LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Evening Post, Volume XX, Issue 285, 6 December 1880, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

? fUNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION, j Auckland, 4th December.

The Southern Cross, from Lovuka, brings intelligence that the ceremony of hoisting the British flag on Rotumah is deferred till the arrival of Mr. Dcs Voeux, so that he may perform it in person. This Day. Mr. Dcs Vceux has been knighted, as a reward for his service, in connection with the Bahamas Islands. Having no man-of-war at his service, he is unable to proceed to Fiji. He has endeavored to engage one of the Union Company's steamers, but could not conclude terms. The Star BUggesta that the Hinemoa should be sent, if Mr Dgb Vceux will pay the actual expenses. An Auckland patient in the Hospital is supposed to be dying from a cancer, caused by the use of a foul pipe. Dunedin, sth December. At tho Agricultural Show on Saturday, the steeplechase horse Kildare fell and broke his neck over the hurdle. Private Grant, of the Bruce Rifles, made 57 out of a possible 60, at the 400, 500, and 600 yards. Gisborne, 4th December. Mr. G. D. Davis arrived here to-day in tho Te Anau, bringing a civil engineer for the pnrpose of making a complete survey of the reef preparatory to building the breakwater. He say 3it is the finest foundation he has seen in the colony for the construction of such a work. He has thoroughly examined it, and considers that twenty-four feet of water can be easily obtained at a reasonable cost. Grahamstown, This Day. The prospectors of Te Aroha are crushing two tons of quartz at the Alburnia battery, Thames. Many of the stones are richly impregnated with gold. The miners' tri- weekly paper, published at Te Aroha, cays that gold has been found in claims on both sides of the prospectors', and they are systematically working all over the field. Chris rcHURCH. This Day. The Opawa, fchip, sailed for London on Saturday, with ten passe- gers, a valuable cargo of wool, and 50,000 sovereigns. The Cricket Association have resolved that they cannot at present guarantee any sum towards the cost of the proposed visit of the English eleven, but will be glad to learn what will be considered a fair sum for a threa ! days' match. Owing to greatly increased business, the directors of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company have decided to extend their premises to nearly double the present size. There wa3 a furious north-west wind on Saturday and yesterday, but the crops are not forward enough to be much damaged.