Colonial.
AUCKLAND.
By the Southern Cross we have Auckland papers to the 17th June. There seems to be little to agitate the political world in that province for the present; out there are indications of a struggle in the ' purification* of the electoral roll, an operation by all accounts much needed. The Native Question is growing into a subject of anxious consideration. There are reports of several large meetings in the Waikato and elsewhere. The facts of Mr. Bell's negotiations in Sydney on the Postal and Steam Question are more fully reported. We shall take an early opportunity to lay the present circumstances and the probabilities of this matter fully before our t readers at an early date. The Growth or Flax.—Those of our read- j ers who are preparing to compete for the rewards offered by the General Government "for the discovery of efficient means for rendering the Flax and other Fibrous Plants of New Zealand available as articles of Export,"—will find an important Notice in the * Government Gazette.' This notification announces that though the total quantities for the respective rewards must remain as before, yet the examinations may be made (for the first and second reward) on lots of 20 tons each, (and for the third) of 5 tons each; until the several total quantities are made up—Nev Zealander, June 13. The William Denxy.—By the Tay, Capt. Mailler returned on Sunday from the wreck of the Denny; and by the Traveller's Bride, on her way to Auckland, all the hands, except two who remain in charge, also return. The recent gales, and the probability of two or three months of boisterous weather, have, we believe, prompted this step; as, independently of difficulty in getting the steamer off under such circumstances, there would be the greatest risk, were she afloat, in conveying her to a place of safety. We believe it is not likely therefore, that the attempt to get the Denny off will be renewed before the approach of more genial weather.— S. Cross, June 16,
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Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 487, 4 July 1857, Page 5
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338Colonial. Lyttelton Times, Volume VIII, Issue 487, 4 July 1857, Page 5
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