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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1472, 5 November 1872, Page 2

The lion. G. A. Woods, Premier of Fiji, wa«, on the 17th Oet, at .Sydney on tinncial business connected with the National Government. A telegram was received in Melbourne on the day previously, by Greville and Co., intimating that Mr Woods lias floated a loan ot £ 25,000 on very favorable terms. With reference to this the Melbourne Telegraph says :—" The most gratifying feature in the news is the consideration that it will put an end to the dreams of annexation, for no Australian colony would caie about taking Fiji plus her liabilities. The loan is an effectual assertion ot independence"

The Canterbury Press says:--"It is rumoied in Raugiora tliat the opening of the railway to that place has been fixed for the sth or 6th proximo. The construction of the line is all but completed, and the ballasting is expec ted to be finished in about a week or ten days. At the station the platform and the goods shed and wailing rooms are in course of erection, and the first named will be ready by the time it will be required for the opening."

In the Victorian Parliament recently, a debate ensued on a motion for the imposition of a tax on gold, but eventually the motion was negatived by 16 to 7.

The r>endigo Advertiser notices the death of Mr Joseph Millin, caused by cancel in the lip, brought on by smoking a clay pipe. A collection of diamonds belonging to Miss BiAddon, the novelist, and valued at £5,000, is on view in the London Exhibition.