[Per Press Agency.] AUCKLAND. 2nd January.

Evening Post, Volume XVII, Issue 310, 3 January 1879, Page 2

[Per Press Agency.] AUCKLAND. 2nd January.

The schooner Mazrppa arrived this morning from the Islands with produce and passengers, including Captain Trayne and the stdpwrecke>i crew of the schooner Talisman. The infant child of Mrs. Jobs Cruickabank dted 0Q the

passage. Captain Trayne reports, in reference to the wreck of tbe Talisman, that the vessel was on a homeward cruise, and had on board 28 tons of pearl shell, 28 tons of copra, 12 barrels line Juice, 325 barrels oranges, and a quantity of trade. This partly belonged to L. D. Nathan and partly to the master. There were 11 souls on board, consisting of— Captain Trayne, Hislop tbe mate, George Elder the steward, four natives, Mrs Crnickshank and two children, and Mr. Oxley. She anchored off the Island of Aitutaki on November 16* The wind chopped round suddenly to tbe westward, sod the vessel went ashore on a reef and broke up within 24 hours. The captain remained on the island 13 days. During that time he saved four and a half tons of pear J shell and a portion of wreckage. He proceeded to Rarotonga in the Blanche, and after stopping there eight days retorted to Aitutaki, in order to ascertain if there was any chance of saving any more shell before selling what had been recovered. He did not save anything more from the wreck. Some portion of tno wreckage previously recovered and the shell was sold at Aitutaki, and the remainder at Rarotonga. He then came on to Auckland ia the Mazeppa. The cricket match, Taranaki v. Auckland Cricket Club, resulted in the defeat of TarauakC by 83 runs. The total scores were :—Auckland, 122 and 76 ; Taranaki, 95 and 30. A serious accident occurred on the railway to-night One of the male passengers fell off the train. His head was severely lacerated, and his ribs were broken. His wounds weredressed by Dr. Hooper. Henry Niccol was arrested to-night charged 1 with stealing £40 from the Queen's Hotel,, kept by John Adams. A prostitute named O'Brien was arrested for stealing £23 from the person of Edwin. Tolmer. A large nine-roomed house on tbe Graftonroad was burnt this evening. It was occupied by Mrs. Csrlyle as a boarding house. All were absent at the outbreak of the fire. The piano and a portion of the furniture were saved. In a few minutes the house was consumed, with the exception of a back kitchen. The furniture and house is believed to be insured in the New Zealand Company.