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Star (Christchurch), Issue 244, 23 February 1869, Page 3

Latest Telegrams.

M [BY ELECTRIC TELEGEAPH.j fy . ' Wellington, Feb. 22, 7.10 p.m. - There is no confirmatory intelligence of Te Kooti's re-appearance near Ojk£ tiki. The rumour is not credited. A boj named Andrew Laing, employed in the Government Printingoffice, has been drowned whilst bathing in a mill pond. Captain Pitt, the Governor's A.D.C., is expected to arrive by the next Suez mail steamer. If the weather admits, the Duke of Edinburgh will probably go from Christcburch to Dunedin, overland, and also visit the Wakatipu district. A cricket match between the Wellington Club and an eleven from the Challenger, oh Saturday, was won by the former by eleven runs. - : Commodore has , been;requeßted to* examine and reppit, qn'ths. marine survey :;o£ the -"West: Coast,, recently completed by Woods. The'facte, as reported by' Wei lmgton telegrams, of a. disagreement befc\y£eii Mr Stafford and Colon.el "Whitoiore are quite misreprWerited, In the course of a private correspondence, Colonel Whitmorej' over-estimating the importance of some remark -of* Mr Stafford^, replied" not petulantly, but in the good tempered spirit of a/ man more anxious for the public goodthan for his own interest, that he wasquite willing to give up. the command if :the Government thought any one' else better fitted for it. He was immediately informed thati no other officer was equal to the emergency of, - -the position, and possessing the same patience and high sense of public duty • nothing was further from the mind bf the Government than dissatisfaction with his conduct. The correspondence was of a most friendly character, arid strictly private. % |C Telegrams from Marlborough to-xlay report new gold discoveries at Mountain Camp Creek, and Wilson's .Terrace, in the neighbourhood of Havelock. The prospect is stated to be three ounces to the dish. Havelock is quite deserted. r^~ The Wanganui detachment of the 18th regiment will join the Himalaya here.