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Star (Christchurch), Issue 748, 15 October 1870, Page 3

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« "Wellington, Oct. 14, 7.16 p.m. Mr Travers, who is acting for the Natives, has arranged a very satisfactory settlement with the Provincial Government of the long standing Manawatu dispute. Nelson, Oct. 14. The Luna, which has been surveying the Manakau bar, sails for Wellington to-morrow. Taranaki news is trifling. The natives are quiet, and native affairs are going on satisfactorily. Another meeting is to be held at Pariaka in March. Auckland, Oct. 12, Via Nelson, Oct. 14, 4.55 p.m. The Luna arrived here to-day from Manakau. The schooner Peri has been seized by the Government for smuggling. The police have received no pay for two months, and there is much grumbling. The Acclimatisation Society has received £536 for shooting licenses. The Countess of Kintore ship, from London, has landed 48 rooks out of 50 shipped. Messrs Shanaghan and Creighton have been returned to represent Newton in the Provincial Council. Mr Creighton is dangerously ill. Mr Yogel has sent a quantity of New Zealand rope by the Eesaca on trial. The Herald has published extracts from the Verite stir Tahiti, showing Messrs Collie and Stewart to be outlaws from Tahiti. The Carandinis received an ovation at their farewell concert. Messrs Small and Sherwin sailed in the "Wonga Wonga for Honolulu, also Messrs Braham, Rogers, and Jones, comedians. Mr Gillies declines to stand for the East Coast. Sixty trout have been turned out in Edgecumb creek. The Californian mail is expected tomorrow. Arrived. — Oct. 6, Countess of Kintore from London ; Oct. 9, Flirt from Lyttelton; Oct. 10, Comerang from Napier ; Oct. 11, Sea Breeze from Fiji ; Oct. 12, Excelsior from Samoa. Sailed.— Oct. 11, Argyleshire for London, with a cargo valued at £65,000; Oct. 12, Keera for Napier. Sugar and candles are very scarce ; flour is in short supply, and bran rules high. The drapery trade is depressed. Maize is selling at 4s 3d and 4s 6d. Bluff, Oct. 14, 9.3 a.m. The Alhambra, Captain J. M'Lean, arrived from Melbourne at 6 a.m. Left Melbourne at 7.15 p.m. on Oct. 8; on the morning of Oct. 10 met with a strong gale from the S.E., which lasted for 15 hours. Leaves Bluff for Dunedin at 4 p.m. Passengers — Eor Dunedin : Mr H. Rourke, Mr and Mrs Corbett, Messrs Jeffreys, Jackson, Heymanson, Welter, Captain Gay, Mrs McKenzie and son; 4in steerage. Eor Lyttelton: Mr and Mrs Sandstein and Mr E. Murton. For Wellington : Mrs Buckley, Mrs Manwell, and Mrs Mowlem. Cargo— For Dunedin, 120 tons ; for Lyttelton, 40 tons; for Wellington, 72 tonß. The Claud Hamilton is under repairs.