AUCKLAND.
This day. The schooner Belle Brandon has arrived from Apia. The report is that an Englishman named Keyes was murdered in cold blood' by a native at Apia for refusing to give up a bottle of hair oil in his possession. Heavy rains last night. Telegrams from Hamilton say the Waikato river has risen and flooded the Steam Navigation Company's stores. The Armed Constabulary were employed in clearing out the goods. Sir George Grey will not visit the Maori King. When tho invitation was sent to him by two special messengers a considerable time ago he referred them to the .Native Minister, declining to go unless Tawhiao would put in writing his desire for mediation. The Eingites expressed reluctance to place on record any statements shewing that they made the first overtures. They also declined to communicate with the Government.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2164, 10 December 1875, Page 2
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141AUCKLAND. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2164, 10 December 1875, Page 2
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