The Globe. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1874. TELEGRAMES.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 171, 23 December 1874, Page 2

The Globe. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1874. TELEGRAMES.

(Fer Anglo-A'ustral/lan Press Telegraph Agency.)

GRAHAMSTOWN, December 22

The statement re Ohinemnri is substantially correct. The opposition is withdrawn, but Te Hira and the other chiefs want a fortnight to make all arrangements and smooth down their friends. Sir Donald goes nw*y to llw V*l rt IslawUß, returning in two

weeks, when the whole terms of cession will be settled and the proclamation issued. ITe said TeHira's opposition all through proceeded from a sense of the responsibility of his position as guardian of the tribe, not from a desire to keep baek the opening to suit his own ends. Wellington, Doc. 22.

At the sale of Fielding s land, rural sections were in less demand than tor town sections, and the greater portion was withdrawn ; suburban sections fetched from £0 to £0 per acre ; rural, £2. In some instaaces town sections fetched from £lO 1o £11)0 per acre. The result is considered highly satisfactory. Nearly k 10,000 were realised by the Fielding sale. The Marquis of Normanby presided at the distribution of the Wellington College prizes to-day, and after a few kindly remarks, presented the prizes to the scholar. The meeting called by the Mayor this afternoon appointed an influential committee to commemorate in a suitable manner the arrival of his Excellency. It is decided to give a ball the first week in January. The Post publishes Mr Travers' reasons for refusing the Attorney-Generalship. The principal objection appears to be that the Attorney-General is " under the directions " of the Minister of Justice instead of coming under the provisions of the AttorneyGeneral's Act. 1866. THIS DAY'S TELEG HAMS. Dim'.din, Dec 23. At a meeting last night a committee was formed for the purpose of collecting subscriptions for a testimonial to the Hon MiReynolds.