TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Globe, Volume V, Issue 565, 10 April 1876, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

{Per Press Agency.) LATEST FROM EUROPE «■ [By Submarine Cable.J THE STRATHMORE. Ceylon, March 17. The arrival at Galle of the survivors of the Strathmore has created a sensation. A relief fund was started, and assistance given to the most necessitous. The seamen have been sent to England, and the Ceylon Government has been appealed to about sending the passengers on to New Zealand. When the ship had been out seventy-four days she ran on the rocks during the night. About fortyfour persons were drowned, and the remainder lived for seven months on a barren island, which most fortunately had one good spring. During that time lived on sea birds and eggs. Several vessels passed, but failed to see the signals. When saved by the American whaler, they were in a destitute and emaciated state, and had scarcely a rag on. The Sierra Morena> which took half of the saved from the American vessel, arrived at Galle to-day According to the latest accounts, twentyfour more were on the whaler, Further particulars state that forty nine people were saved. Of those who died on the island three perished from being frostbitten in the feet, aud their toes rotting off The island is a half bare rock. They had to use birds' feathers as fuel. Hardly anything was saved from the wreck. The boats were lost on the first night, the rocks being perpendicular. The following are the names of those saved on board the Sierra Morena :—H. Brittenshaw, D. Wilson, John Piere, Walter Smith, John Smith, John Wilson, J. Knight, R. Sinnie, P. Benley, Spencer Joslin,G.Crombie' W. Rooke, Geo Ward, George Skiddore, V. Staudring, Robert and William Wilson. The following were left on board the American whaler, Mr and Mrs Wordsworth, Messrs Walke, J. Leak, A. J. Fitz Maurice, J. Tookey, J. Blackmore, H. Turner, F. Carmichael, E. Preston, E. K. Jackson, H. Keith, J. Nichol, J. Tuck, J. Evans, J. Warren, J. Staworth, H. Erickson, and also a number of seamen.

LOSS OF A STEAMER. The steamer Jowend, from Jeddah, Arabia, with four hundred pilgrims, has been wrecked, and only thirteen saved. AUSTRALIA. Sydney, April 8. The quarter's revenue shows an increase of 4209,0C0. The Suez mail has arrived at Adelaide. INTERPROVINCIAL. Wellington, April 8. A letter from Sir Julius Vogel appears in the Thncs this morning, in which he says, re Taranaki iron sand :—" I deem it my duty to mention an opinion expressed to me by Dr Percy, that iron could not be made from this sand with commercial success, and that it was throwing money away to attempt to work it. Such deposit had been thoroughly tried elsewhere. As you are probably aware, Dr Percy is the most eminent living metallurgist, and his opinions are entitled to great weight." Greymouth, April 8. The Brunnerton railway has been formally opened for traffic by his Hon the Superintendent. There was a procession of the Fire Brigade, Volunteers, Friendly Societies, and the general public afterwards proceeded by tr in to Brunnerton, where the ceremony took place. The Superintendent congratulated the province and the General Government on the completion of the firat railway in Westland, and predicted that it was only the commencement of a line which would eventually connect Greymouth with Hokitika and the East Coast of Canterbury. There was a banquet and ball in the evening in honor of the occasion. Dunedin, April 8. Caleb Moore has been fined £lO for selling tickets in the Dunedin Cup Sweep. Preseott, charged with rape, has been remanded till Monday. John Thomson, a contractor, charged with violently assaulting Mr Barnes, inspector of works for the city corporation, was remanded for a week. The assault was committed this morning. Mr Barnes is in a precarious state. THIS DAY'S TELEGRAMS. Auckland, April 10. A fatal accident oceurred in the harbor yesterday. Five young men went out in a dingy to board the Roderick Castle, but the wind getting up, the boat tilled and swamped. Only two could swim. The son of Mr Kcals, the architect, swam to a cutter at anchor near, got the dingy, and picked up three others. Sydney Reynolds, aged eighteen, was drowned. The body drifted ashore at low water three hours afterwards. Horace Walker, who was saved, was insensible when picked up. The accident occurred within 200 yards of the shore, in sight of several persons. No assistance was afforded. Dunedin, April 10. The General Government Commissioners will wait on the Superintendent to-day. Port Chalmers, April 10. The Colima was towed into port by the Arawata this morning at 9 a.m.