Union Church here, who, as I have already intimated, has sent in his resignation of the pastorate on account of failing health, does not propose to leave before the spring, thus giving the seat-holders time to appoint his successor.
The Cochrane Street Disaster.
Tam glad to seo that the inquiry into the circumstances attending the terribly fatal collapse of houses in Cochrane Street hias been reopened. The first hearing took place yesterday, when the evidence of the owner, his contractor and his architect (or rather. of the architect who prepared the plans, for the work was done without the supervision of an architect) was taken, and revealed a very curious mode of procedure, the owner admitting making det ations from the plans without the permission of the Director of Public Works. Such deviations included the imposition of a small Louse on tie roof of the cookhouse, seron fect high, the omission of a chimney stack, and the substitution of an arch for across wall. The inquiry, is still proceeding.
Piracy.
A gang of pirates, nine in number, made a raid on a small island near Cape D'Agular on the morning of the 14th inst., terrorised the villagers, amt plundered them. Some of the villagers hurried off to the police-station at Stanley and informed the sergeant in charge, who at once telephoned to Hongkong for assistance. Launches were dispatched and the junk in which the pirates were making off wros caught. The crow, Chizchu men, were brought to Hongkong and placed in gaol, where they now await their trial.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.