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"""* Bluff, Dec. 21. The Otago arrived at 5 a.m., having left Sandridge Pier afc 7.40 p.m. on the 12fch instant ; experienced terrific galea 60 miles West of Solander Island ; was hove-to for 32 hours, and haa received considerable damage ; two regatta boats for the Lyttelton Boat Club were smashed to pieces. Has' 16 saloon passengers and 92 steerage, including 40 of Captain Stack's recruits, 321 tons cargo, and 12 horses on board. The passengers for Lyttelton jarejytr D. Davis and 5 steerage. h****^ Mei,bottb"ne, Dec. 12. Scarlet fever has broken out amongst the boys ou board the training ship Nelson and reformatory hulk Deborah. The epidemic is now believed to have been checked. The number of volunteers enrolled by Captain Stack, since the Alhambra left, is about 40 ,• they go by the Otago. The prospectus of the British and Australian Steam Navigation Company has been published ; capital to be £600,000. Five full power steamers are required for the monthly service via Cape of Good Hope. Time, 46 days, H.M.S. Challenger, from Sydney, has arrived, but it is not known whether she will proceed to New Zealand. Ifc will depend on advices by the next Panama mail. Flour is unsettled by the near approach of harvest ; buyers are operating cautiously afc £12 to £13 ; wheat 6s. New Zealand oats 3s 9d. Brandy has an upward tendency. Hennessy's pale, 7s 3d. Sydney, Dec. 11. The bill passed by Parliament for appointing members of Executive Council of the colony to be members of the federal Council of the Australian colonies has been returned disallowed by Her Majesty. The object of the bill was to carry out resolutions agreed to at the postal conference. Mr Parkes has brought forward a motion that tho present advisers of the Governor do not possess the confidence of the House. The debate is still going on, and is exciting much attention out of doors. ' Mr M'Learey has tabled a motion i for appointing a committee to investi- 1 gate the O'Farrell conspiracy. j
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 191, 22 December 1868, Page 3
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