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Taubanoa, March 10. At Sir Donald M‘Dean’s interview with the Ariweras they asked for a modification of the confiscated boundary. The Native Minister refused to concede a point, and by argument demonstrated the justice of his remarks, to which they unconditionally agreed. The next discussion was re the’acquisition by Europeans of lands within their territory, which also was satisfactorily settled. The meeting was the most satisfactory ever held in the Bay of Plenty. ' . Wellington, March 10. The presentation of the address to Mr Pox took place at the House of Representatives this afternoon. Present—Messrs Reynolds, Richardson, Creighton, Tribe, Pearce, and Hunter. Mr Reynolds presented the address, and wished Mr and Mrs Pox a pleasant trip. He hoped Mr Pox would soon return to occupy his proper position in the public affairs of the Colony. Mr Pox, in returning thanks, said he would value the address more than he would the presentation of a service of silver or gold. ’ It waa the counterfeit presentment of those with whom he had been associated in his political actions, and he should cherish it as an appreciation of his services by those who had voted with him at a time when the public mind waa agitated and a political struggle was going on. At his age it was extremely problematical whether or net he should return to public life, but he looked upon colonisation as his greatest work, and whether in or out of the Colony, ha should do his best to further the interests of New Zealand. He did hot think his absence from the Colony would extend beyond eighteen or twenty months. _ March 11. The Hon. Mr and Mrs Fox leave for Auckland to-day. They proceed to California per Mikado. At the New Zealand University sittings It was resolved that the Senate of the New Zen. land University has no objection to affiliated institutions availing themselves of the facilities for local examinations offered by the Universities of Great Britain. It was made a regulation that certificated, teachers of five years’ standing may be admitted to final examination for a B.A. degree on certain conditions, and £atitlca to all the privileges of undergraduates of the same standing, The regulation to be iu for two years. It was resolved that St, John’s College, Auckland, and the grammar school m connection therewith, be affiliated to the University of New Zealand. Amongst certain recommendations of committee were the affiliated colleges allowed to hold annual examinations between October and December • that no examiner pass in any papers unless ho obtain oue-ihird. of the whole number of markfe • that it is inadvisable at,, present to institute* any other than decree examinations for passing m arts of law students ; the Chancellor, ViceChancellor, Revs Andrew and 'Gisborne w&re appointed a committee to revise the statutes and regulations. ■ mu „ pMMMOHOROa, Mhrch 10. Ihe Times tins morning has the following paragraphA private telegram'from London by the 1 ararua, yes terday r via under our notice, reducing exporters’ limits for wheat shipments fioih Canterbury. English crops were reported as looking very favorable, and a further decline of 2s per quarter was anticipated. Large shipments of breads tuffs are en route for the London market both from Foreign and Australian ports. The Kaipoi Regatta has been fixed for 17&h instead of the 18th March. The first prize for the Champion Four-oar Race is L2O - the first pnze for the Pair-oar Race, LB. At a meeting of the Regatta Committee yesterday, a tele-' WplPn'T* r u ad i fron i, Wellington, Wellington boats could enter. The Secretary w s instructed to reply that all the races, seveJ iu number, were open to all comers. (From our own Correspondents, ) . •, Chbistohdbch,- March 10.. . « to be a concert and entertainment to-night at the unveiling of the painting of Mr Sfsa-sr t<,una,,r of oddf “>> The new Inspector of Machinery, Mr Croll “ 6n P r £° e ® dm K? against a number of persons for not having their machines sufficient!# ffiSy wi? 6 04868 are to , ta M %, v ’ Charles Clark’s second lecture on Ihe lower of London” drew » attendance, but was not so successful A man going by name of Rat Carev brought up at the Police Court "t vffoUx terday, for swindling He IvVl ll .n " Yankee gmb ” manager dfS room m a hotel in port, and had skinnini the innocent billiard-marker of 121 v lO each having onlv sixes. , , lwod K* them were found on him 6 ft* f Ud f ° Ul ' s , on have come S Aurtralia vS , «!TIS d S Island, and must have made’, sncc2rfnl N w

aa over L2OO were found on him. He was remanded till next Tuesday, all offers of money bail on his part being refused. Auckland, March 10. The new schooner which Captain Paterson came from Dunedin to take charge of will be launched to-morrow. The test of Ohinemtui specimens from which a rich return was expected, showed no trace of gold. An Ohinemuri telegram says ‘ ‘ a number of diggers yesterday proceeded to the prospectors claim, turned over the old working, and found scarcely any gold. The claim is looked upon as of no account. Large numbers are in despair talk of clearing out. The’ gum fields at Waitakuri King are vigorously worked, and stores are going up in that direction. Mr Mackay has left for Auckland. All the road works are stopped, and a great many claims are now at work tunnelling. ” The ‘ Star,’ commenting on the four million loan, says it is rather premature to crow over it as financial success, and points out that New Zealand per cents, were selling on the 25th December at 96i to 97^; Queensland Fours at 92, and Victorian Fours at 93A ; also, that the Rothschild’s, to be able to offer the loan at 93 nett or 4A per cent, below the rates ruling in December for New Zealand securities of the same value, must have purchased it at even lower figures. The ‘ Star’ compares the mode of floating the loan to the action of any businessman whose paper was looked on as dubious in taking his bill to private discount. Cromwell, March 11. There are magnificent prospects on the Dunedin new line of reef running parallel to Logan’s. For one lot of stone from Rooney’s Hit or Miss claim Mr Logan offered LIOO ; this would necessitate 30 ounces to the load. Things, generally, are looking particularly bright at Bendigo. ARRIVAL OP THE ALBION. -- Bluff, March 11. The Albion, with the English mail, left Melbourne on the 6th and arrived at the Bluff at noon on the 11th. She will sail for Dunedin at 5 p.m. Passenger List. For Dunedin Mr and Mrs Wright, Messrs Baker, Wright, Francis, Fulton, Neill, Cook, Inder, Christo pher, Herbertson, Miss Fenner, and thirty-five steerage; also, 250 tons cargo. LATEST CABLEGRAMS. London, March 2. The lock-out in South Wales continues. The New Zealand loan was successfully floated and the subscription is closed. March 4. In a letter Mr John Bright ridicules the Home Rule movement. Prussia is resolved to require the bishops to recognise the supremacy of the State over the Papal authority, under penalty of disendowment. The Government intends to re-establish a placet in regard to ecclesiastical documents. - LATEST AUSTRALIAN. Melbourne, March 6. After three days of painful suspense news was received in Melbourne a: an early hour this morning as to the ultimate fate of the Gothenburg’s passengers. Only twenty-two of the crew reached Fort Denison, and the remainder of those on board, numbering some ninety-five in all, have perished. It has transpired that on the fatal night of the 24th of February, when all hope of saving the vessel was abandoned, the boats were ordered to be got ready. Then there was a rush, and in the heavy sea they capsized. A few men got away in the life boat, which was damaged, and they are still missing. Three men were picked off Holbom Island, where they had been subsisting on sea birds and shell fish. The drowned include Judge Wearing, his associate, and the Crown solicitor, the Hon. Thomas Reynolds, Dr Milner, Mr Wells (editor of the ‘Northern Territory Times’), and a number of women and children. The tale is a sad one, and will bring grief to many a home. The captain and officers are all drowned, and also the engineers. The Normanby struck on a reef coming down and was obliged to throw over a portion of her cargo. The schooner Kate Conley, of Greymouth, was stranded, but her crew were rescued. At a public meeting of merchants a resolution was passed in favor of the establishment of a Harbor Trust. The Oddfellows’ Hall at Belfast was burned down by a drunken man kicking over a kerosene lamp during a ventriloquist’s entertainment. Dr Buller, of New Zealand, has been created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. At a fire at Albury yesterday, a man named Charles Henry was burned to death. Schofield’s wool-washing establishment, at Portland, was burned. 100 bales of wool were destroyed. t Miss Florence Bassett, a proinising’contralto, died last night of consumption. Sydney. , Mr Arnold’s body was found 300 yards from his residence. A man servant was with him at the time of the accident; Mr Arnold finding himself sinking told the servant to tell his •family how it happened and then disappeared. The floods have subsided. The Government will call for tenders for the .Californian mail service, in the Colonies on Monday. THE INTERCOLONIAL CRICKET MATCH. Sydney’s first inning concluded for 11G, of which E, Gregory scored 66 and not out, Coates 14, Evans 11, the rest being quickly disposed of. Seven of the Victorian wickets are down . for 44 runs. The ground is very dead after the late rains. „ FULLER PARTICULARS OF THE GOTHENBURG DISASTER, The following are the detailed particulars of the Gothenburg disaster, and were telegraphed from Brisbane on Friday. The survivors from the Gothenburg, wrecked on the 24th Feb ruary, on the Barrier Reef, lauded at Port Denison. Their names are : J, Griffith Richard Rilts, George Cover, R. Braze], J.’ Marks, W. Faek, J. Reynolds, David Wylie, Salve Ner Magn, William Burns, Joseph Hudson, and Henry Nelson, The above are part of the crew. The passengers saved are— Wm. Thomas, Win. Romers, Jas. J. Campbell, S. Andrews, J. Kranger, T. Cockbum, P. J. Hogan, J. Clelandj W. Roberts, J. Fitzgerald, ■ and D. Harris, The passengers drowned are - Judge Wearing, Mr Pelham, his associate, Mr Whitby, Crown-Solicitor, Dr Milner and wife and family, Mrs Prior and family, W. Durand Mackay, Mr Cartwright and son, W. Floyd, W. Easter, Mr Hart and wife (the Harts were late of New Zealand), Mr Nation, wife and child Mrs Vigor, Mr Hunt and wife, Mr and Mrs Cox and family, Messrs Shoobridgo, E. M‘Knight ’ ?.V< Lcs r c ‘ r L K , nn S e ’ J- Pnng, Johns, J,’ M Corthy, J. Mitchell, Wells (Editor ‘|Novthern Territory Times’), T. Sims, Cameron, Radford, W. Fairhall, J. Kean, William Goulder and son, W. Lieden, Mackie. Stone, C. Peters C Cleve, J. Crain, H. Hassell, Graham *H , Hearce, Thomson, Blades, Glenister, C. Frv J. Newcombe, M'Calluin, Fogarty, Musgrave, J. Griffiths, Mackay, Ross’ and others whose names are not remembered. There is a boat containing six or seven persons from the wreck not picked up yet. The names of them are not known. A boat is in search of them still. The following has just been received from the . Harbormaster at Port Denison :—“All hands are known to be drowned, except twenty-two brought in here, and about seven men who drifted away in the life-boat. The Bunjip has searched the islands to the leeward, seeking the missing boat, but unsuccessfully. She has now gene towards the wreck. The other boats went in search, but have returned unsuccessful.” ■ hi The following has been received, via Rockhampton, from Mr Mackay:—“The boats have picked up fifteen more of the Gotlicnhuig’s people, and brought them in yesterday. The . Bunyip has been sent from Townsville. Thtie t are several men said to be adrift somewhere in a damaged life boat, nnd three on Holbor : Island, These latter will he brought on to-day. heard 0 f « * uw > any more, will be „ J\ e ownsvillc agent sends the following I have iust i come into Port Denison in the steamex Bunyip, chartered by the Government to search for the survivors from the wreck of the steamer Gothenburg. We uieko.l three men off Holbom Island. They ro-

port that the Gothenburg struck the reef when under all sail and full steam .The captain lightened the ship forward by fill in" the casks. She swung off and came broadside on to the reef. Two boats were lowered with four men in each, but the sea was too heavy to keep them alongside, and they went astern, where they broke adrift and reached Holbein Island, where they were found. The four men who had been driven away in the port quartorhoat, which was smashed, have lived on seabirds’ eggs, and shellfish. All then •■vent off towards Bowen, except three—J. J. Fitzgerald, David Wylie, and Wm, Roberts, ihe vessel finally settled down in three fathoms of water. The two quarter boats were capsized by a rush of passengers. The last time the life-boat was seen she was driven to the east of the reef, her stem split, and some men in her. Fourteen men were clinging to the masts till i'nday, when they succeeded in righting one of the capsized boats, and the men are now rescued •>y the Bunyip. There is no news yet of the lest. All the officers, stewards, and engineers are supposed to be lost. The Adelaide mailiw l ie Sydney mail is saved.” Mr H Inspector-General of Telegraphs at Adelaide, interrogated by telegraph on Friday morning, Burns, one of the men rescued from the Gothenburg. He states that there was no confusion on board, and that everything was done in order. Up to 11 p.m. the captain entertained hopes of getting the steamer off, but, “Her eleven, preparations were made to supply the boats with provisions, tarpaulins, etc. No attempt was made to construct a raft. The chief mate of the Bernhardt says that when they visited the wreck everything betokened that the passengers and crew had left in the boats.