TELEGRAMS.
Blenheim : 18fch — 9.30 a.m., Lyttelton, from Wellington. Picton : 18th— 7.45 a.m., Taranaki, from Wellington. Napier: 18th — 12.15 p.m., Rangatira, from Wellington. The s.s. Phcebe, Captain Worsp, with the English mail, arrived in this harbor at 11 30 last night. The a.s. Eangatira, Captain Eenner, is due here on Thursday, from Napier, and will sail for Lyttelton and Dunedin Wharf on Friday next. The s.s. Rangitoto, from Melbourne, with the European mail via Suez, is duo afc Hokitika this day, nnd is expected to arrivo hero on Saturday, the 22nd instant. She will sail for Melbourne via Southern ports sumo day. The English papers report the loss of fche chip Maria, belonging to Guthrie and Asher, Of Dunedin. The intelligence is confirmed by a letter from her captain, which states that, ehe sailed from Prosgrund Norway, on Jan. 4th, with a cargo of Baltic deals consigned to her owners. On the 6th encountered heavy gales of wind which drove the ship in sight of Sunderland under close-reefed topsails. After the gale abated thick weather set in, and on tbe morning of the 22nd, at 2 o'clock, tho Bhip went ashore at Buofon on the east coast of England. On tha 23rd, the orew wero taken off by the Bacton life boat. On the 20th, a survey was held on the vessel by 3-lyod's Agenfc and Captain Francis, the result of which was, the condemnation of tho ship aB a wreck, her back being broken, and most of her poop and bulwarks being washed off. The whole of the ship's furniture including Bpurs, sails, ropes, anchors, and chains, with the whole cargo of timber wore expected to be saved, a portion of both having been landed before Captain Richie closed his despatch. The hull of the vessel was then buried ten feet in the sand. Both the hull and cargo were covered by . insurance. — " Otago Daily Tiroes."
TELEGRAMS.
Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 3177, 19 April 1871, Page 2
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