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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3484, 14 April 1890, Page 2

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: [by klectrio teleoba?hJ ■'■ Fire at Marton. ' j :,';■, Mabton, Monday. •• Charles Cameron'swool shed, with six hundred sacks of wheat, was J destroyed by fire on : Saturday night, ( The building was insured for £l5O, but" there was ao insurance on the ] wheat, ... '•" i . :: -,,-..,.. ■,. ( ; ■ Milk and : Water. • Dosew'k, Monday,%. The inspector of /Nuisances has. • made a. seizure of: alleged impure milk, •.'•' : .'..,.;" •.. Important Decisions' ■'■ Donedin, Monday. • In Banco, Justice Williams,gave judgement in the case Barron v. TrMwa'y Co,, awarding 'plaintiff £9O damages. In Winmill v.' Gallie, 4e Judge ordered accounts to be taken of Mrs Gallic's receipts from the estate from the time of the decease of the intestate. The Statistical Conference. Wellington, Monday.; Mr Von Dadelszen, deputy Begis-trar-Goneral, Las just returned from Hobart, where he represented New Zealand at the Statistical Conference, The sittings were spread over two woekp, and some important work was done, A uniform census schedule was drawn up, leaving eaoh Colony at liberty to add speoial columns for its own needs, .Recommendations of tbo English ftegistrar-Geueral were attended to, and the system of classification altered. Formerly there was no distinction between employer and employed, both were returned under their trade heading, but now the commercial class pure and simple 1 will bo separated from the industrial, 1 whose have hitherto boon swelled at the expense of the former. Labourers formerly under the head- ; ing of indefinite, will now take their i proper rank, Bonio other changes have been made which the Conference hope will simplify the system, 111 tho occupation column of the schedule,. employes will have to mark. themselveß E and wage earners W. The Conference also discussed the best methods of arranging the Census returns, with the result that ; what is kuowuas the card system i will come into- force. The next ' census is expeoted to be about April the.Brd. . WRECK OF A BARQUE.. No Trace of .the Crew. ; ;Buot, April 12, - i By the arrival of the ketch Clyde, ' which has just returned from landing ) a party of mutton birders off the i south capo at Stewart Maud, a letter t is to hand from George Newton, a i mutton birder on Big Island, stating that on tho 81st March, at 8 a.m., ha saw a ship drifting about with only the stump if a mast, about five • or six miles to the west of Easy Harbour. As there was a strong breeze., from the south-west, Mr Newman was nnablo to launch a boat, and tho vessel drifted into Wainawa a total wreck. Wainawa is about nine miles from where Mr I Newton and party saw the ship, i From appearances' the vessel was I timber-laden, and three days later, ! timber and wreckage were -found [ floating all round the.island, On 1 the 7th iuflt,, the Clyde passed Red ' Head, opposite Wainawa, and oarae ' among the wreokage of the ship. 1 Captain Boss, of the Clyde, launched j a boat and examined the wreckage, " and-came across a part of the vessel t red painted, and also found wreckage fof every description-sown timber t amongst it. : The wreckage stretched > for miles. The.vessel is supposed to ' be the Emihe, which left tho Bluff ■ about the 27tb March, with a timber I cargo, for Port Pirie, and commanded i by Captain Gordon Small,' Shewaß i a Nioaraguan barque, of 600 tons, ■ and carried'about • twelve hands, I There is a ohanoe that the orew have ' escaped to one' of the islands, but I nothing as to their safety is positively r known, ' Seven Liyes. Lost. 1 Monday, - News was received late ou Saturday i of tho wreck of tho barque Emelie, ' which left the Bluff on th 6 25th alt, i with timber for Port Pirie, under , charter to J. G. Ward. The day • after loaving.tho vessel was struck by a fifpjl and thrown on her lean), i endß, ■ Captain Small and seven Won I were washed overboard. Tho vessel i drifted-into Doughboy Bay, Codfisfe i Islands,'south of Stewart Island, and i about 40 miles from the Bluff. The > survivors, consisting of the mate and three men, landed, and walked to Mason's Bay, where they fell in with a party of mutton birders. On : receipt of the news, Mr Ward telegrai phed to the Premier, who authorised i the despatch of the Bluff tug boat in i search of the castaways. The party i were found at Mason's Bay, and returned to the Bluff at 7.45 a.m. today, The survivors-camo toluvercargill by train and were taken to the Hospital. The mate is very weak. The Emiliahad46l,sßofeetof timber on board for the New Zealand PineCompany, which -was insured for L 1350 ■ in, the flow Zealand and Union Ofljces.in equal shares. Later, The names of the survivors are John Browning (first mate), Joseph Greeu, G, Cummings, W, Meek, W vessel «ns caught in a terrifi? hm'fjr' cane when clearing Foveaux Straits, and the deck and masts were tor)) put. Before the. masts went . oyer one of the boats.were got out but was cut in two by.a falling mast,' and all on board were drowned except Green,-who regained the vessel after being two. liaurg on a piece ef floating timber; The vessel dtifU.iife'i^ 1 i days, during which tiraefouraeniwere without food or'"water, when, land was : strubk. Groen'vswam ' ashore,, and the- others laml«d on '

«P next day. The men wandered about the vocks Beven days, living on I two Maori liens and a part ofadead I seal found on the beach, a. faw shell- ' fish,, and sea-weed, _ Browning,- whoso ™ and legs are in. a •fearful stato from'exposure, is in a oritical con- . ' d'tion, ami is not expected to lire, vive The. othere are doing-wol. say Captain Small, behaved splendidly—and with great cooln'em, None of tho survivors havfl friends is thecojony.