AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 4996, 10 June 1891, Page 1

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(per united press association.; Received June 10, at 0.55 a.in.] Sydney, June 9. A terrific easterly gale is blowing and a fearful sea is running along the coast. Five coasters have been driven ashore the schooner Bertha and the ketches Sea Nymph, Georgina Davis and Jessie Sinclair, at Trial Bay, and the schooner Venus at Bellinger Heads. The crew of the Venus were seen clinging to the ratlines of the wrecked vessel, and the pilot crew gallantly put off from the shore in the endeavor to effect their rescue. They were unable, however, to reach the vessel, and returned to the beach. Shortly afterwards they made a second attempt to get alongside the schooner, and a telegram received from Bellinger Heads late this evening states that the crew of the Venus have been brought ashore in safety. It is not known whether the rescue was due to the second essay of the pilot boat proving successful. No definite information is yet to hand regarding the crews of the other vessels, but from the nature of Trial Bay it is anticipated that the men have escaped with their lives. Cabin fittings, which have been identified as those belonging to the Taramung have been washed ashore. Melbourne, June 9. Captain Kerr, who was in command of the Ship Craigburn when she was wrecked a few weeks ago at the Heads, has had his certificate cancelled. He intends to appeal to the Supreme Court to have the order revoked. Hobart, June 9. The R.M.S. Tongariro, from London, via Teneriffe and Capetown, arrived at 11 a.m., and resumed her voyage to Wellington at 4 p.m. She landed eight passengers here for Australian ports, and 02 are on board for New Zealand.