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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1276, 12 January 1883, Page 2

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IyNIIED PBESS ABSOOIATIONI • TAWHAIO, ; Wanoanni, January 11, . y f awhaio/arrlved bore this morning. A great tangi is being held at PutikiPah, at which about four hundred natives are presents THE MARSALA I 'FROZENMEAT i(ifii'-s) : CARGO;' THE CAUSETOF FAILURE. biWEDiN, January 11. A private letter received by Mr Haikworth, Collector \of j Cus jomj t fiere, ,frdirj 1 Dr Johnston 1 ,-wlfowaß a'paiienger by'tne B,s, Marsala, gives the following information with regard to the failure of her frozen {meat shipment, fit iiH dated' fi'om-' Batavia.^ ; He, ,B,ayai; r Cargo has beim di6ohar^ed..',ip the : mighty-,'ddep/ The 1 maohinerj brolce,' > downwind the spaed' machinery was so constructed that it was impossible for men to remain long.enough in the engiue-room to make necessary repairs, the temperature ranging from 130deg. to 120deg, Fah. In my opinion thereare several oauses'fyt catastrophe! ''An'immtihM iron'steamef, with iron deck in the tropics will naturally attraot the heat, I have seen the deoks so hot that -saoks wore" laid' -iUbwxt fdr- i: ' thb qoolies-to run upon, iji . oargo; to, protect their.feet from , thp. foot- declt. ■ Theertgjne tnooni ;th'o": maohinery was' only. 7ft,,high, .and : the temporature there sometimes going l up-to 137 and even 140 degrees. The man in charge of the |machineryi an-ordinary workman, who, I should think, was never in suoh a position before,' and did not realise the responsibility; could not stand the excessive heat of the engine room long enough at a time to keep the engines in-order, and lie -.that, ihe-onginei were constantly heating, and some brass screws whioh were fitted into cast-iron were, not protected, jfrqm sea-wajgr, and therefore became corroded' 'and loose. The new patent snow syphons oonnected with the machinery became choked, .and in addition'to this, .the external atmosphere was so attenuated that no amount of pressure.could be got up sufficient to. jcondensejatd thisdiffioulty, in my opinion . was'-increased bv the fact : that tfiere was a large space left vacant in the refrigerating chamber sufficient to contain nearly 1000 tnoresheep. This void niade theioondensationstiji;msre|diffiou(tl! )o. FAREWELL BANQUET TO SIR ' JULIUSVOGEL,. ' , ■.lnvbroaSgil^ Jailuaryill f ' This evening, at the Albion Hotel, at! the'banquet in honor large company assembled, His .Worship the Mayor presided, anjj- pi-oprisetly the health of Sir J. who, in, response, acknowledged with; much, dordia]it>janjl feeling the compliment paid'to him. He dwelt .oh the introduction of the Government insurance schetne, and the'reasons that had impelled him lo initiate; it,.': : He gave a skotoh of the history of 'the eeyoral loan negociations, and referred t'o" the fact ' that ;• on ithat verjr ; day.j the \ Jna'^for' J1,000,000 would be'putlog'tie.Jonapn markel,; expressing;: confidence ,'.ihat /at would be a success. •; The-iI-nEcription Stock Act and beneficial .consequence were then enlarged on. j. Sir i Julius,; with i :muoh animation, iniiitod onjthe neceiiity. for further immigration,'} aiidiideplared. his conviction that the increase in the value of property in Otago.'and through publio works and-rimmigrationji , would,,equal the {bolomal debt;; He'assured the ; aud jence that' oniy -theii)roadi'on'>l)if < health, caused - by -jhia iiitf'thejjubliq service, tad'led ti? ! hU Jcolonjfind^accepting; tire' ; Aj&W(&nftiil'-' ship, His'- peroration"Was;ftn i 'adq?^s' , oi' farewell to tlie-, colony, ! most eloquent and jJ ' said hVhad intendeiito write to . papers-.expressing .bis .than.kaifortLthe jirincely manner in,;.whichihe'ihad heel)" received by the colony."; JSTotr only Hhad ■ friends gathered around him, '-'butpolitioal oppenelitj' .liad ''foJitottttf |te ; animosity. The speech onattd'tbi ; lest enthusiasm;' '4* Sheehan, ar : ;. truifee iorj Karaitlana, and Douglas ;McLean,ison.of ; the'late Sir Donald, conctoing,! the Ngatarawablock,,was settled thia 'tnorn* ing. The differencc between the; amount offered for piiroliase ot (and;-ajiid 1 tliat' whieh was ; demanded!" li -was u^JlOOO. : -Sheehan proposed and McLean.) that this amount should be|ivetfto jho Napier and Waipukurau Sospills", ; J f 500 each for endowment : a Maorii,ward to be :called,j|hp Mojieanv KaraitianaWard..

jritha holjthmifjh the - head, exmat# a|surrotindW|s; l 1 tHmfleceraed must hawmet'a.pig;:and in purauirtp: it, pistol in'hstvd,' tripped over some branches, while the pistol na&y hweftnjhtjn; wni^jßppiejMto-.an^fliCt' "ploded, thetail entorinpf th'o forehead ib a slanting direction and fracturing the akull...The constable-drew-a aketoh of the" position" in which found, aijd this bears out the*theoiy'ittdicated. The,))ody: ,was oonvejpd :tO;Mr, Thomas residence 1 at' Waijvetiii' iwji'erejiinj inquest was held at 3 o'clock yenerday afternoon beforo Dr "Wilford, when th'o jury,returned a> "deceased "was 'ddcldarit'aiiy 1 pistol slio't," Deceased had his life' Bured for £2OO in .the, Government offioe. . j !li ''