SHIPPING.

PORT OF AUCKLAND.

AREIVALS.

juora Asniey, s.s., 2BU tons, /unuon, uumi^jr™ and South. Samson, p.s., Mnndle, from Taiu-anga.

DEPARTURES.

H.M. s.s. Blanche, Montgomerie, for wangarei. '■ Leonidas, schooner, 79 tons, Norris, for Fijis. ~; P* Aqwila, cutter, 40 tons, Loverock, for Fijlsjij, *} &' Ivanhoe, schooner, McGregor, for MongOi|tJl ; '

The p. s. Lnna left Napier on the 22nd inst for Poverty Bny, Tauranga, and-Auckland. Tlie scnooner Muriwai left P'&verty Bay for Auckland on Saturday last, and the ketch Eagle .was-, to , have followed yesterday. — Hmolce's Bay Herald. The s.s. Phcebe;.: arrive^ at Dunedin on the 16th iiisfcrik- '$ She -rwas W? leave Wellington for the Manukau on the 24th inst. if.M.S." Blanche with His" Excellency the Governor, left the harbour this morning for

Wangarei. The s.s. Airedale arrived at Dunedin, on tin; 18th insfc.

The ship GUile .from London arrived at Dunedin, on the lVtb-instant. ' ' ■•>■••.

?• The barque Joliba, 324 tons, Capt Bouton, sailed from Lyttelton for this port on the 18th November, with the following cargo—l99o sacks oats, 1122 do. wheat, 250 sacks malt, 918 sacks wheat, 265 ditto wheat. Thep#. Samson will leave for Wangarei at 6 o'clock this eveijing. ■?■ ? k.t "■~-/ IM p6ETS.i"'' X" ■** * . Per s.s. Lord Ashley :— From Dunedin : 100 half chests tea, J. Phillips ; 30 cases, order; 1 case, Sargood, Pon and1 Co. ; 1 parcel, Wright; 2 cases, Gawler; 20^cases, Buchanan; 1 box, Fincher; 30 cases, Isaacs ; 6 hhds., Tonks ; 6 cases, Sargood, Son and C 0..; ,4trunks, Wormall ; 1 case, Kemp thornVjililJ 'barrels, -4 cases, order. From Timaru : .500 sacks wheat, A. Buckland ; i parcel, Moss. From Lyttelton : 50 sacks malt, 1024 sacks potatoes, order; 10 ea3es, Gregg and Co.; 1 parcel, Upton; 149. bags potatoes, 9 cases, G. W. Binney; 500 sacks wheat, order ; 1 package, Foster. Tran shipped at Wellington—From Melbourne : 1 case, Bonnington ; 20 boxes .tea,* 10 cases i kerosene, order ; 18 cases, 20 ditto, order ; 1 parcel, Vogel. From Wellington : 1 case, Stamp Office; 1 jar, Pitt; 10 pockets hops, Bucholz.i —Henderson, and JVlacfarlane, agents.

The schooner reported to Be ashore at Little Motatapu Island turns out to be the old Lily, •which was wrecked there about six months since. The Revenue cutter Ringleader re: turned to port this morning, and reports that the Lily has been driven up on the rocks by the sea.

The schooner^tfaije/ Anderson, 96 <tons, Captain Faleoner^cleared at the Custom'sfthis morning for Havelock, in ballast.

ARRIVAL OF THE SAMSON.

The p.s. Samson, Capt. Mundle, returned from Tauranga this morning, having lefb on the previous day. £he called at Mercury Bay. P t AS§ENGKEHj9: —Mes3r.-: Chapman, Shough, Grey, 'PrestegfeV "NeiseJ Brown, Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Shetton.

ARRIVAL OF THE LORD ASHLEY.

The Circular Saw Company's s.s. Lord Ashley, Captain J. Andrew, arrived in harbour this morning, from South dm ports.l >1 She left Port Chalmers on Nov. 16th. Arrived at Timaru on 17th; took in 500 sacks wheat, and left same evening for Lyttelto", at 4.80 pin". Ar rived at Lytf elton on 18th; filled up with grain, and left for Wellington en Saturday, at 8.30 p.m. Arrived at Wellington on Sunday, 20th ;. experienced strong N.W. ; gales during the passage; left Wellington for Nipier, on Monday, 21st, at 1 p.m. Arrived at Napier on Tuesday, 22nd, at 2.30 p.m; fine weather; left again"same evening at 6 p.m.; rounded East Cape on, Wednesday,23rd inst., at 4 p.m.; strong N.W. winds. Arrived at Tauranga on Thursday, 24th inst, at 11 a.m. ; left again for Auckland at 3 p.m.; report H.M.&. Virago lying f there ; passed through Hole in-Wall at 10.30 p.m., and arrived at Auckland wharf at 7-30 a.m. Passengers —Saloon :—Mrs. Wrigley, Mrs. Charles and infant, Misses Williams (4), Messrs. De Beer, Leguson, Car rick, Cash, Miss and Master Jackman.

COMMERCIAL.

Eteniuq- Stab Office,

Friday afternoon

S. Vickeks' Epßpobt.—Business continues very inactive, and a general dulness prevails. A sale of Bunk New Zealand shares have been effected at £14, at which price I have a few on hand. In other of the more, stable investments there is no change to notify. In gold mining shares there has been a slight demand far shares in one or two claims, and the following prices may be quoted : —Long Drives, £11 5s to £11 lOs ; Shoto.vers, lls ; Caledonian, £12 10s ; Thames, £2 15s ; All Nations, £3.

POLICE COURT.

The following is the rotl" for attendance of Magistrates at the Police Court for the week eriaing Safcurdayj December 3. ,»>..-.,..,., Saturday, November 26—Messrs. J. Dilworth*

and J. A. G-ilfiUan,. ( Q „.. ~, Monday, November 28^—MesafrsJ H. G-flfiilan

andT.B. G-illies. Tuesday, November 29.—Messrs. F. IT. George and Thos. Henderson. Wednesday, November 30.—MessM. J. H. Home and H. M. Jervis. Thursday, December iT^llessrA.' S# •■ Keinp- H lO rrn and T. B. Kenderdine. Friday, December 2.—Messrs. J. S. Mac- r ,-u,i-iuu.j^,u,i|a A'koß. Macfl'arlaue. ■ ,■ - J SatuMay, Dle«elnber #»t—Messrs. J. May andJ ' G-. H. Mitford.: ■ ' ' ■ ' ' *"

CHIEF POST-OFFICE.

Mails will close as under :—

For Thames, this day, at 5.30 p.m.; and to-morrow at 9.30 a.m., and 5.30 p.m. For Taranaki and the Southern Provinces per s.s. Taranakij on Saturday,, 26th insfc., at 10 am. Lnte letters and, telegrams for trans mission from the Nelson Station will be re ceived at*his office,till 10.30, and at One hungattill 1130 a;m, '"

iA Correspondence for London via Suez (specially so addressed) India, China, Mau ritiup,'and Mediterranean Ports, will be forwarded per s.s. Taranaki, on Saturday, 26tb insfc., and received till 10 a.m. For Tauranga, Opotiki, Napier, and the Southern Provinces per s.s. Lord Ashley, to morrow, 26th inst., at 4 p.m. Late letters and telegrams for transmission from the Napier station will be received at this office till 4 30 p.m. For Eorotonga, per Aurora, to-morrow, at 4

p.m. : For Fiji, per Kauri, on Monday, 28th instant,

at 4 p.m. For Kapanpa and Driving Creek, per p.s. Lalla Bookh, on Monday, 28th insfc., at 12.30 p.m. For Tauranga and Opotiki, per p.s. Samson, on Monday, 28th insfc., at 3.30 p.m.

S. B. BiBS, Chief Postmaster.

The Evening Star. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1870.

The s.s. Go-Ahead, hot having returned from the Bay, will not leave for Mangapai and Wangarei till to-morrow, Saturday.

His Excellency the Governor, with Colonel Pitt, left the harbour in H.M. s.s. Blanche this morning for Wangarei.

Last night, what we helieve was a suc cessful pasting, was effected at the foundry of Messrs. Masefield and Co., being the second new cylinder of the Eoyal Alfred. We un derstand■ that preparations for the work be gan at seven p.m.i and the casting was com pleted shortly after midnight. From all ap pearance the work appears to have been ex cellently performed.

No doubt the interest attaching to the initi ating of public works, and the various other matters embraced in the programme of future proceedings on the parb of the Provincial Go vernment will attract a throne to the Provincial Council Chambers this evening. It has been announced by the Provincial. Secretary (Dr. Nicholson) that he will on that occasion de liver his financial statement.

The rumors regarding an addition to the Provincial Executive have assumed definite form, and it is now rumored as authentic in telligence that Mr. Eobert Creighton has joined the Nicholson Ministry with the port folio of Provincial Treasurer. We under stand that Mr.. Creighton will take his seat on the Treasury benches this afternoon.

ELECTION MATTERS.

It -will be observed that preparations are still quietly proceeding for the political contest approaching, and that the various forces are being marshalled. A very numerously-signed requisition, from the electors of Rodney, as it appears in another column, has been presented to Mr. Farnall, and another, from the con stituency of Eden, to Mr. Crtighton, who will woo the sweet voices in competition with Mr. Kerr. It would appear that the country is fully awake to the importance of the coming struggle, and thera will be few, if any, seats left uncontested.

MASONRY.

We are glad to see that the , brethren of the mystic tie" are about, to cement the bonds of brotherhood in the good old English fashion of eating roast beef together, and_that the natal day. of Scotland's saint is to be celebrated by a Masonic banquet. We are sure that it is needless to urge on the brotherhood the duty as well as the-pleasurei of attending and sharing in the "jfeast of reason and the Row of SOul." /. .' !■.,!; . L.■ ,:■■ t !

THE EVERGREEN.

This beautiful picture, formed solely by the varied tints of our native •woods used in its composition, is on view in this city for to-day and to-morrow only, and we would strongly advise any one who has not seen it to pay a visit to Mr. Dry's rooms, next door to Mr. S,: Hague Smith's, in Lower Queen-street. This work of art-^-for-it is in the fullest sense artis tic, in conception and finish—is, we believe^ without a parallel, and Mr. Dry, if not the only one to conceive, has been the first to realise the idea of" executing, entirely in wood^ ,a. picture that would reflect credit on the painter's brush. If we desired to see the capabilities of our own • native woodsj and their adaptability for the ruder requirements of the cabinet mater, we could not havei a more striking evidence of the beauty and the great diversity of their tint?, from the most, neutral to the most pro: nounced,. than in Mr. Dry's lovely " Marine and Coast View." But this, though utilita rian; is a very low view in which to look on the ," Evergreen." Those who have not seeri it will naturally regard it as a curious toy; the evidence of patient plodding skill and of 'an eccentric taste '; and will be su-prised to find that it is not cabinet work, but a- perfect J picture with the principles of perspective, and the natural blending of light and shade, mos^ correctly delineated. After to-morrow night the picture will be removed for a short timri to the North Shore, thence to Parriell, and! subsequently we believe to Onchunga j and . we- wtriijd in the strongest terms, recommend i all tho3e" JVho have not yet seen it, to go and! ; patronise what is really a worthy result of fouij years of earnest thought and patient skill.

LOCAL INDUSTRY LEAGUE.

A meeting- of the Executive Committee of the League will be held at the office, to-morrow afternoon, at two o'clock, and: of the General Committee, at three o'clock the same day. It is greatly to be desired that thpre should be a full attendance, nnd that the taunts of our do-nothing po liticians, and of the sneerers at home in dustry, should serve to nerve the pro moters, of this movement into spirited action.

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

A long list of petitions was received. An address was carried asking for a gold assayer for the Thames. A debate on the Goldfields reward was adjourned till this day week. A debate on the City Board Loan Act Repeal Bill was ad journed for a fortnight. The Highways Bill was advanced a stage in committee, and after various other matters of no great interest had been considered, the Council adjourned.

THIS DAY.

The notice paper for to-day contains, among things of less importance, the question of the continuation of the Onehunga Branch Railway to the Bluff, the consideration of the report on the Albert Barracks Reserve, the further consideration in committee of the Fijian Steam Service, and of the Education and Highways Bills; and the second reading of the Fducation Beserves Management Bill, and the Kaipara Bail way Bill; also also the proposal for the erection of a signal station on Tiritiri. The financial statement will be laid before the Council.

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

[ Peiday.

[Before Thomas Beckham, Esq., E.M.]

Judgments for Plaintiffs.—Gt-olden Point G-.M. Co. v. Michael Brett, £5 10s ; Hay v. Foley, £7 10s 6d; Brown v. Mair, £6 4s; Red Queen G-.M. Ca. v.

Cases Adjoubned.—Schultz v. Knight, £4 (£1 2s 2d paid into Court) ; Whitson and Co. v. Home, £9 Is 6d. DEFENDED OASES. B. Mabtelti t. Bodgebs and Maetell t. E.ODGERS.- —Thi3 case was heard last Court day. Judgment was given for the £5 claimed by the second plaintiff, on payment of which the goods held as a lien are to be given up. Waltees and West t. Clarke.—Claim £20, for damage done to certain cattle. Mr. J. B. Russell for the plaintiff. Mr. Beveridge for the defendant. This case was heard last Court day. The legal gentlemen having ad dressed the Court, judgment was reserved.

POLICE COURT.— Friday.

[Before W. C. Daldy, Esq., and Major George, Justices.] . Dbxtnkenite3S. — Thomas MeGhrire and Samuel Morris were each fined 53. and costs, or to be imprisoned 24 hours • with hard labour. This was all the business.

ARRIVAL OF 'LORD ASHLEY.'

EMBEZZLEMENT AT CHRIST CHURCH.

The s.s. Lord Ashley arrived in harbour early this morning. By her we have received late Southern papers, from which we take the following:—

WELLINGTON

November 18. —Notice is given in the Gazette that Otago's share of the £50,000 under the Payment of Provinces Act for the present year is £14.000. Tt is to be divided amongst the Eoad Boards in the same propor tion as any sum appropriated by the Pro vincial Council for the sanie purpose.—Mr. John Blackett is gazetted Engineer under the Immigration and Public Works Act, and Mr. J. T. Stewart, District Engineer. November 21.—The G-eneral G-ovcrnment have arranged to pay all. provincial arrears and liabilities for the maintenance of the necessary departments, until the end of the financial year. The Provincial Government, after much hesitation, accepted this.

CHRISTCHURCH.

November 21.-James Alexander, post master at Kaiapoi, was arrested last evening on a charge of embezzling Government monies, His defalcations amount to over £100. He was remanded this morning to Kaiapoi.—The ballot was brought into operation for the first time in this Province on S.aturday last, at Oxford. Higgins has been returned to the Provincial. Council for that district, beating B. Harfc by four.—Mr. Christopher Balwood's stables we.re burnt down.last night; the building was uninsured. This is the second fire in tLe same locality in less than three weeks. —The Lyttelton Fire Selief Committee are now sitting. Claims have been sent in amounting to £10,000. —The, Superintendent caved in to the Executive ; nevertheless, the Council last evening passed, without , a dissentient voice, Mr. Williams' motion, which virtually condemns, the Superintendent's previous action. The Conncil immediately adjourned till Tuesday. —Judge Gresson made an order to-day for the winding up of the Great Eoss Mining Extended Company forthwith. Many Christchurch people are heavy losers.

DUNEDIN.

November 18. —A. communication from the General Government respecting public works in Otago, has been transmitted by message to the Provincial Council. —Mr. Donald Heid Provincial Secretary, moved a resolution to the effect that the Council declines to make any recommendations until the whole of the j policy of the Immigration and Public "Works Act lias been considered by the various con stituencies throughout the province. In doing do, he made a long speech, strongly jj opposing the policy of the Government, in j which, he. was supported by Mr. lleynolds. j Tho debate was eventually adjourned.. if

NELSON.

November 21.—The Supreme Court opened to-day. The calendar is light. The Judge, in addressing the grand jury, said that the cases of embezzlement of public funds were very frequent, but that, considering the large num ber of ofEeers entrusted with moneys, sta tistics would show that the proportion of officers was abnormal. The cases were trivial, except that of Harris, for embezzling provincial funds and for various acts of forgery. His trial comes on to-morrow, when it is ex pected he will plead guilty.—The country is suffering severely from long drought; crops of all kinds are in great danger.

DARING ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.

Yestebday afternoon, about four o'clock, a gang of prisoners, nine in number, were at work in the neighbourhood of the rifle butts, ■under the supervision of Messrs. Brown and Scanlan; the former acting as sentry and being armed; the latter as overseer and con sequently-unarmed. Brown and Scanlan had been standing together, at a distance of about twenty paces from the spot where^ the men were working. Brown went about jjten paces forward, in the direction of the prisoners, to get a drink out of a bucket of water which was standing there. This bucket was some eight or ten paces from the nearest of the prisoners. As he was stooping down over the bucket, Hammond, the man who was sentenced to six years penal servitude .for rape, at the last sittings of the Supreme Court, sprang upon him and grasped him round the waist, pinning his arms to his side. At the same time Campbell, one of those who escaped from the gaol in February last, seized his rifle. He struggled with the two men for a few minutes, and, with great presence of mind, managed to take the cap off the rifle, before letting it out of his hands. As soon as the struggle began, Scanlan had come to the rescue, and had been knocked down by a blow from a spade, dealt, it is supposed, by Dureen, another prisoner who is little more than a boy, though he had also been sen tenced to ten years' penal servitude for horse stealing. After Campbell had taken the rifle from Brown, he handed it to one of his accomplices, and immediately seized on his revolver. Brown also grasped it and en deavoured to retain it, but Williams, another of those Avho escaped in February, held a pick over his head and threatened to bring it dowu upon it, if he did not let go the revolver. He let it go accordingly, and the four men — Hammond, Williams, Campbell and Doreen immediately made for a boat which was ljing close by, got into it, and pushed it from the shore. Campbell wore fetters on account of his previous bad conduct in the gaol, the other three were free. One of the remaining five prisoners, Hebberley, an ex-constable, true to his old instincts, did what he could to assist the keeper ; the rest^were passive spec tators of the scene—making* however no at tempt to escape; though one of them had been sentenced to ten years' penal servitude. In a few minutes Scanlan so far recovered as to be able to stand up again. A man named Boyd, who was a witness of the affair, went over to his house, which is close by, and fetched a rifle. At the same time, Mr. Williams, the carpenter, to whom the boat belonged, came with another rifle. Scanlan and Williams took several shots at the boat and hit it more than once, whether they wounded any of the escaped prisoners or not, is unknown. Campbell, who was caught subsequently, says they did not, but little faith is to be attached to any of his obser vations.

Brown, immediately on the departure of the boat, Bent a message up to Mr. Miller, the gaoler, and also gave the alarm through the town. Mr. Miller, without delay, started in pursuit, accompanied by Mr. Peacock. The boat had been seen to go straight over to the paddock known as Torr's, but now Mr ■Sladen's. A9 soon as the prisoners lander, they went on foot along the right bank of the river in the direction of Meanee. Mr. Miller and Mr. Peacock in that direction. Shortly afterwards several other gentlemen followed, some across the harbor, some round by the beach. After hunting about in vain for some time, they came to a place on the I'iver's bank, where there were footmarks close to the water's edge. As the rirer was of-a consider able depth at this place, they concluded that the prisoners must have swum across it. Mr. Miller, Mr. Peacock, and soiiie others, went round1 by the Meanee Bridge, and the rest of the party, concluding that nothing further could be done, turned homewards. They remembered, however, that one of the fugitives was in chains at the time of the escape., and judged rightly, as it turned out, that he would nofc be able to swim across the river with the rest, and would therefore, in all probability, "be concealed in the scrub, somewhere on the right bank. They deter mined, consequently, to_ make a thorough search. Two of the party were armed, Mr. Morrison and Mr. Britten. When they came down to the river bank, as fur as the place where the footmarks had been seen, Mr. Richardson observed a man lying half con cealed in the scrub, and called out to Mr. Britten, who was riding immediately behind, to cover him. Mr. Britten did so, as did also Mr, Morrison. The man was summoned to surrender himself a prisoner, and^urrendered. He remarked at the time, that if he had had a rifle, he would not. have been particular about putting a bullet into any of the gentle men present, and gave it as his. opinion that his friend Mr. Williams would not have any scruples on this-point either. He pointed to the Puketapu hills and said, that if it had not been for the fetters ho wore, he would have been safe among them at the'time.

The admiration excited by the composure with which he bore his fate, did not prevent him from being brought back to the'gaol forthwith. A messenger was at the same time sent forward to Mr. Miller, to inform him of the capture. He was escorted back to gaol by/ a large nuuiber of people.— HmoJce's Bay Herald. ,

John Shearer, a bankrupt, gives notice of his intention to apply for his order of dis charge on the 22nd of December. Mr. James Fullerton, a reporter af Glas gow, has obtained £100 damages against a M;r. Walker, for having stated that a mistake made by the reporter was wilful, and for a corrupt purpose.. We see by the Honolulu papers that ft'r i Joseph, Baynor, assisted by Mr. Nield, '•< ie well known amateur, late of this city, has been giving a series of very successful.dramatic entertainments in that city.

THAMES.

BY ULJECTBIC TELEGRAPH.

THIS DAY.

EEACAS At HELLER'S ENTER-

TAINMENT.

(FEOH OUJ& OWN COEBESPONDENT.)

GrRAHAMSTOWN, 3 p.m. Me. Macdonaid, the solicitor^ was brought up at the Police Court to day, charged by Mr. Smythe (agent for Mr. Heller) "with having assaulted him at the Academy of Music, last night. There had been great aggra vation, and the case was dismissed. Another charge has been laid against Mr. Kersterman, for violently assaulting Mr. Hilisden, of Hellers company, at the same time. The case is just being opened as this telegram is transmitted. It appears that.no provocation had been given to the defendant, and a, conviction in this case is expected. The fracas has caused a great deal of excitement.

CALAMITOUS BOAT ACCIDENT.

THREE MEN AND TWO BOYS

DROWNED.

To-day the painful duty devolves upon us of recording the particulars of an accident, by means of which three of our fellow-townsmen and two lads have lost their lives. On the morning of Sunday last, about 10 o'clock, a party consisting of Mr. Martin McNalty and his son John, Mr. R. B. Brenton aod his eldest son Alfred, -Mr. H. I. Yates, and Mr. Henry Holloway, left the Spit in a boat for an excursion across the inner harbour. Having landed and spent the day in one of the inlets i in the western side of the harbour, they started towards evening to return to town. They were delayed a little on the way through get ting ashore on one of the mud flats, rendering i 5 necessary that they should get out to drag j the boat over, which they all did except Mr. McNalty. " in ear 7 o'clock, when a little far ther from town than Mr. Beukers's Ferry Hotel, one of the boys lost his cap overboard, and Mr. Brenton, who had one of the oars, pushed it out hastily to catch the cap, and, in so doing, lost* the rowlock overboard. The tide by this time was running out fast, and the want of a rowlock rendered it impossible to keep the boat out of the current, and she rapidly drifted out to sea. In, passing Beukers's house and the wharf on the Spit, they called out loudly for assistance,' saying they had lost command of the boat. When outside, and about 30 yards from the breakers, Beukers came off to the assistance of the party, and they all got into his boat out of their own. The boat thus loaded proved to be overloaded and unmanageable; at all events, the current was too strong for any headway to be made, and she eventually drifted into the breakers and gradually filled. All on board tried to keep her afloat by baling the water out, but found it impossible ; they were then thrown into the water, and the boat turned keel upper most. Mr. Holloway, who is a powerful swimmer, says that he swam clear of it at first, from fear of being clutched, but, as soon as he could see the position they were in, he swam back; he saw Yates struggling in the water, took him by the hair, and swam with him to the boat, telling him to'hold on by it. Mr. McNalty, at this time, had hold of the oppo site gunwale. Mr. Holloway then caught hold of one of tlie boys, which of them he cannot recollect, took him to the boat, and told him to hold on. He could see nothing of the .other boy or of Mr. Brenton, but upon, coming to the boat to hold on himself, he 'saw the latter lying across it, dead, his legs hanging over one side, and his head the other. When the boat firßt turned over, he must have been caught in her and been drowned, other wise, being an excellent swimmer, he would have made a great effort for life. The boat, shortly afterwards, revolved. Seeing the cause of this, Mr. Holloway left the boy with his hold on the gunwale, and swam round to each one, begging him to catch hold of the gunwale, but not to try to raise his body, as that was the cause of the boat turning round in the water* Neither McNalty or Yates had presence of mind to attend to this, but kept .using every effort to get up, in conse quence of which every time the sea struck one of them, the boat turned again, and they were precipitated into the water. On several of these occasions, neither Yates nor McNalty would have been strong enough to get back to the boat but for the assistance given by Bukers and Holloway. The latter, after one 6f these turns, found himself getting ex hausted, and was' obliged to let the . boy go —although he had kept alongside of him from the first, dragging him away from the boat when she was about to turn over—and never saw him after. McNalty aira Yates continued to hold on until about half an hour before the two survivers—Beukers and Holloway—were rescued by a boat: from the Challenger. Yates said, just before McNalty and himself were thrown into the water for the laßt time, that the next turn the boat took he should not be able to hold on longer. Almost immediately, the boat again turned, and neither was seen afterwards. Holloway swam round the boat and touched one of the two with his foot, but ■was in too weak a state to dive. Beaukers and Holloway were now the only two left-— the former holding on by the bow and the latter by the stern. Both continued to call with all their might, as, indeed, in concert with the two others^ they had been doing from the time of the accident. 'Finally, a boat from the ship Challenger picked them up and transferred them to the Harbour Master's boat which came out shortly after, and by which they were taken ashore. Both, when landed, were in a greatly exhausted state, and Beukers had sustained serious injury, having had one of his ribs broken. Mr. Holloway considered that, from the time the boat' swamped in the breakers to that of the survivors being picked up by the Challenger's boat, quite an hour and a half must have;elapsed. • ...! ; >

THE EVENING STAE, NOVEMBER 25,1870.



Names of Companies.

Capital.

Amt. per Share.

Amt. paid.

Last quo tat n. $ share.

Bank of New Zealand £600.000 1 £15 Ditto, new issue .. — 14 JST. Z. Insurance . 250,000 100 22 19J 1 Auckland Gas Co. .. 30,000 5 5 8J N. Z. L. <te M. Co. .. 500,000 25 23 IT. S. and P. Co. '. — — 5 3 61, Queen-street, November 25, 1870.

100 5 25

22 5

£15 . 14 19J to 20 • n ; 3

to 2 i

5

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MR. W. L. JACKSON, Ql U BGEON AND ACC OJJ CBHS UB , Mas. Shepherd's Nobth Shobb.



NEW LINE OF 'BUSES. F. PHIPPS HAS made arragements for Running a 'Bus DAILY between the WHAU and AUCKLAND—leaving the Whau at 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.; and from Union Bank, Auckland, at 10|30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Parcels carried. Mr. F. Phipps ha 3 been appointed Agent for the Sale of the Eyening- Stab at the Whau.- ; , .. . . ■ . ■ •>.. v ,' f , . .<.. November 4, 1870. . " " \ !



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