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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3869, 29 July 1873, Page 2

:*■? ~T*---.. - --.' [ANGLO - AUSTRALIAN PRESS TELEGRAPH ;;/= AGENCY.] . - --: p< Auckland, Monday. - Arrived— Star of the South, frqin Fiji, bringing eight passengers and a quantity - of cotton and other cargo. Three barque* have sailed for Sydney loaded with cotton. During the past fortnight, Cakobau has taken over one thousand prisoners of war. The Fiji correspondent of the "Star"writes that the chiefs Maafu and TuiCakau have seceded from the Government. There is a general hope that the petition to tfi© "British Government for annexation Will be successful. . .•£'••• It is believed that the Fiji Bank will be ' be very successful. ; There is a report that the Sydney and San Francisco mail service will call at Kadavu instead of Levuka, and this has caused great disappointment. H. M. S Dido remains at Levuka. Captain Daggett, of the schojgner Quickstep, formerly of th« Daphne, ib TQ" ported to have been killed by the natives of Tanna. - ; The Gas Company declared a dividend of 1\ per cent for the half-year. " The Whaling Company's report "shows a loss of £800 for the year. Arrived— The Mary Webster, from Dunedin. Sailed— Wellington, for the South. Alexander Saunders quotes buyers of Union Beach shares at 38s 6d ; Nonpariel, 16s; City of London, 28s; Royal Oak', 18s; Tookey, £9 ss; Caledonian, £1$; Thames, £5 15s ; Moanatairi, 46s ; South ., British, 475. " £«;;(„ Grahamstown-, Mondays \^ Gold returns. — Una, 272 ounces : |W Dixon's 128 ounces; North Star, 4&~ ounces ; Californian (tribute), 76 ounces ; V Waitemata, 302 ounces ; Caledonian, 175 —. ounces for the week ; making a total fbt - the month of 11,928 ounces. . '. " . t Greymouth, Monday. The steamer Titan is ashore on the bar, but is expected to be got. off next tide. ...... . Reefton, Monday. The Golden Fleece, after crushing for ; twenty-one days, ..and- after, a partial clearing-tip, obtained 22000za of amalgam, estimated to yield 800ozs of retorted gold ; 450 tons were crushed. . " „_ " The Wealth of Nations is near the reef, and it shows well,. gold being fairly. dis— " tributed. ' They have driven twelve feet without reaching the western wall. . . "Hokitika, Monday. Passengers for Wellington per Rangitoto : — Miss Carandini, Miss Parry,. Messrs Chadwick and BlackwoOd. Napier, Monday. Arrived — Opotiki from Poverty- Bay., She brings news that a meeting has- been > held in favor of decoration, and a committee has been appointed to draw out a petition and obtain signatures. r • ''' -.:-. Dxtnjepik, Monday. "^ The race for £50 aside, between Drake and Fox, came off on Saturday: Fox won the 150 and 100 yards* 'heats easily fj, the third event was not run. Over 1500; ■ persons were present.