TELEGRAPHIC

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 15 June 1881, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

[BY ELECTRIC' TELKGIIAPH.] [feom oira owjt cohee?pondent.] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Well'kgton. June 13. Sir George Grey gave notice, for the production of correspondence re visit of the Princes to. the Colorv» and visit of squadron tq New Zaaland waters. Mr Bain gave notice to ask the Go vernmentj whether they intend to take stprs to erect a light-house at Wa ; papa Point. '-• -■'•'.;•• WELLtNGTON, June 14. . On dit is that' several 6f the oppbnents of the Government intend to make pn onslaught on them wit/h reference to their retrenchment, on the ground that the saving alleged to have been made is fie* titiyus. and that figures like TS Whiti's potatoes were "cooked." CflnisTcnrjßCHy June 13. Further y>artiru'=<rs resiarding the wrerk of the brig PuMia, shows that she was within twelve miles of Otauo Heads whm she sprang a leak, and became al*

most unmanageable. The captain decided to go for shelter under Banks Peninsula on Saturday morning, but the gale blew several sails out of bolt ropes, and the captain finding her in a dangerous position, decided to let her drift ashore. One of the masts immediately went over, and the sea swept all the crew into the surf. Peterson, who is the only survivor, rainaged to get hold of a floating spar, and got ashore, He was the only one of the crew who could swim. None of the bodies have as yet been recovered. Instancing the severity of the weather in the northern districts, ten head of cattle were found dead in a paddock near Araberley. The ; West Coast coach had a rough time coming n *er tne ranees. At the top of Ponet's Pass there were several hundreds yards of ice, and snow two or three feet deep, and all passengers had occasionally to assist in getting the coach out of the slough, while Mrs Walter Hill, who was passenger,!] acted as, .a driver.