LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1294, 21 September 1872, Page 2

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

[NEW ZEALAND PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Sept. 20. • A dejeuner was given on board the Nebraska, 200 were present. The Hon. D. M'Lean proposed success and pros- 1 perity to tho Nebraska, her officers and owners. Mr Driver said there was every chance of gotting the American subsidy, and in four months the line would be unequalled in the world. DuNEDiN, Sept. 20. Arrived— Hydaspes, with IGI immigrantsj from London. Christchtjrch, Sept. 20. A tramway is going to bo laid through the city to Papanui. Fifty pounds by Otago and LI 00 by Canterbury have been given towards the expenses of the Exhibition of flax machinei/. New Plymouth, Sept. 20. Syme, Carrington, and Crompton have retired in favor of Moorhouse, who has arrived. Auckland, Sepfc* 20. The Jessie Nicol has arrived from Fiji, and reports a native disturbance at Rewi on a plantation. A Fijian was arrested for larceny. The natives demanded his release, which was refused. The natives then, commenced threatening. The planters collected for an attack, and burned the native village, killing several. Reports from the expedition to the Ba coast state that the troops are disorganised, owing to the want of food. No attack is yet made on the rebellious mountaineers. Disturbances have occurred between the native tribes in the interior of Viti Lehu, but nothing serious. . H.M.S. Cossack was at Levuka. The captain supports the Fijian Government, and informed the settlers who waited on -him that they must conform to the Fiji laws while they reside in Fiji.