THE GROUNDING OF THE ANAZI.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXX, Issue 5157, 2 March 1874, Page 2

THE GROUNDING OF THE ANAZI.

Although in the immediately preceding art'cle wo maclo reference to the wreck of tho ' Suriit,' we did not purposo drawing a parallel between that vessel and the ' Anazi.' At the same time, how the latter ship contrived to get into the positmn where she now lies, we do not, at present, profess to understand. That will appear on official inquiry. A reporter from this journal returnod about two o'clock this morning from visiting fho place where the vessel lies. ilo brings inteligence which shows that an inquiry, and a strict one is necessary. Owing to tho state of tho tides it is doubted whether the slup will bo got off, but thu ha* not been fully ascertained There are, however, elements connected with the case wlncli recal very forcibly the wreck of the ' burat.' It is said that the captain of the ' Ana/i' is blamed by tho passengers »»d that he, in his turn, throws the blame on the second ma f e, during w Iioho watch the vessel grounded. The passengers further report that the captain opposed their leaving tho vessel, and that before they could leave he had to bo lashed to the mast so as to render Ins opposition powerless From that and from other circumstances we expect to find that some strange disclosures will be made. Two of the occurrences are these first, that during the voyago the store room in the fclup caught lire, and burned for about an hour and a-half, and the second is that from some cause yet to bo ascertained, — but bad treatment is alleged,— tho steward of the ship leaped overboard and was drowned. All these reports indicate, to say the least, a laxity of discipline, and if such laxity did exist it has found its natural result in the stranding of the ship within a few miles of her destination, in a clear morninur with fine weather, in a fair way, with no particular difliculties m her path. We await the enquiry.

Wo arr* requested to btato that Mr Vogel denies the .accuracy of reports which have appeared in the papers concerning conversations wluJi he had with Mr. Rowe. It is nnmatoml to state what did take place, silica the conversations were not meant to ho official Mr. Vogol's official views oil tho subject of the assistance to be rendered in developing the Thames golJfield weio stated j in reply to the deputation he received on tho bu jjct. We havo great pleasure in giving public ty to the^tollowmg: — " Auckland, February 20, 1874. To Captain Sinclair, ship ' Wave Queen.' Sir, — You will easily understand that 1 felt anxious to see the entire horao, Ycung Performer, safely landed from England, and I wish to thank you peisoually for the cue you mi<sb have taken in order to land him hi inch ver> excellent condition. — I am, sir, jours, tfcc , T. W. -Bansett, Chairmm Stock Importation Company." The Vivian Royal Comique Company gave their Hnal entertaiument on Saturday last. Tho Pnuce of Wales Theatre was well filled in vveiy p.irt, and tho rca ly excellent performance of tho company was greeted throughout with applauso. Mr. Aithur Vivian, in paiticular, showed extraordinary versatility in <he various pieces in which ho was engaged ; aid Mis 5 * Nellie Melvillo pei formed ber part remarkably well. This young l.i ty id possessed m a high degree of all those qualification? which constitute a first class actress, and only requires confidence) and a certain amount of practice to take a high rank in the profession. In this enteitaiument Mr. Nad Mason also was remarkably good in his negro delineations, and the w hole series of performances have been a great success. The party intend to give a few entertainmonts at the Thames, and afte.waids at Coromandel, aud other places before leaving the province. We understfil that tho s.i. ' Paterson ' i3 fxpocted to arrive in Raglan to-moirow with her first oar^o of sheep from Lyttelton direct, hiving b«en chartered for several trips to land 10,000 sheep here to stock the Te Akau run, situated between Waikato and Raglan, which propeiuy has so Ion.; remained from various Cannes undeveloped. The proprietors are now, however, spending a largo amount of capital in improving with artificial grasses, Liuldiu^s, and stocking the property with sheep and cattle, which it is to bo hoped it will fiivp an impetus and hfu to that hitherto stagnant neighbouthood, especially as they proposo building or buvinj a steamer of good power and small di aught to trado to that and neighbouring small ports to deTolopo the local tiade. Oa Tuesday night Mr. Charles's great diorama of the Franco-Prussian war and scones on the Nile will be exhibited at the Pnuce of Wales Theatre Mr. G. W. Collier will be the lectuier, aud the musical depart lr.ent will bo umU'i the direction of Mr.. I. M. Lord. These splendid scenes will bo on viow for siv nig 1 ts only, so that thoso do<nnnt» to see them should embrace tho first opportunity of doing so. The March number of the Xfii- Zr<t'<iinl Pn Chunk Xurs is composed, as Hsu.il, of very readable iratter, including, bcaides a number of interesting article3 and extracts on religious subjects, a anrmon, on "Tho Function of PdCieuop m SpmUialfr<uu'"K." by Vie Rev. D. Bruce ; imports of L'resbyteiy meetings, aud a digest of chinch news. Wo have ficquent'y o.dled attention to the \eiy serious inconvonicnco, says our Wailcato contemporary, not to B iy inonotaiy loso, that tho solders on the Waipa nv«r are I annually subjected to from tho stoppage of navigation. It is now quite three months sinco a steamer has been able to reach Alexandra It is trno that a r ill way is in contemplation, aud when completed will, to some extent, obviato tho dilhculty ; in tho meanwhile, ho *c\cr, the progress of tho district is re'arded to a greater extent than is thought by those who only take a superficial view 1 of passing events | The river will always bo u-odby tho settleis whoso pi iperty is ou its banks. Tina week tho small strainer ' Gymnotus ' was navigate I by CapUiu Lindsiy a? far as To lion, an I ho informs us that wore about SO snags removed he wou'd havo been able to havo rciuhod Alexandta Tho cost of raising the snags is estimitol .it about £300, a buiu that may bo coimd"iod as nothing compared with the Iojs and i lconvciuenco that is entailed by their cMstenos m tho fairway. Wo trust th.it the (JovM.iment will givo this matter their inunrdi.ito attention. The sottleia have, .i right to ask this at their hands, and now is the tnno to undertake tho woik, tho river being exceptionally low. The settlers feel the inconvenience of tho piesent state of afUii.i to Biich an extent, that they havo pmnisod to rondcr every ashistauco in their power. Tho following telegram from Alexandra appo.ua ia tho Thnm< s A<lr< rlt>n on Saturday :—" Natives from 'iokangamutu repoifc a dovaitating lire, deploying nearly th» whole of their ginin and produce, likewno the wholo ot the settlement. The iiio was caused by Rowi'h wife throwing a lighted match in tho fern." A notice appears in our advertising columns intimating that Mossrn. John Way mouth aud deoige Fraser hare boon appointed auditors for the city of Auckland, and Messrs. Walter Grahamc and John Buchanan, cifj as'iessors.

A spici.il meeting of the panshionord of St Mary, Parnell, 18 announced ts bo hold in the school room {this evening at half-pact paafc seven odock, for the p'arj',t)io of raising a fund to icpair the Church ftiid to consider the liuaucul poeitiou of tLe parish. Oar readers nn.y have notico'l aomo discrepaucy in tho adveitisomeut of tho moon light cono-it on th u ' Golden Ciown,' whiJi will take place to-morrow evening, arisiug from a clerical error. The fare will be one shilling, as originally announced. At, an caily hour this morning there were confinpd in the pohco cells, awaiting to le brought beforo tho presiding magistrate at the Police Court, six persons^charged with diunkenness, four peisons with laving assaulted their wives, and two children under the Neglected and Criminal Cnildren s Act. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholiki s in tho .Thames Gas Company was hi Id on Saturday. The dnectors report was adopted, which leoormvuuded an interim dividend of la. Gd. pei share. A portable electric gas lighter was some time since brought under the notice of the [loyal Society lure, and alluded to in these columns as worthy the attention of our city counciilois Tho chances now seem to be that electricity may ere long supersede gas as an illuminating agent altogether. A now kind of electric lamp has been experimented upon in St. Petersburg with vety favourable results. The invention consi t* of one piece of charcoal or other bad conductor, which bcin^ attached to a wire connected with a magneto -electric* machine, is placed in a glass tube filled with a gis that will not, at a high teuiperatuie, combino chemically with the chat coal. I pon the elect! ic current being passed through it, the charcoal becomes evenly heated and emits a soft stead} light. It is sauljthat a three-horae p nver ingino is cipabla of producing elc tueity enough to keup up a continuous light in many lmndrtd lanterns. TI113 seems to m>1vo the question of stivet lighting satisfactorily, an 1 is likel\ to render corporations independent at ouco of gas companies and the lamp-lighter Possilly yet another good might le^ult from the adoption of this mode of ll'uminating citiei. An electrician would have to bo employed by t'io muuiuipal powers that be. Such a person would h.'ive mistered at least one science, and miuht reasonably be exoectod to have dabbled in otlur branches of knowledge to bo aware that on the occasion of n lunar eclipse, tho ni^ht is fully as dark as when there is aiiDonle-bs skj. — Leatlfr. The Pnis&ian Government is determined upon \ indicating the supiomacy of the Irrw 111 the secular sphere at all hazards, and upon completely severing the ecclesiastical from the tempoial authority In May last the Piussian Diet passed certain laws giving the state such supervision over church discipline and administration as would prevent these from being any longer employed as agencies for the inculcation and promulgation of political disailcction. These have been followed «]) by a marriage law, which emancipates the people from sacerdotal authority altogether. " Under the statutes hitherto in force," writes the Argu<> correspondent, " no man can bo married or buried in Germany except -with the consent of his parish clergyman , no man can have the birth of his children 1 cgistcrcd, unless he has had them pic\iousl\ bap'ised by the pastor of his chinch ; and no boy or girl can enter upon the active duties of life, or in time take out ji marriage licence, unless piovided with a testimonial of confirmation duly signed by the same spiritual guide " All this lias been abiogated Each of those acts is now a civil one , and as the influence possessed by the ekigy lusted mainly on the power they possessed of thus interfering with the family life of the people, the passing of the Marriage Act by the Diet is scarcely second— perhaps it may be found to transcend — in impoitance the issue of the memorable Confession of Augsburg. Almost every educ .ted Catholic 111 Piussia is stated to be 011 the side of the Go\ ernment in this momentous conflict ; and mm that the king and his iron-willed l'i mie Minister are fully committed to it, it is apparent that they will shrink from no nipusnres, however rigorous, for the punishment of contumacy in priest or pielate. We have already been informed by electric tek'giaph that the Prussian Government is no lcspectei of persons, and that a lcfi.ictoiy archbishop has been laid by the heels 111 prison — lintralau'in. Elephants were of old employed in India in tho launching of ships. Ludolph relates that ono being directed to force a very large veesel into the water, the work proved supeuor to its strength ; his master, with sarcastic tone, bid the keeper tako away the lazy beast and bring another : tho poor animal instantly repeated his efforts, fractured his skull, and died on the spot. diamonds have been discovered near a place called Sooka, 03 miles up the Congo river, on tho West C jast of Afiica. Tho stones have been examined by Dr. Bastian, director of the mus'um of Berlin, who is travelling in the interior, and he has pronounced them to be of fine water. A small shipment was mado 111 t'io mail steamer 'Soudan.' Tho news his caused great ex. citement among the Portuguese in tho settle, meuts bouth of the Congo. Tho river i3 navigable by small steamers within a few miles of hooka. One of the features of the Ba/aino trial was a black reporter. It is by no means our purpose to involve ourselves m the conti oversea of rival advertisers, but tho following gem from the Chunk Herald surely desenea a wider sphere to shine in than that publication can furnish. Comment on our pai b is unnecessary : — " Wiuo for the Holy Communion. This is a question that should interest all yood ChuiehmiMi, as it is most desirable that a pure wine onlj should bo used. Punly m wiue can only bo secured by perfect fermentation, as unfoimented giapo juice is not wine any more than unfermented apple juice is ti ki, or unbaked Hour bread. Tho vino puro imported by " [here follows the name of atirni] "although a perfectly natural wiue, is so comple'oly fermented that its keeping qualities can be guaranteed. No vuuo cou'd be better adapted for suoh & puiposj." Brevity was beautifully exemplified by the Prince of Wales an tho ooeasion of the praaentition of an address to hi>n b}' the Corporation of Plymouth. The address w-s " taken as rend," and acknowledged by tho Pnnco of Wales thus :—" Gentlemen, I thank you very much for your kindness." What was supposed to bo a fiuo old elm tree, standing opposite tho Middlesex Sea siou-house, was snapped 111 the middle one day by a sudden gust of wind. A few beconds lK-foio the ponderous trunk fell crashing upon tho pa\ement, two of the Tichborue jiuois had passed undei it. 'Jho inexhaustible tnal on which they are engaged had thus a narrow escape of being brought to an abrupt conclusion. The sale has just taken place at L> 011s of tho Inhibition buildings. The 12 magnificent gallcucs, which cost more than 2,000, 000f., w.'ie adjudged to a banker of Tans foi •201,<)0<>f Now beds of coal have been discovered in ( 'loalia 1 \ tending over about 10 geographical nuk s The geologists sent to the spot have notii od thioc veins fit for working, extending 111 linis paiallcl to each other, o\cr a length nt tioiu li\o to eight leagues

It is announced by adveitisement that crcditois in the estate of James Oldham will receive their dividend at the oihco of Messrs. Grant and Moiton. Mr. Jamra riuukitb will read selections from English authors, in St. Patrick's Hall, Hohaon-atreot, on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. To night tho Venetian Gondolier or tho B.\l MaMjUO will 1)" performed at the Prince of W.iles Theatre. 1'artuulais may be learned in lefeiciu'C to our advertisement in another column. Tho p s. Miolden Crown 1 sails to morrow for tho Thames at 10 a.m , and loaves tho Thames for Auckland at 3 o'clock.