Telegraphic Despatches.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 318, 3 January 1874, Page 2

Telegraphic Despatches.

a (Fmni our own Correspondent.') 13rrNET>rN, January 2nd. The ship Surat, from London, Captain Jonseu, has gone ashore at Catlin's River. There were 270 passengers on board'; they were all safely landed on shore. The French war ship Vive proceeds at once from Port Chahnera to bring up the passengers. December 3rd, 9.15 a.m. The Caledoniann games yesterday vrsro attended by about 5000 persons. Scott, tho lad whose performance in the walking match created such astonishment, was disqualified for breaking several times. Very little additional information to report regarding the Surat. The' Vere sailed for the scene of wreck yesterday, having Captain Thompson and Dunedin gentlemen-interested in the ship on board. The Wanganui and Wallabi, from the Bluff, would reach tho Surat before Ihe Verc could arrive. Tlie ship struck on a reef south of Catlins River. •">' ' the passengers were landed in the ship's bouts. The female immigrants by the City o£ Dunedin were all engaged yesterday, at rate* from £35 to ,64.0 per annum. The Superintendent has nominated Mr. Wm. Nickle, Chairman of the Board of Wardens for the TuapeKa depasturing district. Mr. Anderson had a brilliant crowd thouse last night at Queen's Theatre on tb;. occasion of his benefit. A serious fracas occurred at Auckland races yesterday, owing to all the horses entered for the Railway Stakes beiug scratched, with the exception of Papapa, the latter having a walk over. The Inspector of Policeand Clerk of the Course were dragged off" their horses and trampled upon. The Maori pah at Wakiki, eight miles from Napier, has been burned down. A grandson of Tareha, M.H.R., was burned to death, and a woman was also badly burned, and ia not expected to live. The cricket match Dunedin v. Invercargill, played at tho latter place yesterday, was wou by Dunedin, with two wickets to spare. • The Caledonian Society's sports are to" boresumed to-day.