LATEST TELEGRAMS. (By Electric Telegraph.) From Our Own Correspondent. Auckland, Last Night.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 66, 6 September 1884, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS. (By Electric Telegraph.) From Our Own Correspondent. Auckland, Last Night.

The Hon. Buckley has been sworn in as Colonial Secretaiy. Other portfolios not set filled. In the House yesterday, Cadman gave notice of his intending to move amend nient of the dainties Act, so as to secure the election of Chtiirnian by ratepayers). In the House to-day Richardson gave notice to move appointment of following Committee to report on the North Island Trunk railway : -AtkinHon, Bruce, Fitzherbert, Gore, Johnston, Mitcheison, Ormond, Morris, White, and the mover. Whyte intends asking Government whether they intend, during the coming j summer, to complete- the railway between i W'likato and Te Aroha, and also whether pending its completion they will make the combined railway and traffic bridge over the river at Te Aroha available for ordinary traffic, either by completing the permanent approaches or by means of temporary approaches. Taiaroa wants £2500 placed on the Estimates for the vacoination of Natives. Wellington, Last Night. Information was received this morning that the ship Lastingham, bouno from London to Wellington, was wrecked at Jackson's Head, Cook Strait, and 17 lives lost, including the captain and wife. The Lastingham is an iron ship of 1200 tons burden, and left London for Wellington on 28th May, with five passengers and 26 of a crew. On Monday night the vessel encountered a terrible gak-, and was driven ashore, and br >ke up within two huars. Some oi the crew saved themselves by jumping overboard and swimming ashore, rocks being close at hand. The survivors were nearly starved to death, having only a little cornflour and oatmeal on which to subsist without sleep for 36 hours. A piece of blanket which they had hung out as a difrtrehs signal was seen by the Ketch Agnes, bound from Pelorous Sound to Kaiapoi, ut 10 o'clock yesterday. She picked them up. and arrived here at 8 oclock this morning. Cargo valued at £16,500.