Telegrams fromHokitika, of the 10|Jb inst.i; publi»hcd in theChristebureh papers, give the following particulars of tlie wreck of the Goldsecker, and of other disasters :-rr I

Heavy, gales blew from tike west on "Wed nesday night last. There \?aa a tremendou| surf, and next morning the river was' flooded-! The piles at the .wharf gave,.,way., The barque Bella Vista and 'the ketch Florence got adrift, and fouled the Anne, Moore. Thfe barque swung across the cutTeht, her bow1 got aahor^^n; i^e.qj^ojai^obankj and diverted the current of the river against the wharf, tm piles were undermined, and the backing washed away, ; •', .In .-. a,few .minutes more tha|t lialf the structure must have" gone,butforti nately the barque swung straight again and eleoi^l jfche«iiannc| s i ,;> ■:,,,..;?■■ %,•,"?,.; i". '■ On the same morning the brigaiitinei"v»olc.-' seeker, from Melbourne, became a total i wreck on the beach. She hung to h<r anchors duriiig the gale, shipping green se4s over all,' filluig fpret^fle^aua^iaipay' anp. leaving four feet pi \wtin in the hold. 4* seven o'ciocli fthbM|>t^^q^e«t bothjchiiiis, and ran the vessel on the beach three milia npr^h the town. A. dreadful surf broK© herfbaek; -Mlgeajattdf fiHea her with -watef j the cargo was aIL damaged, jbut the ere% were saved. The eaptaitfs conduct will Be qnestionedittafcourfc-of iaqttiry. 200 sheep were on decl^ of which .fifty: were drowned! -' •^oUAfHiU6 weaAaeffis:^«nsettl©^|? vmi? there is, esxe|^ v appearance of another gafe.s Thcs basrom^ra'are vi^y fow] % There is »I|U? a heavy sttrj^jjS|ijch (t haß washed awLy,, several houses" oh North S»it» I*fa% AlhambF^^yainf^iß the. offin& a»4,M Alma firora^^wKJuiriid, aatt vx6 JMn& Cole. sott-fTOmilyiSiieyi.'- "•■".■' •'■. ■■'.■■ ■-■'■■■-„•■....-,-" A mm wM drowns wMlsi attempting U

£x<m tjlie-Totara river fa hor#eb^^ s The honte swam down tb| |Rtream- JPat|i|r >f 'Doaogb. narrowly cscjiped from the »ame river. ■• '•• -.' ■■ ■■- ■ ' ■■■ ■•■ -.'■.'

A tciegrani of the Btb instant report*:-—; The steamer Southland, ou attempting to1 enter the «Ter from the Buller, ran a-ground j on a nandbank opposite the entrance inside. | Rite |»f rn&rly bign and dry, aiai %ci position i i» bad, '..--. 1

The Bella Vi«ta has arrived from Hobart Town with a mob of very Ma horsea.
