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Star (Christchurch), Issue 186, 16 December 1868, Page 3

Latest Telegrams.

[BY ELECTMC TELEGBiJH.] "WeliLtnotok, ADec. 15, 7.50 p.m. A telegram in the Post reports that two Europeans and one Native have been murdered at the Big River. y Mr Richmond's telegram states that two women report Te Kooti to be without food except fern root. He has but little powder and makes bullets by melting shot in a thimble. He intends to come down for plunder, and afterwards to attack Wilson's redoubt at the port. Mounted men sent up to ascertain his whereabouts reported all quiet aud clear at his old position. A party of one huudred Hau-haus made their appearance at Big River ; they were attacked by Ihaka and driven off. Colonel Whitmore followed them, and during the pursuit Sergeant Reed was killed, the enemy losing one or two men. As Mr Richmond does not mention the murders reported above, it is hoped the account will turn out to be incorrect. The Charybdis, from Wanganui, brings no news of importance. Capt. Lyons had visited the front and considered that no danger to the town was imminent. LATEST FROM AUSTRALIA. Hokitika, This Day, 9.2_ a.m. The Alhambra has arrived from Melbourne. Melbouene, Dec. 10. The Royal Mail steamer Greelong, ' after detention by head winds on her ■ passage from Sydney, sailed at Bunrise tbis morning.

11 ' t ■ ■ Captain Stack is succeeding, in. his., recruiting mission. One hundred and thirty men have already been enrolled. They are generally fine young fellows. George Fearn, .assistant smelteir in the Bank of Victoria, has been.arrested on a charge of forging a cheque for •61500 on the National Sank. t .; „Vi . I >;; The schooner Sfc Kilda has Bailed for Port Natal with 100 adventurers,. for- , the African gold-diggings. Letters from Fiji state that gold has been discovered there, on a the Naviia -River. . : „_; The Polynesian Company is formally incorporated. p(A Royal Commission is gazetted— : to report on the custom prevailing in all countries, with • regard to the pay-ment-or non-payment, of members of /Parliament. , -. ■ ; . . The supposed murderer of Harper, at Tiylor's woolshed, Deniliquin, in October last, haa been apprehended near Heathcote. M'Cann, ex-member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, and sometime ago convicted of forgery, has been released from custody. lie intends proceeding to Callao. Several of the provincial gaols have been disestablished. Geelong gaol haa ; been converted into an Industrial school. ; Flour is slightly depressed; 200 tong have been sold at £13. "Wheat , is in ■ fair demand, and there is no change in price. New Zealand oata have been sold at 3s 9d. In maize little is 'doing, the quotations are 4s 4d to 4s 4£d. There is no malt offering. Teas are not lively. The recent advance in sugars is maintained. Spirits are very dull. There ; are- no buyers for kerosine. Candles arS quitfe^ at, la— lively^^* Provisions are very quiet. Sinclairf-gw . hams are quoted at Is ld to Is 2d, Bacon is dull at 8d to 9d. The markets generally are sluggish. The wool market is firm, and buyers are operating freely. Adelaide, Dec. 9. Dr Shiel, Catholic Bishop, haa arrived per Orient. Tenders have been accepted for constructing a railway from Port Augusta. The Savings Banks have reduced the rate of interest to 7 per cent. New wheat is selling freely at 4s 6d. Tonnage, for ahipment, is scarce. The Sarah's cargo of sugars sold at the advance established in Melbourne, Sydney, Dec. 9. Parliament assembled yesterday. Mr Robertson made a Ministerial statement, in which he denied the truth of Mr Parkes' statements regarding a Fenian conspiracy. Mr Parkes gave notice of a motion of want of confidence. The supposition is, that he will carry it by a majority of nine. The Canalpine has arrived from California with a cargo of breadstufis. The Owen G-lendower, from London, , brings a party of nun«. The foundation atone of the Catholic Cathedral was laid by the Archbishop yesterday. The flour market is dull, with a downward tendency.