LATEST TELEGRAMS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Auckland, Last night.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 7, 21 July 1883, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Auckland, Last night.

Tiikrb was groat excitement in town this afternoon when it became known that the barque Loch Ken, bound fiom tl.ia port for London, with a largo and valuable cargo, had gone abhoro at the moutli of the Piako river, about &ix miles off Grahamstown. The chief officer of the vessel was a passenger by the steamer Rotomahana, which arrived from the Thames about 2 p.m. He stites that during thick weather at 8.20 p.m. the Loch Ken took ground off Grahamstown. Owing to a strong westerly wind and high sea which prevailed, it wa- found impossible to get her off. The mishap is attributed to the fact that the compasses were wrong. J*3atger, local manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company, upon hearing of the accident mide arrangements for -i steamer t-> go to the b.irqujV. assist mice, tOiouU! the we.ithr'i- moderate. An effort will b aide to iid.it the haique at ri"-xt Jiijj.li cidc. According to latent inform ition .•ceived sh'j had sustain h\ no sorion njury, and th^re appeared <-vcvv pio->pec! a' getting chc vessel oiL Til > itotom ih.m i ' 'ft i'nr th.- Thames at 4 p.m., nud will itteiupt to tow tne Locii Keii utt' Lo- • narrow morning. Scarlatina is ivpnrled in tin city. At the Board of Education to-day, a lisciiision arose up'»n Luke's m-iti'tn rescinding tliu fonnor resolution for th" reparation of a i\>\, of Rjligom Bjiioi •f Teachers. Goldio oppo«»jd the rescind- 1 iig, stating as his r.-.i^-u tnat wJuit 1< man Catholics averred, in petitions to Parliament, that th«y could not use school: vhere b 111 1 teacher i said ci.i Ire i of that ."ruth attended. Bnckland confirmed ioldie's remarks about sciiools in the j country being used by Roman Catholics. j mt supported delaying tho is^ue of a circular to teac.iero until Hobbsand Mos^•ame back. The motion for postponeuent was carried.

SHAKEMARKET. I Sales to-day : Bright {Smile, 3-t 3d : Queen of Beauty, lls 6d. buyers : Deej 'uevel, 4s; h..wid of i*'iienddl)ip, 2s 3d; Deep Level, 4s. Sellers : Imperials, 42 !jd. Wellington, Lust Ni^lit At the Supr«me Court to-day, the case, Hunt v. Gordon, which has been g'oin^ o; "or several days, was resumed. Severa »£ the it-sues in the declaration wer* truck out, and His It »nor ruled that Sii o*thni' Gordon had power to deporl «m itfivtm uv pei sou i who. ii he cou->iden" very dangerous to the peace of the Island - Jhe jury werere-emp.inelk'd this * % orning. ad Mr ILirper i« now -iddro^in^ t'»»*;n The summing up of Judtre Iticlunoad, ami me considei'tiLiou oi Lutj Jury, will occup, •i.inie hours. Tirj Ki'lt-'ct Coiniiiitt?e on Oti'ro chuu .nyi.sm report that it it- useless proceedm, .vith the inquiry unless a Bill is passed giving indemnity to witnesses who inigh uriminate thernselv."?. On the report bein;. <rou^,at Ujj to-dciy oy Pjko, Ltj.i'joLv;i .'orthwith uaked l\'ivo t<» introduce the rejuired Bill without notice, staling* In vould ask to have it pajjad through all it taj' 1 >r uh Tn Mflav., The Bii! w.n intt luced md road u lirst time. OUiILATEGOVIUNO.I OASi'iN DAMAGES £1000. In the Hunt v Gordon case, the jur brought in a verdict lor phautiif foji

£1000,' and added 'a rider to the effect that they regretted so many issues had been Withdrawn from them, or otherwise they would have awarded much more subttan-, tial damages.

THIS THAMES KAIL WAY. A deputation, consisting of Messrs Whyte, Sheehun, Morris, and Whitakorand Porter and II E Whitaker waited on Ministers re Thames Valley Railway. Ministers promised tlmt they would be prepared to discuss the entire question on Monday.

NO CONFIDENCE. It was tabled by Swanson, aGovernmcnt supporter, in Committee of Supply, to move that the estimate be remitted back to Government with instructions to reduce them £50,000. The Government intimated that they would this treat this as no confidence motion, and on this understanding the debute proceeds. [A later telegram tells us that the motion was defeated by 43 to 24.]