AUCKLAND.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 384, 17 July 1877, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

PARTICULARS OF THE WRECK OF THE MERA. MR. SHEEHAN'S POLITICAL IDEAS. BARBAROUS MAORI CUSTOM. July 16. The three-masted, schooner Mera, 237 tons, left Hokianga fur Dunedin, with a full cargo of timber. After crossing the bar, the wind fell, and the captain let both anchors go ; but heavy rollers set in, and the masts had to be cut away to save the ship. The cables parted in the night, and she went ashore. The Mera was commanded by Captain Loverock, who took charge after Captain Pallant's accident. Captain Worsp, Marine Surveyor, left by the Riverhead boat for the scene of the wreck. On arrival, he will hold a survey on behalf of all concerned. Mr. Sheehan has addressed his constituents at Mahurangi. In the course of his speech, he reviewed the proceedings of last session, and the probable course of events in the approaching Parliamentary campaign. He advised them to stick, to Local Highway Boards in preference to Counties, over which they could exercise no control. The subsidies would probably be discontinued next year, and they would have to rely on taxation for improvements. At the close of his address the following resolution was carried unanimously—" That this meeting expresses full confidence in Mr. Sheehan ; and approves his action in last session, and of contemplated action in the ensuing session of Parliament." Mr. Rowe has addressed the Coromandel electors and received a vote of confidence.

Benato, a Maori chief of Coromandel, is dead. His friends placed him on the bank of the river in tae cold and wet during his illness to prevent his house becoming tap a.