SUPPOSED WRECK ON THE COAST.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 290, 6 December 1889, Page 4

SUPPOSED WRECK ON THE COAST.

Nothing has-as yet transpired thafc will afford a clue to the solution of the mystery attending the recent discovery of large quantities of Island fruit found by the Maoris on the northern coasfc washed ashore on the beach in Doubtless Bay, north of Mangonui. Capt. Farquhar, of the coastal steamer Clansman, which arrived here this morning from Mangonui, Whangaroa, and Russell, reports that in addition to the thousands of oranges washed upon the beach between Nuka Point and Taiku, there was also a considerable quantity of MessssDonaidandEdenborough's steamer Little Agnes is the only vessel now due from the Islands, and ifc is supposed fchafc she should have arrived here from Rarotonga by this time in the ordinary course The fa'cb that copra, the manufactured product of coccanufcs, was amongst the flotsam found on the coasfc seems to point conclusively to the fact that some Island vessel bound to this porb from fche South Seas has met with a disaster at sea. The oranges found were quite fresh, and had nofc the appearance of having been picked out of a schooners cargo and thrown overboard as worthless. Thov did not appear to have been in the water long. The circumstances of this discovery of island freight must indicate some mishap to a vessel from the Islands, and further intelligence which may elucidate the mystery will be looked for with anxiety.