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[PEQ GBEVILIiE'S TEL. CO., iIEDTER'S AGENTS.] Wasgaxui, Thursday. The cutter Patea went ashore on the South Spit to-day, and has become a total wreck. It is feared that the crew, consisting of the master, named Timelly, and a man, are drowned. The death of Captain Taylor, of the firm of Taylor & Watt, is reported to have taken place by drowning from the Lady Denison, off Kapiti. The news has caused great sorrow here, and all the shops arc closed in consequence. Ciikistciiurch, Thursday. The Superintendent has agreed to leave the decision of the Bank of New Zealand claims to the Provincial Council, and the Council will to-night, as a committee of the whole, lake evidence on the subject. Lytteiton, Thursday. Arrived — Thames, cutter, from Havelock ; Beautiful Star, s.s., from Dunedin. Poet Chalmers, Thursday. Arrived-- 20th, 8.30 p.m., Nebraska, from Lyttelton. The Maori arrived to-day from the Bluff, and reports speaking the barque Adament off Saddle Hill, standing northwards.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue XXVI, 28 July 1871, Page 2
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