TELEGRAMS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 393, 23 September 1874, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

(From the Dunedin Dailies. ) Wellington-, September 19. A requisition to George Hunter, M.H.R., asking him to become a candidate for Mayor, is now being taken round for signature. Arrived : Brogden's schooner Clio, from Oamaru. Auckland, September 19. The Pacific, schooner, jfrom Samoa, reports the arrival of the Albion, the Auckland whaler, at Samoa with 160 barrels of oil. The barque Glimpse has arrived with 540 tons of coal from Newcastle. She | met with a gale on Saturday; which swept | away her deck-honse and bulwarks. i Sargent a seaman, was thrown against the bulwarks aud seriously injured his leg Arrived : Bella Mary, from Hobart Town. The Star of the South arrived at noon from Levuka, with a full cargo of cotton, maise, copra, and the first shipment of Fijian sugars, 100 bags. She left Fiji on •the 13th. Great interest is taken in Sir Hercules Robinson's expected visit to Fiji. The " Times " says that the Polynesian scheme|is to absurd too merit serious consideration. Considerable depression is experienced, consequent upon the change from cotton-growing to sugar I planting. The " Times " calls attention to the serious defalcations in the treasury chest of the late Government, and also to the immense expense of loans. A great native meeting at Loma Loma is supposed to have an important political significance. The chiefs Maafu and Tui Cakau were present. The hostile preparations are said to bo for punishing refractory tribes. War is considered probable unless anuexation takes place.