WRECK OP A BARQUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11369, 11 May 1900, Page 5

WRECK OP A BARQUE.

THE CREW SAFE. ] Melbourne, May 10. j Word has been received from Leongatha that a vessel in ballast, bound from Capetown to Newcastle, is ashore between Cape Riptrap and Cape Patterson. The crew of 17 are reported safe. ; Incoming steamers report terrific weather in the straits. Later. The wreck at Capo Patterson is the Ger- i man barque Magnet. The Magnet was wrecked about the same ■ time as the Sierra Nevada. The vessel is intact, and in no immediate danger, though there is a fairly heavy sea : running. The crew are safe. WELLINGTON NEWS NOTES. * [BY TELEGRAM-OWN CORRESPONDENT,] Wellington, Thursday. TEACHERS' SALARIES. TnE Minister for Education referred to this matter in his speech at Masterton. Ho said the difference in the pay of teachers in different districts should not be continued, and the temptation to cut down teachers' salaries, which overcame education boards whenever their finances were in difficulties, should be removed from those bodies, The question of training teachers was one which demanded the serious and early attention of the Government. THE PREMIER'S HOLIDAY. It is stated that the Premier will proceed to Rarotonga in the Tutanekai. The steamer is expected to arrive hero from the North on Saturday. SUBMARINE MINING WORK. The steamer which the Government has decided to secure for submarine mining work in the Wellington Harbour will be about 400 tons. She- is to bo obtained through the Imperial authorities, and will be similar to the vessels which are now used for submarine mining work in various ports of the United Kingdom. She will be fitted with twin screws, and will be able to steam 10 o? 11 knots an hour. THE GOVERNMENT POLICY. Tho future policy of the Government, intimated by the Hon. J. G. Ward last night, at Masterton, is tie subject of much comment. There is nothing absolutely new in it, and the salient points are somewhat obscured by the tendency of the Colonial Secretary to indulge in rhetorical effect. The Government policy would be in the direction of further progress, the acquisition of additional estates, and the cutting of them up for the benefit of the people. Many men who were formerly opposed to this policy had since come to look upon it as a blessing, for it had been recognised by the Government that a fair price should be paid for the estates acquired for closer settlement, it was also in the interests of all classes that they should bo able to obtain cheap money. There never was a time in the history of New Zealand when there was so much money to use legitimately as now ; never a time when the savings, as disclosed by the Savings Bank returns, were so great. Broadly put, the policy of the Government would be to enable the people to use the railways at a reasonable price, the acquisition and cutting-up of estates for settlement purposes, cheap money for the use of the people, and cheap freights to convey their produce across the water to where they had to be sold. It was necessary for this country to annihilate distance, and to place the people in as good a position as those in the neighbouring colonies with regard to the London markets. THE LANGDALE ESTATE. The negotiations for the purchase of this estate are not yet completed. It is situated on the Whaieaiua River, 30 miles from Masterton, The area is 9500 acres. The price is staled to be £3 10s an acre.