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Colonist, Volume XI, Issue 785, 6 December 1867, Page 4

The s.a. CiiAPD Hamilton left Wellington at 6 p m. on December 2, arriving here at 8 a.m. on the 3rd. The B.a, Tabanaki arrived here at 10 a.m. this morning from Taranaki and Manukau.. The steamer Charles Edwabd, which lies stranded on the Nurth Beach,, at the Grey, has had a cecond surrey made on her, and the result is that she is condemned to be sold for the benefit of all concerned. The surveyors express the opinion that the sum required to repair and relaunch the steamer would exceed her value. Supposed Shipping Disasters. —In a late number the Westport Times states, that portions of the beach betwepn Westport and Mokihinui are strewed with jbhe fragments of ship's spars and boats. A large ship's boat, painted green and almost new, has been thrown on the beach ten miles north of Westport. The Highlander, brig, from Neves9t!e, New South Walei, was wrecked at Ougaru, p» the 22pd JjToYember, .

Gale at Lttt rroN.H-On Sunday morning, about; la.m., Lytlelton was visited by a severe gain from the S.W., accompanied by heuvy Bhowera of rain, whifh raged' .throughout the ,d*y. Amongst .the shipping the ships Qlenmark and Melita dragged theuvanohors some distance and the brigsutuie" Biivei and the brig JTebe flrugged1 into collision with each other, somewhat seriously injuring the latter, whi<-h ahout 2 p.m. hoised » eigiwl ol\ distress. Captain , Sproul, the Harbor Master, put off to their assistance , in the pilot boat, manned with the pilot «rew, and succeeded in releasing them from their perilous position. The yacht Annie Ogle iilso sustained some I slight damage. The heavy sea rolling in has seriously damnged the mole at Officer's Point, a portion of it having been swept away. On shore the look-out house, recently ereefod on cection 34 whs swept away, and the new flagstaff has a kink in it. A largo num- , ber of fences have been levelled, and sundiy water- | courses overflowed, &c, but we have not heird of any serious damage being done.— Lyttelton Times, Nov. I 25. Among the many Borvices (says the Wellington Independent) hitherto rendered hy the Government steamer St. Kilda, and that she may be c tiled upon to perform, we know ol nothing likely to give greater satisfaction to the community at large than that she is abont to be employed upon, and the Government may rest perfectly satisfied that tho public will in this matter fully concur in whatever expenditure may bo found necessary to insure the sifety of vessels and seamen navigating our coasts. We have been informed \that the first work to be done is that of surveying the Kaikoura Peninsula, as it is supposed that there are two place?, one on each siiie of the Peninsula, capable of being used as harbors of refuge for coasters, if properly surveyed, and charts of the places published. The St. Kilda will then proceed to carry out a general survey of the West Coast of the Middle Island. We believe that the charge of the marine survey has been entrusted to Mr. Woods, ah officer not unknown to U9 in New Zealand, as he commanded a division of the Naval Brigade during the Taranaki war, and was for many years the senior lieutenant ofH.M. c.s. Victoria. The ship Watee Nymph, from London, arrived at Auckland on November 23rd, with 25 passengers, principally agriculturisfis. T c waterman's boat used i by ( the shipping reporter of the Southern Cross, was capsized whilst paying a visit to the Water Nymph, and William Wright,-nn old and respected waterman, was drowned. The Water Nymph's passage occupied 93 days. , The Auckland cutter.' Orpheus stranded on the Whangapoua bar on November 24th. It is feared her keel is broken. Loss of Life and Wbeck, at OarAßir—The S.E. gale on Saturday night (November 23rd), and Sunday seems to have raised a tremendous sea along th' easterly const of Otago. At Omaru, as we hear, the sea was heavier on Sunday than it had before been witnessed by any of the settlers ; and it certainly resulted in two melancholy accidents. Mr. Daniel M'Leod was washed off the jetty, and was drowned ; and the schooner Caroline had to be beached, in order that Capr. Williams and tbe crew might have a chance of saving their lives. The Rebecca Lett, barge, sunk near the.Sumner bar the othar d-»y. She w.is- proceeding from Lyttelton to Heathcote, with 60 torn of coal. The captain and crew barely escaped with their lives. John P nnatt. of London, was washed overboard, on November 16th, whilst the schooner Ann, wa->. crossing the' Grey bar. The cutter Hercules, of Auckland, has been wrecked on one of the South Sea Islands. The WaITiAOE, a new steamer, buiit by Messrs Wilson and Co., of the Otago Foundry, was lauuehed at Dunedin, on Nov. 11.