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Western Star, Issue 465, 27 July 1881, Page 2

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(Phess Association.) Auckland, Tuesday. Major Drummond Hay, formerly Ffative Band: Purchase Commissioner, died at Cambridge to-day. Mrs Lukes, of Hamilton, got up yesterday morning at five o’clock, and told her ;husband she would take a walk in the garden as she had a headache. ‘ She has not since been hoard of. It is feared that she has drowned herself, as she has shown signs of aberration of intellect previously. . Wellington, Tuesday. There.is but little:--sign of any cessation in the continuous wet and boisterous weather which has prevailed for thq past ten : days. ‘ A preliminary inquiry was held today into, the circumstances connected with the wreck of the schooner Maggie Paterson at the Heads. The evidence went to shov/ that the casualty was due ■ ■to, a .mistake-made by the mate when entering the Heads, he having mistook the rock near the lighthouse ;for, one at the extreme end of Barreft’s Reef. 'The Vessel is now a total wreck. She was, sold by auction this afternoon for and her cargo of coals, hides, and zinc realised £7S. The slip on the «Birautaka incline is more serious than was at first anticipated.- It appears th.>t .in addition to the slip itself, which came down from the lulls' above,' ’the'Tine'was cut away tor ,a distance of fifty yards and a depth of-'thirty feet. "It will take over a week to complete the repairs., , The steamer with the ’Frisco mail arrived at 2.20 tins afternoon, after a quick passage frdm Auckland. The southern; portion goes,on to-morrow,,- . Dunedin, Tuesday.

The Benevolent Institution enquiry continues. The complaints are considered of a paltry character, such as., stoppage, of tobacco, proceeding from qOetulous old men.- "