SPECIAL TELEGRAM

Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 224, 27 September 1870, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAM

THIS DAY.

THK FHOVIN'I^L COUNCIL

EL1 CTION^

NOMINATION OF MEMBER FOE THE THAMES GOLDFIEXD.; . ■,

B -ISSENDEN'S

FLAX MILL

BUENT DOWiN"

SHOTOTER MONTHLY T?ETUUN

Q-nAn.uiSTOWN, 3 p.m. ; [FROM OTTR OWN COERESPONDNT.],

A-rj bile nomination of a member for the seat vacant in (he Provincial Council, for the1 Thames Groldfleld, Messrs. D. Grove and C. F..Mitchell were nominated this morning." The show of hauds was in favior of Mr. Mitchell.

The monthly rcUir,n of^tliejSliotpVjer'is expectkl to rcatfli'lOOO'fes. '

Bnss»nden's flax mill Las been totally destrojed by fir?..

| THE EESACA AT FIJI. TitE usually dull life in Levnka. has been somewhat enlivened the last few days by numerous visits to the United States ship-of-war Resacft, iu>vr.'ljiligi iv 'our liarbour ; and thtf hosjjihaiily ihowil by. Her 'captain and officer ■ h;ia been duly appreciated and participated in l>y a largo number o( the Levuka lolk, and tlic very fine weather we have eup^ed lately has lent assistnticai to m&lje '.n)atters more pleasant. Nor lias "'the enjoyment beeh confniid a together to shipboard, Lhe adivadtsige having been taken to'provide a coup deS'dce in llio shape of a public ball, toenterlaiii the officers of the Besaca, as a slight recognition lo tlie open hospitality exhibited by ;thein to all visit rs to their ship, and which can c off with givufc eclqt at the.readiiigroom on .Wedlie'sday/ievV'nuig. Both the English and American Consuls were present. Tho U.S. ship-of-war Ke aca returned from her: expedition to the Rakiraki Coast last Slinlday evening, whence sho had proceeded to enqtiiro inio the conduct of the chief liolabolii, who lias for some time past been a source of annoyance to American citizens, and a terror to Fijimen. Cako.bau ;and tvo-of ihiij soiisj accompanied the vessel, and through the influence of the for: er the ferocious scoundrel was]got on board the Kes:icu. The result of the (inquiry was that Cnkobau should enter intoiabond often thousand dollars with tiie American Grovernment that Bolabola should not be allowed to return to the Kakiraki Coast again. This bond having been signejd,'aealpd, and| delivered, the Resaca turned towards Levhka, with Cakobau's prisoner, Bolabola, on bjoard. During the wuy back, Cakobau intimated to some on bo£trd that it was his intention, on arrival at Levuka, to call a meeiing of ite% and-natiyesj as both, races had se^'iou^liai-gls a|ai^st tyiq! prisoner,', and I if* lie 'proved guilty, 'of which there could be no doubt, hang him, as a warning to otlie -s, who might feel inclined to walk in his footsteps. Somehow or ether, it is supposed, Bolabola heard the intention of Cakobau, and no doubt knowiu^^fe^lijttjlefdii^ilttl^he^e would be in proving his several crimes—the most serious of which was the poisoning of aw lite man, and eating Fijitaen—determine I to cheat the hangman by suicide, or makt his escape, and with either of these intenti )iis dropped/Oiv^rboardjabput^fdnii; njiles from. Levuksv'insi'Je N;lio a-eef/auo/abouMene;

mile from shore, the Resaca at the time steaming at a good speed. Bolabola was never seen afterwards, although the vessel hove to, boats were lowered, and two hundred pairs of eyescanned the all but quiet waters for nearly an hour. It is supposed that, as he dropped from the vessel instead of leaping, he did not sink, and must have been hunied into the other wo-ld by coming in contact with tinpropeller ; suid thus Fiji is rid of a bloodthirsty scoundrel. —Fiji Time*. Sept. 3.