BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
We learn, by telegram from Wellington, that the steamer Star of the Evening, with sheep and general merchandise, bound from Napier to Auckland, struck on a reef a few days ago, near Poverty Bay. Three of the crew and three passengers were drowned. Great alarm has been excited amongst the native prisoners at the Chatham Islands by reports that the Government intended to extirpate them. Major Edwards is to be sent there on a special mission. Major M'Donnell has been appointed to the command of the colonial forces at Taurauga. Our telegram informs us that the the weather was very thick and foggy, which was the reason that au inexperienced captaiu was misled as to the position. Mr. Cross, who kuows the coast well, tells us that the reef or. which the vessel struck is six or eight miles from the shore, and that he has seeu the waves dashing on it 100 feet high. The weather was no doubt the cause of the accident.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume II, Issue 50, 1 March 1867, Page 2
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