TELEGRAPHIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2991, 31 August 1888, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC.

WRECK ON THE COAST^

.';'Auckland,Friday.; ... The cutter.',' Sdutli Carqlina'' left Maori Bay, Great Barrier, Island, yesterday morning for Auoklaud, and about 8 p.m., when off the Pigeon Bocks, a tremendous squall from the south-west'struck-''the outteY with great force, and she r filled.and sank. The crew, five in number, took to the dingy, and the steamer" Iona" fortunately just coming past rescued them from their perilous position. Theater was owned .Soars, who was on board, &ndjjai the; vessel was uninsured he has'lo'sT'liis .all. ' ,!iU.~'/ : ,.

Eaiil^uake.

v Wbbtpoh't,; I'Viday. 1 ; The most severo shock of earthquake experienced here for years was felt at ten;o'clock' list 'night, .Glass and crockery.ware; were .''vigorously shaken and .people .came hurriedly, down h'omtho top: storeys of ..build; ings, The direotion was about east to West. ■ ■ •'" : '-•'■-A '. :■■;'' .•

V Parliament Prorogued/ ■■ k "'■' : "Wellington, Fridayi •Parliament'is prorogued by procla : mation tijl the'sixth December. •.,'.'

"' ! ' ; AMssingMan,•■ ■■■".>} /'.':: "'DoMinl'Friday.';'' Walter^ioil)dey;:a|riibbi^rV^.m^l6yed' on Muir's'ruti, missing. „On when,.last seen he was heipiesslydrunli.'' : ! .lu.p-

ThePric.e,pf,Coal,-. ~M

A private cable Bays coal advanced in Melbourne to £3 per toil yesterday.

. Un dit negotiations for the sale of the Westpprt coal business to a Victorian syndicate is;aff. ... V,'

Rise in Shares,

In anticipation of a large dividend there is considerable speculation' in National' Insurance • • Shares''.'' The present quotations are 19s 10jd. The Bank of, New Zealaiid is steadily rising. The present, prices are £lO 15S. ,:l .:•:,■!. ..'■:. .;,..

Further Wreoks and Loss of Life. Wellington, Friday. The ketch Colonist, bound'from' Lyttelton to Waitaraywent ashore off Old Pilot Station about,,ll .o'clock this morning. Three of the crew, including the whose name is 'unknown, wore drowned,, There was only one survivor, who states that the vessel lost her rudder off Cape Camp- : bell yesterday and the captain decided to run . for _ Wellington before a southerly, gale.. Be made the Old Pilot- Station this morning, and dropped anchor. ■ The. vessel rode at anchor for a short time and was riding safely" when'' the Tarawa, passed about i 9.80. About an hour afterwards thean'chor dragged and the vessel went on to'the, rooks in a heavy, sea, and immediately broke up. The crew consisted, of the; captain and three men'who-were all drowned but one, The ; .'captain's: body wad, washed: .ashore. ; '• '''•■■ •