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Hakopa with the necessary instructions, informed Mr. Leach, and sent Heale and Stewart to render all assistance in their power. I have since heard that she struck at 12 o'clock last night, at which hour the wind was off the land, and is now a complete wreck. No lives lost. Goods being saved by Rawiri, Hakopa, Tamati Waka, Katatori, Parata, and indeed all the natives, men and women, in first-rate-style. Liddel, his wife and two children, and Charlton were the passengers. The cargo appears to have consisted of wheat and sundries. The boat left the Town at about 8 p.m., but the boatmen do not appear, from creditable witnesses, to be of any service, except to look on. The surf is too heavy for them. Yours very faithfully (Signed) H. Halse. To:- Donald McLean Esq.