Telegrams.

Otago Witness, Volume 25, Issue 1004, 25 February 1871, Page 13

Telegrams.

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Auckland, February 14th, via Taitkahqa, February 17th.

The repudiation of MrNeilson'a contract has not yet been mentioned In the papers here, but the news has leaked out, and is causing much excitement. You may depend on its being true. The Caledonian Company has declared another dividend of L 5. Its shares, ex dividend, are now quoted at Lsl, those of the Thames Mining Company at L 7, and Belfast Company at 15s.

.February 16fch, The yields from the Caledonian Oo.'s claim continue to surpass anything previously known At the Thames. Its shares are at L 52 10s, and those of the Thames Mining Co. at Lll. Shares in the Waitemata and Nonpareil claims .are in demand. Belfast shares are at 21s. Business is brisk.

The Evening Star to-day states that authentic news has been received to the effect that Mr Webb haa purchased Messrs Hoiladay and Brenham's interest in the Honolulu and Australian line, and has formed a company with a capital of 2,000,000d015, which is to run boats to Tahiti, Honolulu, Fiji, Sydney, and Auckland. The morning papers say nothing on the subject.

February 17th. The Rodney election resulted as follows :— Farnall, 187 ; Shepherd, 73. The Bay of Islands election resulted as follows :— M'Leod, 193; Carleton, 126. The unprecedented number of 36 mounted natives visited Ahtkiki. Their ostensible object was to catch eels, and they therefore out a large dam, thereby depriving the settlers of water for their cattle. It ia supposed that their intention In doing so was to irritate the Euro* peans and provoke a collision.

At the inquest on the fire in the City of Auckland the jury returned an open verdict.

The Caledonian olaim continues to yield wonderfully. Its shares are now at L6O.

February 18th. The yield of the Caledonia claim for this week again exceeds 6000ozs, and its shares have reached LSB. The share market is brink.

February 20th. The poll for the East Osaat election resulted as follows :— Kelly, 141 j Maokay, 64 ; Skeet, 52.

The Caledonia claim has yielded over 7000 ounces of gold, but the share market is dull, and its shares have fallen to L6O.

February 21st The yield of the Caledonia claim for the week is 7779 ounces, and & dividend of L 6 per share has been declared, making the total value of the yield from the Ist to the 13th February, L 37,180, exclusive of the reserve. The price of shares to* day is L 55.

New Plymouth, February 18th. via Patba, February 18th.

The Airedale still remains In the same position. Everything moveable in her has been removed to Waitara. Captain Kennedy is still with the wreck. He is awfully out up. The engines are likely to be got out. There is no doubt but that electricity acting on the iron sand which abounds on the coast from the Manukau to the Bcene of the wreck, must have affected the compasses, as the Airedale was on the same course as that on which she has been steered for the last ten years. A large meteor was seen on~ the 14th at 3.45 a. m,, and the Aurora Australia was visible on the nights of the 12th and 13th from 10 to 10.30 p.m.

There ia no chance of saving the hull of I tho Airedale. /