TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

Dunstan Times, Issue 515, 1 March 1872, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCHES

(Per Greviixe and Co.) Dunedin, Feb. 29, 5.10 p.m. At a Cabinet Council it was resolved by tbe Government that they could not a<Jvise the Governor to alter the place of meeting of the * eneral Assembly, fhe Le'itia, fro u Fiji, has arrive! t Auckland, bringing intelligence that the whites ' are revised to pay the taxes. The Gove* lime .t have po ted armed guards at the Treasury and other public buildings an 1 r.fiu es. A huge armed party is also sn-morti-ig the Government, who have seized t" o Auckland vessels for supplying a m< an I ammunition to the natives. Mr IDskett. mining surveyor, Auckland. has be u drowne 1 in a water-hole. A a’ker has a-'ceptcd Christie’s challenge to (lie a ma'ch in Otago for 1,0001. The seva la s ilel on the 25th, taking ei-hfcv passengers and a full ca-go, and shutting out a large quantity of tlix. The K mgitoto brings dates to the 21st of February. The 20th was observed in Victoria as a Gay of Thanksgiving for the recovery of the Prince of Wales. Close holiday was observed, Tim E mgitoto did not catch the Suez steamer The Or Britain arrived out, sixty days farm brar, Henry M Intosh, a compositor on the Grey Anjas, and late on the staff of the Times , lias been drowned. Sa'lel.—Bouverie and Peter Denny, for Lond« n. with fid! cargoes. Arrival—Whirlwind, with three hundred and fiftv Chinese. An association has hern formed for the purp se of promoting National educa'ion without aid to deuonvnrtinual schools, there is an influential committee. Mr. Sp-rry of the Treasury succeeds: Mr. Hidop as Secret ary of Education. Mr. Hislop retain* the Inspectorship. A new regulation has been adopted—no masters to bo appointed, except they are certificated. The Gave norand Mr, M‘Lean left for Wellington in the Luna to day.. It is believe I their v sit to Dunedin was the liberatio i of the Maori prisoners,