LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [ BY TELEGRAPH -COPYRIGHT.] Wellington Monday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2255, 21 December 1886, Page 2

LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [ BY TELEGRAPH -COPYRIGHT.] Wellington Monday.

TnK leases of eight sections of the newly reclaimed land adjoining the, (^ueen'-* Wharf, being a poi tion of the Wellington Harbour Boird Kudow ntent, weie. a< 'd .it auction to-tj.iy. Tno lease-. .110 fur 21 yeai^, and the lot brought an .umu .1 rental of £'SSI, The pries ranged from &">-. t> 07s Od pei foot. The Mitii"t< r of Mines will publish in January .1 " Handbook of N.Z. Mining' in which will be given a description of *o far as possible of every mining industry in tlie colony illustrated with photographs The Stella will vi-.it Big Bay -hoitly, and enquiries will be nude how the (inspectors there are .succeeding. Any of the men wishing to leave the distiict will be bi ought away. Thirteen ca>cs against prisoners are set down for next criinnal sessions. Includ ing in these are two charges of wounding and one of manslaughter. Anived '. The baique (iui«ie\ert\ Captain Foid, fioiu Liverpool via, Mauritius. This vessel was disabled in a heavy gale in Ju ie last, and hid put in at Mauutms for re pair*. The captain report 6*6 * : "A*i «> p.m. on the 15th June we >lnppod a tremendous *ea, which waslied oft the two after boats bursting in the door of the deck-houso, broke the galley bar, and did other damage. On the following day anothei sea broke on board, vvlneh smashed the two forward boats and the --kylighti of the deckhouse. At 1 p.m. the cutwater was carried away as far as the metal with the figure-head, suid :i quantity of water found its way into the hold. On the ISth the rudder was can ied away. On the following day we ligged a juiy rudder, which wis also earned «iw\iy. On the 20th a Dutch ship >ighted us and off jied a»-i*t-ance, which we declined. To day foi the first time was able to get a spar adiift to make another jmy rudder, the decks having been completely under water. Bv the Ist July got the inry rudder shipped, the ve-sel having been tint teen day- without one. Bore up for Mauritius, and ariived there on the 17th July. Some cargo w.efound damaged and was sold. The vessel received the necessary repairs and left for Wellington on the 14th November." »She has put caigo foi Dunedin.