LATEST FROM THE NORTH.

Southland Times, Issue 1155, 29 October 1869, Page 2

LATEST FROM THE NORTH.

"We take the.following from the Otago Dqily Times '.•-■- •'_. . .' %**:> Napieb, Optober '2oth. . CaptMn. M- Dpnnelllhaa discovered gold within tvtfaSlays' ride from here. : Tauranga on La&e Taupo is the nearest point to it. If the gold should prove payable, aud Te Kooti's band be annihilated, it will be a splendid termination to the late operations in the Taupo district. . ..__. _„. „ - Oct.~2Lst. - The following is the latest Auckland news to band : — His Excellency the Governor with Mr M'Lean left Auckland on the 15th for Kaipara. : A crushing of 330 lbs. of specimens from the Long Drive claim has yielded 1272 ounces of gold. 9000 ounces of gold- were received from i the Thames yesterday. , ! | A new leader has been struck in. the Junction Company's claim. The Pacific, Moanatairi, and Berkeley Castle .claims are doing well. The Golden Crown Company have lodged 682 ounces of gold j in the Bank of New Zealand, being the result of the Company's first crushing by their own battery. , , Mr Williamson's re-election as Superintendent is considered almost certain. He has addressed the electors at Howick and Panmure, and will have a large majority at both places. . <• ; Mr Edward Johnson, of the firm pfu POwley and Johnson, was accidentally poisoned on Thursday last, by swallowing a lotion. . ■ < Unfavourable reports 'have been re- ! ceived as to the feelings of theOhinemuri natives. A letter from Te Hira, expressing sympathy with Te . Kooti, has been intercepted by Lieutenant. .Preece. ; I The s.s. Auckland left Auckland for Sydney on 18fch with 9587 ounces of gold, shipped by the Bank of New Zealand. I The barque Cambodia sails for London on the 20th with 11,436 ounces of gold arid 4000 ounces of silver.

Wellington, Oct. 21st.

A native rumour, received here via Wanganui, reports that Tito; Kowaru is advancing with a few followers from the Upper Waitotara " forwards; ; to Ngatire. ■■ • ■■ < " ; ■■"-'■ '■>.>■; ' ; ■'■'-'' ' Mr VogelandDr Knight go to Australia by the next steamer, to attend the intercolonial conference, as the representatives of New Zealand. ' '■ The Court of Appeal was occupied during the . whole of to-day with the hearing of the case of the Borough of Kaiapoi v. Beswick. The case is not yet over. .•;.■■ Nelson, Octoher 23. , The following is the latest Auckland news :~ Nearly 10,000 ounces of gold and 200 bales of flax, nicely dressed, had been sent to Sydney. The share market is still glutted. The following prices have been obtained at auction : — City of Glasgow, £6 to £6 5s ; Imperial Cro ; >ypt 20a j John,, o' Groans Extended, is fTTbung American, 68s to 70s. Some speculators are reported to have bought a large tract of auriferous land at Ohinemuri. The Auckland papers condemn the action. The same thing has been done in Nelson, at Wangapeka, and has created a sensatioiras well as some difficulty among the diggers. Hokitika., October 23. A prospecting claim was granted at the Big Paddock yesterday evening. The prospects are ldwt to the dish. The extent of the ground is not known, but great hopes are, entertained regarding it. 500 men are on the ground. The sinking is 6 feet, and 1 foot wash. "Wellington, October 25th. The half-yearly report of the N.Z.S.N. Co., to be laid before the meeting of shareholders .to-morrqw, has been issued. The Diseetors say that only two courses are open— either to sell all the property of the company and wind it up, or to reconstruct it. It is supposed that Mr Henry Salomon, who was -drowned yesterday, -fell off the wharf into the water early in the morning. The proclamation of the Superintendent of Canterbury under the Diseased Cattle Act, under date September 9th, has been assented to. It is expected that the telegraph line to Wanganui will be open on Saturday next. October 26th. Serious floods, said to be the heaviest known there for eleven years, have-taken place at the Hutt. Considerable damage has been done to property. At the meeting of the shareholders of the N.Z.S.N. Co., held to-day, a resolution was passed asking the Directors to call a special meeting in November to consider the motion in favor of winding up the Company. News received via Wanganui states that Te Kooti, at the head of a hundred followers, has gone back to the position where he was lately attacked by Colonel M'Donnell, and that he has entrenched himself there. He dug up the bodies of those who were killed in the late fight and sent them away. He has also sent his women down the Wanganui River, which seems as if he had determined to fight it out.