SUPPOSED WRECK.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3380, 7 December 1889, Page 2

SUPPOSED WRECK.

Auckland, December G. According to Captain Farquhar, of the costal steamer Clansman, which arrived in harbour to-day from Monganui, there was a considerable quantity of copra washed up on tho beach betweon Naka Point and Taipu, in addjtion to the thousands of oranges whoso discovery was previously sported, This soems to point to tho fact that some vessel belonging to this port from the South Sea Islands has met with a disaster at sea, The oranges found wero quite fresh, and had not tho appearance of having been picked out of the vessel's cargo and thrown overboard as worthless. Tlioy did not appear to have been in tbe water long. The steamer Little Agnes is the only vessel |nqy/!| to be duo in Auckland from tho Islands.

Bibles in SchoolBilurtjuy. Tlio Education Board has decided at tho instance of ])r Hodgkipson, Jl.E.R.who isa member of the Hoard, to send Home for a number of bibles with a view of placing a copy in each sclfooj. yiie Orepuki Gonpittee decline to upcept a copy, giving the following reasons!—(l)' I'hers sre, and have been for years, at least 2(j copies in the school, accessible at all times, (2). That nearly half of tlio population of tfce township are Roman Catholics; that the Protectants and Soman Catholics Jiave always dwelt in peaeo and harmony, and have always assisted pne another jn tho efforts made for religious purposes to wit; eaoh have contributed liberally towards the building of their nevoial cbuvches, (3) The Committee havo every reason to believe tho introduction qf the bible will be received with jealousy by the Koraan Catholics friends and neighbours, and may bo. tlio means of distroymfK ths christian feelings thai b'avo 'always existed 'between ihs Protestants and Catholics. Thti'Jb'ttfr vopeivod co'iameat,'

Found DeadAuckland,. Decembes 6, The malinger of a flax mill at Riverhead (Mr Woolley) was found deud in his bed yesterday morning. Important Proposal- - Auckland, Drcember (i. . 'l'lio Auckland Chamber' of Commerce held a meeting to consider a circular from tho Underwriters' Association, which stated that if

property insured at the breaking out of a fire shall be of greater value

than the sum insured thereon the Company shall make good such proportion only of the less as the sum so insured shall boar to the whole value of the property, and that this applied to all stocks, plant, and machinery, where the amount of insurance is £SOOO and upwards, to take effect from Ist Novemder last. The Chamber resolved to ask the Association to give six months' notice

beforo adopting this arrangement, and also suggests a considerable reduction in the amount charged on

premiums, Opposing Railway btation Licenses. Auckland, Saturday. A meeting of members of the various Licensing Committees) 'of the Auckland district was held yesterday, when a petition was adopted protesting against the proposal of the Railway Commissioners to license the Auckland Railway Station for the sale of intoxicating drinks, The petition sets out (hat there are two

licensed hotels within 100 yds of the station, and another adjoining the building, whilst the proposed license will offer facilities for Sunday dissipation beyond anything known before in Auckland. It is also pointed out that when the local option vote was I takenin Auckland East, tho ratepayers determined no new licenses would be

issued,. The document is lobe-sent to tho Commissioners. Tho Reolia-

bites, Good Templars, and Ministers Association sent protests to the Railway Commissioners against the pro 1 posal of the latter to issue a license for the sale of liquor at the Aucklanc Railway Station,