A GALLANT FEAT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2237, 14 January 1897, Page 26

A GALLANT FEAT.

j Sydney, January 12. Daring the passage round from Melbourne a gallant feat was performed n- ■ boat's crew o£ the s.e. Orwnr. Daiiog -> heavy gale the Sjdney brig Pbillis signalled that there was a scarcity of food aDd that the crew were starring. A boat was immediately lowered from the Orient and provisioned, and after ft great utruggle with the mountainous seas reached the brig. It was found the crew had been without food for firo daje. After great difficulty the provisions were hauled on board the brig, and then the perilous trip back to the stsamer commenced. The ship was reached safely, bufc the men had to be hauled on board one by one by means of lines, and the boat was then cat adrift as it was impossible to hoist it.

Mr A. Laurenßon, an ex-Otngo representative footballer, was married iv Wellington on Saturday. The Hatupden creamery is pnttiug through 1200 to 1400 gallons of milk daily. The cream— 300 to 400 gailoua— is despatched to Dunediu every morniog. The Kaitangata correspondent of the Olatha Leader writes :—": — " In this, my first budget for the year 1897, it is with feelings of regret that I have to include a not« intimating the suspension of present operations 'by ethe Castle Hill Company. There are fully 50 men employed by this company, and the stoppage will be all thoßJore sererc, as the majority are married and iv many instances have large families. The company since thay started operations have been a most persevering one, having spent upwards of £50,000' in prospecting and erecting a plant, but apparently without; finding such a seam of coml as they expected. Their present tunnel is 2000 ft long, with a dip of one in five. At the bottom there in another diD drive 400R long, haviDg an angle of lft in ?.^clt. At the entrance of the first tunnel stands the abandoned perpendicular shaft, which nat fuliy 400 ft, while at the east end of their property stands an upenst shaft over 400 ft deep. It is reported that the intention dow is to sink so as to opf;n up the lower seams of the mine, which are belir.vcdtoconttin the be%t coal, andthecompauy will have tbe best wi»hes of evetf resident within the province that success may attend tbeir efforts to obtain a payable seam of euDerior ooal-"