DAYS THAT HAVE GONE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15962, 3 January 1914, Page 6

DAYS THAT HAVE GONE.

THE WEEK'S ANNIVERSARIES. Jan. 4.—Charles 1 attempted to arrest live members of tlie llouse 01 Commons, 164^. •Sir Isaac l'itman born, 1813. Opening of lioyal ii.ou*i, ICU. Attempted assuie.natioii of J Jet cell vo Faxrell, 1873. Thomas liatl arraigned for murder of Captain Cam, 1887. Churle* S. Jvcane ilitd, 1801. Otago tiection Eighth Contingent lett for Christchurch, liiJZ. Wreck of Waikare in Duskv Sound, 1910. Jan. s.—Edward the Confessor died, 1066. Sir Isaac Newton born, 1643. Canadian insurgents attacked Toronto, 1838. Gordon College founded at Khartoum, 1899. Jan. 6. —Richard 11 born, 1367. Fanny liurney (Madame d'Arblay) died, 1840. Canton bombarded and taken by British and French, 1358. Jan. 7. —Calais retaken by France. 1558. Election of Mr James Macsrudrew as Superintendent of Otago, 1860. Opening Anderson Kay railway, 1.879. Marriago of William 111 of IIol- • land, 1879. Death of T'evvfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, 1893. Korea proclaimed independent, 1895. President Krugcr delivered Dr Jameson into custody, 1896. Jan. 8. —Rattle of New Orleans, 1815. Duke of Wellington became Prime Minister, 1828. Arrived, Ajax, 1849. Albert Victor. Duke of Clarence, born, 1864. Bishop Davidson appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, 1903. Jan. 9. —Nelson buried at St. Paul's, 1806. Cape Colony surrendered to Britain, 1806. Secession of Mississipi from Unitfed States, 1860. First shot, fired in American Civil War, 1861. Napoleon 111 died, 1873. Jan. 10. —Penny post introduced !by Sir Rowland Hill, 1840. General Sir Hudson Lowe died, 1844. Peroune surrendered to Germans, 1871. Russians* captured Schipka Pass, 1878. First through train from Cairo reached Khartoum, 1900. Great excitement was caused in Duuedin when it became known That Detecuve i'airell had been tired at lour times and wounded date on tho nig'hfc oi £}at.urda.y, January 4, 1873. Detective 1' <ureil v.as going nome at half past 11, and w hen 111 a very dark part of Moray plafie found he was being followed. lie turned round and saw a man, wiho he wais positive was exSergeant Ryan, of the European lloiei, pointing a pistol at him. lie exclaimed " For God's sake, Ryan, don't kill inc. I'ni not prepared to die," but his assailant Lued just missing him. Farrell threw lus baton at tho man's head, and ran for h s lite, calling out " Ex-Sergeant Ryan wants no murder me !" Three shots were 111 eel attei him, the last entering his back near the shoulder blade. ■ Ryan was arrested- shoitly afterwards, and lengthy court proceedings followed, in which it came out that Rya.ll had been carrying on an intrigue with Farrell's wife for some years. Ry a " W!l ' s committed for trial at the Supreme Court, but the jury failed to agree, the prisoner had to be brought up again. This time the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and Ryan was discharged from custody. On the evening of January 4, 1910, tho Union Company received the startling news that the Waikare had struck a rock in Dusky Sound at noon. The Waikare, in command of Captain Newton, had left Dun edin tho previous week with about 150 passengers for a holiday trip to the She struck an uncharted rock near tho mouth of Dusky Sound just as she was coming out to begin her return journey. All the passengers were gathered on the deck enjoying tho first fine day vouchsafed them when the bows of tho vessel suddenly lifted, and after a. series of grinding tears and jolts she floated clear.m the water beyond the obstruction. The vessel took , a decided and) sudden list to starboard. Prompt action was evidently necessary, and in about 10 minutes' time tho majority of tlie passengers were in the ship's boats being rowed rapidly to the nearest points of land. Plucluly sticking to their task till they were over waist deep in water, the room staff succeeded in beaching the Waikare at the only available spot on Stop Island. Passengers and crow made themselves as comfortable as they could, and oamped for tho night beside the wreck, after having secured provisions and' baggage from her. The following afternoon all were taken off by the Pioneer, which had been sent round with all speed from Bluff. The fear that it would be impassible to save the vessel proved to be ultimately correct. The Anderson Bay railway, described at the time as " a section of the Ocean Beach and! Peninsula railway," was formally opened by a luncheon at the Anderson Bay Hotel on tho afternoon of Monday, January 7, 1878. Mr D. Proudfoot, as chairman of directors, occupied the chair, and among thote present were tho Minister of Public Works (the Hon. W. J. M. Larnach) and. the Minister of Lands (the Hon. J. Macandrew). Mr Macandrew expressed his pleasure at being present "at the opening of what might be termed the first section of the main line to Porto,bello. He sincerely hoped they would! all have tlie pleasure of being tho guests of the company before many months were over under similar circumstances at Portobello, and after that he hoped they should meet at Deep Water wharf, Taiaroa Head, and subsequently at, Hooper's Inlet." The chairman spoke in similar strain, and said he was satisfied that if a deep water wharf were constructed at the Heads the railway would take a very fair share of traffic The ship Ajax, in charge of Captain Young, arrived at Port Chalmers 011 January 8, 1849, after a voyage of 116 days from the Downs. She had on board 23 cabin passengers, 13 adult forecabin, andi about 160 steerage passengers. Eighty-five of these were for Otago. and the remainder for Wellington and Nelson. The cabin passengers were Mr and Mrs Valpy, son, and, three daughters, Miss Jeffreys, Messrs Forbes, Fulton (2), Newcomh, French, Redpath, Dowson, Wetherby, Picard, Stewart. Mr and Mrs Bennett Mrs Wilts, Mr and Mre Fendbear. General Sir Hudson Lowe, born in Galway in 1769, was the son of an army surgeon. Ho obtained a post as ensign in the East Devon Militia before his twelfth year, and subsequently joined his father's regiment at Gibraltar. Lowe saw active service successively in Corsica, Elba. Portugal, and Minorca, where 110 was entrusted with the command of a battalion of Corsician exiles, called The Corsica.n Rangers. In the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 he was present at 13 battles, and won praise from Blueher and Gneisnau for his gallantry and judgment. Ho was in the South of France when, on August 1, 1815. ho received news of his appointment to tho position of custodian of Napoleon. This meant that he was to bo Governor of St. Helena. Lowe's enforcement of strict regulations there roused hitter resentment, in Napoleon and his followers, and inspired their efforts to calumniate him which had a surprising success. The charges of cruelty brought against the Governor by O'Meara and others have been completely refuted: and the most, that can be said against him is that he was occasionally too suspicious in the discharge of his duties.