER, BARQUE tOST. - - ! \ v 'NBW jtrapotHjithi^'dayj '•) .. Ihe .barque, Australind. went „aslj9r.e half a niile north of the : breakwater this morning,; .The vessel was from Wellington with a, cargo of : cement. She is in. command of.Captain; Sill and is Owned' by Captain Willuimsia well.-kii-iwn -'ooal merchant of Wellington. It is. believed she will become a total wreok. Tlie in'i surances are about £2OOO, but the ' offices are not yet known, -, • .
A heavy north-easterly gale set iu last night, which gradually strengthened.' The bargue Australind parted ; her "cable; and ran ashore near the spot where Rees jetty runs out.Were ;she /not an old vessel there would bea chance of saving her as she is on soft button, aud the wind is going roundito the weat. : ■ She-is much' strained and iii a-hopeleas eouditicm.'. ; . The Australind is an ; American built wooden, vessel, 18 years old. She brought 2000 ba|-rela, of- oeiiient, ;of^whic{i;..ls6o were landed. On the vessel .coming aßhore Captain Hill lowered his pjyilbuat. and ha and the crew reached land safely,' The. lifeboat* had been manned,-bat no necessity existed founding it out,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1135, 26 July 1882, Page 2
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262TELEGRAPHIC. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1135, 26 July 1882, Page 2
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