TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 10, 25 May 1875, Page 105

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

London, May 8. The steamship "Schiller," homeward bound from New York, with the Australian and New Zealand mails via San Erancisco, and over 260 passengers, was totally wrecked off the Scilly Isles. Only a few passengers were saved. May 10. The " Schiller " went ashore in a fog. 311 perished; forty-four persons, and a portion of the mails, were saved. The passengers by the " Schiller " were principally Germans. No Australians are traceable. Eifty-six mail-bags, containing chiefly newspapers, were saved. The following telegram has been received from Mr. Vogel:— " London, May 10. " On Eriday the steamer " Schiller," with the New Zealand mails, was lost near the Stilly Islands. 200 mail-bags and 311 'lives were lost." The health of Mr. Yogel continues very precarious. A medical consultation decided that a course of German baths was indispensable. Mr. Vogel cannot return to New Zealand before September. London, May 1. Mr. Vogel has arranged for the laying down of a New Zealand submarine cable. The Cospatrick relief fund now amounts to £3050. £SOO has been awarded to the two orphan daughters of Captain Elmslie. Terrible loss of life has been occasioned in New York by the fall of a six-storied wall of a burned store upon the low roof of St. Andrew's Church while it was crowded with worshippers. Calamitous floods are reported from Pennsylvania. Portions of a railway and some factories are submerged, and telegraph stations destroyed. ' About 11,000 operators have been rendered homeless. Melbourne, 7th May, 1575. Governor Bowen and family return to the colony in September. His Excellency received great attention from Victor Emmanuel and the Royal family in Italy, in return for the reception accorded to. the Duke of Genoa in Australia.

Auckland, 12th May. The schooner "Dauntless " has arrived from JLTiji. She brings the following items of news:—There is great mortality among the children at Levuka. About 500 natives died at Uoro Island lately.—A gentleman from Eewa gave a very sad account of fearful ravages from measles throughout. He says it is hardly possible to realise the abject misery that exists among children of tender years, whose parents lay victims to the complaint, lie huddled together without food and sustenance. Starvation steps in to harrass the patients should his constitution master the disease, and the end of the unfortunate sufferer

rendered all the more painful.—"Whale fishing has been commenced by a local party. Auckland, 18th Mav. Arrived: Ship " Dunedin," 96 days from London, with about 250 immigrants all well. Three cases of typhoid fever occurred during the voyage. One immigrant named Stevenson and two infants died. The ship "Shooting Star," from London, 145 days out, arrived yesterday, The voyage was uneventful. It was protracted bv long-continued adverse weather. She encountered a hurricane off the North Cape on the 15th inst. She was 96 days making the meridian of the Cape. She brings no passengers. Lyttelton, 19th May. Arrived: " Cicero," ship, from London, IQ6 days,all well. There was one death—an infant. The Health Commissioners visited the ship, and passed her. Port Chalmers, 18th May. " "Wennington," ship from London, with 200 immigrants, all well. 19th May. Arrived: "Andrew Reid," ship, from London. Left London 20th January. She brings 13 passengers and 1,300 tons cargo, 1,100 tons of which is dead weight. — N.Z. Times, Evening Post, and Tribune.