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Star (Christchurch), Issue 104, 12 September 1868, Page 2

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V [Br SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] Wellington, Sept. 11, 11.27 a.m. The Wanganui Times says that all t.he wouuded were brought into camp from Kuaruru. The list of the killed, besides the officers, the names of whom have already been given, are : — Corporal Burrell, Privates Allen, Finnistry, Killigrew, Davis, Sainan, Hughes, George, Lumsden, Grant, Drake (2), Darlington, and Downes, reported missing. The names of the wounded are : — Lieutenant Bo wan, Surgeon Best, Sergeant Lovey, Privates Houston, O'Brien, O'Hogan, Waldron, O'Connor, Burke, Shanigan, Harris, Caldwell, M'Minnis, Waldron, Griffiths, Quincy, Melvin, Loder, J. Wells, J. Hamblin, Holloway, Hoyland, and JFlyn. 7 p.m. Captain Frazer's Company of Armed Constabulary has been sent for irom the East coast to Patea. Mr M'Lean and settlers interested in Hawke'a Bay

waited on the Government and protested. Colonel Whitmore has volunteered for Patea, and his services are accepted. Colonel Haultain proceeds thither also. {by inter-provincial telegraph.] Dunedin, Sept. 11, 11.15 a.m. )r^The s.a. Otago left Melbourne at 2 p.m. on the sth inst., and experienced strong north - westerly weather throughout. Passengers — Cabin : — Mesdames Muirhead and two children, Donovan, McDonald, and three children, and servant, Messrs McDonald, McKenzie, Buchanan, Reid, Marks, and 16 in the steerage. She brings ninety-six tons of cargo and fortythree passengers for Northern ports. The corn market is dull ; prices are unaltered, but drooping. Fat beef is scarce at 45s ; prime mutton scarce. Melbourne, Sept. 5. A conference of agricultural societies met and discussed farming pros* pects, after which they waited upon the Government, and asked for an annual grant of £10,000 to advance agricultural interests. The sale of the Van Tean works is postponed. A newspaper has been started at Albany, King George's Sound, by the Rev. R. Laishley, formerly of New Zealand. The horse Lord Lovat has been purchased by Mr J. McKellar, of Otago, for £150. The entires Pride of Scotland and Count Bismarck brought £1500 and Robert Burns £525. The Speaker of the Assembly intends to resign. Mr Bindon is talked of as his successor. Good news has been received from the Whipstick and Bullock Creek jjoldfields. Reductions are proposed in the •scientific department of the Civil Service. The Medical Society have adopted the proposition to appoint a patholofist and medical jurist to the Melourne Hospital. A general election is going on in -Queensland. Business is depressed and the arrival of the English mail has made no improvement. Breadstuff's are lower, transactions being confined to trade sales, at £17 10s. Holders offer quantities at £17, but meet with no buyers. Sales of New Zealand oats are reported at 3s 7d ; good maize is scarce at 3s 8d ; inferior kinds, abundant at 3s sd. New season's tea, ex Mobile, has been offered at auction, and 4000 packages, mostly boxes, brought from Is 3£d to ls 10^d ; ninety chests of the season's tea were sold at ls 4d ; Ceylon coffee, 7£d ; for malt to arrive lis was offered. The sugar ex Caroline, sold at auction at prices sustaining market rates ; salt is firm at £6 10s ; 100 quarter-casks Hennessy's brandy sold at 7s 9d ; kerosine is dull ; Downer's, Is 9d ; heavy weight candles range from lOd to lOf d ; 1000 cases of JDKZ geneva at auction brought lis 9d to 12s. Sydney, Sept. 5. A railway accident has taken place at Sydney station by which an engine was capsized owing to a collision with some trucks; Judge Cheek's horses Earl and Emerald, which were in one of the vans, were both injured. The search for the shoal off Port Stephens has been unsuccessful. The Governor of Queensland has visited Darling Downs. Commodore Lambert has punished the natives at Rewa, Fiji, one town having been shelled and several burned. The Hunter River Steam Navigation Company has declared a dividend of 10 per cent. coal is 8s per ton. Teas at auction realized 10s below former rates. Wool — greasy, is up to 6£d ; handwashed ls. Maize, 2s 7d. A fine wheat crop is expected. Fat cattle are scarce at £8. Adelaide, Sept. 5. __ _ The financial deficiency is stated at £193,000. The discovery of silver is reported in the Wallaroo district. The corn market is dull and quotations are unchanged. Wheat 6s 6d to 6s 9d ; flour, £17.