LATEST TELEGBAMS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 2435, 12 January 1876, Page 2

LATEST TELEGBAMS.

[Fbom una Pbhss Aaa»crjr.J Auckland, Jan 11. Tho Harbour Board havo resolved to construct a graving dook, 825 feet long, at an estimated oost of £65,000. m Farnall has withdrawn from the Rodney candidature in favour of Sheehan. Tho Cyphrenes has arrived from Kandavau, after transferring tho mails to the City of Melbourne. . , , , _ . The Llewellyn has omved from Levuka, bringing Fiji news j— The Royal Engineers have formed a new encampment at Vajaduoe. —The Rewa plantations aro looking well.--Tbe weather at Fiji is rsmarkably cool, and the hwrjoanes are expended.~The Nymphe,

a man of war recently appointed to the Atls* tralian station, was lying at Levuka.-4?he Star of the South made the first trip successfully betwoon tho Islands.— Tho A.S.N. Co. have withdrawn tho Egmont from the Fiji trado. Napikr, Jan, 11, Tho Artillery Voluntoors fired in tho first stage for representatives at Wanganui. The following are the scores :— Sellars, 74 » Ross, 67 i Garner, 65. At Waikato and Alexandra —Cox, 40 t M'Minn, 82. At Hamilton— Cox, 101 j M'Minn, 142. Cox is considered certain. Lyblii's Bat, Jan. 11, 7 p.m. After the Tui left tho Luna yestorday, several attempts were mado to again pick up the cable, but thoy failed owing to the wind and tide being so strong. Broke a prong off one grapnell, and straightened out the othor prongs. The wind freshened, and the sea rose, so that it was impossible to do anything. Put baok to Otiringa. The wind was strong all night, tho weather looking a little bottor at noon. The Luna went out for another try, but it was quito impossible to work. Turned about and oame tn Lyell's Bay, so as to bo ablo to telegraph to town for anything wanted, as provisions and water wero gotting short. If the weather is not more favourable to-morrow she will probably return to Wellington, and tako in provisions, coal, and water before making another start, The Luna will go out again to-morrow morning at three o'olook if tbo weather is fine, so as to be on the ground early. Wblmhoton, Jan. 11. There are no news from tbo Luna to-day. The Tui, when orossing the Straits this morn* ing with tho Southern telegrams, oould see nothing of her. Sho must have gone into shelter. Captain Kennedy, of the Easby, just arrived front tho South, reports that it is blowing hard, and tho soa Is too rough to grapplo for tho cable. A sohool of twenty-six porpoises wero washed ashoro at Lyell's Bay this morning. They are now high and dry on tho beach. The Manawatu eleotion has resulted as follows i— Johnston, 191 • Buller, 164. The oontest t was very oloso. The Distriot gave Buller a small majority, but thirty votes irom Wellington 1 swamped him. Gbahamstown, Jan 10. Tho ofiloial declaration of the poll took plaoe to-day, Sir, Georgo Grey and William Rowo being deolared eleoted. Major Keddell, Returning Offloor, said that protests had been lodged against Sir G. Grey and Sir J. Yogel, but he oould not regard them. Tho prooood* ings must tako another form.