LATEST TELEGRAMS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 268, 22 November 1865, Page 3

LATEST TELEGRAMS.

CTIRISTCHURCII. November 16 th. New association for Separation has just started at the West Coast. Meeting has been held. Messrs M'Glashan and Prosser at head of the poll. Flour has risen £4 per ton, by telegraph from Bcalev. Ship Line Jacket, from London, in quarantine at port, having had recent cases ot smallpox and tvphoid lever on board. Ilau-hans arc asking for peace, which has been refused by officer commanding. Goldlields have been discovered at Wan ganui, on native lands, which have since been purchased. The body of Captafn Sleigh has been washed up at Wellington. VICTORIA. Nov. 11. The Assembly has declined conference with the Council on general qu stion of dilien nces between the two Houses, but seeing Council finally disposed of Appropriation-cum-lariff Bill, Government brought in bill founded on tariff resolutions, of February 15. This measure passed through all stages, but Government used threats towards Council unless they passed the bill, and Council expected to reject it. Both Houses adjourned till Wednesday. Government state their determination to collect duties under units of entries account should Council reject Tariff Bill. EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE. (Via Mauritius.) London, 7th Sept. Austria and Prussia have announced to the German Diet that they have agreed respecting the Duchies. Most of the minor German States have protested against the late Convention. Fenian demonstrations have occurred in Ireland. Maz/.ini lias published a manifesto against the Italian Government. Queen Victoria and the King of Prussia ' are to have an interview at Darmstadt, j Nearly all *he South American States have ! entered into a peace compact, agreeing to submit their disputes to arbitration.^ The cattle disease is diminishing in some parts of Russia. A Ketchum banker of New York has failed for five million of dollars. The American Cabinet are divided reepect- ' ing Jeff. Davis, whose family are reported

to be in great distress. Bavaria has notified the German Diet of her intention to support the claims of the Duke of Augustenburg. Preparations for the immediate departure of a large number of French troops from Rome are in progress. Six young Japanese noblemen have arrived at Marseilles for the purpose of studying European commerce. The sub-marine telegraph has been laid between Sweden and Finland.

The vintage in Portugal is unusually abundant this year.

Mr Taylor, the Superintendent of Southland, has received a very flittering reception on his return to Invcrcargill from the General Assembly, The proceedings took the form of a dejeuner.

The Invcrcargill Town Board has resigned, as it cannot obtain sufficient revenue to pay the interest of its debts—about 22,000/—in consequence of the adverse decision of the Resident Magistrate regarding the legality of certain special rates.

Judging by the following paragraph, taken from the 'Press,' it would seem that those prolific pests—thistles—threaten to overrun a portion of the Canterbury province. It says:—A "reat evil exists in Akaroa, which calls for immediate action on the part of the Government. Immense quantities of noxious thistles are just coining into flower, and in a week or so will be in seed, after which all chance of checking the nuisance for this year will have passed away. We therefore hope the authorities will insist on the provision of the Ordinance being carried out. Were the Commissioner of Police directed to see to the matter much good could be done, as the police here could easily see that the Ordinance was carried out."

According to the 'Canterbury Standard,' li some person has had the cruelty—the impudence—the audacity to personate the gallant Adjutant of Militia and Volunteers. An advertisement appeared in Monday's issue of the 'Press' saying that, weather permitting, the Christchurch Companies of Volunteers would parade to-day in Latimer-square for the purpose of being presented with a silver bugle by the ladies of Canterbury. Fancy the horror and indignation of the gallant officer who presides over the destinies of our volunteers when the advertisement was pointed out to him! \\ hat! perpetrate such a hoax on him i Copy his favorite and peculiar style of addressing troops ! Monstrous ! Striously, however, we do not aduiire this sort of joking; and we trust the offender will be discovered. It is only right toa dd that our contemporary is not in any way responsible for the hoax; the forgery was very cleverly executed, and would have deceived anyone."

The ' Dunstan Times' reports that" An ex- j c edi'igly heavy flood has swept down the Moly- j neux during the last few oays. Its various tri- ; butaries are also in a simiiar condition. The bullock teams trading between Clyde and the Nevis have not been able to cross the tracer riur fur more than a week." j A fatal accident occurred on Saturday last to a miner working in the claim of Hanson and Co. f > oil the west bank of the.lvawarau River, near | the Roaring Meg. The poor unfortunate fellow j was crossing the livir by means of a box suspended on a rope, stretched across the liver, j VVhen in the centre of the stream the rope broke, j and precipitated the man into tiie river: He j clung for some time to the rope, and was washed < .. :■!(■ ; f a i-tien lui.k of rocks, but could rot i.:s LAi i--o iw asy.sumcc to he rendered, and was carried away by the rapid current, lhe body has not yet been rc-QNeied. —' Dunstan Times.'