TELEGRAMS

Star (Christchurch), Issue 2040, 21 September 1874, Page 2

TELEGRAMS

♦ [Peb Anglo-Austbalian Pbess Telegbaph Agency.] Auckland, Sept 19. The Pacific (schooner), from Samoa, reports that the Albion, Auckland whaler, iB at Samoa wifch 160 barrels of oil. The barque Glimpse, which has arrived with std tons of coal from Newcastle, mefc with a gale on Saturday which swept away her deckhouse and part of her bulwarks. Sargenfc, a seaman, was thrown against the bulwarks and seriously injured in the leg. Arrived — Bella Mary, from Hobart Town. Sept. 20. Tho s.s. Star of the South arrived at noon from Levuka with a full cargo of cotton, maize, copra, and the firsfc shipment of Fijian sugar, consisting of 100 bags. She left on Sept. 13. Great interest is taken in Sir Hercules Robinson's expected visit. The Fiji Times says the New Zealand Government's Polynesian scheme is too absurd to merit serious consideration. Considerable depression is experienced, consequent upon the change from cotton growing to sugar planting. The Fiji Times calls attention to the serious defalcations in the Treasury chesi of the late Government, and the immense expense of loans. A great Native meeting at Loma Loma is supposed to have an important political significance. The Chiefs Maaf u and Tui Oakau were present. The hostile preparations are said to be for punishing refractory tribes. War is considered probable unless annexation takes place. New Plymouth, Sep. 19. Wet weather has prevented the meeting at Parika from commencing. Six hundred natives are there. The Superintendent has issued a notice offering to buy up tho volunteer land scrip at 10s in the pound.